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Oranga County, p with tha now* , the county by E NEWS of 63 NUMBER 45, KIDD BREWER'S IjATlON PLEASE ... A ion clerk in North Car pntly reported that a boned her to inquire: [registered?” she replied efficient do yon live?” tic an address and ilration ibooK. Is vour name?’ she ask L said the man, “is in 1 wijh to withhold.” [oRONET .. The above tom ‘‘Coronet’, thb in litfle monthly magazine Lit out by the same peo bubli-h the well known [for men, “Esquire”. |lv must be interesting 1 North Carolina, for I p’us being quoted in |hc national magazines; lv some story like the j which is' attributed to Erantland Rice, a great br and as good a story IHerman Hickman, one lat friends. led to tell the story of jlfati}er Henry : Grant words. Marse Henry |t valiantly through the on the . Side of the [course, and was still in hing at the age of 91, pproached. do anything for you, Rice asked tender ed the old gentleman, pg in his eye, “give me I crack at the No’th.” . Last week.. .^bout btween the Capitol and I Sir Walter.'., we met a has been attending Ra tings since 1915 forty years of it.. .and [pis name you would kn«' him? fit wus ' along, taking it easy [hotel to his meeting [across the street from -slow this rtmrnljig?" him. [ou know. I'm a little 70—and it’s a gradual [m^he hotel up to the didn’t use to notice it iKayetteville Street was I—but it's uphill all the pot as young as I used 1 ate a big breakfast, fst going to take my 25 minutes left unt\l [me, anyway." * ■ 1. HILL . . For many s than mast of us'Hrk.' >i' \ arinns and Mljd' reporters in these ‘ spoken and written pitol Hill”. *' that the nor’!) side tnl— the Halifax Street I(«<»••!> up ail the a> >n that side. New Bern i Hie east, climbs sharp he out near Crabtrei I it gets into Raleigh— II on that side. On the Hillsboro Street slides the capitol. or so i us—though the actual ng there may actually tic Lewis said in her s past Sunday that site I to note that the silly •itol Hill", affected by rters to! stand for the ernment offices here e on the way out now, he more accurate and apitol Square" is com , own. g ago”, continues Miss minted out in this col Capitol Hill’ really was 10 feet higher thtm the Capitol. Square’, in case you led, when used to the State government and around the Capi gure of speech known ny, in which a part is reseat the whole.” Miss Lewis—and she ht. at that. a hunch that the term 1U” here in Raleigh g*n from Washington, ere the national eapi y on a hill. We must ze "the fact, neverthe ground upon which Carolina capitol rests UNDUP, .Page 2) ' List wttk'i mystery farm, was indentified easily by many readers—if was the farm of Mr. and Mrs J. J. Freeland located on Highway 57 beyond Mars HilJ Baptist, church. The owner will receive a mounted aerial photo of the place. Dathene Summey has received a free year's subscription to the News of Orange County for being the first to no'ify the office of the correct identity. Other early correct identifiers were: Douglas Woods, Jack Miller, Donald Walkir, Harold Summey, Mrs. Ed Mil ler, Mrs. R. C. Minnis Sr., Marvin Phelps, Mrs. Lacy Lloyd, Mrs. Nat Ellis, Mrs. Clifton Robinson, Shirley Tapp and- Earl Walker. The cwner of the a bovt farm may secure a mounted photo of his farm by calling at the News Office in Hillsboro. The first correct identifier receives a fred year's sub scription to the newspaper. Can you identify this week's mystrey farm shown above? School Boards Fail To Agree Commissioners Call Vote On $2,000,000 Bond Issue Two school boards. Orange County and the Chapci Hill City administrative unit, went before the Board of Colinty. Commission ers Monday afternoon with a long list of school needs and found them primed and cocked, _ The citizens of the county, there fore. will votyy t- March 20. 1&56 on the. question of issuance Of $0 300.00.0 in bonds . for school cap! ■f'al outlay purposes, the funds la lie disbursed on a proportionate basis according to a*formula based on tax valuation within the two •major• • vadmin'istr.'itlsr;- units.and allotting $860,730 to t ie county sys tem, "exclusive of Carrboro, .$311. 202 to Carrboro. ami—$828,068 to the Chapel Hill unit. The. meeting .was; "only minutes ilcf before Commissioner Thi La nier, . on the basis of total need summaries for the next five years presented by the' respective super intendents. proposed that the Com missioners call for an election to risk the ■jn-npie 'lti ;i,tl iion/e the-ix ua lire oF $2,830,000 in bonds for iSaaoi y vrxt live years-; Prior jo the meeting With the commissioner' the two school hoards meeting jointly could never agree to request .a bund issue and lever did formal)' mike the r-e 'jijest. C-wrman Carl - Smith, of •■•hapePIIi!! immediately said lie favored a S2.000.il00 isnie. Chair man Charles- W Stanford of the County- board began to hem and the haw over the high figure. and Board Member Clarence.D Jones spoke, in. fa.mr .ol ii "payyas-ypu-gii plan." possibly incorporating only a small bond issue to ease the im mediate situation. A member of-ihe-'-audience s'|8~ gesled the figure originally pro posed bv Lanier might -be above the comity's debl limit under the law (five percent.), A cheek of the law revealed this tp be-the c,ase. • Some discussion then centered around a figure of S2 500.000 and sentiment finally jelled around the $2,000,000 figure: which was then adopted by unammmi' vote of, the yjur commissioners present on motion of Lanier, seconded by -Commissioner -Dwight Ray. Chairman Hobbs prior to the formal action said, "It’s obvious we can't raise " taxes enough to meet these needs without a bond issue. It is just stupendous.” The l'igure first proposed would have required ah estimated 24c increase in the tax rate to. pay off the bonds when all issued. The $2, 000,000 is expected to cost about 15c * See School Needs, page 3 'Cats Wind Up PlayWitk&-2-l Record, Third In Conference The Hillsboro Wildcats closed out tiit’ir 1933' football seasqh with'a 7-6 victory over rugged Graham, last Friday night. The win gave -Hillsboro-^ record of six wins, two loses and one tied' for the season. Hillsboro.finished third in the nine team conference behind unde feated Itoxbcro .and onee-beaten Henderson. Graham scored the first, lime they got-their hands on the ball early iij the first quarter. swhen on fourth down and one yard to ;:o for. a first down. Kenneth Gates, •^iwrihi-d .orounti a t)ghtly .dr*WWfaB Hillslior” defense for 35 yards and a touchdown. Gates was stopped short on his. try for the extra point. Graham dominated the entire first half by pushing the ball up and down the field only to be stopped by a’ desperate battling, Hillsboro team. The third period started out as a defensive battle until Danny Ray Mellon recovered a Graham fum ble on tiie visitors 25 yard line. Glenn Collins smashed for the yards- off tackle Ronald Gattis on a keep play ran beautifully for 18 yards and a first down on Graham’s -two-yard line.-- a»d on-the next• play Oaltis-went off his own right tackle to score and tie the game 6-6. On a reserve play Combs handed off to Tony Bateman who lateral . to Gattis for* the all important extra point plav. Neither team threaten-' cd seriously fn the fotirth. quarter. Hillsboro put four straight first downs together midway the last period, mainly on the running of A card table and chair in a dusty office, a telephone, a HUls boro-Ef land-Cedar Grove area tel ephone directory,' and a pile of coupon books are the stock in j trade of a new advertising scheme nd\^ plaguing local citi zens. . . „ Calls are being received all over, “town bv citizens being ask ed if they want to receive a v$65 value" coupon book^calted a “Durham Bonus Book. to thdm for $3.95 for GOD bar ges: The<: offer contains b wide range of Hems such as a tree -carWash if you have your car greased.at a certain JiM#.»"J service station: a free lesson at a Durham dance studio if you* buy one. free games at a Dur ham miniature golf course and other similar g'mniicks too nu merous to mention, all designed to lure the unwary to accept a big deal at a figure ridiculously low. * Local merchants generally are eyeing the scheme with obvious distaste. The Durham Merchants Association, when queried, knew nothing about the Durham-boW ing scheme. --x Hpw much response it had re ceived locally could not be, as certained. Nobody yet contacted ( bv this newspaper has accepted the" deal. r. . ] .Collins and Bateman, only to have ‘the drive "bog down. Kenneth Gates returned a Hillsboro punt 30 yards with only 20 seconds left in: th e a a me7 to the Hillsboro 30 yard line where two desperate pass attempts failed and the game end ed. | The Hillsboro line was led by ; senior Joe BlackweLder who played | his finest football' during the last haf. The backfield play was led bv Ronald Gattis on both defense and offense Seniors Buck Roberljj, Joe Blackwelder, Ronald Gattis, MSjekVrSVimtieid atnd »oimie .Corobs all playeduautstanding bait to close out their high -school football ca reers. ... STATISTICS Total rushing 120 yards. Touchdowns; Graham, Gates. Hillsboro, Gattis;' PAT, GaTOsT-' i Hillsboro 0 0 7 0—7 Graham 6 0 0 0—6 Bonds For All In County Jobs Are Approved The Board of Commissioners Monday approved a blanket bond for all county employees, offering protection up to $5,000 on each em ployee. A bid will be sought from bond ing companies on this blanket bopd. For the past year or so only WWeefiW mmtu&liave been on '-dec Mrs. Jane Parker told the com I mis-ioners her budget for boarding jhome care would be overspent by ! $1,310 by the end of the fiscal year j at the present rate of expenditure of $242 per month in that cate ! gory. Road Superintendent Clarence : Walters met with the commission | ers and advised them that streets j being built by John W. Umstead in ! the new Colonial Heights resident i ial subdivision, which he proposed to turn over to the State system upon completion, must be taken from the county's mileage allot ment for addition to the system this year. The board directed the petition be returned to the High way Comtnissiqn. It was indicated ! the county would be allotted more mileage near the end of the year , if required. Acceptance of a bid on a new Ford truck for* the Dog Warden was approved and special parking space was allotted to the Sheriff’s department at the courthouse’s basement entrance. Approval was granted for Mrs. ■ Bonnie B. Davis, Negro home dem ! onstration agent, to return to the I county’s employ on January 1. She has been on a year’s leave of ab sence ’ v, •.. . . VFW Post To Be Set Up In HiJkhoro An ^organizational meeting of Hillsboro post of- the Veterans of Foreign Wars will be held next Thursday night, Nov. 17, in the Hillsboro- Courthouse. Joe Pridgen, adjutant of the Sixth District of the state VFW or ganization, said that district offf jeers^headed by Cofnmander Ralph Riddick of Durham, are spearhead ing the efforts to set up the ne\£ post. * John E. Couch of Hillsboro has been named temporary chairman and all eligible veterans are being urged to attend tl\,e meeting. Yule Opening Set December 2 Hillsboro Merchants’ Christmas Opening will be held Friday night, December 2, in* . the Courthouse square, beginning at 7' o’clock. At this time the Christmas lights will be turned on arid Santa Claus will make his appearance— I The Hillsboro School band and the Central High-band will escort Santa into town. “Several singing groups will take part in the even ing’s program. There will also be a community sing. The Hillsboro Mechants Assoc iation is sponsoring the program and the merchants plan to have their stores open that night. Dr. N. L. Mauroner is chairman of the Christmas Opening Committee. A Saga Of Far-Away Placet—And Return / Cates Gets His Man—A Story Of The Trials Of A Bondsman A ■«* m tar+z£jrj& That is the title of today’s ad venture story with a Hillsboro fla vor," the latest true-story episode in the “crime-does-not-pay" tKSffie. Here are the facts, m'am: Recently Cates gave bond for $350, a tidy sum, for a defendant in a Caswell County court case. When the man failed to appear, a sci fa was issued against the bonds- ( man who had to pay unless he j could produce his man in, court, j Hearing the man he trusted had •kipped to Alabama, Cates bor rowed a pair of handcuffs and a restraining belt from' Sheriff Odell Clayton and with Jap Vincent, local taxi driver, left to bring his man back. In' Alabama be learned from the man’s, estranged wife lie was at a Mississippi port awaiting pass age to Sbuth America. Thp chase went on to Mississippi where Catea nabbed*his man just before he boarded his boat and returned him to Caswell County, saving his bond money. Back in Caswell, the court said the defendant had to pay Cates another $162 as expenses for bringing him back. - By law a bondsman may arrest the man he has bonded in any state and bring him back for trial. An officer can return a prisoner from another state only if he agrees to come or has been extradited by the' Governor of the state. , Merchants Group Asks Town For More Parking Enforcement .The Hillsboro Merchants Associa tion, worried again about parking downtown, brought their problems to the town Board of Commission ers Tuesday night. A delegation, all business men or women, and alf out-of-town resi dents, called for more active checks and stricter enforcement of the two - hour packing lirpits, parallel parking in front of and along the East side of the old courthouse, a cover for the gar bage truck to reduce loss enroute to the dump, and purchase of a street flusher truck. The delega tion with President Marshall Jr. as spokesman offered to assist the tow^board in any way possible to carry on Tlurrecoinftven dations. Mayor Ben Johnston told the group the town-had just purchased a tarpaulin for the garbage truck, Uwas. itL.the process of equipping a flusher truck, would eliminate vertical ^parking around the court house, and would study the en forcement problem closer for the next 30 days tp find out if- stricter measures are necessary. “ ' - 1 In another action the board agreed to widen Calvin Street, which runs in front of Hillsboro Building- & Loan Association, by 25 feet. I Probable Cause Ruled In Kidnapping; Counter Actions Filed By Both Sides i , Probable cause • of kidnapping' was ruled against an Orange Coun-. » ty mother and her two daughters 1 j by Judge L. J. Phipps in Record • | ers Court Monday' and bonds of I $1,000 were s*et for their appear ance in Spperior Court. ■ • A large crowd of* citizens from • file; Orange Grove, Newr Hope and | Union Grove neighborhoods filled . dhe courtroom for most of the day to hear the details of a case Which The state asked for a jury trial on a companion charge of assault and battery. The. women are charged with kidnaping Mrs. Hugh Wilson’of Union Grqve on Oct. 23 and with beating her severely,. The defend ants are Mrs. George Atkinson and her married daughters, Mrs. Alice Ince and Mrs. Cora Bejester. The preliminary hearing turned into a full - scale review of the case as defense attorney James Carlow fought for a ruling of not probable cause: Testimony brought out the fact , that the alleged kidnaping took place When the defendant accused [Mrs. Wilson of-having intimate re , lations with George Atkinson. Hugh Wilson testified that Mrs. Bejester came to his house and asked Mrs. Wilson, a trained nurse! to come look at her father who was said to be ill. The other wom en were reported waiting nearby and entered the car when it stopped for them. They allegedly took Mrs. Wilson to a tobacco bayi near the Atkinson home, confront-. ^IgiajgkAtkinsprj.anii 4emand d a confession frtnn both parties" Mrs'. Wilson denied having any relations with Atkinson and said the women forced her into the barn, disrobed her and beat her severely with sticks. She said at one point that Mrs, Atkinson threatened to cut her throat. - Wilson said he went to the At kinson home and found his wife, but that she was too frightened to tell him what had happened until jhev were almost home. He said he then called a doctor who had her admitted to a hospital for treatment. Under cross examination by Far low, Wilson quivered with anger and issued an enhphatic denial See Kidnapping: page 8 \ Counter civil suits were filed in lijlsboro Monday in connection vith the beating two weeks ago of Mrs. Hugh Wilson, Notice of intention to institute a ">50,000 civil suit for personal' "in juries and damages to character was filed by Mrs. Wilson against Mrs. Sally Atkinson, Mrs. Cora Bejester, and Mrs. Alice Ince, The three were in court today awaiting ‘he calling of . the criminal cases thV sarti^ timP if was'revealed ’hat a $30,000 civil suit for aliena tion ^>f affections had been filed by i Mrs. Atkinson against Mrs. Wilson. In a third legal action Monday Mrs. Wilson’s attorneys issued ar rest and bail papers against the three defendants. This maneuver is' taken for the purpose of prevent ing* the departure of a defendant in a civil case and requires the i posting of $250 bond by each of the three. It was charged in this action that the defendants were in tending to dispose of their proper ty. ■ They are charged by Mr. Wilson with the kidnapping and assault against his wife oft October 23 Fruit Cake Sale Begins Next Tuesday Forty-si} members of the Hills boro Exchange Club will become fruitcake salesmen next Tuesdayi evening as "Operation Fruitcake” gets underway with a house-to house sales campaign to raise money fog^ further development of the Recreation Park. the Club selected the cakes lor sale after a thorough “tafte test’’ left no doubt in the minds of the members of the quality of the cakes and the teception they wouid receive from those who enjoy good fruitcake. * “People who buy our cakes are assured of a good buy,” Exchange ! Club president Wilson Cole states, “and thgy know' they will be help-; ing with a worthy community pro-1 pect.” Three and five pound fruitcakes, already sliced, wHl be available from any member of the Exchange Club. G. Coleman, Chairman of the Projects Committee, is'in-charge of the fruitcake sale. Other members of the committee are John Couch,-' Pete Browning, and W. E. Kennedy. For the sale, the'Exchange Club members have been divided I'fitd* seven teams that will compete in the sales sampaign. Team Captains, are B. P. Gordan, Jr., John Dick-< i son, J. L. Brown," Jr., Dr. N. L. i i Mauroner, Kay Winecoff, R. J , Smith Jr. and G. A. Cannady. "An- i other Business Team is undef the direction of W. C. Mangum.1 “Our gift wrapped, sliced fruit cakes make ideal gifts for family, friends, and employees," Coleman points out. PTA Plans Discussion Of Supplementary Tax There will be panel discussion on “Supplementary Tax For Im proving School Instruction” at the meting of the Hillsboro Parents and Teachers Association Tuesday night at 7:30 o’clock. The purpose of the panel is to give*the facts that this will do for the school. In providing a hand teacher, sociail guidance teacher and the advantages for the leach- j ers themselves. I Van Kynion will speak from the and Mrs. Clyde Roberts will speak on other phases. All parents and teachers are urged to attend this meeting. Post 85 To Observe .. Veterans Day With Dinner And Address The Hillsboro Post of the Amer-. ican Legion, No. 85, wilt observe Veterans Day with a covered dish supper at the Legion Hut tomorrow night at 6:30 o’clock to which all Legionaires, their wives and chil dren are invited. The Rev. C. H. Reckard, post chaplain, will be thp principal speaker for the occasion. Legion Post To Football Team, k>--; > > • t • ■ * .••• * Gattis Chosen Team's Most Valuable Man a amner The HiUsbqro American Legion Post will pay ‘tribute to the high school foottiSlt team ‘gStWmW ‘'most valuable player” at a dinner to be held at the Hut next night at 7 o’clock. A handsome permanent _ on which will be inscribed the name of the most valuable team member in each sport annually will be presented to the school and a trophy indicative of the honor will go to the player selected as most valuable. Ronald Gattis, son of Mr end Mrs. Rob Gattis of West Hillsboro, star quarterback and leading scor er of the 1955 Wildcat football team, has been voted by his team mates as the year’s most valuable. He is a senior. Gattis has been on the football squad for the past four years and a regular for three years. During the season just concluded he piled up a total offensive record of 642 yards, tops for his’ team, scored 45 points and participated in 12 of his team’s touchdowns, seven as a runner and five as a passer. All members of the Legion post are invited to attend the presenta tion dinner and are asked to get their tickets from Roland Scott, Kay Winecoff, Walter Wrenn or Paul Ray by Saturday afternoon in order that adequate preparation may be made. Annual Scout Meeting Set Wednesday • Election and installation of ntw Scout officers for Orange County will highlight the annual meeting of adult leaders of Scouting and their wives to be held next Wed nesday at 6:30 p m. at Chapel Hill Baptist Church. The meal will be a “pot luck” « supper: Special awards will be made to. adult leaders for their contribution to Scouting during the yeaij and a new 4-year program for Orange County Scouts will be announced, the theme of which is “Onward For God and My Country.” All ministers of the county have been invited to attend. Spurgeon Gas kins. Occoncechec Council execu i§p». wi.U the. officers «nd^ E3 N. Brower of Hope Mills; coun cil president, will be'on the pro gram. NEW PHONE NUMBER The Hillsboro Merchants Asso ciation’s phone number has.been changed to Hillsboro 2000.. LAST LAUGH-^ r* The morning after Halloween ?“’ Mr*. Ban Johnston, wife of the Mayor, had. a lot of fun scaring her maid and then left the house for a while.9 When she returned, the* maid,,, Helen Stewart, sent her under a pretext to the bath room where the, boogy-man, above, had been ereWteo. There after, after Mrs. Johnston had regained her composure, other' friends, including town officials * and neighbors, were brought in and given the "strange intruder in the bathroom" treatment to their own chagrin and the mer riment of those then in the knew. The photo, above, was taken by John’ BaUard. m
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