Page Sixteen School Bus Driver Fined, Brake Gets Accident Blame Eighth District Congressional Fight Waxes Warm; Deane Given Slight Edge ■A Water Bond Vote Wins In Carthage By Big Majority Don Jones, New VFW Commander, First Came Here On Vacation Journey A brake rod with a break part ly old, partly new, was Exhibit A in the trial of a Carthage school bus driver, James Blue Fields, at recorders court April 11, in con nection with an accident involvr ing his bus. The bus had been checked at the county garage only a short while before the accident prelim inary to inspection by the State Highway Patrol, it was testified by the driver, James Blue Fields. Bringing it back to school after the check-up, with, fortunately, only one passenger—another high School boy—on the bus, he tried to stop as he neared the Carthage stoplight. He said the brake would not work, and the bus cat apulted into the rear of a car waiting at the light. An estimated $350 damage was done to the car, driven by Ryan B. Albert. W. T. Carroll, garage superin tendent, verified that Fields had left the garage with the bus baout 10 minutes earlier but said that t^e check-up had showed nothing wrong with the brake. Police Chief Bunn Cameron testified concerning the accident Both Fields and his companion Said the brakes were apf)lied “in plenty of time” to stop. Highway Patrolman Harris showed the broken rod and testified that in his opinion, it caused the accident. Finding young Fields guilty of driving with improper brakes, and colliding with another car caus-: ing the accident. Judge J. Vance Rowe continued prayer for judg ment taxing him with costs, he noted also: “The brake showed the rod prartially broken, about two-thirds of the area being a fresh break. The court feels the county or state should pay damage to Al bert’s car.” No liability is assumed in such case by either county or state, it was learned by The Pilot later from H. Lee Thomas, county su perintendent of schools. "Old Eighth" Has Long Tradition of Hairbreadth Wins (A Washington Dispatch) Reports reaching Washington indicate another heated, and close. Congressional race is in the mak ing in the Eighth District, where Rep. C. B. Deane of Rockingham is defending himself against an other challenge by William E. (Bill) Horner, Sanford publisher and legislator. Washington observers, on the basis of the theory that an incum bent already has one strike on his opponent and on the basis of Hor ner’s pre-announcement admis sion he expected to fight an uphill fight against Deane, think that the Rockingham second-termer has an edge on the Sanford publisher. But, they add hastily, it isn’t much of an edge. In support of that they cite the record of the Eighth District for producing the State’s closest Congressional races over a period of many years. One ardent Deane supporter re called that Deane, 'after being hosed out by a handful of votes twice by the late Rep. W. O. Bur- gin, nosed out Horner for the seat by less than 400 votes in their last race. This time, he added cheerfully, “We’re going to beat Horner bad —we’ll double our margin over him.” In most districts, a 700-plus votes margin would be regarded as close, but not, he said, in the Eighth. “If, we beat him 1,000 votes, we’ll consider that a land slide.” Horner friends, on the other hand, say that if after four years in Congress, Deane has gained no more strength than to be able to expect a margin of less than 1,000 votes, “he can be beat.” But they, too, say it will be close. Deane was in the district during the Easter recess of the House, beating the bushes for voters, and he was being helped by John A. Lang, Jr., of Carthage, his secre tary, who deserted his desk in Washington to do a little cam paigning for the boss. Blit Horner is covering the dis trict too. He spent last week building fences in the lower and middle parts of the district, and speaking engagements this week are taking him, accompanied by a hill-b^lly band, to Fair Grove and the Pilot school areas of Davidson county Monday, to- Ronda in Wilkes county Wednesday, Millers Creek school in Wilkes Thursday and back to Davidson county, to ^rlanger, Friday. The highlight of his week’s ac tivities came Tuesday night with a speech oyer the first radio net work ever set up in the Eighth District. Ten radio stations at San ford, Southern Pines, Laurinburg, Monroe, Rockingham, Lexington, rhomasville. North Wilkesboro and Wadesboro, carried the po litical address. Services Held Friday For Retired Minister Funeral services for the Rev. J. C. Thompson, 73, were held Friday afternoon at the Pine Hill Baptist church, near Aberdeen, of which he was a retired pastor. Burial was in the Ashley Heights ceme tery. The Rev. Mr. Thompson, native of Montgomery county, died Wed nesday at his home near Aber deen. Survivors include his wife, the . former. Miss Frances Long, and the following children: Mrs. C. T. Crouch of Aberdeen, Mrs. Willie Odom and Mrs. M. W. Jack- son, of Maxton. and Cephus Thompson of Fayetteville; also three stepchildren, Mrs. Henry J. Hunsucker of Aberdeen, Mrs. M. C. Strother of Albemarle and J. T. Parnell of Fayetteville; 26 grand children and 18 great grandchil dren. By Charles McLeod Although the trend in North Carolina local elections has been to vote dry, the citizens of Carth age went to the polls April H and voted overwhelmingly wet—for water, that is. In a special $135,000 water bond election, the vote was 304 for and only 34 against. Mayor Archie L. Barnes had predicted 302 votes for the issue. He attributed the victory to the progressiveness of the towft and its citizens. Water scarcity is an old subject and a sore one, with residents of the Moore County seat. Every summer that has been extremely hot and dry, orders have gone out to cease lawn watering, car washing and not to be so pernickety about personal cleanliness. In addition to the in conveniences, there were those jibes from other towns and the matter became acutely serious in 1947, the town was forced to make arrangements with Southern Pines municipality for the pur chase of water. As there are no pipe connections between the towns, the H20 had to be hauled by tank trucks. Since that time, the rains have come, but so have new residents, and a big new in dustry is opening this summer. The town authorities called in Barber Keels and associates of Columbia, S. C., for a survey as to how the water supply could be increased. Their survey showed an ample supply could be obtain ed from Little River a few miles from town. Water is now derived from springs and a water shed. The bond money will go for a pipe line to Little River and a new filtering plant. 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