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,«.*«•* ‘I News of Orsna* reed The y for Items of I meres* irem ■tions. It’» reported factual * and without color or bias. NEWS of Orange County lour Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1893 (Published Weekly)_HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1949 Price: *2 a Year; 5c Single Copy COUNTYV/IDE COVERAGE Is Available Or.!/ m The neves SUBSCRIBE TODAY, of Orange County. Ten Pages This Week uon i *ei inis Happen In Orange This Year Judge Questions Constitutionality Of Local Law Chapel Hill — During Tuesday morning’s session of Recorder’s Court, Judge John L. Manning questioned the constitutionality oi a local ordinance that carries a $5 fine for “failing to obey an of ficer.” In a case in which Richard Beatty was accused of passing cars on the right and refusing to obey a request by Patrolman Herman Stone. Beatty was /fined, $5 and cost*-4»r the t/airtc violfitlftC, but freed of the second charge, i The arresting oficer testified (that when he stopped Beatty’s car a large group of people gathered around. To prevent any disturb ance, Stone stated that he asked Beatty to come to the police sta tion with him. When Beatty de clined to do so, the officer gave him a summons. Since the defendant had not been directly ordered to go to the station, he was found not guilty of failing to obey an officer.. In discussing the 1948 town ordi nance, Judge Manning warned against promoting “the installa tion of a little Gestapo here in Chapel Hill,” with local laws that would infringe on the rights of the citizens. Pointing out that there are State statutes providing for punishment for those who resist lawful orders by officers, the magistrate said he knew of no other town that had a similar ordinance on its books. While commending the caliber of Chapel Hill’s present police force, Manning commented that the power of the ordinance might be abused in the future. Other cases on the docket were composed largely of liquor and traffic l'aw violators: Ban Frank Taylor of Efland: Drunk; costs. -... <. ... . .. Willy Riggsbeei No driver’s li cense; $10 and costs. Charlie Maddox Jr.: Drunk; $5 and costs. Jacob Ladd Jr. of Durham: Speeding 50 in town; $25 and costs. Jack Robertson: Drunk; $30 and costs, nisi sei fe—capias and con tinued. Floyd Edwards: No driver’s li cense; $10 and costs. John D. Farrow: Assault on fe male (Louise L. Caldwell); due to listed “Louise Farrow’’ as having been assaulted instead of Louise Caldwell, the solicitor’s move for nolle pros with leave was granted. Benjamin D. Haines of Durham: Drunk; $5 and costs. - Milton Council: No driver’s li cense; $5 and half the costs, Milton Council: No driver’s li cense; $5 and half the costs. Amos Alston: Falling to stop at st°P sign; $5 and costs. Thomas T. Crittenton: Failing to stop for funeral; nolle pros. Wade Riggsbee: Drunk; $30 and costs. • _ John W. Baldwin: Assault on fe male (Betty Baldwin); continued. •MERCHANT# meeting Hillsboro—The Merchants As sociation will hold its regular monthly dinner meeting tonight at ,e American Legion building at 7 o’clock. The - tragic scene illustrated, above has occurred in Orange County many times in the past few years, to be more exact nine times during the last curing sea son, eight times in 1947 and 12 times in 1948. In practically every case, carelessness, and/or inat tention were the principal factors, , it was said. The loss of so heavy a portion of a farmer’s work year and his investment in real prop erty touches the hearts of citizens everywhere and this picture should serve as a potent reminder of the potential tragedy which stalks the tobacco farmer during this most tragic season of the year. Sun’s Damage To Leaf Heavy Allen A. Uoyt - Author Of New Hillsboro History Hillsboro—Allen A. Lloyd, local druggist, is the author of a new volume on the history of Hillsboro, being distributed here this week. Entitled “History of .The Town of Hillsboro,” Lloyd’s book con tains 34 pages of historic descrip tion and background material, a good deal of which has never be fore been published. It is pro fusely illustrated with old photo graphs not previously seen by the public. The frontispiece describes the work as being “dedicated to the best interests of our town. ’ In addition to providing interesting reading, the volume should serve as a handy reference library for persons seeking information on this historic community. The book was published by the Oxford Orphanage Press and it is not believed it will be distrib uted commercially. ---o--— Band Promotion Program Success Chapel Hill—Early reports from civic leaders indicated that the three-day Band Promotion pro gram which ended last nlf»h reached and passed the goal of $3,000 set for outfitting the band. The climax was reached last night on the high school lawn when hundreds of local citl^®n® gathered for a three-ring outing featuring a carnival, a fish fry and an auction sale. This fol _ campaign ;s the previous days. Sewing Machine Class Started Hillsboro—An adult class on “The Use of Sewing Machine At t.chments and Ne» OrigeTjg begin Monday night at 7.30 o ciock in the Hillsboro High School Home Economics department continue one nigni throughout the month. SS Helen Sorrell vocational home economics teacher high school, will act as and every adult in the local school district is ipvited to attend. Miss Sorrell, this week, rs at tending a home economics confer ence In Greensboro this week. Hillsboro—Last week’s abnor mally hot sun damaged the tobac co crop of Orange Countx irom.15 to 20 per cent, in the opinion of many of the county’s leading growers. Most of the bottom leaves were parched and even leaves in the middle of the plant had hole's burned in - them in,sameJnslances-. It was reported that some of- the tobacco leaves were turned as brown as oak leaves in the Fall and are practically worthless. The recent showers, of course, were beneficial but these sun scalded spots will remain as per manent damage to the-Jeaf crop, it was stated. — -—o— - I Revival Series At New Sharon I Hillsboro—A series of evan gelistic services will be held at New Sharon Methodist Churcrh, beginning Sunday at 8 o’clock in the evening. The pastor, the Rev. Charles S. Hubbard, will do the preaching and services will continue at the same hour through next Friday. The public is invited. to attend. • .. I r,:. Services Hdd For Accident Victims Sunday Carrboro—F u n e r a 1 services t were h$ld here Sunday afternoon for Henry David DiUehay, 31, who with Robert (Pete) Smith, Negro, of near Carrboro, was killed in a truck accident near South Bos ton, Virginia Thursday night. Interment was in Oakwood cemetery, Dillehay, well known in this community, was a veteran of World War II, a rtiember of the Carrborp Lions Club and the Davie Council bf-vne Junior Or der. Information received here re vealed that the truck, loaded with cedar posts and enroute from Carrboro to Maryland, was slow ly passing a road barrier when a “rear wheel sslippeff from the shoulder of the road and the truck rolled down an embank ment. A member of the family stated that blows from the crash against a tree broke the men’s necks. .... . Surviving Dillehay are his wife and one daughter, Carolyn, bothe of the home, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dillehay of Orange County; five sisters, Mrs. C. M. Ellington, Mrs. Philip Sparrow,, Mrs. John Cannady, Mrs. Hughie Rogers and Mrs. Jimmy Crane, all of Orange County; and two brothers, Austin and Stewart Dillehay, both of Orange County. Funeral services for Smith Were held from Mt Vernon Baptist Church near Creedmoor Sunday at 2 p. m. with burial in the church cemetery. Smith is survived by his father, Robert Smith, his mother and several brothers and sisters, ail of Route 1, Chapel HilL Chancellor Lays Reputation On Line In Spelling Bee With School Teachers By GRAHAM E JOI^ES Staff'Writer Chapel Hill — Robert Burton House, chancellor of the Univer House, chancellar of the Univer sity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, A.M., LL.B., and AB... will risk the dignity of his office here tHis afternoon when he and a se lected team of professors from the University try to outspell a group’ fashioned spelling bee. The last time out,. House led a squad of his scholarly faculty companions to a decisive victory in a watermelon eating contest under Davie Poplar. The locals’-captain-is generally recognized as an expert harmonica player, square dance caller, eater and after-dinner speaker. His rec ord in spelling has not been re leased but a direct pipeline to his office revealed that the words “acknowledgment” and “judg ment” consistently stump the na tionally famous educator. An unimpeachable source in formed The News that whatever spelling ability House does pos sess came, not from McGuffey’s Speller, but from the great Eng lish writer, John Milton. It seems that House once de cided to read Milton's works. Tak ing down a volume of Webster’s unabridged dictionary, he began his study. Every time he ran across a word that he did. not know, the chancellor looked it up. The fact that the word judg-< ment appears many times in the most widely read of Milton’s ac complishments — “Paradise Lost” —apparently escaped Mr. Bob’s attention. Mrs. Sarah - E. Hamilton of Teach ers team. Mrs. Hamilton is presi dent of the North Carolina Eng lish Institute which is holding a three-day conefrence here that will end Saturday. The Institute is emphasizing “better writing T>y students as a major aim in the classroom." Reg istration was scheduled to begin at 9:30 this morning and the first session'will take place in the Na val Armory at 10 o'clock, accord ing to an announcement by Dr. E. H. Hartsell of the English De partment. Friday’s lunch and afternoon versity. Dr. Roy K. Marshall, director of numbering 538 had been placed Morehead Planeiarisr^ will serve as master of the spelling ceremo nies. Word lists for the match were prepared by Dr. A. C. Jor don of Duke University. Delegations Hand Board 14 New Road Petitions Citizens Protest Chapel Hill School Location Board Stands Pat On School Estimates Hillsboro—The policy of equal costs for equal facilities for all races and in eaeft part of the coun ty was emphasised by the Board of Education Monday during joint meeting with the County Commissioners in connection with a proposed $1,000,000 bond issue for school building construction in Orange County. - The commissioners had asked, the school officials to review their tentative plans with Architect Raymond Weeks to assure that estimates for school construction for each type at unit were at the minimum and same for each school in each part of tire county. They reported that Weeks had as sured them that the estimates for similar facilities were the same in each case, i. e. classrooms, audi toriums, auxiliary rooms, etc. were .to cost the same in each case. The necessity for including the costs of site, lunchroms, etc. in some of the schools and* not in others was responsible for the larger estimates of need in some sections than others. The Board of Education re iterated its previous request for a million dollar bond issue refer endum and held again that the sum of^ $1,000,000 was the mini mum required to fill present con struction needs for schools in the county, — ■— The County Commissioners continued to delay their decision on calling for the bond referen dum while They sought the advice of leaders throughout the county as to the amount the people should be asked to approve for schools and for providing ade quate facilities for court and county offices. Meanwhile, a threat to passage of the proposed school issue was hinted by Judge John T. Manning in a letter to the Board of Com missioners in connection with the location of a new Chapel Hill elementary -school. 'Land for such a school has been purchased on the Raleigh road outside Chapel Hill’s city Hmits. Manning, who has been active in Chapel Hill’s PTA program, ex pressed himself as being “quite alarmed” over prospects for pas sage of the isue In view of the widespread dissatisfaction in Chapel Hill over the location of the new school by the Chapel Hill School Board outside the city limits. He described the location a dangerous one and cited the “rather stramge prospect” of children of the town being trans ported outside of town to the new school. Manning indicated, he would not oppose the bond issue on that count but did indicate-he would like to see the “unfortunate sit uation" corrected. 1 Hillsboro Budget Given Tentative Approval For Year Hillsboro—The Town Board of Hillsboro has tenttaively approved j its budget for the 1949-50 fiscal year, calling for expenditures of $21,925.00 for administration, mu nicipal services and street work. This represented an increase of approjfimately $2,500 over the previous year’s budget, with no major changes in ^expenditures. The estimated Water Depart ment, budget, reported separately, revealed an increase of approxi mately $3,000 on the basis of in creased expected revenues. A $5,016 item entitled miscellaneous accounted for the greatest in- < crease. The complete budget may be t found on another page of this edi- ] tion. 1 -»- , Legion Commander ■ Selects Local Mai For State Group Raleigh — Hugh Alexander, member of the 1949 General As sembly of North Carolina, veteran of World War II and active Le gionnaire, has been named chair man of the American Legion Boys’ State Committee for 1950. The appointment was announced by North Carolina Department Com mander R. C. Godwin of New Bern, who also announced the ap pointment of Owen Robertson, Hillsboro; William - Friday and William Cochran, Chapel Hill; and Ben E. Bradshaw, Graham, on the general committee. , William Staton, young attorney an. pt San ford, who served as chairman for the 1949 Boys’ State, will serve as vice-chairman. Boys’ State was launched in 1936 as an important part of the Legion’s Americanism program and reached a new high in attend ance in 1949 with over three hun dred attending the ninth annual Tar Heel Boys’ State. Rising seniors, who have estab lished themselves as leaders in their schools, are elected to attend Boys’ State, held each year at the University of North Carolina and conducted by the Institute of Government. The boys are taught the American system of govern ment through theory and practice and stage their own elections of Another formei dnkM, Thad Eure, North Carolina Secretary of State, was named a member of the committee. I New Officers Legion Auxiliary Are Installed Hillsboro—New officers of the American Legion Auxiliary, who will serve for a period of one year, were installed in ceremonies held Tuesday nightat the Legion Hut, Mrs. Dorothy' Wooods and Mrs. Dra Laws, retiring president, served as installing officers. Mrs. Florence Mohler replaces; Mrs. Laws as president. Other now j office-holders are Mrs. Neva Shue, Itrst vice president; Mrs. Ora -.aws, second ^vice -president; Mrs. Doris Ray, secretary; Mrs. Nancy Walker,. treasurer; Mrs. Alma Walker, chaplain; and Mrs. Mil ired Kennedy, sergeant-at-arms. Mrs. Mary Cannady, newly ilected historian, was not present or the ceremonies. Following the business meeting, 4rs. Oro Laws served refresh nents. Defendant Pleads Guilty But Is Proved Innocent Of Charge Chapel Hill—A great '^nany people who are brought into Chapel Hill Municipal Cpart plead innocent to the-charges against them but are judged guilty. During this week’s session of the court, that, judicial habit was reversed. James B. Bald win, a colored farmer, appeared before Judge John T. Manning and said he was guilty as charged of “appearing on a street or public place while under the influence of intoxi cants.” . . . Judge Manning found Baldwin not guilty, de spite the confession, because estftfeftcfc de fendant was on private—not public—property when arrested. — —ii pi n ■ i Snest Speaker U Presbyterian Hillsboro—The Rev. H. R. Me- { adyen of Greensboro will occupy re pulpit of the Presbyterian i hurch Sunday at the 11 o’clock 1 our. Mr. McFadyen has served the : festminster Presbyterian Church f Greensboro during the past • ear and has recently been ap- i ointed treasurer of the Presby- ] trian Home for the Aged, soon to e located in that city. . ; His topic will be “The Christian ttitude Toward - the Unfortu- ; ate.” ► Hillsboro—Citizens bearing a total of 14 petitions lor hard sur face roads and in many cases ac companied by large size delega tions descended on the Board of County Commissioners Monday as residents in all parts of the county sought to get the official nod for some part of the 73 miles to be paved under the State’s big $200, 000,000 rural roads improvement program. Every spokesman cited tne in tolerable conditions existing on present roads and urged approval on the basis of urgent need for relief. One spokesman, Simpson L. Efland, gave the Commissioners until August 15 to act on four pe titions presented by him at cur rent and previous sessions and stated that they would be picked up on that date whether the com missioners had acted upon them or not. Efland gave not a hint os to what he intended to do With them upon theiv return, i To each spokesman, the com missioners promised consideration of the request In connection with consideration of the county as a whole, advising each of their an nounced policy of approving those roads for hard surfacing which af fected the most people. They gave no indication when their delibera- ^ r. tions would be completed and in dicated the Importance of the pro gram to the county necessitated full study of the present and fu ture needs of the county as a whole before passing on Individ ual petitions. They told Efland in effect in answer to his demands that no action would be taken be fore his deadline. The commissioners met again last night and gave final approval to the 1949-50 budget tentatively approved early last ^6nth ^ iWpentUturiJl of 5353.lM.Oi during ,ng next fiscal year. No Ganges were made in the docu ment prevtehsly approved and re ported in greater detail at that time in this newspaper. At the.Monday session, the fol lowing road petitions were pre sented by the spokesmen indi cated: From Chapel Hill Airport Road ; by Blackwood Station to Dr. H. C. Cair’s farm, by Jack Cliff. B rom Crawford Breeze’s farm through Schley to Durham County line, by Clyde Roberts. From Chandler’s Store on High way 86 to C. S. McDade’s store and Person County lfne, by J./L. Phelps. From Caldwell School area on Highway 57 to Durham County (4 different petitions in this same gre-a), by J.; E. Hawkins. From Cedar Grove to Lynch’s Store, by J. W. Toler. The Efland-Halls Mill road, by S. L, Efland. From'Highway 86 near G. M. Long’s store to Person County line, by J. C. Monk. From Burnette’s Service Station to Highway 57, by A. H. Haw kins. The road approaching Lincoln High School in Chapel Hill, reso lution by Chapel, Hill Community Council. The New Hope road from the Chapel Hill road to the Old Dur ham road, by Tom Brown. Rev. John Ensign and others spoke in connection with this petition, cit ing the expansion of Camp New ' ope and the great influx of visi tors from outside the county. light Court Docket Handled Hillsboro—The following cases were disposed of in Monday’s ses sion of County Court: John Allen Nordanr failure to comply with previous judgment, defendant ordered to serve 12 months sentence. Henry Stutts, drunkenness, pay costs. Arthur Reed, public drunken fray while under the influence of intoxicants, $10 and costs. Ike Pugh, same charge, $10 and costs. James Hester, drunk, 30 days suspended and pay costs. A number of cases were con inued and will be reported upon Goodwin Guest Speaker Sunday Hillsboro—J. G. Goodwin Jr., ion of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Good win of Hillsboro, will be guest speaker at the First Baptist Church Sunday at the 11 o'clock lour. - has been mnoctneed no his topic. Goodwin is taking his pre-theo dgical training as a student at Poke Forest College. ., i