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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 11, 1954
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KIDD BREWER'S
tfburtdup
IER SHOE... Remember the
tory about the big-footed fel
in the rooming house who
id labor up the stairs each
ft retire to his room early
around awhile, and then be
his preparations for bed by
iig off his shoes, Size 12. He
id take off one, let it hit
li'loor, and then just sit there
to many of us do—and think
[a spell before removing and
pping Hie ' Other- shoe.* ---:
ihile said cogitation was in
Lress each night, the* rest of
[house sat tensely doymstairs.
versation halted. The air was
with expectation while ever
waited for that other shoe,
knew that, sooner or later,
ould hit the floor with a re
ading thump. Then, and only
could everything get back
lormal.
he other shoe dropped this Ipast
[tend. Echoes of the thump
still hitting bamsides from
| end of the state to the other.
Scott dropped the first shoe
a year ago when he said
ething to the effect that, "they
so demed afraid Tm going
run against Willis Smith ...”
es, . the world-shaking an
ncement that' Scott would -in
[ run for the U. S. Senate came
o’clock Saturday afternoon.
[)VE THAT PAPER ... W. Kerr
t lives on publicity. If you
t to know what makes him
, take a long look at the press
r.: 11<> He particularly loves
Sunday morning paper. First
i-i ‘ hi the biggest circula
. And, just as important, peo
have more time for reading it.
>, Monday morning papers are
; and the newspaper boys,!
ving for copy, will come up'
i a rehash and new angles on
important ncvt breaking on
irday afternoon.
nd. too, people gather togeth
in little groups before and
r church throughout the State
nce-over-lightly discussion of
day’s ev.ents.
11 this, plus the fact that Scott
tf’i 1 lor Governor six year,
on February 6. made it al
t a must that he drop that
r brogan last Saturday .
s late as last Friday morning
were saying around Raleigh
he had decided to take the
ige at a speech to be made in
pel Hill on Wednesday night,
as of Friday afternoon vagrant
l"'■ ud Haw River would
1 to overflowing come Satur
at 3. And so it did.
Br a man who likes to spring
•rises, Kerr Scott came a crop
on this one. And, as day fol
i day for the next four weeks,
will see just how carefully
chitlin’-loving’ man planned
supposedly casual announce
t and th« booming pronounce
t which came after.
AGHINE MAN... Due to the
that Gov. William B. Umstead
reappointed so many Scott
ivarts and has given such little
ntion to building political
es-. the Haw River product i
undoubtedly be regarded as'
Machine Man in the race. J
B1’> he has been out of the •
ernor’s office only a few days
a year now and his contacts
still strong throughout every
lent of Noirth Carolina. There
a town, hamlet, or crossroads
uched Jay Kerr Scott. He’s a
gp®-^road machines
that is—and the wheels
been carefully oiled during
Past year out of public office,
is going to be real interest
to watch them start grinding
aine
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ORNER.. .Now in the other
er» wearing white trunks, a
ead weighing in at 190 pounds,
ie challenger: Alton Lennon
etimes known as the heifer
h Hanover.
°w were it not for the fact i
avid took Goliath—to quote
,,e scr'oture—Samson laid low,
°ss Philistines with the jaw-1
® °1 an ass, and one Harry’
juman slipped a mickey finn
, eu ent're Republican Party,
H. V. .Kaltenborn, Gallop,
‘Plinger thrown in, you would
(See ROUNDUP, page 2)
TaxAppeal
Procedure
Is Given
Hillsboro Property
Values Being Mailed
By Tax Supervisor
HILLSBORO — Notices of new
I valuations placed on both real and
personal property In Hillsboro
j Township are being mailed to
j Property owners thia weekv accord
ing to County Tax Supervisor S.
M. Gattis.
This procedure of notifying prop
erty owners of their new values
was chosen after the appraisal
firm failed to complete its work
in Hillsboro prior to the beginning
of tax listing on January 1. Scat
tered property which had not been
re-appraised in other townships is
also being included in the owner
notification program. In townships
other than, Hillsboro, however,
property values had been placed on
the tax • abstract forms prior to
listing time at 70% of market val
ue and owners were notified at the
time of listing.
In his letter to property owners
j Gattis advises them that in the e
vent their Values are out of line
with similar properties, or if er
rors are noted, they should review
their values by visiting the tax of
fice in the courthouse.
This general procedure has been
adopted in handling complaints of
tax valuations. The protesting
.owner will be given a form to ap
peal the value placed on his re at
or personal property, which he will
execute giving his own estimates
of the value. When this has been
returned to the tax office, the ap
praiser will visit the property
with the owner if an appointment
can be arranged. If they agree,
the »ew value will be fived at that,
time. If they can’t agree, the com
plainant will be asked to file a
notice of appeal to the Board of
Equalization and Review and ap
pointments will be scheduled for
sessions of this board beginning
on March 15.
The unsatisfied property own
ers are asked to visit the tax office
within 10 days of receipt of their
values in order that the tax work
can proceed on schedule.
6 From Orange
Will Attend
Party Dinner
CHAPEL HILL — At least six
party stalwarts from Orange Coun- J
ty will share the pronounced
southern flavor of the annual Jef
ferson - Jackson Day dinner of
North Carolina’s Democratic party j
in Raleigh Saturday night.
Mrs. Charles W. Stanford, party;
chairman, said yesterday that Or
ange County’s $300- quota had been
raised, which will Entitle the coun
ty to six seats at the party ban
quet. No announcement was made
as to who would be4 the actual re
cipients.
Dinner chairman is John D.
Larkins^ Jr., of Trenton. j
The principal speaker, U. S.
Senator Spessard L. Holland, is
not the only Florida item on the
program at the Hotel Sir Walter. |
Larkins said: Two items on the
banquet menu, the grapefruit and
the asparagus — will also be Flor
ida products. Even the piece de
have its origin in Florida, since
that state is a major cattle pro
ducer. i
The dinner this year will be
complete with Democratic banners,
Larkins said, in the form of the ^
special hand-painted cravats show-i
ing a series of very lively Demo
cratic donkeys and dispirited GpP
elephants. The neckties will be
worn by the first 50 county execu
tive committee chairmen, or their
designates, who fully subscribe
the suggested dinner quotas ot
their counties.
The fund - raising effort this
year is aimed toward at least e
qpaling the $29,000 raised for the
party in the 1953 event, the din
ner chairman said. A dinner res
ervation is made for the respective
counties for every multiple of $50
subscribed.
- W. KERR SCOTT
Haw River Squire off on Senate race ... open* speaking cam
paign in Chapel Hill last night. * *
New Rector Comes To Hillsboro
To Serve St. Mathews Church
The Rev. Lauton W. Pettit has
assumed his duties as the new
rector of St. Mathews Episcopal
Church, Hillsboro, and conducted
his first service there last Sunday.
The Rev. Mr. Pettit comes to the
Hillsboro church f^om St. John's
Episcopal Church .in Hglifaxj., Va,
where he has served since 1947.
With Mrs. Pettit, their daughter
Elizabeth Anne, 8, and son, Lau
ton II, 3, the new rector is resid
ing in the Ross Porter home while
tho parsonage is undergoing re
| pairs. ,
Mr. Pettit is a native of Lock
port, N. Y. He attended Hobart
College in New York State and
later graduated in 1942 from the
Virginia Seminary, in Alexandria.
Following his ordination, he serv
ed for two years as assistant rector
at St. John’s Church, Buffalo, N. Y.
from whence he came to Norden,
Va. where he Served five-churches
in the mountains and*coal fields
of that area. He went to Halifax in
1947.
Mrs. Pettit is a native of Ro
Chester, N. Y., a graduate of the
University of Rochester and at
tended Colgate Rochester Divin
ity School. Later she served as
director of religious education at
St. James Church in Batavia,. N. Y.
The Pettits will be introduced to
members of other church denom
inations in Hillsboro at a reception
to be held Sunday afternoon from
4 to 6 p.m. in Strudwiek Hall in
the Hillsboro Presbyterian Church.
JUDGE SHARP COMING
HILLSBORO — Judge Susie
Sharp, the precedent - breaking
woman jurist of the North Caro
lina Superior Court, will preside
at a week’s special term of civil
court to begin here next Monday.
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Forty three cases have been
docketed for trial.
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Dimes' Fund
Runs Behind
'53 Receipts
While contributions are still be
ing accepted in both Hillsboro and
Chapel Hill, a partial report of
receipts was released yesterday by
leaders in the March of Dimes
fund raising effort.
Although a number of reports
are still ’awaited and all of the
coin collection boxes remain to be
counted, County Chairman E. C.
Smith in Chapel Hill estimated
that total receipts would be short
of the $12,000 raised in last year’s
drive.
Superintendent G. Paul Carr
who handled the drive in the
county school system said $1,628..
36 was collected in ..that division
as compared to last year’s $2,114,
03. A breakdown of the contribu
tions by schools was as follows:
Hillsboro $400.51; West Hillsboro
$129.05; Murphy $108.40 Efland
$144.72; A.vcock $169.47; Carrboro
$334.08; White Cross $103.00; Cald
well $31.50; Efland Negro School
$37.37; Cedar Grove $69.10; and
Central $101 16.
Chapel Hill school children
raised $1,181.92.
The Mother’s March in Chapel |
Hill netted $751.22, the Jaycees
road block $343.92, and the Carr
boro Civic Club campaign direct
ed by Mrs. H. C. Riggsbee and Mrs.
Earl Settlemire cleared about $700.
In the Hillsboro area Chairman I
Vance Isenhnur said that $1108
had been received with a benefit
show still to be held on February
19 and coin boxes yet to be count
ed. He urged that those who had
not yet contributed to. send their,
donations to him as soon as possi-!
ble. The Hillsboro campaign netted
$1181.71 last year.
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Negro Farmers Win
Top Rural Prize Too
Odell H. Clayton
Files For Sheriff
3-Man Race Virtually
Assured; Clayton Is
Former Latta Deputy
HILLSBORO—At least * three^
man race for the office of Sheriff
of Orange County was virtually as
sured this week when Odell H.
Clayton, well known local citizen
and a former deputy sheriff, filed
his candidacy for the office with
the Chairman of the Board of E
lections.
Clayton paid the $41 filing fee
required for the office early Mon
day morning and announced he
was in the race.
In his announcement he said:
“After giving the matter thought
ful consideration, I have decided
to offer myself as a candidate for
the* office of Sheriff of Orange
County. - This decision was based
on my desire to serve all the citi
zens of the county in a position in
which I feel myself qualified by
experience and interest.
“If elected I promise to fulfill
the duties of this high office to
the best of my ability, giving equal
consideration and effort to each
man’s problems. It will be my
purpose to improve, if possible,
the services of this office to the
citizens of Orange County in line
with the best principles of law en
forcement and the opinions and
suggestions of any citizen* will be
appreciated by me.
“I am a life-long Democrat and
my candidacy is subject to the
will of the majority as it will be
expressed in the forthcoming Dem
ocratic Primary this May.”
Clayton, 39, is a native of Hills
boro, the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
John Clayton. He* was graduated
from Hillsboro High School and
attended Elon College. He had
served under Sheriff Sam Latta
as a deputy for about two years
ODELL H. CLAYTON
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| when he entered the Army in 1941.
; After four and a half years in
service, two of-which were in-the
European Theater, he returned to
his former post as Deputy Sher
iff, completing seven years in the
! Sheriff’s office before resigning
! several years ago to take a posl
| tion with the Eno plant of Duke
Power Company.
He is a son-in law of W. R-JRob
erts, who is currently a deputy
sheriff under Latta.
Meanwhile, Sheriff Latta, al
though he has made no formal an
nouncement, indicated he would
be a candidate to succeed himseli
in the. ofHes- he has he’d since
'1928.
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In Chapel Hill young Charles
W. Johnston, service station ope
rator and active Jaycee, is still
contemplating entering the race
for Sheriff. He expects to file very
shortly, say his friends. The News,
which first reported Johnston’s po
tential candidacy last week,- erron
eously referred to him as Sam C.
Johnston-It gladly makes this, cor
rection.
Chapel Hill Post To Present
Iron Lung To Memorial Hospital
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POLIO BENEFIT
The Hillsboto Club’s 1954 March
of Dimes Show has been re-sched
uled for February 19th at 8 P.M.
at the Hillboro High School Audi
torium.
This show was originally plann
ed for January 22nd but had to be
cancelled because of snow. Local
Talent and Woody Mashbum’s
Wanderers of the Wasteland will
be featured, will all proceeds go
ing to the Orange County March
of Dimes.
All tickets sold for the January
22nd performance will be good for
the February 19th show.'
Multilbra Rose Becomes Popular For Fencing
Dr. Ifoy Roberson, East of Chap
el Hill, put out several thousand
multiflora rose seedlings last year
to serve as a permanent fence.
Sample B. B'orbus, vfoose'fxtm
Western part 6l/t&e CountyT*"^
Elizabeth Kemble on No. 86 north
of Carrboro, C. Y. Tilson, East of
Calvander, and John E. Larsh Jr.,
near Damascus Church, are putting
out seedlings this spring.
The demand for the multiflora
rose is becoming greater each
vear, since it serves as a perma
nent fence in four or five years af
ter setting with proper soil prep
aration, fertilization, and cultiva
tion the first year. It also serves
as a nice hedge when properly lo
cated.
The plants are made available
v the N. C. Wildlife Resources
iommission as a part of their
irogram of protecting the wild
ife of the State. Donald J. Hankla,
be District Biologist, supervises
"the distribution of the materials.
Mr. Hankla’s office is in Burling
ton.
The Commission has been unable
■ -t y< kMTC VHtMui
to fill all the orders this year be
cause of the great demand. It is
hoped that there will be a greater
supply next year.
MULTIFLORA ROSE replaces wire and posts with a living fanee
on some of Orange County's farms. Above is a multiflora rose fence
f ~1~. M. Fowlei, of Mt. Moriah Community, is using is his soil and water
j conservation system. (Photo by Soil Conservation Service)
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► uhartiLi riiLiLi — An iron lung,
recently purchased by the Chapel
Hill Post, the American Legion,
will be presented to the North
Carolina Memorial Hospital here
Sunday at 3 p. m.
( Congressman Carl T. Durham,
a charter member of the local
post, is expected to make the pre
sentation during the ceremonies
in the -Hospital’s -auditorium on
the fourth floor. Orapge County
Representative John W. Umstead
] will accept the gift on behalf of
! the Board of Trustees.
! Dean William Wells will repre
sent the University and Dr. Robert
■ R. Cadmus, director of the hospi
jtal, will accept in its behalf. Colo
nel Henry Royall is in charge of
the presentation program for the
Ipost and Frank G. Umstead, post
commander, will introduce Mr.
Durham.
The iron lung was purchased at
a cost of approximately $1,600 by
the Chapel Hill post
DEMOCRATIC MEETING
— The Orange
buHty' Tfembiratir4' ExectrtiTe
Committee will meet .'at the court*
house Monday afternoon at 2 o’,
clock to nominate Democratic
members of the County Board of
Elections.
The date for the meeting coin
cides with that designated for the
entire estate by the State Demo
cratic Executive Committee for
acting upon the elections board
members.
EAGLE SCOUT
| Gordon Proctor, son of Mr. and
Mrs., Ben Proctor of Carr boro, was
: awarded Eagle Scout honors at Hie
Court of Honor held in Chapel
Hill Sunday night. He is a mem
bor of Explorer "PoSt No. 26.
Orange Makes Clean
. Sweep Of Top Awards
In Progress Program
HILLSBORO — Orange County
this week was declared the Coun
ty of the Year in Rural Progress
among Negroes in North Carolina,
thus giving the county a clean
-sweep of total first prize money of
$1,500 donated in the contest
M. C. Burt, Negro County Agent,
was notified of Orange County's
selection Monday.
Early in December Orange was
designated the County of the Year *
i and winner of the $1,000 first
prise in the state-wide challenge
contest among the White farm or
ganizations.
In Orange County both White
and Negro fanners participated in
the same program. Last year the
Orange Negro program was judg
ed among the first five in the
State.
The $1,000 prize won by White
farmers and $500 in the Negro
division will be presented by the
State officials at special ceremon
ies to be held at the courthouse
on February 425, which will also
serve aij ^rickoff meeting for the
>. 1954 Rural -Progress Program for
both White and Negro divisions.
Neighborhood leaders, business in
terest, and members of the Agri
cultural Workers Council will be
1 asked to attend.
The $500 prize was donated by
the Progressive Farmer magazine.'
Members of the committee visit
ing Orange County to make the
winning selection included Dr. R.
E. Reed, dean of the school of ag
1 riculture, A. A T. College; R. E.
■ Jones, state farm agent for Negro
* work, N, C. Extension Service; E.
F. Corbett, director of Public Re
lations, A & T College; and A. W.
Solomon, State field representa
tive for the Farm Bureau.
Other counties in the running
for the top prize incuded Rober
son, Edgecombe, Duplin and Rock
ingham.
Strowd Named
On Draft Board
To Fill Vacancy
HILI>SBORO—F. Eugene Strowd,
Chapel Hill businessman, has been
recommended for appointment by
I President Eisen h o w e r to the va-•
cancy on the Orange County Se
lective Service Board No. 69.
j The recommendation is tanta
mount to appointment. He will
succeed Clarence Pickard, who re
signed severaLmonths ago because
of ill health.
J Strowd, a partner in the furni
ture firm of Johnson-Strowd
Ward, was nominated by a com
mittee composed of Clerk of Court
E. -M. Lynch, School Superinten
dent G, Paul. Carr and Elections
Board Chairman E. Jr Hamlin and
Governor Umstead has forwarded
| their nomination to Washington
for the President’s action.
Other members of the local
board are G. O. Reitzel and Sam
uel Hughes.
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; Prayer Day
Is Proclaimed
At Hillsboro
Serf' -
Johnston yesterday proclaimed
March 5 as a Day of Prayer in
Hillsboro in connection with the
joint program being planned by
the churches for that day.
The proclamation:
I “WHEREAS, there are conditions
of tension and uncertainty in the
world today, and it is recognised
that many problems confronting
jus can be solved only with the
help of Almighty God; and
I “WHEREAS, March 5, the First
Friday of the Lenten season has
been declared a world wide day
of prayer in one hundred and four
countries;
“NOW, THEREFORE, I Ben G.
(See MAYOR, page 8) '