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HILLSBORO AND CHAREL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 2. 1954 fur Quick, (■ill, buy, pmR *r yat • |ufc by uftitf Hm elMdfM di Ml P*9* 7 •» THE NEWS Qrwif* CMMifr. v &_____. EIGHT RAGES THIS ISSUE we ^QUt the recent special [ of the Legislature was lCt of lobbyists. TRere w free drinks and din as if this group repre tbe What2ls, Inc., had , whoozts. Ltd., that they | refrain from bothering rsolons if the latter would off. They each saved ;ind were true to their | there was any lobbying, I ,|i—or practically all— rithin the Ldgisature it er than from the out SlTCH ANIMAL ... We iat one oi the legislators pd that the main objec had to the special session it it might have been ‘too potted ”• is. organized, all right— too well. We recall that folks around Raleigh ere not in the late J. M. ton’s fight with W. P. for the Governorship in narked that his 1941 tore was “too well or *. To those who were not . Broughton’s corner in k Legislature did indeed i be pretty well set up— >y didn’t like it too Well, roughton, however, liked it so did Gov. Luther Hodges Governor may not be oLe experienced, “seasoned" tans, as they csdl them. He know the notes—but he nighty good by ear. AH .,. In mauy respects, Ik's session Was just a maple or the regular groups of serious men— eight to a group—walking Fayetteville Street. Sitting I the lobby of the Hotel Sir waiting for the first edi the Raleigh News and Ob • • buying copies from the >r girls around midnight..'. handful of the Rpublicans at the Hotel Sir Walter, few legislators who live in tg houses during the regu Bions were back for the i.,ind more_and- more :rs who live within 75 miles teigh are ^commuting. " CERE .. If there is do/ibt f mind about the recent un it decisions of your legisla Hlt this doimKV, )' were sincere. T h e y II the.v were doing the best tor North Carolina. Only fitl tell whether they were - They have confidence in [ike Gov. Luther Hodges °t William T. Joyner, lather, the late J. Y. Joy superintendent of pub action uhdjjr Charles B. k' S lnd CqI. Joyner, than whom *f inan Jives, speak for up . of two hours—I didn’t “im—as a member of the >ry Committee on the right of the Governor’s and Pearsall's position. He was v convincing. ile you may not have agreed ™ay not now agree—with the Legislators did, they ,Ust as sincere in their “ you are in yours. ^ ,T IS ... For it5 Satur «<rnaon edition, the Ral 1™es ran a little feature question: “Do you toe General Assembly days in special session r?" I ,n P«ople chosen at ran People really — were question. And, to be 'out it. one colored per *s asked the question. Her was carried along with ®er*' *«d it looked a whole 'Aunt Jemima—and may-1 ‘‘tle ,i>'e Ethel Waters. She 3'ei?h nurse and house liked what the Legisla ?d- *s follows: p you're in a private you've got to pay—we've this ever since I can ^ $Qvmr, v ! on reriod Ends Soil Bank Benefits Reach $29,609 1 lauiicfs win re ceive an e„\imated $29,609.87 in cash benefits .this fall from the acreage reserve phase of thc Soil Bank program. A. K. McAdams, Orange County Agricultural ^Stabilization and Con servation office manager, reported Monday that more than 93 appli cations were filed by Orange farm eiy with the A SC for acreage re serve. benefits before the applica tion period closed this past Friday1. McAdams said the applications covered a total of 193.26 acre,' of j Whoat, 'cotton and tobacco. j A breakdown on the applica tion's: , Wheat — 8 applications covering 29 acres with benefits estimated at $116. Cotton—17 applications covering 25.9 acres with benefits cjtimated, at $1,373.42. Tobacco — 74 applications cover ing 138.35 acres with benefits esti mated at $28,120.45. Wheat benefits were figured at $4 an acre for wheat that was not planted thL1 year. McAdams said no farmer in Orange County plow ed up any wheat for the acreage -eserve phase of the Soil Bank pro gram. ' | Cotton benefits are based on 15 cents a pound for the individual farm’s yield. The county average last year was 327 pound-*, making he- average Soil Bank payment jn the county $53.28 per acre. Tobacco behefits amount to 18 j cents a pound for the yield of thei individual farm. Orange County’*i average last year was 1,306 pounds per acre. On the ba -is of this the average Soil Bank payment would be $226.72 per acre. Circulation Of Books In County Libraries Was 41,863 Last Year During the past year the public ; libraries and the bookmobile have been the source of many hours of reading pleasure for residents of Orange County. The yearly report ending on June 30, 1956, which has just been tabulated and filed at; the North Carolina State Library, Ra le gh, shows a total book circula tion of 41,863 volumes. The main library in Hillsboro circulated 3, 089 books, the colored library 1, 116 books, the bookmobile 34.417 books and th^ Carrboro Library issued 3,241 books. ' Approximately 63 percent of the library users are children. Their reading •interests are varied and requests range from Aesop’s fables to airplane technology. The bookmobile, which is the traveling branch of the library, spends six days each month dis tributing books to 41 stops in all sections of the county.A large ma jority of Che reading is done from these bookmobile deposit stations, where a new selection of books is left each month. the book collection of the Con federate Memorial Library in Hills boro now numbers 15,168 volumes. That of the Orange County Negro Public Library is 4,972. The Carr boro Civic Woman’s Club Library contains 1.275 volumes: These li braries are supported by approp riations from the county and from state aid to public libraries. The Town of Carrboro makes an an nual appropriation for new books for the Carrboro Library. County Focal Point For Largest Farm Tour Ever Held In State ■ •*.„ *• • . Eleven hundred young farm men and women who were dele-' gates to'the AiMtiM Institute of Cooperation visited St. Mary’s,! Schley, and New Hope Communi ties besides the towns of Hillsboro I and Chapel Hill. these young people came on 26 chartered busses. So far as can be ascertained this was the largest farm tour ever held in N-.th Car-j olina. A group of some 400 of them especially interested in electrifi cation visited the local Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation, where, they were given refresh ments , . In Hillsboro the bus ‘caravan ciiuHed by theJIlgj^ri??! ^nd the historic old cemetery, “h? some of the-historic homes which are often open to* garden' club tours. Tlfb ^CbfbrHnl-' InrT and the Courthouse, and Ihoncc to New Hope. In visiting the St. Mary’s Com infinity they were met by local guides who pointed out interest ing facts about each of the farms as they slowly drove through the community. Attention was called to improved^ farm practices on the farms of the following: Dupree Smith, Reid Roberts, Charlie Thompson, Will Crabtree, Wallace Bacon, The Garrard Brothers, Frank and Douglas Crabtree, John Bacon, Raymond Weaver, Chester Crabtree, Mick Hill, Henry Walk er, .Malcolm Latta, Carl Walker J. H. and Ted Martin, E. C. Rob inson. Clyde Roberts, and the Clay Johnson farms. A stop .was m£\dc at the Clyde Roberts farm where the group was introduced to the Roberts family, ard had an opoprtunity to see and hear about-their. farming opera te FARM TOUR, Page 8) Merchants For Sales Starting next Thursday and con tinuing through Saturday, August 31, the merchant.- of Hillsboro are sponsoring a town-wide ■sale “Au gust-Bargain Fair”, with the theme being "Blue Ribbon Specials.” Firms in various types of mer chndizir.g and -jrvice have indi cated their plans to join in The promotion and a wide variety of genuine bargains and drastic re*| -ductions'’ will be offered, according to officials of the association. Exchange Club Picks Delegates To Convention The Exchange Club of Hillsboro will be represented at the 1958 Convention of the North Carolina State Exchange Clubs to be held August 17-18*19 at Greensboro. The official delegates of the local Exchange Club are P»uM»dt W. C. Man gum and Bernard F. Allison. Millard A. Beckum of Augusta, Georgia, will be the printipal speaker and guest of honor at the Convention. Now National Vice President, Mr. Beckum has been j active in Exchange Club work for the fcasf 19 years, He is Past Presi-I dent of the Exchange Club of Au- ■ gusta, and the Georgia State Ex-| change Clubs. He served seven term * as a member of the Nation al Board of Control, aind has serv ed on the Agriculture Stutfy Panel jf the* National Committee on Ed ucation: ; ^ —-j (Jfliters of the North Qjpyrojtina .Stale Exchange Clubs are; Norman' E Dodson of Ht£kofyx'4i0&eMU’> Dr. A. E. Sherron of High Point, Vice-president; Charles B. Burri s of Wilson, secretary; and J. Frank Raj*of HifUttortr, y^easurer.. Mystery Farm Of The Week Who Owns This Mystery Farm? ■- .jzzitzzsx ■ - — ii—ii irumrrr ~ "rrr r • A'Tf,ThTT‘Tlfflir*T'‘lllir . . ... lbov, firlT1 fir and you wiirreceiv* a fr» y.«r'» subscription to Guess the correct identity' th* * ,r. th , f|r,t to notify the office. The owner will r«J The Ne w, of Orenge Coupfy. PT* ^ ^nfyin, th * correct identity Lest week's mystery farm belong .mounted R* i^rdl. Mills. Th.fsrm consist, of 304 acre,. It .s a d.lry jfe*M» •d to the Roy L. Woods of_*»• ' * Th# houM WM bwilt approximately 75 years ago and ..the home tobacco and chickens also being ««» They h.v. four children, Lynn, Alton and Sam, of the place of Joseph Woods, John»«m. Mrs. Aubrey Martin ha, received a years subscription for home and a daughter, Mrs. Ph' P J h r#cf|y , f.ntify it were: Charley Mincey, Mrs. Ed JiHller, W. - | Wtr rifit: ml SUSPICIONS CONFIRMED - BATS AT COURTHOUSE ■ « A few disgruntled citizens ad I along have been saying there are bats at the Orange County courthouse. Now it has been proved—to the consternation of surprised county employees who never suspected that one of the nocturnal, in ■ sect-eating flying mammals was actually living among them. And in such an odd place too. Tax Supervisor Sam Gattis yesterday w;»s adjusting the postage meter, l a small box-type instrument not.much ' larger than a check-writer. Pushing in an envelope in the inches-wide enclosure, : he encountered the soft, furry animal as Ait cringed agaipst the metal. # Courthouse workers speculated the bat might have flown in some night when a window might have been left open and lodged itself in the Postage Meter. Other* speculated it might have moved down with the group from the old courthouse a few years back since that is the closest belfrey, the usual haunts of these mam mals. around. Priscilla Lloyd of the Tax Department agreed to hold the thing for a picture, hut almost hacked out when the hat bared ;v perfect set of sharp teeth, indicat ing to all he’d never heard of Dr. Jack \£oore, the local demist. Tax Collector Carl Davis came to the rescue with a pair of heavy gloves to keep Miss Lloyd h«nit reneging on her bargain. County Acquires Additional Land To Eqst Of Courthouse a ■ The first steps in a program to acquire, improve and possibly uti lize the area to the east of Uie Orange County property on which the pew courthouse is located was lakcn this weelcr“r~,“~". The commissioners completed on Tih ,tlay the V^rC/ias^Ot arWM-fap®1 prdximately 100 x 165 ft. to the East of the courthouse from the .Board of Trustees. of the Dicker son'a*<?hajSfci African Methodist Church of Hillsboro for $3,500* Negotiations have been in pro gress for some time. The property contains a five ro6m house which fias been used successively in the past as a pri vate dwelling, funeral home, church parsonage. It is now being rented as a private dwelling The new property acquired by the county does not adjoin the pre sent courthouse property. Between it and the courthouse rear driveway is'a public alley, a 6b-foot front piece of property which ij owned by Annie Riley and another 20 feet which the. county bought last year from Miss Estelle Brown, heir to the late Nate Brown estate, for $1,000. The property owned by Annie Riley lying between the tracts n^w owned by the county has a 66-foot Ircntage and measuies 86 feet on the rear, containing the old Brick type siding house in which she now reside..1. The commissioners, it is under stood, hope to move the> house on he property just purchased to other land and make a satisfactory trade with Annie Riley for her tract, on which the house will be torn down if obtained. Use of the land for additional public parking area ha.- been dis cussed by the officials. At any rate the property will be improved in appearance and will be held avail able for expansion of county facili ties in the event they are needed in the future. Carrboro School Tax Proposal Is Discussed By Three Boards The first step tward solution ot the long-snindinj; in rffiitric.s Imnwlu about. b\ Caribou, au«l White Cross am children attending the Chapel Hill s<bools was staned Iasi week at a joint meeting here -of the Chapel Hill and County School Boards vCth the Carrboro District School Committee. ■0* The step marked the first sit^h co<»>craU«f m- eting of t'hcv^Cha.pe. Hill ancl Carrboro groups in *n'anv yfars*and local school officials in it The possibility of ending a number of differences between th« two areas of.the community. To Consider Thro* Movo» As a result of last wcekV two-hour session in the Chapel Hill School Library, the'Carrboro School Committee members agreed tc sound out parents and taxpayers of their attendance district on thre< possible steps they might take: (1; yote o.n asses.-Ing a supplementary school tax on themselves: (2> Vote on joining the Chapel Hill specu School District—in which case they would pay the $ .15 .-upplementarj (See SCHOOL TAX, Page 8) Ready-Made Name Awaitinq Sired By Frozen Semen, Calf Arrives On Friday The 13th Some people think of Friday the ■13th as being unlucky, but a little calf bom on the Guernsdel Farm on Friday the 13th of July has every right to feel that Friday the 13th is a lucky day. This calf, born to Guernsdel Princess Fern, and owned by Dr. Hrfc^Carr of ’he Guern~\lel Farm, was sired by Bournedale Maxim's Duke, an outstanding bull now lo cated at the Lauxmont Farm, Wrightsville,'Pennsylvania. The birth of this* calf was the rt ult of a new technique develop ed in the artificial breeding pro gram. The Guernsdel Farm owns one-half interest in this bull, and in cooperation with the other part owner, semen was collected and frozen by a special process'. The semen is diluted and placed in 1 ce. sterile ampullas. These ampul las are wrapped in sterilized cot ton and placed into holes bored in dry ice. The dry ice is then pack ed into insulated containers a«d shipped by air to the local Ra leigh-Durham Airport. On arrival at the Guernsdel Farm the am pullas are taken out of the dry jce and placed into a thermos jug Alcohol is then poured into the thermos jug covering the ampullas afid the whole thermos jug is then packed in a case of dry ice. Then the case”is placed in a deep freeze unit. In thij manner semen is at a constant temperature of 80 to 81 degrees below zero. Semen has been kept alive by this process for as long as 12 month* A variation of as much as 5 degrees up or down will destroy the vitality ol the semen. It seem-- “pretty lucky" that the ealf got here on Friday the 13th after having survived the ordeal outlined in the process above. Jt’s no wonder that Frank Spencer, Manager of the Guernsdel Farm "has sugges-tiKi that this young bull be natngd Jack Frost.. ' 125 Cases On Docket Next Week A total of #*5 cases, over half of which involve drunken driving, reckless driving or excessive speed on the high ways, have been docketed for trial at a term of Superior Court scheduled to open Monday..._k ) udge Raymond Mallard of Tabor City will pre-Ide. V Also included on the calendar 'are a variety of assault and vio lence cases, breaking and entering 1 and whiskey violations. I Placed on the Tuesday docket, 1 amen? others, is the case against Thomas F. Cathcart for an alleged narcotic- act violation. The case was one of a series growing out of the man’s Illegal practice of medi cine, some of which were disposed of in county court. Mabel Wingate McNair, alias ’ Peggy McNair, charged with obtain inz close to $5,000 in welfare funds under false pretenses, b also sche duled for trial on Tuesday. -T, — Clyde Kenneth Mustian Jr., charged with speeding 106 miles per hour, is included on the Mon day trial docket. Three cases of assault with * deadly weapon with intent to kill against O-^ar Couch of Cedar Grove are set for trial on Tuesday. Mrs. Helen Carr Succumbs After Long Illness j Mrs. Helen Oliver Carr, 45, wife -Ibt ! after , a long illness. [ She was the daughter of the . late T. L. and Lela CrUp Oliver j of Cedar Prove. 1 Mrs. Carr, a graduate of Eton College in 1932, has taught in the schools of Orange County for 23 years and was a member of the Hillsboro faculty at the time of her death. She was a member of the Hillsboro Baptist Church and a member of the church choir. Funeral services will be con ducted this afternoon al 4 o'clock I from the Hillsboro Baptist Church ' with Dr. Charles Maddry conduct ing. interment will be in the Hills boro Cemetery. Pallbearers will be: A._W Crab tree. G. A. Brown, Paul dfe -Marshall L. Cates Sr., Roland Dod son, Gary Lloyd. Paul Reid Will i-kps and. T. O .Styers. Members I of the Hillsboro"Facility will serve as flower bearers. The-body will lie in state at the church one hour prior to the ser vices. -Mrs. Carr, is survived by her husband: four sisters; Mrs. SalUe Mae Ligon of Oxford, Mrs. Irene Pender of Cedar Grove, Mrs. Paul ine Lloyd of Hillsboro and Mrs. Ellese Mickies of Cedar Grove; two .brothers;'Robert W. Oliver of Dur ham and C. C. Oliver of Cedar Grove. •-j . _ __ _* ■■■ - Ann WMkerson, Billy Latta Picked For F*rm Conclave Ann Wilkerson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Wilker m, and Billy Latta, son of Mr. nd Mrs. Milton | Latta. members of the Hillsboro I Senior 4-H Club were selected to represent Orange County at the Na j tioiftl meeting of the American In I atitute of Cooperation thi • week. Both Club members received ex pense paid trips to attend the meeting at State College which end* today. The Institute has been a work shop for the delegate-’. Part of the delegates attending the Institute visited points of interest in Orange County. Among these were *he 1 Schley Grange Hall, the Clyde Rob 1 erts farm, the Ho.-pitai Savings 1 Asociation in Chapel Hill, the REA I in Hillsboro, and the New Hope Presbyterian Church and camp , area. Cooperative authorities have appeared on the program during | the week. * . '
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