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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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<p
the area. It is to be continued
until the area is completely clean
ed and fixed-up as desired.
The club is asking the coop
eration. at every member of the
community in this affair and other
projects of the future.
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Elects Officers
Mrs. Annie Wooten was elected
president of the Durham-Orange
County Home Economics Associa
tion at the group's final meeting
of the year, which was held at
the Home Economics Cottage of
Chapel Hill High School.
Mrs. Mary Helen Hayman of
the Chapel HiU Chapter was
hostess for the meeting.
Other now oficers are Miss An
nabelle Seliph, vice president and
Miss Margaret Umberger, secre
tary-treasurer.
Speaker for the program was
Dr. Phillip Russell of the Uni
versity who discussed his most
recent book, “The Woman Who
Rang “the Bell.”
About 25 members from Dur
ham, Hillsboro and Chapel Hill
attended the meeting.
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MOTHERS HONORED
Carrboro — In a special service
in the Carrboro Methodist Church
in recognition of mothers present
lgst Sunday, Mother’s Day gifts
•were-.presented, to Mrs. Winfred
Carroll, as the youngest mother'
present, to Mrs. M. E. Tyson as
as the mother having the largest
number of children present, and
to Mrs. T. N. Mann, for being the
oldest mother present at the serv
ice.
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Journalist Vis'ts Here
Hillsboro — E. C. Daniels, Lon
don Corresppndefrt for the New
rant
Wednesday. Daniels on vacation in
his native state was accompanied
on his tour- of, historical Hillsboro
by Norfleet Webb.
Political Tempo Steps Up;
Candidates Go On Record
Dr. Greer Speaks
To Merchants; AD
Officers Re-elected
The Chapel Hill — Cartboro
Merchants Association, at its an
nual banquet held Monday even
ing at the Carolina Inn, reelected
its present officers to serve tor
a period ot six months, arid voted
to begin its year on January 1st,
instead of July 1st
Dr. I.- a. Greer executive secre
tary of the North Carolina Bus
iness Foundation spoke on "Free
Enterprise”, Thompson Green
wood, executive secretary at the
North Carolina Mercants Associa
tion 'familiarized the merchants
with the Chair of Retailing to be
set up at the University of North
Carplina next fall.
Officers reelected by the Associ
ation were: President, Wilbur
Kutz;vkepresid«nt, James Devis;
secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Mildred
, Cartee; attorney, L. J. PhippsC
I state director, E. Carrington Smith;
board of directors: Miss Elizabeth
Branson, John dark, Eugene
Strowd, M. M. Timmons, H. W.
Wentworth, R. H. Marks, A. H.
Foe, E. O. Hardee, Carl Smith,
J. W. Umstead, Jr., C. E. Teague,
and L. V. Huggins.
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Several Get
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Party Posts ’*
At Convention
Hillsboro. — Several Orange
County people received posts in
the State and District Democra
tic Party organizations at the
State Convention in Raleigh last
Thursday.
R. O. Forrest and Kirs. Roland
V. McClaihToch- were^ named to
posits in the State Executive Con
mittee. O. J. Coffin was reelected
to the Congressional District com
mittee post he has held for some
time, and Jerry B. Stone was.
named from this county to serve
on the Resolutions and Credentials
Committee. Other minor committee
assignments went to other Orange
delegates during the organization.
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Club Members
Crown Queen
Mrs. Melvin Whitfield was crow
ned as May Queen in the regular
May meeting of the Home Demon
stration Club held May 10, at
White Cross, The Queen was at
tired in a lovely pale blue even
ing gown _was crowned by Mrs.
Thomas Bradshaw, president of
the club. She was presented bulbs
and flower cuttings aS gifts from
club members. -
Other attendants in the crown
ing ceremony included Misses
Annie Durham and Ella Lloyd wbo
wore matching evening gowns and
lovely corsages of matching flowers
to those carried by the Queen.
Music for the occasion was ren
dered by members of the club. A
delightful luncheon was served,
the group after the program, with
fe- - -Homer. .Butler., serving _g*_
hostess. Table decorations were
lovely arrangements of spring
flowers in matching colors of the
Queen and her attendants.
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PLANT SURPLUS
Gilbert Talley and his brothers,
on the D. J. Talley farm north of
Chandlers Store, have completed
the planting of their tobacco crop
and have a'surplus of tobaco plants
to any farmers having a shortage..
So far as can be ascertained this
farm is the first to have completed
their planting.
A Candidate’s Views
Ralph H. Scott, candidate for
the state senate to represent
Orange and Alamance counties,
is a present county commissioner,
a Presbyterian’with three children
who - resides—in Mehane and is
manager of the MelvilleDairy^ of
Burlington.
“I am running for the senatej”
Scott said, -“to seek_aj>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
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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.
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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.