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IEWS of Orenpe County.
JME 60 NUMBER 13
(Published Weekly Since 1893)
HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C.,
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THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1953
Price: $2 a Year; Sc Single Copy
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
KIDD BREWER’S
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STRENGTH ... Of the
in the State Senate, not
khan perhaps a dozen, in
Brother Ralph and the Re
ins, can be regarded as Kerr
lisciples or devotees.
Le House, it’s quite another
|t has a strong sprinkling of
trength, according to our in
lion. Opinion here is that it
I be a toss-up today between
Villis Smith and former Gov
fccott if the two were being
upon for the U.S. Senate by
members of the House,
[can watch the Scott follow
[ the Legislature by following
the pieces of legislation
j might be regarded as slaps
former Governor.
j measure restoring to Assist
Idget Director Dave Coltrane
better than $3,000 in back
a direct paddling for Scott,
egislature is showing that it
vith Coltrane over his erst
J friend who couldn’t take it
|Coltrane pulled for Umstead
ago.
\. Umstead’s reorganization of
ate Highway Commiss;on and
Dving in boldly on the Board
iservation and Development
it whines and whimpers and
ers of “unfair” from Scott
ters. Now some few have op
f the moves on solid grounds;
thought they felt Scott-lov
Instituents looking over their
Sers; and a handful dreamed
|rr Scott in the U.S. Senate
vanted to be remembered
the faithful if and when.
|>ther legislative item which
out Scott support and
ed feelings kicked in ungen
ily fashion the State Elec
ioard. Democrats imthe wpst
funties—where being a Demo
sn’t as easy as eastward —
for a long time now despised
Section group. In fact, it did
ently appear that the Board
Actions leaned to the Republi
certainly away from the
Democratic organizations to
the party looked every elec
or strength in the mountains,
cott refused to take any ac
liis burned the old liners up,
st week they pushed along
11 which would kick the
at board members out of of
midsummer instead of the
I December exitf
[DAYS . . . Members of the
Mature are now paid for only
|ys’ work. They receive some
for this three months, and
Additional time spent in Ra
[ is at their own expense.
90-day period will be up in
two weeks now. With board
oom running in the neighbor
j of $10 a day—and consider
|more than that when home
come to Raleigh and are
[picking up the check—don’t
ft the Legislature to run far
ae red. A week beyond April
ght to do it, that’s what Lt.
Luther Hodges surmises.
en the Legislature has oper
for long seasons—as for in
in 1931 and 1933—it was
y because the House and
e could not agree on some
controversial matter. In
for example, the big argu
delaying adjournment had to
ith the $225 million bond is
the $25 million outright ap
ation for schoolhouses, and
ipping into the huge reserve
accumulated meticulously by
mors Broughton and Cherry
ard times.
group of men from <
—conferees is the offi
-was appointed in 194S
out differences of opin
is always a time-consun
opment.
at old gemoetric theorem
ffect that things equal to
thing are equal to each ol
es in that the one strong b
arm°ny between House
ie is the name, influence
respect for, Gov. William
*ad. Love for him is appgr
luch stronger in the Sei
i° the House. But there u
See ROUNDUP, Page 2J
Morgan Gets !
20-25 Years
For Murder
Hillsboro—Paul Morgan, who the
State said beat his wife to death
three years ago and lived for
the next two and a half years und
er an assumed name in another
part of the State, was sentenced
to serve from 20 to 25 years in
the State prison by Judge Chester
Morris during the final days of the
week’s criminal session of Superior
Court.
The jury found Morgan gijdl|^
of second degree murder.
Morgan through his attorneys,
Jerry B. Stone and Lloyd Noell,
who were originally appointed by
the court, entered, notice of appeal
and bond was set at $10,000.
In another capital case Tommie
Robertson, Hillsboro Negro, got a
term of two to five years for man
slaughter for the shooting of his
brother-in-law in a drunken affair
in his home here last month.
In a lengthy trial in which both
sides brought out charges and ac
cusations, Robert Horace Butler
and his young wife battled over
her abandonment charge. In the
end, the jury found itself unable
to agree and a mistrial was ordered
and the case continued.
Decisions rendered in other cas
es included:
Alice Pauline Riggsbee divorced
from James B. Riggsbee; Joe G.
Hogan, non support, not guilty;
Robert Williams, public drunken
ness, $15 and costs; Dave Thomp
sonson, trespass and assault with
deadly weapon, carrying a conceal
ed weapon, public drunkenness
and disorderly conduct, 12 months
on roads for assault, 30 days oh
roads for tresspass, & months on
roads for carrying concealed wea
pon, sentences to run concurrent,
appealed. r
Wreck Victim's
Condition Said
To Be Serious
Hillsboro—Mac Blackwelder, lo
cal man who was injured in a
wreck 2 miles East of Hillsboro
Saturday, was reported to be in a
very serious condition Wednesday,
i Saturday afternoon Blackwelder
in a ’51 Ford Pickup was traveling
Past on highway 70 about 2 mile?
from Hillsboro when an unidenti
fied boy about 8 years old ran into
the road in front of him. In an at
tempt- to avoid hitting the child,
Blackwelder lost control of the
truck and hit a 10 foot embank
ment that turned the truck over
three times and'finally threw him
out of the truck up the embank
ment.
Blackwelder was rushed to Watts
Hospital where he was reported to
have a broken back, several brok
en ribs, a punctured lung, and la
cerations of the head and face.
Since Saturday he has developed
pneumonia.
Investigating patrolmen T. P.
Smith and M, C. Parnell stated
that the truck was a total loss.
Students Win
Music Honors
At Festival ,
Hillsboro—Hillsboro Junior High
School was well represented in the
District Music Festival held Satur
day, March 21, at Meredith-College
in Raleigh.
Hilda Strayhorn received a rating
jf “excellent” for playing Polonaise
by Bach and Sonatina in C Major
by Kuhlua. Sylvia Strayhorn play- ,
sd Gavotte by Bach and White ‘
Caps by Carre for a rating of “ex- (
;ellent plus”. Phyllis Blake receiv- ,
;d a rating of “excellent” for play
ing Prelude in D Minor by Bach ,
ind By the Lagoon by Saperton. (
Ml three were given very favor- ,
ible criticism by the adjudicator. .
As a musical workshop, these ^
hree pianists with Anne Roberts, ^
)ianist, representing Senior High, ]
assisted by Richard Armfield, ten- i
>r, Paul Goodwin, baritone, and (
Juck Roberts accompanist, ’gave a .
:hapel program that was well re- ^
reived by the high school students. (
Mrs. E. M. Lockhart, teacher of
lie group has expressed belie! that
his has been a year of outstanding 1
nusical experience for all of them, i
DR. HAROLD J. DUDLEY
Presbyterians
. To Hear Synod
Leader in NC
Hillsboro—Continuing its policy
of filling its pulpit with outstand
ing '^ministers during the interim
It is without a regular pastor, the
Hillsboro Presbyterian Church will
present the Rev. Harold J. Dudley,
D.D., general secretary of the Sy
nod of North Carolina, at the 11
o’clock service next Sunday.
‘ Last Sunday the Rev. T. Henry
Patterson, executive secretary of
Orange Presbytery, occupied the
local pulpit.
Dr. Dudley is a native of Rich
mond, Va. After graduation from
Hampden-Sydney, he taught and
coached at Woodbury Forest
School, and later graduated from
Union Theological Seminary J at
Richmond with the B.D. degree and
did post-graduate work from 1934
1936. In 1941 he received the Th.M.
degree from the same institution.
Southwestern Presbyterian College,
Memphis, Tennessee conferred on
him the degree of Doctor of Divin
ity in 1945.
From 1929 to 1932 Pr. Dudley
was Director of Religious Educa
tion and Assistant Pastor at the
First Presbyterian Church, Lynch
Continued on Page 8
Group Named
To Push Cancer
Four Orange County committee
members have been named by
Car! Smith, of Chapel Hill, who
will direct the American Cancer
Society’s 1953 crusade in the coun
ty beginning April 1. They are:
County Agent Don Mathewson, Mrs.
Virginia Warren, Mrs. Betty Pow
ell and Assistant County Agent
M. C. Burt.
which is a. joint fund-raising and
educational campaign, will be
“Cancer strikes one in five,
Strike back, Give^” Chairman
Smith announced.
“This appeal Was chosen,” the
chairman said, “because it includ
es all the facts necessary in asking
the people of Orange County to
help fight such a well known and
common enemy as cancer. When
we urge people to ‘strike back’
through their interest and con
tributions we are saking that they
actively do something about the
disease that annually kills more
than 220,000 Americans. Some of
these victims are Orange County
residents.”
Educational films will be shown
during the campaign to acquaint
county residents with simple home
methods for the early detection of
cancer. Date and time for ithe
film showings will be announced
in the ORANGE COUNTY NEWS.
CANTATA ON PALM SUNDAY
The Chancel-choir will present
an Easter cantata entitled "The
Empty Tomb" by Rob Roy Peery
next Sunday, Palm Sunday, at
5:00 in the afternoon at the
Hillsboro Presbyterian Church.
Everyone is cordially invited to.,
attend.
Soloists for the cantata will be
Mrs. Oliver Clayton and Mrs. T.
P. Smith sopranos,'Mrs. J.W.
Dickson, alto^Sidriey Green,
tenor, and Clare^'**f D. Jfones,
baritone. The prouram will be
under the direction of Mrs. C.
D. Jones, with Mrs. R. E. Warren
at the console.
Crusade Here
Official
crusade,
County's Red Cross Chapter
$200 Short Of Campaiqn Goal
The Orange County Chapter of
the American Red Cross is $200.
short of the Fund Goal set for the
March Campaign.
To date $1300 has been turned
in to the Fund Chairman Vance
Martin and $700 in addition has
been reported, but not turned in by
the division chairmen.
The leading division is the Hills
boro residential district. Mrs. Don
Matheson .chairman of this divis
ion.
Tom Bivins, Chapter Chairman,
reported yesterday that 13 divis
ions were short of their goal.
A special appeal is being made
to mothers over the nation: “That
a child may walk—that a soldier
may live—give generously of funds
and blood”. From the same pint of
blood comes Gamma Globulin for
children and serum albumin for
the fighting man. To be able to
continue this program the Red
Cross must have blood and money
to pay for the processing of the
blood.
Gas Franchise Difficulties
Resolved By Company Chief
Church Names Conference Committee
Membership Wants Thompson
Legacy To Benefit Community
Efland—Members of the 29-mem
ber Efland Presbyterian Church
have expresed a desire to use its
Will Ed Thompson legacy for the
benefit of the total community and
its future generations.
A committee composed of John
Efland, Jr., chairman, Mrs. J. S.
Forrest and Howard McAdams was
named to confer with Attorney
Clarence Ross pf Graham, the ex
ecutor of the will and trustee of
the trust fund to be set up under
its provisions.
Ross said yesterday he had ad
vised the committee he would not
confer with them for some time
yet, pending a iy>re complete com
pilation of the assets of the estate.
Currently he is checking up on
money on deposit in various banks
and checking deeds on the various
pieces of real property in Ala
mance, Orange, Guilford and Dur
ham counties. He said he had no
different idea on the total valua
tion of the estate than that given
in his original estimate filed ^vhen
the will was probated.
All but two active members of
the Efland Presbyterian Church
met for two hours on Sunday even
ing, March 22nd to discuss the
terms of the will of the late Mr.
Thompson. The session was high
lighted by much open and frank
discussion concerning the legacy,
according to a statement released
at its conclusion.
The congregation passed the fol
lowing resolution to be released at
this time with the desire th^t fur
ther comment be delayed until the
committee has completed its task
and reported.back.
“The members of the Efland
Presbyterian Church met the night
of Sunday, March 22nd, 1953, to dis
cuss the legacy of one of its mem
bers, the late Mr. Will Ed Thomp
son. They appointed a committee
of three to represent the congre
gation in conferring with the ex
ecutor of the will, Mr. Clarence
Ross. They also expressed their de
sire to use the gift from the former
Mr. Thompson for the benefit of
the total community and its future
generations.”
Officers of the church are:
The Session: Rev. John E. En
sign^ Moderator; Eugene McAdams,
Clerk of Session; D. E. Forrest; and
Wilson Efland.
The Diaconate: John Efland, Jr.,
chairman; John Efland, Sr., Frank
Efland, and Burch McAdams.
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Milk, Poultry Bills Are Cited
Umstead Sees Denial Of Many
Fund Requests Of Real Merit
By John W. Umstoad Jr.
Representative, General Assembly
Definite progress toward ad
journment of this session of the
legislature should be made this
week. It seems that most of the
local bills have been introduced
and the committees are reporting
them for action by both bodies.
Such action takes time but a large
majority of them should be finial
ly passed during the week.
The sub-committee on controver
sial items in the appropriations bill
came back and started to work in
earnest on their problems on Mon
day afternoon. I was named to this
subcommittee and they will do
well if they can finish their work
during this week and next. Then
their report will have to go to the
joint appropriations committee for
final action before being reported
to the house. There were so many
requests for additional funds that
we know that all cannot be grant
ed. This sub-committee must look
into all of these requests and at
tempt to grant those that are most
urgent. ^
The largest increases were asked
for the institutions of higher learn
ing, the mental institutions and the
public schools. All these increases
have merit but some of them will
have to be denied unless we are
to have tax schedule adjustments.
The final report on income tax
revenue is not yet available but
there is little hope that this re
port will show an increase over es
Box Score On
Local Legislation
Statu* of the various local bills
in the General Assembly as re
ported this week by the Institute
of Government is a* follows:
Bills on county officials fees,
county officials salaries, assist
ant coroner, JP fees, county of
ficials per diem, dog warden
have all been finally ratified.
The county commissioners
election bill has passed both the
House and Senate; the Chapel
Hill zoning power extension bill
has passed the house, been re
ceived in the Senate and sent
to committee, as has the disor
derly conduct measure and the
Chapel Hill officers bond act/
the Recorder's Court prosecutor
bill has passed both houses.
timates to allow many of the addi
tional requests. We will have to
grant the most urgent and wait
for another two years for many
services that we had hoped to have
provided by this session.
As to the program recofnmended
by the Governor there is little
chance that all his recommenda
tions will be taken care of. They
can only be carried out by adjust- \
ment of sales tax schedules and
there will be much opposition to |
this in spite of the fact that almost |
all members of the assembly feel
kindly toward the Governor. They
say that they cannot see their way
clear to increase taxes at this time.
During this week there will be
a public hearing on the milk con
trol bill introduced by Senator
Scott. This bill is intended to pro
tect the producers of grade A milk
and has the support of both the
Grange and the Farm Bureau. 1
understand that it will be opposed
by some of the processor and by
some of the large dealers in dairy (
products. The Senate Committee
on Agriculture of which Senator
Scott is chairman will hold the pub
lic hearing. I hope that some of
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BRITISH THEOLOGIAN at
Chapel Hill — Dr. E. C. Rust, a
British mathematical and atomic
physicist who became a Baptist
theologian, will address a group
of University of North Carblina
students Thursday afternoon at
the YMCA and a Family Night
program at the Chapel Hill Bap
tist Church Thursday night at
6:30. The public is invited to
both lectures.
Public Invited
To 2 Lectures
By Englishman
Chapel Hill—Dr. E. C. Rust, a
British mathematical and atomic
physicist who turned Baptist theol
ogian, will speak twice in Chapel
Hill Thursday, March 26.
We will address a group of the
University of North Carolina stu
dents meeting under the sponsor
ship of the YWCA at 4 o’clock
in the afternoon and he will appear
as the featured speaker at the
Family Night program at 6:30 at
the Baptist Church of Chapel Hill*
The public is invited to both
lectures.
Dr. Rust is a native of Grave
send, Kent, England. He received
his scientific education at the Royal
College of Science, London Univer
sity, attaining first class honors
in mathematics and receiving two
degrees in science. After being
awarded his master’s degree, he
did advanced work in mathemati
cal and atomic physics. He holds
an A.R.C.S. in mathematics and
physics from the Royal College
of Science and a D.I.C. from Im
perial College.
When Dr. Rust turned from sci
ence to theology, he entered Ox
ford University from which he was
awarded three degrees in Chris
tian theology. He later entered the
Baptist ministry and served church
es in Bath, Birmingham, and Hud
dersfield, England. In 146 he was
invited to become professor of Bib
lical and historical theology and
philosophy of religion in Rawdon
College, University of Leeds, which
post he now holds. He is author of
several books and is in wide de
mand as a lecturer in the field of
Christian Apologetics.
Dr. Rust will conclude the March
Family Night series at the Baptist
Church of Chapel Hill with a dls
:ussion of “Science and Prayer."
Previous addresses in the series
have been delivered by the pastor.
Dr. Samuel Tilden Habel, on the
topics, “What Is Prayer?” “How
Men Pray” and “The Lord’s Pray
;r”
SHERIFF DESTROYS STILL
Hillsboro—The Sheriffs depart
ment discovered and cut down a
small still located about 200 yards
iff the Faucette’s Mill road, two
ind a half miles northwest of Hil
sboro, in a raid Tuesday afternoon.
The still complete with two cop
per worms was destroyed along
with about 2,000 gallons of fer-|
nented mash."There was no one
working at the still at the time of
he raid.
Zeigler Sees Get
Possible In 90 Days
- Chapel Hill—The air of contro
versy and uncertainty which had
grown around the proposed distri
bution of natural gas in Chapel
Hill and Carr boro vanished into
thin air here Monday night in the
face of a spirit of cooperation gen
erated by the affable president of
the Public Service Company of
North Carolina, Inc.
| C. B. Zeigler, a dapper little man
who exuded good will with every
utterance, appeared before the
Board of Aldermen and apologised
for the delay in the matter of ap
proval of the proposed franchise
to permit distribution of natural
gas in Chapel Hill,
“I am sure we have po difficul
ties that cannot be straightened
out to the satisfaction of every
body,” he said and proposed that
he return to iron out any differ
ences with the Aldermen at their
convenience anytime after April 2.
He said his company was spend
ing about 11 million dollars in
North Carolina to bring natural
gas and its desire was to have
nothing less than the support of
everyone and an opportunity to
render service.
He told Mayor J. S. Gibson of
Carrboro he would like to meet
with his committee at the same
time since the proposed franchises
were the same.
The ire of the local municipal
board had been aroi^cu'' the
failure of the public service com
pany to act on a proposed fran
chise which the Aldermen had ap
proved in January 1951 and the
company’s apparent intent to go
ahea.1 with the distribution of nat
ural j, 19SJ0 franchise
which this Alderman did not feel
offered-sufficient protection to the
town.
He told officials that his com
pany could begin distribution here
in 90 days. A 10” pipe will bring
the gas to Chapel Hill from Bur
lington and from a point south of
Chapel Hill an 8” pipe will carry
the load to Raleigh and a 6” line
will go off to Durham. Zeigler
said his.company had no plans to
include Mebane and Hillsboro in
the distribution at this time but
this would .be investigated in the
future. He promised to come to
Hillsboro at a later date to look in
to the possibilities there. _ _
He described nautral gas as
being about 30 per cent cheaper
than manufactured gas and the
cost of construction of the pipe
line was about the same as build
ing a two-lane highway.
In other actions, the Aldermen
agreed to negotiate with the Board
of County Commissioners relative °
to the county’s use of the town tax
map and the purchase of a radio
for the dog warden’s truck. Aider
man Kenneth Putnam suggested
some sort of reciprocal service to
be provided by the county in con
nection with the tax map, possibly
arranging for the county to add
the names of all property owners
to the maps during the current
revaluation by the professional
firm now doing thfe work.
Two paving and curb and gutter
requests were deferred until bud
get making time. Auditor Earl
Peacock proposed writing off a
number of old accounts owed by
citizens for garbage fees and other
matters which he termed uncol
lectible and it was voted that this
be worked out in committee.
Legion Plans
Easter Hunt
The American Legion Post 85 is
sponsoring an Easter Egg Hunt on
Easter Monday at 2:30 p.m. for
children up to 10 years old.
The hunt will be conducted by
the Legion Auxiliary and the
groups will be divided according
to age. Prizes will be awarded to
winners in each age group.
Among' the prizes will be a sil
ver dollar, easter bunny and movie
tickets.
Any child in Orange Coflnty who
wishes to join the fun is cordially
invited. The group will meet at ->
the Legion Hut.