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(Published Weekly) Hillsboro, N. C. Thursday, August 21, 1947 y0U read The New, of County, you *re readmg county- and North Caro Landing -mall weekly ^ Get the habit of ^,e News. You'll profit THE NEWS of Orange Cou —Awarded First Place General Excellence by North Carolina Press Association for 1946— Mr. Advertiser, make that your message reaches the people In their home, where their buying habits are determined. Your menage In The News of Orange County will influence their decisions. i o Sits On Grand Jury bounty For First Time y Morrow, 47-year-old Negro farmer of near f?fland, the first man of his race to sit on a jury in Orange when he was sworn in as a member of the grand jury netting of superior court Monday morning. * how he felt to be the gr0 to sit on a jury in county, Lacy responded didn’t “feel any too good day. But a man sorta d to things and I got to oday (Tuesday).” , •aid .be saw no difference eatment of cases in which were involved and those h white men were in “Everyone got the same t as far as I could see,” eport of the grand jury i no mention of the fact egro was sitting on it. ecessity of: confining in ■sons to the jail for in periods pending their ad to state institutions was by the jurors. But they i suggestions on prevent It was suggested, how at the prisoners be al few hours per week to r take exercise out of excerpts from the report has come to the attention rand jury that there are extinguishers in many of jl buildings of the county e is no other type of fire n in these buildings, regard to the safety of ol involved, it is recom if only as a safeguard to real property, that ade re extinguishers be in i all county school build >rs of the jury were W. J. sush. Charles S. Mace, ilker, Robert C. Thomp rge B. Bennett, Randolph xcused, T. B. Creel, fore d Roberts, J. $. Morgan, irrow, John A. Cannada, Pickett, Walter Creech, mson, W. S. Nunn, Cur hompson, excused, Clar es and W. E. Laws. it Sales,' ' er Prices Border :ond week of sales on tnfe irolina and Border North flue-cured tobacco mar » characterized by ex- j light volume, especially le first of the week, and ices for, the .majority of The United States and ■arolina Department of re report most grade down $1 to $2 per hun •w opening week, with a Ping as much as $4 and j wever, several grades dvances of 50c to $3, but ne. in these grades was 11. High average for the > $59 for good lemon cut a few individual baskets Jmon cutters reached^ $62 e percentage of tobacco selling below Commodity orporation support price, to the Flue-Cured Sta Corporation were esti around 12 per cent of es> as compared to an of around nine per cent <• ,e Monday, August 18, -Cured Marketing corn 's extended sales on the rolina and Border North tobacco markets from ive hours, or 2,000 bas day per set of buyers. miners )range ays Week rnin9 was issued this at if automobile driv ® **st names begin with ’’ op “B” don’t demon lore willingness to se ir new driver’s licenses 1 be in serious straits on 1. at date every driver in e whose name begins ''er of the first two let "e alphabet should have ® ®tate required exam °r a driver’s license, xjminer js jn Ornge .hpee days to the week. ay* and Thursdays he e town hall in Chapel **rve the population of hern end of Orange On Fridays he makes barters at the patrol 1 Hillsboro to serve the ln the northern section ounty. Jim Crow Bus Seating Case Is Continued Superior court case against four men charged with violating the bus seating statute in North Caro lina failed to develop at the cur rent session'of Orange county su perior court when C. J. Gates, Negro lawyer of Durham, repre senting the defendants, moved continuance on Monday morning shortly after the court opened. Judge Walter J. Bone of Nash ville, presiding at this session, granted the continuance on the defense’s motion, although So licitor W. H. Murdock opposed the motion and sought to have the case brought to trial. The men scheduled to be tried in the Jim Crow bus seating case were Andrew S. Johnson, 21 year-old Negro of Cincinnati; Bayard Rustin, 32-year-old Negro of New York; Igal Roodenko, white man of New York; and Joseph A. Felmont, white man of Asheville. ' Other cases disposed of Monday were: Cathalene Trice, two charges of forgery, continued T. R. Murray, reckless driving, nol pros with leave Charlie A. Brown, driving drunk, . continued John Smith, speeding, $25 and costs . Willie Ashley bx-eaking and en tering, nol pros with leave; Rufus A. Moore, driving drunk, nol pros; Louise Farrington, illegal posses sion of whiskey for sale, nol pros; Robert Mitchell, 18 months, sus pended for two years on good be havioi and payment of costs; Edward Griffith, driving drunk, nol pros ‘with •tea**?. ’‘CDs Farrish, bastardy, defendant ‘failed to an swer charge; Jim Wills Sr., as sault with deadly weapon and robbery, nol pros with leave; L. C. (Buddie) Medlin, assault with deadly weapon,- continued; Hobart Ollis, larceny, defendant failed. to answer charge; Julius Buck Jones, breaking and enter ing, 3-5 years; Joseph R. Daniels, fraud, continued; Henry Thomas Jenkins, break ing, entering, larceny, not guilty of larceny", guilty of breaking and entering, 3-5 years. ■f > Raymond Jones, housebreaking and larceny, continued; Robert L. Rogers, three charges of break ing, entering and larceny, 1-2 years on each charge to run con secutively; Wiley Cates, breaking and en tering, 18 months to two years, Willie James Wilkerson,-18 months to two years; Elton Crotts, driving drunk, continued. WEDNESDAY’S SESSION The News went to press ajJ the Orange county superior court was trying Spur geon Blaylock of Prospect Hill on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Blaylock was charged allegedly shooting Harold kerson of Prospect Hill with calibre rifle. Blaylock entered a plea nolo contendere. TUESDAY'S SESSION with Wil a .22 of Howard Duncan of West Hills boro entered a plea of nolo con tendere in a manslaughter charge against him in the death of Archie Hicks and Garland King, both of West Hillsboro, in an automobile accident in May 1946. Duncan drew a 3-5 iyear sen tence, but .was placed on proba tion for three years and charged with the costs in the case. Other cases Tuesday were: Wil lie Pitts and Charlie Brookshire larceny' 18 months each; Colonel Millikan, bigamy, c°nt‘n^f’ James Alston, assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill, two years; James Alston, breaking, entering and larceny and damage to property, 12 months; John E. Simon, breaking and entering, not guilty; RaymondC. Lloyd, driving drunk six mont suspended on payment of $100 tine and costs' . . Wesley Hill, brgaking enter ing and larceny, 12 months; Wes ley Hill, larceny, 12 months, Jack French, assault on a^ female, 12 months; Nathaniel Samuels, breaking, * entering ^and 2-3 years; Willie Duke, assault with deadly weapon, 12 months, William Duke, carrying a con aled weapon, 6 months. What type of dancing do you prefer? Miss Peggy Mangum: “Waltz ing is my favorite.” Miss Christine Hayes: "I like both smooth dancing and Jitter bug, but jitterbug tires me too quickly.” Mrs. Janette Allen: “Smooth dancing, probably because ■ don’t get tired as soon.” Mrs. c. B. Wheat: "I like waltzing the best, for.both ob serving and participating in, be cause it is more graceful than the other forms. 200 Attend 4-H Picnic The county wide picnic held at Hogan’s lake last Saturday was attended by approximately 200 4-H club members and their par ents. Everyone thoroughly en joyed the day—the bountiful pic nic lunch, bingo, softball, horse shoe pitching, apd swimming. The county dress revue was held after lunch. Mrs. J. B. An drews, Mrs. Clyde Walker, and Mrs. R. Y. Vaughn were judges. They selected the dress made and modeled by Betty Anne Bar bour of Hillsboro as first place winner. Doris Taylor of Aycock was second *’ place and Dorothy Dorsett, also of Aycock, was third 'place! “ Betty Ajrme is entering the state dress revue to be held during 4-H short courses this week at State college in Raleigh. The Kings and Queens of Health were crowned by Mrs. Mary Lib Webb of the Orange county health department. This is the highlight of the health pro gram which was conducted in the 4-H clubs this spring. Margaret Vaughn, the queen, is attending short courses this week and will represent Orange county in the health pageant to be held Thurs day. night in Riddick stadium. Prospects Of Crops Still Good ^ llEaleigh-^^TGlJieeo-" and cotton crops in North Carolina are de scribed by the federal-state crop reporting service of the depart ment of agriculture as being “fair” to “good,” and corn stands are termed “excellent.” ‘Considering all crops and all localities, North Carolina’s crop yields this year should be among the best in the State’s history, the weekly report stated. Tobacco harvest was reported well under way in most sections and fiver half completed in many of the eastern counties. The har vest is 50 to 60 per cent com pleted in the Border Belt. “Small grains turned out excep tionally well, and prospects for com are much better than in any other year,” the report con tinued. “Tobacco yields will be much above average, although possibly not as good as in 1946. Hay crops have made much im provement and yields should be almost as good as last year’s. All crops have made considerable improvement since the' slow start they received in the early spring.” Recent weather has been favor able ,for boll weevils, and cotton in the northeastern area was re ported heavily infests with weevils. The sweet potato out look is good,1' with the central piedmont reporting the poorest prospects at this time. Farm labor continued scarce and expensive, the report stated, but “many growers are reporting that the situation is improving to some extent.” Owen Jones Is New Employee For The News Owen Jones of Durham, for mer employee of Christian Print ing company, Monday entered the employment of The News Inc., publishers of The News of Orange County in Hillsboro and the Alamance News and Burling ton Journal in Graham. Jones will serve as floor man in the composing department of The News. His duties will in clude the makeup work of the two newspapers and job work. Varied Program Is Planned For Farm People at State Orange county farm men and women who attend the an nual Farm and Home Week at State college next week will rceeive much information from the exhibits they will view and the discussions in which they will take part. Following are two stories on the varied program planned for their entertain ment. SAWMILL ON WHEEL8 If you have never seen a saw mill on wheels that can travel over a community like a com bine or thresher, then you > will want to see this machine along with the many other interesting exhibits on display at State col lege during Farm and Home Week. “This machine can be set down in thirty minutes,” says R. W. Graeber, in charge of-'for.estry ex tension at State college, “and will cut down from 6,000 to 10,000 board feet of lumber per day.” — The timber harvester, as it Is called, will be on display for three days, Mr. Graeber said, and a demonstration of its use will be held on Wednesday morning, August 27. Included with the forestry ex hibits will be a tree planting ma chine, fire protection equipment, chain saws, bow saws, a«jd circu lar saws on wheels. Each.; of these implements will be displayed in the college gymnasium, and dem onstrations will be given on the See VARIED on Page 4 NEW FINDINGS ON FABRICS Homemakers attending Farm and Home Week at State college, August 25-29, will have a chance to hear recent developments in the fields of nylon, rayon, plastics, textile finishes, and other results of research in the chemical lab oratory, particularly those which may affect the Ameircan home, discussed by Miss Beth Peterson, home economist, of E. I; du Pont de Nemours , and Co. Because many basic chemicals now have been released from their wartime, tasks to find their way into long awaited consumer ! products, Miss Peterson will shp^f new developments in the chemi cal industry which are destined to affect changes in the postwar home. She will point out how the new materials fit into an era i of functionalism, in which each is destined to fulfill a specific need and use. Miss Peterson, a member of the Du Pont extension division, comes here from Wilmington, Del. She was a home demonstration agent in Iowa and served for several years on the staff of Iowa State college in charge of the textile and clothing program of the ex tension service. Attendance Urged By Scott Urging a record breaking attendance at 1947 Farm and Home Week, W. Kerr Soctt, commissioner of agriculture, made the follow ing statement this week: _“It it my earnest hope that every farmer and farm woman who can possibly attend Farm 'an'd "HdTne"W*ek wilt makeptans- now to J take advantage of this splendid opportunity to broaden their knowl edge and to enjoy the fine fellowship.. It should be a matter of pride for us to participate in this splendid endeavor which is so helpful to both the individual and the State as a whole.” “The prime goal of Farm and Home Week is better rural living throughout North Carolina, and in carrying out this purpose the event benefits every segment of, our population,” he said. "Fur thermore, this year's program which includes persons of national and international importance, undoubtedly is the finest ever offered by this outstanding annual event which has meant so much to thou sands of North Carolina's farm families,” he added. Scheduled to take,place no the State college campus, August 25 29, a program of interest to both farmers and homemakers has been arranged. Aside from the outstanding lectures that will be given, ; there will be the usual array of farm exhibits, as well as many in teresting tours and demonstrations. Not to be forgotten is the rec reational side where singing, dancing, contests and other enjoyable features will be held. Tobacco Growers Lose Money By Not Following Sales Trend Tbbacco farmers -in the Border Belt are losing thousands of dol lars by not taking full advantage of government support prices of fered on the warehouse floors by the Flue-Cured Tobacco Stabiliza tion corporation, it was reported by W. P. Hedrick, tobacco spe cialist with the state department of agriculture. Hedrick said a survey of sales in the border markets showed a large amount of tobacco being sold below government floor prices. “I saw pile after pile going from $1 to $5 per hundred pounds be low the support price,” he re ported, “and in some cases farm ers were letting their tobacco go from $10 to $15 per hundred be low. “Prices are beginning to level off at just above support figures by grade, and it is becoming in creasingly important that the grower check every pile as his to bacco is being sold. ‘Most of the warehouses are cooperating with growers having the personnel to assist the farmer in making support prices avail able. However, it is still difficult in some cases for the grower to lo cate the warehouse employee des ignated to turn tobacco over to the stabilization corporation.” Hedrick says farmers should follow the sale of their tobacco, acquaint themselves with support prices and, when a buyer bids be low the support prices, call a warehouseman and have the sale nullified and the tobacco switched to the stabilization corporation. It is the farmer’s responsibility to check bid prices against sup port prices and get the highest figure for his tobacco, Hedrick said. Ed Ray Is Given Birthday Dinner Ed Ray was honored at £ sur prise birthday dinner at his home in Hillsboro on the Occasion of his 72nd birthday Sunday. A large number attended the celebration, including all the children and grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Ray, and many friends. Blake Takes Auto Driving Instruction Fied Blake of Hillsboro par ticipated in the state’s first in stitute in driving training and education at the University of North Carolina last week. The institute, conducted by Harold O. Carlton, educational consultant of the American Auto mobile Association, with the as sistance of G. E. Tester of the State Committee for Traffic Safety, Inc., is designed to teach teachers to instruct high school students to drive automobiles. According to Mr. Carlton, indi vidual schools may obtain a train ing car with dual controls if a qualified teacher is employed to set up courses and teach driver education and training. Among classroom subjects taught during the course were driver qualifications, demonstra tion of psychophysical testing de vices, administration, scoring and interpretation of tests, available materials and explanation of prac tice teaching and assignment of units to members of group. Homecoming At New Hope On August 24 New Hope—Homecoming serv ices will be held at the New Hope Presbyterian church Sunday, Aug ust 24, and will be followed by revival services each night during next week. Dr. T. Henry Patterson of Greensboro will be the speaker for the revival services. A story hour for children each evening at 7 p. m. will precede the 8 p. m. worship service. Sunday school wi|l not be held this Sunday morning, r Ira A. Ward, Orange Native, Is Selected County Tax Auditor Southerland Transferred To Franklin O. P. “Duke” Southerland, of the Orange county work unit, Neuse River Soil Conservation District, has been transferred to Franklin county and began work there Monday, August 18. Southerland has a B.S. degree jin agricultural engineering from "State college and B.S. degree in civil engineering from Duke uni versity. He began work with the Soil Conservation Service in 1934 and has been in the service con tinuously since. “Duke” came | from Jones county to Orange county last year. He was trans ferred to Jones county from Orange county in 1945. Souther land will not, be a stranger 'in his Franklin county from 1935 to 1939. Southerland was a member of i the Grange, the Lions club, and i the Durham Engineers club. He | is a licensed land surveyor. Mrs. Southerland has been employed as a stenographer for the Eno Cotton mill. new field worked in Four Teachers Are Attending Cancer Study Four Orange county school teachers are attending a two weeks cancer research insittwAe sponsored by the American Can cer Society in Durham, it was announced this week. The teachers are Mrs. Beth G. Forrest, Hillsboro high school; and Mrs. Louise Winslow, Mrs. Tom Dula and Mrs. C. H. Pender, all of Aycqck school. ^ The purpose of the institute is to bring health education about cancer to the teachers in the schools so that it may be trans mitted to the students during the school yean By Mrr. CI H. Pender Thirty high school teachers and principals and health educators from various sections of the state are attending the two-week workshop course on Community Health Education at Durham high school. The course is sponsored by the N. C. division of the American Cancer society. Mrs. Donald E. Kent of Chapel Hill, educational director of the N. C. division of the American Cancer society, is in charge of the course, also one of the teachers. The general aspect is on com munity education with the main emphasis- on community healjtlh education with special reference to cancer control. A number of prqminent speak ers addressed the group last week including Dr. Wt D. Perry of the department of education of U. N. C. who talked on ‘Health Needs and Interests of Adolescents,” Mrs. George E. Marshall of Mount Airy, state commander of the N. C. division of the society, talked Wednesday on “Education in the Conquest of Cancer.” Dr. Stampfii and Dr. W. W. Vaughan of Watts hospital staff lectured on “The Basic Mental Back ground for Cancer Education.” The classes are being conducted everyday from 9:30 to 11:45 a. ml and 2 to 4 p. m. Besides Mrs. Kent, teachers for the course are Dr. Esther H. Kattke, educational specialist with the U. S. public health service, and Miss Mazie Jane Jones, health educator with the Cumberland county health department. The class has visited centers of health in Durham including Watts hospital, Duke hospital, the Durham health department, and will observe other Agencies before the session closes. Teachers from this section at tending are: Mrs. Beth Forrest of Hillsboro, Mrs. Lucile Dula, Hills boro, Mrs. Louise Winslow, Hur dle Mills, Mrs. Irene Pender, Cedar Grove, and Mrs. L. A. Ligqn of Oxford and Cedar Grove. These were among the 30 teachers who were granted fel lowships by the American Can cer society. , .---iffi r -. - - T TZ-" - £ v; : .*"•g M&Sjk Ira A. Ward, 26-year-old vet eran of two and one-half years service in the scouthwest Pacific area, will on September 17 be come county auditor and tax su pervisor. Ward, an Orange county native and a gradaute of Chapel Hill high school and the University of North Carolina, was selected by the board of commissioners in a special meeting held last Fri day afternoon. THREE CANDIDATES He was one of three candidates who filed for the position follow ing the resignation of Gilbert W. Ray, county auditor and tax supervisor for the past 19 years. September 17 is the latest date Ward is expected to report for work, although he informed Chairman Collier Cobb Jr. that there was a possibility he might be able to report prior to that date. He will spend part of next week in Hillsboro with Ray go ing over the county’s records and reviewing his duties. Ray is expected to report for duty in Chapel Hill on Septem ber 1 as city manager, replacing T. E. Hinson who resigned re cently to accept the position of city manager of High Point. UNIVERSITY GRADUATE Ward is the son of Floy M. Ward of route 1, Chapel Hill, and was graduated from Chapel Hill high school in 1938. He immedi ately entered the university, but his education was interrupted there when he entered the army air fores where he served for three years. H was discharged as a staff sergeant. 'He completed his work at the university in December 194jj> and received his degree at the gradua tion exercises in June 1946. EMPLOYED BY STATE Since being graduated from the university, he has worked with the North Carolina Department of Tax Research as junior statis tician and as executive secretary of the law enforcement officers benefit and. retirement fund in the state auditor’s office. Ward was highlyvrecommended to the commissioners and the board stated at the conclusion of its meeting Friday it felt it had made the best selection possible for the position. “Ward’s train ing and' past experience make; him an ideal candidate for the position,” was the stated feeling of the commissioners. _____ Ward will be paid a salary of $3,600 per year. Ray’s salary in the new budget adopted by the board at its. f August meeting raised his salary to $4,500 per year. ~ r—--—•—•—— i - * . Changes Made In County’s Welfare Staff Miss Kathryn Coppedge, for merly farm home supervisor in Harnett county, is now doing case work for the Orange coynty wel fare department in the northern section of Orange county. Miss Coppedge came to the department on July 28, according an an nouncement from Mrs. rJean M. Heer, department superinten dent. Miss Annie Stroud, who for merly worked the northern sec tion of the county and served as acting superintendent, will now work in thp southern section of the county with headquarters in Chapel Hill. Mrs. Carrilea S. Cashion, for mer worker in the Chapel Hill of fice, resigned effective August 1 and is now making her home in Florida. Mrs. Heer also announced that in the future office hours of both the Hillsboro and Chapel Hill of fice will be from 8:15 a. m. to 4:30 * p. m. daily and from 8:15 a. m. to 12 noon on Saturdays. ILL IN HOSPITAL Carrboro—The Rev. Dv D. drainer has been ill In a Durham hospital for several weeks. His appointments at Orange Chapel and Concord churches Ijave been filled two different Sun J. R. Evans of Carrboro.
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