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-s_I >Ay-$ TOP NEW® Blfare Program Too “Popular” ,e Quit* Inspector Job provoked Attack Reported !h00l Hearings Next Week ,ughmon Waive* Hearing /ol. 55- No* 48 THE NEWS of Orange County _Yonr Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 189s ~ Interested In Orange County? Then read The News of Orange M County for Iteme of interest from all sections. It's reported factual ly, true and without color or hlaa. ;«/<£ (Published Weekly) HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILU THURSDAY, January 6, 1949 Price: $2 A Year; 5c Single Copy Eight Pages This Week ;©le Resigns nspector Joia; jode Under Fire Hllsboro.—Arthur C. Cole has •isrned as county electrical in ^ctor and asked to be relieved his duties on January 31. Cole’s resignation was received {icially Monday by the Board of junty Commissioners. Cole gave pressure of private business nd his inability to give the posi on the time required as the rea ms for his resignation. The board took no action on the sjgnation but immediately began earch for a successor, who can ualify for the position. Remu eration is on a fee basis. Several arsons are under official consid— ration by the board and a com littee was named to investigate >ossible appointees, who will be sked t6 pass a state examination or electrical inspectors upon ap ointment to the county post, lany persons in the county who auld qualify are disqualified by sason of engaging in the business f electrical contracting.. Even as Cole’s resignation was eing considered, although there /as no apparent connection, the •ounty’s ordinance setting up the >ffice of inspector and requiring permits for electrical costruction came in for bitter criticism from one petitioner, Larry Coleman of the northern section of the county, who charged that as result of the requirements of the code, electri cal contractors in Orange County are charging exorbitant prices for work and have taken advantage of the situation created by the pro viso that all electrical wiring must : be done by holders fo electrical contractor's licenses. 1 1 Coleman said complaints were widespread in his section of the county and indicated that electri cal installation rates are much cheaper in AWnance County fewrer arcotfSNii^WTTtmrW'imch requirements are in force. No action was taken on Cole man’s complaint by the commis sioners. Chairman Collier Cobb, Jr., speaking for the board, ad vised that the ordinance was pro mulgated as a protection to the citizens of the county and told Coleman that nothing in the code prevented him from securing an, electrical contractor from . outside the county if he could get the job • done cheaper. Coleman describe^ himself as a., veteran, who desired to do a small personal wiring job on a house which he eventually intended to abandon and therefore did not wish lf> incur, an expensive instal lation. Preliminary Hearing Waived By Broughmon i Hillsboro.—Joseph Broughmon, Charged with the murder of his 16-year-old “step-son,” Avery McGraw, near Hillsboro on De cember 28, waived preliminary hearing in Recorder’s Court yes terday and was bound over to the next term of Superior Court with out privilege of bon'd. • Officers said jlroughmon had Hv^®ffSehFSlS**KFlipS^ ing the affair since the buckshot peppered body of the boy was found under a tree from which he was shot while allegedly climbing for a squirrel. The pair was on a hunting trip at the time of the shooting. Broughmon was charged with bigamy here last August in con nection with his marriage to the boy’s mother, Mrs. Edna Byrd Mcpraw Broughmon. At that time Brodghmon told officials he had not seen his former wife for 25 years and thought she had pre viously divorced him. Given a chance to get out of town, Brough mon boarded an outbound bus, re turning in December with divorce papers which allegedly provided he could not remarry for four mqntlfir: —’—.■— No information could be ob tained regarding previous relations between the boy and Broughmon snd it could not be ascertained whether ~*the alleged bigamous re lations between Broughmon and the boy’s mother was- being con sidered as a possible motive in the shooting. \ An estimated 75 to 80 buckshot were fqund in McGraw’s body. Broughmon has been held in jail here since the shooting. Postal Rates Are Increased First Of Year Hillsboro.—Postal rates in a number of categories were in leased, effective January 1, post masters throughout Orange County ■evealed this week. This change in rates was effec tive throughout the United States. The principal changes were in money order fees, registered mail, H. O. D. service, postal note fees, special delivery and air mail rates, rhe letter or first class rate re mained the same at three cents per ounce and the one cent postal card and post cards remained the same, as did the second class rate af one cent for each two ounces, which includes newspapers and magazines. Air mail letters were increased from five to six cents and this in cludes Army post offices, Fleet post offices, panada and Mexico as well as other places where the United States Mail Service is in operation’ A new rate of four cents was set for air mail postals, which are new, and it was an lounced also that the' regular one cent postal may be used by adding. i three cent stamp and writing the words “Via, Air Mail” thereon. Air mail weighing over eight ounces s now known as air parcel post tnd the rate begins at 55 cents for he first pound and four cents for each additional pound, depending lpon the zone. The new money order rate in creased from six cents from one cent to $2.50 to 10 cents on orders from one cent to $5. The registered mail increased in ibdut' the same proportion as the money order rates. Special de livery letters increased from 13 cents to 15 cents. C. O. D. fees increased proportionately. This increase in postage fees is made necessary by the increased cost in handling the mail, accord ing to postal authorities. The Post Office Department has operated- in ►he “red’*' for a * considerable time and the increase will offset some af the losses that have been sus tained by the department. —-O Lot Sale Subject - Of Church Meeting It was made known Sunday that the Hillsboro Presbyterian Church will hold a Congregational meeting next Sunday, January 9, immediately at the close .of morn ing worship. The purpose of the meeting, it was said, was to dis cuss and take action regarding an offer to purchase a vacant lot owned by the church on Tryon St T^e Rev. Irving E. Birdseye will begin a series of sermons on the prophets at the morning worship next Sunday. His first sermon topic will be: “Amos On Our Street.!’ ---- Stanley Rites Held Tuesday Hillsboro.—Funeral services were held Tuesday for Buford Van Buren Stanley, 40, son of Charles B and the late Sallie Lindley Stanley of Hillsboro, who died Sunday following a long illness. Rev. Walter C. Feltman was the officiating minister and inter ment followed in the local ceme Stanley was a graduate Qf Hills boro High School and attended the United States Naval Academy at napolis. , , le is survived by his father and -mother, and a brother, B. Stanley, all of Hnls —-o-— forestry demonstration A forestry demonstration will be held Jan. 11 at 1 o’clock on the farm of T. M. Snipes, which is lo cated near Dodson’s Cross Roads, south of Hillsboro. The demon stration is being put on by the various Agricultural Agencies of the County, and forestry and pulp wood experts will conduct the demonstration. The veteran farm trainees of the Hillsboro High School Agricultural Department, as well as the public, are being in vited to attend. Wintertime Fire The telltale signs of fire in wintertime are clearly evident here as ice formations are made by the fireman’s hose on this burning store in Minneapolis, Minn. He is putting out the dying embers of the blazg. „ Commissioners Ask Bill J|akmg Welfare Program. Less Popular In State School Needs Will Be Aired January 12, 13 Hillsboro.—Public meetings to air Orange County’s public schools needs are set for next Wednesday and Thursday nights. Committees set up by the vari ous PTA group*, of the county, are busy preparing their recommen dations, which will be incorporat ed into the report being prepared by the fact-finding body appoint ed by the county commissioners several months ago to investigatet the county’s overall needs. Mrs. Clarence Jones heads the education subcommittee holding the hearings. Wednesday night’s meeting will be for Negro citizens and will be held at the Hillsboro Negro School building, while Thursday night’s session for "white citizens will be at the Hillsboro High School.' Umstead Offers 3 Major Bills For Improvements Hillsboro.—Bills' providing for a; gigantic school building program, I a secondary-road improvement j program, and a raise for school! teachers went into the legislative! hopper yesterday, if Orange Coun- 1 ty Representative John W. Um-j stead held to the purpose expressed here earlier this week in a state ment to The News. Umstead said the three bills, for which there were already a num ber of other signers, would be pre sented at the opening session of the N. C. General Assembly or as soon thereafter as he could gain the floor. Umstead, who will be serving his seventh term in the Genera! As sembly, left for the Capitol Tues day* as did his colleague .of the upper house, James Webb of Hills boro. The road bill to be presented by Umstead will provide that all un expended money set up for. im provement of secondary county roads be used as soon as possible to put crushed stone on dirt roads being traversed by school buses. Eleven million dollars was appro priated for improvement of dirt roads for the biennium and much of the money has been spent Tor permanent construction, which was not intended by the 1947 leg islature, Umstead charged. The teacher salary bill would set up a minimum salary of $2,400 and maximum of $3,600 for teach ers as recommended by the State Education Commission and the State Board of Education. Um stead was a signer of the majority report of the recent Education Commission study for improve ment of the state, school system. The third bill would provide a 50-million-dollar appropriation for rural school buildings, to be paid as a grant-in-aid, not as a loan. The money would go to the coun ties on the basis of “need and abil ity to pay” and would be matched by a specific percentage from the county. Orange County would be expected under the provisions of this proposed act to put up 20 to 25 per cent of the capital outlay and receive from 75 80 per cent from the state. o Veto On Beer May Be Asked, Cobb Predicts ’ Hillsboro.—A prediction tha1 Orange County citizens will de mand an election and vote beei out if places selling beer do hoi improve was voiced this week by Collier Cobb, Jr., 'chairman of the Board of County Commissioners. Cobb’s prediction came in a talk on the responsibility of beer li cense holders which he gave to a new applicant for such a license who appeared before the county governing body. He asserted that there are many violations of the beer laws by deal ers in this county, such as selling beer to persons already intoxicated selling after hours, etc., and warned that many citizens were rapidly coming to deplore these illegal practices. New licenses were granted tc Mrs. Ella Williams, who operate; a place on Highway 70, east o Hillsboro, and J. B. Forte, wh< wanted the permit -for his placi just off Highway 70, west of th< county seat. Officers Still Await Bowling Autopsy Report Hillsboro.—Results of the autop sy performed on the body of Wes ley Lewis Boiling, 20-yfear-old Hillsboro youth, who was found dead on Christmas night in a road side gully near the Negro ball park, still had not been received yester day, according to Sheriff Sam Latta. Two Negro youths, who admit ted being with the boy on the eve ning of his death and from whom officers‘Obtained-:a^iaeket> billfold and cigarette lighter identified as belonging to Bowling, are still being held in the investigation. No formal charges have yet been sworn out against the pair. - Bowling’s body was taken to Watts'Hospital for the au topsy and graveside services and interment were held later in Woodlawn Park cemetery. Durham. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J, H. Bawling of Hillsboro._ No external signs of violence were found on the boy’s body, ac cording to earlier reports of the incident. One officer, however, indicated later he thought he saw marks on the youth’s throat but it was thought possible these could j have been caused by the exposure j and pressure against the ground, lit was said. No cause for Bowl ; ing’s death can be established 1 pending the receipt of the autppsy i report, but it is likely the^Negroes : will face robbery charges, even if ! autopsy results do not warrent more serious indictments. Man Charged With Attempted Killing After Hitting Duke Hospital Patient Hillsboro.—James Horner, 21- j year-old son of Tom Horner, Or ange County farmer, has been placed in Durham County jail and charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill as *ie sult of an alleged unprovoked at tack on a well-known Durham county naah in Dnkv. ilospi lal Sun-. •day. ' Officials here described Horner as a “mental case” and his father told of the youth’s strange beha vior for some time. He is the grandson of the late Nap Horner, w^io was convicted and served a long term for a killing in/this county some 35 years ago. Tom Purcell, 56, the victim, who also was being treated at the hospital, sustained a severe frac ture of the skull when Homer al legedly struck him with a chair. Hospital attaches said Tuesday that Purcell’s condition is “ex tremely, critical.” }' According to Sheriff E. G. Bel vin of Durham, Purcell was sitting or lying on a couch in the recrea tion room of the particular ward when Homer, without warning, is • -- f”,±£sr---ir-; --- - alleged to have broken a chair over | his head. I Horner, a slender and soft-sko- ' ken man, was receiving treatment! at the hospital for a stomach! wound sustained when shot by a .22 caliber- rifle allegedly wielded by his ,brothei; at the-Horner home. In his cell Tuesday Horner, grin * ni'ng an'3 “HhOlcHig a cigarette, said he at^/^ked Purcell’“because he told, 'me he was going to put me in the sack and hang me, and that’s not right.” When asked if he thought he hurt the older man, Horner shook his head and smiled. “No,” he re plied, “I didn’t hurt him. I didn’t hit him but. one time.” Sheriff Belvin, explaining that Horner was receiving treatment for the wound and not anything else, said that other occupants of the ward claimed that no words had been passed between Purcell and Homer. When Horner walked near Pur cell, Purcell thinking him to be someone else, said, “Is that you, Stanley?” and the assault followed, Belvin said he was tolk. Horner was clad in khaki trous ers, green sweater and new brown shoes, and when he talked he kept brushing his long hair jfojpm. his forehead and grinning. ■'*' When asked about his wound he immediately uncovered and exhib ited a large bandage. “I’ve been sick since the operati<?n,” he of fered About two weeks ago, he ex plained, he was lying in his bed at home when* his brother came in and jerked him to the floor. “He shot me here,” patting his injury, “with an old .22 rifle and i that was a mean thing to do. So i ! got my little old .410 rifle and sho' Ihim.” he nodded. I “But it didn’t hurt him much,’ he added. The warrant drawn by Sherif Belvin in part was as follows “James Horner did feloniously as^ sault Tom Purcell with a deadl; weapon, to-wit, a chair, with th felonious intent to kill and murde he sai<J Tom Purcell, and did in flic serious injury, to-wit, a frac itured skull.” New Un Official President Truman appointed Joseph B. Keenan, Washington attorney, to be U. S. representa tive on the UN Conciliation •Commission tor Palestine^.. ..He wllT serve with representatives from France and Turkey on the three-member commission. Kee nan served as chief U. S. }nexe cutor at the - war crimes trial ' <n Japan. Occoneechee Scout Banquet Set For Jan. 17 Raleigh.—The annual bahquet of the Occoneechee Council Boy Scouts of America will be held on Monday, January 17, at 6:30 p. m. ■in the Durhagi City Arm^f '. Dur,$ ham, according to plans releaseu today by R. Brookes Peters, Jr., Raleigh, chairman of the banquet committee. Dr. Elbert K. Fret well, New York, Chief Scout of ! the Boy Scouts of America, will be the featured speaker. Fretwell is the former Chief Scout Execu tive. Chris C. Hamlet, Durham,, is in charge of .physical arrangements for the banquet which will be pre sided over by Hugh G. Isley, Ra leigh, "Council president. A fea ture of the program will be the installation of 1949 officers of the Council who were elected at the aimual business meeting held in November. "Harold Makepeace, Sanford, will be installed as presi dent: Other officers are: vice presidents, E. A. Clement, Ra leigh,_-Tames Webb._Hillsboro, Claude T. Bowers, Warren ton; . treasurer, H. K. Witherspoon, Raleigh; commissioner, Fred Dix on, Raleigh; national representa tives, W D. Campbell, Southern Pines; J. H. Conan, Durham^ Norfleet Gardner, Henderson; and Harold Makepeace. Other features of the program will include the presentation of Round Up and Standard Unit awards, Silver Beaver awards to i five Scout leaders of the Occo neechee Council and a talk by the wife of a Scout leader. Reservations for the banquet must be made in advance, accord ing to Kby M. Liles, Scout Execu tive. Tickets^nay be secured from any district chairman, member of htbe-exeeufchw staff jjr .the council, [office in Raleigh, states Liles. | Members of the banquet com mittee serving with Peters are Max Fogleman, Warrenton; Jack W Jenkins, Jr., Henderson; J. P. Floyd, Jr., Oxford; Chris C. Ham let, Durham; S. H. Basnight, Chapel Hill: Jerry Wood, Siler City; Robert Ingram, Jr., Sanford; Joe MeCullers, Dunn; William D. Campbell, Southern Pines; and ■Gaither BearmLouisburg. William Lloyd Joins Glee Club Mars Hill—(Special)— Williarr Holmes Lloyd, son of Mr. and Mrs M. P. Lloyd, Hillsboro, is in th« baritone section of the Mars Hil -college glee club for 1948-49. ! Besides singing in local concerts : 58 jo pasoduioa si qoiqM *qnp aqi voices, appeared in a number o! r radio programs, sang before th( » state Baptist convention at Char r lotte, and participated with othe - western North Carolina groups ii * presenting “The Messiah” at Ashe ville, December 12. Hillsboro. — Orange County’s Board of Commissioners this week called upon the county’s legislative representatives to introduce legis lation in the General Assembly to make the state’s welfare program “less popular.” The appeal came at Monday’s session, to which Senator James Webb and Representative John W. Umstead had been invited for the purpose of discussing legislative needs of the county. Specifically the county commis sioners asked for introduction of. a statute with provisions for estab- ' lishing a lien on”the taxable prop erty of welfare recipients through out the state. Chairman Collier Cobb, Jr., in discussing the matter with the leg islators, pointed out that the wel- ' fare budget had been creeping up until the 1946-49 fiscal year ap propriation of federal, state and county funds for welfare work in Orange County was double the appropriation for 1940. He cited $75,420 as the figures for 1940 and * $1-56,733 for 1948-49. “Many people in Orange County are struggling to pay taxes who are far less able to pay them than some; who are receiving welfare funds,” the chairman stated, and , expressed the opinion that there is a tendency in the philosophy of the welfare organization to see how many can be gotten on the welfare rolls rather than how few. Some way should be found to make children support their aged parents where they are clearly able, the legislators were told. If was believed that the ability to place a lien on taxable property would be a help in this connection. Provisions for making the welfare lists public might also help, it was stated. It was understood that making such lists public is now prohibited by statutes governing the welfare program. ActiiRg Upon iiftre^Jlst m Or .-•* David Garvin, district health of ficer, urging additional appropria tions for health work, the com missioners expressed favor for additional health funds but told Umstead and Webb that the coun ty had gone about as far as it can go in its appropriation for this purpose Members of the County Board of Education attended the session,... expressing approval of staggered terms for board members and changes in the method of selection of principals: March-Of-Dimes Campaign Plans Going Forward Hillsboro.—Plans are going for ‘ ward for the March of Dimes cam paign in Hillsboro, West Hillsboro and outlying communities in this section of the county. Mrs. J. W. Richmond heads the drive for this part of the county under the general chairmanship of E. Carrnigton Smith of Chapel Hill for the entire county. The drive will get under way January 14, concluding on Jan uary 31. Included in the plans are a house-to-house canvass of Hills boro, the placing of coin collectors in conveniently located places, ap pointment of representatives in the mills, Eno, Belle-Vue, Whites. Efland Knitting Company, and Orange Hosiery ntill. This year, a greater need exists for support than ever before, the chairman stated, emphasizing that “We must not let 1949 find us un prepared to meet an emergency like the 1948 polio epidemic." . Julian Carr On Honor Roll Boone— Registrar H. R. Eggers of Appalachian State Teachers college has released the list of honor roll students for the first quarter. Of the 120 students list ed, 17 are freshmen, 23 are sopho mores, 24 are juniors, 44 are sen iors, and 12 are enrolled as special students. On the list from this county is Julian Carr, Hillsboro. -o—— CHE8T X-RAY CLINIC X-ray clinic will be held at the Hillsboro Health Department on Monday, January 10, 1949, be tween 2 and 4 p. m., according to a recent announcement by "Dr. O. David Garvin, District Health Of ficer.
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