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NUMBER 11 HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL «II.L, N. C„ THURSDAY, MARCH IS, 1954a TEN PAGE* irU» wcc<v Allege. . .We’ve been do checking with the N. C. sent of Public Instruction dumber of kids we have in and other institutions of j [instruction this year. The j 42,911. 1 j 3.7 per cent more than ago and 2,000 less than in when the colleges were aswarm with GI’s. are 24,537 boys in the iucation group, with 18, |s. About a fifth of these are Negroes. While these er whites in higher educa- \ pickets this year than in -there are more Negroes ven years ago. SCALE. . .You might be j id in knowing, by the way, annual salery paid Negro in North Carolina last is $3,151.99. The average iaid white teachers in the i $3,058.65. als of white schools re n average of $4,945.79 for Negro principals, $4,993, supervisors got an aver ,901.03; Negro supervis .68. S3 2RING. i .Things may be lght warm in the Dept of Vehicles before long now. Inesday of this week, offi the N. C. Association of ce Agents and those of N. of Mutual Insurance Ag Jong with 'their attorneys;: Motor Vehicles Head Ed to discuss the matter of Dlina Automobile Club sell, i license plates. That is, col axes and getting a percent |so doing. aformation is that a rather study of the entire situa ting made. Chances are recommendation will be bat the license tags be sold nblic agency rather than a private firm, aeeting with Scheidt could be problem to a head—or go to the Governor’s of ad finally go to the are. After all, there are ap |itely 50,000 insurance ag North Carolina, and it if they are determined beard on this thing. ■ TEXAN. . .Readers of A1 aaper, Chatham News, will re the following story car the Resch sharp column and being passed on to had done a favor for a lulti-millionaire and the vanted to show his grati bt is it you want that I can ”, asked the Texan, an tried to shrug off the the Texan kept on insist the man said: “Well, I’d to have some golf clubs.” ] Texan said: “I don’t play j self,, but if you’ll tell ■ me iy gblf clubs you need, I’ll to get them for you.” said fourteen clubs would ley parted company. Noth heard from the Texan for iree months. One day the met on the street, must think that I’ve for- j »bout those golf clubs”, the said, “but I haven’t. I’ve little trouble, but I have them bought now. Six of Sth swimming pools.” mtssmsi 2 - ' 1 N. . .Speaking of Adlai n, the boy graduated at orest College in 1914. i s a hative of Clyde, Hay-I unty, and lived in David- ' nty at the time he entered ' orest. age of seven the little fel-, i admitted to the Baptist ge from which he went to f orest in 1910. He entered 1 y in 1917. A telegram from < Department to the Orph- ’ ted October 27, 1918, dis- 1 at “Sgt. Adlai Stevenson, ! - gunner, was killed in ! n France, September 27, : than two months before - ar I ended. i ROUNDUP, page 2) !< ECC Choir Sings Tuesday At Hillsboro • The East Carolina College Choir, now making its first extensive tour in North Carolina, will sing in Hill short) on Tuesday, March 23, at 2:30 in the Hillsboro High School. Selections ranging from the best of early sacred music literature to modern American arrange ments- light and tuneful-in nature, will be included in the program to be offered. ‘ - The ensemble of fifty-eight men and women students, an outstand ing music organization at East Carolina, is now making a tour of seven North Carolina towns and cities, where they will be present ed in a total of eleven concert The itinerary includes Kinston, Goldsboro, Raleigh, Hillsboro, Bur lington, Graham, and Chapel Hill. Dr. Elwood Keister, faculty member of the college depart- ; ment of music, is director of the; College Choir. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music and of. Teachers College, Columbia Uni versity, he has had experience as a member of well-known music or ganizations and as a faculty mem ber at Iowa State Teachers Col lege. He has been a member of the famous Robert Shaw Chorale and of the Columbus, Ohio, Philhar monic Symphony. He joined the faculty of East Carolina College last fall and be came director of the College Choir, which has appeared during the year in various programs and on both radio and television broad casts. During the 1953 Christmas season he directed a chorus of 125 members in a college * community - performance of Handel’s &“The Messiah”, which was heard by an audience of more than 3,000 peo ple from a wide area in Eastern SJorth Carolina. , Music chosen for performances an tour includes Antonio- Lottis; “Crucifixus;” “Hospodi Pomiliu,” , which is chanted and sung in the service of the Greek Orthodox Church; a series of six folk melo lies by Brahms; and “Jacob’s Lad der,” “Tee Roo,” and “While We’ re Young,” modern arrangements. Bids On Highway 70 Relocation Raleigh — The State Highway Commission called for bids on 221, 89 miles of road improvements. The letting \vill be belcl Marcb s30 There are 25 projects. The 28 counties which will share in the road work include: Martin, Beaufort, Greene, Sampson, Wil son, Columbus, Alamance, Orange, Rowan, Cleveland, Gaston, Bun-: combe, Avery, Craven, Carteret,; Brunswick. New Hanover; Edge combe, Halifax. Johnston, Wayne,: FHokes, .Cumberland, Robeson, Richmond, Montgomery, Forsyth, and Haywood. j A Wilson job calls for 4.58 miles of grading and structures* in the relocation of US 301 around the east side of Wilson, The bypa.ss will start on 301, south of Wilson, and then go around Wilson to tie back in with 301. Bids will be received on the first leg of paving of the relocation of US 70 in Alamance-Orange^ The structures and heavy grading were finished earlier. The job calls for paving a 24/-foot wide pave ment from NC 49, east for 16.41 miles to a point east of Efland and west of the Eno River Bridge. Further work on US 70 calls for 9 32 miles of gradnig and struc tures in Rowan from a point in renter of US 70 at the- Iredell County line, then running south east of Cleveland and Bafber Junction. / East Carolina College Choir Director Dr. Elwood Keister (shown above) will direct the East Carolina College Choir when the vocal ensemble ap pears in concert in Hillsboro on Tuesday, March 23, at 2:30 p.m. at the Hillsboro High School. Willie M. Laws Week's Only New Candidate HILLSBORO — Filing activity in connection with the forthcoming political campaign' experienced a lull this week with only one can didate tossing in the proverbial hat. He was 29-year-old Willie M. taws of near Hillsboro who took the plunge in his first political venture Monday morning. Laws’ entry brought to four the number now 'running for Sheriff lo succeed Sam T. Latta Jr. who is not seeking reelection to the post he has held for the past 19 years. Laws is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred S. Laws of Route 3, Hillsboro, nnd has lived in this county since he. was one year old. He now en gages in farming, is married to the former Miss Mary Jaber and g.the father of 3M> -year-old twins. Flo attended Hillsboro High School In a prepared statement regard ing his candidacy, he said: * “If elected, I will do my best to carry out the duties of the office in the best and most efficient man ner. I am desirpus of serving the people of Orange County and am villing to listen to their advice md criticism.” ! Methodist Church Women ■'l ■ % Meet Sunday Hillsboro—Methodist Women of Orange County will meet on Sun day afternoon, March 21, at 2:30 o’clock at the New Sharon Church of the Hillsboro Charge for their 1 spring meeting. All members of the WSCS meet at this time to exchange ideas.and to gather inspiration for the work ahead.v ..._;■__ . Mrs. John R. Poe, secretary of I'raoMMHin the Durham District, wfrri^^Rsent to tell of all aspects of the work on a district level. It is hoped that Mrs. Frank Hanft, district secretary of student work, will be there to speak for her de partment. A group of girls from Woman’s College, Greensboro, representing the Wesley Foundation of that in i stitution, will presnt a program of songs, talks, etc., designed to bet ter acquaint those present with the manner in which the Methodist Student program actually helps students in their religious life. Miss Polly Roberts, president of the Wesley Foundation, and a lo cal girl will lead the group. The Orange Sub District includ es seventeen churches, which are as follows: Carr, Carrboro, Cedar Grove, Chestnut Ridge, Efland, Eno, Hebron, Hillsboro, Lebahon, Merritts;. New Sharon, Orange, Palmer's Grove,- Prospect, Union Grove, University and Walnut Grove. All interested persons are cor dially invited to attend. Heated Talk Marks Equalization Session Suits For Personal Services Will Ed's Money Sought By Four HILLSBORO — Since the death of Will Ed Thompson, the wealthy Efland eccentric who left the bulk of his estate last year for the im provement of the Efland Presby terian Church ahd cemetery with broad discretionary powers to the executor, there has been wide speculation as to what action would be taken to set aside or al ter the provisions of the will. This week the answer came. Durham Attorney Victor S. Bry ant and nieces and nephew, Pattye C. Stanford, James Crutchfield and Bertie C. Moore served notice with the Clerk of Superior Court Edwin M. Lynch that they would file suits for personal services ren dered the deceased. Defendant in the suits would be Clarence Ross, the Graham attorney who Was named executor by Thompson and one of the major beriefltiArfes. The clerk granted an extension of time to file the complaints until March'29. The amounts being sought as reimbursement by the plaintiffs is not known, therefore, pending the filing of the com plaints. --——-— The .wily Thompson who had large property holdings but always affected the appearance of pover ty left a farm and $5,000 each to the nieces and nephew bringing the suit, but left nothing to Attor ney Bryant, who himself had a will dated prior to the one filed by Ross which made him a major beneficiary. Bryant serVed Tl'otop son as attorney for a long period of time, some of which was during the latter’s long tenure at Watts Hospital prior to his death. Three other nieces and nephews, members of the Sharpe family of Efland, were not parties to the suit. They were each left $5,000. Ross was given $10,000. The will contained a clause which attempted to exclude any beneficiary from sharing in the estate if he should be a party to any action attempting to break the will. The legal validity of such a clause, however, is said to be in doubt among members of the le gal profession. t In the final will now on file, Thompson instructed his executor, Ross, to have a mauseleum con structed for his body in the Ef ! Chapel Hill Man Gets Sentence i For Sorority House "Peeping" HILLSBORO — A young Chapel Hill man charged with his second offense as a ‘‘peeping tom” drew a. six-months-road sentence in Su perior Court this week. ' He was Marvin Morgan, who witnesses charged was eaught on a fire escape looking into a room of the Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority hbusd'tn Chapel Hill. Morgan of fered no defense. He is currently serving a term for a similar of fense imposed by the Chapel Hill Recorders Court. Four drunken drivers were tried during the second day of this $250 and costs and given a six months sentence suspended with driver’s license revoked for three years. He was James Curtis Horn of Hillsboro, whose license had previously been revoked in Gran ville County. In other cases of drunken driving, Prince Hairston, Sandy Foushee and Harold M. Pendergr;ft all received 60 days suspended and $100 fines. A drunk en driving case against Lacy Her man - Carson was still underway 'yesterday. - — David Green, for assaulting a fe male, was given 60 days suspended and $25 fine, and Sandy Foushee on a whiskev possession charge re ]< reived six months suspended on payment of $50 and costs and on condition he remain on good, be havior for three ’years. Donnell Walden, for carrying a concealed weapon, was fined $25- and for illegal possession $10 and sus pended terms totaling seven months. Four divorces included: O. II Brewington from Gertrude M. Brewington, Harry A. Sylvester from Rita Davis Sylvester, Williaip Carlton Thompson from Elizabeth Jocelyn Mackey Thompson and Sophie Stephens Martin from Ed ward W. Martin. All were on grounds of two years’ separation. l ofinclutb* ed: Robert Cheek, public drunken ness, 30 days or costs; William David Watson, same offense, same sentence; ^uddy Norwood, same offense, 30 days or $15 and costs; James Farrington, disorderly con duct, 30 days or costs; Joseph Smith, breaking, entering, larceny, not guilty; Charlie “Tuck” Dur ham, disorderly conduct and ob structing an officer, 30 days on the former, 60 days on the latter, to run concurrently; Benjamin Ma son, public drunkenness, disorder ly conduct and resisting arrest; four months suspended and pay costs; James Foun’a'n McCollum speeding, $35 and costs; S. FloJ’d Headen, 'extended probation one year. land Church cemetery as one of the first uses of the money left. However, he was buried at Chest nut Ridge Church in a family plot before provisions of the last will were known. The mauseleum has never been built nor the body moved. Proceeds from property are being placed in the trust fund to be administered by Ross under the will. Leader Course In Cub Program Is Announced Chapel Hill—A special leader ship training course for Cubmas lers and Den mothers of the Or ange District Boy Scouts will be held in Chapel Hill during April. Sponsored by the district lead ership training committee, of which the Rev. Richard L, Jackson is chairman, the course'will consist ol a series of .sessions to be held at the Congregational Christian Church On all Thursday evenings in April except April 15. »■ • James E. Wadsworth will serve I as course director. Assisting him will be Virgil Mann, Mrs. J. S. Warren, Mrs. Charles Millner, and 1 Lindsay Neville. Those in attend I ancc will include Cubmasters and Den-mothers from Cub packs in j Chare' Hill, Cairrboro, Hillsboro, ' and Efland. Decision to hold the course was reached last week at a well attend led planning session in Chapel Hill of the Orange District Committee to which Scoutmasters and Cub masters from all organized units in the County were invited.. SCHOOL HOLIDAY Schools ,of the Orange County system will observe a holiday to morrow and units of the Chapel Hill system a half holiday to per mit teachers to attend the sessions of the North Carolina Education Association in Raleigh. The holidays were set up by de regular holiday schedule prior to the beginning of the year. The teacher’s meeting holiday is an an nual event. COLLECTIONS OFF HILLSBORO — Tax collections on the 1943 levy in Orange Coun ty have not been as good as in pre vious years according to reports to the Grand Jury this week. Only 76.75 percent of the 1953 levy had been collected at the beginning of this month as compared to'78.73 percent of the .1952 levy last March and 78.17 percent of the 1951 levy on March 1, 1952. If Smaller Group In Attendance Than Expected HILLSBORO — With verbal brickbats flying thick and fast from a thoroughly angry group of some 40 citizens, the County Com- .. | missioners began their tour of duty this week as members of a Board of Equalization and Review ■to adjust tax valuations of those who consider they have been val- - ued unjustly by the J. M. Clem inshaw Co., which was hired to do the quadrennial revaluation by the commissioners nearly two years ago. The group attending the first session was much smaller than ' had been expected for the first session, during which the proced ure for carrying through appeals was explained by Chairman R. O. Forrest. r. ■ - . After Monday morning's gener al, protest session, the Commis sioners will be meeting each-Mon day and Wednesday for personal interviews with taxpayers to,hilar their complaints and make such adjustments as they see fit to as sure that all citizens pay taxes on a basis of equality and by the same yardstick. Acting on instructions of the Commissioners, the.appraising com- * pany valued real property at cur rent market valu(T jn d' (he board later set 70'i. of this as the value to be used for tax assessments. In the process the total taxable value of the county property was in creased more than 2V4 times the previous value. Many of the speakers at Mon day’s session bitterly protested the hiring of the outside firm, others >ore morev reasonable and asaed the board to make adjustments to bring their values in line. Most of the dissatisfaction seemed to be over the idea that the values were “too high.” Threats of politi cal retaliation for what one man called “the insult to the intelli gence of.^Orange County" were numerous, as were questions re garding the authority for calling for the revaluation. When it was explained that the Cleminshaw company’s headquarters was at Cincinnati, several charged that such values “might be all right around Cincinnati” but “you cer tainly made a mess, when you started it (the revaluation) here.” A peTiilon sighed" by a hundred or more citizens of Chapel Hill Township asking for a hearing on the subject of revaluation was presented at the meeting which had been set by law for that pur pose No further action was taken on the request. Prior, to. throwing the first ses sion open for all to have their say, Chairman Forrest made an introductory statement in which he explained, the background of I the program, :the-reasons behind | it, and the procedures to be used in appeals to the Boards for equal ization Me said* the program of (Seej TAXES, page 5) Cool Reception At Jail Grand Jury Finds School Needs, But Condition"Generally Good" HILLSBORO —• Leaky roofa, main complaints the Orange Coun ty Grand Jury could present fol lowing their inspections of the county schools during the term of Court this week. In its report to Judge Q. K. Nim ocks, the Grand Jury said the schools were “generally in good condition” but went on to list min or discrepahcies in all but four The members, however, “were pleased to find that all repairs which had been recommended by the December Grand Jury have "been satisfactorily carried out.” After “enjoying an excellent meal” at the prison camp at the State’s exp se, the-jurors found the buildings and grounds “in splendid condition.” dow panes needed at Hillsboro High and Efland, roofs needing re pair at Hillsboro High and White Cross, fire extinguishers needed at Hillsboro Elementary, West Hillsboro and White Cross, coats of paint needed on the auditorium at Hillsboro High and the lunch room,. at Murphy, along with a screen door at the latter, danger of fire in the wiring system of the footlights in the Efland School auditorium. ! Reading between the lines, the Grand Jury apparently got a cool reception at the jail where mem bers reported no heat and several panaaeut and nat^theWetfere De partment where one pane was out
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