THE NEWS of Orange County
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THE NEWS, INCORPORATED
J. Roy Parker, President
Hillsboro, N. C.
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THE NEWS of Orange County is the oldest newspaper of continuous
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The News, June ig. 1947
Tom Brown
Those of us who saw and
talked to Tom Brown on
Sunday little dreamed that
Monday morning would* fail
to find him at his accustomed
place doing his usual duties
at Coleman-Laws store in
* Hillsboro.
Little did we imagine that
Monday would find us ac
counting the many fine deeds
Tom- had quietly done dur
ing his lifetime, remembering
jh^aae little details \yhi^ mir-,
ror a friend’s life and work
sharply and clearly in our
minds.
Tom loved his home, his
family and his work. He pass
v ed on while cutting the grass
*on his lawn before he left
home for his day’s work.
All of us will remember his
spirit, his congenial, Christ
~ T .data, -philb§ophy_ qf life fora
long time.
The Bond Election
Never before in recent
years have the divergent ends
of Orange county Expressed
themselves, as clearly as they
did in the bond election vote
last Tuesday. The refusal of
the remainder of the county to
see things with the same view
as Chapel Hill . .Tor should
we write thg^refusal of Chapel
Hill to view things with the
same eye as the rest of the
county . . , was clearly and
pointedly made. And we fear
that the different views of the
two sections of the county were
so clearly and pointedly made
that it will take a long time
to bridge the gap, already
strained, to anything closely
resembling cooperation and
confidence in the two sections.
Several things stand out as
a result of the bond election.
A post-mortem view of an el
ection never helps the winning
nor the losing side. The win
ners are^ pleased. Their side
has won. The losers are licked
• and a post-mortem can’t change
those vital votes that would
have thrown the election the
opposite way.
We-believe that seven ma
jor reasons accounted for the
defeat of the entire bond el
ection. Those in no particular
order of importance are: (1)
not enough information re
leased about how and where
the school bond would be
spent; (a) false information
read by the opponents to
.issue; (3) fear of higher
taxes; (4) lack of full ihforma
tion being released on new
valuations; (5) fear of high
cost of construction now; (6)
work done by the
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supporters in tfte rural areas;
(7) prejudice.'*
Forgetting for the time be
ing the building of a county of
fice building and the reno
vation of the present court
house, one thing stands para
mount in the results of the
election. And that is this:
Hillsboro and Orange
county rural citizens have re
fused to provide for a section
i of the county (which, inciden
tally, pays practically as much
taxes as the remainder of the
county put together) with the
needed and necessary school
buildings for the education of
the youth of the county.
It’s a sad commentary upoti
the voting intelligentsia of our
citizens acting solely, we be
lieve, on prejudice and per
sonal hatred for a section
which is outstripping the re
mainder of the county in ac:
ceptirig progress,, to refuse
i them one of the most import
ant earmarks of a progressive
ritizenTy-'-^adecf«ate'seliool
ing.
A Threat To
Ownership
One of the most worthy farm
organizations in the country,
the Farmers Home Adminis
tration, is about to be seri
ously wounded. This wound
ing will take place if the House
Appropriations Committee’s
economy plan goes through.
The House plans to cut out
the entire authorization of
$35,000,600 for direct farm
ownership loans and to reduce
the FHA appropriations from
$90,000,000 to $60,000,000.
Other agencies will also be
affected but FHA will be the
hardest hit of the agricultural
agencies.
And just what does this
mean? It will mean that de
serving faym families who can
purchase farms onfy through
FHA can not become farm
owners. And many will find
thap their income will not, pro
vide them with adequate food,
clothes and homes.
Farmeis Home Administra
tion is the only organization
that loans to deserving farm
families and then gives on-the
farm supervision. To give this
supervision to each family, to
help them to build and to
show them ways of saving and
earning, a unit of FHA is
needed in every county to di
rect work in that county. To
do this funds are needed. The
House cuts would, of course,
do away with these necessary
funds.
There can be no question
of the good that FHA has
done. Observation has proved
that farm families who have
borrowed through this agency
are grateful. And they have
much to be grateful for, be
cause, through loans and di
rect, supervision, they have
raised their standards of liv
ing and become an asset in
stead of a liability to their
neighborhood, county and
state.
Since 1937 some 44.000
families have been assisted to
attain ownership of farms, lly
April 30, 51,000 veteran ap
plications for farm ownership
were pending. If the proposed
cut goes* througfi these vet
erans will not be able to make
home and farm purchases.
They deserve a break.
In this county alone there
are 200 families who are on
the active list bf the local FHA
office. They are receiving pro
duction and subsistence loans.
Twenty-six are buying farms
on the time payment plan.
They are given 40 years to pay
for their farms. Five of them
have already paid the entire
sum in - less than five years.
When these 200 families ap
plied for loans they showed
that they wanted help and
were willing to work to pro
vide a better living for them
selves«and their families. They
wanted financial aid but they
also wanted advice as to the
spending of that money. They
wanted the advice of a farm
specialist and that is what a
Farmers Home Administra
tion agent is. It takes a well
staffed office to carry an the
work of supervising and loan
ing to 200 families in Ala
mance county. The cut would
mean a reduction in FHA
personnel to a point where
one man would have to be
responsible for perhaps sev
eral counties. One man can
not possibly do the work.
If the House as a group
could but visit one of the
many families who received a
loan for a farm, there would
be no delay in reversing the
House action, if the House
could see the shack that the
family had lived in for so many
years and then look at the
clean, painted house with
plenty of light and fresh air
add a well kept yard, fruit
trees and a chicken house. The
first thing the lady of the fam
ily would show would be her
rows and rows of canned veg
etables and meats that she put
Up with the help of the FHA
agent. Mr. farmer would want
the House to see his barn, his
pigs and cows. He had one
pig before, now he has three.
Fie had one cow and now he
-lias, two* His family .is..well,,fed .
and he manages to sell meat
and some milk and butter. His
loan will be paid off next
year.
Farmers Home Administra
tion deserves to live. It has
proved its worth. Alamance
citizens cannot afford to let it
slowly die for lack of funds.
When one Alamance farmer
becomes a farm owner he be
comes a better citizen and the
county and all in the county
reap the benefits.
—The Alamance News, Graham
LETTERS
TO THE
EDITOR
This column does not necessarN
ly reflect the views or opinions
of this newspaper.
To Tlie Editor:
Thirteen miles of a winding
highway separate Chapel Hill and
Hillsboro. Those few miles could
as well be thirteerfliundred. The
differences in opinion about edu
cational opportunities are so out
standing. ^
At present, the Chapel Hill
townspeople would be happy to
find themselves far enough away
to put them in a county with more
progressive attitudes towards
school systems.
Too many Hillsboro people feel
that the other town would be get
ting more than its share if the
county should complete the Cha
pel Hill high school.
What would be the reaction if
the situation were reversed?’Would
Chapel Hill blithely ignore Hills
boro’s need with such thought
less remarks as “We built ours;
let them do the same” or “My
taxes are high enough now with-:
.out adding more” or “Now is no
time for building”?
Tearing these statements down,
one finds that Hillsboro did not
pay for its entire school; the
county took over the debt. Taxes
would junfp 12 cents—a small in
crease when compared with the
aid it would give to School child
ren.
The argument that this is no
time to build has only one answer.
Children need to be taught now,
not two, five or ten years from
now.
What will be gained by waiting
for prices to drop if young people
are refused the opportunity to
learn when they are ready for in
struction?
Unfortunately, some people are
opposed to any issue involving a
tax increase; they are doubly op
posed if it helps their neighbors.:
Either selfishness, greed or lack of
forsight keeps them from seeing
what their votes will mean in the
future when they are no longer
here to amend or defend their ac
tions.
How will Hillsboro parents face
their children and admit they de
liberately took one big educational
opportunity from the youth of
Chapel Hill?
A Hillsboro Mother
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By
The News
If there were any superstitious
Orange countians before last Fri
day, the thirteenth, there are
probably none now, because it was
early in the day that those who
for several weeks had been watch
ing their gardens suffer from the
lack of rain, saw the answer to
their prayers. The rain was not
only welcomed by the farmers
and sn ail-scale gardeners, but by
everyone else whose disposition had
suffered from the intense heat of
the previous week.
However, Saturday, the four
teenth proved to be a belated
“Friday, 13th,” at least in the Eno
community. Lightning knocked
out the lights in at least three
houses, and James Bailenger, the
indisperisible electrician in the
community, was busy until late
in the evening restoring order in
the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Tom
U&8~=m: 'JSfiA Mrs, ^Herbert
Haifhcock, and in mine.
Also, on Saturday aftemopn, a
car was driven off the highway in
to a ditch by a truck which was
passing when it shouldn t have
been. Still another driver was
forced to fix a flat in the hardest
shower of the afternoon.
As if this were not enough for
one afternoon, Mrs. Hon.er Tapp
reports that the light fixture in her
livihg room fell, for no reason at
all, and smached to pieces.
Perhaps the unlucky number is
n’t 13 after all.
PICNIC SEASON
The picnic season opened at
Eno Sunday afternoon when ap
proximately 200 of the community
gathered in the recreation park
for a supper of barbecue, cole
slaw, cornbread and soft drinks.
A barbecue pit,, picnic tables, and
benches have been built in the
park, which was built last sum
mer, in a grove of pine trees near
the Duke Power plant.
The residents of the communi
ty enjoyed many outings last year,
neluding bruns.wlck ste» „
fish fries, and ice cream ^
md everyone’s looking i*
to many, community
this summer. sathe^
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By Fran Striker!
The Lone Ranger
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SALLV,LOOK! LOOK AT WHAT
THE MASKED MAN'S WEARING!
THE BADGE OF A LAW MAN.
YES, IT'S TRUE, SMILEV. SHERIFF
POTTER MADE ME A DEPUTY.
NOW WE'RE READY TO ACT AGAINST
BOSS BARTON
cp^lts
BARTON RUNS A CAFE, BUT *
THAT'S JUST A COVER-UP FOR HIS
CATTLE RUSTLING. YOU SEE, f
THIS TOWN'S AN OVERNIGHT/
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WAV TO THE RAILROAD"
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"TWEV SPEND TWE EVENING IN
BARTON'S CAFE.BARTON QUESTIONS
TMEM AND GETS FACTS-"
TiANoeRS
THEN, WHILE BARTON KEEfS
THE COWMEN BUSY, HIS
GANG RUSTLES THE CATTLE.
CAN VOU PROVE THAT BARTON IS
THE LEADER OF THE CATTLE
RUSTLERS ?
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■NO.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE
THE STOLEN CATTLE ARE
JIM, YOU KNOW SOME HONESTMEN
IN THIS TOWN GET THEM. TOGETHER.
READY TO ACT.
CANVOUDOr" / vnil
THAT ? -—S f V0U
WE'LL SEE IF BOSS BATON|
IS BIGGER THAN THE
LAW.
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cur 'EM TO THE LEFT AN'
'EM THROUGH THE PASS!
ME GEE IT FROM
HILL. BARTON
GANG DRIVE
CATTLE C
RANGE/
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THANKS,TOtTO,
THAT'S WHAT1
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HEAR!
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STOLEN MORE
CATTLE* *_^
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FRIENDS
SHOW UP
jo help
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WARRANTS. BARTON
PIS 0F Hie mEN ARE IN
AND BUTCH IS LOCKED
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OFFICE.,■yyj^ V/
SHERIFF, YOU'LL REGRET IT IF YOj
DON'T LET ME OUT OF HERE! LET
ME TELL YOU SOMETHING/
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Vou OLD FOOL! BOSS BARTON WILL
KILL VOUlF~VOlJxEEP US LOCKED
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CHOICE.THAT,
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