...... . -, 8|GMT mg« ™«,SSUB afia any ... The word around week was that the dry Yir'h Carolina are cone aieigh the latter part of armed with a million s asking for a Statewide whether we shall be dry . or wet all over, street-corner conversation, lent developed as to whe li=t of names calling for referendum was supposed million or 100,000. way, that’s a lot of names, n signatures would aver 00 per county—and even ould run 1,000 names for nty. Could be. We have’nt ich about any actual name n Wake County, however, rts are that some of the are falling short of their sure asking for the refer s sure to be introduced— I! probably carry the names al members of the House sentatives. Sidney E. Britt bethtown, who will repre iten in the House, says if lse introduces the bill, he t himself. TV FAST . . . The Gov els that members of the islature are coming to town r business. In fact, it was 1 in high circles of State lent a few days ago that ght move on Raleigh like , do their work in rapld hion, and get on home Wav 1. mightv fast. That's less lays. It could happen^ Gov. H. Hodges is exceedingly all over the State and— here with the legislators radio, press, and television ‘ people back home—he tall his work done in the Nevertheless / It "is a [ to undertake. Governor can get his van grams—and they are all t projects—safely on the Y May l.then the 1957 edi the North Carolina General y will be a champion in league. It promises to be interesting session. . r- •—-— .... • MORE? . . . We were an e\ enson man all the waj. -•as it maj?r however, he Mke it—lacked a great deal ini it—and Dwight Eisen <*ur President Gould 0 more for the Democrats [ is doing? 1 il straight from Washing bom some of our friends in 1 counties of North Carolina v think Ike is behaving ex te a Democrat. His budget as big. His philosophy just fab The Republicans are >3 in their beards and the ats are laughing up their triily a peculiar situation— "hieh could throw the Na id>y into Democratic hands lrs hence. tD'Y . One 0f the best ever done on North Caro d we are getting our full 1 the national publicity-is current issue of Holiday *• It’s a beauty. "tally, the N. C. Travel -which hasn’t done top 13 to now except plan—is 1 general overhauling and ready for real Zinging. B HIM ... if you have representative of the N. C. Pent of Motor Vehicles speak ‘nd they have several above talkers—you know by now " they are shooting at in °rts to reduce highway kill m drinking. ?ay that they are not after n a rd—though of course he ct to severe punishment if “ut. as a usual thing, he is dangerous drinker on the e too drunk to drive ’ and pulls off the road and s|eep or wanders about on ^raziiy that everybody can ! car and avoid It. elkw th«y are out to get is " wh0 has had three or four Just enough to make him ls a little smarter than apy Ver on the road. He can « &OUNDVP, Page 2) ITax List Deadline Is Today | , I oday is the final day for listing taxes in Oranggp Goun~ ty without a penalty. County lax Supervisor Sam Gattis reminded citizens yesterday. Some 25 percent of the tax payers still have not given in their lists t: the township yester: day, as the deadline approaches; it was indicated. . Delinquent liters will have to 1 pay a late listing penalty of 10%, ! according to law. ; Several listers have final ap poiiitments scheduled today at some convenient place in their township while others will be at their homes or usual' places ol listing to take care of the expected final rush. Acreage Data Preservation Is Explained Under present instruction, farm ers are eligible to preserve Acre ' age History of allotment crops which they do not w ish to plant to the respective crop, the Orange County Agricultural Stabilization & Conservation Office announced today. “Under these provisions," it is announced, “farmers may file written request with the County Committee prior to May 1, 1957 for flue-cured tobacco to preserve the Acreage History of tobacco which they do not wish to plant.” - "The farmer would not receive any compensation under this pro vision,” however it is pointed out He would get credit for the al , lotment crip in the same man ner as if the crop wrere planted far tb* purpose of determining future-allotments. “This provision does not come under the Acreage Reserve Pro giam,” it is stressed, “therefore there would not be any compensa tion f r this preserved acreage, other than the actual preservation of the allotment.” ASC and ACP officers here point out that persons wishing to place a portion of their allotment in the Acreage Reserve and pre serve.,the remainder of the allot ment historp may d) so. “All . persons who designate acreage of land in Acreage Re serve on their farm are eligible under ACP to receive cost-sharing ; to help' carry out conservation | practices on this land;” ACP of ficials here announce. A. K. McAdams, acting ASC of ' riee manager ere said, “We would like far all persons who are p'lan 1 ning to file do so immediately. I. ___r “ Cedar Grove Raises $371.60 In Dimes Drive The rural community rivalry for leadership in the drive for the March of Dimes got a new leader this week as Cedar Grove moved to the forefront L The public spirited people of | that community raised S371.60 for the fund last Friday night at a basketball game and cake sale held at Avcock School. ' ~ Chairman Odell Clayton for the Hillsboro and Northern Orange Area exnressed keen gratification for th° fine cooperation being re corded in the rural communities and urged that persons who have not sent in their checks or mone tary contributions to do so as soon as no.ssible. “The need is still great, he | said, "to help those who had nn chance at a Salk vaccine and to see that everyone now has a chance to escape this dread disease. PURCHASES BUSINESS Odell Minnis has purchased the Minnis Grocery formerly operated by his father. R. C. Minnis. on b'tng Street in Hillsboro. The building is now undergoing extensive repainting and renovation which are expected to be completed in about two weeks, j Mr. and Mrs. Minnis Sr. left yesterday morning /or a vacation I in Florida. . • V.'- a v. •* RECREATION DISTRICT AS PROPOSED—Boundaries of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Recreation District will be set by the County Commissioners within the area outlined above, according to provisions of a General Assembly enabling act. At Friday evening’s meeting of the County Board protests were received from residents in Carrboro and the rest of the outlying part of the District to inclusion of this sector in the area in which the recreation referendum wi>T be voted upon. . ' . <■'. ' . 1 Heated Hearing Fails To Bring Decision On Recreation Unes While the deadline lor elec tion date and boundary - sct tiii” action on the proposed | Chapel H ill area recreation distnct draws nerrer, the Or* angt- County Cotmnissidner* cornin'tied td mark time today while ostensibly awaiting ad visory information front New York bond att.ornevs'Hid mull ing over advice suppliSl by bjftter iy opposed factions at a second hearing on the subject at the cow house last Friday night. Standing in the way of action is ar obvious split among the commis sioners, now ' a tour-man body in 'he absence of Chairman R. J. M. Hobbs, bittdr opposition to ihclu stnn from three substantial areas included in. the enabling -legislation on which the proposed efectidn has OieenhaseciT and petit ions froW the three areas risking that they be left mil. Stanford For. Ray Against Commissioner Donald Stanford is in ardent supporter of the recrea ; 'ion district as originally proposed. - Acting Chairman Dw ight Ray ol Carrboro is equally adament in his rdposffibn to the Inclusion of shis .own and the outlying rural areas, which oppose inclusion. Commissiqp . rs Henry Walker of St. Mary's ; and Claude Pope of Cedar Grove have no strong leanings either way , and privately say that wish ,t}jf matter could be settled amicably without arbitrary action by them. The 1955 enabling legislation says: the election must be held in 120 day’s after ll ts duly peti tioned and e-lection machinery re quires that the date to be set by February 9 if it is to be held.- The County's New York bond at torneys. following consultation .with County officials, have called lor a copy of the legislative act for study to advise, the County on successive steps hereafter in set ting up the tax program with ac companying bond issue for funds to erect the facilities. Presented Friday night were peti tions opposing the program from Carrboro, bearing 872 signatures, from the Hollow Rock section north ol the Durham boulevard bearing 121 signatures, and from the Mt. c'armel section, south of Morgan Creek and east of the Smith Level Road, bearing 105 signatures. Opponents Predominate Some 50 to 75 persons, with op ponents of the program heavily pre dominating, attended Friday night 3 meeting of the Commissioners to register their opposition. Carrboro Mayor R. B. Todd, first opposition speaker, call up on the Commissioners to exckjde the Carrboro School district area from the proposed Recreation (See RECREATION, Page 8) ^ ♦-----5 Cheshire Case Continued Again i w r' wmm jp. ' •* ♦hire for burntng a cross In the yard of Mrs. Cheshire Webb In Hillsboro, where Dr. Frank Gra ham was a guest, has been con iinued for the third time and the fourth week in* Orange County Recorder’s Court. Solicitor Roy ‘ Cole told Sheriff Odell Clayton Monday the mat ter would definitely be heard at (he session next Monday. _ A preliminary hearing on a mur der charge brought against a Ce dar Grove Negro, Loftin tsley, for I killing his wife, the mother of 13 children, was-also continued Mon day because of the illness of his ' attorney. Band Benefit % , Is Postponed The Jim Thirnton Show which was to have been held in the Hillsboro High School tonight has been cancelled due to a change in the schedule on WTVD. * It will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 12 Tickets will be on sale by ” members of the Band Parents Club and any member of the band. Jones Named 2# New Hope Trustee Body Clarence D. Jones, an active Hills [ boro Presbyterian layman, has- been elected a member of the Board of Trustees of Camp,, New Hope tlfe Orange Presbytery camp lo cated between Hillsboro and Chap el Hill. Mr. Jones was elected by the Presbytery at its meeting last week. FORESTRY MEETING ■ New Hope Community will hold its first Blue Ribbon Farm and Home Meeting rut-snaymghv.Feb. 5. at 8 o’clock in the basement, of the New Hope Presbyterian Church. The program will be con cerned with forestry and its im portance To farmers in thts com munity. Virgil Watkins. District Forest er. will show slides to illustrate many practical things that farm ers can do to improve their for ests and to make their forest yield the highest return. Attendance prizes will be given, and a - recreational program will follow the meeting. All members of the. community are invited^ to' attend. Two Chosen At Hillsboro, Ay cock As Homemakers Of Tomorrow Hilda Strayhorn of Hillsboro and Nell Hurley of Aycock School, Cedar Grove, have been chosen ' tluL Betty . Crocker Homemakers of Tomorrow in their respective schools. The two won out in competition in which 20 Seniors participated at Hillsboro and 14 at Ayccck. Their written examination papers on homemaking knowledge and attitudes will be entered in com petition to name this state’s candi date for the title of All-American j Homemaker of Tomorrow and will also be considered for the runnerup award in the state. For their achievement, they received an award pin designed by Trifari i of New Yprk in Chapel on Mon : day. The national winner in the third anribalp Search conducted among 300,526 young women in : 11.636 of the nation’s public, pri vate and parochial high schools will be named May 2 at the Arner i lean Table banquet - in the Wal dorf-Astoria Hotel, New York ' City. " -J • " — * General Mills is sponsor of the] program designed to assist schools in education for home and family | living and to emphasize through a ts und scholarship award program the personal qualities and sensei of values necessary to successful homemaking. A total of $106,000 in scholarships will be awarded. Each state Betty Crocker Home maker of Tomorrow will receive a $1,500 scholarship and an edu cational trip with her school ad visor to Washington, D C., colon, ial Williamsburg, Va.. and New . York City. A $500 scholarship will be awarded the runner up girls in each state. The school of the state winner will receive a set of the Encyclopedia Britanni ca. The scholarship of the young w'oman named All - American Homemaker of Tomorrow will be increased to $5,000. This year £pr the first time girls who rank sec ond, third and fourth in the na tional finals will receive $4,000, $3,000 and $2,000 scholarships, re. spectively, ,. -■ Nine Citizens Seek Postmastership Here Civil Service I Exams Taken Last Saturday Nine well-known local cit izens are in the running for the permanent appointment to the, HHlsboto- pbstmaster slup. That isMhe number which took the civirservice examina tion last Saturday at the Dur ham postoffice under the sup ervision of a civil service of ficer there. Miss Maude Brown, acting post master, who was also one of the applicants for the i permanent ap pointment, said tiie examination papers Were immediately placed in an envelope and sent to Wash-, ington where, she was told, some announcement might be made in about three months. Under civil' service regulations, it is understood, the three highest scores make up Jhe eligible list from which the appointment is made on the basis of political and other considerations as well as the civil service rating. This pro cedure, however, could not be verified from official sources. Three present members of the local postal staff were among those taking the examination in Dur ham. They were Miss Brown, Ernest Patterson, senior clprk, and Harry Woods, rural carrier. Oth ers on the list were James Ches hire Sr., Chandler Cates, Madi son Cates, Walter Teer, James Harder and Sidney Sims, The vacancy was created last summer upon the resignation of Tom Bivins because of ill health. Hillsboro Wins One, Defeats Orphanage Hilisboro High broke a nine-game losing streak Tuesday night to turn back the Oxford Orphanage Red Devils. 48-43,. in an Eastern Class AA District Three content. Coach Fred Claytor's Wildcats broke a 12-12 tie in the first quar ter and romped t i pmnt of 1957 tobacco acreage is now available to. producers who wish to. request this service for 1957, McAdams said the charge to the farmer this year will be $1.00* per acre, -or a minimum of $5.00 per farm. - — “The- provision for adding sled rows on a percentage basis is also in effect for 1957,” McAdams an-' nounecd "If any produft'r wishes to leave sled raws in his tobacco he may so," McAdams pointed out. adding that the "sled raws, however, must be left at regular intervals, "With"the field starting with one half the number of rows of tobac | co that the sled row will serve. •This regular system must be car rie’d- out across the field.” By way of an example. McAdams explained that "If a man wishes to leave each fifth row, lie would start in the field with two rows of tobace > and would then leave one row for sled row. Following the sled row Would be 4 rows ot tobacco and another sled row." "This procedure' would be fol lowed across the* entire field and the field would end with* the same number of rows with which it started," he said. * - ■ Jones To Talk f Taxes At PTA j Next Tuesday Clarence D. Jones will sneak to the Cameron Park Parents and Teachers .Association on Tuesday night at 7:36 o'clock on “Supple mentary Tax" and following a brief j discussion there will be room visi tation. 4 > Present day teaching methods have changed considerably and a number of parents have requested knowledge of them. Each teacher will be in her room to explain a typical day. They will be avail able to answer any questions from J the parents concerning the methods j now used for teaching students. P Are Offered At Carrboro Beginning Tuesday, February 5 at 7 p.m. the Seminary Extension Division of the Southern Baptist Convention will sponsor three of its courses in the Carrboro Bap tist Church, The courses to be given are as follows: Old Testament HI: historical study of the books of t^e Old T« taught by Dr. tor of Chufltfi:' historical study of the life of • and of the Christian church ttp to the conversion of Saul of Tarsus, taught by Rev Bruce Cresson, As sistant Pastor of the First Baptist Oburth of Hillsboro; Religious Ijjdupflfion 115; a study of general. Reaching principles for- those who teach or work with teachers in Sunday schooLs and other teach ing agencies, taught by Miss Betty Hodges. Education Director of the ( hap I Hill Baptist 'Church, The classes, which will meet f t one hour each Tuesday night * lot 18 weeks, are-open to the pub lic. The courts" iVi OW Testament - sand Religious Education will be given simultaneously at 7:30; the •course"'!n New Testament will be given r.t 8:30. One may' take one nr tun courses. The average cost for each course is S12.00. Other seminary courses will b? given in the future'.so that me in lime may secure, if he desires, a Certificate of Religious Education from the Seminary Extension De partm. nt of the Southern Bap- ~~ list Convention. The material for study is prepared and provided by the five seminaries of that or ganization. The courses will prove especially helpful to Sunday school teachers. Training Union work ers. Deacons, and W M. U. lead ers in addition to those who are interested in increasing their knowledge of the Bible and of religious' subjects. The school-at Carrboro has been organized bv the Mt Zion Bap tist Association and is one of two such schools being sponsored by them at this time. The same courses will be offered during the fsame period at the First Baptist Church of Graham. Mr. Earl Pym, Pastor of Brookwood Baptist Church in Burlington, is Chairman of the Associaticnal Committee in charge of the school; Mr. Hen ry B Stokes, Pastor of the Carr boro Baptist Church, is thps.rep resentative on the Committee from this area of the Association. Ray Donates Car For Driver Traininq At Central School Rav Motor Co.- Tnc. Hillsboro, has given a new 1957 Ford tor use at Central High School in the Dri ver Training program The students will have use of the car for the remaining training period of this school session. ■