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Awarded First Place General Excellence by North Carolina Press Association for 1946—
Hillsboro, N. C. The News, November 6, 1947
(Published Weekly)
People, Spots In The News
LARGEST AMERICAN FLAG ever
made flies from the tower of the
George Washington Bridge connecting
I New Jersey with New York. Weighing
500 pounds and 60 by 90 feet in size,
I this Old Glory will be flown each
holiday that wind velocity permits. ■_
COOKIE OVEN a quar
ter-mile long at the Carr
Biscuit plant in St. Louis
resembles a streamlined
train. Honeywell-Brown
electronic devices on top
the oven control the tem
perature at hundreds of
points through which the
cookies pass.
DIAMOND-STUDDED
teeth of Ted Lewis, Gal
lup, New Mexico, sparkle
plenty when he laughs.
His mouthful of diamonds
is worth $10,000.
I AUTO VERSUS FREIGHT—-When this auto stalled on a Balti
more crossing the driver left the car and went to get help. When
he returned, he found his crr 153 yards down the line hanging
on a trestle over a branch of the Patapsco River.
riiy Phillips
Speaks Here
Sovember 12
Guy B. Phillips of the depart
ment of education at the Univer
S|ty of North Carolina will be the
speaker at the meeting of the
Hillsboro P.-T. A. on Wednesday,
November 12, at 7:30 p. m. in the
Hillsboro high school auditorium.
Mr. Phillips will speak on the
topic, “Major Problems of Edu
cation Today.”
Speaking Contest
Is Planned Again
.High, school students will again
this year have an opportunity to
compete for a host of valuable
Prizes in the soil conservation
speaking contest, it has been an
nounced by J. Frank Doggett, in
charge of soil conservation for the
ktate college extension service.
The contest, which is sponsored
by the North Carolina Bankers as
sociation in cooperation with agri
cultural workers, will be open to
ftlgh school students in every
county of the state^ Mr. Doggett
Last year students in only
5 counties were eligible and about
A500 entered. This year more
nan 5,000 contestants are ex
pected to enter. J?* *
Rules of the contest, according
0 Mr. Doggett, are as follows:
All high school students, grades
"12 (boys and girls, rural and
urban) are eligible to enter. Each
contetant must write his or her
sPeech, but may receive help from
an^?ne or any source.
The subject of the speech will be
See SPEAKING on Page 10
Certified Grain
Seeds Available
There is still “'^.^ail
cert.nedwheatand^ aie
able in North Car°a"* e seeded
larger than usual acreage^ ^ D
to 00.1H ES“ - spe
I cialtst foi^the State college exten
sion service. _ ... yi grow
SCfladnsdt5U31 bounties produc
ers, leads th _ Stuart said,
ing certified oats “eaufort-follow
and Sampson Growers in the
as close secondLroduced approxi
31 counties P1 . nure seed
mately 75,000 bushels ol pure
oats last year. , n grow
Harnett county. " producing
era, led the tot ol PSaropson
S“edSc"oSd, Bobeson, and
" throu-gh
oufthtsSXe-Uowed^cont
mendations of the. lion. Th«
tural experime planted
prepared good seed
See CERTIFIED on Page
than 9,0°°
Raleigh — Carolina-grown
Lshels N0crthDUrchased by the
,eet potatoes, J?u ^ agriculture,
s. department f ^.sup
rider its ma are being dis
orUng P™gr i iunchrooms and
S of r site
^artment of agriculture, has re
6<1.- said that the Potass (
iavis saiu , p(i in the Cur
0beingaPU„rCaSfan1 that *»|
ck-CahalfcarS.<ls had been I
[ one-half . wjthm the
tributed “ department
g“3S wi""n *■
xt few days- the sweft
& said a1laragdev Sstributed to
itatoes airea<iy institutions will
nchrooms and next {ew
> sorted for use m spon
' ks and urged Junjmru to
S and institutional o« o{ their
lan the ca^^ter use, wherever
Uocations f°r - facilities are
bod preservation potato be
lvailable’haSsid is not adapts to
ng purchasea
storage- , pointed out,
Sweet Pot^ ^ip A, and Pr°'
are rich m vitarni ^ vitamm C
vide ™PPu amounts ot mm
frar.nd B vitamins
Diphtheria Case
Is Reported
It has been reported to the
Health Department that there
is a case of diphtheria from
Orange county in Duke hospital.
I want to remind all parents
of pre-school children who have
not ben immunized against
diphtheria or who have not had
a booster dose to see their pri
vate physician or come to the
health department. A booster
dose is usually given if it has
been^ five years since the basic
immunization was given.
The office hours for giving
immunization at the health de
partment are:
Friday p. m.—1:00 to 4:30.
Saturday a. m.—9:00 to 12:00.
It is your responsibility as
parents to see that no other cases
develop in our county.
O. DAVID GARVIN, M. D.,
District Health Officer.
December
Jury List
Is Drawn —
Jury for “December term of
Orange county superior court was
drawn by the county board of
commissioners at its meeting
Monday.
The jury:
Jack L. Snipes, Hillsboro; Cur
tis Austin, Hillsboro, H. C. Haith
cock, Eno; Lacy Pinnix, Bingham;
Walter V. Jordan, Bingham; James
J. Williams, Chapel Hill; —
Tom Baldwin, Bingham; Her
bert H. Bradshaw, Bingham;
Clarence^ Terrell, Cheeks; J. .C.
Lloyd, Chapel Hill; W. D.' Perry,
Chapel Hill; H. B. Fitch, Chapel
Hill;
Rby Pope, Cedar Grove; Wil
liam N. Potts, Chapel Hill; Kemp
A. Lloyd, Bingham; Walter Car
ter, Cheeks; Gordon Couch, Eno;
W. Jim Smith, Eno; Percy - D.
Riggsbee, Chapel Hill; R. B.
’ a’lghan, Chapel Hill; James E.
W-Ptff Chapel Hill; W. H. Cheek,
Chapel Hill;
Lonnie Hastings, Hillsboro; Oda
Terrell, Cheeks; James M. Oak
ley, \ Hillsboro; L. E. Wilson,
Chapel Hill; R. V. Fitch, Cedar
Grove; E. A. Brady, Eno;
I. L. McCullock, Cedar Grove;
Jute Allen, Cedar Grove; C. N.
Newsome, Cedar, Grove; Lone
Mincey, Little River; Zeb V. Bur
ton . Cedar Grove; George W. Teer,
Hillsboro; J. W. Council, Chapel
Hill; C. M. Crawford Jr., Chapel
Hill; L.J. J3ia3rtjm...JChaPfil Hill:
L. H. Cox, Eno; Elizabeth Branson,
Chapel Hill; and John Tayloi*
Bivins, Hillsboro.
Junior Dairy Shows
Were Successful
One of the most successful jun
ior dairy cattle show years since
they began :wi 1841 was recently
closed by North Carolina junior
dairy farmers, says J. A. Arey, in
charge^ of dairying for the State
college extension service.
^ In the eight district shows
which were staged, five of them by
white 4-H and FFA members, and
three by Negroes, 1,225 head of
dairy cattle were exhibited, and
$10,000 in prize money were of
fered by the sponsors.
TW shows were held to stimu
late interest among young people
in the development and care of
good dairy cattle, Mr. Arey said.
In his praise for this year’s shows,
Mt. Arey said, “more shows have
been held, more cattle have been
exhibited, nfore money was paid
out as premiums, and the average
quality of the animals shown was
better than ever beforei”
.A summary of this year’s
events, including city, number of
animals, money provided, and
sponsors follow:
Asheville, 176, $2,000, Ashe
ville Merchants association.
Statesville, 342, $1,500, Belk ,
stores.
Lexingtoh, 313, $2,500, Coble
Dairy Products company.
Durham, 145, $2,000, Belk-Leg
gett stores.
Greensboro (4-county), 62, $500,
Greensboro chamber of commerce.
Rocky Mount (Negro), 80, $500, '
Nash and JSdgecombe counties '
and Rocky Mount chamber of ;
commerce.
Fayetteville (Negro), 58, $300,
Fayetteville junior and senior !
chambers of commerce.
Greensboro (Negro), 56, $500, 1
Greensboro chamber of commerce. ■
County shows which were held
as an outgrowth of the district i
shows, were held in the following <
counties: Wayne, Vance, Warren,
Lee, Randolph, Guilford, Rock- i
Ingham, Forsyth, Rowan, Cleve- 1
land, Polk, Henderson, Haywood,
Yancey, Caldwell and Surry.
Assistant Register
Di Deeds Is Named
Miss Betty June Hsyes qf
Hillsboro, secretary in the office
Of Register of Deeds Ed Laws
for the past several months, has
been named assistant register of
deeds, replacing Mrs. Charles G.
Walker who resigned.
Miss Molly Smith, also of
Hillsboro, has replaced Miss
Hayes as secretary In the office.
Hazzard Motor
Employees Have
Turkey Dinner
Carrboro—The employes of the
Hazzard Motor company of Chapel
Hill and their wives were guests at
a turkey dinner on October 25
given in the Carrboro firemen’s
cabin.
Sam Lockhart was in charge of
sthe menu and entertainment.
^Movies of the Carolina-Georgia
football game were shown after
the meal. Fifty guests were pres
ent for the occasion. Special
guests were present for the oc
casion. Special guests included
Mayor R. W. Madry of Chapel
Hill and Mrs. Madry, Mr. Lance
from the bureau of visual educa
tion of the university and his son,
Mr. and Mrs. Powe, and Mr. and
Mrs. Bruce Whitmire; from Ra
leigh Bill Dodson and Ketner,
both of the Chevrolet Motor com
pany in Raleigh, and Mrs. Ketner.
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Bevan and Miss
Ann Bevan of Burlington. It has
been announced that another din
ner is being planned for the near
future. _ _ ,: | ---A,..r
Speaker
Dr. Cly.de Erwin, state superin
tendent of education, will be the
principal speaker at the November
meeting of the Hillsboro laymen’s
league, it was announced this
week by Elmer R. Dowdy, presi
dent of the league. Superinten
dent Erwin’s speech wjll be given
Sunday night, November 2, at 8
p. m. in the Hillsboro high school
auditorium. v .:.
Dr. Erwin will speak on . the
topic, “Our Debt to the pid Testa
ment.” The Hillsboro liigh school
band will play a short concert of a
number of religious numbers.
Boy Guano Now,
Farmers Warned
Raleigh—North Carolina farm
ers were advised by D. S. Coltrane,
assistant state commissioner of
agriculture, to place orders early
Eor fertilizer in order to be assured
af sufficient plant food for their
:rops next year.
Coltrane emphasized the ne
cessity for an early movement of
fertilizer because of a potential
shortage of boxcars, lack of stor
age space and prospective insuf
ficient supplies of fertilizer on a
lational basis.
“It seems that our farmers are
rather complacent with regard to
supplies for the coming year,” he
commented.
Leaders of the fertilizer indus
;ry are anticipating no reduction
n the volume of fertilizer used
n North Carolina despite a pros
pective sharp cut in tobacco
acreage next year. They see in
creased use of fertilizer for com,
cotton and pastures, and larger ap
alications of fertilizer on the to
aacco acreage put into cultivation.
Few new fertilizer plants are :
serving the tobacco area, and con- :
sumption of fertilizer is nearly
louble what it was six or seven
•ears ago.
Coltrane said farmers would be
naking a mistake to postpone or
iering fertilizer because of the ]
.mpending reduction in tobacco
acreage and low tobacco prices. To :
je safe, fanners should get their
fertilizer before January, he de- ;
dared.
Jeter Speaks
At Schley
November 11
Marvin Phelps, master of the
Schley Gragna, announced that
Frank H. Jeter, agricultural ex
tension editor from State college,
will speak at the Sfchley Grange
hall Tuesday night, November 11,
at 7:30 o’clock.
Mr. Jeter, besides being well
known as an agricultural editor
throughout the country, has been
conducting one of the most popu
lar radio programs in North Caro
lina. -r±T
The public is invited to attend.
Orange County
Recorder’s Court
Recorder’s court for Monday,
November 3:
C. E. Williams, public drunken
ness, $5 and costs; Dallas Moore,
public drunkenness, $5 and costs;
G. T. Long, $5 and costs;
Maynard Whitted, drunk and
disorderly, 30 days; Maynard
Whitted, assault with deadly
weapon, 60 days; William L. Wil
kerson, public drunkenness,. $5 and
costs;
William Sterling Hunt, speed
ing, $10 fine and costs and re
moved spotlight; John Gooch, il
legal possession of liquor for sale,
six months;
Blair Williams, public drunken
ness, costs; Banks Hicks, assault,
public drunkenness, 60 days sus
pended 12 months provided he
leaves county;
Dallas Andrews, disorderly con
duct, nol pros with leave; Edward
McPherson, assault on female, not
guilty; Billy Huffman, assault in
flicting serious injury, 12 months
suspended three years;
^ Charlie Crabtree, assault on fe
male, prayer for " j udgmefit ' con
tinued 12 months, drunk and dis
orderly, costs; John Shults, pub
lic drunkenness, costs.
New Hope r
By Miss Elizabeth Kirkland
Mr. and Mrs. Loren Kirkland of
near Creedmoor visited their aunt,
Mrs. H. N. Blackwood, recently..
Kirkland is master of the Welton
grange, the largest grange in the
state, with a membership of 200.
He is a son of Sam Kirkland, a
former resident of this commun
ity and a member of the New Hope
church. ■ •
The New Hope young people
had a Halloween party at the
church hut Saturday night. The
prize for the best costume went to
Jane Cates.
The New Hope grange spon
sored a harvest festival at the
regular meeting Wednesday night.
The Blackwood New Hope club
met with Elizabeth Kirkland
Tuesday, October 28, at 2 p. m.
The home dementsration agent
gave a demonstration on “Save
Your Eyes.” The club women were
shown how to choose electric
light fixtures* .and how to light
3 home. A nominating committee
ivas appointed. Mrs. Kathryn
Hamrick, the home agent, won a
prize in an observation contest,
rhe next meeting will be with
Mrs. Louis Freeland and Mrs.
H. M. Lloyd will give a demon
stration on food conservation.
Mrs. S. P. Lockhart is a patient
it Watts hospital.
4'fclr. and Mrs. Howard Cox have
returned from a wedding trip to
Asheville, Honea Path, S. C., and |
Laurinburg.
The New Hope young people I
ivill give a program at the church
Sunday night, November 9, at 7:30. I
Everyone is invited. 1
CORRECTION 1
r I
Mrs. Allen Whitaker, member- <
ship chairman of the Hills- i
joro Parent-Teacher association, "
jointed four this wek that the !
membership fee for the P.-T. A. <
s 25 cents per year and not per (
month as printed in The News
:wo weeks ago. i
Vets Service.
Office Hoars
Are Announced
Walter G. Wrenn, new veterans
service officer for Orange county,
announced this week that office
hours for the next two weeks
would be from: 3 p. m. to 9 p. m.
every day except Thursday. On
Thursdays, the office will be open
from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
The veterans service office is
located in the Legion hut on
Churton street,, having been
moved from its former location in
the school office.
Revival Set
At West Hill
Pilgrfan Church
A revival meeting will be held
at the Pilgrim Holiness church in
West Hillsboro from November 9
to November 23, the Rev. J. F.
Kemodle, pastor of the church,
announced this week. _
The revival services will be in
charge of the Rev. C. W. Keyes,
who is an evangelist, singer with
guitar, autoharp and plays trum
bone. He is from Willard, Ky.
Services will start each week at
7 p. m., Mr. Kemodle said. A
youth rally is also scheduled dur
ing the series of services on No
vember 15. Special singers and
speakers will be brought to Hills
boro for the rally, he added.
Bob Kirkland
Rites Are Held
Saturday Morning
Funeral services for Robert, S.
Kirkland,, farmer *afid~ Orange
county native, were held from his
home near Hillsboro Saturday
morning. •,
Mr. Kirkland, known as “Bob”
by his friends, died suddenly at
1:30 a. m. Friday. A memoer of
ihe Hillsboro Presbyterian church,
Mr. Kirkland had lived in Orange
county all his life and was known
by a wide circle of friends.
Services were conducted by the
Rev. I. E. Birdseye, pastor of the
Presbyterian church. He was as
sisted by the Rev. Charles B.
Hubbard, pastor of the Hillsboro
Methodist church. Interment was
made in the family plot near thei
home.
Kirkjand was the son of the late
J'ofcnTand. Harriet McLajr.eti Kirk
land and was 68 years old al his
death.
He is survived by one sister,
Miss Bessie Kirkland, and one
brother, Sam Kirkland, both of the
home near Hillsboro.'
Pallbearers were Ed Barnes,
W. L. Guthrie, Ed Strudwick, Joe
Hughes, Don Matheson and Bruce
Cannady.*
Bang’s Test
Is Required
Raleigh—A warning citing legal
require^ for testing cattle for
bang s disease was issued by Dr
with ^aUi^er’ state veterinarian
culture® department of agri
Dr Faulhaber said herd dis
persal sales are occurring so fre
quently that owners need to be
reminded of the law in order to
thTs^ateT °Utbreak °f bank’S in
He cited a provision stating: '
1- dairy and breeding cattle |
■oldraS/* a«e °“?red or I
J ~ . s" '■esi maae Within 30
. \.pnor to sale .and approved
oy the state veterinarian ” | r
The responsibility for making!5
the test lies with the herd owner 1
making yje saIe Dr Faulhaber
explained. He said the warning
htt pr°mp]ed b* the revelation e
a ^erd owner recently sold c
;att ® wdhout making the test and *11
offered the excuse that he was ig- '
lorant of the law. Such an excuse
lared Vahd’ th<? veterinaria« de
GIrlSconts
Man Rummage
Sale Nov. 15
Citizens of Hillsboro and vicin
ty are requested to save their old
Nothing for contribution to the
jlrl Scouts who will hold a rum
nage sale November 15.
, Representatives of the Girl
jcouts will make 3 house-to-house
anvas next week collecting the
nothing for the sale.
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Markets Reopen With U. S.
Buying Weed For Britain
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Flue-cured tobacco markets in
North Carolina opened Monday
following a three-day shutdown
because of the withdrawal of
British buyers from the market.
The markets closed Tuesday; of
last week In order to give the to
bacco industry a chance to work
out emergency measures to meet
the withdrawal of British buyer*.
Under the plan which has been
worked out, the Commodity Cred
it corporation has agreed to pur
chase approximately $25,000,000 in
tobacco during the remainder of
the season.
SALES LAST WEEK
Prices continue to decline for
Old Belt flue-cured tobacco din
ing the sixth week which consisted
of only two sales days but the
quality showed some improvement
for the first time since opening
week. According to the United
States, North Carolina and Vir
ginia Departments of Agriculture
most averages when compared
with last week’s quotations were
down from $1 to $3 per hundred
with some dropping as much as $4
to $7., Those hardest hit were
orange and red leaf and fair green
lugs. On the other hand, the ma
jority of primings and a few other
grades showed advances. Fair
lemon primings wej-e up $9r low
lemon $7.50 and fair green $7 for
the greatest gains. However, the
volume in these grades was very
small.
The quality of offerings was
better than last week’s. There
were more good and fine quali
ties and less common leaf and non
descript. Bulk was chiefly com
mon to good leaf, low to fine
smoking leaf and low to good cut
ters and lugs.
Vplume of sales was verv heavy
for thfctwo days this week. The
sales omit of 2,000 baskets per set
of buyers was lifted Tuesday in
order to enable all markets to
clear their floors for the sales holi
day. Gross sales amounted to 12,
786,350 pound at an average of
$38.65 per hundred. Although
prices were lower the weekly
average was 82c above last week’s
because of the improvement in the
general quality.
Enters Race
Former Governor J. Melville
Broughton, above, this week an
nounced his formal candidacy
for United States Senate.
Broughton seeks the seat now
held by Senator William B. Um
stead who has not yet made a
formal announcement. Umstead
has indicated that he will seek
election to the post he was ap
pointed when Senator Bailey
died.
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Self-Service
Laundry Opens
n W. Hillsboro
Macon Cates is this week an
ouncing the opening of a self
ervice laundry in West Hillsboro
i a new building recently con
ducted next to Cates Cafe.
The laundry is equipped with 12
utomatic Bendix washing ma
hines and will be open every day
1 the week except Sundays to
»rve its customers.
Under the plan of operation
nnounced by Cates it will be pos
ble for a housewife to make an
ppointment for the use of a ma
rine ... or if she desires, she may
jme to the laundry at her con
enience and* use the machines on
first-come, first-serve basis, he
ud. ,,
This is the first automatic laun
ry service to be offered in Hills
Dro. In other towns in the state
icb services have met with in
ant success.
ENA LUPTON CIRCLE
IEETS MONDAY AT 730
The,Rena Lupton circle of the
illsboro Methodist
eet with Mrs. H. W.
ay night, November