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this WEEK’S NEWS: Welfare Budget Lowered Draft Board Named Crop Prospects Good Border Sales Start Welcoming Idea Planned YoTl^- No- 3° (Published Weekly) 'Your Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1893 Interested In Orange County? Then read The News of Orange County for items of interest from all sections. It’s reported factual ly, true and without color or bias. HILLSBORQ AND CHAPEL HILL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1948 - -— Price: $2 A Year; 5c Single Copy Eight Pages This Week Same Draft Board For Orange County Is Re-nominated The same draft board that served Orange County during World War II has been recommended to ad-, minister the'first peacetime draft mmisttf*—mg X-- . _ ___ in the history of the United States, it was announced this week by Edwin Lynch, clerk of Orange county superior court. ■ *■ The board recommended to (gov ernor Cherry for appointment as -ounty draft board is Samuel W. Hughes of Hillsboro, Garland O. Reitzel of near Hillsboro, and A, Clarence Pickard of Chapel Hill. C. P. Hinshaw of Chapel Hill, /vho served as appeal agent last me, was re-nominated and Dr. D. [land Forrest of Hillsboro, only lldliu ruixtow -' forld War II veteran in the group, ras nominated for medical ad user. DRAFT DEFEFTMENTS Washington. — Selective Service ifficials said it may be some ime yet” - before a system of de erments can be worked out for the latlon’s new peacetime draft regis - rants. The law specifically exempts ertain men from the draft. But Selective Service must decide the lasis for deferments of otlier reg strants such as married men and hose with dependents. Youths 18 through 25 must reg ster for the draft but only those 9 through 25 may be inducted for 1 months service. The over whelming majority of draftees will ome from th§ ranges of men 9 through 21. Men who are now married are ot expected to be drafted. But elective Service must decide what ) do about draft-age youths who larry or become fathers in the iture. During World War II, de endency deferments were not iven out unless the marriage or irth took place before a certain ate. Officials said the^ did not know rhether the same pattern will be >llowed under the new peacetime raft because the deferment sys this time will be more liberal. There also is sure to be strong ressure from certain rural labor lortage areas for a very lenient olicy for farm youths. During >e war, this was a cause of almost instant friction between Congress nd Selective Service. It has been announced that there ill be deferments for some key idustrial and government work The new regulations will have 1 define such jobs.' The draft law,, grants automatic ferments to clergymen, theologi d students, 19-year-old high :hool students, and most veterans. -O Credit Bareaa - feet b Set The third annual Credit Bureau td • Merchants Association Man cment institute will be held at e University of North Carolina Jgust 15-21, it was announced day. The institute is sponsored by the isociated Credit Bureau of North irolina, headed by Charles Dud Y of Charlotte, and the Associated ^dit Bureau of the Southeast. Approximately 60 “students” Ve already registered for the ssions which are to be held in ^ Navy armory. The group» will housed in Whitehead dormitory st acfoss the streeWfrom the ar >ry. Delegates to last year’s institute *e from approximately 14 states, •luding most of the Southeastern l*es and as far west as Ohio, In and Missouri. . G- Trosper, executive vice -sident of the Greensboro Mer association, is president of * institute’s board of trustees, ' U- S. Gilbert, Atlanta, is dean ^faculty*, , The photograph above shows the construction progress being made at- Camp Don-Lee, the Methodist Youth Camp of the North Carolina Conference. This camp is located on the nprth shore of the Neuse River, near Arapahoe, in Pamlico County. The camp site was donat ed to tpe Annual Conference by Mr. Don Lee and the camp is being constructed through the efforts and contributions of the 160.000 Meth odist people of the North Carolina Conference. Merchants Group May Adopt Plan Of Welcoming The installation of a welcom ing service, similar to the “Wel come Wagon” idea, was planned by the board of directors of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Merchants association and those association members interested in the proj ect at a Tuesday night meeting in the Carolina Inn. If enough enthusiasm is shown for the movement, the associa tion will employ an offtcial host ess whose duties it will be to obtain the names of families moving, into or near the two towns. She will call on the new comers, extending the welcome of the merchants and telling them about our community and its services. Such ' information about the new faniilies as their past home towns, occupations, and special interests Will be mimeographed' and given to the special group of merchants par ticipating in the welcome proj ect. Coupons of credit will be given to the newcomers by those merchants. The salary of the hostess and the cost __of gratis 'merchandise will be borne exclusively by the association members who care to take part. No funds wyjl come ■ out of the Merchants association ■O Motor Vehicle Law Violators, Drunks Crowd Court Docket POblic drunkenness and viola tions of motor vehicle laws fea tured the cases tried in Orange county recorder’s court Monday in Hillsboro. The session was an all-day af fair. Lonnie L. Sloan, public drunk enness, 30 days. ' ~ Lonnie L. Sloan,- public drunk enness, 15 days. Charlie Poole, assault on female, not guilty. Dave Watts, public drunkenness, pay fine or costs by noon Tuesday or 30 days on roads. William W., Mitchell, assault, costs. Lee Hester, disposing of- mort gaged property, prayer for judg-j ment continued to October 18. Walter Jesse Holt, passing on curve, $10 fine and costs. Clinton Lunsford, temporary lar ceny, drunk and disorderly, judg ment continued two-years, $50 fine and costs. Marvin Mack, reckless driving, $25 fine and costs. Roy Compton, drunken driving and reckless driving, $100 fine and costs. Katherine Byal, feckless driving, costs. John Calvin Mitchell, disorderly conduct arid assault with deadly reffponvcosts. Charlie McBroom, larceny, six lonths. C. H. Hurley, simple assault, Melvin Durham, assault with a jadly weapon, 90 days suspended ! months, $15 and costs, costs to elude $1$ foe benefit of Mrs. iha Wiles..' A *.1 ^ VV1 Sales Started On Border Belt Tobacco Marts Auction sales of the 1948 crop of South Carolina and Bordei North Carolina 'flue-cured tobac co started Aug. 3. The Unite!! States Crop Report ing Board as of July 1, indicated a production in this area of 201, 275.000 pounds. This would be al most 60 million pounds or about 23 per cent below last year and the smallest crop since 1943. Total flue-cured harvest was placed at 1.010.346.000 pounds—also ap proximately 23 per cent less than in 1947. The crop yield was esti mated at 1,177 pounds peracre this year as compared with 1,131 pounds the previous year. This in crease, if realized, will offset to some extent the approximate 28 per cent reduction in acreage. A contributing factor to the greater yield is that a large number of farmers have used more fertilizer and set plants ploser together than normally. Unlike 1947, plants were more plentiful this year. Good growing conditions prevailed over most of the South Carolina and Border North Carolina Belt; however, a very dry, hot June in some sections caused premature ripening and cut the yield per acre considerably in these areas. Recent rains over most of the dry fields have developed the crop until the later curing are said to be of very good quality. The general opinion of most tobac conists is that this year’s crop will be better than last year’s both as to quality and weight. - ,-7-r---O Large'Pasture Acreage To Be Seeded In Fall Many Orange county farmers are cbanging^tHeir system to in clude less cultivated land and more pasturage. They have found by experience that a combination of ladino clover with either orchard grass or fescue will give excellent pastures bed sides affording some hay. They are reducing their expenditure in labor for land preparation and cul tivation. Some of the best live stock farmers have seeded some of their best Jand in this permanent pasture- mixture* ■.™—Ztmsk The AAA is making an effort to be able to pay for approximately two-thirds of the cost of these pas ture seed and an announcement will be made at an early date as to when and how to obtain these seed. Ladino- clover should be seeded at the rate of 2 lbs. of clover with 12 lbs. of orchard grass or 2 lbs. ladino clover with 10 lbs. of Rescue per acre. Ladino clover should always be inoculated before seeding. Land seeded to these mixtures should have an application of at least one ton of limestone per acre and 500 lbs. of 2-12-12 fertilizer applied at seeding time. -O Two Outbuildings Destroyed By Fire _A snioke house, and -wash-house on the farm of J. C. and Coopei Cpmpton in Cedar Grove township were destroyed by fire late Iasi Friday afternoon. - i . . The Comptons’ house, was threat ened, by the blaze but action on th< part of the neighbors who in fighting the blaze prevent^ ironi spreading to toe nou^c.v, * Decrease Made In Administration Costs1 Of Welfare DepartmentTo Bring Salaries in Line With Those In Other County Units j A total-cut of $1,560 in the Or i ange count welfare department's administration budget was made by the county commissioners Mon day when a breakdown of the sala ries to be paid to the department workers revealed them to be com i pltely “out of line” with the sala ries paid other employees in the county. " The cut was made after the workers in the department had ex pected a $30 a month increase in their salaries over the amount re ceived last year, It was revealed at the commis sioners’ meeting that either the breakdown of salaries was not pre sented to the commissioners at the time the welfare department’s-ten tative budget was approved or-that the commissioners overlooked the breakdown when they were in formed by the welfare board that administration costs for the 1948 49 year were going to be less than they had been during the previous year. After a long discussion with the welfare hoard the commissioners decided to place the salaries of the office clerks in the welfare depart m,ent to an even par with the head clerks in the court hous offices and. to raise the salary of the wel fare superintendent and-1 the three field workers in the department by ; $20 per month. The clerks received raises to $150 par month while the superintendent of welfare salary was increased to $260 and the sala ries of the field workers to $200 and $170. In making the cuts, the board of j commissioners took the blame for | i allowing the tentative budget to be i approved without a thorough in-j vestigation of its entire contents, j It was felt, however, by the mem bers of the board that they had been lulled into a pleasant frame of mind by the announcement that the administration costs were lower in the proposed budget. Actually, the costs for the county were lower, for the State took over the salary of one worker. Members of the welfare board explained that they felt the clerks and workers ip the - office were doing work suffltient to merit the $30 per month increase. “Also we felt,” one member said, “that since we are allowed another clerk un der State regulations that we should take the salary that person would receive and parcel it but among the present workers.4* Federal and State funds, appli cable to the administration costs of the welfare department, will also be cut since the decrease in the amount the county will appro priate has been cut. The board also voted to increase Jhe salary of a deputy sheriff to an _ equal amount now received by the other deputies in the sheriff’s of fice. Reports were made by the coun ty agent, Don S. Matheson, who estimated that the tobacco crop in Orange county would bring $2,500,000 this year, dairying $700, 000 and the poultry business $500, 000. Mrs. Kathryn Hamrick, home demonstration agent, also made her monthly report. County Agent Says Time To Prepare Land For Alfalfa A great many farmers have al ready started preparation of their land for seeding alfalfa this fall. Old alfalfa has been cut three times already this year. Some farm ers are reporting as much as three tons per acre with prospects for a good last cutting. There is plenty of time to begin preparation for seeding this fall. Chances for success in this venture are good if the recommendations listed below are observed: (1) Be sure our land has enough lime. Land that has never been limed should have at least two tons per acre. A soil test will indicate the exact amount necessary, but it’s better to have an additional ton than not enough. (2) Laqd must be well drained and fertile. Land will not make good alfalfa unless it ik fertile enough to make 40 to 50 bushels of com per acre. Stable manure, chicken manure and green manure crops such as lespedeza or soybeans turned under will help bring up the fertility of the soli. — — (3) Use 1,000 lbs. of 2-12-12 fer tilizer, containing 20 lbs. of boron. If you have an additional amount of phosphate on hand, it’s a good idea to use 1,000 lbs. (4) Seed early. A good stand of alfalfa can usually be gotten if seeded the last week of August. One of the greatest mistakes we have made in the past is from seeding too late. (5) Prepare a good seed bed. It is not necessary to break the land, but it can be pulverized by repeat: ed harrowing. - CO) Inoculate the seed. (7) Sow 30 lbs. of seed per acre, and, if the drill is used, cross drill it. A good practice is to firm the seed bed with a cultipacker or roller. Mebane Club Seeks Finds For Folio ■ Hospital Center .* T' Mebane—The Mebane Exchange Club is raising funds for Central .Carolina ■ Convalescent ^ Hospial. The president of the club, Frank Crawford, took nn mediate steps to assist in raising funds for this new polio hospital which is now in pro cess of being constructed in Greensboro. Tin cans with cards attached en titled “Fight Polio” have been dis tributed to-all merchants and manu facturers in and around Mebane. Although Mebane-has-fead only-one case of polio reported; response to the drive to fight the crippler is excellent, according to reports from William D. Rudd, Jr.,, club secretary. The public is invited to assist in any way possible to hsfpthaer who have become victims <j£ this dread ful disease. County Businesses Office In Atlanta Business men of this county and those contemplating entering the business field desiring assistance of the United States Department' of Commerce should npw get in touch with%ie Atlanta regional office of the Department of Commerce lo cated at 418 Atlanta National building in that city, according to information received here from C. Parker Persons, Commerce Depart, ment regional director in Atlanta. The western half of North Caro lina has now been placed tinder supervision of the Atlanta office of the Commerce Department as a result of the recent closing of the Commerce Department's district office in Charlotte necessitated by a reduced Congressional appropria tion for. operation.of that agency's field offices during the current fis cal year, Mr. Persons said. The North ^Carolina territory as signed to the Atlanta office in cludes that portion of the State west of Scotland, Hoke, Hartnett, Wake, Durham and Person coun ties, it was staled. The eastern half of the State will be under the district office of the department in Charleston, S. C.. it was added. Services available at Department of Commerce offices include coun sel and advice to those in the busi ness field and contemplating enter ing the business field on market conditions, the distribution of a vast amount of material dealing with many phases of business op erations. throughout the country, and dissemination of information pertaining to world trade. Chapel Hill Man On Naval Cruise Aboard USS Boxer Midshipman Donald Adams Campbell, U.SNR, sap,of Mrs. Mar jorie A. .-Campbell of Westwood drbre, Chapel Hill, is participating in the two-month Naval Reserve Officers Training Cruise aboard the aircraft carrier USS Boxer. The midshipmen reported aboard the carrier in San Francisco, Calif., and departed for the Hawaiian Islands. June 26. -O Cannery Hours ; Are Announced fh« Hillsboro ' cannery Y wlli~ open on Wednesday, August 11, and each Wednesday thereafter if there is enough produce th justify the cannelry remaining open, ft was announced this weak. '• •!> ' . .,j - The Ayeosk cannery la. apgit, each Tuesday ‘and Thursday. ...... , People, Spots In The News tAcmVf , S'* >E A SHORE SPECIAL is ihis one-piece bathing suit A-'ith a lastex top and a lared skirt, the latest in leachwear. . ENTIRELY TUBELESS is this, new tire invented by Frank Her zegh (left), B. F. Goodrich tire engineer. It looks just like con ventional casing from outside, also automatically seals punctures. Na tionwide distribution is planned. DEJECTION finally caught up with sparkplug second baseman Eddie Stanky of the Boston Braves. Eddie is laid up with a broken ankle for six weeks. CAMERAMEN COMPLAIN about ieading a dog's life, but here is a dog leading the life of • cameraman. This canine and his feline friend, “Snow White,” are pets of the racehorse. Crop Prospects In County Aided Muck By Rains; Tobacco, Corn In Good Shape The recent rains have greatly im. proved crop prospects in the county. :- ---■■■■ The 3,600 acres planted to. to bacco are being harvested and in dications are that a normal crop will be made.:—-— — • -C- - ■■ \v The 14,000 acres of com looK now as if they will surpass the yield of-, last—year's- crop- whieh averaged a record 28 bushels per acre. There are many entire fields where the farmers are expecting 60 bushels or mpre per acre, and sev eral of the 50 farmers who have entered the com contest, sponsored by the Bank of Chapel Hill, think that their yields on their prize acre will exceed 100 bushels. Listed below are the farmers competing in this com contest: Kenneth Brown, John G. Lock hart, Billy Hawkins, Freeman Dickey, Henry Walker, Robert F. Thompson, Joe Wilson, Carl Wal ters, J. E. Latta, Truitt Lloyd, J. R. Weaver, J. L. Phelps, Charlie Min cey, G. P. Sykes, J. R. Whitfield, Fred T. Reitzel, Edmond Taylor, Claud Lynch, Reid Roberts, W. M. Snipes, Clarence Hines, Harold Walker, William Crabtree, Jack Mincey, Hogan Brothers, Teer Brothers, Walter D. Cates, Hugh M. Wilson, Clyde Roberts, Jimnrjy 'Borset'C O W. Bunker,*“S J. Par ker, Jr., John H. Cate, Charlie Nichols, Glenn Pender, Young Vaughn, Chester Roberts, T. S. Code, Dr. H. C. Carr, Preston Rob erts, C. F. Roberts, W. E. Torian, Floyd Cooper, Ruben H. Cooper, J. B. Thompson, Ervin Greene, Gporge McCandies, Frank Harris, Caldwell Hester, Kenneth Mann. -—O Three County Men Enlist In Any Three Orange County men were enlisted lo the Regular Army dur ing the past week, it was announc ed today by Sgt. James D. Hartley, the U. S. Army and U.- S. Air Forces recruiting sergeant who is located at the Post Ofice in Chapel Hill on Mondays and the Hillsboro Post Office on Tuesdays. The enlistees wfio were for-’! warded to Fort Jackson, S. C., are: Clyde R. Ray, Box 221, Carrboro, enlisted for six years Infantry for assignment to the 25tb Infantry) DDivision, Osaka, Japan; Connie J. Harward, Route 3, Chapel Hill, enlisted three years Field Artillery, unassigned; and Leroy Williams, Carrboro enlisted three ‘ year^, Amy Ground Forces for assign men to the European Command. Injured Vets WiU Get Mere Compensation Veterans with service-connected disabilities, -received -during, peace-_ time service will get increased, compensation effective with their chefcKs' for the month of August, 1948, the Veterans Administration has announced. The checks will be delivered on or about September 1. Compensation rates are based on the percentage of disability suf fered by the veterans. They range from 10 per cent to total disability in multiples of 10, plus additional allowances for amputations, blind ness, etc. Under Public Law 876, passed by the last Congress, peace time rates for 10 per cent disibil ity are increased from $10.35 to $11.04, and the maximum from $270 to $288, with comparable in creases throughout the scale. Increases would be automatic and veterans entitled to them need not-apply or write to VA offices. - --O Effort Underway To Bny Uniforms For Mebane Band Mebane—At a recent meeting, f the* Mebane Exchange Club- voted to donate - $100 to the Mebane School band to be used to purchase uniforms. . ■ _'' - ' - This band was organized about a year ago and is under the direction of Mrs. Margaret Porter. During the year, they have given several - concerts Which we re enthusiastical ~ ly received. E. M. Yoder, principal of the high school, stated that uniforms for the band will cost $1,500 and efforts are underway now to have thees ready when school opens in September. -~-~7 ■ — -O n: c: IN MOTOW watot ; Raleigh—The Current “Ess* Road News” has articles on Eden ton and the new ML Mitchell road, and the “Keystone Motorist” has a seashore vacation story entitled l' “You-All Can Have a Good Tim* in North Carolina."
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