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The News of Orange County 1 has more news about Orange county in its columns than any paper published In the county. Vol. 53- No- 37 Hillsboro, N. C., Thursday, November 7j 1946 When you buy a newspaper, ask for an Orange county pa per, published and printed in Orange by Orange citizens. (Published Weekly) 8 Pages This Week Hollywood Stars Sparkle for Good Health An all-star show to top all all-star shows comes-to North Carolina next Saturday from 7 to 7:30 o’clock under the sponsorship of the Good Health Association. To be brought to the stater over a direct leased wire from Hollywood, the broadcast will be carried by every North Carolina station on the air at that tiifte. Featured will be the entire contingent of Tar Heel stars in California, plus a number of other headliners from out of the'state. Stars who will be heard are shown in the above array. Top row, left to right, they are: Anne Jeffreys of Goldsboro; Ish Kabibble; Ava Gardner of Wilson; Skinnay Enffis of Salisbury; and Dinah Shore. Bottom, same order, Red Skelton; Randolph Scott of Charlotte; Kathryn Grayson of Winston-Salem; John Scott Trotter of Charlotte; and Rocky Mount’s Kay Kyser. Despite the fact that all of us,, are eagerly looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas and that Halloween is just behind us, The NEWS has received a vari ety of answers to this week’s question, “What is your favor ite holiday?” The answers: Mrs. T. E. Rice, Hillsboro: “Eas ter is my favorite because of the beautiful story it signifies.” * * * W. L. Simpson, route 1, Durham: “The Fourth of July. Independence Day is a great day for this coun try.” * * * Mary Frances Kenion, Hillsboro: “Christmas is my favorite holiday, but I cannot give a definite rea son unless it is because of the deep impression it made, during my childhood.” • • * Jack Van Vynckt, Hillsboro: “Thanksgiving. I enjoy the fes tive spirit ^ and the* wonderful weather that is^ypieal- of Thanks giving.” • • • • Mrs. R. C. Blanchard, Jr., route 2, Durham:-“Christmas.-I io.v*.iu see the children enjoy Santa Claus ” 3 Prisoners Escape Camp Three prisoners escaped froin the Orange county prison camp near Hillsboro Monday afternoon. They were: Raster Brody, serv ing 10 years for carnal knowledge, who walked away from the prison farm. He was an honor grade prisoner, age 36, and is believed headed for his home in Randolph county. The other men escaped from a gang cutting a right of way near Dodson’s Cross Roads. They are R- 0. Lewis, sentenced from New Hanover county for 5-8 years for highway robbery, and Hasey Mitchell, sentenced 2-5 years from Caldwell county for forgery. All .of the men are believed heading for the counties fr£m which they were sentenced. Warden Seeks Slot To Erect Sire Tower Better forest Are protection for Orange county will be secured 'f the county can buy or lease ’and on top of the mountain near the waterworks on which an 80-foot fire tower can be erect ***> Pi H. Johns, county fire war ;■_ 8en, -told the, commissioners in their meeting Monday. Johns said that the $2,200 tow er was in Hillsboro and that the 4tate was willing to pay the 81,800 cost of erection if the county-could secure either a deed 0r a lease to a plot of land on' < tap highest of three httts wh’ch skirt Hillsboro. The high cat is nearest the water plant, Johns told the commissioners. The commissioners; indicated fiat they would make an effort to secure the land. - In County Still Getting High Prices; Milk Per Hundredweight Up Record Butterbean Harvest Reported Carrboro.— Mrs. Tom Davis’ butterbean patch is the envy of all gardeners in this section. Last Saturday she picked two buckets of butterbeans which shelled out three and one-half quarts That certainly must set some kind of record in these parts. FSA Changes Name; FIIA Takes Over The Farmers’ Home Administra tion, as authorized by the Con gresS*'*'began operation in North Carolina November 1, says Ber ni—■ li1 FSA. snnfl&j visor for Grange county, who re cently attended a meeting at Ashe Title of personnel' who will direct thclaffairs-of :.llie ,ne\s agen t y. FHA replaces both the Farm j Security Administration and the Emergency Crop and Feed Loan section of Farm Credit Adminis tration, and takes over the per sonnel and assets of both agen cies. Mr. Strickland said that for the time being FHA oflices will be maintained with, the same pcr sonneLat all points where FSA 'and‘ ECFL have operated: Both; agencies have made loans to small farmers and the new agency will continue to serve this group. ' Also attending the meeting at Asheville was Mrs. Julia CD avis, FSA home'supervisor. Disdafesions were led bfr J. B. Slack, state di rector for Farmers’ Home Admin istration. Two types of loans will be made bv Farmers’ Home Administra tion, Mr. Strickland said. Farm purchase lodfts will be made to tenants, sharecroppers, farm la borers, and veterans with agricul tural experience and training. Loans can be made for the pur chase, development ‘and improve ment of family-type farms The interest rate is 3Vz percent and loans are repayable over a 40-year period. A variable repayment plan will .make it possible for borrow ers to make larger than average payments in years when farm come is high or above normal, and less than average payments years when farm income is below 3rmal. Production and subsistence loans, be second type will be made to arniers and stockmen for the pur hase of livestock, farm eqjup mnt seed, fertilizer and other m and home needs. Such loans an be made to either owners or “iiants who live on and operate amdy-type farms--and who de ™ themajor portion of their m Lme from farming. These loans arry an interest rate of a per cen nd are repayable in from one to ve years. ' _______ GE SORORITY me Ba>night, Barbara Cash •l.zabeth Hazlett, and Jane all of Chapel Hill, have ’d the Pi Beta Phi sorority at „di«rW ol North Carnhno, “Thank goodness we are grow ing tobacco instead of cotton” has been the feeling of a number of farm leaflets and-farmers -in Or ange county during the past two weeks which has seen the cotton market j*o down while tobacco prices have been holding steady with lower prices being reported in only a few instances. Continued high prices have been reported on practically all tobacco markets in this section. Tobacco men in Mebane Monday said that a number of piles were going for as high as 70 cents. Many aver ages in the 60-cent brackets were being secured on the market there. . - . Whereas- this was true on to bacco markets, cotton farmers throughout the south'were experi encing a severe jolt with the drop In prices. In the eastern part of North Carolina where larger acre ages of cotton are grown than in Orange county, a number of farm ers have lost heavily. amount of cotton is grown and marketed and it affects-the over all...economyof the .farmer in the county very little. .. . _ — Many dalry1fafmers^ihlhe”'edurv ty have also experienced an in crease in price for their milk. Price per 100 pounds of milk has increased from $5.80 to $6.00 and dairies in Chapel Hill and Durham have announced increas es in prices for their milk, point ing out that, they are passing the two cents . per quart on to the farmer. Milk in Chapel Hill and Durham has'advanced from 20 to 22 cents per quart. WESTERN UNION SERVICE CRITICIZED A report was made from Chapel Hill this wekk that, better western union service had been|promised there for the business houses and residents. Recently, the report said, “a great deal of complaining concerning the service” had been made. NEW MEMBER Lambros Andrews, proprietor of the Catnpus Cafe in Chapel Hill, has been admitted to the mem bership of the Chapel Hill-Carr boro Merchants Association. Alumni Speaker Dean E. I- Cloyd, dedn of stu dents at State College In ftaferr&ft, above, spoke to a gathering of State College alumni at a meet ing in Hillsboro Wednesday night. Unofficial Tabulation Of Precinct Vote "j *-■ 0 H O z e o. ■4~ £ I o c « CC 5 O « a i c 2 ~ - 2 ** C a • -? > jc <i o * O & O 3 > • o i* = o ° I } e i | ? _ 2 • -S t s s — ♦; «• o 5 ■ -c c XwOt-OOOUi .i FOR SOLICITOR Murdock ..I.*..... 41 FOR STATE iENATE Webb .\.*- 42 FOR STATE HOUSE Umstead.t. 44 Evans ..V. 33 FOR SHERIFF Latta ...;. 42 Parker .(. 36 FOR CLERK OF COURT Lynch ....... ... 41 Weaver .... .\7 TM FOR REGISTE# OF DEEDS Laws ..... I I.... *...-. 41 Woods ...:.. 34 FOR TREASURER Bivins ..... 42 FOR CORONER Walker . 45 FOR COMMISSIONERS Cobb .. 40 Wilson . .«’... 41 Laws.. I.. 41 McBane . . . ...*»>. 36 110 143 411 304 22 22 55 108 135 408 304 22 21 52 110 143 397 293 21 19 62 17 91 82 81 3 21 29 109 134 399 284 22 19 48 21 103 79 81 4 26 53 109 129 390 283 21 20 56 21 107 88 86 4 22 27“ .% 109 130 398 289 22 19 51 19 97 76 78 3 20 28 HuntHey >777^77777^7-. . ... 37~ Brown . ."..... 37 FOR CONGRESS Durham ..... ^35 McDonald .*... 34 520 28 40 57 45 49 67 50 548 25 25 55 46 49 64 50 480 24 35 54 43 49 69 48 210 22 35 0 1 2 47 23 486 29 55 55 45 49 66 45 308 20 40 3 9 2 55 25 518 29 38- 58 46 49 69 48 .'. 199 20 33 0 0 - 2 48 22 . 495 26 41 68 45 49 69 47 224 20 34 2 0 2 47 22 109 137 406 302 22 23 54 528 26 31 . 53 45 49 68 50 110 146 415 302 22 22 59 556 27 41 58 48 49 71 47 108 142 407 297 22 21 52 * 52 111 125 386 281 22 21 108 130 3117 286 22 19 51 22 98 75 76 3 22 29 J~ 451 25 29 55 44 49 64 45 457 25 30 55 46 49 71 46 451 26 26 54 47 49 45 46 237 21 41 2 . 7 2 53^22 -I < K O H 18 106 Tfr ST 19 100 76 78 3 24 29 282 20 49 2 46 21 108 143 404 291 22 21 50 18 96 87 85 4 23 27 520 26 50 55 45 49 67 49 211 23 33 2 3 2 52 23 1964 1953 1881 697 1892 845 1904 715 K,' 1889 706 1945 2018 1851 1818 1787 746 728 799 1935 723 2,500 Votes Are Cast As Democrats Sweep General Election Returns In Orange County State Senator Congressman Leads Ticket James Webb of Hillsboro, pic tured above,’ is the new State senator for Orange anb Ala mance counties. ' Carl T. Durham of Chapel Hill was returned to Congress by the Sixth District comprising Orange, Durham, Alamance and Guilford counties. H. J. Walker, above, of Hills boro, Democratic candidate for coroner, led the ticket with a to tal of 2,018 votes. Lions Favor Rigid Highway Regulations A recent poll among members of the Hillsboro Lions club reveals that they favor more rigid laws governing the licensing of motor ists in the state as an avenue for controlling the increasing num ber of deaths and injuries result ing from highway accidents. The questions presented to the members of the club included three on highway subjects; one on an action taken by the commission ers; one on a recent decision of the Hillsboro Merchants Associa tion; and one on the tbwn charter of Hillsboro. The first question was: would you favor a law that would make it mandatory that a drivers* license be revoked for (a) two years on second conviction for drunken driving and (b) permanently on third conviction for drunken driv ing Answers were: (a) yes 100 per cent; (b) yes 70 percent, no 30 percent. , j i The second question: would you iavor a law that would make it mandatory that a driver’s license be revoked for 90 days on first conviction for careless and reckless driving and for 12 months for any later convietion for careless and reckless driving? Answers were: yes 91 percent, no 9 percent. The third question dealing on highway regulations was: would you favor reducing the speed lim it on our highway. A “no" answer was 100 percent against reducing the speed limit. - ' v ’' ' Eighty-seven percent of the members favored the recent action S$« (LIQNS CLUB) on Page 5 Jury Named For December High Court Jurors for the December 9 term of Orange county superior court were drawn by the commissioners at their meeting in the court house Monday. The superior court will be a one-week criminal term with Clawson L. Williams as the presid ing judge. Jurors selected are W. C. Black wood, Charles C. Berry, R. S. Boggs, Charlie Clayton, W. R. Chambers, J. D. Mincey; R. M. Anderson, J. J. Mann, Robert Wilson, Weldon Sykes, James B. Boyles, Robert Breeze, W. F. Prouty; w • ' i! :— Brodie Crabtree, J. M. Booker, J. I. Dickey, William L. Lloyd, W. W. Boger, W. Carson Ryan, George Bivins, W. G. Cole, J. Wade Har ris, S. Malone Hall, C. E. King; J. D: Hogan; John L. Efland, Jr., David M. Cates, Franklin C. Erickson, Doii R. Beal, John Taylor Bivins, Ma rion Chambers, John Page Whit ted; , W. B. Richmond, Leonard Scearce, E. G. Lloyd, J. L. Tilley, Percy H. Vickers, G. F. Homey, Harold D.- Meyers, Aubrey D. Gra ham. ■ * Farm Bureau Meets Monday At Ay cock A farm bureau meeting will be held November 14 at 7:30 at the Aycock school house for the pur pose of organizing a campaign for new members and to discuss sen timent of tobacco growers on pro duction and acreage for next year Will Rogers, a member of the farm bureau staff in Greensboro, will be the principal speaker for the meeting. Discussion of sending delegates to the national convention in San Francisco in early December will also be held. A special train is expected to carry 350 North Caro lina members to the meeting. Gold Star Is Awarded Chapel Hill.-—Commander Rich ard H. (Dick) O’Kane, husband of Mrs. Ernestine Groves O’Kane, of Chapel Hill has been awarded the old Star in lieu of a third Silver Star medal, according to an an nouncement from Secretary of the Navy Forrestal. Comdr. O’Kane, of Durham, Vt., visited here in the spring upon his return from submarine duty in the Pacific. He was accompanied by ,Mrs. O’Kane, daughter of the late Professor Ernest R. Groves, world famous authority on marriage and the home. tSSSsisgS .Thirty one counties in North Carolina have only from one to four hospital beds per 1,000 popu lation. Walker, Webb Murdock Pace County Slate Wfe cfsfcroj mately 2,500 vot i>eing cast in the county, Orar*. „ j county Democrats Tuesday return- ' ed all their candidates to county offices in an off-year election which saw Republicans the country over gain important seats in Con gress and state governments;. H. J- Walker, running opposed for coroner, polled the highest number of votes with 2,018 being cast in his favor. William C. Mur dock. oT Durham, solicitor, wittv-l 1964 and James Webb of Hillsboro, named to represent Orange and Al amance counties in the State sen ate, with 1953 votes were next high on the ticket. PARKER GOP -HIGH Luther Parker, who unsuccess fully opposed Sam Latta for sher iff, was high man on the Republi can ticket with 845'"votes. Next high was H. H. (Jack) Brown of Hillsboro who received 799 votes for one of- the three, county com missioner seats. r~ T . The race for sheriff, clerk of court, register of deeds, state re presentative, and county commis sioners were conte* ted by the Re publicans in the election. , Sam Latta in the sheriffs race defeated Parker 1892 to 845. Ed win Lynch in the clerk’s race poll ed 1904 votes in returning to of fice with a majority of 1189 votes over Max C. Weaver of Chapel Hill. _ J. Ed Laws ran up a 1183 ma jority over Fred H. Woods of f^ills boro for the register of deeds job. In the coipmissioner race Collier Cobb, Jr., led the ticket with 1851 votes. Ben F. Wilson was second with 1818 votes and H. G. Laws third with 1787. John W. Umstead of Chapel Hill rolled up a 1881 to 697 victory ov er J. R. Evans for the state house of representatives position. Among the Republicans H. H, See (ELECTION) on Page 5 Telephone Coapaay To Ask.Increase In Local Rates The Morris Telephone Com pany — the company serving Hillsboro — has requested the State Utilities Com mission for permission to increase the rates in Hillsboro $1 per month. Hearing on the petition will be held November 29 in Raleigh. Under the petition as present ed by the Morris Telephone Company they are asking for the increase because of the In crease service to be offered by the installation of a dial sys tem bare. ;ii t Business rates under the plan .7 would be increased from $3.25 to $4.25 and one-party residential rates from $225 to $325. •• • • «• 1 •„
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