of Orango County
with thojpowa
keep up
, a|| ovor tho eoui
ing THE NEW
ige County.
HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL. N. C„
FRIDAY, JANUARY 79, 19S4
druggist in Winston-Salem—had
last found what it was like for
| Democrat to receive a formal
[sit from a Republican boss.
[Republicans no doubt had simi
L visits from Democratic su
eriors back in 1933, when losing
reasury secretary numpiirey in
immediate protest, in the strong
it ferms-^-by phnoe, wire or let
There’s no telling how many
st terms—by phone, wire or let
■r—Humphrey has received to this
our protesting the “injection of
olitics” in the sale of savings
onds in Morth Carolina.
We doubt that even one of them
rill be worth a plug nickel.
Good Druggist James should
ealize he has been given a real
tepublican concoction consisting of
me part strychnine and two parts
irsenic with just a dash of castor
>il thrown in to make it more ef
ective. His death pains may be
ong and lambastuous—but no less
■njoyable as far as starving Re
mblicans are concerned.
Good Democrat that he is, Alli
son should be familiar with An
Irew Jackson, circa 1830, the
spoils system, and all that. And
the fact that James is a good man
and has done a wonderful job
will make little difference.
Time may come when he will
say this firing was for the best.
I can sympathize with him, having
lost out when J. M. Broughton
defeated W. B. Umstead for the
U. S. Senate. But the loss of my
position was a blessing in disguise.
May it be so with Allison James.
Harry Gatton, you remember,
was with the Treasury Department
in Washington. He moved before
the Republicans could get him, is
now administrative assistant to
Senator Alton A. Lennon. Even if
Lennon should be defeated for re
election, the change in jobs was a
wise decision for a hot Democrat
like Gatton.
GUESSING—The experts (any
body coming into Raleigh from out
in the State) were saying all sorts
of things here last week.
Add them all up and it still
comes out confusion.
But there was one significant
thought to be gained from all the
talk: The people of North Carolina
are anxious for one of those Katie
bar-the-dor campaigns between
Kerr Scott and Alton Lennon. (That
means root-hog-or-die, knock
down-drag-out, devil - take - the -
handmost, and a dozen or two
other cliches of similar vintage.
_-Trying to pin
- ■■ - and-the
speculation was like holding hands
with an octupus.
The minute an "informer” from
the western part of the State un
loaded some “reliable” gossip, up
came an equally “reliable source”
from the other end of the line.
But throwing out the chaff and
after analysing the apparent truths
of politics, here’s what the politi
cal situation looked like last week
at least as this corner saw it.
HE WILL—Kerr Scott will run
—but he could be a lot happier
about the way his advance plan
ning is turning out.
First of all, he isn’t getting the
money he had hoped—and really
expected—to. get. But he’s getting
some — probably more than you
realize. And some of it is coming
(See ROUNDUP, page 2)
Jones Chosen
Commissioner
To Assembly
Clarence D. Jones of Hillsboro
was one of five Presbyterian elders
elected from Orange Presbytery to
be commissioners to the 1954 Gen
eral Assembly of the Church to be
held at Montreat May 27-June 1.
Stephen A. White of Mebane was
also elected among the group of
about 15 nominees presented at the
meeting of Presbytery last Thurs
day at Asheboro.
Jones is Clerk of Session at the
Hillsboro Presbyterian Church and
an active layman in the Presby
terian denomination.
In other actions at the session of
Presbytery, the recently organized
Covenant Presbyterian Church at
Chapel Hill, formed by one faction
of the Chapel Hill Presbyterian
Church as result of their disagree
ment with the liberal policies fol
lowed by the Rev. Charles Jones
before his final ouster by Orange
PfeSbytery, was dissolved.
The Presbytery took the action
at the request of the church’s con
gregation and pastor, the Rev. Wil
liam R. Thurman who is now serv
ing as a supply pastor in this area.
As result of recent developments
at the Chapel Hill Presbyterian
Church, the Presbyterian .situation
in that community has calmed con
siderably and Moderator John
Whitley quoted members of the
new church and their pastor as
saying there was little to be gain
ed by having two Presbyterian
churches in Chapel Hill.
Presbyterian
Pastor Report
Said In Error
Chapel Hill—No new pastor has
been called by the Chapel Hill
Presbyterian Church, despite re
ports last week in the daily press
to the contrary.
In connection with news articles
on the dissoluti|On of the Covenant
Presbyterian Church last Friday it
was reported that Dr. John Leith
of Auburn, Ala., had been called to
the local pulpit. Members of the
church’s pulpit committee seeking
a pastor this week said the report
was erroneous, that neither Dr.
Leith nor. anyone else had been
called by the congregation.
Dr. Leith did visit Chapel Hill on
invitation to look the situation
over, but made no commitment and
has not formally been called.
But No Tradition-Busting Here
New Look For Old Well; Replica Is Plqnned
By Charles Kuwait
One fall afternoon- in 1897, a
man nanied Edwin A. Alderman
who had not yet been president
of the University for a year,- looked
out his South Building window
and worked up a furrow in ..his
brow.
What the saw was the UNC cam
pus well, old, squalid, and ram
shackled. He decided then to “add
a little beauty to the grim, austere
dignity of the old campus,” and
with the help of the University
registrar who was an amateur
draftsman, a ‘little temple” soon
rose on the spot. ♦ •
As. Alderman predicted, the lit
tle temple has since stolen its
people.
' dofu
wind
shields. It has become a Univer
sity symbol to students and towns
people and far-flung alumni.
And this year, a new chapter is
to be written in the history of the
Old Well. Operations Director J. S.
Bennett revealed yesterday that
the Well is to be torn down this
spring and replaced with a nearly
exact replica and that extensive
landscaping of the gravelled area
surrounding it will take place.
University officials ~h°P£ to have
the whole works finished by com
mencement this year. _
Here are the changes to be
•wrought by the buildmg and
grounds men: *
A base of limestone or. granite
to replace the present concrete.
(See OW WELL, page 4)
It is engraved on official
ments and stuck on car
PAINTERS TOUCH UP WELL LAST
This Spring: New Well For Old
SUMMER
w. CAREY DOW. JR
THE Charlotte nms
1927 -1**7
F'RTSlDtNt
N.C VRESv ASSOCIATION
- 5930
THIS M-SKORIAL HAS 8► > N PRESENTED
BY HIS MANY fRIENDS WHO k; AKDFD HIM
AS A CODtfAGHOUS NEWSPAPf K.VA.N EXTONI SIT
OF ALL THAT IS BEST IN JOURNAU'M AND
*\LOYAL DISTINGUISHED CITUTN Of n» < SLATS
A BRONZE BAS RELIEF PLAQUB of the late W. Caray Dowd,
Jr., of Charlotte, former president of the North Carolina Press Asso
ciation, will be presented to the University in a ceremony at the
dosing session of the Press Institute W Chapel Hill Saturday morn
ing. The plaque is pictured above. ■
ff ■ ■ ♦ , .►
Bronze Plaque Of Former Press
Leader To Be Presented UNC ±
A bronze bas relief plaque of
the late W. Carey Dowd, Jr., for
mer president of the North Caro
lina Press Association, will be
presented to the University by a
group of his friends and associ
ate*- ,in a ceremony- at the final
session of the North Carolina
Newspaper Institute at Chapel Hill
Saturday morning.
The presentation will be made
at the Past Presidents’ Breakfast,
an annual feature of the North
Carolina Press Association meet
ing here in connection with the
annual Press Institute.
Josh L. Horne, publisher of the
Rocky Mount Telegram, and a
warm friend and associate of the
former publisher of The Charlotte
News who died in 1949, will pre
sent the plaque. Chancellor Rob
ert B. House will receive it for the
University. When the new home of
the University’s School of Journal
ism is completed, the plaque will
be promjneritly displayed in the
structure.
Mr. Dowd was president of the
North Carolina Press Association
in 1929*90 and was actntfly ident
ified with the Association.,for the
30 years that he was in the news
paper business. He was deeply in
terested in the Schorfl of Journal
ism and left a bequest to the
school in his will.
The bronze plaque, a life-size
likeness of Mr. Dowd, is the work
of Mrs. Sarah Everett Toy of Char
lotte, widely-known Southern
sculptress. Mrs. Toy attended
Sweetbriar College, studied sculp
ture at the Pennsylvania Academy
of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, and
also studied with George Deme
trios of Gloucfisteiy Mass., nation
ally known sculptor and teacher.
Her executed sculpture includes
life-size figures, portrait heads of
adults and children, terra cotta
sketches, garden rebels and animal
groups.
The plaque bears this inscrip
tion:
“Jhis memorial has bees- pre-r
(See PLAQUE, page 8)
Board Chairman Urges Tax
Complainers To Get Facts
Five Voting Precincts
For Chapel Hill Asked
Committee Recommends
Division Of Present
Precincts To Board
CHAPEL HILL — Five voting
precincts for the Town of Chapel
Hill to replace the two into which
the area is now divided for pri
maries and general elections have
been recommended by a commit
tee of 10 named by the two local
Democratic precinct chairmen.
A report of the committee's
recommendations has been- for
warded to Chairman E. J. Hamlin
of the County Board of Elections,
who indicated his committee would
act promptly on the suggestions, in
order to place them into effect by
the opening of the registration
period in late April.
A decision will likewise be made
as to whether a complete new
registration wiH be required in
tha new precincts or whether
names can be. transferred to the
new books which will be set up
for the hew’ precincts.
Generally, the committee rec
ommended that the two present
precincts be split with Columbia
and Franklin Street dividing lines,
and a fifth precinct be added for
the Glen Lennox area. The ‘divi
sion would leave a few voters who
live West of the Smith Level Road
and who have been voting in Chap
el Hill out of the district and the
committee recommended that these
voters should be added to the
Oit boro voting pveclif-'t.
Under the committee’s plan, pre
cincts would be designated by
numbers and polling places would
be as follows: No. 1, Town Hall;
No. 2, American Legion Hut; No. 3,
undecided; No. 4, Chapel Hill
School; No. 5, Glen Lennox School.
Boundaries of the proposed pre
cincts would be as follows under
the committee’s recommendations:
Chapel Hill Precinct No. 1 would
be all of the land in the present
Chapel Hill North Side Precinct
which lies west of the Chapel Hill
Airport Road, North of Franklin
Street, East of the Carrboro city
limits until it strikes the railroad,
and East of thb railroad and South
of Patterson Precinct.
—4Shanel HkH Precinct No.. 2 would
•be the area that is -now in Chapel
Hill North Side, which ties East of
the Chapel Hill Airport Road, North
of Franklin Street, and Franklin
Street Extension and the present
Durham Road, and South of Patter
son Precinct. This precinct would
be bounded on the east by Durham
County. -
Chapel Hill Precinct No. 3 would
take a part of the present Chapel
Hill South Side and a part of the
present Chapel Hill North Side and
would be all of the area East of
Chapel Hill-Pittsboro Highway and
Columbia Street, South of Franklin
Street and the Durham Road, and
Northwest of the By-Pass Road over
U.S. Highway No. 15.
Chapel Hill Precinct No. 4 would
be that part of the present Chapel
Hill South Side Precinct which
lies West of the Chapel Hill
Pittsboro Highway and Columbia
Street, South of Franklin Street,
(See PRECINCTS, page 8)
DR. FRANK P. GRAHAM ...
pr*»n v«k»r tonight. S«« story,
••
Garvin Says
• Federal Funds ]
Are Reduced
Hillsboro—Dr. 0. D. Garvin, dis-^
trict health officer, told members
of the Hillsboro Lions club Tues
day night that 72 percent of the!
funds for operating the Health De
partment must come from the
county next year.
“It is now up to the people of
the county to decide, what they
w£nl,” he said, indicating that pre
viously much larger proportions of
the cost had been derived from
Federal and State funds. Only $5,
800 in Federal funds will be left
he said.
In his remarklFlhe health officer
described the various operations of
his department to protect the citi
zens of the county and described as
“very good” the fact that Only 31
babies were born in Orange last
year with only midwife attendance
He said 88% of the babies bom of
Orange parents last year were born
in hospitals with previous care by
physicians.
* Little Additional Tax
Revenues Contemplated;
Many May Pay Less
HiUsboro—Chairman Robert O.
Forrest of the Orange County
Board of Commissioners yesterday
urged citizens of the county to
learn “all the facts” before becom
ing alarmed about their new prop
erty values.
Taking note of the widespread
unrest throughout the county
which has resulted from the re
valuation program conducted by
the J. M. Cleminshaw ("’ampany,
Forrest issued a statement in which
he discussed tentative plans of the
Board regarding next year's budget
prospect!.... -- ---
He indicated that substantial tax
increases could not be expected
for a great many people unless a
great many, people' paid less taxes.
Hb further indicated that addition
al revenues now contemplated
would be no more than 5% above
this year’s budget. An annual in
crease of 5% in total property
value has been the normal expect
ancy in this county for many years.
He emphasized that the Com
missioners have no desire to raise
the county revenue more than is
necessary to dperate the county
government at present levels and
provide "possible modest increases --
for schools.” Further, he urged any
taxpayers so desiring to visit the
tax office to compare values and
if still dissatisfied to appeal to the
Commissioners on Marth 15 when
they meet as a Board of Equaliza
tion and Review.
His complete statement was as
follows:
“Of the complaints that I have
received on the devaluation, all are
complaining of an increased tax
bill.
“This cannot be true to any ap
preciable extent for a great many
people, since additional revenue
now contemplated is no more than
1>% above last year’s Tevenue. ‘
Some people’s taxes will go up, but
many others will go down. That is
equalization and the goal which the
Board of Commissioners is seek
ing in the revaluation progr-am^
"As a member of your Board of
County Commissioners I would like
to appeal to the taxpayers of Or
ange County to learn all the facts
(See TAXES, page 8)
Fair Warning
Deadlines Are Coming Up
The big deadlines, as far as most'
Orange Countians are concerned,
will be January 31 and Februray 1.
In this category are: state and
municipal auto and truck license
tags, county tax listing, federal in
come tax W-2 forms and recon
ciliation statements by employers,
and payment of 1933 city and coun
ty taxes.
Actually the deadline for buying
State license tags will not come
until February 1, since January 31
falls on a Sunday.
iThree towns in the county are
selling municipal vehicle plates at
4l each. A check of town clerks in
each yesterday indicated 632 had
been sold in Chapel Hill, 120 in
Hillsboro and 180 in Carfboro. On
the basis last year’s tax listings,
about 2,000 are to be sold in Chap
el Hill, 300 in Hillsboro and 375 in
Carrboro.
List takers for county 1954 tax
es will be at their regular places
"Of ' listing through this-week, and
after then those who have failed
to list their property for taxing
must go to the county tax office in
the courthouse. After the deadline,
a penalty of $1 will be charged for
late listing.
January 31 is the deadline for
employers in commerce and.indus
try and certain farm operators and
housewives to file their quarterly
social security tax returns on their
employes who worked .during the
months of'October, November and
December, 1953. .This return must
be filed with the director if Inter
nal Revenue, Greensboro, North
Carolina.
Those who have failed to pay
their 1953 city and«county taxes
by January 31 must pay a one per
cent penalty during February, a
two per cent penalty during March
and one-half of one per cent will
be added to the two percent mon
thly thereafter.
Housewives already know it and
Congressmen are finding it out
with the resultant demands for
investigation, committee probes,
and the like. ■ : -
The subject has become front
page news across the nation, and
what it is, is coffee prices.
They’re outrageously high and
according to the trade folks In
the know they’re going consider
ably higher. The better grade's are
now selling here for $1.05 a pound
bag and $1.10 a pound tin. By the
last of. February coffee will be up
toj$125 per pouMEieuW ttUftt
may be more of a bargain than
you think. If coffee were grown
in this country, they say, one
pound would cost six dollars.
The direct reason for the in
crease is, in its.elf, a simple one,
says the publication, Coffee and
Tea Industries, which has been
published continuously for more
than 76 years. The cost of the raw
product, green coffee, Mas gone up.
The coffee industry in this
country doesn’t produce any of
that raw product. All of it is im
ported. The industry is a service
operation - processing, packaging,
marketing distributing tfr*
coffee.
Coffee companies announced
the price increases reluctantly.
But the rise in green coffee left
no other choice.
Why did green coffee costs go
up?
For a reason as natural as the
drought which hit our own South
west last fall, bringing in its wake
higher citrus fruit, vegetable and
milk prices.
We are now entering the after
math of that frost damage.
The effects are pronounced be
cause the frost loss comes on top
of an already tight world situa
i (See COFFEE, page S)