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MOTORISTS! WATCH OUT FOR CHILDREN MOTORISTS! WATCH OUT FOR CHILDREN OL. 31—NO. 22 any Candidates In Primary Lineup; m Pleasants Files For Commissioner Contests For Clark And Register Attract Large Fields aturday, last day for filing for nty office under the Democrat- jrimary, saw several new can- ates enter the ring, one of them ng Jim Pleasants of Southern es for county commissioner, ate in the afternoon of the [ day Mr. Pleasants yielded to urging of civic leaders and ers here, who have long felt the county’s largest commun- should produce a commission- fter long considering entering race for clerk of court, Mr isants announced for this of last week, then shortly there- r withdrew for business rea- . Pressure continued on him lOut let-up to enter the race lounty commissioner, to which 1st he yielded. am seeking the office purely public service reasons,” he “and if elected will do my to serve the county as a le in a fair and just manner, ipposes T. L. Blue of the Eu- . community as representative ’cNeills and Greenwood town- s on the board, and is the sole lidate for the county commis- outside of the incumbents. '. Pleasants made it plain he wasn’t entering the race fight anybody,” but solely in rer to a growing sentiment this community shored have presentative on the board. has been none since the M. N. Sugg, who served more 30 years ago. . Pleasants is a Moore Coun- itive, born in Carthage. He is ict representative for an in- >06 company. est for House lother surprise entry into the ary contest was Robert N. , 3rd, of Aberdeen, filing as opponent to the veteran H. Dn Blue, also of Aberdeen, for louse of Representatives. Mr. (Continued on Page 5) ROTARY CHIEF FOR THE BOYS >H 'icinct, County etings Are Set E. J. AUSTIN E. J. Austin Is Elected President Of Rotary Club ;cinct, county and state Dem- ic meetings will be held dur- ae next three weeks, leading the Democratic primary of 27. V. O’Callaghan, Southern precinct chairman, an- 3ed this week that the local act meeting will be held Sat- ', April 29, at 2 p. m. at the ■lean Legion hut. Officers 3e elected, also delegates to ounty convention ,and other ess tO' be presented at the ly meeting will be taken up. ! following Saturday, May 6, be the date of the county ntion, according to M. G. :te of Carthage, chakman of foore County committee. The will be 2:30 p. m., the place ourtheuse at Carthage. On lenda will be election of of- , and of delegates to the convention to be held Thurs- iJav 11, at Raleigh. Boyette requested that ht be given to election of ■ chairman, as he is definite- i a candidate for reelection. IS been chairman since 1932, e declared he feels that that g enough. D, stated Chairman Boyette, andidate to succeed himself licitor of the 13th judicial ■t his hands will be full dur- e next few weeks, and cam- duties will definitely pre- his serving again. 5P CANDIDATES epublican candidates for sral county offices were led at a meeting at Car te as follows: )r county commissioner— ert Hussey, Sheffields- Salem townships: Ed H. cox. Deep River-Ritters: fj. Garner, Greenwood- feills: J. K. Melvin, Jr., dhills-Mineral Springs. )r sheriff—Homer F. Sea- Carthage RFD; for cor- ', Dr. W. N. McDuffie, ^bins. yx the General Assembly ,:nate, W. Clement Bar- Carthage; House, Arthur .tkins, Cameron. E. J. Austin, local building con tractor, was named president of the Southern Pines Rotary club at the annual elections held last Friday at the Village Inn. Russell Lorenson was reelected secretary-treasurer. New direct ors are Will Wiggs, L. V. O’Cal laghan, Jr., Garland Pierce and Herbert N. Cameron. By Rotary custom the retiring president, H. L. Brown, will as sume the office of vice president. The new officers will go in July Attending the Friday luncheon meeting was a record number (for this season) of visiting Rotarians —22 of them, exactly equaling the number of club members who were present. In addition to Junior Rotarian Richard H. Kaylor, visitors were W. G. Thomas, Charlotte; E. E. Potter, New York City; E. E. Morgan, Boston. Mass.; S. S. Shafer, South Plainsfield,' N. J.; H. Lee Thomas, Carthage; H. O. Reed, Gloucester, Mass.; Fred B. Howland, Titusville, Pa.; Dr. Har old E. Small, James M. Acheson, Homer E. Robinson, all of Augus ta, Maine; Ralph L. Higgins, Rockland, Maine; Chester B. Lord, Binghamton, N. Y.; L. M. Tate, Blowing Rock; Earl Sprague, Bridgeport, Conn.; Dal las Holland, Burlington, Vt.; Ken Berwick, Clare Dryden, .both of Montreal, Canada; Bob Black burn, Clairton, Pa.; C. L. Dou- mas, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Bob Davis, Lewistown, Pa.; George Mieske, Meirian, Conn.; Dick Heilman, Scarsdale, N. Y. Magazines and comic books, the servicemen's favorite reading matter are badly needed at the Red Cross field headquarters at Camp Mack- all, according to information received this week by the Moore County chapter office from Richard N. Hart, field director. No recreation program has been set up this time for men on the maneuvers, whose numbers will reach 50,000 within a few days. Reading matter, also playing cards are badly needed and will be gratefully received. Children and adults can all help fill this need. The books and cards may be left at the Red Cross chapter office on South Broad street, whence they will be promptly deliv ered to the field office set up for Exercise Swarmer. Sandhill Peach Crop Is Casualty Of Brief Freeze Postal Cuts Force Curtailment of Local Service No More General Delivery or Late Mail Distribution Insufficient Address Will Cause Return of Mail To Sender The commercial peach crop of the Sandhills and nearby areas was virtually wiped out by a hard freeze last Thursday night, and any peaches which escaped were taken care of by even colder weather Friday night. Temperatures went down to the middle twenties for the two cold est successive April nights on rec ord, as an unseasonable “cold front” with high winds cut a shivery path all along the eastern seaboard. New Golf Couri^e Will Mean Eight For Sandhills The freeze caught the peaches at their tenderest stage, immedi ately following pollination of what had shown signs of being a bumper crop. Surveying the wreckage of his large Moore and Hoke orchards, and also those of his neighbors Friday, J. Hawley Poole of West End declared it “as complete a washout as I’ve ever seen.” T. C. Auman, another large West End grower, estimated damage at 95 to 100 per cent. The peaches had come through an unseasonably warm winter, followed by several cold spells, in excellent condition, and had look ed like “a million-bushel crop— the best in years,” according to Mr. Poole. (Continued on Page 5) The drastic cut in postal ap propriations announced this week will have immediate ef-- fects on the mail service in Southern Pines, as in other communities all over the coun try. The Postmaster General’s directive cutting down resi dential deliveries to one a day will not cause any change here, as that is all that is be ing made, said Postmaster A. Garland Pierce. However, the reduction in auxiliary help will necessitate elimination of some services, consolidation of others, effective at once. Exercise Swarmer, Film Company Combine For World Premiere At Carolina Theatre Tuesday Ni^ht Public Relations Headquarters For Maneuvers Set Up At Hollywood Hotel Prime Minister And Lady Will Be Barbecue Guests The Sandhills, already holder of a world’s record total of seven first-rate golf courses within six miles, will have eight by the open ing of the season next fall. A new nine-hole golf course will be opened at Pinehurst in ad dition to the three 18-hole courses now already operating there, ac cording to an announcement made by Pinehurst, Inc., last week. The new course will be made by reopening nine holes of the old No. 4 course, which has been clos ed for more than 15 years. It is not merely a reopening job, how ever, according to the announce ment. A complete new watering system will be put in, the greens (which were sand) will have to be built new and there will be some alteration in the layout to create a course measuring a little over 3,000 yards. The course will start and end in the vicinity of the 18th green on the No. 1 course and practice grounds. The other four courses of this world golf center are in the im mediate outskirts of Southern Pines, an 18-hole and a nine-hole course at the Southern Pines Country club, and the 18-hole courses at Pine Needles and Mid Pines. Sir Basil and Lady Cynthia Brooke, distinguished guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Ives, will attend a barbecue supper to be given at the Ives home. Paint Hill Farm, for the Moore County His torical society Thursday evening. Invitations have been sent to members of the Society on the 1950 active list, also to several friends in other parts of the state. Lieutenant Governor W. P. Tay lor will attend as a special guest of J. Talbot Johnson, president of the Society. This is just one of the interest ing events which will highlight the stay of- more than a week to be made in the Sandhills by the Prime Minister of Northern Ire land and his lady. They are com ing for a rest and a vacation with their old friends, Mr. and Mrs. Ives, whom they knew in Belfast a dozen years ago when Mr. Ives was U. S. consul general there, and Sir Basil was minister of'ag riculture. Arrangements have been made for them to do and see several things in which they are inter ested. -Sir Basil will play some goU, and Lady Cynthia will see something of the rural life. They will visit some farm homes of the county in company with Miss Flora McDonald, county home demonstration agent, and will al so appear on the program of the district meeting of home demon stration clubs to be held at San ford Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Ives will go to Richmond to meet them Saturday on their way south from New York City, and will take them to Williamsburg for the week end. They will check in briefly at Paint Hill Farm, then go for a look at Char*leston, S. C. Directives received Wednesday brought the following important announcements. No more general delivery serv ice will be rendered except to Itransients. Persons living here, or staying 30 days or longer, must secure post office boxes or get on the carrier service list. (Plenty of boxes are now available, and carrier service covers practically all areas of the town.) No mail will be distributed to boxes after 6 p. m. This cuts out distribution of mail from the eve ning trains—chosen in preference to suspension of service on Sat urdays, as recommended by the Postal Department. A change in train schedules expected shortly may mean that distribution of late mail can be resumed. Directory service will cease on all except perishable and insured mail. Unless the postal clerk handling your mail just happens to know where it should be de livered, if it doesn’t have your street or box number it will be returned to the sender at once. This is by direct and imperative order of the Postmaster General. tVhen two or more people are using the same box, those who are not members of the family which originally signed up for it must move out, getting a box of their own, or listing themselves for carrier service. Consolidation of window serv ices means that at slack times of day only one man may be on duty, and service may be slow. The full cooperation of the pub lic will facilitate matters greatly, and Postmaster Pierce urged that this be given. Distribution of mail on Sundays will continue, but it may be slow, and not always complete. Every effort will be made to put up first class mail and the Sunday papers. The. list of instructions from Washington is lengthy, said Mr. Pierce, and other adjustments may be necessary, to be announc ed from time to time. The reduction in services, tho it may cause inconvenience, was considered essential in view of the Postal Department’s huge operating deficit, and in hopes of balancing the postal budget. SWARMER SPEAKS Clacking teletypes, clicking typewriters and ringing tele phones this week gave a first- floor wing of the normally peace ful, Hollywood hotel the air of a big-city newsroom, as headquar ters were set( up for public rela tions for Exercise Swarmer, the giant Army-Air' Force tactical maneuver soon to get under way at Camp Mackall. From the heaquarters set up by Lieut. Col. Barney Oldfield, former Lincoln, Neb., newsman now heading all Air Force public relations, the nation will be brief ed on the progress of the exercise and also of the part played in it by each of the 60,000 men. Re leases ahd photographs are pour ing out in a steady stream to all metropolitan newspapers and the men’s home towns. The military staff started mov ing in this week, with Colonel Oldfield, Lieut. Warren Morgan and Lieutenant Kirk as the van guard. The full staff consists of 19 officers and 42 enlisted men of all branches of the service, who will be in and out as they cover the whole maneuver area. Three teletypes connecting directly with field headquarters and four special telephones were installed Tuesday. Two direct wires were installed by Western Union. Press Representatives Next Tuesday the civilian re porters will start arriving—a star- studded list of more than 50 rep resenting the nation’s big news papers, the press services, radio networks, magazines and photo syndicates, on special invitation of the Secretary of Defense. Among those from whom accept ances have come are, frcwni New York City, Austin Stevens, of the Times; C. B. Allen, Herald- Tribune; Johnny Hughes, Daily (Continued on page 5) Airlift Drama Will Be Shown As Part of Maneuver Briefing Notables, Parade. Floodlights, Speeches • Six Fire Alarms Keith Files Two Set Record For $25,000 Suits vs. One Day Here Resident Fireman Frank Kaylor issued a reminder this week that it is against the law, at any time, to burn trash or brush in the city lim its without getting a permit from the fire department. This is especially important at this time. Just call him up— ‘ he'll tell you if it's okay. Besides producing a record number of forest fires, the dry windy weather gave the Southern Pines fire department its busiest weekend in a long time. Six alarms on Friday made this a record day in the department’s history. Two more calls came Sunday, and one on Monday. Ex cept for considerable damage to a West Southern Pines home, the total loss was smiall. Fire breaking out at 3 a. m. Fri day in the home of Rev. J. C. Flowers, 835 West New Hamp shire avenue, gave the firemen a real fight in confining damage to (Continued on page 5) Chemical Company Two suits were filed in Moore superior court last week by Gor don Keith, of Pinebluff, each ask ing recovery of $25,000 damages from the Taylor Chemical com pany of Aberdeen. One suit, filed by Keith indi vidually. lays the blame for the death of his small daughter April 24, 1949, on fumes exuded from the plant, at which insecticides are manufactured. The Keith home was formerly in Aberdeen, near the Taylor plant. The other suit was filed by Keith as next friend of his young son, Glen Ciray Keith, who, it is claimed, was made ill and has suffered permanently impaired health as a result of inhaling the fumes. Both civil papers tell substan tially the same story, and request, besides the damages, that the Taylor plant be permanently re strained and enjoined from per mitting the dust and fumes of (Continued on Page 5) Southern Pines will have a film premiere with all the trimmings Tuesday night, when Twentieth Century-Fox will present “The Big Lift at the Carolina theater to a selected audience of Army and Air Force top personnel, vet erans of the Berlin airlift now on maneuvers at Camp Mackall, newsmen from the metropolitan dailies and press services, mayors and newspaper editors of South ern Pines and surrounding com munities. The (Igrolina has been taken over for that evening by Twen tieth Century-Fox and admission will be by invitation only. Floodlights will mark the path way of the honor guests from the Hollywood hotel, and flash on the front of the theater as they enter in the best Hollywood tradition. A cavalcade of 10 jeeps bearing the airlift veterans, some of whom appear in the movie, will be preceded by the 82nd Airborne Division band. After all have en tered, a portion of the band will follow them into the theater and play an introductory concert of four or five numbers. Mayor C. N. Page will give a greeting from the stage, and pre sent Maj. Gen. William H. Tun- ner, who headed the Berlin air lift and is in charge of the airlift operation which will climax Exer cise Swarmer, the maneuvers at Camp Mackall. Author Will Attend George Seaton, author and di rector of “The Big Lift,” will come from Hollywood to be in Tuesday night’s audience. He will be accompanied by several repre sentatives of Twentieth Century- Fox’s public relations office in New York City. The parade of premiere arrivals will be filmed by Army newsreel cameras and probably also by Fox Movietone. It may also be transcribed by Mutual for later presentation over the MBS net work. The film was made in Germany during the Berlin airlift, and shows the airlift in full opera tion. It shows the actual men and planes of the “lift” and contains (Continued on page 51 Forest Fires Flourish In Dry, Windy Weather; Crews Work Night And Day The maneuver public rela tions staff, which will prac tically take over the Holly wood hotel next week, on Tuesday of this week look over the breakfast disc- jockey program at Radio Sta tion WSTS. Every day, from 7 to 8 a. m., "The Voice of Exercise Swarmer" will be heard un til conclusion of the maneu vers early in May. Listeners to the program can keep right on listening— it remains a platter-and-pat- ter program but the patter concerns the maneuvers and the men who make them, de signed to inform and enter tain the men and also the lis tening public. A staff of five enlisted men has'been assign ed to the program, to alter nate as script writers and an nouncers. An evening pro gram may also be arranged. Forest fires driven by high. winds through tinder-dry woods have kept the N. C. Forest Service crew of Moore county working without let-up for three weeks, and praying for rain. ' Twenty reportable fires, liber ally interspersed with “spot fires” in brush or woods, constituted a record in the first 17 days of this month, said Forest Warden E. W. Davis Monday. The dry condition unusual for April, . prevails throughout the state, and all brush burning permits have been indefinitely revoked. People burn off anyway, Davis said—and v. hen they do, the law takes iK (oui-i' Responsibility has been fixed m eight Moore county case.s this month, and investigation is still going on in others. Handled through the Forest Servitc law enforcement department, suppies- sion costs are charged and in sev eral instances fines, for caicless- ness, disregard of the law. and in one case, a child playing with matches. Thanks to Volunteers s The crew of six men have had (Continued on Page 19) Here are the N. C. Forest Service men who protect Moore county’s woods, photographed against some of their equipment with the Southern Pines fire tower beyond. They are, from left, Odell Mc- Crirmnon, helper; Herman Caviness, Eagle Springs towerman; W. G. McCrimmon, assistant warden; V. E. McCrimmon, Southern Pines towerman and smoke tracer; Colin L. Jones, Eagle Springs helper; County Forest Warden E. W. Davis. (Photo by Emerson Humphrey)