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of Orange County up with tho now* over the county by THE NEWS of Count? y; rant or pot a fob W the classified ads r ? of THE NEWS of Or, ^LUME61 NUMBER 2 HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL MILL, N. THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, ltS4 SIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK KIDD BREWER'S » > / §1 '%:4m ffa/e/f/t flomtfap ON FEB. Id. . -On February 10, ays w. Kerr Scott of Haw River, i/will announce publicly his long (waited decision about running for ie U. S Senate seat now held by jton A Lennon. Scott has received a lot of pub licity via the guessing game. That . thousands upon thousands of ’ords have been written within the ast year as to whether he would ictually become a candidate. NoW all that kind of writing oust cease come February 10. A smart politician, Scott has carried incertainty to the limit. Since he s a blitzkrieg campaigner, he can seep you on the fence until you snow not whence — or something, i That he has already made up his mind to rSn, however, was in dicated here last week. It didn’t get in the papers, but Bill Whit tiey visited at least two Raleigh printing concerns — names on re quest _ candidly stating he was obtaining price lists for various types of printing and advertising to be used in W. Kerr Scott’s cam paign for the U. S. Senate. Whitley may have been out ex ploring on his own, but it is doubt ful.-Afld, you ask, just who is Bill Whitley? Well, he was last in the limelight as publicity man for one William B. Umstead in the spripg )f 1952. RUMORS. . .Bob Thompson, for mer editor of the High Point En terprise, is now operating one of Raleigh’S most popular public re lations firms. Associated with Bob in the firm is Good Wife Bess who is said'by some to be a more ad roit word handler than her hus band. But Bob suits us to a T, and we miss his writings. He is still on radio, though, and nearly every body in political Raleigh delays lunch a little on Sunday to hear him on WRAL. He always has something interesting. A couple of Sundays back, for instance, he said that Gov. William B. Umstead had at last Jound a slot for Alton A. Lennon. Brother Bob went on to explain that the Governor felt he had made a mistake in naming Lennon to the U. S. Senate — fine talk here just a few weeks prior to February 10 — and that he would name him to the State Supreme Court vacan cy to be created when Chief Justice Devin steps down this spring. On the other hand, the rigid word around Raleigh last weekend was that Kerr Scott had definitely decided not to run for the Senate, but would on February 10 an nounce Dr. Frank Graham’s cand idacy. Those who reported this latter rumor always began it by saying “. . .now this is graveyard, • 1 -’’. and ended with *. . .1 lot it straight. . . .!” And to all such chatter and graveyardy items a sleepy ho hum. LOOKING INTO IT. . .For three ®r four weeks now we have been hammering away .03 the strange re ationship between Carolina Mo tor Club and the State of North Carolina. We have reported how numerous e emPl°yees have been pro \l w'th memberships which in ude insurance programs. All at o cost. We concluded by pointing that this setup is unfair t6 er insurance companies and yuig that the whole thing would ear looking into—. jn„ ~. 0f c°urse' without mention . ls column— last week start it 1 ° ing very thing. The mon thin«°ke?’ the worse it; g°t Thi get ♦ W*u' ta^e more hammering ti g t t0 the beltom of the pile. rpivii^T many letters we have re j, ’ 1 Want to quote one whicl Jther typical from Forest city vnnr 6 F,orest City Courier run rearii We.e^iy column and I enjo; ly rtinV* VCry much> and especial in tv, r, aPPreciate ther discussioi rni,_e ^ecember 30th issue of th< ^otorTcLregarA t0 Car°lini everJ * as you are Correct ii that f Statement you made abou thic if™' ' i am going to discus, hono ♦u?er ^th our board, am hnno ... W1U1 our board, a throng31 something can be do over ? °Ur association and age. to othe country. as it is not f agents of North Caroli See ROUNDUP, Page 2 many rarm Advances. But Tobacco Loss Is Over Million Many Advances Made * Despite Income Loss From Tobacco Crop (Following is the annual re port of the County Farm Agent which is published without re. vision or comment.) 1. (The 1953 tobacco crop will .bring about $1,400,000. This is over a million dollars less than the 1952 crop brought, and less than half of the 1951 Crop. The severe drought was the principal cause of the loss. Cost of producing this crop left little profit, if any, to the farmer. 2. In spite of dry weather, 350 white families seeded ladino clover grass pastures according to Ex periment recommendations. 3. 117 grade A dairymen in the county received approximately $1,. 000,000 from milk sold 8 new grade A dairies have been built. 4. 60 dairymen increased their income by more than $1,000 dur ing the year. 5. 1,055 dairy cows were bred artifically to proven sires. A Dairy Herd Testing Association was also set up this-year,. „ . .. ....... > ..... 6. The increase in beef cattle production is best illustrated'by census figures, of brood cows on the farms: 1951 — 885; 1952 — 1,350; 1953 — 1,887: 7. Prices received by beef cattle producers at the District Feeder Calf sale held at the Farmer’s Ex change Livesctock Market were as follows: 1952 — 215 head sold $28.15; 1953 — 240 head sold $16.80. 8. • Half interest in a $6,000 polled Hereford bull was purchased by a local breeder. fi. 50 beef and dairy farmers filled trench silos with legumes, grass, and drought stricken corn. 10. 45 beef producers increased their income by more than $1,000 during the year. 11. 30 4-H Club members fed out 31 steers for the Durham Fat Stock Show. 12. All showmanship prizes a warded at the Durham Fat Stock Show were won for the eighty straight year by Orange 4-H mem bers. 13. 25 4-H members now have beef steers on feed for next year’s show. -•—• 14. Interest in commercial swine production has increased consider ably this year, due largely to the continued high prices for pork. 15 159 families sold 3 or more top hogs during the year. 16. 57 families increased their gross income from hogs by more than $1,000 over 1952. 17. One outbreak of the danger ous “VE” disease occured, but was quickly, liquidated by state and federal authorities. 18. Orange County 4-H Club „ (See CROP LOSS, page 8) Troubles Pile Up For Family Man In Court Hillsboro — Domestic troubles exploded all over Orange County Recorder’s Court this week. Charlie Crabtree, local man, fac ed the heaviest accumulation of trouble with four charges against him. He was given two months on the roads for assaulting his wife and blacking her eye and another two months for forcible trespass into the home where the estranged wife was staying. He was bound over to Superior'Court under $500 bond for shooting at her while she was working at Eno mill — the charge assault with a deadly weap on with intent to kill. In another case for non support prayer for judgment was. continued pending his serving the two sentences -to see if he resumes support of his family. Dock Andrews for assaulting a female was fined $25 and costs an<f Otto T. Brown received the same for a similar charge. For another female assault, Gene Bradsher was fined $15 and costs. Robert D. Warren was fined $100 and costs for drunken driving and Felix F. Parker and John Gray Smith were fined $25 and costs for reckless driving. Four public drunks who were assessed the costs of court included Her man Lloyd Gravitte, Earl Smith, (See COURT, page 8) ~ Area Gets First Snow In Spell Orange County received its first real blanket of white in several j years Monday night when approxi mately 1M> inches of snow cover ed the county. . ‘ iThe snow was preceded by rain which turned into sleet, forming a frozen base on the ground to which the snow quickly stuck once it started falling. Schools throughout the county with the exception of Chapel Hill, Carrboro and White Cross were closed all day Tuesday but were resumed yesterday. Almost record low temperatures for this area have been recorded The past sev eral nights. Although the weather warmed up considerably during the day Tuesday and yesterday, some snow still clings to the ground in shady places. The highways for the most part have remained clear, and there have been no re ports of serious accidents as re sult of the weather. HER*, **£*** -A*ry-tr^rGrWPr^Sunday er in The Lost Colony is Mt.-A.ry o ^ Su|,ivan "Toast of the night he was featured on the coast- of the floor shows he Town" show. This photo ^ ^ Colty Shrine Club during the Lost did on a part time l^asis at Dare toun r Colony season of 1953. EAGLE MASONIC LODGE NO. 19 INSTALLS NEW OFFICERS—At the regular meating of Eagle Masonic Lodge No. 19, on Friday, January •, the annual installation ceremony was held with Past Master Charles M. Walker, Sr, acting as Installing Officer. Officers installed and those taking part in the installation are shown above as follows: Front Row: C. Wayland Sharpe, Senior Deacon, Hilton W. Pope, Senior Warden; Charles A. Williams, Jr., Master; Oscar L. Lashmit, Jr., Junior Warden; J. Everette Forrest, Junior Dea con. Second Row: Winfield M. Baldwin, Jr., Senior Steward; Hubert O. Bivins, Treasurer; W. Ernest Bell, Secretary; J. More I la Harris, Junior Steward. Back row: Charles M. Walker, Jr., Retiring Master; W. L. Smith, Tyler; Charles M. Walker, Sr., Installing Officer and Rev. J. R. Haley. H. O. Bivins also acted as Marshal. Exchange Club Plans Talent Show To Aid March Of Dines ---*-;-«-4 Tobacco Information Meeting On Monday Hillsboro—Tobacco farmers all over the county will meet at Ay-; cock School house, (/edar Grove, I Monday night, at 7:30 o’clock to hear tobacco specialists from State College bring the latest Experi-, ment Station information pertain- \ ing to the production rijid market-1 ing of tobacco. County Agent Don Matheson says that these specialists will dis cuss the best varieties to use, how to control nematodes, what to do about black shank, and they will give the outlook for the tobacco market in 1954. Matheson urges all tobacco farmers to attend this meeting. Ray Is New President Of Exchange Club * Hillsboro — Jack Ray will be in stalled tonight as the new president of the local Exchange Club at the regular meeting of the club at Co lonial Inn. Other officers to be installed are H. G. Coleman Jr., vice president; W. B. Coleman, secretary; and Bob by Knight, treasurer. New Boaad of Control members to be installed include: Marion Allison, retiring president, .G. A. Cannady and W. C. Mangum. G. C. MeBane has been appointed to the board to fill the unexpired term of Bobby Knight; Several officers of the State Ex change Club will be present to con. duct the installation ceremony. Ray, the incoming president, has been active in projects of the club for several years. B & L Stockholders Meeting Next Tuesday The Hillsboro Building and Loan association yesterday announced its annual Stockholders’ meeting will be held next Tuesday, January 19, at the association offices. 'Miners' ■*jwW >- be, ^elected- at., ife, time and a review of the yea¥ s work will be presented. In a financial statement prepar ed as of the close of business De cember 31, for publication and submission to the State Banking Commissioner, the association list ed $1,397,432.59 in assets, $1,319, 674.22 in liabilities, and $77,668.37 in reserves and undivided profits. CEDAR GROVE RURITAN The Cedar Grove Ruritan Club held its regular monthly meeting Thursday, January 7. A delicious supper was served by the Home Demonstration Club! to the 46 members- present. Don Matheson, county agent of: Orange County, was gupst speaker, j He spoke on his recent business trip to the Virgin Islands. | HILLSBORO — Plans have been announced by the Exchange Club Of Hillsboro to stage a local Tal ent Show for tjie benefit of the March of Dimes on January 22nd at the. Hillsboro High School Audi torium beginning at 8 p.m. The winner of this talent contest will be given a guest appearance on television station WFMY-TV in Greensboro. Anyone wishing to take part is urged to contact W. C. Mangum as soon as possible. In addition to thC talent show, a program featuring Woody Mash burn and “The Wanderers of the Wasteland” will be presented. This group appears three times a week on WFMY-TV and its cast includes Miss Myrna Howerton, local singer. Advance tickets are now on sale by members of the Exchange Club. All proceeds from this show will go to the Orange County March of Dimes campaign now in progress. Emergency Feed Again Available The local Agricultural Stabiliza tion Conservation office is again taking applications for emergency mixed-feeds' and hay under the Government’s Drought Emergency Program. . A. K. McAdams, ASC . officer manager, said yesterday that the county had recently received an allotment of 80 more tons of hay of which some 15 tons had already been issued: The remainder will be issued on a “‘first come, first serve” basis to those who are eligi ble The program, which was stopped on December 17 after the supply of cottonseed meal, included in the mixed-feed formula, became exhausted, was resumed last week. Applications are subject to the approval of the Orange County Drought Committee, with mixed feeds being made available for feeding cattle, sheep and goals. Friends Group Plans Peace Workshop CHAPEL HILL — The American Friends Service Committee, in co operation with an interfaith, inter racial, interdenominational group of women’s church organizations and the Chapel Hill branch of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, will hold Peace Education Workshops at the Congregational Christian Church, Cameron Avenue, on January 21, from 2 to 9:30 p.m. The workshops are set up for Sunday School teachers and church workers but are of interest to par ents, recreation workers, and to the general membership of-reli gious organizations. There will-be a registration fee of $2.00, which includes a ticket to the supper in the Hut of the Congregational Christian Church. ■»% ! Professor Arthur C. Banks, Jr., of the Political Science Depart ment of North Carolina College, Durham, will make the main ad dress. His subject will be: ‘Tlje Church’s Itesponsibiity for Worldj jOrder.” In the evening, the film, l “A Time for Greatness,” will be shown. The film was produced by the American Friends Society. The workshops will be led by i Miss Mary Esther McWhirter for the teachers of children; by Miss Anne Queen, for workers with teen agers; and by Dr. Burt Bouman for adults. Miss McWhirter is di rector of Peace Education for child ren’s work on the staff of the j American Friends Service Com mittee, Philadelphia. Miss "Queen is college secretary for the Soul." eastern Region of the American ! Friends Service Committee in ^ Greensboro, Dr. Bouman is direc tor of Church Peace Education in 1 Philadelphia. He was formerly min ister at the First Baptist Church in South Bend, Indiana. Also, he has served as executive secretary I for the Michigan Council of Churches. Driving Is Slower In Area Now Speed Watch Recording Device Is Credited With Improvement Patrolman Mann Norris of the Highway Patrol confirmed for the local area this week the trend to ward slower driving on State high ways noted by the State Highway Commission for the State as a whole. Norris said only three accidents bad been recorded thus far. this . year in the Hillsboro-Northern Orange area which he serves along with Patrolmen. T. P. Smith and M. C. Parnell. He termed this con siderably better than the record of a year ago. He attributed most of the credit for the noticeable reduction in speed to the consistent use of the speed watch recording device here duriiy; the past several months. He said the device would, be used reg ularly in the future and might be found at any place in the area. He said the patrol is particularly anx ious that all drivers be warned of its expected use in order that .they cap govern themselves according ly. Judge L. J. Phipps, who has watched the mechanical device op erate served notice in Orange County court this week that he in tends to treat with great respect the evidence of prosecuting wit nesses* who base their testimony on the stop watch records. In one case, a young fellow with a pre vious conviction for fast driving came into court and testified he had been driving 70 miles per hour, but the speed watch had said he was making over d5. Jtdgc Phip'p **pointed to the virtual in fallibility of the machine, fined the youth $35 and costs, and opin ed that his two companions, both of whom confirmed his 70-mph claim, should also have been in dicted. The commission said the s’ower driving observed “represents the first significant reversal in an up ward speed- trend which started over three years ago.” The report said its observations gave it no data “as to the cause of this reversal in trend.” However, it came after the State Highway Patrol under Motor Vehicles Com missioner Ed Scheidt started a de termined drive to catch speeders. The Highway Commission checks were made from Oct 5-30. Check ing devices similar to those being used by patrolmen were used and the report said many drivers slowed down when they observed the checkers. These vehicles were . eliminated from the study. The report said/the over all speed reduction' f»r all, vehicles checked — was about two miles an,hour and.. all classes of vehicles were affect ed. The largest decline in the high er speed brackets was noted in commercial vehicles. Their aver age speed dropped from 44.7 miles per hour to 42.2 and-only 11.9 per cent were traveling faster than 50 as compared with 17 to 22 per cent in previous checks. Local passenger cars’ average speed dropped to 462 miles per hour as compared with 47.8 last year. Foreign cars and buses continu ed to be ,the fastest vehicles checked. Ample funds ;7or disaster loans to farmers in this area are avail able, according to the best infor mation The News has been ab’e to get regarding help for those who had a crop failure as result of the drought. Regular sources of credit for many growers are limited and there will be need for money to make another crop. Disaster loans can be made to put farmers on a cash basis for the 1954 crop, but such funds caiinot be used to pay old debts. Walter McPherson, Farmers Home Administration representa tive in this county, said a meeting to which agricultural officials, mer chants and business men who do most of the trading with farmers have been invited will be held this morning at 10 ’oclock at the court house to explain the various pro visions of the Disaster Loan Pro jgram. A State official of the FHA will be here to make the presenta tion. FHA loans are made on a crop lien and bear three percent inter est. Loans must be repaid out of proceeds from the crop. The loans are very much like the old seed loans but the interest rate is more favorable. The loans will be handled through a supervised bank ac- j count and will be budgeted ac cording to needs. Borrowers are j not given the lump sum to use in discriminately. In the case of a sharecropper the landlord is required to waive his interests until the loan is paid. All loans must be approved by the county committee, and this committee requires that each bor rower carry crop insurance. In cases where both the land lord and sharecropper seek loans, there is a double waiver of inter ests until loans are paid. One of these loans to a sharecropper does not take away any of the respon sibility of the landlord to see that a crop is made, for the landlord is also involved in the successful out come of the venture. Disaster loans are available to farmers who need them, subject to the approval of the county om mittee.
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