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HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, THURSDAY. MARCH 9. 1950 Price: $1 • Year; 5c Single Copy
lUNCftiai TODAY.
Ten Pages Thfc Week
Ijwn Board Calls Bond
ectlon Here April 18
x/ro—A bond election to*
authorization for the i»
Of $30,000 in Water Bond*
5 000 in Cemetery Bonds
Town of Hillsboro will be
re April 18.
at board's last meeting,
Len under consideration for
lime. It was necessitated, in
card’s opinion, by the in
Bcy of the present water
to serve current needs and
lilization of pr ctkally ell
in the old cemetery,
contemplation of a require -
for the bonds to enlarge
a ter system, the board last
ncreased the rate tor out
ran water customers. This
mal revenue, amounting to
rimately $450 per month,
pected to be sufficient to
the bonds without an in
in either water rates or
tx rate for Hillsboro real
derived from the sale
j lots is expected to
it to retire the Oeme
l without the use of
ifinanHul statement of the
; now on file tor public in
ion, ..shows.that.. |44,000 in
Dusiy issued water bonds is
outstanding but are self
latiag in that current water
les are sufficient tor their
nent according to schedule,
letery lots still available
ifficient only for about one
after which the present
»ry will be completely “sold
the board
I This condition,
I rails for action now in order
[the community may be as
I of cemetery space when the
hit tract is exausted. No an
[cement of sites under oon
lation will be made pending
kninary negotiations.
Datively free of indebtedness,
pt for the outstanding water
is, Hillsboro’s, bonded indetot
jss for other than water bonds,
Id the proposed J?onds be is
L would be only .07 9t one
lent of the assessed valuation,
ie present water system was
Sed in 1935. The bond order
ed by the Board requests ap
>al of the bonds for the pur
of providing funds tor. “ex
ing and." enlarging the water
Its system, including laying
The Ceme
Itional pipelines.
Bonds aw for “acquiring land,
eloping and improving it for
etery purposes.”
egistration books wil be open
r to the election from 9 a. m.
March 25 through April 8.
illaboro—Plans for the organi
>n of a Girl Scout troop in
>oro will be discussed at a
at the Presbyterian Church
irday afternoon from four to
*°cal girls between the ages of
en and eighteen, and mothers
^rested in the organization of
roop here are urged to attend,
rhe Hillsboro Exchange Club
sponsoring the project, assisted
several local women.
Commissioners Keep In Rood
Act, Announce Paving List
Hail Insurance
Kate Increased
For Orange County
Orange County is one of five
North Carolina counties approved
for hail insurance rate increases
on tobacco. Costs of Insurance in
the counties affected will be in
creased $50,000 annually.
The Orange rate was increased
from $8.50 to $7. There was no
change in the Alamance rate of
$5.50.
Approval of revisions in hail
rates on tobacco have been an
nounced by Commissioner of In
surance Waldo C. Cheek, resulting
in savings to North Carolina to
bacco growers as a whole of -157,
000 annually.
A public hearing ' was held
February 24, 1950. to consider
changes proposed by the North
Carolina Fire Insurance Rating
Bureau at which time considerat
ion was given to both statewide
and individual county experience.
It was found that no diange in
rates was indicated for 57 coun
ties; that reductions ranging from
$.50 to $1.00 were in order for 38
counties; that increases ranging
from $.50 to $1.00 were necessary
for 5 counties.
It was brought out at the hear
ing that due to the uniqueness of
hail * insurance, rates are made
separately for each county, wit
consideration being given to the
loss experience for the area in
which the county is located. Due
to the nature of bail losses, no
■limitation is placed on the number
of years experience to be used for
rate making purposes. This type
of coverage was first written
1924 and the experience since that
time to date was the basis for
this revision. --
Date Of Tests
Far Enumerators
To Be Announced
Hillsboro-Examina t i on for those
vhn have applied for j#5 ?c r'en'
0S enumerators, and others in
vested in applying, w.ll be given
rithin the next few days m Hlu
oro, John P. Ballard, census crew
jader for Hillsboro and the north
m section of the county, said
[*uesday. .
Ballard left Wednesday to attend
i six-day training course for crew
eaders in High Point. Upon Ws
-etum he will announce the dates
jf the examinations and th
jay training period for enumera.
t0Those interested in
jobs as enumerators ju-e request
ed to contact Robert O. Forrest
in Hillsboro.. . ^ :
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f5- Bill Dorsett, Efland . r..476,000
iss Dolores Dodson, Chapel Hill, Rt. 2 ... ■ *475-°°°
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«. Eppie Fisher, West Hillsboro.47T-000
iss Mildred Gibbs, Hillsboro, Rt. 2 ....••••.476.000
rs. Maude Hayes, Hillsboro. . 477.°°°
iss Elizabeth Kirkland, Chapel Hill, Rt. 2. 476,000
iss^lartha Lloyd, Chapel Hill, Rt. » .47 '°°°
iss Jeannette Miller, Hillsboro.^ - 479><**>
fs. Ira Mann, Carr boro ., . ‘ 47
iss Molly Ann Morgan, Hillsboro, Rt. 2 —. 475- _
is. Manley Snipes, Hillsboro, Rt. 3.. 479
iss Natalie Simpson, Durham, Rt. 2 475>
iss Annie Wilkerson, Hillsboro ^ . • v 47»-ow
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w HlllAoro—"Ifc* $oard of Count;
Commissioners kept in the road
Pavto« act Monday by placing its
final stamp at approval, on 76.4
miles of rural roads which it re
commends for paving under the
$200,000,000 bond program.
Some of the roads have already
been put on the paving list by
Commissioner James A. BamweU
and others had already been an
nounced as approved by the
county board.
The complete list as recommend
ed by the County Board is as
follows:
From Haw River to paving west
of Chapel via Antioch Church,
7.2 miles.
From Cheeks X-Roads to Buck
horn, 2.2 miles.
From Orange Church to Old No.
10 near University via Blackwood
Station, 7.0 ngletr-—:
From U. S. No: 15 at Chatham
Line to Canhoro, 3.3 miles.
_ From Oaks to Alamance Coun
ty Lin« towards Mdbane, 6.7 miles.
From Alamance County Line
N. E. to N. C. No. 49, 3.4 mUes.
From St. Mary’s to U. S. 70
at Eno Power Plant, 6.0 miles.
From point on above road to
Durham Line—Cole Mill, 1 mile.
From end of pavement near
Damascus Church to Chatham
County Line, 2.4 miles.
From West Hillsboro Roads,
.5 miles.
Corbitt-Carr Road, 2.7 miles.
Lebanon Church-Metoane Road,
1.9 miles. . . _ - .
From Walnut Grove Church
north to Person Line, 3:10 miles.
From Cedar Grove to King’s
Pond, 1.4 miles.
From U. S. No. 15 north of
Chapel Hill to Durham line via
Hollow Rock, 3.35 miles.
From Efland School south
through Efland to old No. 10, .85
miles:
From McDade to No. 86 Chand
ler’s Store, 1.50 miles.
From 0:7 miles north of Walnut
Grove Church eas* 1° Highway
157, 3.30 miles.
~ From Walnut Grove Church-west,
to Highway 86, 3.60 miles.
From Chandler’s Store north
east to Person Line near Laws
Store, 4 miles.
From Caldwell School east to
Durham County Line, 4.7 miles.
From Orange Church west via
' Calvander tc road junction just
west of Morgan Creek, 4.8 milles:
From St. Mary’s east to Dur
ham County Line, 1.7 miles, (on
condition Durham paves to Orange
Line). *
Total 76.4 miles.
iLAYMAN’8 LEAGUE SPEAKER
Hillsboro — Walter Anderson,
Chief of the State Bureau of In
vestigation will be the featured
speaker at the meeting of the Lay
man’s League in the Hillsboro high
school auditorium Sunday night.
Anderson has served as SBI
Chief for the past several years.
He was formerly Chief of Police
in Winston-Salem and in Char
'■ lotte. He is well known through
out the tate as a Baptist layman.
—Anderson’s topic Sunday night
will be "What Is Life?" The public
is invited to attend.
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Huge Crowds Throng
Carr’s Super Market
For Anniversary Event
HilJsboro—White soft music
played from one corner of the
3,000 square foot building, and
demonstrators sparked their
specialties from several angles,
close to 2,000 Orange County
juvenated Carr’s Super Market
, on Highway 70-A last weekend,
bought groceries, drank free
colas and listened for the loud
speaker to call their name for
a free basket of groceries.
The occasion was the 25th
anniversary of B. S. Carr’s
Grocery firm which that week
end was celebrating its recent
complete renovation and the
inauguration of a new policy
which the firm promised would
provide food prices in the future
equal to and under those of
fered by the larger stores in
neighboring towns.
The anniversary theme was
conspicuous in the appearance
of a large three-tiered birthday
cake presented by a nearby
bakery and huge display* ct
flowers sent for the occasion
by various supply ton*
Rev. John Laabert
Assnaes Baptist
Missionary Doties
Hillsboro—The Rev. John W.
Lambert this week assumed his
duties as a fulltime trdsaiooary
''or the Mount Zion Baptist As
sociation. The Franklin ton nati ve
will devote his work to the Bap
tist churches in Orange and Ala
mance Counties, it was announced
by Association officials.
Formerly pastor of the Baptist
Church at Mount Olive; Rev. Lam
bert is a graduate of Woke Forest
College and attended Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary at
Louisville.
It was stated that his Work with
the Association will be guided by
a Missions Committee composed of
Rev. L. H. Hollingsworth, Mebane,
Rev. W. R. Wagoner, Chapel Hill,
Rev. T. Paul Deaton, Hillsboro,
Rev. Troy Jones of Camboro, Rerv.
E. C. Chamblee, and HL L. Mam
illton of Burlington, and J. A.
Webster of SwepeonviHe.
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NEW SECRETARY
Hillsboro—Jean Guliok Babcock
last week assumed her duties as
secretary of the Hillsboro Mer
chants Association succeeding Miss
Jean G-attis.
Hot Words, No Decision
Feature School Hearing
Group Urges Colonial Design
For New County Courthouse
Hillsboro—There wore strong
indications at Monday’s meeting
of the Board of County Commis
sioner that the new Orange Coun
ty courthouse will be of Colonial
design and that die architect will
be Archie Davis, who has been re
sponsive for most of the' designs
in the Chapel Hill architectural
Renaissance.
A delegation composed of Edwin
S. Lanier, mayor of Chapel Hill,
Cart Smith and Creighton Hum
phries appeared before the board
urging that serious consideration
be given to following the Colonial
style of architecture In the new
building and recocnmendig that
Davis be given the assignment of
designing it.
Lanier as spokesman said the
Colonial design was in keeping
with tradition of the county and
the Town of Hillsboro and cited
the technical proficiency and in
terest of Davis in thus school of
architecture.
The Board took under advise
ment V recommend'® tion that it
purchase the former Latta Dairy
building on Court Square as an
office building for the Board of
Education. This action was recom
mended by the Board of Educat
ion at its Monday meeting, and
both boards made an inspection
tour through the building follow
ing their meeting.
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CHE8T X-RAY CLINIC
The regular chest x-ray clinic
will be held at the Hillsboro Health
Department on Monday, March 13,
1950, 1-3 P. M., according to a re
cent announcement by Dr. O.
David Garvin, District Health
Officer.
‘Safely’ Vote
Ends Saturday
Time iff running short in The«
Ne\vs of Orange County’s cash
offer campaign:
From the beginning of the cam
paign and through Saturday .of
this week the “Safety” vote offer
will be in effect. The “Safety”
vote ballots will be awarded at
the end of the campaign. Three
vote ballots of 1,000,000 votes each
will be awarded to three contest
ants in the Cash Offer Campaign
having to their credit rthe largest
number of votes turned in from
the beginning of the campaign up
to Saturday, March 11.
There is no doubt as the cam
paign nears the end, the present
"Safety” ballot offer will exseed
any previous week iri point of
new and resale subscription col
leotios. A more determined ef
fort is bound to be made by those
who expect to win. Some con
testants are under-estimating the
pulling power of the big cash
'Prizes while the more energetic
one,s are at work getting sub
scriptions and when the votes are
counted the hardest workers will
be the winners.
The “Safety” vote ballots are
extra ballots whieh are to be
awarded the more energetic work
ers in the list.' They do not in
"any way in terfere' with t he votes
allowed for subscriptions.
—The “club-'—offer this week
through Saturday, March 11 is
90,000 votes for each $15 turned
in. Beginning Monday, March 13,
until the end of the campaign
Saturday, March 18, the $15 “club”
will carry 75,000 votes.
The extra $50.00 cash prize
which was won by one of the
contestants last week will be
awarded at the end of the cam
paign. This is done to leave all
contestants on an equal basis un
til the close.'
Of J. JL
Hlllboro—An Orange County
trio, Marvin and Tan, Burch and
Eddie D. Law*, war* found gulhy
in Recorder* Court Monday of
assault and battery la the beating
oi John Lewis Tilley. Taro others,
Alfred and Charlie Burch, were
judged not guilty.
All five, had been charged with
forcible trespass In addition to
the assault. The costa of court,
including $100 far the injured
man, were levied against the
guilty trio when prayer for judge
ment was continued lor 12 months
or condition they keep the peace
and not molest Mr.and Mrs. Til
ley during that period.
Iri other assault oases. Alfred
Thompson was fined fio and
costs and given a 30 days sus
pended sentence while Junius
Terrell and Arthur Beasley were
found not guilty. Thorhas RHey,
for reckless driving, public drunk
enness and resisting arrest, was
fined $35 and costs and Willie
Holt, driving under the influence,
was fined $100 and costs.
In other cases involving whisk
ey and automobiles the following
verdicts were issued: Ervin W.
Thompson, parking on highway,
$10»n<i costs; James J. Obie, park
ing on highway, not guilty; M. L.
Bishop, public drunkenness, costs;
William Eugene Duke, driving
without license, $25 and costs, hit
and run and damage to property,
$25 and costs; Joe Shambley,
public drunkenness, costs; Ray
mond C.'Lloyd, bit un, not1
guilty; Clyde and Annie
Neville,
illegal possession for sale, $25
and costs; Bill Stallings, public
drunkenness, $5 and costs; Joe
Pendergraph, drunk and disorder
ly, $5 and c&sts.
Merchants Warned
Counterfeit Bills
In Circulation
Chapel Hill—The Chapel Hill
Carnboro Merchants Association
learned Saturday that countei feit
$20.00 bills were in circulation in
Raleigh. Members of the Asso* : s
tion were notified by the “flash
system” now in use for emergency
calls.
The serial number of the ccun- ‘
terfeit bills is B-7090980ID, se.ies
1934C, on the Federal Reserve1
Bank of New, York.
Mrs. Mildred Cartree, Secretary
of the Merchants Association, said
Tuesday that there had been nb
report of the appearance of the
bills in Chapel Ifill and Carrtooro
MULE TRAIN FROM JQPPE.. Deputy Sheriff Rainey Roberts took the mule train bade from a
whiskey still raid three miles south of Hillsboro Monday afternoon. The cameraman caught him, right
above, in a driving poee, sitting atop a part of the 27 cases of empty fruit jars confiscated at the still
with operating equipment consisting of the 80-gallon still, two steam boilers, 900 gallons of"
mash, a pickup trade and the mule and wagon, also shown above. Three white man, James Me Ghee,
Buster Neville, of Durham and John Robert Blalock of Rdugemont were arrested and charged with
;]n»gai manufacture of whiskey. Sheriffs Deputies and officers of Chapel Hill and Hillsboro participat
ed to the raid. m »! -
rived froth a email school, and cited
the benefits to be derived in al
lowing "a child to • live in tha
country and go to school there.*
A crowd estimatedlatJtfMHl
persons from the adN|j|R3fl^H
districts Jammed ttjjjpjMHBP
High School auditoritliBflPMv
ing the seeches bP^dfidal
spokesmen of the two sides. School
Board Chairman Kemp Cate of
Chapel Hill quickly ahut off at
tempted discussion from the floor
and told each of the school dis
tricts to set up three-man local
committees to meet with the other
> Hillsboro Bested oratory
both, aides and no decision
Board of Education
termed the principal
a public hearing
on proposed
attendance
away some students
boro School and j
Aycock School at
they
it
ney
Charles S. Hubbard,
Principal Grady Brown
looses which would be
by the Hillsboro School
School Board’s proposed
and viewed taei
and utterly unfair” to nil the
children of the county.
On the other aide of the
Mrs. Prank McDade, mother <
former teacher, ud the Rev. He
Lewis, rural minister, saw
problem as anothar incident of the
rural area being ‘‘stripped and de
nuded of everything of value* by
the uiban groups, laid special
emphasis on the values to be de
rived froth a small
Board
Chapel Hill
committees
districts and present recommend
ations to the full board
As an afterthought,
of Education's office
yesterday that these
should be appointed
in each district
lappea ranee before
1 . rid be o*. ft' nrr* meeting.
Prior to hie speeches, oi„
Ing Chairman R. O. Forrest of the
protest committee presented Uw
school board with petitions bear
ing signatures of 2,032 qualified
signers and another signed by
Whole student body of the Hills
boro School-. ,
Brown in his remarks said the
Hills'Jboro School would lose 89 high
school students, 50 elementary
students, seme five or six teachers,
•musitvdepartment and parts of
home ec, agriculture and science
, ; *”i«nts. ... *
. ..SawiYef-dcnitHi premtsbag any
action to help Ayecek increase its
school area during the recent bond
. .n-r,jjgn but s. id "I'm hot will
ing for the people of Orange Coun
ty to spend one cent of money to
build n school like Caldwell that
will remain a reminder of the
bad judgement of a few ^ieople."
Hubba.J couldn't see mining a
good high school because of com
munity pride for one that is
"hopeless.’ and could think at “no
decent, human, honest reason why
it should be done."
Mrs. McDade minimised the k*s
to Hillsboro and saw the propos
ition as “not a matter at destroy
ing HillSboro but saving the Ufa
of a good rural school" She cited
the activities and ascompliabe
ments at Aycock and urged that
it be strengthened by adoption of
the Board's proposed areas.
Lewis sought to gala the sup
port of the Caldwell and BQand
groups to build a good school at
Aycock and cited things in com
mon between the three communit
ies. He saw the present state of
affairs in school systeaa as a “raw
deal ’ for the rural people.
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Carrbere Cfvk
First Leader
Carrboro—The Canfeoro Civic
Club honored it’s first president,
Mrs. W. E. Williams, on last Fri
day evening in a special meeting v
called for that purpose by the
newly elected ^resident, Mrs. Jesse
West
Mrs. Williams was completely
surprised by die honor bestowed
upon her in the form of a citation..
presented to her by the near pres- _
ident proclaiming Mrs. Williams
as "The Woman of tbs Year” as
voted by the dub. lbs Clula build
ing was tastefully decorated lor the
occasion with arrangements of
spring flowers and punch and
borne made cake isspMiiil by —
members of the dub, was served
the guests.