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June 1,1942-
The Board of County Commissioners met in regular session Mondayelunet1,1942ntwith
e
J .B.Ennis,Chalrman,L.R.Byrd,Ferd Jackson,Angus A.Cameron and R. L.
Present also was H.C.Strickland,County Attorney and Inez Harrington Clerk to the
Board.
The monthly report of Inez Harrington,Register of Deeds was presented, approved
and ordered filed.
The monthly report of W.D.Harrington,Tax Collector, was presented, approved
and ordered filed.
The monthly report of Lola O+Quinn,Delinquent
approved and ordered filed.
The monthly report of Howard Godwin,C.S.C., was presented, approved and
ordered filed.
Be it resolved that property in Town of Dunn acquired by the County of Harnett
& Town of Dunn under tax foreclosure sale under Judgment #1871 -A -899 be sold to
Ed. W.Holden,Dunn,N.C. for the sum of $250.on the following terms and conditions;
$50. cash with this offer and $8.00 per month until the remaining unpaid balance of
200. plus 6% interest has been paid. Said payments due and payable on the 25th
day of each month, beginning June 25th,1942. Being that lot on E. Divine Street
in the Town of Dunn, conveyed to Ed W. Holden by deed from J.D.Bara es recorded
in Book 183 at page 265; Also that lot on E. Divine Street described in a deed
to Ed.W.Holden from L.J.Best and wife, dated March 7th,1930 and recorded in Book
235 at page 344, Public Registry of Harnett County to which deeds reference is made
for a description. The Chairman of the Board is hereby authorized to execute deed
to Ed W.Holden and the Clerk will attest same.
Be it resolved that the lot of land on West Johnson Street,in Town of Dunn, I
described in Judgment No.A -1291 office of the Clerk of HarnettCounty Superior
Court, be conveyed to MD. Upchurch and wife, Jessie Mae Upchurch in so far as the
interest of the County of Harnett is concerned, by the County of Harnett upon
receipt of the sum of $105.00; and upon receipt of said sum, the chairman of
the Board of Commissioners is hereby authorized aid directed to exedute proper deed
on behalf of the County, and the Clerk to the Board will attest the same and affix
the corporate seal.
It is ordered that Inez Harrington be allowed a raise of $10. per month
beginning June 1,1942 for services as clerk to the Board of Commissioners.
THE FOLLOWING TAXES ORDERED RELEASED BECAUSE OF ERRORS, DOUBLE LISTING ETC.
(Meeting of Board June 1,1942)
Tax Collector, was presented,
TOWNSHIP
Averasboro
Averasbore
Doke
Grove
Grove
Grove
Grove
Grove
Grove
Grove
Grove
NAME
Willie McLeod
J.L.Carr
G.B.Hall
Martha Reardon
J.D.Weaver Est.
J.T.Wiggins
PROPERTY
17i acres
1 lot
239 acres
1 acres
16 acres
16 acres
P.E.Turlington 1 lot
N.A.Townsend 1 lot
W.R & W.G. McLamb 1 lot
Bessie McLamb 2 acres
J.P. Lee
16 acres
YEAR AMOUNT
1934 15.99
1932 through 1934 30.96
1937 76.41
1927 28.26
1933 16.76
1931 5.90
1932 5.72
1933 4.56
1934 4.86
1935 4.46
1936 4.46
1931 16.3E
1928 1.05
1929 1.11
19110 1.14
1931 1.47
1934 4.52
1931 1.38
1932 1.43
1933 1.37
1934 1.45
1927 10.50
1928 9.24
1929 12.09
1930 12.21
1931 8.03
412
Grove
Grove
Grove
Grove
Grove
Grove
Grove
B.L.Langden
fXtxg
G.W.King
.Mrs. Manly 'Johnson
Isaac Johnson
D.F.Byrd
.Daniel Haire
Hectorts Creek John Temple
Hector is Creek H.W.Walker
Hect or i s Creek
Johnsonville
Johnsonville
Johnsonville
Johnsonville
Johnsonville
Johnsonville
Johnsonville
Johnsonville
Neillts Creek
n
Upper Little R.
n
n
n
n
Lillington
Lillington
Lillington
Lillington
Lillington
Lillington
Lillington
Lillington
Lillington
Lillington
Lillington
Lillington
Lillington
Lillington
Lillington
Lillington
Lillington
a.G.Johnson
Stephen McGregor,'col
Amos McNeill, col."
Sam Hiekman,colored
W.A.Franklin
Mrs.James F.Jordon
Linden F.Hartsell
Dr.C.L.Seott
John Black Heirs
60 acres
1 lot
1 lot
16 acres
52 acres
1 lot
22 acres
6' acres
532 acres
34 acres"
154 sores
100 acres
20 acres
62 acres
70 acres
9 acres
115 acres
W.H.Murray personal property
C.W.Ryals,colored 21 acres
Mrs.Susan C.Vann "135 acres
John McDougald,col. 8 acres
N.C.Kelly 5 acres
Cora Harrington, colored
W H. W. Holder
N.C.Jt.Stk. Lauri Bank
A.G.MeLean
5 acres
30 acres
26 acres
14 acres
John McArtan Est. 250 acres
A.A.McDonald- various property
A.D.McDonald various
Jackson Elliott Est.
Mordecai & Haggett
R.T.Johnson
A.I.Cole
Bethune & Smith
Davis Poe
Margaret Owen
R.L.Marsh
Mrs.Aliee H.MCNeill
J.B.Tu e11 Personal.
Claude *Murchison
June M.Ryals col.
J.F.Westcott
1927
property
18 acres 1931.thru
1 lot
2 lots
40 acres
1 lot
210 acres
4 acres
1 lot
142 acres
property
17 acres
2 lots
17* acres
1930
1932
1931
1933
1934
1935
1928
1927
1928
1927
1928-
1929
1930
1934
1928,
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1937
1927,
1927
1927
1928
1929.
thru'1938
1931
1927
1927
1927
1928
1929
1928
,1927
1928
1929
1930
1937
1927_
1929
1930
1931
1932
1930
1927
1936
1931
1932
1933
1931
1932
1933
1934
1934
1936
1928
1928
1929
1931
1928
1931
1928
1933
1927
1927
1931
1928
1929
1930
1928
1930
1931
$45.62
3.68
3.38
2.39
3.07
2.72
5.10
5.80
5.77
2.38
2.10
2.22
2:24
5.68
4.80
5.01
4.60
3.88
4.03
2.55
15.96
5.71
27.03
27.58
31.22
31.40
38.63
12.08
7.50
5.14
18.48
19.91
23.32
10.64
32.97
34.65
36.54
35.07
71.41
8.62
2.02
1.99
1.75
1.79
7.12
10.47
14.99
17.60
17.42
10.90
46.98
15.92
11.56
25.18
38.51
112.01
7.77
3.10
3.21
10.95
3.11
2.82
74.25
4:30
15.61
13.64
18.71
9.16
10.27
17.66
7.24
33.37
28.89
413
Lillington
Lillington
Lillington
Lillington
Averasboro
Averasboro
Averasboro
Averasboro
Averasboro
Averasboro
Averasboro
Averasboro
Averasboro
Averasboro
Averasboro
Averasboro
Averasboro
Averasboro
Averasboro
Averasboro
Averasboro
Stewart's Creek
Stewart's Creek
Mrs. E.B. Reed
J.A.Redfern
R.B.O'Quinn
J.P.Byrd
J.E.Bryant 1 lot
Virginia Trust Co.
Mrs.D.A.Blaekman
Arthur Butler
Tilghman Lumber Co.
W.J.Stone Estate
Mra.Bertha Felton
Mack Thompson
Dr.P.A.Stewart
J.E.Strickland
Fred Smith,colored
Lettie Ryala,col.
Eunice Norris
33 &ores 1928 thru 1937 $104.83
3 lets•vAbts 03.3922 1928 12.21
1 lot 1927 38.13
1933 41.59
1927 thru 1930 16.85
2 lots 1933 thru 1936 251.27
1 lot 1931 16.03
1 lot 1927 thru 1934 85.93
1 let 1936 1.15
15 acres 1935 & 1936 17.99
1 lot 1932 33.84
1 lot 1928 4.20
1 lot 1928 ' 16.10
2 lots 1931 thru 1935 351.57
1 lot 1927 and 1928 14.48
1 lot 1927 and 1928 3.66
1 3/4 acre 1931 thru 1936 22.85
1 lot 1929 thru 1936 12.97
1 lot 1929 thru 1936 40.78
1 lot 1927 and 1928 8.32
poll tax 1938 2.24
5 acres 20.88
54 acres
R.P.POpe
R.B.Pope
Mrs.R.B.Pope
J.T.Whittington
Nezzie Smith,col.
Emma McLean,col. 11 acres
G.E.Allen 42 acres
Essic McLean 72 acres
M.M.McLean,col. 30 acres
Adeline Bailey'Est. 32 acres
John MoDougald, eo1.50 acres
John C.Byrd 50 acres
Sandhill Power Co. 50 acres
1929
1930
1931
1932
1934
1935
1931 thru 1935
1928
flit 1931
1928 thru 1935
1933
1929 thru 1935
1931
1928 than 1931
20.04
18.74
26.01
15.35
16.34
14.39
17.20
10.94
58.57
8.50
49.77
13.63
98.40
BE 1T RESOLVED that Lola O'Qui.nn be and she hereby is reappointed as Delinquent
Tax Collector for Harnett County for the term beginning July 1,1942, and ending
June 30,1943. In addition to the duties of collecting delinquent taxes, the
Delinquent Tax Collector is also hereby authorized to collect pre- payments of
taxes for the 1942 levy. All sums so collected shall be deposited daily in the
county county depository in keeping with the provisions of law. Before entering
upon the duties of the office for the term herein mentioned, Miss O'Quinn will
give a good bond in proper form in the amount of $10,000.00, with sufficient
surety, to be approved by the Board of Commissioners of Harnett County.
Be it further resolved that Iva Johnson Sloan, be and she hereby is appointed
as assistant to the Harnett County Delinquent Tax Collector for the term beginning
July 1,1942, and ending June 30,1943. Before entering upon the duties of this
office, she will give bond in the sum of $5,000.00 with sufficient surety,to be
approved by the Board of Commissioners of Harnett County.
No compliance, in any respect, having been made by John Thomas with the offer
made to the County of Harnett April 4,1942, in sespect of the purchase by him of
the property herein described,it is thereupon, aid by unanimous consent of the
members of the Board of Commissioners, ordered that the purported agreement with
John Thomas to convey to him the property hereinafter described,be and the
same hereby is rescinded in toto.
Be it Resolved that 29 acres of land, more ar less, located in Upper Little
River township, adjoining the lands of Malcolm Dickens and the Thomas land and
being land upon Which Emma Thomas resides, as described in Judgment No. -A -1300,
office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Harnett County, be quitclaimed in so far
as the interest of the County of Harnett is concerned, to Jarvis M.Dickens, upon
receipt by the County of Harnettot $100.00, the'same to be paid as follows:
$25.00 cash,$25.00 Sept. 15,1942 and $50.00 Oct.15,1942.
NORTH CAROLINA RESOLUTIONS
HARNETT COUNTY.
WHEREAS, a Rationing Board has been set upoin the town of Dunn,Harnett County,
North Carolina,which village is within about three miles of three adjoining
counties; and
WHEREAS, Harnett County has a population of approximately 60,000 people, and
the location of the office of the County Rationing Board is inconvenient to a
large majority of the people of Harnett County who have occasion to transact
business with that Board; and
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WHEREAS, it is the impression of many people of Harnett County, who have
conferred with the members of the Board of Commissioner's of the County, that a
Rationing Board for the County of Harnett should never have been set up at Dunn, -
had it been known at the time the office was opened at Dunn that'any commodities
other than automobile and truck tires and tubes, were to be rationed through that
office; and
WHEREAS, complaints throughout Harnett County have been general in respect
of the unsatisfactory geographical location of the County Rationing office at
Dunn, as visits to that office by the people of Harnett County having business with
the Rationing Board office, necessitates quantities of gasoline and oil and the
wear and tear of automobile tires and tubes, all of -Ahich appears to be in direct
conflict with the idea of rationing these commodities; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Comissioners of Harnett County have been requested
and urged to make known to the Harnett County Defense Council and to the North
Carolina Defense Council the sentiment of their constituents'iin respect of the
matters set forth in this preambel, and to request of those agencies that steps be
taken to remove from Dunn the office of the Harnett "County Rationing Board and to
locate that office in Lillington, the County Seat of Harnett County, which town is
located almost in the geographical center of the County, readily accessible to
the people in all parts of the County by good roads and bus routes;
NOW; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of " Commissioners of Harnett
County that the Harnett County Defense Council-and-the North Carolina Defense
Council take cognizance of the inconvenient location of the office of the Harnett
County Rationing Board now-located at Dunn,NorthCarolina, and that the two
Councils are hereby requested to locate'the office of the Harnett County Rationing
Board in the town of Lillington, the County Seat of Harnett County.
ATTEST,
Inez Harrington
Clerk to Board.:
J.B.Ennis
Chairman of Harnett County
Board of Commissioners.
NORTH CAROLINA,HARNETT COUNTY.
;Inez Harrington,Register of Deeds and Et Officio Clerk to the Board of
Commissioners of Harnett County,North Carolina do hereby certify that the
foregoing is a true and compared literal copy of a Resolution adopted by the
Board of Commissioners of Harnett County at its regular meeting June 1,1942.
Witness my hand and official seal this 1st day of June,1942.
NORTH CAROLINA
HARNETT COUNTY RESOLUTION
Inez Harrington
WHEREAS, Fort Bragg is located within approximately two miles of Harnett
County,North'Carolina, at which Fort there are stationed approximately 70,000
soldiers and officers; and
WHEREAS, there are employed at Fort Bragg approximately 15,000 civilian workers;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Fafettevlle, about eleven miles distant from Fort Bragg,
and the territory adjacent to Fort Bragg, and particularly Harnett County, are
crowded with Defense workers, their wives and children, and many Military officers
and their families;
and
WHERE4,the public schools in "Harnett- County have been crowded, and attempts
to alleviate this condition by usual increases of appropriations by HarnettCounty
for its school system, have been insufficient to meet the pressing needs of the
increased population of the County, such - increases being attributed solely to the
fact that Harnett County is within the Defense Area of -Fort Bragg; and
WHEREAS, it is the sense of the Board of Commissioners of Harnett'County that
they should direct the attention of the Har'nettCounty Defense Council to the
conditions mentioned in thistpreamble, with the request that the Defense Council
take proper steps'to have Harnett County declared within the Defense Area of
Pprt Bragg;
NOW, THEREFORE, BETIT RESOLVED by -the Board of Commissioners of Harnett County
that the Harnett County Defense Council take cognizance of the over crowded
condition existing in the County which has been occasioned by the large increase
of its population consisting of civilian Defense workers at Fort Bragg and many
of the Military personnel and their families, and that the Harnett - County Defense
Council request the North Carolina Defense Council to take proper action to have
Harnett County,North Carolina, declared a Defense Area.
ATTEST: Inez Harrington
Clerk to the Board.
J.B.Ennis
Chairmai of Board of Harnett
County Commissioners.
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NORTH CAROLINA,HARNETT COUNTY.
I,Inez Harrington,Register of Deeds sad Ex Officio Clerk of the Board of
Commissioners of Harnett County, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true
and compared literal copy of a Resolution adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of Harnett County at its regular meeting June 1,1942.
Witness my hand and official seal this let day of June,1942.
Inez Harrington
Beer licenses were granted to Alton Peele, Erwin,N.C. Alton Peele's place.
Beer and wine licenses were granted to George R.Joseph, 103 East Broad St.,
Crystal Cream & Candy Co.
Beer and wine licenses were granted to Mrs.George Joseph,902 N.Ellis Ave.City
Ice Cream Co.
Beer licenses were granted to Joseph E.Godwin, Stock Yard Serv.Sta.
Beer licenses were granted to Robert L.Byrd,Jr.,Dunn,N.C. % American Grill on
#301 Highway. -
Beer licenses were granted to Z.W.Hoges,Erwin,N.C.Box 324, Zola's Cafe.
Beer & wine licenses were granted to Andrew J.Collins, Lillington,N.C. #1,Cape
Fear Service Station.
Beer licenses were granted to A.B.Hayes,Manchester, N.C. A.B. Hayes Service
Sta.
Beer licenses were granted to R.C.Cates,Erwin,N.C.#1, Ellis Cafe.
Beer licensee were granted to John A.Lockerman,Erwin,N.C.Johns Place.
Beer licenses were granted to B.Gilbert Perter,200 S.Clinton,Ave.,Bannerman
Coffee Shop
Beer & wine licenses were granted to Horace Bethune,Bunnlevel,N.C.Bethune's
Camp.
Beer licenses were granted to R.L.Pate,Erwin,N.C.Page's Cafe.
Be it resolved that the 54 acres in Upper Little River Township and acquired by
the County under foreclosure sale under Judg #2119 -4 -1245 be sold to J.J.Kelly ✓
the former owner for the total sum of $192. Cash and the Chairman of Board is
hereby authorized to execute deed to J.J.Kelly and the Clerk to Board will attest
same.
It is ordered that Auditor be authorized to pay expenses of Primary upon receipt
of Statement approved by Chairman of Board of Election.
It is ordered that the sale of real estate of County tax payers delinquent in
the payment of 1941 taxes be deferred until the first Monday in July,1942.
It is ordered that privilege license tax of automobile dealers and garage
owners be reduced to the sum of $5. for the duration of the war.
It is ordered that check #561 in the amount of $1500. by the Harnett County
Mutual Soil Conservation Association Inc. be accepted by the County as payment
in full for the purchase of County Tractor.
Budget for Administration of eld aid assistance and aid to dependent children
for the year 1942 -43 in the amount of $10,004.00 was presented for approval. Upon
motion by L.R.Byrd seconded by A.A.Cameron, 1 case worker at a salary of $1320. annua
was ordered cut out of the budget and the same was ordered approved in the amount
of $8684.00 for the years 1942 -43.
Budget for Aid to Blind for the year 1942 -43 in the amount of $1007.16 was
presented for approval. It was ordered that the amount be reduced to $700.
same as the preceding years and the same was approved.
The Board approved the appointment by Mrs.Inez Harrington,Register of Deeds of
Miss Edna Kelly,Deputy Register of Deeds to fill the unexpired term of Xtes Elsie
B.Lanier and the appointment of Miss Ann Stewart as Clerk.
The Board recessed to reconvene July 15,1942.
Clerk
Chairman.