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Vol. 53* 25
Hillsboro, N. C., Thursday, August 8, 1946
(Published Weekly)
8 Pages This Week
more sign
For Lockers
In Cold Plant
Location of a freezer locker
plant in Hillsboro and Chapel Hill
would give additional facilities for
storage of food and meat for both
merchants and housekeepers, lead
ers of the project in the two com
munities pointed out this week.
Reports from workers in the
two sections of the county showed
that Chapel Hill had signed up ap
proximately 100 farmers with a
like number of town people. Hills
boro workers reported between 20
and 25 people signed up for lock
ers with the majority of the sign
ers being farmers.
Farmers Mutual Exchange,
which has indicated a desire to
construct the freezer lockers in the
' two sections, has asked that 200“
farm users and 100 town users be
signed up and their $15 deposited
in the bank to the account of the
freezer locker plant.
The $15 paid at the time a per
son signifies his desire to rent a
locker in the proposed plant will
be used to pay his first year’s
rent. If he secures a locker at the
$12.50 pricey the difference will
be remitted to him. If his locker
runs more than $15, the difference
will be requested of him at the
time he starts to use the facilities
of the plant.
Blanks can be secured from a
number of business houses in Cha
pel Hill and Hillsboro, the county
farm agent’s office and the ware
houses of the FMX in -Hillsboro
and Carrboro.
Carrboro Man
Hit By OP A
Damage Suit
In the first treble damage action
in North Carolina since tl|e agency
was restored as a going concern in
the fight against inflation, the Office
of Price Administration has filed a
_ suit in United States District Court
at Greensboro for $82,890.08 dam
ages against J. B. Goldston, lum
ber dealer of Carrboro.
W. H. Yarborough, Jr., chief of
OPA’s regional- lumber enforce
ment unit here, said that the com
plaint against Goldston sets forth
that during the 12 months period
ended June 30 the defendant sold
and delivered 1,840,959 board feet
of southern pine lumber for a total
of $27,630.36 above legal ceilings,
and seeks damages in the amount
of three times the alleged over
charges./-7^”' ■ .
The” complaint also' alleges that
Goldston “falsely and arbitrarily”
graded lumber to obtain a higher
price than the ceiling and failed
to keep required records of pur
chases and sales.
A further allegation in the com
plaint contends that Goldston “sold
lumber in a combination of grades
above the maximum price allowed
for the lowest grades named} in
the combination without comply
ing with the regulations relating
to such sales.”
In addition to the damages the
agency seeks a preliminary and
final injunction restraining the de
fendant from further overceiling
charges and an order requiring
Goldston to comply with the rec
ord-keeping and grading provi
sions of OPA regulations.
Goldston in a statement denied
all charges of the OPA.
Examination Set
For Postmaster ‘
Carrboro.—The United States
Civil Service Commission has an
nounced an open competitive ex
amination for postmaster in Carr
boro.
Applications must be on file with
,e U. S. Civil Service Commis
sion at Washington 25, D. C., not
fater than August 28.
Applications may be obtained
from the Carrboro post office or
from the U. S. Civil Service Com
mission, Washington 25, D ,C__
Merchants Hear Request
For $1,000 As Town’s Part
In Nash-Kollock Preservation
A request was made at a Meet
ing of the Hillsboro Merchants
Association Monday night for the
local merchants to sponsor a
movement for acquiring $1,000 as
Hillsboro’s part of a drive for
$3,000 to be used in purchasing the
Nash-Kollock property.
R. O. (Bob) Forrest, president
of the Hillsboro Merchants Asso
ciation, read a letter from Mrs.
Jessie G. Parker of Hillsboro in
which she outlined the project as
visioned by interested parties in
having the building restored.
. $3,000 Needed.Now
She pointed out in the letter that
the cost of purchasing the prop
erty would be $3,000, one-third
of which she expected to receive
from donations in Hillsboro. She
said that another $1,000 would be
received'from Chapel Hill and the
third $1,000 from people living in
the county.
Mrs. Parker’s letter in full to
the merchants is printed at the
end of this article.
_r Committee Named -
A committee composed of Jack
Blieden, Clarence Jones and T. N.
Webb was appointed to meet with
a committee of the State Society
for the Preservation of Antiqui
ties. The committee was instructed
to meet with a committee from the
state group and not with any in
dividual.
Plans were made for two meet
ings in September, one for the elec
tion of officers and the second a
jdihTb’S'rbecut? with the Lions club!
A nominating committee Clar
ence Jones, Lucius Brown, W. T.
Murray and H. G. Coleman, Sr.,
was. named to recommend a slate
of officers for 1946-47. A com
mittee of John Ballard, Marshall
Cates and G. C. McBane was named
to make plans for the barbecue.
Possibility of conducting another
trade promotion program in the
fall was. discussed'. A committee
of W. T. Murray, ‘Lucius Brown,
Charles James, Marshall Cates and
jT—N», Webb*, was... appoiiited-to™ in
vestigate the possibilities and to
report at the next meeting.
Discussion was held on the drive
now in progress to secure signers
for freezer locker plants for Hills
See (NASH-KOLLOCK) Page 4
Homecoming
Is Set Sunday
At Mars Hill
Mars Hill Church is planning
homecpming day services for
Sunday, August 11. The Rev. W.
T. Smith, who is returning to be
pastor after a year at the South- ■
ern Baptist Theological Semi
nary, will preach at 11 o'clock.
Dinner will be served on the
grounds’ and the Rev. William
Rittenhouse, who was 'a war
prisoner of the Germans for sev
eral months, will be the speaker
at the afternoon seevice, ,r _
•%
The day is being observed to
give special honor to those mem
bers of our church and 8unday
school who served In our-armed
forces in World War II, It was
said.
Beginning Monday evening)
August 12, at 8 o’clock, the
Rev. Truet Cox, pastor of Yates
Baptist Church, Durham, will
start a series of revival services
at Mars Hill:
Red Cross Work
Is Recognized
By Certificate
* . •
Red Cross workers in "Hillsboro
have received a card of apprecia
tion for participation in the fer
eign war relief work.
John C. Wilson, manager of the
southeastern area of the Red Cross,
pointed out in sending the cards
to the local workers the following:
“. . . they are signed by Her Royal
Highness, the Duchess of Glou
cester, President of the Central
Hospital Supply Service. In pre
senting cards, Lady Bridgeman
'SalH'lharsheTiopedThey would bei
accepted ‘as a small token of ap
preciation of the invaluable and
most generous help which had been
afforded to the Red Cross and St.
John War Organization bya /our
members.’ ” *■
Good Tobacco Year Is Seen
• . _ - '
By N. G. Farmers, Merchants
Ta r IIpel 'fa rmers and- mer chants
are looking forward to an excel-'
lent year for fine- cured. sales, with
estimated yield for the State of
896,225,(TOO pounds, according to
W. P. Hedrick, tobacco marketing
specialist of the N. C. Agri.. Dept.
Last year the Border Belt mark
ets sold a total of 251;749,126 lbs.,
having a value of $110,625,12?
during its 50-day sale period. It
has been estimated that approxi
mately 102,000,000 pounds will be
harvested on Border Belt markets
of North Carolina this year from
95.000 acres, and 153,000,000 lbs.
in South Carolina, harvested from
146.000 acres.
South Carolina Border Belt mar
kets last year were located in
Conway, Darlington, Dillon, Kings
tree, Lake City, Loris, Mullins,
Pamlico and Timmonsville, hav
ing a total of 41 sales floors and 13
sets of buyers. t
North Carolina has 45 sales
floors this year in the Border
Belt against 35 last year, located in
the following cities: Chadburn,
Clarkton, Fair Bluff, Fairmont,.
Lumberton, Tabor City and White
ville.
In 1945 Border Belt markets’
average was 44 cents per pound,
which was 0.7 cents above the 43.3
cents farmers received for their
1944 crop.
It is more than gratifying, said
Hedrick, to see the Georgia-Flor
ida markets get off to a good price
start for the medium grades,
which have averaged between 42
and 46 dollars per hundred. _
2 Hillsboro Men Under Bond
For Rubbery Of James Riley
Paul T. Lane and John T. Flet
™er> two , Hillsboro men, have
Waived preliminary hearing in
Durham’s Recorder’s Court on
charges of robery with a danger
°us weapon,
5hey were ordered held for the
grand jury and placed under bonds
51,000 each in Recorder’s court
Ff»day, morning. ■- V-'".
' deputy Sheriffs T. C. hea/jr-'sS*
-T„ Durham, both' of Durham
county, who investigated the case,
said that Lane and Fletcher had
picked up by James Riley
Hillsboro Taxi cab driver, asking
to be taken to Raleigh. At a point
near the Southern Tavern'on the
Durham-Raleigh road, Fletcher is
alleged to have held a knife to the
throat of Riley, robbing him of
$48 in cash. The two then took the
cab, the officers reported.
The paif were captured by Hen
Atgumk-offteers
■that the license tag on the cab was
covered with mud white the rest
of the auto was clean and stoppett
them' for investigation.
Hillsboro Men
Fish Golf Stream
Four amber jacks, the largest
of which weighed 25 pounds, and
six dolphins, the largest of which
weighed 19 pounds, were caught
by a group of six Hillsboro men
in a fishing trip to the Gulf
Stream over the weekend.
The group left for the Gulf
Stream from Morehead City
Sunday morning.
Included in the group were:
Lucius Brown, Frank Vinson,
Clarence Franklin, Jim Oakley,
Coy Andrews and Billy Heaffner.
School Bus Route
Change Is Sought
A delegation of Orange county
citizens living near Mebane ap
peared before the Orange county
board of education Monday with
a request thpt the school bus routes
be so arranged to make it possible
for those living in Orange county
to attend the school in Mebane.
The board told members of the
delegation after their case had been
presented by Ben F. Wilson, a
member of the county commission
ers, and other interested members
of the group that it would recom
mend some changes be made in
the routing of the busses.
Wreck Occurs
Hear Mebane
Automobiles belonging to Whay
land Vinson of Hillsboro and Wil
liam Price of Haw River were
severely damaged Saturday night
when they collided in frpnt of the
Shqdy Rest Tavern east of Meb
qne.
The accident occurred, T.P.
Hofler, highway patrolman, said,
when Pric£, going east, crossed the
road to turn into *the tavern and
collided with Vinson’s car going
• Trask. * ■
Although both cars suffered
much damage, occupants suffered
only minor injuries.
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Growers Aided
By Changes
In Weighing
As North Carolina Border Belt
leaf marts opened Thursday, to
bacco warehousemen, dealers, and
growers were warned by C. D.
Baucom, superintendent, of the
Weights and Measure division of
the N. G. Agriculture Department
that “important changes” have
been effected regarding the handl
ing of tobacco to be sold on North
Carolina markets this season.”
Baucom declared that weight
tolerances have been sharply lim
ited and weighing practice regula
tions have been made more de
finitive.
Pointing out that “tolerance is
the difference between perfection
and prosecution and is the range
in which the inspector may use
his own discretion,” Baucom de
clared that “in some few instanc
es” solicitors for tobacco ware
houses in the past have taken ad
vantages of these tolerances in
various and sundry ways, some
times passing them along to cer
tain growers in return for their
business. He said that these tol
erances could amount to as much
as $2.50 for each 200-pound bas
ket of tobacco. They have been cur
tailed so- as to protect “honest
warehousemen who are endeav
oring to be fair with the seller and
buyer.”
These new regulations and
amendments to old regulation*,
adopted at the recent meeting of
the State Board of Agriculture,
went into effect with the opening
of the markets on Thursday.
The most important change,
Baucom said, relates as to the
time tobacco is offered for sale.
Heretofore, he explained, tobac
co has not been regarded as being
actually offered for sale until/the
auctioneer began crying his bids.
A court so found last season, an
alleged weight violation did not
apply until the auctioneer began
his chant over a pile of tobacco.
Under the new regulation, tobac
co is offered for sale when it is
placed on the line.
“Farmers don’t put their tobac
co in the row for exhibit pur
poses,”. said Baucom.
Another altered regulation fixes
the average weight of the basket
on which the tobacco is placed for
sale. Baucom said that prior to
this season, it was too often the
case that one basket was weigh
ed and the “averge” weight of all
baskets was assumed therefrom.
If this average was light, it was
See (GROWERS AIDED) Page 5
Weed Crop
Is Damaged
By Diseases
Although “thousands of dol
lars” worth of damage has been
done to the tobacco crop in Or
ange county by black shank and
wilt, County Farm Agent Don
S. Matheson this week estimated
that the crop wotild total $2,
000,000 if the present prices be
ing paid on the early belts con
tinue on the markets in North
Carolina.
Black shank, Matheson told
the county commissioners in ses
sion Monday, is a new disease in
this area, whereas wilt has been
recognized in Orange county for
several years. Oxford 26 will
control wilt, he pointed out. Ox
ford Nos. 1, 2 and 3 are resistant
to black shank.
Where fields have both dis
eases present, he asserted, it’s a
difficult job to produce much to
bacco. Experiments have pro
duced a variety of tobacco that
controls both diseases, but the
quality of the tobacco produced
is very low.
Tobacco crop in the county this
year totals 500 acres more than
was planted last year, he saidL
but with a lower poundage ex
pected because of early rains lit
tle change is expected in the
total crop.
Seek Inprovenent
Plans for improving the attend
ance at American Legion meetings
were made Tuesday night at the
Regular monthly meeting in the
Masonic hair.
5>aaifii©» ty as... made to have, q
bingo party after every meeting
and to send each member a post
card announcing the meeting.
West Hill
Saturday
Program
An afternoon and evening of
fun and frolic ,for residents has
been planned for Saturday by tfie
West Hillsboro Civic Club.
An afternoon program consist
ing of games and contest^ of all
kinds followed by a brunswick stew
and an evening program of awards,
music and a guest speaker has
been outlined.
Dr. O. David Garvin, district
health officer, will be the principal
speaker at the evening program
following the brunswick stew. The
A $25 government bond will
be given away at the night pro
grom Saturday night. The bond
is being presented by W. T. Mur
. ray's Cash Store. . ......
program will get underway at 7:30
in the school auditorium. Bruns
wick stew will be served at 5:30
with tickets 25 and 50 cents.
Afternoon Program -
The-afternoon program consists
of softball games, boys; sack race,
children; husband calling contest;
softball throw, men; potato race,
children; rolling pin throwing con
test; walking contest, men; water
melon. eating contest, children; bal
loon blowing contest, ladies; and
choosing of the oldest man and
woman present.
The night program will consist
of: song: “America, the Beautiful’.’;
devotional; awarding of contest
prizes to afternoon winners; string i
music; song: “The Quilting Party”;
talk by Dr. Garvin; report from
Civic Organization; song: “When
You and I Were Young;” string
music; Negro quartet; string mu
sic; movie: “A Day at Coney Is-"
land”; song: “Old Black Joe”;
movie: “A Guide to Good Eating”;
and song: “Star Spangled Ban
ner."
Prizes for the winners in the
contest are being donated by mer
chants of West Hillsboro.
$1.25 Tax v. .
Rate Set For
Coming Year
Tax rate for Hillsboro for the
next fiscal year was officially
placed at $1.25 per $100 valuation
by the town commissioners at
their meeting Tuesday night in the
mayor’s office.
Tentative budget figure was
placed at $14,027.50 by the com
missioners at their July meeting.
Approval of the tax rate and the
budget officially puts into effect
the tentative budget. '
Other business handled by the
board:
Ten per cent* increase in salar
ies of Negro street workers;
Appointment of committee com
posed of A. J. Snipes, Charles J.
James, and F. E. Joyner to,,confer
with an architect on plans for the
construction of a new town hall;
... Appointment of a . committee
composed of Lucius Brown and
Frank Walker to authorize con
struction of sewer line from King
street up Churton street , to serVe
the new cafe building bq|ng con
structed and any other business
houses desiring to tap on to it.
*1 The commissioners killed a mo
tion made by F. E. Joyner to turn
on the stop light at King and Chur
ton streets. At present the light
is only blinking.
County Tax Rate
Set At 88 Cents;
Budget Approved
2 Prisoners
Escape From
Road Gang
Two prisoners escaped from a
road gang working about five miles
northeast of Chapel Hill shortly
after dinner Tuesday afternoon, of
ficials at the prison camp near
Hillsboro reported. .
The escapees were identified as
Paul Johnson, sentenced for 15
18 years from Fayetteville for
manslaughter; and L. S. Black
burn, sentenced 11-18 years from
High Point for breaking, entering
and larceny. ’
Prison officials said the men es
caped after eating dinner. It is be
lieved that they are-still in the vi
cinity of Chapel Hill wearing
brown prison clothes they wore at
time of escape.
Sheriff deputies from Orange
county sheriff’s office assisted in
the search for the escaped men
Tuesday.
Liquor Haul
Is Made In
Two Arrests
Twenty-five quarts, five and one
half pints of whiskey were taken
by Highway Patrolman T. P. Hof
ler in two hauls made over the
weekend.
In an automobile operated by
C. D. McGargan, Negro, of Greens
boro 22 quarts of liquor was dis
covered. McGargan was indicted
for illegal possession and trans
porting whiskey. In a hearing be
. fore Magistrate C. D. Jones, he
' was- placed midt«r $100'T)Vmrl am.
his automobile under a bond of
$400 for his appearance in the
August 19 term of court.
Clifton Phillips, Negro of Bur
lington, was stopped by Hofler and
arrested for illegal possession,
transporting and driving while
drunk. Phillips was placed under
a bond of $100 and his vehicle un
der a bond of $800 for appear
ance In superior court August 19.
Three quarts and five and pne-half
pints were found in Phillips’, auto
mobile.
Other cases tried before Magis
trate Jones this weekend are Rob
ert J. Cook, Burlington, speeding
90 miles an hour, $3 and costs;
Albert Owens, West Hillsboro,
drunk, $3 and costs; John Calvin
Mitchell, Hillsboro, careless and
reckless driving, placed under $100
bond for Superior court appear
ance;
William E. Carson, Burlington,
passing on hill, $3 and costs; Dossie
Wrenn, drunk, $3 and costs.
TENANT HOUSE BURNS
Tenant house belonging to L. E.
Stewart near the Aycock school
was destroyed by fire early Friday
morning. The house was occupied
by Negro tenants.
Orange comity’s tax rate for the
next year will remain at the pres
ent rate of 88 cents, the commis
sioners decided Monday at their
monthly meeting in adopting
1946-47 Orange county budget.
A few small difficulties were
ironed out in the budget before
the commissioners placed their
approval on it as it now stands. A
change was made in the capital
outlay figure for the Chapel Hill
school district.
After publication of the tenta
tive budget on July ll.jno protests
were made, it was reported.. The
commissioners in making the final
approval of the budget pointed out
they had attempted to be as fair .
as possible in drawing up the fig
ures and they hoped all persons
had been satisfied,
Road Petitions
A number of petitions were pre
sented to the group asking that
certain roads in different parts of
the county be placed under the
state highway and public works
commission.
Petitions were received from: a
group in Carrboro requesting 1700
feet of Parkway drive connecting
No. 86 with the old Greensboro
highway be placed under state
care. Twenty-five persons had
signed the petition.
I A group of 25 seeking to have
the road connecting Efland-Cedar
Grove with the Efland-Halls Mill
road placed under state care. The
petition asserted that, the road was
an important i‘farm-to-market”
artery and a school bus route.
A group of 22 seeking repair to
the Efland highway by way of Po
teat’s grocery to Cedar Grove pre
sented a petition.
The commissioners pointed out
that they could make recommen
dations to the district highway
board but that they had no con
trol over the decisions of the high
way group, but that they would
investigate the requests made in
the petitions.
Other business before the board
Granting of permission to T. D.
Freeland to peddle produce in Or
ange county; reports from county
and home demonstration ?gents;
granting of beer license to J. M.
Stanley, 55, to operate east of
Mebane; decision to ■ attend State
Association meeting of County
Commissioners at Wrightsville
Beach September 4-6.
J. W. Van Vynckt of University
requested permission for the
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
to rent the Murphy school building
one night out of the month. His
request was referred to the county
board of education.
Revival Slated
At Carrboro
A series of revival services will
begin at the Carrboro Methodist
Church here next Saturday eve-,
rung, August 11, and continue
through next week, services begin
ning at 8 o’clock.
The pastor, the Rev. J. L. Joyce,
will be assisted by the Rev. B. D.
Critcher of the Davis Street Meth
odist Church of Burlington. The
Rev. Mr. Critcher is also director
of evangelism for the entire Dur
ham district.
2,500 Elbow Into Hillsboro
As Jubilee Drawing Is Held
Second largest* crowd ever to
elbow its way into Hillsboro jostled
each other in a gay, carnival spirit
here Saturday as the Hillsboro
Merchants Association conducted
the drawing for prizes irf the finale
to the July Jubilee month sales
promotion plan.
An estimated 2,500 to 3,000 peo
ple packed into Hillsboro, jam
ming the stores in scenes remi
niscent of Christmas shopping.
Drawn here by the drawing for
prizes in the Jubilee sales plan and
by the extra bargains which mer
chants offered, the crowd' was a
friendly gatheringandpolice of
ficers reported no trouble of any
kind.
Extra Patrolmen ^ v
Extra patrolmen assisted Hills
boro police department and T. P.
Hofler, highway patrolman assigned
here,, in handling the overflow of
cars which were parked, in every
available space in town. '
Prior to the drawing in which
nylon rose, a .22 rifle, a - washing
mac^e^a radio, a priority on; a
new Ford and a* ham were award
ed to lucky ticket holders, a band
composed of Hillsboro musicians
gave a concert.
The crowd which gathered for
the drawing at 5 p.m. packed and
jammed its way into the roped off
area*in front of the court house
and extended down either side of
the court house lawn. R. O. (Bob)
Forrest, president of the Hillsboro
Merchants Association, conducted
the drawing from a truck furnished j
by the Farmers Mutual Exchange.!
Winning Tickets
Winning ticket numbers and the
prizes the holders of the ticket*
won were as follows: 254889, pri
ority on 1946 Ford, F. T. Gates,
Jr., of Rougemont; 12560, G^n-^
eral Electric washing machine, A.
R. Frazier of Cedar Grove; 254174,
Philco radio, Clyde Miller of Hur
dle Mills; 10005, .22 rifle, Sam Kirk
land of Hillsboro; 42804, elgctric
toaster, Wallace Williams of Hills
boro; 45639, pressure cooker, Ref
ford Turner of Hillsboro; 41478,
Swift’s premium ham, Carlton
McKee.
Winners, of nylon hose w<
follows; John hlidgett'’'of"
Hillsboro; Mrs. J. G. Craig, route
1, University; Banks Lloyd of Or
S
ange Grove: Melvin Riley of West
Hillsboro: Mrs. Lessie Cates of
West Hillsboro; Miss Nellie Cates
of route 3, Hillsboro; and Miss Fen
nie Fagan of Hillsboro.
Rain Interferes
Until rain forced those standing
around the truck to seek shelter,
every ticket called was answered.
One person, an employee of a mem
ber of the Hillsboro Merchants
Association, was disqualified. Two
tickets were called which were not
answered after it started raining.
They were Nos. 18127 and 265028.
Sally North and Bobby Lane,
Jtwo youngsters selected from the
crowd, pulled the winning tickets
from the box in which the stubs
had been placed.
- Members of the band which gave
the concert were Herman H.
Brown, Jr., Franz Roberts, Billy
Mangum, Billy Lloyd, trumpets; Dr.
Bryan Roberts and Clarence Man
gum, saxophones; Harry Brown,
clarinet; Tom Du la and Sam