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-(Published Weekly) HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY. Oct/ 30 195*
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Ten Page* This Week
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Farm Meeting Tonight
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JT . . . The Charlotte Ob
fs Ralph Howland—who . is
[a bang-up good job as iRa
correspondent—was prob
he only reporter who notiic
J significant occurrence dur
nator Willis Smith’s news
lence held directly after he
led from Europe a few
ago.
called the news confab at
guest of reporters who want
put the proverbial bee on
ut current politics.
[anhour, Senator Smith dis
-his work in Europe this
tie close of the conference
tie question® as to Smith’s
|about Candidates Ike Eisen
and Adlai Stevenson.
It’s when Howland had his
en.
ORiD . : . Scott (Raleigh
•) Summer tiptoed into the
question like a school kid
g- a, graveyard. He had
, he said as casually as pos
some streetoorncr talk in
ing that Senator Smith was
oward the Stevenson-Spark
icket. Was it true?
ith leaned back in his chair:
xt move was carefully non
t, but it set a pattern which
e followed iby Governor W.
stead. Only Howland caught
■arently. Senator Smith flip
n a dictaphone, then began
Swer this anld other questions.
then on the conversation
ast. But all the while, every
'spoken in the Totwrr was be
ecorded. Smith was getting,
has, an undeniable record of
he did and did not say.
len.his actual statements are
ared with news .stories writ
>y reporters regarded1 as cool
nith, one is likely to get a
y good idea of the cfojectiv
pthe various Tar Heel news
drifting around the Democratic
rallies:
Roanoke Rapids Lawyer Julian
Allsbrook, defeated last spiring in
his bid for another term in the
State Senate, may be appointed by
W. Kerr Scott to succeed Judge
R. Hunt Parker,, who takes of
fice as Associate Justice of the
State Supreme Court as soon as
the returns are certified. Parker,
as you recall, is running for the
short terfh which goes fom Nov-1
ember to January, as well as for
the full term which commences in
January. :_ ”
Bill Sharpe may take over from
Charlie Parker as State Adver
tising Bureau chief. We find this
hard to understand1 inasmuch as
Sharpe recently bought State Mag
azine. However, rumors persist
that Sharpe may return to his
place.
Bill Whitley, William B. Um.1
stead’s publicity man and now
working in Democratic Headquar
ters, will succeed C. A. Upchurch,
Jr., as administrative assistant to
the chairman of the State High
way and Public Works Commis
sion .Upchurch, you remember,
Olive returning to the State atfer
handled the publicity for Hubert
this job was completed.
WITH THE POLLS . Hav-!
ing .flopped miserably iri 4948 at
the business of dipping into the
Presidential future, the pollsters’
guesses are loaded with hedges and
if’s. They seem to know that an
other miss might well mean the
end of such clairvoyance.
.Let’s take a look at them.
Eisenhower leads Stevenson in
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Traffic Experts
To Study Situation
1 KV:
lms, a former radio and news
man, has worked1 shoulder-)
oulder with the very men
were quizzing his boss. He!
knows a bit about how news- !
s sometimes get the wrong
Helms, it is very abviocs,1
there ds a tendency on the
of certain newspapers to das- 1
everything Smith does and
I
Neither Senator
s Smith nor his administra
assistant, Jesse Helms, has
anything about the reeord
is safe to say that the idea of
'ding the news conference
Helms’ idea.
is also a safe ibet that Helms (
he itching for Senator Smith’s
lies to attempt to use the diS
d newspaper accounts come
954 election when. Helms’ boss
t again come before the peo
tUTH . . . Actually, Smith
very little of significance at
news conference. The inter
Btion of what he said was sig
anf.
'iled down, Smith said:
That he does not know Can
ite Stevenson personally, but
Adlai Stevenson made a .fine .
ression at the Democratic Con
■km at Chicago.
That he (Smith) will vote the
ight ‘Democratic ticket this
r as he has always done.
That he disagrees with cer- j
| stands taken by Stevenson.
^ the campaign (such as FE-1
[ Taft-iKartly;, and socialized J
pieine) and therefore reserves
I right to oppose any part of
Reason’s program with which
I disagrees when—and if—it
fes before the Senate.
Path’s only statement regard
I Eisenhower was that he
hith) would take no part ini a
&Paign of abuse against the
aeral and that * further, he
u8ht Harry Truman was liurt
i Stevenson’s campaign.
/«■ Late last week Smith had j
^ved' 423 communications re
di.n.g his statements. Of those. 37
criticism of Smith’s posi
».
. . . Among the reports
At Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill — Traffic experts
agB hp spoored to make a study-of
the traffic situation- ini Chapel Hill
in accordance with action taken
by the Board of Aldermen Monday
night
The safety 'committee recom
mended that the Town Manager
follow this course in an effort to
alleviate congestion which has
characterized the community s
main throughfares for the past se
veral years.
In a session largely devoted to
routine matters the board received
requests for a street light on N.
Columbia Street and a no parking
area on East Rosemary near the
Presbyterian Church, and heard a
report of the audit for the year
ending June 1951, .
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PTA And Juniors
Plan Halloween
Fete At School
rhe Hillsboro P.T.A. and Jun
Class will sponsor a Halloween
rnival in the High School Audi
ium and gymnasium, on Friday,
tober 31, at 7:30 p.m. - .
\ ‘Talent Show’’ will be held in
> Auditorium. A special program
local talent from the school and
nmunity has been arranged, so
ng your family, friends amd
.ghfoors and enjoy an evening
^ the conclusion of this feature
the program, everyone is mvit
to go to the gymnasium whe.e
. Junior Class will have 5^pg~
[-he October Meeting of the PT
and the activities being carried
in the school.. Open House
served in all classrooms givin^
■ents and teachers an opportune
to discuss the childrens ,wc■
dr. Sawyer gave
e elections and are bl“ff Wl
. right of taking a part in our
,eminent. Therefore we were
Eed to go to the- polls and vote
order to saye our American Her
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t Mamie Rays’ fourth grade
<i the P.T.A. wishes to ex
he attendance prize.
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Farm men and women from all
1the w*mty wiU gather at the
Hillsboro High School tabight
(Thursday) at 7:30 o’clock to hear
county progress reports by neigh
hood leaders.
These reports will be short and
illustrated by colored pictures tak
en of farms in the county which
have added $1,000.00 to their gross
income this year, and of outstand
ing ■ community activities such as
new churches built, community
centers under construction, mail
boxes improved, and many othefl*.
Dr. Frank H. Jeter, State Col
lege Extension Farm editor and
noted radio- commentator,"' will
make a short talk. He will use
this program as material for his
next radio broadcast.
Prizes and»awards totaling $1,000
will be given to about 50 persdhs
for excellence in farm and home
making and in community activ
ities. To show the interest in some
of these contests, there were 22
rural organizations competing for
the “best community activities”.
The rural progress program has
than any other. The 100 neighbor,
hood leaders all agricultural work
ers apd-several business and civic
organizations have cooperated to
make it a success. The public is
invited to attend.
REVIVAL
The Ebenezer Baptist church
will have revival services begin
ning Sunday, November 2. Eve
ning services will be Monday
through Friday at 7:30.
The Rev. W Bryant Carr, pas
tor of Edgemont Baptist church of
Durham, N. C. will be the guest
minister for the occasion. Rev.
Carr is also moderator of Yates As
sociation.
The public is invited to attend.
OutPatieat Unit
Ready Ta Receive
Its Foil Qaeta
Chapel Hill—The Out Fattent
Department of the North Carolina
Memorial Hospital of the Univer
sity of North Carolina is now'rea
dy to receive its full qUota of pa
tients.
Purpose of the Department is to
receive patients whose financial
circumstances do not permit them
to pay professional fees. Patients
certified as being medically indi
gent by a county welfare depart
ment will be examined without
charge, although charges to wel
fare departments will be made for
tests and examinations beyond the
the routine admission tests and for
medications.
Fees for the Department are two
dollars for the first visit and one
dollar for return visits, the initial
fee including a combination of lab
oratory tests.
Out patients will be able to visit
the Hospital at a considerable sav
ing in time and expenses.
This economy is made possible
by an unusual arrangement in hos
versity has opened its teaching
pital schedules-abd clinicf .. .
The Dental School at the ttil
clinics for the diagnosis and treat
ment of patients.5 .
Paients are being accepted at a
nominal charge, reduced1 from the
, usual dental practice fees for vari
’ ous types of services. Anyone may
make appointments or obtain in
formation by telephoning or writ
ing.
The Dental School is open for
examination and treatment be
tween the hours of 10 a.m. to 1
p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, and
from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday. Saturday mean
ings are reserved for special treat
ment and for emergency care. The
hours will prevail until January.
Group Of 35 Carrboro Businessmen
Indicate Their Support Of Police Chief
Carrboro — Carrboro business
men are apparently split over the
ssue of dismissing their police
chief, J. Alvin Williams but the
oreponderan<pe of support seems
to be in favor his retention.
This week 35 Carrboro firms
and business men- are running paid
advertisements in this newspaper
and the Durham newspapadrs
oointing out that they did not sign
the original -petition- -which urged
his ouster.
A petition signed by 46 persons
representing 27 business firms in
Carrboro was presented to the
town board October 13 requesting
the chief’s discharge and- listing
1 reasons, including one that he
ivas “hurting business by his un
fair methods." Three other peti-,
ions with 72 signatures supporting
rim were also presented.
The matter will be taken up on
November 11 but sentiment in the
community this week seems to in
dicate little likeihood that he will
:>e ousted.
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For Safety Tape
To Be Set Up At Hill
A special station for applying
Scotchlite safety tape on automo
ailes will be set up at the inter
jection of Franklin and Columbia
streets down-town Saturday nior
un.? by the Jaycees.
Cass Johnson, in charge of the
jroject, said that drivers would be
nble to pull alongside the curt) at
i booth in front of the University
Service Station, where a crew of
raycees will apply the tape, and
Irive away in less than a minute.
V five-foot strip of the red reflec
ive tape will be put on the front
ir rear bumper of an auto for a
Icllar. <
The Jaycees have a franchise on
he distribution of this tape in- the
•ountry and are presently carry- >
ng it out as a combination safety
nd profit-making project. To date
ibout 300 autos in Chapel Hill
iave been equipped in this man- '
er.
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GARDEN CLUB CROCU8
The Hillsboro Garden Club has
liven away 1000 crocus bulbs to
ieautify Hillsboro’s highway and
treets for early spring. If any
ither residents of Churton St. or
it. Mary’s Road from Highway 70
nto town or just off these streets
»diere bloom would show on the
lighways would like to cooperate
n this project by planting crocus
iulbs, the Garden Club will be
iad to furnish the bulbsL Just call
diss Maude Brown, 3375, before
tfondr.y.
Local Methodist
Churches Get
New Pastors
The Rev. A. M. Williams, orig
inally from Linden will replace
the ^Rev. -W. L. Maness as pas
tor of the Hillsboro Methodist
Church. The Rev. Maness has
been transfered to Elm City;—
A graduate of State College arid
Duke University, Rev. Williams
has served several pastorates, the
and has one son 12 years old. He
will assume his duties here this
week.
Other ministers in the county
have returned to tfieir posts for
another year. They include: Wm.
•M. Howard, Chapel Hill; M. E.
Tyson, Carrboro; Henry B. Lewis,
Cedar Grove; J. R. Hailey, Orange
Charge .
The Rev. M. D. Tyson will as
sume his new duties as .pastor of
the Eno Methodist Church this
week also. He replaces the Rev.
W. C. Feltman.
Swelled registration roll*, in
creased requests lor absentee bal
lots and lever-pitch interest In
the forth coining national election
indicate next Tuesday’s General
Election in Orange County will
see the largest vote of local record.
This was the opinion yesterday
of elections officials and political
leaders of both parties as cam
paigning moved down the home
stretch for Tuesday’s big test.
Registration books closed last
Saturday after the biggest regular
pre-electon registration surge re-j
called. -X
While new registration figures
have not been reported by all reg
istrars, Elections Board Chairman
E. J. Hamlin estimated that at,
least 2,000 additional names were
added to the books in the coun-|
ty’s 16 precincts during the 10- (
day period the books were open.
Chapel HUl Voters Fase Possibility
Of Losing Vote If They Visit Polls Late
There is a definite possibility
that some Orange County citizens
may not be able to vote in next
Tuesday's General Election' unless
they go to.the polls early.
This is especially true in the,
crowded Chapel Hill precincts. I
Voters who may not be within the
voting enclosure at the time the
time the polls close at 6:30 will not
be entitled to cast their ballots in
accordance with North Carolina
law, ' .“.~. .
This was emphasized yesterday
by elections officials who pointed
out that if all registrants in Chap
el Hill north pTecinct voted they j
would have to pass the registrar’s
desk at the speed of less than a j
quarter of a minute each. About!
three voters a minute would have ,
to pass in the Chapel Hill south 1
precinct. Every voter must be
personally checked in the books by
the registrar before being given a
ballot. , • I
The following statement was is
sued by the county elections chair
man in an effort to prevent any
mix-up at the polls on election
day.
‘IMay I urge upon all citizens
the necessity for voting early. The
polls open at 6:30 a.m. and close at
6:30 p.m., and this is only 720
minutes of voting time. In some of
our precincts, due to a very heavy
new registration, there are be-1
1 tween 2000 and 3500 names on the
I registration books and this means ■
! each voter will have less than one- 1
j half minute to do his voting. If
] the voting does not start very ear
I ly in the mornipg and continue at
' a rapid rate throughout the day,
there is a .great danger that some
will not get the opportunity to
vete. The law prescribes that in
the event the time for closing the
polls comes when thereisaTarge"
, crowd waiting to vbte, only those
within the voting inclosure are
entitled to cast their ballots:” 1 ‘
NEW SHARON HONORS
MANESSES*
Monday evening, the members'
of New Sharon church met at the
church for a fellowship supper in
honor of the Rev. and Mrs. W. L.
Maness who will make their home I
in Elm City. Following a picnic
supper and a short talk by Mr.
Maness, the honorees were pre
senteda- gift- of crystal and an
electric perculator. Abound one
hundred members of tAe church
were present.
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Cho'iceS
^ Tuesday
Orange County elections offi
cials this week received detailed
instructions for distribution to
precinct officials regarding the
marking of ballots in next Tuea.
day’s General Election.
The instructions emphasized
that the only correct way to vote
for president and vice-president
is to mark an “X” in either tht
Democratic or Republican circle
at the top of the Presidential
ballot. * -
There is no way for a voter to
choose the presidential candidate
of one party and the viee-presi
iential candidate of another. The
Board of Elections said to attempt
this “would void the ballot."
North Carolina law also does not
allow Democrats who wish to vote
tor Eisenhower and Nixon to «?b
without marking their ‘‘X’’ in the
Ftemiblican circle on the presiden
tial ballot. The Attorney General
>f Texas recently ruled that if. vot
ers there should strike out Steven
son and Sparkman and write in
Eisenhower and Nixon on the Dem.
acratic side of the ballot, the vot
;s would be counted for Eisenhow
er |md Nixon. However, this can
not he done in North Carolina. j
The Board of Elections said the
state law allowing write-in votes
Joes not apply to the presidential,
aallot. “Any write-in on the Pre?- j
idential ballot voids that ballot
as there is no way for it to be coun
ed.”
For ballots - other than Presi
dential ballot the law allows three
different ways to mark it:
(1) If the voter wishes to vote
his ticket straigh, he simply marks
his “X” in the circle at the top for
the party of his choice. This
means he is voting for all the nom
inees of that party andi he does
not have to mark each name in
dividually.
(2) If he voter wishes to vote
the ticket straight with a couple
of exceptions, he can' mark his “X”
beside the nominees of the other
party for whom he wishes to vdte.
This means he is voting for all the
nominees of his party except those
of the other party tha he has
marked Individually.
(3) If he voter chooses, he can
disregard ihe party circle at1 the
top and place his marks beside
the name of each candidate for
whom he wishes to vote.
On all ballots except presiden
tial, the voter can “write-in” nam
es of candidates in cases where he
does not care to vote for the nom
inee of his party nor the nominee
of the other party. The voter can ;
also write in a name in a race
where his party does not have a
nominee entered.
Another CROP
Organizational
Meeting Planned
The next meeting of CROP will
be held at. the Hillsboro Presby
terian Church Sunday afternoon
at 3 o'clock. The purpose of tho
meeting will be for further or
ganization along the community
line.
At a previous meeting County
officers were elected as follows:
Chairman ,A. K. McAdams; Vice
Chairman, Mrs. Clyde Roberts;
Co-Chairman, Clem Cheek; Trea
surer, Wilson Colej Commodity
Chairman, Charles M. Walker, Jr.|
Directors, R. L. Mohler, Mrs. C.
W. Stanford, M. C. Burt, J. M.
Murfree.
The goal that has been set for
the year is 1,000 bu. of grain.
For the Sunday meeting the
leading citizens of the county have
been nvited to attend!.
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Meeting Planned
To Consider 1953
Economic Outlook
Teams of specialists .from
College will meet with farmers,
home agents and county agents in
Orange and 94 other counties next
month to consider the economic
outlook for 1953, Dorris D. BrOwn,
farm management specialist for
the State College Extension Ser
vice, and Miss Mam.ie Whisnant,
home management extension spe
cialist, (have announced.. ___1
The outlook meeting will toe
held in Orange on'Nov. 10, accord
ing to Don S. Matheson counTV
agent for the State .College, Ex
tension Service.
.The meSingsy most of which
start at 10 a.m. and 2 pm. each
week day from November »5
through November 21, are toeing
conducted to provide farm fami- I
lies wiith “an increased amount of
timely economic information,” Ma
theson said. .
Five teams of State College ex
tension specialists will cover the
State, devoting two hours to each
meeting. The programs will con
sider four topics: ' H
Factors that influence futcre
prices; likely commodity prices in
1953; the outlook for consume*;
and application of the outlook to
the farm and home business. Ma
theson pointed out that the meet
ings are toeing held now to make
economic information available
before fanners plan their 1953 pro
grams. The outlook meetings will
supplement rather than take the
place of farm management schools
held in many counties each year.
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Grange, Veteran
Fanners Pitch In
For Sick Neighbor
Schley Grange sponsored an aid
program Monday to help one of
their members who is in the hos
pital.
Henry Johnson, a prominent
young farmer on Hillsboro, ftt. l,
has been in Watts Hospital for
some time. At first he was report
ed to have insecticide poisoning,
then he was reported' to have polio,
hut now it appears that no one
imovra ju*t exacts iiimat his mu
ll^' is.
Monday, members of about 96
Grange families along with the
nembers of the local Veterans
‘'arm Training Program gathered
md stored about 20 acres of JohiV
»on’s corn. The program was an
ill day affair and the women
served lunch .at* the grange hall.
Johnson is a veteran of World
SVar 11 and formerly a student In
he VFT Program.
(Saturday will be Challenge Day
during which registrars during fee
hours from 9 to S o’clock may ac
cept challenges on the eligibility
of voters for later determination
of their right to vote in the forth
coming election.
In Chapel Hill alone some 1150
new voters were added, bringing
th*e total on the books to some
thing over 5,500 for the two pre
cincts. Hillsboro added 275 and
rural precincts such as Efland and
Hock Springs added *4 and 42 re
spectively. The estimated new'
registration swelled the total on the
books to around 12,000, largest
figure yet recorded. This may not
be exactly accurate however,
since many registrars may not
have obtained exact counts after
purging books of deceased persons
or those moved away since the
1950 new registration.
Preparations were going for- v
ward today for delivery of ballots
and other elections materials to
the precincts tomorrow.
The appointment of four new
Judges of Election was announced
(by the elections chairman. They
were Hoy Shelton Sparrow, Re
publican, at Carrboro; Troy Wil
kins, Republican art Patterson*,
'Mrs. W. A. White, Democrat,
Chapel Hill southside; and H. J.
Smith Jr., Democrat, Hillsboro.
Other elections officials are the
same as have served previously
in the primary election last
Spring.
Orange County voters will have
fcur-ballots to mark when they go
to the polls next Tuesday. .
In Chapel Hill and Carrboro, an
additional ballot for Chapel Hill
Township constable will be pro
vided .
One ballot will be for indicating
the voters choice of presidential
candidates and another will be on
three proposed . constitutional
! amendments. Another ballot con
tains the names of State Candidat
es and candidates for Member of
Congress in the Sixth Congress
ional District; and still another is
for state legislative and county of
fices. « * • *
i Op the count,; ticket, B«lf$? H
of Alamance County if un
opposed for the State Senate. J
W. Umstead Jr. for the House of L:
Representatives is opposed by W.
G. Fields Jr. For County Com
missioner Sim L. Efland, R. O.
.Forrest and R. J. M. Hobbs,
| Democrats, are opposed by M. L. ,
Cates Sr., George Harvard and
Claude A. Gray, Republicans.
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The amendments ort which the
voters are asked to indicate a
1. FOR or AGAINST limiting
the amount of total State _ and
county tax which may be levied
on property to twenty Oents- (20c) _
on the one hundred dollars ($100
00), valuation.
2. FOR or AGAINST amend
ment to fill a vacancy occurring in
the General Assembly by death,
resignation or otherwise by im
mediate appointment of the Gov
ernor, upon the recommendation
of the executive committee of the
county inwhich the deceased or
resigned member was resident, be
ing the executive committee of the
political party with which the de
deased or resigned member was
affiliated at the time of his elec
tion. -
3. FOR or AGAINST amend
ment providing a uniform method
of filling vacancies in certain State
offices.
Top interest in the General Elec,
tion centers on the presidential
race where Democrat* Adlai E.
Stevenson and John Sparkman op
pose Dwight D. Eisenhower and
dency and vice-presidency respec
Ftiahard M. Nixon for the prod*
tively.
Congressman Carl T. Durham
and .Republican Louis Ferree are
in the contest for the sixth con
gressional District seat.
State Ticket
The state ticket is as follows:
Governor—Democrat William B.
Umstead and Republican H. F.
Sea well, Jr. >
Lieutenant governor—Democrat
Luther iH. Hodges and Republican
Warren H. Pritchard.
Secretary of State — Democrat
Thad Eure and Republican Grank
G. Carr.
State auditor—Democrat Henry
K. Bridges and Republican J A
Maultsby, Sr."'
State treasurer — Democrat
Brandon P. Hodges and Republi
can S. C. Eggers.
Attorney general *— Democrat
Harry MoMullan and Republican