Hillsboro, N. C., Thursday, May 30, 1946
(Published Weekly)
--
this PAPER contains
more orange county
news than any in the
■. THE WORLD .
10 Pages This Week
atta Ketumed as Orange Sheriff;
liirham Leads For Congress Seat
Sheriff S .T. Latta, for the past 12
ears sheriff of Orange county,
■was'returned to his position by a
naiority of 527 votes in the Demo
r„tie primary last Saturday in
Trange county. R. R. (Bob) Thom
0f Carrboro polled 1,481 votes
o 2,008 for Latta.
Orange county voters went ov
.rwhelmingly in favor of incum
bent Carl T. Durham for Congress
man from the Sixth North Carolina
listrict. Durham polled 2,619 votes
s compared to 460 for D. E. Scar
brough and 342 for Earl Rives.
With a plurality in the four
ounty sixth district, Durham sp
ared to have won the nomination
or the congressional seat, but
tives, second ranking man- in the
hree-way contest, has until -Mon
iay to decide on .. whether to re
vest a second primary. As THE
YEWS went to press, he had not
nnounced his decision.
UCH INTERE8T
With interest being displayed in
)0th the congressional and sher
ff races and with workers for all
ive candidates urging a large vote
>ver 3,500 votes were cast in the
imary. Total votes in the sheriff
:ontest was 3,489 and in the con
cessional test 3,421.
Fairly even in many sections of
he county, the sheriff contest de
veloped into a race as to whom
:ould gain a larger majority in
is home box. Latta far outstripped
Thomas in the Hillsboro box by
jaining a majority of 505 of his
otal 527-vote victory. In the
2hapel Hill and Carrboro boxes,
homas gained a margin of 256
hereby cutting Latta s lead of 505
gained in the Hilsboro box to
’49. Latta, however, by leading in
:ight of the 12 remaining pre
;incts moved his margin of victory
;o 527 votes.
Latta led in Patterson. White
:ross, Efland, St. Mary’s, Caldwell,
Tolars, Carr and Cedar Grove,
while Thomas carried Cole Store,
lock Springs, University (by one
rote), and Cheeks.
HUNT WINS
George Hunt, in the only other
contested race in the Primary, was
lamed constable of Hillsboro
ewnship over Martin Terrell by
i vote of 747 to 220.
Named without opposition were:
Tames Webb of Hillsboro, state sen
tte; E. M. Lynch of Hillsboro, clerk
if court; J. E. Laws of Hillsboro,
egister of deeds; E. G. Bivins of
iillsboro, treasurer; John W. Um
itead of Chapel Hill, representa
ive; Collier Cobb, Jr., of Chapel
Jill, H. G. Laws'of Hurdle Mills
ind Ben F. Wilson of Cedar Grove,
county commissioners; and H. J.
Walker of Hillsboro, coroner.
Selection of- James Webb as
state senator is the -first time for
three terms that an Orange county
nan has been named Democratic’
lominee from the 16th district of
Irange and Alamance counties.
Under a gentlemen’s agreement
>etween the two counties, an Or
ange county man will be named in
the next Primary.
Mail, Freight
In Rail Tieup
Dislocation of the mail service
and a shortage of many products
in the Hillsboro stores were the
obvious results here of the short
lived railroad strike last week, a
survey by THE NEWS revealed.
Although the express office and
die ticket agent at the Southern
station in West Hillsboro did not
know what was the last train to
serve Hillsboro before the strike
started and the first one to arrive
here after the walk-out was end
ed, the Post Office here said that
No. 13 Thursday evening was the
last train tp go through Hillsboro
and that No. 14 Sunday at 8:28
am. was the first to resume fnail
service. i c
Incoming mail into Hillsboro was
reduced by 75 percent, postal of
ficials said. A star route truck out
°f Greensboro served the area,
coming through Hilslboro at 11:30
a.m. in its trip east and making a
return trip at 3:30 pan. going west.
As in all other post offices in
fbe United States, the Hillsboro
office limited outgoing mail to first
class pieces only.
Some stores in Hillsboro reported
slightly depleted stocks Monday
moming, because of the loss of
height service. When the" last
freight train, served Hillsboro was
n°t made available to THE NEWS.
knocked down by cow
is not injured
s urove section was --„
blocked down and trampled on by
er cow, but she suffered no brok
n “ones in the accident.
SHERIFF CONGRE38
Latta Thomas Durham Rives Scarb’r’gh
Chapel Hill (North) ...316 378 465 76 155
Chapel Hill (South) .. .207 235 312 56 76
Hillsboro ..--745 240 801 81 71.
Carrboro,.. '. 77 243 239 45 32
Patterson ...40 n 32 5 13
Cole Store ...18. 23 26 6 7
White Cross . 97 , 4^ 124 14 1
Rock Springs . 16 56 59 10 3
Eftand ........ 60 38 70 —--9 18
University ......I, 67 68 93 18 24
St. Mary .. 45 ‘- 4 " 40 ~' 6 ~ 1
t Caldwell ....... 99 58 126 3 6
To'** .. 63 19 68 1 7
Carr . . ,.,. . . _ .69: 1 61 , 3 _ _4
Cedar Grove .......... 52 16 45 3 17
Cheeks ... . 39 48 58 6 25
TOT*t. .8,003 1,481 2,619 ' 342 460
Hillsboro township, for constable: George Hunt 747; Martin
Terrell 220.
The above is the record of the official vote as tabulated In the
canvass of the votes Tuesday morning in the Orange county court
house in Hillsboro.
8-Game Grid Card Is Slated
For Hillsboro Next Season
Poppy Sales
Poppy sales I# Hillsboro Satur
day totaled $182.78.
Although lacking ah' Amer
can Legion Auxiliary, Hillsboro
women took it upon-themselves
to provide for the sale of pop
pies and late last w;ek an or
ganization was perfected to
handle the sale here.
Helping with the tabulation
and selling poppies were: Mes
dames Chandler Cates, H. B,
Coleman, Jr., Jourdan Bivins,
Hubert Bivins, Wilson Cole, Joe >
Hughes, R. B. Hayes, and Allen
Walker; and Misses Agnes Hayes,
Mary Susan Robertson, Nancy
Crawford, Jackie Goodwin,
Joyce Brown, Helen Beard, Bet
sy Ann Forrest, Phyllis Forrest
and Patsy Teer.
Stop Lights
To Be Placed
In, CarrborO
Two stop lights and several
Street lights will be installed in
Cairrboro within the next few
weeks. Recent national strikes have
caused the delay in installment.
The stop lights will be placed on
the corner of the Baptist Church
andf the Andrews-Riggsbee store,
and between Cates’ Store and
Clark’s Sewing Machine shop, near
the school zone.
The street lights will .be installed
on Main street posts from Lloyd
to Greensboro street. .V
The board of aldermen, includ
ing Mayor I. A. West, Roy Riggs
bee, L. G. Hearn, E. O. Hardee
and T. L. Hackney,-approved the
installment of the fixtures.
Rain Hampers
ChestnutRidge
Homecoming
A heavy downpour of rain short -
y before noon Sunday nearly
vashed out the homecoming sery
ces at the Chestnut Ridge church,
our miles southwest of Efland.
According to Cicero- Jones
iillsboro magistrate and steward
n the church for the past 48 years,
he 350 folks who attended the
innual homecoming were forced
ndoors for their noon meal. Pews
n the church were used for tables
,n which the meal was spread.
Quite a-pumber of peopie left
>efor®* the afternoon program
iTarted, because of the rain, h
a d A memorial service in honor
,f five members of the church who
lied 'during the past year headed
he afternoon session.
The, church voted toh«
lomecoming sessions the secon
Sunday in June next year.
For the morning program, the
* Vu 13 T W Lee, was
jastor, the Rev. i. «•
;he principal speakei.
M.LED MEETING HELD
A calldd meeting of the Schley
was held Tuesday night
a meeting on May - .
jhler was the principal speake .
A rigid eight-game football
schedule for Hillsboro high Yel
low Jackets has been carded for
next season, Harry Breeze, local
coach, announced this week.
Three Class A teams are includ
ed in the -schedule with Hillsboro
providing the Durham high team,
runners-up in the Class A con
ference last season, with a warm
up game in the first tilt of the sea
son, slated for September 6 in Dur
ham. Other Class A teams on the
schedule are Burlington and Win
ston-Salem, both of the Western
high school conference.
Durham, Chapel Hill, Asheboro,
Oxford Orphanage, and Winston
Salem are newcomers to the ..late.
Oxford and Chapel Hill are rated
as two of the stronger (dubs m
the newly formed" North Central
high school conference and will
tangle with the Jackets on the
local field.
The schedule is as follows
Sept. 6—Durham at Durham
(night).
September 20 — Winston-Sa'em
there (night).
Sept. 27 — Oxford Orphanage
here.
Oct. 4—Roxboro there (night).
©ct. t8 — Burlington there
. (night).'
October 2S—Graham here.
. Npy. trr-Chapel Hill here. "
Nov. 8—Asheboro there.
Deed Filed
In Purchase
Of Mill Land
Deed transferring the former
National Munitions Property in
Carrboro to the Pacific Mills, Inc.,
has been filed in the office of
Register of Deeds, J. E. Laws in the
Orange County court house'.
The paper calls for the transter
of three tracts of land in the town
of Carrboro for the sum of $10
and other valuable considerations.
The deed is signed by J. A. Wig
more, president of Nationals Cor
poration.
Pacific Mills, Inc., purchased the
property as an addition to their
present holdings in Carrboro an<J
plan tp utilize the buildings after
renovation work is completed in
the manufacture of woolen and
worsted yarns.
Other deeds filed during the
past week are.
Mrs. Blanche Pickard Patterson
and wife, $10, lot in Chapel Hill;
Rufus Fearrington and wife to
Joseph A. Fearrington, $10, lot in
Chapel Hill; P. Cleveland Gard
ner and wife to Lovie L. Lloyd, $1,
one-half undivided interest in tract
in Chapel Hill township.
Stella Eubanks and husband, C.
L. ‘Eubanks, to J. Manning Prit
chard, $5Q, lot in Chapel Hill town
ship; Clarence Shambley to Cora
Shambley, $10, one-third undivid
ed interest in lot in Hillsboro town
ship. '
J. 6. Bradshaw and wife to Clar
ence N. Sharpe and wife, $10, lot
in Cheek’s township; E. W. Daw
son and wife to M. J. Dawson and
wife, $10, lot in Cheek’s township;
K. B. Cole and wife to Raymond
L Andrews, $10, lot in Chapel Hill
township; W. I. Simmons and wife
to Raymond E. Cummings, $10, four
4ra
See DEEDS on Page 4
Aycock School
Closing Plan
Lists Speaker
Aycock high school jwill have its
annual commencement exercises
oh Thursday and Friday evenings,
with the eighth grade receiving
'their diplomas on Thursday eve
ning and the eleventh grade pre
senting a class play ort Friday.
Both performances are scheduled
for 8 p.m. According to an an
nouncement from E* F. Cude, prin
cipal.
Dr. C. Sylvester Green, editor
of the Durham Morning Herald,
will deliver the address to the
elementary school graduates on
Thursday evening, with his «ub
ject being “Peacetime Patriotism.”
Since the twelfth, grade had been
added to the school, there will be
no high school graduation exer
cises. 'T'
other events on the program
Thursday will be the feglutatory ad
dress by Billy. Porterfield, the his
tory by Margaret Vaughn, the
poem by Qeorge Wagoner, and the
valedictory by Zeb Burton Jr.
These are the four students With
the highest class averages.
At the close of the program, di
plomas will be awarded arid awards
will be made to the boy and girl
who have made the greatest prog
ress during the school year. Mrs.
Curtis Pender is homeroom teach
er.
On Friday evening the 11th
grade will present a three-act com
edy, “The Groom Said No.”
'Characters are: Steve Camerfln
(a returned ex-marine), Walter
Cook; Lt. Shirley Anderson (Navy
nurses corps), Ann Wagoner; Clara
Curtis (the girl Steve left behind
him), Dot Pore; Patty Cameron
(Steve’s young sister), Rita
Vaughn; Mrs. Camerbn (Steve’s
mother) Mary Alice Boland; Mr.
Cameron (Steve’s father, J. C. Hall;
Willie Williams (Virgie Cameron’s
boy friend), Robert Long; Virgie
Cameron (Steve’s 16-year-old sis
ter), Foy Berry; Mrs. Sorenson
(Who complicates things), Lois
Ward; Mary Alice Callister (the
“brat” next door), Iris McCul
lough.
Eleventh grade marshals will be
Hazel Tate and Mary Ruth Ward,
Patsy Ellis, Mildred McCullough,
and Lucy Riley will sell tickets and
handle programs. —-— ----- -
County Board
Meets Monday
Orange county commissioners
meet Monday morning in the court
house ih Hillsboro in their, regular
first Monday session. "
Court house workers said this
week that they knew of no special
business to come before the board.
The board is not expected to dis
cuss the 1946-47 budget or a new
tax rate.
/
Considerable speculation has
made the rounds that the board
would increase the present low
county tax rate when the new
rate is decided. Other sources, how
ever, have declared that the tax
rate will remain the same.
Depit; Arrests
Mas la Yard
:
Carl Davis, Orange county
tax collector and deputy deeriff,
didn’t have to go very tar Frl
day night to arrest two Negro
melt, one charged with disorder
ly conduct and the other with
drunken driving.
'He picked them both up when
their car became entangled in
a culvert In his front yard In
Hillsboro. Before running the pW* '
tomoblle into the culvert the
two men had backed over Davie'
wood pile.
The trouble started, county of
ficers said, when a fight broke
out at the Green Top. Officers
were called to the scene, but
before they reached there the
two men had jumped Into their
car and left, only to run Into
more trouble In Davis’ front yard.
|' The men were Ralph and
Beamer Torian. Ralph Is being
charged with disorderly conduct
and Beamer with driving while
Intoxicated.
Memorial Day
Services Set
By Post No. 6
Chapel Hill—Memorial day ser
vices will be conducted by the
Chapel Hill Post No. 6 of the Am
erican Legion (Thursday) today at
6:45 p.m. at Emerson Field. Col
onel vS. C. Chambers, prominent
Durham lawyer, will be the speak
er. Colonel Chambers is a veteran
of World War I.
All veterans, marine and N.R.
O.T.C. units on the campus have
been invited to participate. Bill
Smith is chairman of the committ
ee on arrangements, and the-pro
gram is open to the public.
Special Memorial Day services
will be held Sunday, by the three
Orange county posts of the Am
erican Legion, at the graves of vet
erans in all Orange county ceme
teries. The Chapel Hill post visi
ted Chapel Hill cemetery last
Sunday and placed flags and flow
ers on the graves there. However,
a steady downpour of rain pre
vented decoration of other graves
in the community.
CERTIFICATE AWARDED
FOR NO-ACCIDENT MARK
For going through all of 1945
without having an accident in
which any manhours were lost,
the Piedmont Electric Member
ship Corporation has been awarded
a certificate.
The certificate now hangs in the
office of the corporation located on
Churton street in Hillsboro! Dur
ing 1945 an average of six em
ployees were on the corporation’s
AWARDED PINS
F. E. Joyner, supervisor of the
Piedmont Electric. Membership
corporation, and'J. E. Terrell, both
of Hillsboro, have been awarded
pins for driving for three years
in company without having an ac
cident of any kind. ——
Rising Accident Rate
Cites Safety Probe
Of Cars In Progress
On the wake of three wrecks in
Orange county over the weekend,
T. P. Hofler, highway patrolman
in the county, warned automobile
drivers that a safety check was in
progress and that drivers of auto
mobiles with defective safety
mechanisms would be indicted and
brought into court.
None of the wrecks which oc
curred in the county Saturday and
Sunday was serious and no one
was injured, but indictments have
been drawn against four men.
One of the accidents occurred
Saturday afternoon about 4 p.m.
in front of A. H. Graham’s home,
but the principals left the scene
before Hofler arrived. He said that
he knew the names of the men in
the accident and that action would
be taken later in the week.
Charges Brought
The second of three accidents
happened Sunday morning at 12:30
a.m. in Cheek’s township when
cars driven by Leon Crabtree of
Durham and B. H- Thompson, Ne
gro of Cedar Grove, collided. At
the time of the collision, Crabtree
was traveling east and Thompson
west. Both driveri are being charg
ed with careless an^reckless driv
ing- ■ -
Third in the series of wrecks oc
curred Sunday afternoon about 3
y'M;
automobiles driven by J. C. Rob
inson of Cedar Grove and C. W.
Parker, Negro, also of Cedar Grove,
collided when, Parker pulled out
of a filling station. Both men will
also be charged with careless and
reckless driving, Hofler said.
Inspections Every Day
Regarding inspection of safety
features on automobiles being
driven in the county, Patrolman
Hofler said the inspections were
being made every day in different
sections of the county at differ
ent times of day.
“A person found operating an
automobile with defective safety
equipment not only faces the pos
sibility of being indicted and pay
ing a fine if found guilty, but also
of having his automobile con
demned for operation on .the state
highways until he has the faults
remedied,Hofler cautioned driv
ers in announcing plans for the
1 inspection.
! He pointed out the fact that the
accidents in'the county this week
end were the most in any weekend
period in the: last three or four
months. Urging that the motorists
pay more attention to keeping their
automobiles in better condition,
he declared that a life might be
saved by taking the precaution to
check, inspect and repair safety
features before an accident occurs
de
vice on one’s vehicle. '
No Teachers Allotted,
Efland and Caldwell
May Lose High Schools
Rabies Found
In Sections
Of Orange
Unless more people in Orange
county take advantage of the ra
bies clinics held by the Tri-County
Health Department, a serious situ
ation may develop, Dr. William
George Chrisman, veterinarian,"
has pointed out.
In a recent statement to The
NEWS, he said:
•Last week there was a rabid
dog wljich strayed into the Cedar
Grove section. It bit three dogs
belonging to Messrs. Pender and
Oliver. It-also bit a horse and cow
belonging to Mr. Pore not far dis
tant. These animals are receiving
the anti-rabies treatment. The
same dog appeared near Vincent’s
Service Station and bit dogs be
longing to Ed Jones and Jethro
Terry and others. These dogs have
all been killed or confined.
, “This is a rather serious situa
tion not only in this particular
community, but we have had ra
bies in different sections of the
county. Two rabies clinics have
been held in every consolidated
school in the county and at other
important places, thus giving every
citizen an opportunity to have his
dogs vaccinated without eoina
many miles. However, there are a
great many people who have not
taken advantage of this. The facts
are that none of these animals
which were bitten by this stray
dog, above mentioned, were vac
cinated. However, the state law
requires that every dog shall be
vaccinated annually against rabies.
“Another stray dog suffering
from rabies appeared in the White
i©W^*WtctionrJthte dog havdegcMnf
from Alamance county near Haw
River. The disease is becoming
ihore prevalent and, of course, the
more dogs that are bitten the more
dangerous it is to other livestock
and human beings.”
Weed Acreage
Up 10 Percent
Orange county farmers are
plant in g 10 per cent more tobacco
than the 4,775 acres planted last
'year, a report from the office of
County Farm Agent Don S. Math
eson showed this week.
planting of the tobacco in many
cases is not yet completed because
of the recent prolonged wet spell,
and in those cases where the plant
ing has been completed the wet
weather has prevented the farm
ers from working the fields.
Last year the 4,775 acres plant
ed yielded a total of 4,775,000
pounds which brought the farmers
in the county $2,148,000 on the
market.
Man Bound Over
In Meat Theft -. /
Earl Warren, Negro, of near
Hillsboro was bound over to the
Orange county Superior court last
week in a hearing before Magis
trate Cicero Jones on a charge of
aiding and abetting in the larceny
of meat from Huey Long, Orange
county Negro farmer.
Bond was placed at $50 for his
appearance June 10 in the open
ing session of the Orange county
Superior court.
Other cases handled last week
by Magistrate Jones were: Archie
Mitchell of Burlington, speeding
60 miles per hour, $5 fine and costs;
Alvis HeJiley of West Hillsboro,
drunk, $3 fine and costs; Ollie
Snead of West Hillsboro, drunk, $3
fine and*costs,• and Ed Roney, Ne
gro of Cedar Grove, improper
brakes, ordered to have brakes ad
justed and pay costs.
SERVES AS OFFICER
New York.—Miss Mary Elizabeth
Suitt of RFD 3, Hillsboro, will
serve as vice-president of the
North Carolina State Club at the,
47th Summer Session of Colum
bia University, opening July 8.
About 15,000 students from every
state in the Union and from more
than 50 foreign countries will at
Question of whether to attempt
tt> operate high schools at Efland
and Caldwell next school year
will be main item of business to
come before the members of the
Orange county school board at its
regular monthly meeting Monday
morning.
At present three-teacher schools,
but omitted from the teacher, al
lotment by the state for next year,
the county school board must show
reason why schools should be op
erated there next year, R. H.
Claytor, school superintendent,
pointed out.
TO MEET COMMITTEES
Claytor was to moot thla week
with member* of the school com
mittee* to iron out the difficulties
concerning the poaalble operation
of the schools next term.
Delegation of achool patrons
from the two communities may at
tend the school /board meeting
Monday in a protek to the closing
of the schools, »
Should the two high schools
close, the elementary schools lo
cated In the communities would
continue to operate, Claytor said.
Two high schools would still re
main in operation in the -county
system — Hillsboro and Aycock—
and one In Chapel Hilt, a city sys
tem.
UNC Teacher ~
Is Guilty In
Accident Case
Chapel Hill—Lee Leisersdn, Uni
versity chemistry professor, found
guilty of reckless driving result
ing in injury to Sally Stevens,
graduate student, May 9, was fined
$25 and costs at the Tuesday ses
sion of Chapel Hill ’ Recorders
Court. Leiserson’s attorney appeal
ed under UOO bond. ;
" Neiiie m
wards, Negros, appeared-in court -
after Mitchell was charged with
permitting ‘Nellie to drive his car
without a license. James was fin
ed the costs of court, and prayer
for judgement was continued in
Nellie’s case on condition she pay
costs and^ot drive for 90 days.
Other cases were:
Betty Norwood and Mary Lou
Williams, Negros, affray where
deadly, weapons were used, Nol
grossed with leave; - ,._i, .
Eugene Purdis, reckless driving
and running from officers, $25
and costs. . ._■
Hazel Taylor, male Negro, as
sault on wife, Sarah, prayer for
judgement would be continued on
payment of costs;
John T. Harper, Jr., drunk, paid
costs; Ted Pardue, trespassing on
University Lake property after
dark, $10 and costs.
Coleman D. Nowell, speeding, $5
and costs; P. B. White and J. R.
Pickett, speeding, costs. “
John H. Williams and Jack
Lloyd, drunk and disorderly and
damage to county jail to the sum of
$13.65, $10 and costs and each to
pay half the jail damage.
HHS Nine
Eliminated
From Series
The Hillsboro Yellow Jackets
were eliminated from the Class C
conference last Wednesday after
noon by the Bethesda nine, 10-7.
Hillsboro was able to garner oply
five singles off Colelough, Bethes-r
da pitcher, while Johnson, hurling
for the Yellow Jackets, was being
mauled for 12 hits, four of which
were for extra bases.
Frederick led the locals’ offen
sive with two singles while Kerr
with four for five paced the Dur
ham county nine.
The final game of the season will
be played with Aycock tomorrow,
Friday, in the Eno baseball park.
LAYMAN’S LEAGUE
MEETS SUNDAY
The Rev. Joyce Early,' former
Methodist minister in Hillsboro,
will be the praicipal speaker when
the Layman’s League meets Sun
day night at 8 p.m. in the Hills
boro Methodist church,
h —-——— i_ ■ --
FINISHES AT MARS HILL
Mars Hill. — Miss Flora Lloyd
of Hillsboro will be one of-the 181
students to receive diplomas from
Mars Hill college at the 90th com
mencement finals Friday morning.
JfeyM «« <H“*Mer of:
and ian£. m. r. taoya or mSsn