0rar,fle County people, read l.g n evVS every week than any Nfr oran«e County Newspaper gUBSCRIBE TOOAY. Your Home Newspaper Serving Orange .County and Its Citizens Since 1893 (Published Weekly) ^HILLSBORO and CHAPEL HILL, N. C.. THURSDAY, AUGUST 5,1950 Price: a Year; 5c Single Copy Eight Pages This Week ■ freights File Up Near Hillsboro An Insecurely-tied pulpwood log fell from a Southern Railroad boxcar Monday night just Eaet of Hillsboro behind the home of Mr. and Mr*. Paul Collin* ahd derailed eight car* with the result »• shown above. According to railroad official*, the wood apparantly fell between the metal wheel* and the wooden cross tie*, causing the car* to leap the track, crash Into one another an* overturn across the tracks or partially embed Into the soft mud •urroundlng- the track*. All of the crew escaped uninjured. The accident occurred about 11:30, Monday night. The wrecked ear* were pushed off the track* by 9:30, Tuesday morning and full service had been resumed by 0 5 o’clock in the afternoon, with both Southern-and Seaboard wrecking crew* assisting In the work. A'large number of local people made up, the crowd of interested onlooker* who watched the sal vage operation. Photo, courtesy of Durham Sun Drunk’s Scares Neighborhood, Brings Abrupt End To Own Probation Hillsboro — Probation ended abruptly Monday night for Wil liam S. Knight, West Hillsboro white man, whose drunken ram Page left him behind bars and frightened a number of families who happened to be in his path. Knight was first reported toj local police by Mrs. Bessie Dor r;ty who said the man had thrown a barrage of rooks at her house Sad at her as she sat in the yard Before officers could reach the ■-isefee, Knight had come onto the l**rch of Mrs. Flora Dickson and J. W.*D'icksori, m* a gun. Mrs. J. W. Dickson, who was talking on the telephone when ^mght came into the enclosed P°rch, reportedly deflected the gun pointed in the directon of the elder Mrs. Dickson and Mrs. Dick f°n slammed the door. Knight them ran from the scene, stole the car of John Louis Wag ”er» who reportedly had left it Ending to investigate the com motion, drove a short distance be fore crashing into a wall and into the parked automobile of Banks M>X. " Knight was later arrested lying a:>'eeP bn his porch in his under ^ear» his gua by his side, and brought to jail.' His clothes were ater foun^ some distance from' is house. Charges against himi , include assault, hit and run, areeny of automobile and driv 'n? while drunk. < False Alarms Make Firemen Very Unhappy Hillsboro — Fire Chief George Gilmore reports retent false a larms have been causing great in convenience to the Hillsboro Fire Department The firemen are aU volunteers and when any km jf alarm comes in, these men must eave their places of business and ny to- fight thf fire. Needless to say when the alarm turns out to be Mae, these ar^ W , disgruntled remen. .remen. —-■ — • , ■_ Another complaint from the de artment ft to mothers who allow leir children to play with t£e clephone. The phone number of fire department, 2222, is sue n easy number for children to nwittingly dial. When that Burn er is dialed; not only ^doea ^ ing the fire department but GU lore’s home and the Mayors; of ce It just takes a few of these alls lo make all th«e all of unhappy P^pie So. the re chief says, “Please don £ nail children play with the -ele SERvfsTS'ON CRUISE illsboro - Lt.(jg) E^ner R-. vdy and Paul C. Oavis lett sboro Saturday, du-ly 29, for sacola. Fla. where aboard the USS 765 for a two weeks trauunf, Director Named Far Hillsboro's Recreation Program Hillsboro — The Hillsboro Ex change Club this week announced arrangements for a director of recreation for Hillsboro. In cooperation with the Hills boro Recreation Committee, Glenn Auman has been selected to direct the Softball Program and take charge of the operation of the Wading Pool for the remainder of the summerT . ..... % > . J. L. Brown, Jr. and the Aims and Project committee worked out the details of this new project with the f Hillsboro Recreation Committee*. It was also announced that the Wading ;£ooi: vtfl, be.npen Mon day. July m. WC houre *f oper ation will- be as follows: For Children ages 7 thru 10, 2 to 3:30 P. M., for children 7 years and younger, the hours will be 3 to 5 P. M. There will -be .two at tendants on duty at the wading t pool at all times. Most of the attendants have passed _ the life saving test.-_ 1 HOMECOMING SERVICE A homecoming service at the Antioch - Baptist Church will be held. Sunday. August 13. Every one is invited to come and bring a picnic lunch. The pastor; Rev. £. X. Heather ly, will preach the morning ser vice, and therfe will be speakers and special music in the after noon/ All former pastors are in- • v-ited to be present. Orange Receives Intangible Tax Return Of $19366 V *■ -• Hillsboro — Change County will receive $19,36$.24 as its share of the $3,417,190.23 the state collected in intangible persbnal properity tax for the fiscal year ending June, 1950, according to word re ceived here by the County Com missioner's from the State Depart ment of Revenue. The net amount will be divided between the county and the sever al municipalities in the county. The county government will re ceive $11,952.84, Chapel Hill, $4, 820.26, Carrboro, $1,495.07, Hills boro, $910.21, and Mebane, $187. 86. The intangible taxes are collect ed by the State -and then 80% of* the taxes are returned to the local unit?; Taxes are collected on postal savings, money on hand, accounts receivable, bonds, notes and evidences of debt, shares of stock, interests in foreign trusts^ and funds--an dfttfosit ..with in surance companies. Most of the taxes are return to the counties on the basis of collections made there and they are in turn pro-rated between the counties and municipalities op the basis of total ad valorem levy on property with in the particular jurisdiction. -1 According to tbe report, this year’s collection exceeds any of the past 12 years hy a substantial amount. ‘ •-». ......—.osa listed below should contact the draft board immedUtely, Delinquents listed are:t white, Johnny H. Taylor; Ifegro, James Brooks, Frederick Douglas Trice, Booker T. Bellamy, Willie Clay ton, Early James Royster, Myrtith A. Brown, Theodore Bynam, and Howard Lee Steed. Eight Traffic Offenders Get Court Verdicts Hillsboro :— Eight offenders learned a lesson ot highway safe ty the hard way in Orange County Recorders Court this week when fines and/or costs and road terms were meted out to that number found guilty. Assaults and a larceny case also got their share of attention in the passing parade of offenders against the peace of dignity of the state William R. Riggins dij not con test a charge of assaulting his wife, Mrs. Allie Riggins, and by agreement of counsel for both parties prayer for judgement was continued for five years on con dition of good behavior and in consideration of Riggins' payment of S7.50 per week far the use and benefit of his wife. Stella Fuller and her sister, Ruth Fuller, who had charged her with assault, were both fined $10 and costs, - the- former, .on. the as sault charge and the latter for failing to appear in the court1 the previous week as supeoned. Vernon Wilson, West Hillsboro youth, charged by Fred Cates, Jr., with breaking, entering and lar ceny of a sum of money, was bound over to Superior Court for probable cause. The record: * itt James Donald Wells, driving under the influence, $100 and costs; Marvin H. Clark, reckless driving, not guilty; William David Wilson, passing on hill, $10 and costs; Ellis Zaytoun, passing on curve, costs; William Pteston An drews, passing on hill, costs; Banks Hicks, reckless driving, nine months in jail, suspended on good behaviour and payment of $1,050, in weekly pa/fnenti of $9 to Wallace GeS; Wallace Gee, reckless driving, not guilty; James Eugene Christopher, driving under Influence and after license revok ed, six months on roads; Paul Aster Teasley, speeding $19 and costs; Roland R. Ward, speeding, $9 and costs; Dan Oakley, public drunkenness, costs; Dallas An drews, illegal possession of non tax-paid whiskey, $10 and costs; Robert Latta, public drunkenness, costs; Sam Dollar, public drunken ness, costs; Sam Howard, public drunkenness, costs; and Thomas Medlin, abandonment and non-j support, six months on roads, ap pealed. - YES, ED BARNES, ASSISTANT FARM AGENT of Orange County, is all smiles again because the time is drawing near for another Spotted Poland China sale. The sale will be held at Farmers Mutual Livestock Market in Hillsboro, August 10th at 8:00 P. M. No, it is fiot a misprint, the sale is being held at night due to the dif ficulty of "handling fat hogs in extremely hot weather. The above picture was made on the farm of R. F. Poythrees and shows Or. J. K. Chrisman, Ed Barnes and Mr. Poythresa looking ^ver pome of the bred gilts that Mr. Poythresa is going to enter In the sale. Mr. Poythresa had the champion and reserve champion Spotted ■Poland China breeding hogs at the fifth annual fat stock show and sale held in Durham last spring. Note the—excellent ladlno clover and orchard grass pasture that Mr. Poythresa' hogs have secess to. Hillsboro — Judge Leo Carr of Burlington has signed a restrain* ing order preventing the present directors of the Hillsboro Legion Memorial Hut. Inc. from proceed ing with sale ofy the local hut and the dissolution of the cor poration as voted last month. Meanwhile, the rift between the __ two opposing factions in the Ame rican Legion Post continues with definite indications that -a strong attempt will be made to organize another post either in. Hillsboro or in Northern Orange. Most-likely site for the new post is said to be Schley. While some members admitted that prelim - inary organization plans are un derway, they said that no formal application for a charter had been submitted to the State Department. An >ther possibility for a new poet was said to be at Efland. .. A hearing on the restraining, order will be held on August 14, in Graham before Judge Henry L. Stevens of Warsaw, a Superior Court judge who was formerly national commander of the Ameri can Legion. The order by Judge Carr ordered the defendants, the Hillsboro Legion Memorial Hut, Inc., to show cause why the tem porary restraining order issued by him should not be continued . The complaint filed by Hillsboro Post No. 85 and individually by Clarence Rosemond, A. Max Browning and O. S. Robertson charged that the voting of 73 ‘Shares of stock at the July 4 meeting of the directors was a violation of Section 55-110 of the :n«Men»r statutea of North Caro-— .ma in that it had been issued less than 20 days prior to the meeting, in fact on the day of the meeting and dated back to July ! 1; that the proxies held by the ^ majority fact ion at. l _ .1 itv *4 . ; meeting had-been seeti.e t without atiy information as to how the stock w;.s to be voted and with out arty suggestion that there would be any move to sell the property; and that the election o# the 11 directors was null and void The wonmlaint called upon the court to order a new meeting of the--stockholders to be held after due notification with the avowed purpose of presenting the ques tion of whether the stockholders desire to dissolve the corporation, holding a “legal election” of offi cers for the remainder of the current year. It further asked'the court to declare the 75 shares "which the plaintiffs allege were not eligible for voting on July 4 also ineligible for voting in the neW annual meeting proposed by the plaintiffs. ~ - ....-'■ o— Services ®«M Saturday for Oscar Parsley rttM .Ow»r Gr«nt^SSS? mornir»g tenant and 4uP«ria Vu* Manufactures! of Belle f-uffered « heart Sr*1**"** who before midnight tk *ack *b'c>rU/ *nd died abjg night Service werThe^ **®^ Matthews £ D < ,*ld fro*n th* St, ,«*'«■ he h,„ ChiuT 'or several ye»rj”!?,“■ tr“««r ^st^1 «*■ “hout 25 '<> Hill*„o ■ “at,n* from the*rrnffter grad' NtJrth Carolina and ^Versit/ of nected with the bJi^ 1bee"*®»- • ^oushout that 'period0/1* “n of the late u^’Hewas the "Sr slss ,- “tiarn Archer Par ■-■-T’. 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