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Or*** County p*°p,e rMd |nEW8 every week than any Ore-0* Ceunty NawaMPO* SUBSCRIBE TODAY. . ^ .w -r*' : •» — Kour Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1893 57_No. 49 -published Weekly) _ HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL. N. C.. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 7. 1950 Price: $2 a Year: 5c Single Copy - Iobacco Income uadrupled In 10 ears : Report _ An indicatHWk <>' in Qrang* Hillsboro at has occurred nty’s economy during tfce doc 1940-50 was evident elearij tbe annual report by Coymi^ Agents Doi 1* an<i E. P. Barnes to th< hrd of County Commissioners AUV 1950’s tobacco*’eroti? if lange County brought $2,758,{)0< compared to 1940’s $504,000 ,00% increase, they reported th< jt of farm labor had gone uj jm $25 "per month per hand t< Ko in the same period. , [other indications of expander Iral economy are interspercec [roughout with reports of in r sed earnings, improved prac ; an:’ progressive advancement traffic. Liquor notations Mark lowt Docket ases Hillsboro — John P. LeGrand, iew prosecuting attorney for range County, began his court ireer Monday prosecuting mostly Violations of traffic add liquor re lations. With Judge L. J. Phipps, new reoppointed county judge, hear the evidence, the following were heard: Lonnie L. Sloan, public drunk icss, 30 days and invoked 2 jrevious sentences of 30 days each for violation of condition of sus sions; T. B. Ray, .public drunk mess, costs; Theodore Taylor, dess driving and driving on the, left side 'of the road, $25 and costs; Eddie Sneed, continued? Ru fus Cotton, continued; N. F. Dick er-n, continued; C. E. Breland, continued. Ray Hendricks, public .drunken [enrv Lassiter. failure t o support illegitimate child, 6 months on the roads, sus pended for five years on condi tion pay $10 a month in addition to $25 hf. is now paying for support of child, required to post $3QQ bond. .... . Thomas Clyde Miles, reckless driving, $25 and costs; Ed. L. Holmes, allowing drunken.. .driver to drive his car, not'guilty; Claude Brothers, no license, $25 and costs; Curtis Hursey, continued; Joe .Sfeifibley; public drunkfedness, -il legal possession of non tax paid whiskey, 30 days .suspended and $10 and costs; Robert Moore, as sault on a female, 60 days suspendi ed and costs; Robert Wesley Pay ne, nor pros with leave; Frank Wilson,,called and failed; Drewery [ Edward Smith, nol pros with leave; ‘ Benjamin Lee Patterson, continued; Odie Snipes, illegal possession of non tax paid whiskey for purpose of sale; 4 months sus pended and $15 and costs; Percy Parley, continued. ^ Ted S. Cates, continued; Clyde C. Collins, reckless driving. $ 100 and costs, costs to include' $277.90 for the prosecuting witness; Fred Harold Sparnell, called and failed; Robert Amason, passing car with , out 500 ft. clearance, $10 and costs; -Thomas A. McAllister, continued. v~~. Wilson Lindsey Zackery, con tinued; Donnie Lee Buchanan, falir.e to give hand signal, costs; aud C. K. Walker, speeding. $5 >rMi coats. - • — „ •o Accident Sunday Causes Damage ._ To Two Cars Chapel Hill — Two oars were damaged and one man was slight y injured Sunday night on NC 7 when Tom McAllister's attempt •o a goojj Samaritan backfired. McAllister, a Carolina student, sd stopped to assist a local resi f®nt> Jesse Durham, who appeared '° he in a drunken condition and "as walking on the highway and *vt'nnjatty~reir In' a side ditch. ,lr>aley Zachary, another resident that area, driving a new car, Ploughed into the rear of McAllis car, tearing off the rear fen ^r of the student’s ear and drove K hito the ditch. Z’achary bent jj! the right fender and light of .,ls and was thrown against the steering wheel, knocking the hreath out of him. The cci3p]^te bear. k - tobacco crop has 00^y 'Sold for $2,758,000. This .ima4e is based on 4,180 acres l planted averaging 1200 lbs, and i selling for 55 cents per pound. ! The 1940 crop from 3,150 acres . brought $504,000. , The cost of farm labor ten , ***** ag<>' was $25.00 per month. Now it is $100.00. J (3) In 1950 fanners made an estimated 482,195 bushels of corn on 13,777 acres, or double the yield per acre of 1950. (4) 3,000 acres of permanent ladino clover pastures have been seeded. (5) Dairymen have sold approx imately $800,000 worth of milk. Surplus grade A milk appeared in quantity during the summer mcniths for the first time since the War. (6) 800; cows were bred arti ficially to some of the best proven bulls in the United States. (7) 3 new type milking systems have been installed where the milk Is piped directly from the milking machine info a sterile container located in an electric cooler. (8) The Spotted Poland China Swine Association has 77 mem bers. It has held two sales at which 70 purebred animals were sold. It reports that there are 200 purebred sows located on 139 farms. (9) The two pig club chains sponsored by the Chapel Hill Ro tary Club and Sears-Roebuck Company have in 5 years been responsible for a total of 7400 purebred pigs: (10) The Grand Champion and 1 Reserve Champion hogs at the i Durham Stock Show were ex i hibited by Orange County 4-H ! Club members. - . I (11) Many farms have added beef..cattle and sheep for the first time this year. ■ . (,12) Thirty farmers are -planting the new Arlington— Oats—rahicju hav^ led in yields at the Experi ment Station tests. Farmers are . planting 2,000 acres mere to oats i than ten years .ago. (13) A large acreage has been seededinAtlas:.wJaeat,andColonial Barley, two superior varieties. (14) Five thousand acres more hay is Harvested now than in 1940, aocOrdhtST • to ;latest census figures, r (15) Weed control with chemi eals has... been demonstrated and two tractor spray outfits have-Been operating in the' county. _»■ (16) Farmers will---net .more from soybeanslhan they will- from cotton this year. They harvested 550 acres of soybeans for oil while only 250 acres of cotton. Cpt»n yields were lowest in history due to. weevil damage. (17) Poultry raisers grossed art estimated one-half million dollars from their operations this year. (18) Field indentification of to bacco diseases hayc been made on numbers of-farms and resistant varieties recommended Many dif ferent resistant varieties have been eyoe-rimerfted. with _.and. records kept of results. (19) Forestry' thinning dempn atitns have been held in several immunities teaching farmersJiow > cut tneir firewood and leave a rowing stand of young-pines. (20) 41 of our 4-H Club rrem ers planted 30,000 seedling pines n eroded land. (21) Farmers purchased more -actors this year than were re urted on all farms ‘by the 1940 tnsus. „ , bovs werg enrolled >n f uua w .. -- -. . = 4-H Clubs.,Each member car j one or more projects. 23) In June of this year rsnrehensive survey of a 11 r»es, stores, churches not hav electricity was made, by the ■dnioht R. E. A. The number s 6 ’9 More..than 100 of tags? /e been electrified since then, i the balance are being contact to see. if they wish electricity. 24) About 50 miles of rural •phene lines have been begun ermpieted during the "year. 25) A mail- box improvement 1 ^jmwi -♦ rrfice Department. the P°-' na Grange, .and the Agricultural encies resulted in 535 mail box improved and beautified. 26) Twenty — five re built and stocked with fish ring the year. This bnn^the (mated total number of ponds Paul Green Writes: i,anl f.ieen. the noted playwright, this, week lent his support tq the Empty Stocking Funcf~ the county-wide move ment to provide Christmas Cheer to the needy of Orange | ^Viote he in a message exclusively to readers of The New* of Orange County: ' v un every side we hear the demand that our American a> of fife, onr democracy, prove itself. And there is no >ettei way, it seems to me, to do this than to help relieve tlie poverty and suffering around us here at home. The suuatton in the world, they say, is bad. But I say that the spirit ol Christmas is good. It is always good. And in that spirit let us once more open our hearts and give to those that need our help. There are many unfortunate ^hildren,^ bed ridden older people and a few invalid fathers and in others in Orange County who heed our help. Christ mas is likely to he gloomy and unhappy affair for- them without our love and cooperation. Please give to the Empty Stocking Fund. ~ P. G. licitor LeGrand Named Si Roulhac Site to be For New Hillsboro __ Hillsboro — The Board of Coun ty Commissioners, containing one newly elected member, appointed John Q. LcGrand, Chapel Hill attorney, the new solicitor of the County Court, reappointed other incumbent officers, and authorized the Board of Education to proceed with plans for negotiating With the owner of the Houlhac property in Hillsboho for ilk pttrchlSe as a new elementary , Kjwol site, resorting to condemnation proceedings If necessary to obtain a reasonably price. . James G. Faucette, rounding out 52 years of ser vice at„Eno Cotton Mills last friday night/ learned something of the affection and esteem in which he was held by fellow workers of the Spinning Room, second shift. In apprdpi'tate ceremonies l n the center of the department, the veteran over seer was presented a leather platform rocker as a “gift of appreciation" from his associates. It was the last night of a career with the firm which began while the Spanish American War was In progress. The following day he began his retirement, but for the night it w.i# an occasion of good will, of mutual expressions of esteem, and of letting by-gones be by-gones. M-r. -Faucette, sitting jn his new chair surrounded by his fellow workers, is shown here just " after the ceremonies in which the presentation was made by Joe Hughes, night superintendent. Hillsboro — Plans weijt for ward this week lor Hillsboro's i Community Sing, a feature of the Merchants Association Christmas j program, scheduled for the even ing of Deecmbey 15 at 7 o’clock. Seven musical organizations' j have definitely entered the com petition for prizes of $15, $10 and $5 being contributed by the local merchants as in incentive. ~ The Sing will follow the Annual Christmas Parade scheduled for the afternoon. It will be held on the Coyrthouse lawn around! ihTdigh ted Christmas tree in the event of good weather: in the event of inclement weather it will be moved to. the High School au ditorium. » - A master of ceremonies for the occasion will be announced later and competent judges will be ob h int'd. Choral groups already entered include: the Hillsboro Elementary School Chorus. Hillsboro High School Chorus, Central High School Chorus, the Mars Hill Jun ior Choir and the Methodist, Bap i st and Presbyterian Church ;-t)pirs of Hillsboro. Tentative ac ceptances have come from the Aycock High School Chorus and the Efland Methoalsf Junior Choir, other organizations are urged to enter and may do so by contacting Clarence D. Jones, Community Sing committee chairman, Two Chapel Hill Doctors Take Draft Physicals Hillsboro — The first group of doctors from Orange County left Wednesday for Raleigh to be given pre-induction physical exams, ac cording to Mrs. Billie Copeland, Draft Board clerk. Of the original group of three doctors eligible for the draft, one, Dr. Earl Peacock, has been trans ferred to New York. The other two, Dr. Harold Qsterud and Dr. Robert D. Langiell, are both from Chapel'1 Hill. The induction call, scheduled for Dec. 18, has been posponed to Jan. 2. The call was for five men. Mrs. Copeland has received a call 'or 100 men to.be given pre-in duction physicals Dec. 27. Important Tobacco Meeting To Be Held At Aycock School Hillsboro — County Agent Don S. Matheson announced yesterday that an important tobacco meet ing will be held at the Aycock School in Cedar Grove toyvnshlp Monday night, December 11th, at 7t30, floy Bennett, Extension Tobacco Speglslist, will be present bring the latest N. C. Experiment Sta-1 tion records of results on the new black shank and wilt resistant varieties of tobacco. Due to the! widespread damage caused by black shank and wilt, all tobacco farmers should be informed on the newest devedopments in di sease resistant varieties. Special * attention will be given to the I new Dixie Bright 101 and ,102 varieties. A discussiun of the new acreage allotments for 1851 will be entered into as well as many other pliases of tobacco produc tion. i • This will be the Only tobacco meeting of its kind to be held in Orange County before the planting season begins. o Hillsboro — Superior Court Criminal Term will be held here beginning Monday, Dec. 11. with Judge William T. Hatch of Raleigh, presiding. « ^ 0 - « Board Does Not Approve Bonds Proposal Hillsboro — The Board of Com missioners declined to go along with the State in providing funds for a retroactive pay raise for i oFatibriaf ' teachers i n- Orange bounty. — The supplementary pay was ,-oted by the last legislature to ae effective Jn the event of a audget surplus and will be paid :q academic tellers on December 11, Tlie Attorney General later ■tiled the vocational teachers were \ - ' entitled to receive the same bonus as academic teachers but the hitch arose in that those teachers get one-third of their pay from the county and two-thirds from _ the State. The vocational teachers will get their proportional bonus on , the two-thi«^k paid by the State only. — Jt was -pointed out that voca tional teachers now get $32 more per month than regular academic ‘teachers of the same grade and work from two to three months „longer during the year. A grade A•*11 vocational teacher received j $338 per month as compared with ’ $306 for the academic teachers. | Six vocational teachers In the j Orans*e County school system and four in Chapel Hill are affected by fthe action. , Superintendents, principals and , teachers with C-Grade certificates and below were excluded from tfee bantu provision*. \ The eominlasiS^erS: new two-year t e r m a* Monday ( morning, included Sim L. JJflaria, .'oung Efland business man, (who defeated Ben Ft- Wilson, tef fet lost in last Spring’s iprimary. He took the oath of office, along with Collier Cobb Jr. of Chapel Hill and H. G. Laws of Hillsboro, in cumbent members, who were re jected. Cobb was -reelected chair man, following acceptance of the birth from Clerk of Court, Edwin M. Lynch. In addition to LaGrand, other Failing To List To Send Thirteen Before Grand Jury Hillsboro — The Board of Coun ty Commissioners Monday ordered the names of 13 Orange County citizens to be presented to the Grand Jury when it convenes next Monday for failure to list for taxes. " . —~4~ The board was informed that all efforts to get the delinquents on the tax books had failed despite repeated notifications. The law calls for presentation of such names to the Grand Jury for action by that body. The list includes: HILLSBORO TOWNSHIP: James Johnson, Willie Ashley,: Frank Stutts, Jack Moore, Wilbur Walker, George Smith. , ! CHEEKS TOWNSHIP: ✓ \ j Dan Mdbanc, Colored. ENO TOWNSHIP: Luther Yates. y ■CEDAR GROVE TOWNSHIP: J Gladys Wlhite, Colored. CHAPEL HILL TOWNSHIP: CJyde (Pete) Mullis, W>ade Riggs bee, Wille A. Gates. BINGHAM TOWNSHIP: Roland Nickerson, Colored. 1 Carrboro Man Dies Of Anto Injuries, Student Charged Chapel Hill — A Carolina stu dent, Robert L. Hawkins of Shel by, will b© tried on a technical charge of manslaughter in thei County; Recorder’s Court in Hills boro, - Jan... 8, r .'as. -a . -result, ..of an. accident in whidh a Carrboro man died from injuries sustained, The Carrbora man, George Wes oo’.t Oldham, died Tuesday morn ing at injuries^sustained, Monday ; night when Hawkins ran into hiijiJ with the right . front bumper of I his car, after being partially blind ed by the lights of two oncoming autos while Oldham was walking OH the highway, NC' IS -'bout 3 ( miles east of Cfaajiel. Hiii, lit fi'pllt of Gray’s Store. , According to T. P. Hpfler, High- I way Patrolman investigating the1 accident the drivers of the two > autos whose lights were alleged to have blinded Hawkins, turned' around to investigate the situation, fearing the man might be run over. Both parties declared Haw,- ., kins was not driving fast. The son of the, late John and Edllie Robertson Oldham of Chat ham County, Oldham is survived by two daughters, Mrs. C. N. Mayes ot Rt. 1, Durham, Mrs. Clarence Mayes, Rt. 2, Chapel Hill; two sisters, Mrs. Etta Maynard,; Morganton, and Mrs. Marta Riggs- , bee, Chatham County; three bro- j thers, Floy and Ben of Chatham, J undJEric of High Point: and nine | grandchildren. Funeral arrange-! ments are incomplete. Christmas' reaoing Chapel Hill — Samtfel Selden, director of th© Carolina Playmhk-j ers. will give the traditional read- ] ing ot Charles’ Dickens’ “A Christ mas CaroT’ in the Pla’ymakers Theatre here Sunday night, Dec. 10, at 8 o’clock.j TAKE OATH8 Hillsboro Clerk, of .Court (Sdr | win M. Lynch, Sheriff S. T. Latta and Register of deeds J. E. laws, all incumbents, took the oaths of affice, Monday, beginning new terms. A. H. Walker was sworn in a* the new coroner succeeding ils father. | h* tke new tertiJ iiicluded the following incumbents. L J. Phipps, judge of the County Court, Ira Ward, tax supervisor. #nd the Arm of Graham & Esk ridge ~mz LeGrand, who succeeds Jerry B. Stone of Hillsboro to the pro- . seeuting attorney's position, moved to Chapel Hill some six months ago. He..previously practiced law fcf'Wilmington, is a graduate of die University yf North Carolina, and former member of the General Assembly. He won. the appoint ment over William Stewart, young Chapel Hill attorney, who also had sought the post. The school action came follow ing the appearance before the board of Bonner D. Sawyer, C. D. Jones, Superintendent Glenn T. FlrofRi, Principal G. A. Brown, acting on behalf of the County Board of Education, the district school committee and the Hills boro School Advisory committee. They reported a unanimity of opinion of the three boards that the Roulhac property offered the best site for a new school, which they proposed to construct from funds allotted to Hillsboro under the bond issue program. They reported a number of alternate sites and plans had been con sidered for dealing with the over crowded situation at Hillsboro be fore reaching the decision report ed. The property is now owned by W. S. Roulhac of Mi. Vernon, N. Y. It formerly was the Rufftn property owned by distinguished jurist, Judge Thomas Ruffin They proposed to construct toilet towers at ends of She building to place toilets on each floor of the old bui’ding and thus provide same sp. „e for classroom use in the basement. Eventual plans call far Hi' h Schr.ol and Junior High Rf d* n th» pr**«»nt buK^lng ith Grad *s “i-6 scheduled /! new* si,fe. - , ! In other actions, the Beall pointed t-«x list takers hi Vucn of the county's townships, ap proved a contribution of ~|5~ 0 a Christmas donation to personnel at Caswell Training School, ap proved payments of $275 to James Freeland for clearing the site of the new courthouse, and $650 ^o ~ Architect Archie R. Davis for architectural work in connection With the installation of heat in the bid courthouse building. - - - The list takers include Mrs. it. ' R. Cates, Eno; Henry R. Heath, Checks; t Rr Cheek; Ghapel Hill;. . Remus Smith Jr., Hillsboro;, J. C. Lloyd, Bingham; R. Cooper Comp ton, Cedar, Grove; and A. E,Wil -somLittle River? ~ ~ . - — t —^— --6-— 7~”~ Merchants Disease Secretary Plant , Will Vote Dec. 1J Chapel Hill — A committee port on the advisability of having a full time executive secretary of the Chapel Hill - Carrboro Chamber of Commerce was the big order of business at the regular meeting of the Merchants Associa tion of the two towns Monday night. Grady Pritchard, as chairman of the committee investigating the new office, gave a very favorable report on the situation and stated » that the main drawback to the new secretary would be an in crease in the budget of the as sociation to $13,300. This would mean an increase in the present dues. Wilbur KuU. president of the ^ Association, called for a full mem bership meeting on the question to be held Dec. 13 at 8:30 in the To<wn iialL the group were advised that , it would be contrary to their by laws to call for more than one da^~" for vacation for the Christmas season and therefore, the official Merchants Association holiday will be Christmas Day. Individual merchants indicated that they will be closed Tuesday and Wednes day, too. CHEST* X-RAY CLINIC ,H The December chest x-ray cUnic will be held on Monday, Decem ber ltth, from 1-3 pm., at th« Hillsboro Health ~ is the last clinic the x-ray equipment ?tailed in a now trail«