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ertising Vft The New* get* re Over 7,500 people read The » every weerk. Look through , issue and aee who la using the ertising columns and see what are missing If your message included. No. 13 THE NEWS of Orange County Your Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1893 Want to buy i nice hduse In Of * •ngd County? Look at tj>e fine bargains « offered on The News Classified Page this week. Make it a habit to read and use The News Classified Ads. They pay. (Published Weekly) HILLSBORO, N. C., THURSDAY. APRIL 1, i9l8 Price: $2 A Year; 5c Single Copy^ Eight Pages This Week remendous Crowd Views onservation Field Day jo one will ever know for cer I how many people gathered on |ton Latta’s farm <-five miles Hillsboro Tuesday to witness |, n demonstration that would an ordinary -farmer three to cars to complete. St every one whodldattend event admits there were a gang people plodding over the Latta fn watching and learning from demonstration. Tar-ious estimates placed the (nbej:, of people attending from ee to 10 thousand. R. L. Mohl soil conservation agent, said ^sday night 10,000 witnessed the M.nstration, “Anyhow,”- he led, ‘they ate a lot of barbecue.” jin like the first scheduled dem Itration which was washed away I rains, cioucuess sKies aawned j The day to make working ngpn lons on the farm almost perfect, py 10 A. M.—the scheduled start [the day’s demonstration—thou is of* people had already gath to watch the demonstration formed by a force of approxi Jtely 250 volunteer workers in lious-areas of the 195-acre farm. Jhe event was sponsored by lley Grange No. 710, and assist fby the Neuse River Soil Con flation District, United States Conservation Service, Produce Marketing Administration, iers Home Administration, Pomona Grange.. laterials, labor and equipment |re donated by neighboring lers, veteran farm program inees, and business firms. The pst in mechanized farm equip it was displayed. Tractors—25 130 of them—grain drills, lime Readers, fertilizer distributors, ver post hole diggers, cultipack bush and bog harrows, hang Jtows, team, tractor, and Jeep jws, bulldozers, and giant earth |vers were in evidence. The day’s work was performed accordance with a land-use map ae farm, and equalled three to years work by the average ler using the usual farm ma Ine^y. Although heavy equip knt not found, on the average, fm was used in the interest Of Be, most of the operations could K’S been performed -with ordi ry farm equipment, fn groups numbering from 10 to , the visitors attended the vari demonstrations, where experts £re on hand to answer questions. The building of a farm fish pond ew the greatest crowds, with the King off of tobacco rows by ting method apparently of sec id greatest interest. Visitors took eir time, making it a point not lly to see' all that was going on It also to learn for. themselves pw to duplicate the .processes, lie conservation practiced estab fhed or partly established in ■lded gulley control, seeding hog thinning young pines, reseed old pasture on low land, treat 7-year-old» Kudzu, establish Sericea border for erosion coft ol, terrace' maintenance, estab ^hing wildlife borders, building traces with farm equipment, re eating farm fence, seeding of Irmanent pasture, building farm ph pond, applying fertilizer^) 3 Dpping with and without terrac laying off tobacco rows by [ring method, establishing' mead outlet, treating old pasture, and Investing mature timber. IThe different measures were }monstrated simultaneously, and sitors were free to view them- at |11. A few visitors took advan ge of advance briefing by an in ructor who utilized a large farin le map in suggesting a planned lur of the farm. o Barker, Albright ipeak On Program Chapel Hill—Two candidates lor rovc-nAr, Orcar Darker pf Durham and MaynrS R.‘ Albright bf Raleigh, addressed students |md townspeople Wednesday flight in Hill Hall, under the jiuspices of the Carolina Politi cal Union. Kerr Scott and ^harles Johnson were also in cited to, speak, but were unable |o come due to previous engage ments. The candidates were honored by the Political Union at a din ner at Danziger’s before the Speeches; —-o-• Be Held [A youth revival will be held at le First Baptist Church in Hills T)r® each night at eight o’clock ginning, Monday, April 5, broughySunday, April 11. I The guest minister will be the ev- J. Lloyd Mauney. Choir To Sing “The Holy City” The Rev. A. Parnell Bailey of Duke be the speaker at the Layman's League meeting Sunday night, April 4, at 8 P. M. in the Hillsboro High School auditorium. The Hillsboro Methodist Church choir under the direction of Mrs. E. M. Lockhart will sing „“The Holy City.” -—■——-—o——-— ____ -- - -. Few Leads an Shooting No warrants have been issued and no one has been detained for questioning by the Orange County sheriff’s, department in the shoot ing of, Eddie B. Laws, 18, between Caldwell and Rougemont Tuesday afternoon, March 23. .Laws sustained a shotgun wound in the abdomen shortly after 4 P. M. as a climax of “some sort of argument,’*’ Sheriff S. T.Xatta said. Investigation was still being made in the case, but sheriff’s -deputies admitted they were Dun ning into blind leads.. None of the people in the area, it was stated, desire to give any information on the shooting, it was pointed out. Preliminary investigation of the case showed that Laws lived on the farm with his parents. Laws’ father told Sheriff Latta that he was off in a field at the time of the shooting and thought someone was hunting birds. The sheriff’s office said Wednes day morning they had no new leads on the shooting. ' -:-o-«■ Laundrette Gains Favor In Country Chapel Hill-—Mrs. J. H- Wil liams, manager of the recently built Village Self Service Laundry located at 402 West Franklin St., across from the new bus fe'tation. reports that more and more peo ple from town and country are turning to the new wash day ar rangement which is becoming popular all over the country. A row of electric washing ma chines line one side of the shop waiting for customers with bun dles of dirty clothes. By using as many washers as - necessary, an entire ■ week's was'h can be done in approximately 30 minutes, one washer accommodating lip to nine pounds of clothes. At. the end of 30 minutes the clothes are thor oughly washed, rinsed in three changes of 'water, anchdamp dried. A water softener attachment is connected to the hot water heater. Men a£ well as women can be found lounging in the comfortable chairs washing their laundry spin clean One student, who came for the first time remarked, “My wife has been fringing ttmiaun dry here while I stayed home and looked after the baby, but from ■now on I’m taking care of the laundry while she looks after the baby, there are so many maga zine articles here that I can read while the clothes .Hire being washed.” - „ . In addition to the wash seivice a c-ustorngr. can buy soap and bleach at the laundry. For heav ily soiled clothes a soak period -can be had for a small additional charge. Bendix dryers are pro vided for those desiring to dry their clothes enough to iron when they reach home. The Self Service Laundry opens at 8 o’clock-every week day morn ing It closes at 5 P. M.. on Sat ’irdav r P M. on Vv". hr •■ Thu i; '. : Ofi Eli Xy. and 9 P.M.. on Monday, arid Tuesday. Ap pointments can be made for Mon day and Tuesday evenings. Home Agent’s Schedule . ursday, April 1, 2 P. M. vd Hill Home Demonstration , with Mrs. C. M. Hunt, iday, April 2, 2 P. M..-Smith 1 Home Demonstration Club, Mrs. N. W. Dollar, esday, April 6, 2 P. M.—Carr ck Home Demonstration Club ^cockSchool. jdnesday, April 7, 2 P. M.— »y Club, with Mrs. Charlie ey; 7:30, Calvander Club with Nora Lloyd. -- r— X—: ursday, April 8, 2:30 P. M. ield Club with * Mrs. Victor Drama Given at Easter SunriseR ites Chapel Hill—An unusual Easter sunrise service brought hundreds of students and townspeople to the Forest Theater Sunday morning. The high light of the service was a mediaeval drama: which was ifive.n annually iij England during the 14th and - 15th- centuries, ar- . ranged £pr the Easter service by Kai Jurgensen and Bob Schenk kan. ' This year, for the first time, the Easter sunrise service was a co operative program presented by the Chapel Hill churches, student religious groups, the Y. M. C. A. and “the Y. W. C. A. A brass quartet, directed by David Arner played Back Chorales at two intervals during the pro gram. A choir of 400 children sang four Easter hymns, led by „ Mrs. Fred B. McCall. scripture, and Claude Shotts led the prayer. .: Setting for the play.was created by Lynn Gault, Martin Jacobs supervised the costumes, Harold Schiffman was in charge of the background music for the drama. Mrs. R. J. Nelson was chairman of the program committee in charge of the entire service. J A breakfast for students and e townspeople was held in the din- f ing rooms of the Baptist, Presby- 1 terian, and Methodist Churches immediately following the service. 1 Clothing Drive ' Nets 2,000 Pounds , A total of 2,000 pounds of relief' ! materials gatheredr. in Hillsboro * and the surrounding areas of Or- • ango County, arrived'last Week at ~ the Church World Service Center, New Windsor, Md., according to word juste received from the Cen- e ter._ ( The contribution of clothing, Shoes, bedding and other supplies j was the result of the “Fill a Ship . with Friendship'* drive, recently J carried out in Orange County. The drive jri Chapel Hill is scheduled . for the near future: The Rev. Irv ing E; Birdseye of Hillsboro, is. . chairman of the drive for the i county. 1 , -—■ ■,; John Rembert Art , Club Speaker Chapel Hill—John Rembert will speak to the Chapel Hill Com- , munit-y Club on “Art Values and ] the Community” at the meeting , tomorrow night at 8:30 in Person < Hall. His lecture will . be illus trated with slides and pictures. j Mrs. John Allcott, chairman of ; the art department of the com munity club, invites all w'ho are t interested to -attend. s >BI To Probe [0-Year-Term j for Negro Boy An investigation into the case of a. 14-year-old Negro boy serv ing 30 years in the CentraJ Pris on is being made by the State Bureau of Investigation, Gov. Gregg Cherry announced Tues day. The youth is Okvid Bryant of New Bern who was ssentenced to the 30-year-term by Judge Chester Morris In Orange Coun ty Superior Court two weeks ago. Bryant was sentenced to the term when he was found guilty of second degree burglary for entering a home in Chapel Hill in which Miss liucille El liott was sleeping. The youth stole a flashlight. Th e Qb v e m of,' w h oTiar art -~ nounced last week that he plan ned to “look into",the case re vealed that he expects the S. B. I. to report In a wee,k or 10 days on its findings in the caie. “There’s been some misunder standing about ..the case,” he added. “The first reports that the boy had been given the sentence fair stealing a- flashlight were not true, of course. That’s what seemed to bring on the big storm of protest.” -<h,-r-, Lloyd Brothers lave Excellent Pasture Areas Banks Lloyd and his brother, Clarence, have one of the best permanent pastures in the county, 'hirty-nine acres have been seed d in improved pasture mixture nd it all is green and most of it 5 ready for li_ght grazing. Mr. Lloyd-likes Ladino Clover lest of all, having some of it in 11 their different- fields. The •asture is divided into six sec ions in order to rotate the grazing nd not graze any plot too heavy. When asked the secret of good tasture, Mr. Lloyd replied rich and and lime. 'They haverecent y v top dressed all. their pasture lifh a mixture of 300 pounds of U.per pliosptjBte. and 100 pounds of 0-6-4 fertilizer. Ope1 acre oi tms ype improved' pasture will give s much gracing as five acres of irdinary pasture. Program Lists Many Hillians Chapel Hill—Many Chapel Hill a. s w, .1 ap, ear on th ■ program April 5 and 6 when the National j Association cf Boards of Phar nacy and the American- Assert ion of Colleges of Pharmacymftld heir annual District III meeting n..Chapel Hill. Mayor R. W. Madry and Ch.m rcllor R. IV H-'use' vvi.l extend velcomes at the first general ses ion Monday- mcrning at the Sehbol of Pharmacy building. Dean M. L. Jacobs will give a hort opening addrjess, after which 1. C. McAllister, secretary-treas irer of the North (Carolina Board if Fharmacy, will give a report. Speakers on the first day’s pro ;ram will include H. C. Thompson ind W. D. Perry. Terry Sanford will be among he speakers at the Tuesday ses ions. is County Politics Slow in Getting Started Orange County politics are ap parently at a standstill, if j%ny clues can be taken from the num ber of candidates who have filed with Board of Elections Chairman R. O. Forrest. . So far—with the close of filing date 17 days pff at 6 P. M.—only five candidates have notified him of their intention to seek re-elec tion. First to file his intention was John W. Umstead of Chapel Hill who will seek his seat in the North Carolina House of Representatives. The three incumbent members of the board of commissioners were next to file when they an nounced their candidacy following the meeting of the commissioners on the first Monday in March. They are Collier Cobb Jr., of Chapel Hill, H. G. Laws of Hills boro and Ben Wilson of near Meb ane. A number of rugnors are circu lating that a slate will oppose the incumbents because of their stand in the county bond election whi&i met defeat last year. So far, how ever, there has been no open break from the incumbents, A Republican convention was held in Hillsboro several weeks ago at which itwas announced a slate of officers for the county elections would be selected, but to date there has been no announced candidates. Forrest, election board chair man, ventured the Opinion this week that the Republicans would wait until nearer the close of the filing date before announcing their slate. Sen.'James Webb of Hillsboro is the fifth man from the county to, announce his candidacy for re election as State Senator from Or ange and Alamance County. No announced opposition to him is ap parent at this time. Turner In County Thomas Turner of Greensboro, Democratic opposition to Carl Dur ham of Chapel Hill, for the Sixth District’s seat in the United States Congress vi$ps in Hillsboro Tuesday meeting people and shaking hands. Turner filed with the StaW| Board of Elections on the la^t day, after ‘announcing earlier that he would oppose ‘Durham in the Democratic Primary May 29. Turner has challenged Durham to a series of debates in the four county seats and other towns in the district, but Durham has not yet formally accepted or rejected the proposal. 1,000 Expected to Vote Tuesday In Chapel Hill Bond Election The Challenger Visits Hillsboro R. Mayne Albright, youngest candidate for gdvemor in the Democratic primary, visited Pitts boro on Wednesday, in his trailer field headquarters, the “Challeng er.” He was accompanied by his wife, who is serving as secretary and heusekeeper on the tour. The “Challenger” w ill be parked downtown and open for visitors._ Orange was the 81st county visitad-byTthe “Challenger” in its 100-county “Take It To The Peo pie” tour of North Carolina. Al bright is taking his campaign di rect to the people—in country stores, filling stations, farms, docks, offices, mills, civic clubs, women’s organizations, veterans’ groups, labor organizations, . as well as. in court houses and city halls. With this method he ex pects to talk personally with more individuals than any other, candi date has or wiirirTTfiTs, cfifttpalgn.' Hoggins Urges Rotarians To Fight For American System Of Enterprise Raleigh—Several hundred Ro tarians from all sections of the 189th District, attending their an nual conference here Monday, were challenged by District Gov. Vic Huggins of Chapel Hill to "fight for the American system of free ..enterprise and against all ‘isms that are trying to crawl into and take control of Our way of life/’ Speaking at the first plenary session of the conference, which opene.d Sunday night and con tinued through Tuesday noon, Huggins, a Chapel Hill hardware merchant, asserted that Rotary ‘‘believes in our schools, our free dom .to earn wages and profits, our free competition. It therefore be comes our duty to fight for these precepts, to help preserve and strengthen a government designed to police these rights instead of destroying them. - -— “Let us go back to our clubs with a new inspiration to learn, to teach and to exroplffy the real meaning of our great heritage and the Spirit of Rotary,’’ he urged. He pled with the Rotarians to use their influence “for better schools, for better teachers and especially for better teacher pay which will get betl r teachers.” ■parents, too, he .f distinct obligation in education. Too often tnother looks cn«t of the window and says, ‘thank goodness, they’ve gone.’ And too often teach er looks out of her window and says ‘holy terror, here they come.’ ’’ 30 From County Enrolled At State Raleigh—N. C. State College’s winter term enrollment includes 25 students from Orange County, scsttrvey■. uf. .the ■ institution’s reg istration figures' indicated today. They are: Rachel Athas, Chapel Hilt; Edwin T. Carroll, Hillsboro; David S. Cook, Cedar Grove; Wal ter L. Cook, Cedar Grove;: Charles W. Davis Jr., Chapel Hill; Robert F. Efland, Efland; Thomas D. Ef land, Efland; Paul E. Green Jr., Richard JA, Hobbs, Chapel Hilt; Henry tluse, Chapel Hill; Robert C. Knight, West Hillsboro; Henry Liner, Cedar Grove; Joe B. Linker Jr., Chapel Hill. Robert W. Long, Cedar Grove; Larry B. McDade. Hillsboro; Billy R. Mitchell, Hillsboro; George C. Pickard, Chapel Hill; Wiiiiam T. Ray, Chapel Hill; Remus J. Smith Jr., Hillsboro; William G. Stanford, Chapel Hill; Raymond H. Strowd, Chapel Hill; Howard Cl. Turnage," Chapel Hill; Henry A. Whitfield Jr., Chapel Hill; Moyle Strayhorn Williams, Hillsboro; and Alton W. Wilson, Hillsboro. ■. ( . ^ —o Graham Speaks At Convocation Chapel Hill—Frank Graham, president of the university, spoke at a convocation in Memorial Hall Wednesday morning, on_“The United Nations Committee in,In donesia: Background and Pros pects,” .. .. ... . ..." , President Graham has been highly praised by the country’s statesmen for his recent work with the Good Offices Committee. His address Was sponsored by j the University’s Dialectic Senate, j a debating society, and the Uni- j versity Convocation Series. Change In Date For X-Ray Clinic Dr. O. David Garvin, District, Health Officer, will be in Hills fcjpro with the X-ray machine on Monday, April 5, from 2-4 P. M„, instead of April 12, which is the j regular time for ttye clinic. These clinics are held for the purpose of making chfest X-rays to detect tu berculosis in its early stages. Any person desiring a chest X-ray is invited to attend. Traffic Turned Through Hillsboro . Traffic from Durham to Greensboro was'44 being turned through Hillsboro Wednesday as wo&k progressed on the paving of the highway between Hills boro and Durham. All traffic was being routed through the old Durham road. "T .Q-—T-——r—■ Champ County Orator To Be =3 Named Friday County champion in the soil conservation speaking contest will be selected Friday. April 2, at 1;30 F. M. w'hen they meet In the agricultural building in Hillsboro. Individual school winners in the county were Clyde Young. Chapel Hill; and Doris Taylor, Aycock. Hillsboro High School winder has not yet been determined.' The winner in the contest Fri day between the . three - school champions will ineet the winners from the other counties in ,the area at Henderson April 6~aT 2 p; M; UT the Vance County Courthouse. Orange County was grouped with Durham, Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Vance, Wake, Warren and Wilson. Kitchen Contest Is Underway . . The Orange County Kitchen Im provement Contest js now under way. The closing date for filing applications is April 30. However,' all contestants have until Dec. 1, 1948 to make the improvements in their kitchens. The contest is sponsored by the Bank of Chapel Hill. Prizes are: $100 Savings Bond, first prize; $25 Savings Bond second prize; and $10 cash, third prize. Pictures-will be made be fore and after the projects are completed. ^ Those entering thus far are: Mrs. Paul Long, Mrs. Mary Markham, Mrs. Kenneth Cheek, Mrs. Jeter Lloyd, Mrs. Glenn Lloyd, Mrs. Floyd Brockwell, Mrs. Marvin Cheek, Mrs. Philip Hauser, Mrs. John Bacon, Mrs. J. Sr- Pittard, Miss Elizabeth Kirkland, Mrs. Louis Freeland. Mrs. Clyde Hogan, Mrs. Bill tfcrsett, Mr*. H. R. Tapp and Miss Let* Strowd. •mi nuiiidita l,uuu C-napel Hlil voters are expected to go to the polls Tuesday. April g, in the Chapel Hill town hall for the pur pose of registering their approval or disapproval of a proposed $260, 000 bond issue for the improve ment of the streets, betterment of the sewage disposal plant and pur chase of equipment. L. J. Phipps, chairman ®f a citi zens committee to make a study of the proposed projects in the bond issue, ponited out Wednesday the "dire need” for the approval f the bond issue. Sanitarians’ investigations of the town’s sewage disposal have re heatedly pointed* out-its inadequa- _ eies. Two hundred thousand dol lars of the total $260,000 proposed issue has been earmarked for the sewage disposal plant. The State has set aside $225,000 to help ih the construction of a new plant and renovations of the old plant. The remaining $25,000 of the to ^ tal proposed issue of $260,OOt) has been marked for purchase of equipment. Voting booths will be located in the Chapel Hill town hall with V. A. Hill, and Mrs. E. R. Hinton as judges. John B. Hocutt, registrar, said that 460 new voters had been placed" on the books, bringing the total number of -qualif-ied voters.^ . to approximately 1,500. It was pointed out that the amount of the bond issue was the maximum amount that the town board could order. That amount would not be ordered if expenses of the proposed sewage plant and street improvement work did not meet the estimates; it was added. Little, if any tax rate increase is expected, it was also added. New taxable property and other in creases are expected - to level off bonds-.. ■ - --7—.X ~ "■ . . „, —:— -o--— Bright’s Grocery Is Going Up In New Business Aren 1.....^ -•—-• Chapel Hill—Another store is being added to the ever-growing “new section’’ of Chapel Hill. M. J. Bright, owner of Bright’s Cash Grocery on 423 West Franklin Street, hopes to have his new co lonial-style store completed, by the latter part of May. The new build ing is going up next the. recently built West' Franklin Street Gra=.._ eery. Labros Andrews, owner of the Campus Cafe, has bought the ’ ■ property which Mr. Bright will vacate. It has not been decided whether Mr. Andrews will open a cafe there or will rent the build-' ing. Walnut Grove WSCS Holds Quilting Party On Thursday of last week the Womans Society of Christian -Service of Walnut Grove Church met at thehome~l>r^!r?r_Hr7TJr~~ Laws for their annual quilting. A guilt was made for the parsonage and one for the orphanage. The group enjoyed a picnic lunch. Members attending were. Mrs. J E. Hawkins, Mrs. J. D. Woods, Mrs. J. V. Roberts, .Mrs. J. H. Til- - ley. Mrs. A: W. Clayton. Mrs. Her «uuiAshley, , Mrs, A. T. Weight, Mrs. Ormand Woods, Mrs. S. J. Parker, Mrs. C. ,E. Berry, Mrs Martin Crabtree. Mrs. Clyde Rob erts, Mrs. J. R. Terry, Mrs. W. L. Horner, Mrs. Melba Compton. Mrs; D. Rountree, Mrs. E: C. Thomas and Miss Era Laws. Visitors were Mrs. S. H. Woods. Mrs. A. H. Hawkins, Mrs. Clifton Parker and Miss Fay Terry. .----o— Johnson Speaks At Joint Meeting Of Civic Clubs Chapel Hill—Charles M. John son, Stats treasurer and candi date for governor, spoke at the joint dinner meeting of the Ki wanis and Rotary Clubs Wed - _ needay evening. March 24. Mr Johnson talked on the finances of the,State and the importance - of reserves in the treasury in case of hard times ahead. He also advocated increases in sal arles for State-employed teactr - ers. r-- ■ W. S. Hogan, president of the Kiwanis Club, and Carl Smith, president of the Rotary Club, presided Jointly at the dinner. Mr. Johnaon was Introduced by W. 1. Thom peon, K!wan Ian.
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