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^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. ‘ •-».
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REVIVAL TO BE HELD
The Enn Methodist Church will
begin a revival Sunday morning
Jwhich wilL.crmtinue Sunday even
dug at.7-UJ<l and through the vveek i
at the same 'hour.
Rev. Christian "White of Wil
Trilngton will cowiSRt the services,
assisted by Rev. Mbrlin Davies of.
Sioux City, Iowa, and Rev. Walter
Feltman, pastor of the church.
A^Cha^eMhfiUJExgand^Limm •
A nother A rea Moves
For City Annexation
Chapel Hill — Fire and police
protection service have already (
been made available to the resl- j
dents of the newly annexed Hill-j
crest, Davie Circle and Durham j
Road sections of Chapel Hill, while j
residents of another surbunban
section indicated their interest in
annexation.
The Board of Aldermen unan
imously passed the annexing ordi
nance Monday night with a large
group of people representing- the
area annexed present. There was
no dissension aipong these people
although they, asked many ques
tions of the mayor and board about
the contents of a report concerning
the annexation which had been
distributed by the - town officials.
T. D. Rolse, town manager, stated
that the new section will be ser
viced by the garbage collectors
within the next 30 days and fire
hydrants, installed by the Univer
sity, will be up within 60 days.
At the open meeting held in
the Town Hall, a group from
Hiddfe'n Hills expressed a desire to
become a part of the town, also.
The overall plan of the Aldermen
is to extend the town limits to
8ther area adjacent to the town
at a later date.
Mayor Edwin. S. Lanier, speak
ing for the Board, promised, that
a sidewalk would be laid down
in the new area along Franklin j
Street (formerly known as Dur-1
ham Road Hill). In addition, he'
to'd the meeting that zoning laws
for the area will be put into effect
withih 45 days following. another
'public hearing on the matter.
Accident Victim Seeks Over $100,000
Verdict In Damage, Sait Filed Here
Hillsboro — A civil action seek-.
ing damages in excess 6f $100,000]
has been filed in tifrange County
Superior Court by Mrs. Ruth Mc
Bane against Aker* Motor Lines,
Inc., and their driver, Harry B.
Chase, of Gastonia.—— J
The suit is an aftermath of the
defendant’s transfer truck crash
ing into MoBane’s Store on High
way 70, just East of Mebane, in
January 1049, in which Mrs. Mc
Bane, Mrs. Hurley Riggs and Mrs.
Hattie Breeze were injured. Suits
against the transfer fhm are al
ready pending iq Alamance Su
perior Court with Mrs. Riggs and
Mrs. Breeze as plaintiffs.
; In the suit brought by Mrs. Mc
Bane, it is charge^ that negligence
on the part of the defendants was
the sole cause of the accident
which brought serious permanent
injury, suffering and heavy fin
ancial loss to the plaintiff.
The sum of $10,000 is sought
for loss of earnings, $21,500 for
property damages to the store and
stock,^50,000 for personal injuries
and $25,000 punitive damages
from the defendants.
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Hoaewood Gets
Hillsboro, Carrbero
Street Coatracts
Roy M. Homewood. Chapel Hill
contractor, h,^ just been awarded
contracts for street paving work
in both Hillsboro and 'Cairboro.
Carrboro work will cost $7,036
while the Hillsboro project of 11,
000 square yards, more or less,
will cost $3,190. The Hillsboro
project calls for double seal work
at 29 cents per square yard.
Work on both contracts is ex
pected to begin shortly.
Streets to be paved in Carrboro
under the program are: Maple
Avenue, Center Avenue; Carr St
Short St., Ashe St., Shelton St.,
Elm St., Pleasant Drive and Lloyd
St.
Scheduled1 for the resurfacing in
Hillsjwro are Queen Street from
Wake to Cameron, Union Street
from Wake to Cameron, Wake
Street from King to Tryon, Oc
coneechee Sreet from' King to
Tryon, and Margaret Lane ex
tension from Hillsboro Avenue to
Sash Street.
Draft Board lists
Nine Delinquents
Hillsboro — The Orange County
Draft Board officially opened its
offices here in the Minnls Build
ing Tuesday, August 1, and listed
9 men as draft delinquents. i
The nine men are listed as de
linquent because they have not ]
kept the draft board informed of
their correct mailing addresses.
Delinquents ar« subject to im
mediate induction unless their de
linquency can be cleared up. <n>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. ~
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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
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°f danger at a D„Vk bellea%d out 4
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summer on the kin* ***» ' /
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The parents of th- deat' -
Jo Hillsboro this we4<ft^Pl<“^aa‘e
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