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VOL. 31—NO 10
lack Sentenced
0 Prison Term
UButnerCamp
Youth Pleads
Nolo Contendere
To Holdup Charges
A youth who, boldly and un-
lasked, held up three people at
un’s point here and robbed them
December, was sentenced by
udge F. Don Phillips in superior
ourt Wednesday to not less than
iree nor more than five years in
state’s prison, Raleigh, do be as-
igned to the first offenders’ camp
Butner. Nolo contendere was
le plea offered through H. F.
;eawell, defense attorney.
Identifying Harry E. Flack, 21,
j the hold-up man were Mrs.
oe C. Thomas and Mrs. Lloyd
*rime. They testified that he
lireatened them with a gun as
liey got out of a car at the home
f Mrs. Prime on Connecticut ave-
lue extension, and took Mrs.
■homas’ pocketbook.
Halbert J. Blue, of Aberdeen,
■stifled to a similar occurrence
te following night, near the Sea
card station on Broad street. .
A third count of waylaying and
obbery wais thrown out by the
rand jury, as the colored couple
avolv^ said the man who held
hem up that same week at Aber
deen was masked, and they could
lot make positive identification.
Consolidated for the trial was
larceny count for theft of Mrs^
A. McAllister’s pocketbook
rom her car parked at the home
Mrs. Paul T. Barnum here,
'he loss of the pocketbook was
lot immediately reported at the
ime, but it was-found in Flack’s
ar with that of Mrs. Thomas and
ilso one belonging to Miss Mag-
jie Edwards, when Pinehurst po-
ice. arrested the, youth on sus-
licion December 21. .
Flack, a former serviceman, is
narried to a Pinehurst girl and
hey have a bahy. At the time of
lis arrest he was working as a
>ellhop in a local hoteli
Judge Phillips, holding court
his week at Carthage, ordered
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16 PAGES THIS WEEK
Southern Pines, N. C.
Friday, January 27, 1950.
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
TEN CENTS
Carl Can’t Walk But He Can Smile
mL
hamper Prepares
Booklet To Aid
Academy Project
HORSE RACES
Preparations are being
made for a race meet
to be held at the Stony Brook
track Sunday, February 26.
Mickey Walsh, owner of
the track, said this week that
so far the date is all that is
ready for announcement. In
formation concerning entries,
officials, etc., will be forth
coming shortly. "AU I can
say now is that there will be
plenty of horses, many of
whom have not raced here
before," said Mickey.
The Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday night offered full as
sistance to the venture, which
is calendared as the big open
ing event of the spring sea
son. Races were successfully
held on the Stony Brook
track last year, before it was
quite completed. It has been
much improved during the
past year, Mr. Walsh said.
Indian Collection
Given Library By
Charles Macauley
Drys Will Demand
Candidates’ Views,
Legislators’ Aid
Hit At Pinebluff/
Board Members, For
Referendum Upset
Naval Stores May
Resume Place As
Important Industry
PRESroENT
(Photo by Humphrey)
Carl Hill. 17, a student at the West Southern Pines High school, has
been one of the finest patients the Moore County Infantile Paralysis
chapter has worked with, said Paul C. Butler, chairman. He is a
victim of the disastrous epidemic of 1948 and was totally paralyzed
from the waist down in August of that year. He was a patient for
some time at St. Agnes’ hospital, Raleigh, and was returned to his
home at Manly just about a year ago.
— rpjjg Moore County chapter has
supplied his braces out of March
REA Plans Action
On Petitions For
Rural Telephones
Petitions from Lee, Moore and
Harnett counties bearing more
than 1,200 signatures demanding
rural telephone service in their
j areas have been presented to the
I REA office at Sanford, reported
i Clayton Moretz, manager Monday.
j Moretz explained that nearly
A handsome brochure with '700 names were on a petition from
rinted cover and mimeographed Moore, over 300 on the ^ee p^
ages, giving facts on North Caro- tition and 200 on petition from
ina, Moore county and the Sand-:the newly formed Benhaven co-
iUs, has been prepared by the operative in Olivia,
hamber of Commerce to be plac- i , Now information regarding rur-
d in the hands of the site com-.at telephone service, explained
■nittee in charge of finding a lo-lMcretz, reveals that each mem-
Ition for thp proposed U. S. Air ber of a rural telephone coopera-.
*^'orce acadei^ 't^ve would be required to pay
The booklef wili be sent alsn.^om 10 to 50 per cent equity in
,0 Rep. C. B. Deane, the North the system. This will mean, he
- continued, a membership fee of
from $10 to $50, depending on the
cost of service installed.
Telephone loan applications
will be considered on the basis of
whether they wjil result in pro
viding adequate telephone service
to the widest practicable number
of rural subscribers. REA, stated
Moretz, will endeavor to carry
this policy into action in order
that farmers,and other rural peo
ple generally may enjoy efficient
and economical telephone service.
Moretz said his office is now
getting ready to submit an ap
plication to the North Carolina
Rural Electrification Administra
tion for the people who have
signed up. He pointed out that a
map indicating the position of re
quested telephones will be pre
pared and forwarded to the REA
headquarters. The maps will then
be presented to telephone com
panies operating in the area and
they will be given an opportunty
to provide service for the peti
tioners.
If they fail to provide the ser
vice for the rural residents who
have requested service, then an
REA cooperative will be formed
to provide the service:
If no private company applies
to the REA for funds to build rur
al lines, then a local cooperative
can go ahead with construction
as soon as loan arrangements
have been made with REA.
LOAN APPLIED FOR
John E. Cline, vice president
and general manager of the Cen
tral Carolina Telephone company
Carolina senators and a selected
ist of people who may be able
o lend weight to the project, and
Krho have the interests of the
Sandhills at heart. Chamber of
Commerce president, Harry Ful-
enwider reported to the direc
tors Tuesday night.
Discusion was held of the pro
ject and the directors made a
lumber of suggestions for its fur
therance both before and alter
the anticipated visit of the Army
engineers next month.
They wete reminded that' “com
petition is keen’’ not only in
North Carolina, where 18 cities
are bidding for the academy, but
in many other states. Possibly of
sending a delegation of one or
more to Washington, D. C., later
in the interest of the Sandhills
was discussed. It was decided to
await developments for a time,
then send Colonel P. G. Shear
man, Chamber manager, if such a
move seemed indicated.
Discussion of advertising pos
sibilities' on the Chamber’s lim
ited budget was held, also of the
reasons the Town can no longer
budget funds for town advertis
ing. Informed that this was a use
of taxpayers’ money which would
call for a vote of the people, the
Chamber went on record as favor
ing such a, vote.
Visitors at the meeting includ
ed Mickey Walsh, who informed
the group of horse races sched
uled for February 26 on his track
and received their assurance of
support: Edward S. Tague, C. J.
Simons and D. E. Coleman, of the
N. C. Forestry division.
of Dinies funds and also purchas
ed him the streamlined wheel
chair shown above. The chair
stays at school when Carl goes
home on the bus, and is there for
him when h^ returns the next
day. He has to be carried back,
and forth, but when in the chair
can get around fast.
He is a junior at high school
and one of their brightest stu
dents the school folks say. Be
sides doing well at school studies,
he has an exceptional art talent.
He is one of seven children of
Mr. afid Mrs. James Hill. His
father, caretaker at Hibernia, the
Struthers Burt home, for 25 years
is cne of the best known citizens
of this community.
Hospitalization, treatment and
equipment, for a patient such as
this come high. Few families could
stand them. The March of Dimes
financed by citizen contributions,
takes care of all that. Last year
Carl’s expenses ran just over $2,-
000—the second highest of the
county.
With 31 patients still receiving
care, funds are now exhausted.
The March cf Dimes is here
again.. Let’s not let a single cne
of those kids down! Give—all you
can.
Relics Found In Vicinity
By Pilot Staff Member
Now In James Boyd Wing
by Katharine Boyd
The Moore County Library was
the recipient this week of a col
lection of Americana that must be
classed as “the real McCoy” from
every angle. It is a collection of
Indian arrowheads and pottery,
the possessions of those earliest of
all Americans, the Indians, and it
was presented to the James Boyd
Wing of the Library by Charles
Macauley, a pretty good kind of
American himself.
Ever since he came to the Sand
hills, (and long before that,)
Charles Macauley has been col
lecting arrowheads, pottery and
anything else he could find rela
ting to Indians. He scoured the
countryside of Moore County and
went on over into the adjacent
counties in his search for Indian
relics.
Indians Were Numerous Here
And he found them. In plough
ed fields, along the edges of
streams, where a bank had been
cut along a road or. hillside, al
most everywhere, it seemed at
first, where the ground had been
laid bare, traces of Indians could
be found in arrowheads, shards or
splintered quartz or flint. At
some spots, notably near the Pad-
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Mayor Mills Denies Charge
Members of the Allied Church
League passed resolutions at a
meeting last Sunday to get all
candidates for public office to de
clare themselves for or against
the legal sale' of beer, wine and
liquor, and to further legislation
against it.
They also in a statement hit at
the Town of Pinebluff and two
members of the three-man board
of elections for permitting a
Pinebluff bond election whose
date upset that of the scheduled
beer referendum, March 7.
Resolutions were passed as fol
lows at the meeting held at the
Carthage Methodist church:
“The Allied Church League re
solves that through its members
it will have for its purpose dur
ing this year the carrying out of
the following actions:
“1. Request that all men seek
ing public office by election,
whether on the county or state
level state their position as to
whether or not they favor legal
ized sale of beer, wine and li
quor in the county and state.
“2. Request those elected to
represent the county in the state
legislature to seek repeal of the
“gag rule,” which we believe has
been at least partially responsible
for the people of Moore County
being repeatedly denied a fair and
democratic vote on the sale of
legalized beer, wine and liquor.
“3. Urge our representative in
the legislature to seek passage of
legislation which would remove
all advertising of beer, wine or li
quor from the papers and radios
of our state.
“4. Urge our representative to
seek repeal of the present legisla
tion which allows cities and
towns to vote separately when the
county has voted out tlje sale of
alcoholic drinks: and that the
smallest unit voting on the same
be the county.
“5. Urge our representatives in
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C 8c D Department
Starts Survey Of
Pine-Forest Areas
Cash Crop Seen For Farmers
W. P. Saunders
Named President
Of Robbins Mills
Peach Blossoms
Resisting Warm
Weather So Far
Baptists Will Build
Educational Annex
Work Starts Soon
State Merchants
Will Meet Here
May 7, 8 and 9
The board of directors of the
N. C. Merchants aseciation, meet
ing ’Wednesday at Raleigh, set
the dates of May 7, 8 and 9 for the
organization’s annual convention,
to be held in Southern Pines.
These are the dates which, it
had been found, would suit the
local hotels best, said Lloyd T.
Clark, president of the Southern
Pines Merchants association, ex
pressing his pleasure that they
were the ones chosen by the as
sociation. ’ •
Herbert N. Cameron, a direct
or of the local association and
their representative on the board,
attended the meeting and was
placed on the convention commit
tee. The committee will meet here
some time in February to get ac
quainted with the town and the
hotels and make plans for this
large statewide gathering.
pany applied some months ago
for a government loan for exten
sion of telephone service into
here, said recently that his com- rural communities.
Peach growers of Moore coun
ty are not nervous—yet. A few
more days of warm springlike
weather and they will be, though,
some cf them said this week.
Observers of scattered peach
blossoms in January were fearful
of an annually dreaded disaster
■a too-early maturing, to be
caught by' a later* freeze. How
ever, said both T. C. Auman and
J. Hawley Poole of West End,
these are a few speciments of “off
varieties,” not commercially val
uable and not indicating anything
of the reaction of their main
crops
Both Mr. Auman and Mr. Poole
own large orchards in the north
west part of Moore, and Mr.
Poole also has extensive orchard
holdings in Hoke county.
Even with the temperature
above 80 degrees this week, -they
stayed calm.
“There is a little movement—
but mighty little, not enough to
matter,” said Mr. Poole. ‘The
trees are still deeply dormant,
and it will take more warm
weather than we have had to
wake them up.” He explained that
different varieties need rest
periods of different lengths, and
it is only when they are approach
ing the end of their prescribed
dormancy that they are very easy
to stir.
Hiley Belles need 750 hours, El-
ber4;as 1,000, some of the early va
rieties as much as 1,500. In Jan
uary, they still have a long way
to go.
However, said Orchardman
Poole, “If the warm weather keeps
up another week—it 'WILL be
bad.”
Contract for an educational an
nex to the First Baptist church
was let this week to the Reineke-
Tarleton Cfonstruction company
of Fayetteville, with work to be
gin January 30. The structure will
cost an estimated $30,000.
Approval of the congregation
for the building committee to
proceed with the work was given
at a called business meeting held
Sunday afternoon. Members of
the building committee are Harry
Lewis, chairman: S. B. Richard
son, R. A. Parker, Ralph Chand
ler and Fred Chappell.
The building, will be brick-
veneered over cinder block, 80
by 40 feet in dimensions and
joined to the present church
building at the southeast
corner on the wooded lot between
the church and the Schwarberg
home. It will be two stories high,
with a partial basement, and will
include a number of classrooms,
also church offices, pastor’s study
and meeting room for the
church’s Boy Scout troop.
The committee has approxi
mately $12,000 in hand to start
the work, sum total of a building
fund which has been amassed
within the past year or so. No
plans were made to borrow
money and the committee said
they plan to proceed on a “pay-
as-you-go” basis as long as pos
sible.
Erection of the educational
building will fulfill a longtime
dream of the church, which has
also a new church auditorium in
its plans—a goal for a later time,
once the new structure is finish
ed.
Plans for the new building have
been under way for some time, be
gun during the tenure of Dr. J.
L. Jackson, former pastor, and
continued with the cooperation of
Dr. 'W.C. Holland, who has been
pastc-r since June.
Announcement that 'W. P.
Saunders, of Robbins, has been
made president of the R-obbins
Mills corporation was made last
week.
Mr. Saunders, manager of the
Robbins plant since 1932, was
made a vice president some time
ago and only a few weeks ago
was named executive vice presi
dent. Karl Robbins, then presi
dent, has now become chairman
of the board.
Coincident with the announce
ment came- another, that the name
-of the corporation has been
changed officially from Colonial
Mills to Robbins, the name of its
founder and longtime president
and that by which it has become
familiarly known throughout this
.area.
Robbins Mills, Inc., has plants
in Robbins and Aberdeen, Moore
county: also in Red Springs, Rob-
es6n county, and Clarksville, "Va.
They manufacture a considerable
portion of the rayon and other
types of cloth put out in the sec
tion, and have high standing in
the textile indrjstry throughout
the nation.
Named as Vice president of
Robbins Mills, Inc., in North Car
olina was A. H. Grant of Red
Springs, heretofore manager of
the Red Springs division: and
vice president in charge of the
Virginia operation is Earl Fisher.
In 17 years in Moore county.
President Saunders has become
one of its leading citizens. Besides
superintending operations -of its
largest industrial enterprise—
which has seen great expansion
during this period—he has play
ed a leading part'in county and
community affairs as well as
those of the state.
He has served as mayor of Rob
bins since the town’s incorpora
tion in 1935. He has headed or
otherwise served in all -worthy
campaigns in his community. He
has lent his support to many
•worthwhile causes.
He is a graduate of the Uni
versity of North Carolina, a trus
tee of Flora Macdonald co-llege at
Red Springs and a member of the
Stream and Sanitation commis
sion of the state department of
conservation and development.
Possibilities of the resumption
bf the old naval stores industry in
this section were explained to di
rectors of the Chamber of Com
merce Tuesday night by D. E.
Coleman, of 'Whiteville, who is
in charge of the project for the
state board of conservation and
development.
Mr. Coleman, a member of the
N. C. Forestry division staff, said
that if present plans go through,
the industry will be resumed on
a modern, streamlined basis by
which trees are not harmed and
a good cash crop for tree owners
is assured.
"With the recent gain in impor
tance of naval stores—turpentine
and kindred products-jafter a
lapse of about a half century,
numerous outside interests have
made motions toward its reestab
lishment dn the pine heartlands
of North Carolina. The state de
partment, however, he said, wish
ed first to explore the possibilities
c-f its being done by North Caro
linians. “If only there are enough
trees available, and the farmers
are interested, it is certain to go
through,” said Mr. Coleman.
Interest Is Found
He explained that he was
spending a couple of days in this
section talking to timberland
owners, principally in 'West End,
and had found ‘‘'plenty of trees
and plenty of interest.” It was
while he was engaged in the sur
vey this week that the Cham
ber directors learned of his work
and invited him to come and ex
plain it to them.
His job was created less than
two weeks ago, he said, for the
purpose of the survey, which may
take something like a year. In
the meantime, the state depart
ment plans to build a demonstra
tion distillation plant in the
White Lakes section near White
ville.
The entire coastal plain, with
its myriad longleaf pines, offers
potentialities for the “new-old”
industry, he explained, with
Moore county and the Whiteville
area rated highest. If a large dis
tillation plant is built, it is pos
sible it would be in this county.
However, Mr. Coleman said, the
plant itself is incidental and em
ploys few people. It is in the pos-
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MAIL SERVICE
City carrier service will
^tart here February 15 or
March 1, according to expec
tations of Postmaster A. Gar
land Pierce announced Thurs
day.
He had just received notice
that equipment delayed for
some time by strike condi
tions, had been shipped. After
it arrives, ft will lake somie
lime to get set up for the new
service. He is requesting au
thorization from the Post Of
fice department to inaugu
rate it on either of 'the above
dates, the postmaster said.
The service was slated to
start January 16 but delay in
receiving the equipment
caused postponement. Now it
looks as though everything's
set for this long-planned for
ward step.
Robbins Lad With Leukemia Improves
After First Trial of Hormone ACTH
Wiley Phillips, 11-year-old
Robbins boy who is a victim of
acute leukemia, was said this
week to be responding well to
injections of ACTH, new anti
cancer hormone, at Memorial
Cancer hospital in New York.
He is one of the few persons
ever to have been given ACTH,
possibly the first outside of a
small test group.
Wiley was admitted to Mem
orial hospital Saturday “in criti
cal condition.” He was given two
blood transfusions that day on
Sunday received four injections
of the new hormone, and Monday
morning came the report for
which his home community was
holding its breath—“Wiley shows
much improvement.”
He was to have received more
injections later in the week.
Thursday morning. Dr. A. A.
"Vanore, his family physician at
Robbins, that he had had no fur
ther word, other than that Wiley
is successfully maintaining his
gain.
The boy went to New York
with his father, James Phillips, at,
employee of the Robbins mil’
Monday night of last week
trip partly financed by coUe
taken in. Robbins churche
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