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1MC 61 NUMObK 10
HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1*54
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soil, buy, ront or got e |ofc
by using tho clossHiod ode
on pogo 7 of THE NEWS
of Orongo County
TEN PAGES THIS WEEK
KIDD BREWER'S
■tfEY JOB . . . How can the
Lho handled William B. Urn
i publicity two years ago
[traight face and good grace
[about-face and wax enthus
[ior the man who is oppos
1 nstead’s appointee to the
enate?
. Whitley is busily sending
lose news releases about the
Ihons apd talkathons and' all
[bull calves. Two years ago,
[Pattie, he was telling the
febout Bill Umstead as a boy
hg onto a Dixie plow as he
red across sun-baked ridges
Irharh County! '
L we have the man so bitter
|ed by Umstead supporters
ears ago now turning verbal
keels for Alton A. Lennon
(upchurch rather stumbled
cott camp in 1947 when he
[ded Thomas Greenwood as
list for the N.'C. Dept, of Ag
a re. He stayed with him
then until last Year.
bough still well under 50,
krch has been "handling pub
air thWsWifdr about 87
laround here. He did the writ
Dr. Ralph McDonald in that
fiasco. He lost out with Dr.
Graham in 1950 and with
Olive in 1952. ' ~
can the man who loved
[dly Scott in ’48, Graham in
tid Olive in ’52 love so deeply
Lennon in 1954? Well, for
ling, he was a classmate at
I Forest College with Lennon,
nore important probably, he
to pull down upwards of
for four months’ work —
h, April, May and June,
k’hitley was paid to do a job
[ill Umstead in 1952. He did
bb, was well paid for it, and
the other side of the fence
because he didn’t land one
State’s public relations jobs,
but mostly because of
|y. Cold cash. Filthy lucre,
green.
jolden days, the men who su
6ed public relations for the
as candida4es didn’t make
auch money for doing all that
pg. If their man won, they
look forward to important
kon. We can’t name them here,
pome outstanding men in the
got their start that way.
thin the past four or five
the situation has apparently
feed. You employ a publicist
as you woyld an advertis
kgency. The publicity fellows
^ired to do a job: get out the
come up with ideas that will
news and attract favorable
pent set up special radio and
[programs, and assist^ with
khes. They do it—and, brother,
^aid well for it.
spite the corners they worked
[fo years ago, Bill Whitley and
Upchurch will carry out
fully, loyally, and well the as
nents now facing them.'
i is
AND DOWN ; . . About that
who should come in but Joe
. He was telling the county
issioners that while coffee
are going up, the price of
going down. Last Saturday
nt into a grocery store and
how many dozen eggs it
take to trade for a pound of
. He was told it would take
dozen.
ell”, said Joe, “you can keep
coffee—I’ll eat my eggs and
water.”
ory: the pleasant, cool sen
big bag of coffee beans and
i»g it around while the grocer
counting ,out the number of
you had brought in that buck
bran.
LT NOT’S . . . Ministers
like those of school princi
[have to walk roads which at
seem more troublesome than
traversed by their husbands,
must also lead the straight
narrow and are fair game fo
|ld crow in the neighborhood
or gossip. One of our readers
Supplied us with some shalt
[drawn up recently by a min
wife: Thou shalt not tear
thy husband in public, re
vering that one of the cardinal
Mes of a successful marriage
See ROUNDUP, page 2)
TO DELIVER WEIL Lectures—
Former President Galo Plaza of
Ecuador who will deliver the an
nual series of Weil Lectures at
the l/niversity of North Carolina
tonight through Saturday.
Plaza.To Give
Weil Lectures
This Weekend
Former President Galo Plaza of
Ecuador, South America, will de
liver the annual series of Weil
Lectures on the theme “Problems
of Democracy in Latin America.”
in Carroll Hall,' at UNC .Thursday
Friday and Saturday nights- at 8:30
Plaza will speak on “North and
South Americans: a Comparison”
on (Thursday, on “Eduador: An
Experiment in Democracy” Friday
and on “Democracy in Latin
Ameficd:'- Past and Future” on
Saturday.
The' Weil Lecture were esta
blished 40 year-ago by the famil
ies of Sol and Henry Weil of
Goldsboro. The first lecturer was
the late President William ijjoward
Taft. --- •
Regarded as one of Latin Ameri
ca’s more demorcatic leaders, the
former Ecuadoran President, dur
ing his four-year term ending in
1952, guided his country to a de
gree of economic and social sta
bility.)
One of the signers of the Unit
ed Nations Charter in 1944, while
Ecuadoran Ambassador to Wash
ington, he stands with the United
States and principles enunciated in
the Charter in-the matter of fore
ign policy.
Plaza is a firm believer in the
Roosevelt-Hull “Good Neighbor”
policy. An achievement in which
he takes great pride is the found
ing of the non-sectarian co-edu
cational American School of
Quinto.
Galo Paza is the eldest of the
seven children of General Leoni
das Plaza Gutierrez, twice presi
dent of Ecuador, and Dona Ave
lina LaSso Plaza, a direct descend
ant of the Conquistador San doval.
He was born February 17, ^1906
in New York during his father’s
vear~ yoT“service.as his country’s
Minister to the United States.
■*-. Plaza attented high school in
Ecuador, the University of Cali
fornia, the University of'Maryland.
and the Georgetown School of
Foreign Service.
He returned to his homeland in
1933 to take over the eight Plaza
haciendas which had been slowly
becoming less profitable during
his father’s seven years in exile
Several years later he was elected
‘o the municipal council of Quinto,
becoming president of that body,
and a year later was elected mayor
of the Ecuadoran Capital. Toward
the close of 1938 he was appointed
Minister of National Defense and
dor s Ambassac
Ecua
Returning to Ecuador in 1946. he
occupied himself once again with
farming and business interests.
His election as president came in
1947 after he had served as Sena
tor from the Piehincha province in
which Quinto is located.
SUFFERS BURNS
Carrboro—Last Thursday eve
ning. Frs. C. M. Mavse Jr. was seri
ously burned at her home in Carr
boro The shirt she was wearing
caught fire from the electric stove
-he was leaning over. Her husband,
who was in the next room, saved
her from a more serious disaster
by tearing her shirt from her
body. Mrs. Mayse is reported to
be getting along nicely.
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Latta Thanks
His Friends
For Support
HILLSBORO — Sheriff Sam T.
Latta Jr.f who last Friday announc
ed he would not be a candidate
to succeed himself, this week Is
sued a statement of appreciation
to the voters of Orange County.
He did not elaborate upon the
statement of his intentions and
gave~n©~hint as to tbereasons-for
his action or his plans for the fu
ture.
His action came as a complete
surprise to citizens throughout
Orange County where he had been
the chief law enforcement officer
since October 1935. He had pre
viously indicated, in informal con
versations he was in the contest
for Sheriff but had withheld for
mal announcement until last Fri
day.
His statement was as follows:
“After much* thought I have de
cided jiot to be a candidate in the
coming Primary on May 29 for tlie
office of Sheriff.
“For many years I have held
this office and feel that my loyal
friends throughout the County are
entitled to know my intentions re
garding the approaching Primary.
' “I am most grateful for your j?ast
expressions of confidence. and
friendship and wish to jitke this
means of again expressing my
thanks to each of-you who has so
loyally supported me through the
years.”
Robeson Doctor
To Hold Class
In Local Series
Chapel Hill—Dr. Hugh A. McAl
lister, director of obstetrics in the
Robeson County Memorial Hos
pital and clinical instructor, De
partment of Obstetrics and Gyne
cology, University of North Caro
lina School of Medicine, will give
the next in the series of postgrad
uate courses on “Obstetrics and the
Care of the New Born” being held
in Chapel Hill.' ..
For the benefit of doctors in Or
ange and adjoining counties, this
session will be held in North Caro
4ina Memorial Hospital bfeginning
at 2 o’clock Wednesday, March 17,
when obstetrics and gynecologic
teaching rounds will begin.
Dr. McAllister, who is chairman
of the Section of Obstetrics and
Gynecology and member of the
Committee on Maternal Welfare of
the North .Carolina Medical Soci
ety, will speak at 3 o’clock on “Ob
stetrical Hemorrhage.”
A combined staff conference,
with several departments partici
pating, will be held at 4 o’clock.
_ The series, is sponsored by the
University of North Carolina
School of Medicine and Extension
Division.
Credits earned in this course
can be applied by doctors in gen
eral practice toward the fulfill
ment of the .requirements of the.
American Academy of General
Practice. A certificate of attend
ance will be issued to those' at
tending six of the seven meetings.
Dr. Hugh McAllister, director
of obstetrics, Robeson County
Memorial Hospital, and clinical
instructor, UNC School of Medi
cine, who will deliver postgrad
uate course on "Obstetrics and
the Care of the New Born" in
Chapel Hill, 'March 17.
Edwin M> Lynch
H Broa dwell
Archia G. William*
Candidate Statements
Archie G. Williams
Candidate for Register of Deeds
“As a result of the fine support
received by me in the, campaign
for Register of Deeds four years
ago, I - feel it my duty to my
friends to offer myself again as a
candidate for this office subject
; to the will of the Democratic- ma
jority on May 29. If elected, I
pledge fny best efforts to- admin
ister the office on a vigorous, in
telligent basis in order to provide
maximum service to the people of
Orange County.”
H. Broadwell
Candidate for Commissioner
“I am a candidate for the Orange
County Board of Commissioners.
I am running on my belief in good,
solid representative government. 1
believe that the voters will find
that my record with the school
boards and as a member of the
Hillsboro Town Commissioners will
substantiate my beliefs and abil
ity.”
Frank C. Maddry
Candidate for Sheriff
“I have served the people of
Chapel Hill Bank Jumps
262 Places In Standings
Richmond Wins
Oratory Event
In Hillsboro
HILLSBORO — Bruce Richmond,
son, of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rich
mond of Hillsboro, yesterday was
declared Orange County winner in
“The Big Change” oratorical con.
test sponsored by. the North Caro
lina Banker’s Association.
A member of the senior class at
Hillsboro, Richmond won over two
other contestants, Frances Anne
Roberts, representing the Aycock
School, ad Jimmy Reeves, a repvre
sentative of the Hillsboro School.
E. Wilson Cole, county chairman,
said the winner of the Orange
County phase of the state-wide
competition would enter the Group
Eliminations to be held next
Wednesday at 2- p.m. in, Gerrard,
Hall in Chapel Hill.
FIRE IN EFLAND GYM
EFLAND — Last Friday around
noon,Jire»bi;oke out in the Efland
Sctiool Gym on the right wall near
where the stpve pipe entered the
chimney.
There was no one in the gym
at the time. R. E. Davis, seventh
grade teacher, discovered jt.
J. F. O’Neal, principal, estimat
ed the damage to be around $200;
He also commended the efficiency
in putting out the fire. The Meb
ane Fire Department also answer
ed the call.
LENT SERVICES
The St. Matthews Episcopal
Church is 'conducting Lent Ser
vices every day, Monday through
Friday, at 12 o’clock noon until
Easter. There will be one evening
service a week, at 8.o’clock every
Wednesday. The Rev. Lauton W.
Pettit will^ conduct the services.
WORK ON EXHIBIT
Edmund SJrudwick of Hillsboro
has several Of his paintings on ex
hibit at the Art Exhibit of North
Carolina Painters In Raleigh.
Bank Of Chapel Hill
Ranks In Top 17%
Of Largest Banks
CHAPEL HILL — The Bank of
Chapel Hill, which reported de
posits of $8,795,685 on December
31st, gained 262 places in its stand
ing among the 2,400 largest banks
in the United States during 1953.
This information was reported
by wire to The News yesterday by
Clinton B. Axford, editor of the
American Banker, leading trade
publication of the industry.
The Bank of Chapel Hill now
ranks as the 2,347th largest in
size compared with the 2,609th
place at the close of 1952.
_ The local bank’s standing was
revealed in the 1954 Annual Roll
Call of the larger banks in the
United States published by the
Daily American .Banker of New
York. . V
There are 14,000 - banks. In the
United States which places the lo
cal bank in the top 17 percent.
this county as n law enforcement
officer for a period of 23 yW|. If
elected, for the next four years 1
can assure you that I will give the
best I have. My policy has always
been to-be-fair and square with
everything that comes before me.”
Hugh M. Wilson
Candidate for Commissioner
"I wish to offer, myself as a
candidate for the post of County
| Commissioner subject to the forth
coming Democratic primary.
"My main interest in the posi
tion is to see that farmers, work
ing people and people connected
with our schools and our univer
sity be more adequately represent
ed by someone who has first hand
knowledge of their problems than
has usually been the case. I hav*
no opposition to our business peo
pie but feel that they usually man
age to be well represented at al
times.
“Since f)0 percent of my numer
ous relatives are or have beer
school, college or university teach
ers, I am well acquainted with the
•problems of their way of life; ami
as a small dairyman, moving ir
the economic and social class ol
: farmers and working people, ]
(See WILSON, page 10)
'Back to God' Service
Planned By Legion Post
HILLSBORO — American Le
gion Post No. 85 of Hillsboro is
sponsoring a special religious ser
vice at the high school auditorium
on Sunday at 7:30 P.M.
Ministers from all denomina
tions in Hillsboro and West Hills
boro wnl take part in this effort
to promote the nation wide Legion
emphasis on the “BacJf to God"
movement.
Choirs of all denominations will
join together to provide leader
ship for the singing. The Rever
and Lauton Pettit will bring the
message at this service The minis
ters and Post .No. 85 urge the pub
lic to attend.
Former Pastors, Historical Drama
Will Feature Church Centennial
Chapel Hill—Addresses by form
er pastors, music by college choral
groups, ,and a historical drama will
be features of the Chapel Hill Bap
tist Church centennial celebration
Former pastors wul speak eac
night except on the final evening
when a drama depicting the his
tory of the church will be present
ed.
Entitlel “Upon This Rock,” the,
drama is being directed by Prof i
John W. Parker of the Carolina
Playmakers. Rehearsals have been
in progress for some time.
Choral groups from nearby col-1
leges will appear on the programs
during each night of the celebra
tion. ’
i Dinner will be served each nigh*
. in the social room of the church.
| Dr. William H. Plemmons, form
er chairman of the board of th-a
cons, is general chairman of the
centennial coqimittees. Dr. Sam
uel Tilden Habel, pastor, is ex
officio chairman.
Other members of the general
committee are J. T. Dobbins. Miss
Nell Andrews, Miss Nellie Rober
son, Cecil Johnson, I. G. Greer, A.
^parrow.
Members of the drama commit
tee are John W. Parker, chairman.
Elizabeth Stone. Lewis Phillips
and Mrs. John W. Parker.
The history committee is com
posed of Cecil Johnson, L. J.
Phipps, A. C. Howell, Ed Ramsaur,
W. O. Sparrow and C. Sylvester
Green.
W. O. Sparrow is chairman of
the invitatipns committee. Other
members arie Miss Nelle Andrews,
Miss Nellie Roberson and* Bill
Ca'h.
Press relations committee mem
bers are R. W. Madrv. chairman,
C. Sylvester Green and Ken San
ford. .
Judge and Mrs. L. J Phipps are
in charge of registration.
5 More Candidates Enter
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Race For County Offices
Williams Files
For Register
Of Deeds Post
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Broadwell, Wilson
Seek Commissioner
Seats; Maddry Runs
The boiling Orange County po
litical pot brought five more cand
idates to the surface this week for
what is expected to be a wide-open »
Primary fight for several posi
tions.
Two more candidates for Coun
ty Commissioner entered the race,
one of them an avowed opponent
of the property revaluation pro
gram of the current board who
said he was running to give more
representation to farmers, work
ing people,, and people connected
with out schools and University.
H. Broadwell, former Hillsboro
town commissioner and official at
the Eno plant of Gone Mills Corpo
ration, and Hug?) M. Wilson, dairy
nuuualLthe Orange Grove, section,
both entered the contest for the
five seats on the County Board of
Commissioners. Mayor Edwin S.
Lanier and R. J. M Hobbs, an in
cumbent member, both of Chapel
Hill, had filed previously. Top
three men in the voting will be -
elected for four, years and the next
two for two years in this first elec- _
Mon of the board under the law
passed by the last General Assem
bly. Thereafter all terms will be
four years under a staggered sys
tem.
, Broadwell, a resident of Hills
boro for 40 years, served for 10
years on the Hillsboro District
School committee and four years
on the Town Board of Hillsboro.
Wilson, who is 43, describes him
solf as a small dairyman is a grad
uate of the University of North
Carolina and took his AB degree
in government. He is a past direc
tor of the N. C. Ayrshire Breeders
Association, and a director of the
Carolina Milk Producer’s Associa
tion.
Edwin M. Lynch, present Clerk
of Superior Court, filed his notice/
of candidacy and announced he
was a candidate to succeed him
self. He is without ^opposition thus
far. *
Lynch is completing his 12th ,
year as Clerk of Court, having
'em appointed on December 12,
1942, to fill the unexpired term
of the late A. W. Kenion at the
latter’s death. He was elected for •
a two-year 'term in 1944 and four
year terms in 1940 and 1950.
J. Ed Laws, Register of Deeds
for many years, on the other hand
yesterday found himself with op
position in the form of 36-year old
Archie G. Williams of Efland, who
polled 2,290 votes against him in
a contest for the office four years
ago„ Laws has not yet indicated
whether he intends to run or not.
Williams carried seven of the
county’s 16 precincts,in 1950 and
| came within 454 votes of unseat,
j ing him.
Williams, the son of the Rev. B.
M. Williams, a retired Methodist
minister, and Mrs. Williams, has
been a resident of Orange County
! for 30 of his 36 years. Currently
he is in business in Efland as a
vice station operator in associa
| tion with A. D. Graham under the
1 firm name of Graham and Wil
: liams. He is a graduate of High
j Point College with the Class of
1940.
Simultaneously with the an
nouncement that Sheriff San T.
Latta Jr. would not seek reelec
! tion, Deputy Sheriff Frank C. Mad
dry of Chapel Hill declared his
cartdidacy for the post which is
also being sought by Former Dep
uty Sheriff Odell H. Clayton of
Hillsboro and Charles C. Johnston
of Chapel Hill, who now operates
a service station in Carrboro.
Maddry, 50. is a native and resi
dent of tfie Orange Church com
munity just North of Cliapel Hill.
(See POLITICS, page 4)
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