Hillsboro, N. C., Thursday, June "So, 1946
(Published Weekly)
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THIS j»aper contains
more ohange county
news than anV'in the
the world
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Vol. 53» No. 18
Property Valuation Up
$973,081 In Orange
Property valuation in Orange
county has increased $823,0*1 over
the valuation of $16,120,959 for
1945, County Accountant Gilbert
W. Ray repbrted this week. These
figures exclude Public Service Cor
porations which in 1945 had a val
uation of $1,686,356.
Largest single increase was ob
served in Chapel Hill township
where $620,395 was added to the
tax valuation. Increases were made
in all six townships in Orange
county.
Increase in the assessment
against the Pacific Mills, Inc., now
in its second year of operation in
Orange coUnty, accounted for the
large increase in Chapel Hill town
ship.
An estimated $500,000 of the j
$973,081 increase in taxable prop
erty was caused by new construc
tion with increases in personal
property accounting for the bal
ance, it was pointed out.
At the present tax rate of 88
cents, * the increase would add
$8,563 to the county’s treasury.
I
MEWS Dealers
Copies of The NEWS can be
secured each week from the fol
lowing news stands in Chapel
Hill and Hillsboro:'
Hillsboro — James Pharmacy,
Hayes Pharmacy and Hillsboro
Sundry.
, Chapel Hill-Post Office News
Stand, Sutton's Drug Store and
Jeff’s.
Three Men Attend
Waterworks School
G. T. Farrell and Max D. Saun
ders, both of Chapel Hill, and M.
P. Lloyd of Hillsboro attended the
1946 Waterworks Operators School
conducted for North Carolina Wat
erworks Operators Association by
the University of . North Carolina’s
school of public health.
TOWN8HIP INCREASES AND COMPARISONS
Township 1946 1945 ■<*. Increase
Bingham .$ 985,108 $ 870,029 $ 25'079
Cheeks. 1,029,788 11000.402 _:_29,386
Hillsboro. 3,012,73$ . . 2,803,28.3 209,453
Cedar Grove 1,610,939 1,560,210 50,729
Little River. 589,858 575,407 14,451
.Eno-.^....T^- 1,751,936 1,728,348 23,588
Chapel Hill. 8,203,675 7,583,280 - 620,395
Totals ... T.. .T777$1T,094,040- $16,120,959 — $973,081
Public Service
Corporations .. 1,686,356 est. 1,686,35.6
•* r-' -..-.. ......... ..-7"-;.
Totals*_$18,780,39,6 $17,807,315 $973,081
Members Are
Invited To
Join Grange
-St. Mary’s Grange met Thurs
day, June 13, at 8 p.m. with about
30 members present. A short busi
ness session was held, during
which the following candidates
were officially invited to join the
•'Grange; James Watkins, Qthena
Roberts, E. L. Lockhart, Parrish
Roberts, Malcolm Latta, and Mrs.
Frank Crabtree.
Present plans are to receive these
into the Grange at the next meet
ing, together with the candidates
who were voted in at the May
meeting. These include: Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Walker, Mr. and Mrs.
- Aubrey Martin, Miss Mildred Hunt,
Mae Hunt, Carl Walker, W. T.
Roberts, and Mr. and Mrs. Z. C.
Burton and family.
Joe N. Howard of Duke Power
Company made a talk on the “Uses
of Electricity on the Farm,” in
which he urged that all farms be
fully electrified as, soon as pos
sible. The members enjoyed hav
ing Mr. Howard present, especially
since he, as Pomona Master, helped
organize St. Mary’s Grange- in
1943.
After the program, real home
made ice cream and cookies were
enjoyed by all. There is no secret
about how the sugar for this cream
was obtained, for it was a com
bination of canned milk, white
syrup and a little sugar contrib
uted by various ladies.
The nejtt meeting will be Thurs
day, July 4, about 8:30 p.ni.
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Four Cases Are
Heard By Jones
Cicero JonesJkHillsboro magis
trate, handled .the following cases
last week:
Eddie Shockley of Wilmington,
driving drunk, placed under $100
--•bond for appearance in August
* Superior court;
J. D. Brooks of Rougemont, im
proper lights, judgment suspended
°n payment- of costs; C. G. Lee of
Ramsey street, Durham, and W.
J- Sykes of Mebane, both charged
with driving to left of center line,
$3 fine and costs each.
Fain Program
Is Scheduled
On Monday, June 24, between
12:45 and 1 o’clock, there will be
a broadcast of special interest. to
veterans, who live on the farm.
This program will be over station
WDUK of Durham. ,
Elmer R. Dowdy, teacher of Ag
riculture of the Hillsboro high
will lead the discussion of
-this program and will explain the
benefits that veterans of World
War II, who now live .on the farm,
> are entitled to receive. •'
Demonstration
Using New Flora*
Given Tuesday
Miss Ella Outland, home eco
nomist for the Duke Power Co.,
conducted a demonstration using
the emergency- flour -in the home,
economics department of the Hills
boro higfi school Tuesday.
The demonstration was spon
sored by the Red Cross nutrition
committee of which Mrs. Glenn
Auman is chairman in cooperation
with Mrs. Kathryn Hamrick, home
demonstration agent, and Miss Sor
rell, home economics teacher.
The Rev. R. C. Masterton is
county chairman-of the Red Cross.
J. A. Giles
Opens Law
Office Here
Attorney J. A. Giles has returned
to Hillsboro to re-enter the prac
tice of law in Orange county. He
is located in an office over the ^ve
and ten eent store.
Giles formerly practiced law in
this county and section for many
years, maintaining offices in Hills
boro and Chapel Hill and during
that time had a practice in both
State and Federal courts. He for
merly lived in Durham, and while
there was Assistant United States
Attorney, and later postmaster of
Durham, besides being engaged in
the general practice of law.
Legion Plans
Program To
Raise Funds
American Legion Post No. 85 in
Hillsboro will sponsor the ap
pearance, of the Lone Star'quartet
in the HillsBoro sicfcool house on
Wednesday night, June 26.
Funds from the sale of the tick
ets *for the occasion will be applied
towards the Legion hut building
fund T. E. (Buck) Hofler, ‘chair
man ’ of the entertainment com
mittee, said:
Advance sale of the tickets wil
be conducted from the Hillsboro
Sundry. All Legion members are
urged to contact Hofler there.
CYNTHIA FRANCES CRABTREE
Funeral services for Cynthia
Frances Crabtree, 77, who died at
her home east of Hillsboro on Fri
day were held Saturday wdh the
Rev. Charles Hubbard and the Rev.
S. F. Nicks, both of Hillsboro, of
ficiating. , ,
' Closest relative of ^deceased
u Qrmwd S. Crabtree of Raleigh.
ShewasThe daughter qfthe for
mer Jackson and Caroline Cra
tree of Orange county
Editorial:
LET’S RETURN CARL T. DURHAM TO CONGRESS
For almost eight years Carl T. Durham of Chajxfl Hill
has been representing Orange county and the Sixth dis
trict in the House of Representatives at Washington. He
has at all times respected the wishes of all citizens insofar
as* they did not run copnter to his informed intelligence
or his conscience. Most of these years have been war
years, and no member of Congress has worked harder or
with more faith and coOrage to win the fight in defense
of freedom. His contribution has been far larger than
that of a map who is not more than district size, and the
leaders of Congress in both parties and the press of the
nation have acclaimed his sendees on the Military Affairs
Committee.
But there is much left to do to conserve the peace, and
the Military Affairs Committee remains one of the most
important to Congress.
Does it seem sensible to retire an experienced legislator
at this time in favor of one who could not hope to be
given an important assignment in time to do anything
about the welter and confusion at Washington and
throughout the United States? ’
Let’s go to the polls on Saturday and vote for a man
who has earned our respect, gratitude and confidence—
Carl T. Durham.
Matheson Is
New President
Of Lions Club
DON S» MATHESON
Don S. Matheson, Orange county
farm agent, was elected president
of the Hillsboro Lions club at its
regular bi-monthly meeting last
Thursday noon. Matheson succeeds
E. C. Liner.
Other officers elected were: R.
H. Claytor, first vice president;
John P. Ballard, second vice presi
dent; Elmer Dowdy, third vice
president; R. L. Mohler, re-elected
secretary-treasurer; Sam Kirk
land, lion tamer; and Rev. Charles
Hubbard, tail twister.
Retiring officers are: Liner,
president; Don- Matheson, first
vice president; R. H. Claytor, sec
ond vice president; John Ballard,
thix'd vice president; and F. E.
Joyner, tail twister.
- Mail Schedule |
Mail schedule at the Hillsboro
Post office Is as follows:
East: Arrives oh train at 8:39
a. m.; leaves by trufck at 11 a.
arrives by truck at '3:30 p.
m.
West: Arrives on train at
8:39 a. m.; arrives by truck at
«J1 a. m.; leaves by truck at
3:30 p. m. and leaves by train J
at 5:30 p. m. ■*
4ycock FHA
Girls Enjoy
Camp Trip
Fun? The 12 Ay cock FKA who
went to camp at White Lake last
week really had it. Those, who
went were Margaret Burton, Dot
Boone, Martha Foushee, Marianne
Pittard, Nell Liner, Frankie and
Jane Compton, Frances Tuck, Sara
Anne Frazier, Patsy Ellis, Lois
Ward, Jean Knight and the club
advisor, Mrs. J. E. Winslow.
Nell Liner was chosen friend
liest of the approximately 350 girls
there and Dot Boone was defeated
by only a handful of votes for the
most popular. There were boat
rides, ball games, swims, hikes,
sun baths, craft classes, dancing,
singing-^and K. P.
Two from the Aycock group
were among the five who made
the newspaper staff and Patsy El
lis represented the_ group at the
leadership council meetings.
The Aycock girls were quite
proud when their cabin was rated
eleanest ori‘ one of the four days.
Much was gained by the. exper
iences of the trip and the Aycock
chapter looks forward to another
summer when all of the 29 club,
members can go camping together.
Supporters Confident
Will Get Majority Vote Over
Rives In Saturday’s Contest
E. EARLE RIVES
CARL T. DURHAM
House Leaders Laud Durham
For His Work In Congress;
Wish Him Luck In 2nd Vote
“I am so glad to note the vote
you received in your first primary,
and am writing to join your many
friends' in congratulating you, and
to extend my very best wishes
for your success in your second
primary,” says Representative John
W. McCormack of the 12th dis
trict Massachusetts, majority lead
er of the House of Representatives,
in a letter to Carl T. Durham.
“During the eight years you have
served in the House pf Represen
tatives you have devoted yourself
untiringly to the services of the
people of your district, and to
the solution of the serious prob
lems confronting our country. You
are recognized by Speaker Ray
bum,, myself and tour fotlaar >. as
one of the soundest, and particular
ly, most reliable members of the
House.”
LEADERS WANT HIM
It is the Democrats of the Sixth
North Carolina district Mr. Dur
ham expects to return him to the,
Congress, but he thinks it is due
them to know ■ that the national
leaders, of the party want him at
Washington.
- Ma jority Whip John Sparkman
of Alabama, too, is concerned for
Durham’s re-election. He writes:
“Dear Carl: While you were at
home the'House took up and pass
ed the bill to provide for the pro-,
curement and maintenance of stock
piles of critical and strategic mat
erials. This is the bill that you
B. H. Lloyd, Guilty Of Assault,
To Pay A Ibert Dodson $2,000
B. H. Lloyd, Jr., Carrboro man
who plead guilty to assault with
a deadly weapon on Albert Dod
son, also of Carrboro, was ordered
by Judge J. Paul Frizzelle in Or
ange county superior court last
week to pay to Dodson the sum of
$2,000.
In a fight in which Lloyd and
Dodson were the principals on
September 25, 1945, Dodson lost an
eye and suffered other injuries to
his face, neck and body. Lloyd
was originally charged With as
sault with a deadly weapon with
intent to kill, but plead .guilty to
the lesser charge. The State ac
cepted the plea.
Warrant charging Lloyd with
cutting Dodson was drawn bjr R. H.
Mills, Carrboro police chief, who
charged that Lloyd committed the
assault with a “knife and some
blunt instrument by stabbing Dod
son several times while down, he
sulting in serioi''- 1—injuryre
quiring hospital attention.”
In addition to requiring Lloyd
to pay to Dodson the sum of $2,000
Judge Frizzelle ordered him placed
on the roads for two years sus
pended on payment of the costs
and the $2,000 and onli good be
havior for five years. __
1 Other Cases
Other cases completed last week
in the first week of a two-week
criminal and civil court session
were:
Louis Cobb, pleaded nolo con
tendere to manslaughter, 3 to 5
years; Walter H. Claytor, guilty
to driving drunk, 3 years suspended
on good behavior; placed ofi pro
bation for 1 year;
Wallace Smith, guilty to ille
gally transporting whiskey, 6
months suspended sentence and
placed on probation for one year;
Augustus Faucette, assault with a
See (ASSAULT) on Page 4
worked out. Because of the in
terest that you took in it and the
excellent job that you did with
it, we -at first thought we would
wait until you returned to Wash
ington. However, an opportunity
presented itself to get the bill on
the Calendar and. to get favor
able action. Knowing of your de
sire to get this legislation into
law, we decided to go ahead with
| it.
MAGNIFICENT WORK
“The Chairman of our Commit
tee, Mr. May, in presenting the bill
to. the House, paid a very high and
tyell deserved compliment to you
for the magnificent work that you
have done. I am sure that if you
Will ¥«ad the Record, of, thd VsUiMj
you will be pleased with the re
marks by Chairman May as well
as other Members who spoke on
the bill.
“I noted with much interest the
outcome of your first primary.
Having served on the Committee
with you and having had an op
portunity. to observe your work
during the time that you have
been a Member of the House, 1
want to say that I certainly hope
that' you may be successful in the
second primary.”
None on Rat
Control Slated
A movie on rat control will be
screened at the meeting of the
West Hillsboro Civic Club on
Thursday night, June 27. The
movie will be shown by Mrs. Mary
Foster Webb, health nurse in the
district health department in
Chapel Hill. A short comedy will
also be shown.
The meeting will be helcf in the
West Hillsboro school building.
BENEFIT PLAY FRIDAY
Carrboro. — “I*oozy Anna Min
strel Follies” is the name of a
program to be gi.ven in the Carr
boro school auditorium Friday
evening, June 21, beginning at 8
o’clock. The play is being given
by local talent for the benefit of
the Carrboro .Civic Health Club.
HOBO STEW HELD
Bert Brown’s Sunday school
class of the Hillsboro Methodist
Church held a ‘‘Hobo Stew” Wed
nesday night at the home of Mrs.
Brown on Tryon street.
Orange County 4-H Club Members Enjoy Week Of Camping
By E. P. Barnes
Assistant County Agent
On June 7th, 28 Orange county
4-H Club members left Hillsboro
for a week -of camping at Camp
Millstone. This cainp is located in
the heart of the ffidian Creek Na
tional Reservation in Richmond
county. Accompanying the Orange
county group was Mrs. W. E.
Hamrick, home demonstration ag
ent; E. P. Barnes, assistant county
agent; Miss Christine Cates, Mrs.
H. S. Hogan; and W. E. Hamrick.
The Orange county group was
joined by a similar group of club
members and counselors from
franklin county.
Camp Millstone was built sev
eral years ago by' the Federal
Government for the benefit of
Carolina 4-H Club mem
bers. It consists of a large and *rtll
equipped dining and recreation
hall, kitchen and storage rooms.
Has Six cabins for girls and six
cabins for boys, each accomodat
ing 10 persons. Modem bath and
toilet facilities are also provided.
A yrork shop for the study of
handicraft is available. The
grounds are suitable and equipped
for outdoor recreation, including
a- 75-acre lake, piers, and diving
board.
North Carolina State College
Extension Service provides full
time director, life guard, instruct^
ional staff and cook?,
RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS
During the week at camp, mem
bers received instructions in handi
craft, recreation, swimming, 4-H
Organization during the morning
hours.’ .The afternoons were devot
ed principally to games such as
sbft hsiu vollg,x hsll. fcorse 'sho*
pitching and swimming. In the
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evenings they enjoyed singing ana
folk games with vespers and taps
at 10 o’clock. All together there
were 115 campers and counselors
present. »On Sunday afternoon,
Club members were taken on a
tour of the Government owned
fish hatchery located a few miles
from camp.
The only incident to mar the
enjoyment of the-occasion was an
automobile accident on Sunday in
wljich Mrs. Henry Hogan, Route
2, Chapel' Hill, and' Miss Lillie
Mae Braxton, Home Demonstra
tion, Agent, Franklin County,
were injured. These ladies had
gone to Rockingham to purchase
some ice cream and were return
ing to camp when the driver of a
laundry truck lost control of. his
machine and crashed into the car
driven by -Mrs. -Hogan.’ Miss Brax
fori sufffefdd painful lacerations.
aooui ner lace anu neau wmcu ac
quired her to be hospitalized for
the remainder of the camp period.
Mrs. Hogn suffered minor bruis
es ahd shock. ,
Those attending camp from' Or
ange county were: Peggy McKee.
Jack McKee, Bryan Yates, Carole
D. Hunt, Peggy Lou Berry, Leon
Cox, Margaret Brown, Wesley
Scott, Z. C. Burton, Jr., Colin
Monk, Mary Ann Wilson, Jeanette
Wilson, Louise Copple, Charles B.
Holmes, Lillie Mae Haith, Marie
Oawson, Barbara Shaver, Jean
Miljer, Carlton Crawford, Bill Ho
gan, Dorothy Taylor^ Jofm H. Mad
dry, J. Parker, Jr., Jean
ette Parker, Milton Cheek and
Linda Tilley. -
Those assisting in the transpor
tation were: Z. C. Burton, Don S.
Matheson, the Rev. C..S. Hubbard,
the Kev. S. W. DuBose, and Mrs.
H.: S-, Hogan . .
With the decision as to
whether he will return to
Washington next week renom
inated by the Democrats of the
Sixth district and assured of
10 years continued service in
Congress, Representative Carl j
T. Durham this week was con
fident that his friends would
get out to vote and balk the
efforts of the .CIO-PAC and the
Southern Conference for Hu
man Welfare to defeat him be
cause of his refusal to support -
FF.PC and his having voted
for.the Case bill.
Vote* In the primary are to
be reported to the Orange county
house in Hillsboro. Precincts are
requested to telephone 33-B or
33-W1 as soon as votes are count
ed and give the results.
“There are certainly more citi
zens of the district who want to
keep me on the job in these trou
blesome times than those who
would put in an untried man,”
said he; “but if they achieve their
wishes they must get to the polls.
I can, and I think I do, vote their
sentiments at Washington, but I
can’t do their yoting for them next
Saturday.”
Continued Assurances
Continued assurances of support
came in from the four counties to
the office in Chapel Hill of the
Central Committee for the Re-elec--7." .:
tion of Carl T. Durham, and Mr.
Durham’s colleagues in Congress
are expressing their cbncern; but
Chairman Collier Cobb of the Cen
tral Committee is not resting on
his oars, “It’s a question of get
ting the vote out,” he says. “We
know the CIO-PAC and other ele
ments whose self-interest sets
them against a man they cannot
dominate are going to be in there**"
pitching. We need the votes of all
those who believe a capable trust
representative should be
kept on a job whose duties, he has
so definitely recognized and met. . ..
“We have nothing nasty to say
about Judge E. Earle Rives, even
on the eve of election. Rather we
commend to you Carl Durham, who
has put in eight years of real serv
ice to the district, and whose
tirement now at this critical hour
in American and world history
would be as short sighted as giv
ing up a .srnoqthly-working com
bine to go back to an inexperienced
cradler for the harvesting of a
wheat crop.”
Vote Saturday
Durham and Rives meet Satur
day in the Democratic party’s sec
ond primary in the Sixth district
for the right to represent the dis
trict in Congress. In the first pri
mary on May 25, Durham led both
Rives and D. C. Scarborough, but
Scarborough polled enough votes
-to give .Rives the right to ask for
a second vote.
Rives asked for the vote and nas;
received the endorsement of the
CIO-PAC supported Scarborough
while at the same time holding on
to the support of the Cone mill
interests. Many political observers
nave questioned his ability to serve
both interests.
Durham, representative of the
people of the Sixth district during -
the past eight years, has made
an excellent record in Congress
and is recognized by Washington
leaders as being the man for the
job. —
Voting Instructions
R. O. (Bob) Forrest, chairman
of the Orange county board of
elections, has issued special in
structions to the poll holders and
registrars for conducting the sec
ond primary. The instructions
came from the office of the State
j Board of Elections.
The instructions are to “acquaint
the public and to avoid any criti
cism” on the way in which the
second vote will be made, it was
I said.
! Rules include a statement that
any qualified elector of a district
may, inspect ballot boxes before the
opening of the polls.
Names Must Be Called
v Regulations outline the proce
dure as voters approach the regis
trar. The voter’s name must be
| called out. His name must be lo
cated and properly checked in the
column designated for the second
primary. His name must be entered.
in the poll book in a legible form,
after which the voter may receive
his ballots.
Further, the rules state that reg
istrars and judges, must sign the
poll book and must begin count
ing ballots immediately after the