--7 \ range County Teachers Ask For Special Session Of Legislature neW8 staff doesn’t and can’t low everything that takes plate Orange county. A telephone t0 4191 wilt make certain that vour news Item gets In print. •jr - THE NEWS of Orange County ' -r Four Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1893 If you have something for sale or rent or if you want to purchase an Item, try a NEWS classified ad. You'll be surprised at the fast j results. T. No. 2 (Published Weekly) HILLSBORO, N C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1 Price: $2 A Year;'5c Single CopyRight Pages This Week Tie Picture Story Of One School erring Orange County Negroes Drange county schools came in ■ some unpleasant state-wide blicity Sunday morning when . Durham Morning Herald ran story on the front page of the iture section pointing out the iey Mountain school near Chapel Hill as a poor example of the many rural schools in the state. Walter Carroll, Durham Morn ing Herald feature Writer, in a visit to the school uncovered many defects in the school and pointed out that the citizens of the county last year defeated a bond issue which would have helped many of the existing poor conditions. Through the courtesy of the Herald, The News presents the three pictures used with the story. They are shown in the adjacent •columns. I - • • ■ ./'X ' Piney Mountain school children line up for the photographer. Nineteen students are enrolled this ear ln the first through the seventh grades all of which are taught by one teacher. Here |a an Interior shot of the school. Notice the stove which It the only meant of heat during cold weather. . ' . . ~~ Should .ho from, building o.toh fir* «*> «• «"'» Pretf‘" •**•"!*• "T Chopol Hill. ,h. oohd.1 I. .« . «•» ouppoHod r.-. I- h-d «•*.«[ «M •"» d*#"** “ ““ lfl0 it by Walking. i . r,‘ ’ v \^***-^ Rising Costs [OF Living Is Cited By Unit Orange county teachers—meet ing as a unit of the North Caro lina Educational association— Monday unanimously passed a j resolution urging Governor Cherry to call a special session of the North Carolina General Assembly rto enact pay increase for the teachers to meet the rising costs of living and an additional ap- j propriation to meet the increasing operational costs of the school sys tem. The NCEA unit—with Mrs. C. H. Pender of Aycock school pre siding as president—met prior to a regular monthly teachers meet ing and not a dissenting vote was cast in the request that Governor Cherry act immediately to call the Special session Of the legislature. The action of the Orange county unit follows that of many NCEA units in the state who have asked for a special session of the legis lature to consider more appropria tions for the schools of the state. The last session of the legisla ture raised teachers’ salaries ap proximately 30 per cent, but the I teachers have pointed out the ris ing costs of living have exceeded the 30 per cent increase. Operational expenses of the schools has also increased ma-1 terially, Glenn T. Proffit, super intendent, asserted. “Last year,” he said, “we paid $3.50 A ton for coal at the mines. This year we are paying from $6.50 to $7 for coal at the mines. Gasoline has increased and paper supplies for the schools have gone above the total reached last year.” $1,000 Costs Bill Levied In Wreck Case Norman Alger Wiley, Orange county Negro, was ordered by Judge L. J. Phipps rfn Orange county recorder’s court to pay $1, 000 to Miss Julia Harris of Dan ville, Va., a University of North Carolina coed, for injuries she suffered when her car collided with a vehicle operated by Wiley. Wiley, appearing unconcerned over the heavy assesssment made against him by the court., >vas or dered to make the first payment in February of $100 and they $50 each month thereafter until, the $1,000 was paid up. He ^tvas convicted of hit and run, reckless driving and driving | without an operator’s license, j' Other cases in this week’s court were: ---. Jack Plummer Williams, speed ing, $5 fine and costs; Bunn Pen dergraft, drunken driving, not guilty; Carl Wicker, public drunk enness, ' costs; Thomas Tilley, speeding, $5 and costs; John Wil liam Terrell, public drunkenness" costs; Joe Duncan, affray, not guil ty; Floyd Byrd, affray, costs; Har vey Turner, assault with deadly weapon, three months; ■ Howard Duncan, assault with deadly weapon; $10 and costs, Xq include $15 to Floyd Byrd; Wal ter McCauley, failing to give proper' hand signal, $10 fine and costs, fine remitted because de fendant is paying costs of acci rrr—ir--fflnrn Ford Denier Will Show ■New Truck The first public showing in Hillsboro of'the 1948 Ford truck will take i»tacb~ Friday, January 16, at an open house to be con ducted “by the 'Richmond Motor j i company. With the new thick—the first post-war product of the Ford Motor company—as the main at traction, the Rtfartond Motor company will welcome the public' to its,showroom, service, parts and accessory departments. Refreshments,, music rand fun for all visitors will bis offered be tween the hours of 8 a. m. and 8 P- m- * “Vfe arranged an open house for public announcement of the 1948 truck line because we feel that this is the most. important new truck showing in Ford his tory,” J- W* Richmond said. We are entering the greatest .truck market of all time with the widest range of models and capacities Ford has ever produced. We ex pect to receive trucks during the coming months in quantities in creased sufficiently to permit us to meet the heavy gemand.” Sheriff Reveals His Findings ’^T •• ‘ '’■«'! ''li". " 1 —— 1---* ' ;.»■ r—;—■ ■ L-/ , ■ ■ ■ ' ' I • In Ax Slaying Of Aged Recluse Jo o Charge Of Leaving bead i Horse On Hillsboro Water Shed Brings■ Man To Court \ For allegedly allowing a dead horse to remain on the Hillsboro water shed, C. T. Green of 213 North Dillard street, Durharh, is scheduled to face trial in the Orange~acounty recorder’s court next Monday morning. Sheriff S. T. Latta said Tues day that he had served a war rant on Green for the charge and that Green signed his bond for $100 for his appearance in the court. The warrant was sworn out by Dr. O. David Garvin, Orange county health officer, who charges that Green deposited a dead horse In a ditch which leads Into Seven Mile Creek which flows into the Eno river, | source of the Hillsboro water supply. Dr. Garvin further chain** that Green was notified by ; Chief D. T. Roberta of the Hillsboro police force to remove. | the animal and bury~1t accord- . Ing to law. Dr. Garvin further alleges that the animal has been on the Hillsboro water shed for the past three weeks and that It constitutes, a menace to the water supply for the town. Many New Firms Are Now Established In Garrboro By Mrs Ira Mann . — Carrboro—In the last few months a number of new busi nesses have opened their doors in j Carrboro. L... I “The Daily Tar Heel,” a Uni versity of North Carolina campus daily newspaper, is housed in a new building in Carrboro. A new brick building also houses the well equipped meat market and grocery store of Wilson and Jones at the intersection of the University Lake_ road and high way 54 in Carrboro. Right across the street is a new filling station just opened by Mac Poole and ThomasfEvans. George Poe only a few weeks ago com pleted his new building and up to-date garage on the corner of Lloyd and Main streets, and also on Lloyd Street Clark Morris has enlarged his University Clean ers establishment to twice its size and has -added many im provements, including approved san it one service-, Carrboro’s newest store is the Senter’s D,rug Store. Finishing -touches are still being added, but most of the moving was accom plished on Thursday of last week from the old building two doors down the street,- to the new build-^ ing, Vv’Rich is mtleH more spacious and more attractive. Spot ('hecks On flrirew Are Slated j Spot checks in different* sec tions of Orange county for people whose names start with either “A” or “B”’ to determine if they have secured their licenses- will be made in the near future, it was an nounced this week. Highway Patrolman T. P. Hof ler said he believed that most of the people whose names start with either* of the first two letter* of the. alphabet had secured their li censes.' • - Licnse examiner still spends every Friday in Hillsboro giving the examinations and people "whose names start with either “C or “D” are urged to make their plans to get their new licenses now. i It was pointed out that persons whose names, begin•• with,, either “A” or “B” could still secure their licenses, but would have to wait until the “C,” and “DV( in the office at tfie time had; secured their licenses. - ■ “If you fail to pass the test, Hoffler said,-“your license is not( taken from you,- A person has the •ofiportunity of taking*the tests un-] til he passes,” he added. t Stoves Installed In Court Room Heating problem* in }pe Orange county court room In -Hillsboro- have been partially solved until the county , i* able to Install a central heating sys tem. —; s ' Last' week two large heiters ^ i were installed on either side, of ! the oourt room and -court of ficlals this *w«ek exprosp^Sl pleasure at the warmth 8®« erated by the two stovaa. J. Food budget Lecture Is To be Given The nutrition committee of the Chapel Hijl Red Cross chapter an nounces ar. lecture by Dr. James C. Andrews, head of the depart ment of bio-chemistry in the School of Medicine of the Univer sity of North Carolina, to be given in the Medical School auditorium on Tuesday evening, January 20, at 8 o’clock. Dr. Andrews is go ing to talk about "How To (Jet • M,e Most out of You* Food D*oinf?‘ for the sheriff, Matthew hit ^ Pete in. the face with his fist, caus ing him to reel about the porch ' and fall townrft the Negro. Redell .'limned off the porch, secured a hrjrk and hit Petb in the forehead. Matthew then secured an axe and • hit his father in the back of the neek and along the side of his head. ----- • -.---- - - - .. - “They left Pete on the porch and went back to Matthew’s house , where; they had another drink.” The ’heriff stated that the.in formation' about the. events were ‘eeured from Redell and that the Negro did not undergo a lie detec o ,F ‘rc^ r i«> detector test of Mat thow was made in Raleigh in the “Matthew does admit shdoting at his father^ twice," the*-sheriff said, ‘‘but he says he does not re member anything after that. He says he was too drunk to remem ber anything.” 200 Farm Join In Rat Campaign According to Don S. Mattie-. •. • •on, county farm agent, about two hundred farmers have sent their $1 in for the new ANTU rat poison. „ An order haa' been . placed for this poison and it is hoped that it will be received in about a week. This-poison will then be mailed rto each cooperating firm with instructions for use on a certain day, which will be called “D Day" for rats. , !\<>w Off-tf%'rs Installed - - Hr Eagle Lori <• Vo. 19 ' John .-P: Ballard, -newly elected piaster ,of the Engle Lodge No. 19. A. F. and A, M., was installed along witfi the other officers of the le dge at an Installation cere mony Friday night, December 26. C. B. Parris, retiring master, was the installing officer. ._t Elected officers installed were Ballard,' master, Alton R. Wil liams, senior warden; Giles M Long, junior warden; Garland Mil ler, treasurer; Charles M. Walker, secretary. Officers appointed b> the " master and installed were Chandler H. Cates, senior deacon Cart^S. Couch, . junior deacon Ernest Belle apd Allen H. Lloyd stewards; R. I. Thomas, Tyler; anc fG.. A. Brown, chaplain. ' The following committees wen . appointed'by the master: — Finance—El. C3rI.iner, Gv A. Brown. Dr. H. W. Moore; Oxford orphanage—G. G. Bivins. E. C. S. H.- StrSyhorn and- J. MrBuno; historians—R. B. Studebaker, G. A. Brown and C. M. Walker: Instructions committee—C. M. Walker, G. A. Brown, H. Q, Biv ins, John Lipkt S. H. Strayhora. and A. R. Williams; resolutions »commit tee—W. J*. Smith, A. Q. Williams and Herman Wilson; Sick and cheer committee— C. B. Parris, E. C. Liner, J. B. Mid get t, S. H. Strayhora, Giles Long and J. M. Dunn; building commit tee—G. F. Miller, O. E. Bivins, flu O. Bivins and Taylor Bivins: reporteiv-G. A. Brown. 7: