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The Lincoln times., 1955-04-11
Drunk Driving Cause
Of 1881 Motorists
Losing Licenses

RALEIGH - Drunk driving, in
cluding second and third offenses,
caused the highest mortality rate
among drivers licenses during the
first quarter of the year the Motor
Vehicles Department reported to-
day.
The agency said there were g.
90l motorists convicted of drunk
driving during the period and suf-
fered revocation of their legal
driving privileges. Additional pen
alties were tackled on for the two
and three time losers.
All speeding cases lover rs mpt,
two offenses over SIS mph and over
10 mph in carr resulted in the
revocation or suspension of 2,l40
licenses the department said.
Tops in the speeding bracket
were the 1871 motorists convicted
of exceeding 10 mph in a passen-
ger car.
During the quarter 408 motorists
lost their license for two reckless
driving convictions. And 124 L.
quor haulers were required to turn
in their operators license.
Other convictions such as man
slaughter, hit and run. larceny of
auto, improper use of drivers Ii
cense, unsatisfied judgment, and
incompetency brought the first
Quarter total of reVOcatiOnS to g.
345 and suspensions to 4,O41.
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-11

available additional supplies Of
vaccine for purchase, TO be given
by physicians TO others. OF course
if the vaccine is not licensed. 1t
Will not be used.
WHO WILL GET IT?
Children in test groups who did
not receive vaccine IN last years
field trials and all children in the
first and second grade OF public,
private and parochial schools IN
the United States. Alaska and Ha-
xaii. will receive vaccine. Z 1t is
licensed and their parents request
i. These children were selected
because OF high polio incidence IN
their age group. and because OF
their accessibility at schools. Vac
cine clinics will be set up in schools
in most areas. but arrangements
will depend on state and local sit
uations. Since three shots are re-
Quired over a five-week period, the
time element underscoreS the need
for early planning.
WHO WILL GIVE IT? Health
officials in cooperation with the
local medical profession will be in
charge OF the vaccine program in
each community.
WHAT NOW? All communities
must make ready for this vaccine
program now if We are to protect
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-11

Ed. Note. The following is
timely information on the Salk
polio vaccine plans as released
by the National Foundation For
Infantile Paralysis:l
TARGET DATE - April. 1855
This is the month when the eYalu-
alton report on the Salk polio vac
cine viii be issued by the Polio
myelitis Vaccine Eyaluation Gen.
ter directed By Dr.. Thomas Fran
els Jr. at the University OF Aiichi-
gan. Carefully checked records OF
! $4,000 school children who par
ticipated in the nationwide field
trial sponsored by the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
last year Will show il the yaccin-
ated children escaped paralytic po-
lio attack.
WHAT THEN? II it works and is
licensed by the Federal Govern
ment. the vaccine viii be offered
immediately to about 5000 900
bchool children throughout the
nation before the polio season be-
gins. The National Foundation has
contracted for enough vaccine for
this purpose. II will be supplied to
State Health Departments with
out charge for the product. State
and local health officials will ad-
minister the program. which will
be one OF the largest public health
projects ever undertaken in this
country. Manufacturers will make
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-11
ALEXIS NEWS
Guest MINISTER

fe RSE. JOIN h!LldHaI o.
Charlotte Sas guest speaker Sun
day April 3 at Alexis Baptist
Church in the absence Of the pas
tor. the Pev. ". C. Hill.
Alexis Girls who Won in the
BTU elimination contest at Long
Creek Memorial Baptist Church
IN Dallas wece Doris Abernethy.
Kay and Fay Smith. Carol Mau-
rey. and Dolly Hart. Jerry Long
non IN the sword drill.
Mrs Wilton Wright and son.
Tommy. Of Charlotte spent Sat
uroay with her parents, Nj. and
Mrs. Houston Fe!dermar.
Mrs. Lula Adcock has been IL
for the past week.
Mrs. Car Stepp and Mrs. Wick
Tate We're weekend guests Of MIR
and Mrs. JACK Shelton at Car
thage. On Sunday they visited
Wrehtsville Beach.
Mrs. T,udy Sadler and daugh-
ter. Paula. OF Stanley we're din
ner guests of Alr. and Mrs. Cal
vim Sadler on Monday night.
Mrs. MaGde Lenco OF Tuck
aseege is spending some time
With Mr and Mrs. Carl Stepp
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Hinson o.
Belmont we're Sunday dinner
guests Of Nj. and Mrs. Ray
Norris.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred HarrelI and
children OF LincolntOn Visited
the Rev. and Mrs. Jack Mace
on Spnday.
Nj and Mrs. Den Smith Of
Boyer City and Mr.. and Mrs. J. D.
Lowe and children OF Moores-
vile visited Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Bradshaw on Sunday Other
guests in the home were Mrs.
Eugene Jones and children Of
Mount Holly.
Mrs. Maude Abernethy. Mrs.
VI. P. Randall. and Nj. and Mrs.
Jean Hooper Of Charlotte visit
ed Claudia Abe.Eethy on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Polly Of
Spencer Mountain visited Mr..
and Mrs Clyde Bradshaw on
Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs Earl Bradshaw
and son, Jack. Of Gastonia visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Brad
shaw on Sunday.
MRS. LONG LII
The condition Of Mrs. Callie
Long, who has been Ill for scme
time. continues serious.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ballard
and daughter, Linda, visited Mr..
and Mrs. w. w. Talbert in
Statesville on Sunday.
Nh. and Mrs. Ted Abernathy,
who were in Florida recently
spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. Wade Abernet thy. Ted
! pitched part Of the game that
the Washington Senators played
! in Charlotte. Mrs. Abernathy will
/ leave this week for WASHINGTON
where they will make their home
! Mr. and Mrs. Cecil McGinnis
and children, Donald and Glenn
/ Of Valdese visited M. and Mrs
/ Wade Abernathy on Sunday.
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-11
Veterans Of World
War 7 Reminded Of
Disposal Of Files

Colonel Thomas H. Upton. State
Director of Selective Service, has
announced from Raleigh that he
has received notice from the Di-
rector OF SelecIve Service to pro-
ceed with the disposal of the in
dividual files Of registrants OF the
Selective Training and Service Act
OF 1910. as amended.
He pointed out that any World
War II registrant needing infor-
nation from his World War II Sc
lective service file should request
it now before the loss of such in
formation by destruction of the
records. The information must be
requested either in person or by
letter signed by the registrant.
Colonel Upton also stated that
the Director of Selective Service
advises that the great majority OF
the World War II files have served
all discernible administrative pur-
poses in the operation of the Uni
verSal Military Training and Ser
vice Act, as amended. and that the
Joint Committee of Congress on
the Disposition of Executive Pa
pers has approved of the disposal
OF individual files of registrants of
Selective Training and Service Act
of 1910.
The only World War II files to
be retained are those of registrantS
classified at any time in Glass "
c (Alien). which have been re-
ouested by the Trmigration and
Naturalization SerI ice.
Files obtained under the current
draft act will continue to be main
tanned by each registrant's local
board
Local Board office No. Sc. Lin
coin County. is located in the
county court house.
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-11
Lincoln Ranks 4lst In Per
Capita Property Valuation

tangible and beverage taxes.
The main source of munich
pal revenue was also found to
be the general property tax
which brought in eighty per
cent of the total revenue. Other
main sources of revenue were
the municipalities share of
intangible and beverage taxes.
and license taxes.
District and township revenue
is entirely from the general pro-
perty tax
The total value o. all property
subject 10 taxation in North Caro-
lima in 1953-i954 was IN excess of
1870 million dollars The increase
II recent years in assessed value
Of all property subject to taxa
ton was said to have been pheno-
menal
As late as ls3s-l93e the total
was 2768 million dollars, and at
late as 1916 was less than five
billion dollars.
MAIN FACTORS
The main factors in this phe-
m0nenal increase were said TO
have been gains in Intangible per-
sonal property, and gains in in
tangible property assessments ad-
miniStered by the state govern
ment. The combined increase for
these two items has been from
997 million dollars in le28-I939
TO s.734 million dollars in 1853
1854.
There appeared TO have been
definite trends towards stabili-
zation OF the amount OF local
property taxes for the last two
or three years. However, the in
crease in property taxes during
the last eight or ten years has
been quite SiZeable.
For instance, countrywide taxes
have increased from tWenty-six
and one-haf million dollars in
I945-l946 to slightly over SO mil
hon dollars in l953-l954.
DlStrlct township taxes nave
almost tripled during this period
and municipal taxes have gone up
from something over sixteen mil
lion dollars to S36.655.8 1888.
The total increase in taxes as
sessed against property has been
from s46,426.276 in 1916 to sl03,-
752 .429 in l953-l954.
A look at the statistics finds
that Caldwell county ranks four
teenth in the state in per capita
valuation with a figure of S1,545;
g total assessed valuation Of S622.-
965. .789; a per centage total levy
to assessed valuation Of l48; and
tax rate Of ninety cents.
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-11
Grouse Soldier Tokes
Port In Moneuvers
Near Fl. Lewis, Wosh

FORT LEWIS, Wash. - Sgt.
Jack F. Black, son of E. L. Black
Route l, Grouse. N. c., is among
$4,000 soldiers slated to participate
in Exercise Apple Jack during May
at the Yakima Firing Center near
Fort Lewis, Wash.
Apple Jack will test the effici-
ency of infantry and support units
in mountainous and desert ter
rain. The simulated use of atomic
weapons will be one of the condi-
tions of the exercise.
Sergeant Black, an assistant
mess steward. entered the Army
in February 1851 and completed
basic training at Fort Leonard
Wood. Mo.
His wife, Blanche, lives with
him at the fort.
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-11
NJ. {. Market News

vas quoted al l.43 70 $50 al east
EN- markets.
CLOSING prices for No. 2 red vim
ter wheat we're 2-20 TO 2.25 Der
oUshel. No. 2 red oats rs 70 S5 per
oushel: and No. ? yellow milo al
2-55 70 900 per hundred pounds.
No. 2 yellow sOybeans closed al
2 4S per busheI II the Elizabeth
City area.
Sweet potatoes closed steady or
the NeE YORK market with bushels
o. Porto Ricans from North Caro-
lima wholesalirg a. $50 70 500.
Spot cotton prices we're about
steady during the week and mid
dling Is Is inch averaged 1855 On
Thursday. This compares with
80 4s week ago and with 80 "a a
year ago.
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-11
Pfc. Bobby MeGinnis
Spends Leave In Tokyo

TOKYO - PFC Bobby D. Nc
Ginnis. whose wife, Betty Jean,
lives at 514 S. Laural St, Lin
colnton. N. c., recently spent a
weeks leave in Tokyo from his
unit in Korea.
Private First Glass McGinnis,
an assistant gunner in Company
E of the 7th Infantry Divisions
18th Regiment, entered the Army
in October 1853 and completed
basic training at Camp Gordon,
Ga.
Son of Zebulon V. McGinnis.
Highshoals. N. c., he was grad
uated from Lincolnton High
School in 1858.
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-11
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
North Carolina

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
North Carolina,
Lincoln County.
The undersigned, having quail
fled as Administrative of the es-
tate of Mrs. c. H. MARY Effie)
Rhodes, deceased, late of Lincoln
County, this is to notify all per-
sons having claims against said
estate to present them to the un-
dersigned on or before the 31st day
Of March. 1856. or this notice will
De pleaded in bar of their recov-
cry.
All persons indebted to said es-
tate will please make immediate
payment to the undersigned.
This 29th day of March, 1855.
Mae Rhodes Corriher,
Admx.
Lincolnton, N. c.
st 3-3l
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-11
ILLEGAL
NOTICE
North Carolina,
Lincoln County.

Lincoln County.
The undersigned having quail
fled as the executor of the Estate
Of Mary Mae Grace Seagle, late of
Lincoln County, North Carolina,
this is to notify all persons having
claims against said estate to pre-
sent them to the undersigned on
n before the 18th day of March,
1856, or this notice will be plead
I'd in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate pay
ment to the undersigned.
This 10th day of March. 1855.
Harvey A. Jonas, Jr.
Executor
st ala
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-11
NOTICE
NOTICE
North Carolina,
Lincoln County.

North Carolina,
Lincoln County.
The undersigned having quail
fled as the executors of the estate
Of Chas. P. Heavier, late of Lin
coin County. North Carolina, this
is to notify all persons having
claims against said estate to pre-
sent them to the undersigned on
or before the 23rd day of Febru-
ary, 1856. or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate pay
nent to the undersigned.
This 21st day Of February, 1855.
Olen Heavier
Kenneth D. Heavier
Executors
st 3-14
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-11
Love Memorial
School Honor
Roll Released

The a" honor roll for the Love
Memorial elementary school was
released today as follows:
First Grade - Ronnie Cornwell.
Boyd Leatherman. Randy Milburn.
Steve Nfilburn. Michael Schultz.
Danny Travis. Louise Clark. Linda
Fox. Judy Harkey, Barbara
Schronce. Janice Smith. Mary Ann
Self.
Second Grade - Cecilia Allran.
Becky Andrews. Luanne Beal. San
dra Blanton, Linda Boyles. Vicki
Eurey, Dianne Hallman. Faye
Lynn. Patricia Milburn, Levonda
Young. James Fredell, Rodney
Turner.
Third Grade - Frances Bivens,
Becky Gales. Cathy Bridges. Gail
Neal. Linda Saline. Patricia Rath-
bone, Delorise Sansing. Kenny
Stevens. Roger Scronce, Gary
Warren, Michael Avery, Jimmy
Hughes. Mackey Stamey.
Fourth Grade - Peggy Craig,
Linda BiggerStaff. Larry Wise,
Mickey Cornwell.
Fifth Grade Brenda Neal,
Nancy Hallman.
Sixth Grade - Judy Carpenter.
Patsy Cornwell, Joann Morrison,
Bobbie Saline.
Seventh Grade - Richard Ber-
ryhll, Sharon HouSer.
Eighth Grade-David Poovey
Jerry Flmore, Patricia Chapman.
Shirley Saline. Dorothy Rhodes.
Some men fail because by the
time they decide to take a hand
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-11

LL14-O4Al EDL4-LE d44EEO 1OEtF =
first among the hundred counties
in North Carolina in per capira
valuation Of property during the
l953-54 fiscal year, according 70
information contained in the cur
rent edition o. the University OF
North Carolina News Letter.
The figures showed that to-
tai property valuation in Lin
coin county totAled S3l.346,le3.
that this was a per capita yalu-
alton of sI.2lS. and that the to-
tai levy was 1.66 percent of the
assessed valuation, and the tax
rate Sl.30 on the sl00 property
valuation.
The figures covered all real pro-
perty outside and inside munci-
palities. all personal property ex-
cept intanQoles administered OF
the state. corporate excess OF rail-
roads and public service compan-
les. and bank and building and
loan shares.
CataWba county ranked 18th IL
per capita valuation with a figure
Of S98.788 529. a per capita valua-
ton OF sl599 total levy Of l76
percent OF the total Yaluation. and
a tax rate Of 0.30
Iredell county was tTenty-first
with a per capita valuation OF ST.
324. a total assessed valuation OF
s74533.3l8. a percentage total levy
to assessed valuation Of 2.l0; and
a tax rate Of sI30.
Burke county ranked twenty
second with a per capita valuation
OF 81 306: total assessed valua-
tion Of s59433 005; percentage
total levy to assessed valuation o.
l68. and a tax rate OF one dollar.
Alexander county was thirty
fifth with a per capita valuation OF
Sl.2I8. a total assessed valuation
Of sl7730.33I; a percentage total
levy to assessed valuation Of los;
and a tax rate OF eighty-five cents.
CASTOR county ranked 9Th with
a per capita valuation Of sl.646.
total assessed valuation Of Sl82.-
4s9538: a percentage total levy
to assessed valuation Of sl69, and
a tax rate Of s0.92
WIDE RANGE
According to the News Letter
figures. the total assessed value Of
property subject TO local taxes
ranged from S545 900 900 in round
figures in Guilford county to So
$4,000 in Clay. There were only
eleven counties in which assessed
valuations ran to more than 100
million dollars. and seventeen
counties in which assessed valua-
tons were below ten million dol
lars each.
The counties ranged in per cap
ita assessed valuation from For
syth county with s3,654 to Ashe
county with S4l4. II was also OBJ
served that in general the tax rate
went up as the per capita valua-
ton vent down. The counties with
county wide rates of less than one
dollar were generally the wealth.
ier counties OF the state. while the
counties with county wide rates Of
$3.50 and above were invariably
the poorer counties on a percapita
basis.
The countrywide tax rates rang
ed from seventy cents per 500 val
uation in Forsyth county, the
wealthiest county per capita, to
$3.50 in Greene county which
ranked ninety-eiehth in per capi-
ia assessed valuation.
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-11

More than one half million
growers in Florida, Alabama,
Georgia. Virginia and the Caro-
linas grew slightly over one-mil-
lion acres of flue cured tobacco
in 1854.
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-11
MAIN SOURCE

The main source of county
income was the property tax
which brought in slightly more
than ninety per cent of the
county's income. The second
major source of county revenue
was the county's share of in
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-11

EDITOR NOTE Following is
summary Of market price infor-
nation for week ending April 3,
1855. as gathered and edited By
the Market News Service, y. c.
Department Of Agriculture
HOG PRICES STEADY
Hog prices were mostly steady
10 50 cents per hundred pounds
lower al Eastern Cardinals cash
buying stations and closing tops
ranged from mostly 400 70 1850.
IN Chicago. hog prices were 25 70
40 cents higher and tops closed at
1850 70 1900
Auction prices for cattle we're
weaker on the Rocky Mount and
Rich Square markets. Good butch
er steers ranged from 1900 70 2I.-
IS, good heifers 1900 to 2050;
ard good yealers from 2400 70
$500 Commercial COWS brought
1900 70 1915 and commercial bulls
1300-l400.
CHICAGO MARKET HIGHER
Most classes and GRADES o. cat
tie Tere 50 cents 70 100 higher on
the Chicaeo market. Choice steers
and yearliugs brought 240O 70
2700 while good and choice hei:-
ers were quoted at 1850 10 24.50.
Utility 10 high commercial cows
closed at 1918 70 1900: utility
and commercial bulls 1850 %
1880: and rood and choice vealers
closed at 1900 TO 2600.
Frvers or broilers we're steady
after an increase ot cent per
pound in the Central North Caro-
Ina area With farm pay prices re-
ported at 30 cents per pound.
HEAVY hens were about steady and
were reported at q to "a however
most were reported at % TO %. In
other leading areas Of production.
fryers we're about steady. Closing
farm prices were reported at 29-
2 10 30-l 2. mostly 30 in North
Georgia. at g to 30 il DelmarTa.
and at % 10 % in the Senandoah
VALLEY Area.
Eggs we're STEADY IN Ra!elgH WIN
grading stations paying 36 to 80
cents per dozen for A large. 33
10 IS for A. mediums: and 81 FOL
3. large In Durham. prices for A
large, we're reported at IS to SO
cents and A. mediums at 80 10 "a
Shelled corn prices were steady
at piedmont and eastern North
Carolina markets. Wheat, Oats.
milo were also unchanged while
soybeans we're slightly weaker
YELLOW CORN UP
CLOSING prices for No 2 yellow
corn ranged from l.65 to 10 per
bushel at piedmont stations and
from 143 to $50 in the eastern
part Of the state. No. 2 white corn
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-11

Things never come to the man
who waits, but to those who go
after them.
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-11

EDITORS NOTE: Following is
a summary Of market price infOr-
nation for week ending April 8.
1855. as gathered and edited By
the Market News Service. y. c.
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-11

Some men fail because by the
time they decide to take a hand
all the chips are gone.
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-11
YELLOW CORN UP

Closing prices for No. 2 yellow
corn ranged from l65 to 10 per
bushel at piedmont stations and
from l43 to $50 in the eastern
part Of the state No. white corn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-13

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Washington Daily Nsws
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-09-15
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J. O. Tretsven, known as the father of
dairying in Montana, has retired after
As years of service to Montana State
College and dairying and 81 years with
the Montana Extension Service. TretS-
ven was the first Extension dairyman
to advocate the open shed milking
parIOr system. He dev eIOpe d. the
elevated milking stall. He was the
first to recognize that good manage
ment and milking methods could con-
troll maStitiS. TretSven developed the
KOningen family Of HOIstein dairy cows
for Montana State College. One mem
Der of this family later made a worlds
record for milk production.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-09-15
Officials Preparing
1856 ACProgrann

DEVELOPMENT OF THE 1856 Ag-
ricultural Conservation Program for
Montana will be discussed at meeting
of representatives of Federal and State
agricultural agencies in Bozeman on
Sept. 81, Leo S. Kolstad, State AgricuI-
tural Sterilization and Conservation adj
ministrative officer has announced.
The program to be developed will be
based on the 1856 National ACProgram
announced recently by the Department
of Agriculture. The State program will,
in turn, provide the basis for county
ACPrograms which will be developed
{ and announced early in 1856. Under
the ACProgram, Federal cost-sharing
is extended to farmers and ranchers
to assist in the carrying out of needed
conservation work
The 1856 National ACProgram pro-
vides more hexibility than in recent
years, Ko1stad said. Among the changes
are two of considerable Importance to
Montanans. Cost-sharing will be avail
able on practices carried out on Fed
orally owned land when they will bene-
fit privately-Owned land. For example,
it will be possible next year to receive
cost-sharing for the construction of an
irrigation dam on FederaI1y-owned land
where the land to be irrigated is owned
by individuals.
Another change provides that rates
of cost-shares for certain practices may
be more than half the cost of the
practice. This will generally apply to
practices which are more costly to
install and bring delayed benefits.
formulating meeting with members of
the State ASC committee are represent
atives of Soil Conservation Service,
Forest Service, the Land-Grant college, |
the State Agricultural Extension Serv-
ice. Farmers Home Administration and
the State Soil Conservation committee.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-09-15

September IS, l955-55