. Wpring BjgWS every week than any ^■oraitfle County Newspaper. ■subscribe today. ■~57 57—No. 80 Your Home Newspaper Serving Orange Cpunty and Its Cilizens Since 1893 (Published Weekly) HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, ft. G., THURSDAY, MAY 18,“ 1950 Price: $* a Year; 5c Single Copy Ten Pages This Week lose To 9,000 re Registered Privette, 56 Sndiealy eart Attack gboro—Joseph P. Privette, ed Friday, May 12, at 8:15 of a heart attack. He be lli Thursday evening and imitted to the Forrest Clinic, aath was unexpected and a to the community. • eral services were held Sat at 4:00 P. M. at the Hills Baptist Church, with the T. Paul Deaton officiating. ve pallbearers were Walser hart, Huibert Christopher, Craven, D. A. Pender, Wil rhamipson and J. G. Good orary pallbearers were P. S. A. 'White, Sam White, n Vanliere, S. H. Millner, Pratt, C. A. Bivins, H. O. O. E. Bivins, Taylor Bivins, ir Bivins and members of the rican Legion Post No. 85 of h he was a member. The 1 was carried to Johnson City, for burial in the Monta t Cemetary, where graveside •ces were conducted Sunday :00 P. M. by the Rev. E. C. . Privette was born* Septem 5, 1893 in Galax, Virginia, son of the late Andrew Phil nd Molly Privette. His fami oved to Johnson City, where as educated and later em 1 at the Empire Chair Com before coming to Hillsboro ars ago. He was connected Orange Furniture Crafts until 1940, at which time ame Superintendent of the Furniture ^Company in ro. He was "a member of First Christian Church, Jofen ity. ' urvivors are lfis wife, the form Miss Mary White; two sons, ew and Milly Joe; three ghters, Mrs. Ruth Privette ell, Betty Lou and- Lpis itte all of Hillsboro; two thers, Amos and William H vette; and one sister, Mrs? Rule kson, all of Johnson City, hose from Hillsboro attending ial in Johnson City Sunday re Mr. and. Mrs. Nat D. Ellis, s. L. L. Sceardb, Miss Sue Walt The Carrboro Public Library 11 observe the hours from 3 to P. M. each Tuesday and Thursday •ring the summer beginning May , and that will .be on Tuesday next week. This announcement comes from rs. Raymond Kidde, chairman the Library Committee of the arrlboro Civic Club, which is >onsoring the Library. In the regular May meeting of >e Carrboro Civic Club held at ie Club’s Building last Wednes ay May 10, Mra W. E. Williams, resented a citation proclaiming eXJfi. ‘.‘Woman M the Year” as oted by the Chib. Ladies Night was observed on ^t Thursday evening by the arrboro Lion’s dido. The meet was held in the New Hope ’resbyterian Camp in Orange •oynty, an(j iacbes attending ae supper meeting were presented avely corsages by the Clyb. The ’rogram of enjoyable musical umbers was in charge of Roy learn was presented the Lion’s, -ulb Plaque, as the outstanding number otf the club in, Carrboro his year. —— ftoag Adults Mai Picnic — ^Hillsboro — The,Young Adult -lub of the Presbyterian Church hold its next meeting in the orm of a picnic Monday at Camp New Hope. A picnic supper is being planned 3y a committee composed of C. . Shod, Mrs. Jack Snipes, Mrs. Robert Babcock and "Virginia Sue Resfmond. A recreational prp [“ram including swimming has ^n planned by the committee, "^ose who cannot go earlier an 6:30 pan. are requested to church to either give ethers a ride or to obtain one. ~r ' 1 ; /; • •• ’ ' f ■ -v Hillsboro — In the heaviest registration ever recorded hi Orange County, close to 9,000 vo ters were placed on the books during the five weeks the books were open Registration books were, closed last Saturday following an open period covering five Saturdays during which full time registrars were on duty in Chapel Hill and Hillsboro. Saturday, May 20, is. Challenge Day at the 16 precincts arid * on the following Saturday the primary will be held. Officials here estimate that the figure, 9,000, closely approximates the number of persons on. the books prior to their discard in favor of the new type books approved by the last legislature. However, the lists included many who had moved away or were dead since they were last revised. The current registration is by far the largest, most aaccurate active registration in history. Chapel Hill, of course led the registration in total numbers. A total of 3,575 qualified electors were placed,on the books in that community’s two precincts. Hills boro registered 1, 641 and Efland 562. An estimated five to six hun dred were listed at Oaraiboro while St. Mary's reported 135, Coles Store 145, Patterson 160 and Rpek Springs 200. No official re ports hail been received-from the remaining precincts late yester day. ---- n-~i. .i Carrboro Cobs Get 10-2 Victory Over Mebaae Club By Don McFee . Carrboro—The Carrboro Cubs, .a member of the newly formed Dixie Central Baseball League, took a shakey Mebane cluib to the cleaners last .Saturday night by the count of 10-2. In gaining the win, the Cubs collected 14 hits with two errors to the Mebane club’s three hits and five errors. The win gave Carnboro a record of three wins and one defeat. Pitchers for the night were O’Shields, Carnboro, and Graves, Mebanef catchers; Varney, Carr bofo, and Jones Mebane. --: Carnboro’s 'only defeat came at the hands of Graham last Wed nesday night a week ago in a 14-inning thriller. The final out come was 8-7. The other two games played so far this season saw Carrboro take Siler City 7-6 with 12 hits to the City’s seven and Swepson ville to the tune of 4-0. The next scheduled game for the Cubs will 'be on Saturday night of this week at 8 o clock in the new Carrboro Lions Park with the Durham Independents. Following this game the Cubs will travel to Siwepsonville for a game with that club on Wednesday night. o Red Cross Plans Elections May 29 Chapel Hill — The election of officers for the coming year and reports from the chairmen of vari ous committees will feature the annual meeting of the local Chap ter of the American RCd Cross to be held Monday evening, May 29, at 8 o’clock at the Town Hall. This announcement was -made by. R. H. Wettach, chairman of, minded that .evef'y Person *£*3 contributed $1 or mowMo the Red Cross is a member anq is urged to attend. HOMECOMING DAY The annual Homecoming Day Aril be held at Cane Creek Bap ist Church in the Orange Grpy* community Sunday. Two services yill be held during the day in the lew church and dinner w, 11 be >erved on the grounds. Relatives md friends of the community are ieing invited te- bring a basket md enjoy the day with old friends. ,RANGE MEETS Calvander — The second meet ig of the newly organized Ca - ander Grange was held ay night in the Orange Chu«h ut with Everett Cheek the rrahge lecturer, in charge pf refl planned program. :■ ■ Ho«e Repair Outlays At ffi|h Level b Orange Orange County home owners will spend an estimated $327,000 on repair and modernization of non-farm dwellings during 1950, according to estimates just releas ed by the Tile Council of America. “Lower wholesale prices for building products and growing stress on the use of quality ma terials Should greatly benefit North Carolina home owoersr planning repairs this year,” declared A. T. Wintersgill, chairman of the Coun cil’s residential construction com mittee. Approximately two of every five homes in this region will be redecorated, either inside or out, during the year,-the report 'show ed. Hoofs will be repaired or re placed on one of every six, and six of every 100 are due for car pentrywor-ik- „ . „ .. ~ Seven of every 100 homes will have plumbing repaired, bath rooms tiled or showers installed, the report said. Miscellaneous in terior repairs will be made In six of every 100 dwellings. Home repairs will be easier on the 1950 family budget because of a decline of more than five oer cent in wholesale costs of building materials, in comparison with prices at the beginning of 1949, the report said. Home own ers. also will be aible to insist on such quality materials as clay tile for repair work, as a result of the present buyers’ market, it pointed out . Earnest T. Hearn Voted Uoa of Tear Of Carrfeoro Chib Carrboro — Earnest T. Hearn was voted Lion of the Year at the Carrboro Lions CSufo Annual Ladies Night meeting held at the New Hope Predbyterian* Church last Thursday night. The announcement was made after members had voted by bal lot for their choke. Selection was tfesed on attendance, participation in club projects, interest in Lion ism and enthusiasm for Lions work in this community, In re cognition of this honor, Mr. Hearn was presented an engraved achievement award j>laeque. _ After dinner was served and other business was disposed of, an informal entertainment pro gram was presented' with Roy Armstrong, ^Director of Admis sions at the Univeraity, acting as master of ceremonies. The program consisted of music al selections by Robert MacDonald, music major at the University from Little Rock, S. C., at the ipiand; Jimmy Duke, a major in Botony at the University from Raleigh, on the buH fiddle and his wife, Jeenie, on the guitar; and Wanda Saylor, sister of Mrs. Duke, on the accordion. Guests at the meeting were Wilbur Kutz, president of the Ohapel Hill-Caxtboro Merchants Association, and Mrs. Kutz, and Charlie Milner, past president of the Chapel Hill Kiawannis Club, and Mrs. Milner. V , Court Tells Bondsmen to Pay $3,548 In Sykes Judgement Hillsboro — A Superior Csurt jury here this week ruled that Mrs. Hettie S. Perkins of Durham County was entitled to recover the sum of $3548 from her broth er, E. P. Sykes, former local au tomobile dealer, in the climax of litigation In progress here for some time arid growing '—out—of—their., partnership in the automobile firm. And, as aftermath of the judge ment’ the court ordered bonds men for the defendant, Mr. and Mrs Roy"Crawford, of Hillsboro,' to pay off the judgement, with interest from dates of the indebt edness. Ralph C. Neighbors was appointed by the court as ac countant to audit the defunct firm’s books and report to the1' court. r~—■ .. ’'in earlier actions this week di vorces were awarded to eight plaintiffs and another divorce ac tion ended in non-suit. Those re ceiving them were Edna Hill Dearing from Leslie ' Dearing, Lucy Atwater Trice from Angelo Trice, Helen Roberts Stephens from Sidney L. Stephens, Lovie Vera Fisher from Floyd Fisher, B. Michael Riggins from Frances Troxler Riggins, Verna W. Iteniel from Eugene G. Daniel, Charles L. Loftin from Willa Mae Loftin, and Elizabeth B. Shaft from Eddie Shaft. The case of Emma Louise Merritt Hargraves vs. Clarence Hargraves ended in non-suit Herbert Ralph Baer, a member of the faculty at the University, was sworn in by Judge Harris as a member of thp bar. . 'r--:o—--- -• RALEIGH STUDENTS VISIT HTSTOBTC At— S+TSft. HER & Hillsboro — A group of eighth grade students from the Needham Broughton -High School in Raleigh made a"vTsit her on Tuesday to make a tour of the various his torical sites. The group’spent the better part of the day making their tour of the town and boarded a bus in the early afternoon to ma’ke' the the students propped by The News office to look at and inquire about the local paper. ' The group was accompanied by their teacher. Miss Tominelie. Clean-Up Drive At Cheeks Crossing Chapel Hill — The community Health Club of Checks Crossing -hr sponsoring a cloid^up drive. This—drive is centered around cleaning, painting and fixing-u

etter op portunity to serve the people. I feel that I am familiar with the needs of rural people as well as those in town, placing me in po sition to ,work toward harmony and understanding among all groups and factions.” Scott, a leader in the county church and civic life, is a member p? the Chamber of. Commerce, Merchants Association,.' N. C. Dairy rpducts Asociation, and N. C. Jersey Breeders Association. ' In commenting on the question, of ABC stores in Alamance Coun ty, Scott said, “I favor some control, and 1 believe that advertising of alcoholic bev erages ought to be prohibited in North Carolina more -desirable on a national scale.” When asked as to his opinion of the schools and - the proposed health eepter for Alamance Coun ty/ Scott said, “Such a project, along with the schools, should meet- the public, demand whose majority opinion as tax payers should influence their representa tives.” “T \ Governor Aaong 1<0 Attending New Hope Event New Hope — With Governor W. Kerr Scott a delegate from the Hawfields Church in Alamance County, 160 men of Orange Pres bytery attended the meeting held last "week at -Camp New Hope, which featured the election of new oficers and an address by the Rev. Ben Rose, pastor of Central Presbyterian Church of Bristol, Va. New officers named from among those attending from the eight counties in the Presbytery were: Paul Boone, Greensboro, presi dent; N. N. Fleming, Jr„ Alamance Counter, first vice president; Gatoe Holmes, Stanford;' second vice president: and Ernest McCall, High Point, secretary-treasurer. —District chairmen elected were J. S. Wall, Madison, for Rocking ham and Caswell counties; Worth Covington, Greensboro, for Guil ford and Randolph counties; D. W. ' Kingsinger, Burlington, for Alamance and Orange counties; and M. B. Harper, Sanford, for Chatham and Lee counties. -o Farm Officials Take Experiment Station Tonr Hillsboro — County Agents,. E. P. Barnes and Don S. Matheson, together with PMA Chairman, J. S. Compton, visited the 1ST. C. Ex periment Station at MoCullers last week to look over experiments in small grains and tobacco plant -beds. - In small grain the Agents were impressed with the outstanding superiority of Atlas wheat and Arlington oats. The Atlas wheat, which has only been on the mar ket in a limited quantity1 for one year, has yielded considerably more than our old varieties. For example, jn 18 tests it produced an aVeragcVof 32.9 bushels against 22 bushels for Red Heart. The Arlington oats, which will go on the market this year for the first time, made an exceptionally good yield of 94.6 bushels in 16 tests at the Statesville and MicCullers Stat ions. In the same tests Fulgrain produced only 68.2 bushels. Ar lington seems to have good straw strength, good winter heartiness, and is resistant to disease. In barley the Calhoun and Colo nial were leading in yield, having produced 48 bushels against 38 for Sunrise. Many experiments are being conducted for Blue Mold Control measures, all of which indicated that by proper treatment Blue Mold could definitely be controlled in the plant bed by proper spray ing or dusting. Also of interest was a new type of weed and diesase killer by fumigation. The draw back in this was the becT'had to be covered with specially prepared paper so as to hold the "“Fumes"' in. “This method had the advantage over the old method of Cvanamid-Ura - mon treatment in that there was no danger of killing plants by too heavy an application. Several types of irrigation sys tems whereby ‘plant beds could be watered from farm ponds wer© demonstrated ' rs wishing to visit any' r'i Stations should contact the County Agents’ and have them make appointrrientf* with Station Man agers. . -—— -—' * Winner Eleanor Saunciers, a junior in the. high school, is one of 27 win ners in a state-wide writing con test sponsored by the North Caro lina English Teachers^ Association :mong students in grades 11 and 12. Her winning story “Ten Twen ty-Nine," was one of 335 stories, poems, of essays submitted. Her teacher is Mrs. Annabelle H, High-, fill. Other. Chapel Hill students who won honorable mention in the contest were Marilyn Hafcel, Johnsie Bennett, and Davis Tur nage. Chapel Hill — The tempo of politics on the county level picked up in Orange County this week as opposing candidates placed their opinions on the tine at the Can didates meeting sponsored here Tuesday night toy the League at Women Voters. In the primary stages at the meeting, the candidates limited-% their remarks to personal history statements and their replies to specific questions propounded to them beforehand by the League of Women Voters. Following this formal session at . which William Cochrane of the Institute of Government acted as moderator, a period of questions and answers ensued with the au dience participating. Collier Cobb, Jr., incumbent chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, first speaker, stat ed the Board's stand on the four questions and his present col leagues, Ben Wilson and H. G. Laws, reiterated for the moat part the stand previously taken by the chairman. They indicated the — 1947 method they adopted for an "equitable evaluation of property" was. the best way yet devised, in which a non-partisan board of of evaluators - did. the assessing with the right of appeal vested in the Commissoners as a Board of Equalization and Review. They re fused to apologise for the present low tax rate pointing out they were bound to hold it to $1 as promised in the recent Bond Issue Election. They indicated nothing would W done to mar thf architectural beauty of the old courthouse; took the position that if the county assumed responsibility for pro viding medical care for all per sons unable to pay it would soon >• be "bankrupt.” * T r The challengers for the Com mission posts, Sim Efland and H. S. Walker, agreed generally with the incumbents on the items cov ered but Efland offered addition al plaryj ftp evaluation, which he said should be considered, includ lng_a_Policy of listing oroaertv at' sale or purchase levels and then having a low tax Tate in order to attract new industry. Coy Long, the third challenger to the present board did not attend. Walker said that all persons actually needing * medical care-should get it while Efland. said humane considera tions should govern in each case. S. T. Latta, incumbent Sheriff, and Gaines F. Liner, his chal- * leoger, disagreed on the question of raising the age limit for Ju- . . venile offenders, Latta favoring the present age and Liner favor- * ing a raise to 18 years of age. Both men favored the stationing of another Deputy in the Chapel Hill-Bingham area. The candidates for Register of Deeds, J. E Laws, incumbent, and‘ Archie G. William, agreed generally on the qualifications necessary for handling the post, Laiws baslflg his appeal for sup port on his record and experience in office and Williams on his per sonal experience and qualifica tions for the office. Zeb Burton saw* the wise spend ing of. the money allotted for school purposes under the bond . Issue as the most pressing need of the moment in the school pro gram and indicated he favored the spending of the money a previously planned, unless unfor seen emergencies arise. He stated M.,belonged to the group in Or- ^ ange County ~viThich BeHev&T'' county can afford and support three high schools,_Harry P._ Breeze, his opponent for member ship on the Board of Education, was not present. Ten Fanners On New Wheat Ulsboro farmers have the nerw Atlas wheat planted this yd|f and it is looking fine. ‘ according to County Agent Don Natheson. This wheat has produced superior ' yields every where It has been tested. In tigh ten tests by the N. C. Experiment sscsssaa Stations over a period of two years it produced 32.9 bushels against 24.2 for Leaps and 22 bushels of Red Heart. It has good strength of straw, good resistance to rust and mildew, but poor resistance to loose smut. The demand, for seed will be heavy this year, acordii^ to Dr. E.r R. Collins. 7 Farmery raising seed in Orange County are: Frank Umstead, Leroy Hall, Howard Neese, .Truitt Lioyd. John Apple. R. M. Hill, Raymond - ■ ~ Weaver, Frank Crabtree, Charlie / Thompson, and'E. C Blair. _v.