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HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL. N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, *8,1950 Price4 $* a Year; 5c Single Copy V*N\. *«LL »S««f xi§
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nicboro—A 27-year-old Negro
heeks Township shot and kill-’
wife in cold blood Friday
fas she sat talking to other
tr at S neighbor’s house.
Morrow, farm laborer,
arrested approximately 50
utes after the murder and
•iv admitted the shooting of
wife, Eloise Hardcastle Mor
aithough no one saw him
, the shot. ;~
•he shooting occurred at the
e 0f John Riley near Cheeks
sSing at approximately iO
cL= According to witnesses*
, Woman was sitting talking
e:;v with neighbors when shots
if'- * a~doubTe Barrel :r shotgun
e fired through the door, tak
ef.vct in her left shoulder and
|k.. She slumped in her chair
died instantly, probably from
SBjftgB neck.
jo'..:v Sheriff Rainey Roberts, i
iled -o the scene of the shooting,
irt Morrow some 50 minutes
[er the shooting at the home of i
! brother near Mebane, where I
, , .gone to change clothes. |
cording to Roberts, Morrow
idiiy admitted firing the shots j
cure the doorway at the time ]
his arrest and after a night in
here accompanied Sheriff’s
pudes back to the vicinity of
•crime to retrieve the shotgun
m the weeds into which , he had
5wj? it in his flight from the
cue.
Morrow and his Wife had re
r.tly separated, the wife living
ith her father and Morrow liv
g in a sawmill shack in-the
me area. Both had recently.
;en to the Sheriff’s offices in
nnertion with a previous argu
ent in which Morrow had ac
ised his wife of having immoral
Nations with her father.
The Morrow woman at the time
the killing was on probation
•: m a prison term she was serv
ig for murdering a previous
.'riMfcit in Pertr.sj'Sauuaigj^
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'hapel Hill Troop
'ms Honor Coart
tttendaace Trophy
— At the Orange
tinty* Court of Honor of all Boy
cout Troops of the county held
st Saturday, thd Attendance
rophy. was won by the Chapel
ill Troop No. 39.
The meeting was held last Sun
lay evening in the Chapel Hill
Hethodist Church.
The Carrboro Boy Soput Troop,
which has won the Attendance
rroP|>y for the last four-monthly
meetings of the Count of Honor,
had only five representatives pre
sent as the result of not knowing
when the meeting was to be held
and where. The Carrboro No. 45
tro°P is now without a Scout
leader, since their leader, Frank
Lamson, was called several weeks
*8° to again resume active ser
«<* with the U. S. Navy.
The next Court of Honor for
P^nge County Scouts will be held
® Hillsboro the fifth Sunday in
October, which will be Oct. 29th.
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Fesler To Talk >
To Women Voters
At Chap;! Hill
Chapel Hill — The Defense Pro- >
jetton Act passed by Congress
f“s summer will be the topic of
r James Fesler’s talk before the
^Sue of yfomen Voters on next
Wednesday ~t 8 pm: in the Town;
"fall. I
rni • . . * , i
“‘is .aw is designed to speed up
’reduction- and to cope with the
ationary forces which so *h aT
)roduction program will set in
notion. - i
Tnc public is cordically invited i
'■ ?tter.d Dr. Fesler’s lecture which
'ehlddate various features of
■e bill relating to installment
m;V:ng and the allocation of our
‘onal resources for defense- Dr.
l^ier worked Jpr the War Pro-!
*Uction Board in World War II1
'' d 0#“ ‘5 now a consultant for
e Department of Interior.
^presents unc
Chapel Hill — The University'•
be represented at the in-1
eguration of the new president j
;f Carnegie Tech by the Rev.
rancis A. Fox, Episcopal minister;
ind a. graduate of the University. |
Several Carrboro
Young Men Leave
For Active Duty
Carrboro -7- A large nu^nber of
boys from Carrborn and -the sm
. rounding area are reporting for
dative duty in the U. S. Armed
Forces.
Those who have been in the
Army and Navy Reserve are being
called back into . service, 'while
others are volunteering for ser
vice. Several young .open hsit for
aSffir'withtii the-past- few -daysr -
Vernon Pope, grandson of Sirs.
C. J. Roberson, -of. Greensboro
Street, Carrboro, volunteered for
the Army Air Force and is' now
stationed in Wichita- Falls. Texas;
Mrs. Eva Roberts two sons, Gene
and Ed Roberts of Carrboro, and
another son^-Garland Roberts, eȣ
Smithfield, all left on Tuesday ol
this week for Army duty with the
National Guard. Raymond Perry,
of Greensboro Street left on
Thursday of last week to again re
port for duty with the U. S. Navy
Raymond’ was with the Navy in
World 'War II. Abner Baker ,of
Burlington, f nephew of Mr. and
Mrs, Clyde Squires of Carrboro.
will leave today for Army duty.
•Several other young men of this
area will leave for duty with the
armed forces within the next few
How Planetarium
Works Is Theme
Of Next Show
Chapel Hill — Answering the
many questions of visitors who
. ome to watch the regular per
formances, the next showing in
the Morehead Planetarium in
Chapel Hill will be '‘How, The
Planetarium Works.” . _
The first performance will be
»iven on Tuesday night, October
1, at 8:3(), and presentations will
oe at the same hour every night
md at 3 p.m. on Saturdays and
Sundays, through October 23~
^Expected to. be of particular in
erest to the many visitors, who j'
will come from distant places for
;he inaugural exercises when
Cordon Gray officially takes over
;he reins of the University, this
lew exhibition will reveal many
jehind the scenes features of the
/real instrument and its opera
don. The technical staff, headed
jy Anthony F. Jenzano, has built
nany pieces of special equipment
>r illustrative material;.
The tricky eyelid that mqst-.be
uilt into each of the more than
00 separate projectors of the in
ti ument, to keep stars and planets
rom shining on the floors and
ips of the visitors, will be de
monstrated and explained, and
h e strange icosadodecahedron
mat was chosen as the basis for
me projection distribution of the
tars will be fully demonstrated.
Of interest to many will be the
evelation of the way in which
uch spectacles as “Star of Beth
‘hem” and “Trip to the Moon
■o --C mpli-shed. Th.i stainless,
ioel dome, with ks 0,000.000 1
oles will be shown to be ffans- J
a rent , under proper High’mg. -
Because cf the many special
nests at the inaugural ceremonies,
asual visitors are urged to avoid
itending the 'performances on the
ight of October 9 when a recep
pn for President and Mrs. Gray
nil* be held in the Morehead
iuilding. ~
June Sparrow
Breaks Leg
Carrboro — June"'Sparrow who
seriously- injured :iis ..right knee
i.~,t week white-loading -hpy a
ris farm home-near Mt. C|rme^
found upon an lexaminatioft
VV ifts > Hosnital thvat bis lee was
really broken Instead of a bad
.1;: a::i as was first supposed. -----
f Hp hid to remain in the hospit^
to- several days but was able to
return to his home last Saturday
It will be weeks before he^can
walk again.
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attend meeting
Chapel fell A number of |
biologists from here attended ,
recent scientific meeting m
bus, Ohio, sponsored by j
can Institute of Biological Sciences.
PRANK PHIUJPS
Frank Phillip* of Charlotte
has accepted appointment u
state chairman of North Caro
lina's- mi- March of Dimes
Campaign, it was learned this
week by Orange County Of
ficials of the organization, who
also stated that preiimin*ryj
plans are now being made for *
the rrorroai-'n m January.
Driver Found Not
Guilty In Bus
Accident Case
Chapel Hill — Henry Walker
Baldwin ,59 - year - old Negro,
charged with reckless driving and
property damage in connection
with ah accident involving a
school bus Monday, was found not
?uilty ih Recorder’s Court here
riiesday. ———, ___
'The ' accident = occurred- about- 5
rfiles wee! of Carrboro on NC
>4. Baldwin was driving a 1947
latbody truck, loaded with heavy,
pine logs, which went out of con
xol as it came' down a" hill and
jrazed the side of a school bus
oaded with 18 Negro children on
j^eir way home. The truck turned
>ver after traveling about 25 feet
peyond the impact. Baldwin and
lis nephew, Howard Stephen
Baldwin, crawled out of the truck
mhurf. The damage to the school
pus amounted to a dented side,
while the truck damage was esti
na^ted to be about $200. A senior
ligh school student, Roy Oldham,
vas driving the school bus.
The officers investigating the
iccident were E.y E. Paniell of the
State Highway Patrol and J. A.
Williams and W. F. Hester of the
Carrboro Police Department.
Board Maps Town Improvements;
Names Director Of Civil Defense
L i * — , TV „ m.' " - '
Chapel Hill — Cpl. Thomas F.
Taylor, who before his retirement
terv#d bn Oen. Gouglas Mac
Auhur’s staff irt the Pacific Area,
fins been appoint** Givi! Defense
Director of Chapel Hill by the
Tjrwn-.itoard of Alc^trhen at the
Sept. 25 rrfteiing of the BoarB.
Mayor Edwin Lanier said the
appointment was in compliance
| with a request from the State
Civil * Defense Director that all
cities and towns in the state have
Lsuch an officer. According to Lan
ier, Taylor will be assembling
available literature on the subject
of Civil Defense and formulating
plans for th defense of the area
if the need arises.
The Boaid of Aldermen made
wo other' appointments this week.
H. B. Vaughn, who lives in the
newly annexed area of the Dur
ham-Road, was appointed to suc
ceed Roland McClamroch on the
Board oT Adjustment for 3 years.
McClamroch’s term expired this
year.
The other appointment was Paul
W. Wager to fill the unexpired
term of W. M. Cochrane on the
Town Planning Boarcf,
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County, City
Teachers To Meet
Izi Hillsboro
Hillsboro — The Orange County
Classroom Teacher Unit of the
N. C. EL A. will meet Wednesday,
Oct. 4 at i p. m. at the Hillsboro
sdhool, according to Mrs. R. B
Studebaker; pres, of the Orange
County Unit.
\ The state president of the orga
nization, Miss Zona Livingood, will
attend the meeting and address
the group. The teachers of the
Chapel Hill City Unit are Invited
to meet with the County Unit.
A good meeting with both groups
meeting jointly vis planned, with
the county unit acting as hostess
for the occasion. Mrs. W. R. Kel
lam is president of the Chapel
Hill Unit.
A bufet supper meeting of the
executive committee of the Coun
ty Unit was held recently at the
home of Mrs. Studebaker in Carr
boro, at which time plans for the
year were tentatively formulated.
Hand Carved Crass By S. Stradwick
To Be Dedicated By Presbyterians
Hillsboro — Next Sunday, a
>eautiful band carved cross will
>e dedicated at the Hillsboro Bres
jyterian church at the 11 o’clock
tour.
The cross was carved of white
>ine by Mr. Sheppard Strudwick
vith the motif of the grape vine
•ut in bas-relief on a conventional
Celtic Cross, Taylor Bivins doing
he millwork. The cross is five
eet lohg and will hang on the
>ack wall of the chancel.
Being World-Wide Communion
Sdriday,- the, sacrament will be
•elebrated in addition to the de
lication of the cross. The past
es meditation will be "By This
>ig!/” and will explain the sym
)0lism on the cross.
Second Draft
Call Received
Hillsboro — Hard upon the heels
of the advice from Selective Ser
vice headquaters that *1 at the
71 sent last Thursday for physical
examinations had passed came the
call yesterday for an additional
47 men for October 4.
This information "was released
by Mrs. Robert Copeland, local
board clerk, who said that records
; on next group were being readied
Jor notification. Names of persons
selected for examination cannot
be released to the public until the1
day of departure.^ .
Mebane Phone Finn Told By Commission
To Expand Of Give Up Its Franchise
Raleigh — The Mebane Home
Telephone Company's manager,
S. M. Hupman, was told last week
to either expand and provide ser
vices to the growing city or else
the Utilities Commission would be
forced to give the company’s fran
chise to someone who would pro
vide the services.
Utilities Commission Chariman
Stanley Winborne told Hupman:
‘•You can’t run your company
•like You did 25 years ago.”
Hupman--ordered to appear
and answer reports he had set
rates without commission approval
- -told the Commission* he had
bought the company in 1922 for
$■14,000 and that he estimated its
present replacement cost at around
$200,000. Commissioners said later
they believed this was a high
estimate, but that the company
probably was worth at least $140,
C00 now,
Hupman admitted he had arbi
trarily fixed charges on one line1
serving five rural customers with
out getting an okay by the Com
mission. He said that he had re
funded those payments, however,
and would not repeat the error.
The case was left open and
Hupman was instructed to get -to
gether with Utilities Commission i
rate exj ■ s to decide Upon a
proper rate for that rural line”.
2,000 Farmers From Area Gather Friday
At Chapel Hill For Cooperative Meeting
j Two thousand^ tannersfrom
; Durham, Orange, and .Chatham
counties are expected to gather at
the Memorial Auditorium op the
University Campus in Chapel Hill,
Friday, September 29th, at 2:00
o’clock for the twentieth annual
stockholders meeting of Farmers
Mutual, Inc.
The spotlight of the twentieth
annual stockholders meeting will
be focused' on the accomplish
ments farmers from Durham and
adjoining counties have made the
past twenty years owning and
operating their own, business*
Farmers Mutual. The meeting will
be called to order by- W. M.
Bacon, a farmer from the Bahama
section of Durham County and
president' of the organization.
C. W. Titeon, general manager
of Farmers Mutual, will bring the
group up to date on the past year’s
operation, and briefly relate fu
ture plans of the Board of Di
rectors for changes in some ser
vices that will add to the efficiency
and convenience of patrons.
D. W. Brooks, manager of Geor
gia Producers Association, will be
the princip ■ ikt r. His subject
is “Farmers Working Together."
Other features of the program in
clude etection of directors to re
present fanners from Chatham,
Orange, Durham, Granville and
Person counties on the general
board of directors that meets once
a month with the management and
formulates operating policies.
Entertainment, including the
singing of gospel hymns, folk
songs, fiddling and banjo playing,
will be furnished by the Bailey
Brothers from Radio Station W.
P. T. Other features of the
entertainment part of the program
includes the awarding of valuable
prizes to the lucky ticket holders.
After the business part of the
program, stockholders and guest
will be served refreshments by the
wives of the Ctanmunlty Directors
from Durham, Orange and Chat
ham counties. i
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CONDITION satisfactory
Chapel Hill — The condition of
Herbert Rosenstock, UNC gradu
ate student who apparently tried
to take hU own life Monday night,
is reported to be satisfactory.
Carrboro Baptist
Homecoming Event
k Announced
I®* ^ Sunday fw *[
Momecominc ” tn k. , A d;
^ an all day service ^e ebrated
and praise. > f worshiP
hourewm b^a SSff3*? ,he 9:45
Dr. p~r; n •«„ a ^ ^ay Service.)
Foundation 'Ll 'the'Jnh! B>«n«sl
1^1 win ,hc iiVcwSS
together at ’ThL"'!™™!,' ba“|l<tt*
tapS^SgggS
, attendance of 500 ii *u
soul that has been get fnrJ Jhc
It is the * 1 for the d»y
of the church ^oTLch^1 PVent
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District Rally
Set Far Oct 26
|fc Creensbero vi
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County woek Lliat the Domfi
g essional District . will be k.u
»>» Guilford CourttoJi^ta
Groonaboro, on Tuoada, <£? J I
l.a» o'™ ,h **«<*
?™cZTsA£?rb‘"ZGu"
Chone. Hi,, at °'
th/f ^ St£tcd that » is expected
that Senator Clvde Mr***, r P*ctcd
nominate Willis Smith y’ senator
soo,,.
council of state will he
a» the rallv, ^2,
Party conclave ZlCle JS Je last |
eleiiion £n Nov"?J
Walker Fails To Gain Freedom When “New Evidence” Poes Not Materialize j
Hillsboro ' — Joseph Frederick!
‘Peewpe” Walker’s appeal for a j
lew trial which succeeded in get- :
ing him off the roads for the
iearing of alleged new evidence,
'ailed to alter his previous COn
Jiction on drunken .. driving'
•harge two weeks ago, despite the
jrgent appeals of veterans train
ng person pel who plad for his
elease. . ,r:___ •. ,\
Walker pled guilty to the drunk
in ^riving charge two weeks ago
j [id reef ived a three months
sentence to run at the end of
j three months suspended sentence
d another case invoked by the
■curt following his conviction.
Following his committment to
state prison eamp*. Veterans Tra in -
Pg Supervisor Elmer R. Dowdy
jnd his assistant. John Roweil,
aecame interested in ■ the case,
secured counsel and a new trial.
Judge L- J- Phipps ordered Wal
ter released from the camp under
aond pending the hearingTpn the
aew evidence.
Dowdy and Rowell, who testi
aa character witnesses for
Walker*, said they wr«e» interested
y *
in seeing that 'Walker received a
fair trial and indicated that Wal
ker had told them he had beer,
denied a chance to give bond or
consult a lowyer prior to his first
trial. Both said Walker had made
an excellent record in the veterans
farjja training program, which they
supervise, and he had approxi
mately -a year of eligibility left
in the program. Walker served
five months d»nd 28 days in the
armed forces in 194>3 and re
ceived a disability discharge, re
portedly for ulcers. 7— ,
Judge rftipps at the conclusion,
of the evidence ruled that none
had been presented to nullify the
drunken driving conviction.She
riff S. T. Latta said Walker had
been interv:c.ved by him at ins
home in a drunken condition some
20 minutes before the arrest. He
said he had driven by Walker's
ft thar-in-law's" after the arrest
but the latter had declined to
sign a bond inasmuch as Walker
was drunk and court was to be
held the following morning. He
denied that Walker had requested
him or to his any of
his staff to obtain counsel or a!
bondsman.
W.'Msor admitted he had been
drinking the night before and up
'o 5 o’clock that morning and
that he had driven from his house
to his hog peri, a distance1 of sev
eral hundred yards on the high
way.
Walker entered notice of ap-1
peal at the conclusion of the second
trial but withdrew it upon Phipp’s
ruling that he could serve the
n.ew term concurrently with the
suspended sentence. He was re
hirued to the prison camp to serve
his term Monday afternoon fol- i
lowing another attempt to stay
execution of the sentence to allow
him to complete the handling of
another barn of tobacco.
Other cases: Morse Gilrnore, Jr.,
drunken driving, 90 days suspen
ded. $100 and costs, included in
the- costs, $16 for Jack Benneham
for danagjs* _Moi^e Gilmore, Jr.,
-not guilty to hit and run; John
G. Long, reckless driving. $75 and
costs; Willie B. Stansbury, drunk
en driving, $100 and costa and
surrender License; John Melin. i
public drunkenness and illegal,
possession of whiskey, $25 and
costs; John Malcolm Donovan,'
leckless driving, $25 and coosts;;
Joe Horner,, assault with a deadly ‘
weapon, 60 days suspended. $25
and costs; Manuel Lawrence Tay
vin Gorham, public drunkenness,
coasts; Ervin Thorbas Smith, reck- t
Us driving and,t bad brakes. $25
and costs; John Poteat, assault,
costs; VU'k E. Day7 passing on a
curve, $10 and costs;. L. Wilbur
Walker, drunken driving and bad
brakes, 90 days- suspended, $100
and costs; Carnell Hester, nol pros
with leace; Fayette Valines, fail
to yield right of way, $10 and
costs; John T. Tabron, reckless
driving, $10 and costs; Butler
Sparrow, continued-ip Oct. 9; Jack
Moore, on motion of Solicitor,
court orders balance due for costs
of $2.70 be remitted; Tyree Clarke
Breedlove, reckless driving, $5d
and costs; Robert Breeze, brought
in on capias, ordered to pay $50
and $20 a month beginning Nov,
I; and William C. Brinkle", called
and failed.
speeding* $10 and costs; Mar
Chapel HUl — Long range Im
provements were the order of the
day for the Town Board of Alder-,
men at the. regular Monday meet
ing as the group took under con
sideration various improvements
including sidewalk paving, more
insiyance, andv surveys of the
-u,wn.
Another body blow to the tradi- —:~i
tional setting of Chapel Hill was
struck when the Board took undet
consideration a proposal to pave
sidewalks in certain areas of , the
•‘o’vn. The aldermen asked the
atieets ctmmittee to consider the
matter further in the light of ~ -
costs estimate of th* project, given
by Tom Rose, Town Manager.
•Rose reported that construction
of the sidewalks, 9 feet wide of
a cement and earth mixture would
cost $l‘a lineal foot or fl a lineal
\x>: for the usual cement walks.
The .streets-. committee expects b
’ curs »h.2 matter with persons/
ana parties whose property a butts
bn the sidewalks under considera
tion. The sidewalks mentioned-*
were: both sides of the street fro®
Spencer Hall on Franklin Street
to the intersection with Columbia
St. at the Baptist Church comer*
both sides of Columbia froth Str
owd’s garage to the intersection
with Rosemary at the Town Hall.
The Streets’ committee is expected
to bring a definite proposal before
the board a* a future meeting.
The Town Manager recommend
ed that the finance committee ot
the board consider a proposal to
buy comprehensive liability in
surance for the town in addition
to the workmen’s compensation,
mrto-HabUrtv. and fire insurance
already in force. The board acting
on Rose’s recommendation, for- .
warded the proposal to the finance
committee.
The Town Manager also reported
that a survey of the town’s limits
before the annexation is about
completed and that the survey is -■
revealing that considerable pro
perty in Chapel Hill has tor a
long time been regarded as out
:!i<felw th'fc-W:t limits.
The Aldermen authorized the
town manager to report to the
Board as soon as possible a cost
estimate of putting radius curving
at the intersection of Ranson and
W. Cameron Streets, at the inter
section of Maltette artd East
Fran_klin Street, and at the inter
section of Church and W. Frank-"
'In Street. Radius curving is the
beveling of the curb corners to
make turning easier, j-_
36 From Orange'
Receive Degrees
In SuuKr School
Chapel Hill — Orange County
has 36 more college graduates as
a result of degree courses com
pleted at the University during
the Summer session. No gradua- >
tlon exercises were held; recipients
will receive their.degrees hy mail.
Degrees by schools are; Bachelor
ol Arts. Joseph L. DeWalt, James
M. Duke. William M. Edney, Lois
Mary Groves. Perry C. Hinson,
John B. Temple, Edward K. Wash
ington, Kathryn C. Wilson, Carlyl*
J. Markham, all of Chapel Hill;
Daniel H. Laughlin, Carrboro. ,
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism:
The mas H. Alston, Jr., Robert L.
Brooks, Edward C. Burks, Carolyn
T. Sechriest; all of Chapel HilL
Bachelor of Arts in Education.:
William P. Anderson. Marianna C.
Baughn, William L. Flowers, Jr.,
Joseph H. Lyles, Richard D. Max
well, William T. Meade: all of
Chapel Hill.
Master of Music: John R. Satter
Oelo, Chapel Hill. r ;
•Muster of Science: Waldo E
Haislcyr Jr.. Chapel Hill.
Master of Arts: Coar P. Bomar,
Edith Chen, Hubert P. Hender
son, William L. MacLiwinen, Gene
Medlin/ John M. Ryan, Frances
E- Sloan, Sara T. Thomas, Bernice
S. Wade, afl of Chapel Hill. __
Doctor of Philosophy: Kenneth
Arthur Bush. Carrboro; James R.
Caldwell, Clinton Roosevelt Pre
wet t, Chapel Hiir.
TELEVISION INSTALLEO
Hillsboro — The new television
set has been installed and is in - I
full operation at the local Ameri
can Legion hut for the enter- '
tainment of its members and
guests. A large crpwd of inter
ested spectators is expected for .
the live broadcast of the Carolina
Notre Damp fnA^Koll
-O
Notre Dome football game i
day.