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THIS WEEK’S NEWS: arbecue Spur* Democrats arr Speech Scheduled raftees Leave October 1f.. awyer Heads Camporee mith Heads Elections Board V<>!. 55. No 38 (Published Your Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1893 HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, THURSDAY, SEPT. 36, 1948 Price: $2 A Year; 5c Single Copy interested in Orange County f 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. Eight Pages This Week . - —77 . 1; - I ; • 2?® above shows scenes from one of the largest political rallies ev er held in this area. At the right is shown Kerr Scott greeting Sec retary Kenneth Royall of Goldsboro as he arrived for the babecue. Si^e??hOWJ2) Scott addressing the group; (3} Capus Wayn ick, chairman of the State Democratic committee, speaking; (4) ge neral view of the crowd looking at the program; (5) Carl T. Durham, ssixui District congressman; (6) J. Melville Broughton speaking; (7) Secretary of State Thad Eure speaking with Mayor Sanders of B urlington standing in the brfckground._ Hard on the heels of the big Jarbecue get-together at the Kerr >cott farm, Democratic big guns Bared across North Carolina this reek as the party launched its in ensive fall campaign with four ol he 12 Congressional rallies to be leld throughout the State during he next three weeks. The Sixth District meeting will >e held on October 18 with a rally it the Burlington City Hftll. Rep esentative Carl Durham of Chapel Hill will be the speaker at the i scheduled 2:30 p. m. session for the party faithful, ^ The week’s fast campaign tempo 'vas established Monday with a j double-header—Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky, nominee for vice President, speaking in con nection with the first of the dis trict rallies, the 12th in Asheville,, and Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannon addressing a nuge farm rally in Monroe on the same day. ■ From the kick-off district meet I!)g in Asheville, Democratic lead ers fanned out as far west as Murphy for speeches and confer ences before re-assembilng for the 10th District meeting in Morgan* ton on Wednesday. On Thursday Rutherford county is staging another double bill in connection with the 11th District meeting, in Rutherfordton, which is to be followed by a fish fry at Forest (?ity. The district rally procession moves to Salisbury on Friday, where the dean of the North Caro lina delegation in Washington, Congressman R. L. Doughton, has arranged a meeting: to begin at During the week following, three more district rallies are scheduled: Fifth District in Reids ville, October 6; Seventh District in WhiteviUe, October 7, and First District meeting in Washington on October 8. . Alamance Barbecue Preceding the district rallies,' Alamance county Democrats staged a mammoth barbecue for more than 5,000 persons on Kerr Scott’s farm at Hawfields. Party leaders from all over the State gathered at See SCOTT BARBECUE, Page 4 Bonner Sawyer To Direct Fall Camporee Of Occoneechee Scout Council In October The annual fall camporee of the Occoneechee council, will be held October 22^24 at Camp Durant, council camp of the Occoneechee council. Bonner D. Sawyer, Hills boro, council chairman of camping and activities, will be in' charge of this years’ .event which will be held rain or shine, and is expected to draw more than one thousand Scouts and leaders for the week cod encampment. Etfery whte Scout troop and senior unit in the Occoneechee council has been extended an invi tation to attend the camporee. The council-wide camporee for Negro | troops will be held October 15-16 at the State School for Negro Blind "ear Raleigh. J. C. Hubbard, Dur-j ham, will serve as camporee direc- j ° 41118 event Both Camporees have special | pr°£rama planned which will in cude registration, color ceremo nies, camp fires, demonstrations, activities, religious servees d presentation of awards. Each attending will receive an ‘tractive camporee souvenir, rhe camporee will be conducted * Patrol basis. Each patrol will be striving toward a goal which will qualify it as a proficient pa trol. The maximum number of points that can be made is 3,500. Patrols that make as many' qs 2,900 will .receive the proficient award. Patrols that make from 2,300 to 2,900 points will receive the standard award, while patrols ! making less than 2,300 will be awarded the participating banner. A highlight of both camporees will be an Order of the Arrow ceremony. Newly elected mem bers will be tapped at a colorful Indian ceremony at the close of i the camporee campfire. Leaders outside of the Occo neechee council territory who have ! been invited to attend and partici pate in the camporee include H. Smith Richardson, Greensboro, Region Six chairman and chair man of the executive committee of the Vick Chemical corporation, Wes Kliismann, New York, na tional director of activities for the Boy Scouts of America, Captain R. L. McCauley, Atlanta, senior Scout director for Region Six, and Peter McLaurin, Philadelphia, who holds several world championships ifl wood chopping. Old Trtacco Sales Volume Still Light; Prices Rise ’ The demand £or Ql4Belt flue cured tobacco, strengthened during the second week of sales, but the volume continued very light, espe cially through the middle of the week. The United States, North Carolina and Virginia Departments of Agriculture reported most in creases were $1 and $2 per hun dred over averages quoted open ing week. Some grades climbed as much as $4 and $5 but these were mostly grades with limited vol ume. The few declines recorded were only 50 cents and $1 except for low and fair green primings which dropped $2 and $3, respec tively. Volume of sales for the week was fairly light. Heavy sales were reported on most markets Monday but light sales prevailed during the rest of the week until Friday. Consierable pick-up in deliveries Friday resulted in heavy sales on all markets.. Some were reported blocked. Gross sales for the week amounted to 27,470,926 pounds for an, average Of $53.23 per hundred. This was an increase of $1.08 over opening 'week, but the vohlme was about the same. The general quality of the offer ings was a little better this week because of the marketing of a larger proportion of heavy bodied leaf. The percentage of leaf and smoking leaf was greater with a corresponding decrease in lugs and primings. Leaf replaced lugs as the predominant offerings. Bulk of sales consisted of common to good leaf, fair to fine lugs, fair and good smoking leaf, law and fair primings and fair, cutters. P-TA To Plan For New Tear The Parent-Teacher association of Chapel Hill will map out its plans -for the new school year at the first meeting tonight at 7:45 in j the elementary school auditorium. A special report on the possible completion of the high school building will be presented by the school committee of the Chapel Hill Community council. New officers for the P.-T.A. are John Manning, president; Mrs. M. L. Jacobs, first vice-president; Mrs. Maryon Saunders, second vice president; Mrs. Roy Arm strong, secretary; and W. T. Hunt ley, treasurer. ~ JUDGE LEO CARR Touchdown Club Formed hi Mebane For Grid Renews A group of Mebane fans met in the Kiwanis hall last week and organized a touchdown club. C. C. Linneman, principal of the Burlington High school, and Rob ert T. Johnson of the Seven Point Hosiery company, both members of the Burlington club, were pres ent and gave a resume of the pur pose and method of organizing such a club. Coach Archie /Walker of the Mebane High school, stressed the importance of a touchdown club, and expressed his willingness to cooperate to the fullest extent. Calvin Oakley was elected tem porary chairman until regular f election, and appointed the foilow j ing men on the steering commit tee, representing the various schools: Archie Walker, Wake For est, L. P. Best, Carolina, Don Burch, Duke, Frank Southerland, State, Steve White, Davidson, and Talmage Jobe Elon. The organization was formeo through the efforts of the Mebane Chamber of Commerce. -O White Case Drive - Continued for Week The annual White Cane sale and membership enrollment drive be ing conducted by Lions clubs In North Carolina will be continued throughout the week in Hillsboro, it was announced Wednesday. J. B. Midgett Is serving as the local, chairman. Judge Leo Carr Speaker Sunday The Hillsboro .Layman’s league, an interdenominational group of religious leaders representing the four local churches and the com munity .at large, will resume its series of monthly programs this Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock with judge "Leo CarF of-Burling ton the featured speaker. ^■^Activities' of- the league have been suspended for several months because of the polio epidemic. Sunday night's meeting-will be held at the Hillsboro High School auditorium with special music be ’ ing provided by the Presbyterian Church choir. : ,~Ju3ge'7Cawrresliliitt - jttdge - of the 10th Judicial District and one of the'outstanding lay leaders of the state, has chosen as his topic, “Expansion in the Field of Chris tian Education.” Among the most popular public affairs series ever held here, the Layman’s league meetings have attracted large audiences in the past and another large crowd is anticipated for the forthcoming meeting. Additional outstanding pro grams have been arranged for fu ture sessions, scheduled for the first Sunday night in each month, according to Charles Walker, league chairman, and Elmer Dow dy, program committee chairman. .Among the speakers to appear on I future programs, it was revealed I Chapel Hill Clnb Plans Meeting ' All Chapel Hill vwomen are in vited to attend tile Community club’s first fall meeting at the Episcopal parish house at 3:30 Fri day, October 8. A special exhibit of -arts and crafts created by women in Chapdl Hill will be shown. _:__ There will be a friendly get acquainted hour with old Commu nity club members introducing new ones to the organization, and refreshments will be served. Anyone wishing -to display a craft in the exhibit should Mrs. J. A. Warren, the Community club president. -o-— SUPERIOR COURT ~ Judge Leo Carr of Burlington will open Orange county superior court MorMay morning at.. 10 o’clock in the courthouse in Hills boro. A total of 27 actions have been docketed for hearing. __ _ . ) ‘ are Senator Clyde R. Hoey and Governor-nominate W. Kerr Scott. ^ The Layman's’ “league .is com posed of three members from each local church, elected by the gov erning bodies of the respective churches, and three members elected from the community .at - large. County Draft Unit: To Leave October 11 Grange county’s first contingent .'of draftees under the peacetime draft measure are expected to leave on October 11, It was an nounced at the draft board office this week. The exact number of men to* be sent by the draft board has not been announced. Members of the board in session Monday after noon said they had not been in formed on the number. “We are finding few men eli gible to serve, however,” it was pointed out. .“Most of the men who registered are either students, married "or are farmers.” Those three categories make a man in eligible for service under the pro visions of the draft measure. It was pointed out by the board -that_a number of students in ~~ Chapel Hill failed to register and I that provisions were being made for them to register on Thursday of. this week.. To date a total of 2,001 men have registered. Board members said that as soon as a youth reaches 18, he is re quired to register for the draft within five days. ■o Forest Fire Tne At Hand, County Warden Cautions lUsSt "*«"■»■<' rc is done. Thes*» ma ■ ^ burning. ‘‘''h? JS® ®" the county. Mr. Fitzgerald urged farmors o employ extreme caution in any burning of field's or debris which is undertaken and asked that hunt tub that all campfires and cig arette butts are extinguished com pletely before they leave the for esfc3sr##f”±2sj^:2~-i-'-4i2£;_ MESSAGE FllOM FOELMER PUBLISHER J* Roy Parker Lands Local Support Of Newspapers la Letter Fr*a Bed Editor's Note: The following letter from J. Roy Parker of Ahoskie, former publisher of this news paper, is printed without alteration and in deep appieciation for his good will and sage counsel. Ahoskie, N. C., Sept. 25. Pear Publisher Hamlin: Giye me enough white space in vour paper to say these things— k My faith in the future growth and development of first-rate county seat newspapers in Orange and Alamance is strengthened by the fact that The News of Orange County at Hillsboro and The Alamaiice*News at Graham ’3re npw"under the management of a home-growrt and home-bred newspaperman. This is not said in derogation of those who have lafx>red to bring the two papers out of the doldrums since the publishing company first took over a defunct and 2-weeks’ suspended Chapel Hill News in early 1944 and transferred the office of publication to Hillsboro. It is my opinion that a county newspaper is more likely to succeed under ownership and manage ment of those who are rooted to the soil of the com munity, county, or area the newspaper purports* to serve. Job t hasjrs-and transients, not to metition absentee own ers such as I have been for alhiost 2 years, don’t ordi narily built! solid hometown and county newspapers. „ 2. Despite my absenteeism and my inability to give even partial direction to-the papers »f I do have a warm spot in my heart for the many staunch * friends and acquaintances I made in Orange and Ala mance counties on the occasions when I was able to meet and mingle with the folks. They have loyally supported the two papers, and they are ready and eager to match their further support with all the efforts the manage ment makes to improve and enlarge the papers. 3. I know of no other two counties in North Carolina where there is so great a need for top-ranking county newspapers. You and your associates have my best wishes in your efforts—over the long pull—to develop those two papers into the institutions they ought to be. :_ ; Roy Parker.
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