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HILLSBORO AND CHAPtL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY. MARCH 3, 1*55
BIGHT RAGES THIS ISSUE
MM) BREWER'S
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ftovncfl/p
T ... When Dr. B. B.
y failed to appear be
Joint Appropriations
in behalf of Appa
ere recently, it Was the
ie since 1901 that Doc
been on hand for pre
of that school's bud
"■ ‘W-V. •VJ*»
. lU?* * ’ ,.. V ...... 4
J. D. Rankin read . the
statement. Orange
tepresentative John Uro
de a motion—and it was
o notify Dr. Dougherty
grets on the part of1 the
that he could not be
'O-ONE ... Incidentaiiy,
rs around here will bet
o one that if Dr. Dough
e here the proposal to
e Board of Higher Edu
iuld not pass,
sk what would schools
ian, Western Carolina,
olina, ete., would have
! to under such a setup,
agreed that Doc just
care at all for the plan
how going. We should
very little has been done
legislature about school
since 1901 that Doc did
vith favor on.
LAT1VE PERSON’ALK
. It appears from here
O'Herron of Charlotte,
Graves from Winston
and Joe Hunt from
ro are continuing to cut
es an important place in (
gs of the Legislature, j
Poyner of Wake is a
i member of the State
ho is making a good inl
and friends all over the
ftimy has what it takes
r in politics if he stays
4.n able attorney, with a
personality, and a beaut
1 talented wife tbothi
bed musicians), he tan;
the ladder. And, to t<JP
nmy has a genuine urge
: service to his fellow
t
i .
Rogers of Waynesville 1
nd of person who never 1
ranger; and he is doing v
ob and making a tot of 1
(nds. k
MING THE WHAMMY 0
e has been a lot said a
Legislature and in the
ut the use of the wham- ^
ie State Highway Patrol. t
lars that the Legislature .
pretty well divided up j,
•me on the question.
personally, '
a member of the Leg
who does not want the
■§ enforced and does s
U to, cut .down.on the
death toll. s
that a. person who is n
he use of the whammy l'
or of killing people is r
. Joe McCafthy .saying *>
ryone who was opposed T
ethods of investigation "
ommunistie sympatlmer. d
qestion is whether or a
whammy as used by pa
he best answer or not. j e
is'ioner of Motor Vo- a
d Scheidt argues that it c
are many members of
stature who feel that it s
nd then point to the fact s
th Carolina has accom- j<
a far greater improve-1 £
safety on the highways ■ e
the past year than we! w
•d without the wide-!■
i a
se of the whammy. They j e
nt to the fact that, so ^
year, we have had more y
killed on our highways]
this .time a year ago.
S8b»«s53!§E
■ done t lot of' inquiring ^
w whammy, talking to
jslator. and that one with-) _
hg to line them up for
; T
Quotations and without i ,
them to take a public ,r
ther way regarding it. i J*
• see it, the situation all
wn to this; !
are a lot of members of w
> session of the General
y who do not like the w
methods installed in the t*
patrol by Commissioner m
They have the definite b<
hat they and others know et
. or more, about how to In
highway accidents as W
nmissioner Scheidt. I li’
ROUNDUP, Page 7) j pi
Mppeai it ittued
Child Suffers
Rare Disease
. utile Betty Jean Cates, a 12-<
year-old 6th Grade student of the
Cedar Grove, School and one of
eight children of Erwin Cates liv
ing in the Cedar Grove commun
ity, recently became ill 'with . »
rare drseav * • known 'is ‘tLapus;**
She conies from a family with
a very low income and the Wel
fare Department is unable to fi
nance medical treatment because
^his disease is not listed as one
ibat the Welfare Department can
financially aid.
The principal of Cedar Grove
School reports that in a recent
interview with the medical auth
orities at the Chapel Hill Hospi
tal Clinic* where Betty receives
treatment, that the disease-^may
persist for a long time and in
some cases is universally fatal.
Tne disease is i^ot a common one
and requires trehtment with Cor
tisone and other expensive medi
cines.
Contributions have been re
ceived from organizations and in
dividuals, amopg the recent con
ributions being $25.00 from the
L’fcniral High School P.T.A., $25.68
rom the Cedar Grove Elementary
School students and other amounts ■.
rom a few individuals to help
>rovide medical care and medi
■ines.
Anyone or any organization de
liring to help may do so by con
acting Cedar Grove School or 4be
orange County Welfare Depart
nc'nt.
Girl Scouts
Will Observe
Girl Scout week will be observ- j
d iroin March with me ioi-1
^wuig &cneuuie oeuig lunuweu u.i !
ue seven service uays wml( UK ;
m l bCouis atlu m ow lues weariii0
heir umiorins lu let ihe puma
uw they are Scouts.
On Monday, Home-making Day,
ach Scout peri onus exua uuut.i:
l home to neip • especially tuoee |
i home.”
Tuesday, Citizenship Day, each
irl tilings ot her community and
1 being a better citizen by being
dendiy and helpful to,-all-about.,
er home, at school and' in hei j'
ammuniiv. •• -----~—
On Wednesday;'Health and Sal -
ty Day, the epipha.sis is pn per- |
jnal and public health and safety. ,
Thursday, International Friend (
hip Day, is a day for learning- j
tore about people around us and ,
) practice good will toward all ‘
ices, creeds, and national, back
rounds in our own community. (
o' make new friends among-those
e think We do not like and to
evelop wide interests and right «
ttitudes. ,
Friday, Arts and Crafts Day*
ach girl tries to make her home
nd her school more attractive and
imfortable.
Saturday, Out-O-Doors Day in
ead of practicing out-of-dogrs
cills, all Girl Scouts and Brown
is will celebrate the Girl- Scouts
rthday with a party in the aft
noon. A highlight of this event
11 be the giving, by each Girl
d Scout adult, of one penny for
ch personal birthday celebrated
the Scout, to the Juliette Low
orld Friendship Fund.
On Sunday morning, Worship
iy, all girls and leaders will wor
e_ morning wor
iscopal Church.
Jaturday, March 12, is Girl
>ut Birthday, the day the first
jop was started by Juliette Low
Savannah. Georgia. Following is
en rom the Gfrl Scout Hand*
>k relative to the founding:
'Juliette Low, our Founder,
5 a great traveler and knew the
parts of the earth almost as
II as her beloved Georgia and
England she adopted at her
rriage. Her hope had always
n to unite the children of many
ntries in common ideals and
•rests. The concept of “One
rid” had taken shape in her
ily mind many years before the
ase became common.
i.
Fights, Cuttings
Give Officers
:*‘2f'S5ES «»■«**■»***!*
Busy Weekend
A fash of assaults and cuttings
last weekend in various parts of
the county kept the Orange County
iheriffs Department busy and doc
tors poised with their needles to
sew up the victims.
Sunday afternoon five Negroes
were involved in an affray at To
rian's store on Highway 86. Rocks,
bottles and cursing filled the air
Charges of assault with a deadly
weapon were lodged against Odi°
Bratcher, Allen Farris, Buck Ter
rell. Nathaniel Brown and Jim Tn
rian
Brown was hurt worse than the
others when cut with a bottle.
James Wade and wife, Lucy Mae,!
were the principals in anoth r
cutting Saturday rtighl. "She eur
James on the back and hands' in
what Sheriffs officers said was a
family argument and he cut he
in the back and across the right
breast The premises Were describ
ed as the bloodiest officers„had ev
er seen. James got six months *n
court Monday and his wife was un
able to attend.
Sunday night Pete Stevens, no- j
cording to the Sheriff’s depart
ment, went on a rampage at Wes’ J
Hillsboro, assaulted his wife, cut j
James Lane in the back and Mt.
Betty Hamlet on the throat.
Another weekend assault foun I
Grover Denson attacking Jo?
Briggs on the road near Murphv
School. '<MKt?bf Hil'sboro.
wa'< ordereff tn pay (He'costs' j
Jenkins Family
Needs Supplied
Immediate nee^ls of the Jeff Jen j
sins family, whose belongings j
*ere lost in a_ recent flre-whTelfci
iestroyed their home- near H’lls i
loro, have been taken care of, ac
cording to Marshall Cates Jr., vh >!
vith R. J. Smith spearheaded a I
irive to collect furniture and |
•lothing.
Among other contributors who
vpre mot distod-in last week ’s' edi -
ion, were Mrs, L. E. Beard, Mrs.
r, K, Shue, Mrs .!!, W Moore. Mr.iT
VC. Scott. Mrs Jim CraWcd'1 ■
"'rod Still, George Gilmore, H. J. |
Valker, John Umstead, Madism'
fates, Jack Miller, C. H. Cates,‘’Jim
Jacon, Frank Evans' Sunday *
School class and Gordon’s Grocery, i
)thers carried things directly to
he family and their names were
lot available‘ for publication .
I
INAUGURATED — Beverly
Webb, ton of Mr. end Mrs. Jam#*
Webb of Greentboro, formerly
of Hillsboro, wet inaugurated
Tuesday night as President of
thev Dialetic Literary Society \t
the University in Chapel Hill.
Webb, who attended the Hills
boro schools before attending
Woodberry Forest Preparatory
school, is also- president of the
Debate Council, president pro
tempore of the Student Legis
lature, member of the Ampoter
athsn Society, Phi.. Eta. Sigma
and the Order of the Grail at
UNC. '
Fire District
Registration
Ofjens Mar. 19
An election on the setting
nr> of the proposed Greater
Chapel Mill Fire District will
ho held, in tin* suburbs on
\piii 12.
Citi/cm of the perimeter
■ •ea. a ;.,4k!.ri W win mi pe
titioned the county rommiss
-'tits*
election last fall, will have to
'i"ii up in a speciti registra
tion in oidet to sole in the
election.
The Rev. Robert .. Jlasterton of
Whitehead Circle, who has been
acting as unofficial, spokesman for
a central committee of the peti
•iirne-s. has been appointed reg
istrar (or the vote. *
To Decid* Special Tax
The question to be deeideef is
whether the citizens of a speci
fied perimeter area to the south,
ea-t, and north of town will_he
assessed up to $ .10 per $100 prop
er-v valuation in a special tax for
live ’pu;pose of the county's pro
vidipg.fire protection to them:
The place of registration and
vo'ing will probably be in the
(Hen wood School.—Registration
will be on three consecutive Sat
urdays, March 19. 26, and April
2, and (he following Saturday,
April' 9. will be challenge day.
—. ^ —,
County Begins New Campaign
Career Day
n
.....
| Tty first arinual Career Day,
' sponsored by the High Schobl
Service Committee of the Hills
boro Parent-Teachers Association,
wiN be launched on Thursday at
9:45 a.m., at the First Baptist
Church in Hillsboro.
Students from the Junior and
Senior classes of Hillsboro High
School wyj assemble at the First
Baptist Church, where they will
hear the main address, entitled
‘‘Planning for Careers," by Mr.
Roy Armstrong from the Univers
ity of North Carolina. After the
opening session,, each student will
be allowed to attend two classes
in which he is most interested
from the nine careers offered. At
i an earlier date the students were
.polled as to their first and second
f choices of careers. .The first class
i will begin at'10:45 and continue
j until 11:30. At 11:35 students will
I then have the opportunity of hcar
| ing a speaker about another ca
rreer until 12:20. At 12:30 stti
| dents, faculty, PTA sponsors, and
I guest speakers will return to the
Hillsboro. School cafeteria for
lunch. Ail interested citizens are
invited to attend the sessions.
Chosen “-fields of interest and
'heir speakers are as follows:
Secretarial, Mrs. Gladys Coley, i
i Manual Occupations, Mr. Vance j
Martin: Armed Forces. Dr. French: i
Beauty Culture, Mrs. Vance Isen- j
! hour; Medicine, Dr. Robert Mut
tphy, Jr.;; Teaching, Mr. G. Paul
i gag-; Home Economics, Miss Ruth
rhdbip?on; Engineering. Mr Van
Kenyon; and Agriculture, Mr. Don
"Vtathcson:——
The High School Service Com
mittee of the Hillsboro PTA, which
sponsors the Career Day, consists
of the following: Mrs. C. I), Jones,
Chairman: Mr. G. A. Brown, Mr.
Sydney Green: Mr. Jack Rcckard;
\Jrs. John Efland, Jr.; Mrs. J. W.’l
Dickson; Mrs. Glenn Kennedy;
Mrs. Paul Hodul.
Mrs. Stanton Speaks
To H,D.C. Officers
... Mtss Verna Staunton, assistant]
"State Home Dcniohs-rraTibn agcnt r
of State :College. Italeigh, held an!
oft leer > ‘t raining, school ... in., the
new cou thousc in Hillsboro oiii
February 17.
Miss Stanton spoke to club of
ficers of the 17 local home demon -
stration- clubs, pointing out the
aims and purposes of home demon
sfration club work and the duties
-ef each officer..
Mystery Farm Of The Week-No. 28 . . —7—
•!']
Who Owns This Mystery Farm?;
* ‘ ■ ■.’.*. "■• '*T' "= --•
Last week's mystery farm was the Preston Buckner family home on the Mt. Carmel Road, Route 3,
Chapel Hill. First correct identification call came from Bernice Bennett shortly after the maif ar
rived. Mrs. Phillip Sparrow and Leon Isaacs were other early callers with the correct information. First
►o identify this week's mystery farm, pictured above, will received a free subscription to the News of
Orange County and the owner of the farm will receive a beautifully mounted photo by verifying the
rorrect identification.
Keep Quiet, Sober Up . . . Or Both
Advice To Drunks Who
Public drunks read Su
premc Court opinions and wh<
have taunted officers with "You
can’t arrest me without a war-,
rant,” will be well advised to
be quiet, sober up, or do both.!
The two houses have passed a :
bill which permits officers to
arrest without a warrant for mis
demeanors committed in their
presence. In fact, an officer
may arrest whenever lie has rea
sonable ground to believe that a
misdmeanor has been committed
in his presence. It was this lat
ter provision that stirred House,
members to the longest debate of j
the session. Advocates contended
that the “reasonable grounds to
believe” provision was needed \
to protect the officers and to re
move from them the burden of
being insurers of conviction. Op-;
ponents declared that this pro- j
vision unduly infringed on the
rights of citizens, and that i
deprived them of, the right U
resist an unlawful arrest. (The
right to arrest for felonies was
never challenged, and the law
on the point is unchanged.)
When ratified this week, the
bill becomes law. and the legisla
ture will have overrulled (at the
Court’s own suggestion) the
Supreme Court decision that un
less a misdemeanor amounted to
a breach of the peac-;, an officer
must have a warrant for a valid
arrest..., The tables were turn
ed in the Senate on another crim
inal procedure bill. After a de
bate that lasted even longer than
the House debate on the arrest
bill, by a vote of twenty six to
twenty-two the Senate defeated
a bill proposing a constitutional
amendment o authorise the teg*
islature to permit defendants in
non-capital cases, when represent
ed by counsel, to waive jury trial.
Soil Test Requirements
Dropped In 55 ACP
I Presbyterian
-
WomenDiscuss
Personal Faith
i District Three Women of the
ThiUUB or tirf“Onrnjr Presbytery
met at the Hillsboro Presbyterian
Church on Tuesday with Mrs.
Herbert K. Pease, District Chair
man, in charge of the Meeting
and "Personal Christian Faith” as
he theme.
The district is composed of 20
■hurches' in Alamance and Orange
bounties. There were 162 women
egislcring ai this meeting.
Mrs. Rufus W. Wilson, Synodi
.•al president, of Burlington, spoke
on "Personal .Christian Faith.”
‘Mrs -J.—Victor King of Canford
gave a talk on "Faith and Love.”
Also vpesdUn g-were seven of
ficers present, who spoke on their
part in the field of work in the
church.
The night service was hcTd in
Graham at the Presbyterian!
Csurch at 6:30 o'clock.
^Mrs. J. W. Dickson,-local presi- ;
dent-, was ■ !«. charge-s-oT ..thenar- :
rangements, with Mrs. C. I), Jones, \
Mrs. Ed Barnes, Mrs. \V. V. Fry- j
er, Mrs. Allen Walker and Mrs. J
Sam Kifkland serving on the com
mittee With her: -
The meeting started with regis
tration at 9. Luncheon was served
md the meeting was cone)tided
it -2:30. "
Methodists To Begin
Pre-Easter Services
During the period of March 6
through Easter Sunday, there will
be services at the Hillsboro Meth- ;
o^ist Church each Sunday morn- 1
ing at 11 o’clock.
Dr. B. G. Childs of Duke Uni
during this' period include: Judge j
Marshall T. Spears of Durham and
Dr. Hollis Edens, president of
Duke University.
The public is Cbrdially ,invited
td attend these services. _I
DRAFT BOARD MOVES
The Selective Service which had
been located in the Minnis build
ing moved Jo its new office in
the Sharpe Building above the
Young Men’s Shop last Friday.
The phone number has not been
changed.
n
v au mandatory sou icsi re
iquiigipents under the Agricultur
al Conservation Program have
| been lifted for 1955, according
to A. K. McAdams, office manage
of the county ASC office.
| At a recent meeting attended
h" beads of Agricultural Ageacie*
! at trie s<fcU' level, it Itrav ileemoti
! wise that the State ASC Commit
tee lift these requirements, Guth
Clyde- R. Greene, Chairman of
the State ASC Committee and II
*1) Codf:ey, of the State Office,
reported that this change affects
Practice 3, Application of Liming
| Materials on Cropland; Practice
6. Improvement “of ' Permanent
Pasture or Hay, and Practice 19,
Topdre'-s.ng Drought-Hit Pastures
This change in mandatory soi
est requirement under the pro
>ram does not by any means in
dicate a feeling on the part of
Agricultural leaders that soil test-.
i»g 4s .not 4t .vital and. jUTjnanent
part of good farming practice.
This change was made merely be
I estfte' • :aHi.' toil '■ "testing-- -^*elitti«y ■
available to Tar Heel farmers are
just not adequate to handle .the
trmendous volume of samples be
ing submitted under 'the ACP
program. The State Laboratory
now has a backlog of over ten
thousand samples If the manda
tory soil-- test requirement was
contihiied for spring practices,^
thousands of farmers would be;
left out in the cold as far as
cost-share assistance under the
ACP is concerned. Our state can
not afford to lose even the small-,
est fraction of possible soil and
water conservation, much less the
"amount represented by thousands
of untested samples, Guthrie
pointed out. '
Soi' testing is still strongly rec
ommended for all vegetative cov- !:
er practices under the Agricul- i
tura! Conservation program. ! i
; Letters Mailed
! 400 Accounts
j *
\ Five Years Old
An intensive drive aimed'at de- .
linquent Orange County, taxpayers
and designed to collect by civil
prosecution if necessary taxes now
overdue by at least five years was
begun this week.
The whole problem of tax suits
was handed to Chapel Kill Attor
ney Emery Denny Jr. -several
months ago by the County Com
missioners.
This week the first batch of over
400 letters were mailed out, giv
ing citizens who owe tax bills at
least five years old six weeks to
come in and settle up or face civil
suits in the courts. _ :■;
No estimate of the amount of.
money represented by the more
than 400 accounts delinquent five
years or more was available, but
County Tax Supervisor Sam Oat- *
tis estimated they ranged from a
few cents to several hundred-dol
lars for some of them.
Decision to go after delinquent
ax monies owed the county with
enewed vigor was made by the .
Board of Commissioners shortly
after the new board took office."
Denny Will conduct the suits for
the county on a percentage basis
with the agreement that he will
nter into negotiations with the
commissioners for compensation in
the event of complicated or long
Irawnout cases.
4-H Clubbers
Will Observe
Annual Week
Orange County 4-lf member!
will begin their observance of lia-._
ional 4-H Club Week, March 3
13, with a county-wide Recreation
Might. The 41J Recreation Night,
in annual affair, will be held at
!he Schley Orange Hall Saturday
March 5, at 8 00 p.m.
Miss Barbara Mitchell, a grad
uateoL Woman’s_College and
’eacher in the Raleigh schools^
vi 11 direct the recreation for an
^»Re^i^iii6aEaBBaigaHaB^^
bers, parents and leaders.
The highlight of the event will
be a talent - contest in which ap
proximately twenty contestants
wlil compete. From this group
if contestants, a. blue ribbon
group will be selected to represent
Orange County in the District
talent CPotest,- " ■.'*
The 4-H Recreation event "B'1 "
sponsored by the Hillsboro Sr.
I-H Club, which was named one
A fifteen clubs in North Caro
lina to receive a cash award for .
having anr outstanding recreation
program last year.
TO ST, LOUIS
County Superintendent G. Paul
'arr will return today, from St.
.ouis. Mo., where he attended a
neeting of the National Assoeia
joo of School Administrators.
Umstead Predicts Okay
ures
Orange County Representative
The ninth week «of the- 1955
session of the state legislature
will, in all probability, give some
indication as to just how long this
;ession will last. The committee
in appropriations will begin the
ask of going through the recom
nendations of the budget com
nission and additional requests
[rom institutions and agencies |
ind we should be able to get1
some idea of their attitud(e as )
o these increases. *.
I think that in general they will
to along with the appropriations]
T ’ " • TJ
contained in the bTTl' sponsored
by the budget commission. Hear
ings will continue before the« fin
ajice committee on several bills
that "have been submitted to re- “"j
place the tax on tobacco products
and bottled drinks recommended
by the budget., commission. There
is much opposition to these two
proposals. There is also opositiou
to the proposal to tax food pro
ducts to take the place, of the
revenue tha would have come
from he tobacco and bottled drink
(See VMSTEAD^ Page 2)