FRIDAY. APRIL 2. 1954
THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
PAGE FIVE
Teen-Age Youths Handed Suspended
Sentences For Theft of Gasoline
MRS. GRAHAM CULBRETH
Mrs. Culbreth To
Preside At Drug
Women’s Meeting
Mrs. Graham Culbreth of
Southern Pines, president, will
preside over the 27th annual con
vention of the Woman’s Auxiliary
of the North Carolina Pharma
ceutical Association when it meets
at the Robert E. Lee Hotel, Win
ston-Salem, April 11-13.
During the meeting the ladies
will be entertained at a luncheon
at the Forsyth Country Club, a
bridge party at the hotel, a tour
of Old Salem, as well as a dance
and a presidents’ reception.
At the business session. Dr.
Robert R. Cadmus, Director of the
N. C. Memorial Hospital at Chap
el Hill, will be the guest speaker.
Also at this session Mrs. Culbreth
will give her president’s report
and recommendations.
The NCPA Woman’s Auxiliairy,
largest organization of its kind in
the United States, concerns itself
with the promotion of various
pharmaceutical projects. At the
■ University of North Carolina, it
maintains a scholarship for a stu
dent in the School of Pharmacy. It
also has set up an emergency loan
fund which lends small amounts
of money to students who might
;obe temporarily without funds
for day-to-day expenses.
This group has also actively
supported the Institute of Phar
macy, a building at Chapel Hill
erected by contributions of drug
gists of North Carolina, substan
tially assisted by the Woman’s
Auxiliary.
In addition to the 500 state
members of the organization,
there are eleven local auxiliaries
in towns throughout the state.
These smaller groups also support
the School of Pharmacy through
individual scholarships and the
Institute of Pharmacy through
purchase of equipment. The in
dividual members work in various
health drives such as cancer,
heart, tuberculosis, polio, etc. The
curernt project of the Auxiliary
is to assist the Pharmaceutical As
sociation in obtaining funds from
the General Assembly to erect a
larger building for the Scl^ool of
Pharmacy on the University
campus. Inasmuch as the shortage
of pharmacists in North Carolina,
brought about by lack of educa
tional facilities, is working a tre
mendous hardship on those in
practice, this is considered a ma
jor necessity.
Mrs. Culbreth served as first
vice-president and membership
chairman last year, before being
elevated to the presidency. Serv
ing with Mrs. Culbreth this year
are Mrs. B. R. Ward, Goldsboro,
first vice-president; Mrs. O. G.
Duke, Jr., Raleigh, second vice-
president; Mrs. R. L. White, Char
lotte, secretary; Mrs. Sam Jenkins,
Walstonburg, treasurer; Mrs. E. R.
Fuller, Salisbury, historian; Mrs.
Ralph Rogers, Durham, parlia
mentarian; Mrs. T. J. Ham, Jr.,
Yanceyville and Mrs. J. M. Dar
lington, Winston-Salem, advisors.
Lt. General A. R. BoUing is the
maneuver director for the Army’s
first atomic defense maneuver, to
be held at Fort Bragg.
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Southern Pines. N. C.
Three teen-age youths who live
between Carthage and Cameron
were handed suspended sentences
to the roads in Moore County re
corders court Monday when they
pled guilt to larceny of gasoline
of less than $50 value.
They were Edward CoUier and
Robie Ashburn, both 18, and
Wayne Cook, 17. They were charg
ed together in one case and, in
mother. Collier faced a separate
charge. His address was given as
Cameron, Route 1. The thefts
were said to have taken place
from vehicles at the Moore Coun
ty Freezer Locker Co., and the
Speer Brothers Mill, both in Car
thage.
Collier was sentenced to six
months in the case against him
alone and to four months, along
with the other two, for the of
fense in which they were all
charged together, the sentences to
run concurrently for Collier. Sen
tence for him was suspended on
condition he deliver his automo
bile to be sold and not operate a
car for the next three years, and
pay costs.
The four months sentences for
Ashburn and Cook were suspend
ed on payment of the costs and
on good behavior conditions, un
der supervision of a probation of
ficer, until they are 21 years of
age.
To Superior Court
Monroe Alford, 25-year-old
Aberdeen Negro was bound over
to Superior Court on a charge of
assault with intent to commit
rape, brought by his aunt, Mary
Berry, also of Aberdeen, who had
been charged by Alford with as
sault with a deadly weapon and
engaging in an affray—charges of
which she was found not guilty.
Alford was bound over under
$1,000 bond, after he and his aunt
told conflicting stories of the in
cident, she asserting that he was
attempting rape while he claimed
he was only trying to defend him
self against her attack on him
with a razor she said she had been
using to cut corn. Judge J. Vance
Rowe then decided a jury ought
to hear the case.
Liquor Case
Ransom Dowdy and Geneva
Dowdy of Carthage were charged
with possession 'df illegal whiskey
for sale. Ransom pled guilty and
was sentenced to four months on
the roads, suspended on payment
of $75 fine and costs and on con
dition he not break the liquor
laws during the next two years.
Geneva pled not guilty and was
found guilty in aiding and abet
ting and was sentenced to 30 days,
suspended on payment of $15 fine
and costs, also with good behavior
conditions during next two years.
Other Cases
Joe Foster, Pinehurst, driving
without license, $10; F. X. Credle,
Vass, speeding 70, passing, pled
guilty of exceeding 55-mile an
hour speed limit, found guilty,
$30; Elmer Lee Coffin, Carthage,
pubhc drunkenness, $15; James
Garland Mattox, Fort Lee, Va.,
speeding 70, $25; Kenneth Back-
with, Middleburg, speeding 65,
$12.50; James J. Justice, Fort
Bragg, speeding 59 in Army truck,
$15; Ed Faulkner, Carthage, Route
2, assault with deadly weapon in
flicting serious injury, pled guilty
of assault and battery, not guilty
of other charge, plea accepted,
three months on the roads, appeal
to Superior court entered, bond
set $500.
Also: Charles Jordan, Marion,
S. C., speeding ki truck, $12.50;
Kenneth Norman Riley, Hillsboro,
speeding in truck $12.50; Ernest
Bolling, Cameron, Route 1, drunk
en driving, 60 days or $100, li
cense to be revoked one year;
Robert L. Tyner, Pinebluff, speed
ing 75, 30 days or $40, license to
be suspended; Clarence Jackson,
Aberdeen, speeding 75, 30 days or
$40; Kenneth W. Martin, Fort
Bragg, careless and reckless driv
ing, no operator’s license, 30 days
or $35, not to drive until he ob
tains license.
Also: R. E. Johnson, Jr., Fort
Bragg, careless and reckless driv
ing, accident and property dam
age, pled guilty to traffic viola
tion, found guilty of exceeding
speed limit in Southern Pines, not
guilty of careless and reckless
driving, pay costs and damage to
street and culvert; John Henry
Ross, Carthage, Route 3, careless
and reckless driving, 30 days or
$25; Willie Roberts, Brooklyn, N.
Y., unlawful possession illicit
whiskey, $10, sheriff ordered to
destroy the whiskey; John Quin
cy Borden, Knightdale, Route 1,
speeding 74, $40; Mrs. Vade E.
McDaniel, Alma, speeding 68, $20;
Norman Ray Maness, Pinehurst,
speeding 70, $25.
Also: Norman Ray Maness,
Pinehurst, speeding 70, $25; Char
lie Robinson, Southern Pines, as
sault on wife, warrant found friv
olous and malicious, prosecuting
witness taxed with costs; Richard
Mack Ceirroll, Niagara, abandon
ment and failure to support wife
and children, pled not guilty,
"ound not guilty (wife took chil
dren away, the record noted, and
said she hadn’t talked with de
fendant about support); Willie
Odell Ross, Southern Pines, dis
posing of mortgaged property, 60
days on roads, to begin at expira
tion of sentence defendant is now
serving, suspendeef on return of
watch or payment of balance due
on it; Lacy Cullen Stutts, Hoff
man, speeding 85, pled not guilty,
found guilty,, three months or
$150, license revoked 12 months.
Also: Billy Carlyle, Carthage,
Route 2, assault on wife, attempt
ed assault with deadly weapon,
pled nolo contendere, three
months on roads, to run concur
rently with another 60-day sen
tence which was ordered into ef
fect Monday for failure to com
ply with a f ornMr judgment of the
court; Joseph Donald Poole, Sal
isbury, speeding in truck, acci
dent, pled not guilty, found guil
ty, $15; Leonard Morgan, Carth
age, Route, failure to stop at acci
dent in which he was involved,
pled not guilty, found guilty, with
notation as well that there was
property damage in the' accident,
30 days or $25; Ira Fletcher Hall,
Carthage, Route, drunken driving,
not guilty; Oscar McGill, alias Os
car Dunlap, Pinehurst, drunken
ness and resisting an officer, pled
nolo contendere, 60 days or $25
and be of good behavior for 12
months.
Alleged Mistreatment of Young Woman
Investigated By Welfare Department
The Moore County Welfare De-"^
psirtment is investigating reports
of mistreatment of Rossie Morgan,
a 25-year-old indigent and men
tally retarded white woman who
last week ran away from a farm
Information On
Parking Sought
By Study Group
Questionnaires about parking in
the business district will be dis
tributed to business owners Sat
urday by a volunteer group of
about 30 Boy Scouts in an effort
to aid the Citizens Advisory Com
mittee in making recommenda
tions to the town council about
the town’s parking problems. Fred
Brindley is chairman of the com
mittee’s sub-committee on park
ing.
Business owners will be asked
to give answers to five questions,
as well as give any suggestions or
comments they have, said Tom E.
Cunningham, city manager, who
signed the letter to be distributed.
If the questionnaire cannot be an
swered immediately. Scouts will
return to pick it up later in the
week.
The five questions are:
1. How many employees, in
cluding yourself, do you have who
drive their cars to work?
2. How many other vehicles are
used in the conduct of your busi
ness?
3. What is the total number of
off-street parking spaces that you
provide?
4. How many additional spaces
could you provide?
5. Where do the vehicles in 1
and 2 above park at present?
INS AND OUTS
Dr. and Mrs. G. B. F. Traylor
of Norfolk, Va., were guests of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Tray
lor, on Wednesday and Thursday
of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Fogle Clark of
Asheville came recently to visit
his mother, Mrs. Bessie Clark. He
returned, but. Mrs. Clark is re
maining for a longer stay.
Lt. Ryan and Mrs. Pat Ryan
eft for West Virginia Tuesday for
a yisit of several days. Mrs. Ry
an’s parents will return to South
ern Pines with them for a visit.
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Pace of
Maxton were supper guests of
Misses Helen Butler and Lurline
Willis Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. David P. Morrison
went to Louisville, Ky., Tuesday
by Piedmont plane to visit Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Burns until today
(Friday). Their son, Reefus, is
spending the time with his grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Mor
rison.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Fyler visit
ed friends in town from Friday
until Sunday, stopping over en
route home to West Simsbury,
Conn., from Babson Park, Fla.
Mrs. Eunice Hite of Fort MiR,
S. C., was a weekend guest of Mrs.
James Douglas, coming for the
races. Mrs. Douglas entertained
at two tables of bridge in her hon
or Saturday night.
Recent gutsts of Mrs. Melissa
Hodnett were her sister and
brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J.
M. Ballenger of Charlotte, also
a nephew, Jesse E. Aiken of
Washington.
Mrs. Irene D. Hussey and son-
in-law, Ray Schilling, went to
Boone for a weekend visit and
brought Mrs. Schilling back after
a week’s stay with her sister, Mrs.
Robert F. Hearn, and Mr. Hearn,
who moved to the mountain town
about a month ago from Southern
Pines. She had accompanied the
Hearns home after a weekend
stay in the Hususey-Schilling
orre here
home, between Clay Road Farms
and Vass. She had been placed
on the farm by the Lee County
Welfare Department, under sup
ervision of the Moore Department,
to live and work on the farm in
return for her board and keep.
Welfare officials described the
young woman as having the men
tality of a 10-year-old child, ac
cording to an examination given
her by a psychologist when appli
cation was made to get her into
Caswell Training School several
years ago.
Also living and working at the
farm are her sister and the sis
ter’s grown child, both also of lim
ited mentality, it was stated.
The young woman is now at the
Lee County Home, where she, her
sister and niece had stayed before
they were sent to live with the
Moore County family. The sister
and niece remain with the Moore
County family. All three of the
trio were originally from upper
Moore County. Applications were
made for institutional care for all
of them, said Mrs. W. B. Cole,
superintendent of the Moore Wel
fare Department, several years
ago, but no room was found for
them in an institution.
They were put out to live and
work first in Moore County, then
went to Lee County with the peo
ple they were working for and
later were put under the care of
the Lee Welfare Department at
the county home there. On ap
plication of the Moore County
family for their services, they
were returned to Moore County
about eight months ago.
Letter Sent
The case came to public atten
tion when a letter was sent to The
Pilot by a Moore County resident,
who asked that his name be with
held, describing reported mistreat
ment of Rossie Morgan and the
other two indigent boarders at the
farm, as related by Rossie after
she ran away to the home of a
neighbor.
The letter said that Rossie was
“put to hard labor cutting pulp
wood and loading pulp wood on a
truck’’ and was required to do
heavy farming labor. When she
ran away she was quoted as tell
ing a neighbor that she would go
to jail rather than go back to the
home where she had been.
She was quoted as saying that
cows were milked daily at the
farm but that she was not allowed
to have milk. When the family
had chicken stew she was not per-
Pays Tribute To Late
Miss Faith Garland
The following resolutions, in
memory of Miss Faith Garland,
have been adopted by Magnolia
Chapter 26, Order of the Eastern
Star:
“Our. Father, in His infinite wis
dom, has caused another link to
be taken from our chain of mem
bers.
“Sister Faith Garland came to
our chapter by affiliation from
Aurora Grate Chapter No. 207,
Brooklyn, N. Y., on December 5,
1952 and left us to enter eternal
rest on February 25, 1954.
“The years of her life were rich
and full and though her stay with
us was for such a short time we
know that her life has been an
inspiration to many by her beau
tiful Christian character.
■‘Therefore, be it resolved, first,
that we question not the Divine
Will of our Father who gave us
the assurance that he who believ-
eth on Me shall never die.
“Second, that we extend our
love and sympathy to the bereav
ed family and commend them to
God for His comfort and guidance.
“Third, that a copy of these res
olutions be recorded with Mag
nolia Chapter, a copy be sent to
the family and a copy to The Pilot
for publication.
“ ‘And as our tribute this we pay
to that dear friend who might not
stay, through pearly gates once
more ajar, we’ll send the greet
ing of our Star.’ ’’ _ ,
Resolution submitted by Alice
Thomas, Vera Sitterson and Bess
Ward.
Homewood Gardens
Will Be Displayed
Homewood Gardens, owned by
Mr. and Mrs. Dennison K. Bullens
of Knollwood, will be opened to
the public on Palm Sunday, April
11, with an admission charge for
benefit of the Moore Cdunty Hos
pital Auxiliary. The gardens will
be on display between 2 and 5:30
p. m.
Many visitors to the Sandhills
and others from throughout the
State are expected to witness the
display of Spring blossoms at the
gardens, along with residents of
this area. *
Terraces and shaded walks sur
round the Bullens home. In the
gardens are carefully planned col
or arrays of rare shrubs, dog
woods, azaleas and camellias.
mitted to have any, she was quot
ed as saying. Her legs were de
scribed in the letter as scratched
and bruised and her hands as cal
loused and hardened. The letter
said that the sister and niece were
given the same treatment as was
given to Rossie.
Investigation Made
Mrs. Cole told The Pilot that,
after Rossie was brought to the
Welfare Department and had been
returned to the Lee County home,
she herself went to the Moore
County family to investigate the
case. She learned that the wom
en had been required to cut wood
while a pasture was being cleared.
She said that she told the farmer
this was not fit work for women
to do. She reported that the sis
ter and niece said they wished to
remain at the farm and that they
considered it the best home they
had ever had.
In the eight months the three
women had been at the farm, Mrs.
Cole said, the Welfare Depart
ment had had no complaints about
treatment of the girls. The writer
of the letter told The Pilot that it
was because of .complaints from
other neighbors that the case had
come to his attention.
Mrs. Cole said that the Welfare
Department had checked the three
boarders at the farm twice in the
eight months, but said she could
not give the date of the last in
spection and did not have a writ
ten report of its findings. She said
that indirect reports had come to
the department that the three
mentally deficient women were
getting along all right.
Denied Mistreatment
She said that members of the
family at the farm had denied
they had mistreated the woman
who ran away. Mrs. Cole said
that at one time the young woman
had had pellagra and that as a re
sult of this she sometimes has a
“breaking-out” on her legs that
might be interpreted as bruises
and scratches.
On Wednesday of this week
Mrs. Myrtle D. McCallum, case
worker with the Moore Welfare
Department, again visited the
farm. Mrs. Cole said, Thursday,
that she reported the sister and
niece repeated their desire to re
main there. She said that, in
checking on the situation, Mrs.
McCallum spoke to three neigh
bors who said that they had seen
the women cutting pulp wood and
“felt like they did work awfully
hard.” Members of the farm fam
ily said the girls had been asked
to do no more work than members
of the family did, Mrs. Cole said.
Report To Be Made
Mrs. Cole said that a report of
these findings would be made to
the Lee County Welfare Depart
ment through which the women
were placed in Moore County. The
Moore County Welfare Depart
ment’s function in the case has
been supervisory, she said.
Mrs. McCallum reported, Mrs.
Cole said, that the two women re
maining at the home were in the
kitchen washing dishes, along
with a member of the family,
when she made her Wednesday
inspection. She said they seemed
to have ample clothing.
The writer of the letter to The
Pilot said, “This situation should
not be permitted in this county.
. . . it appears that a more accu
rate check should be kept in this
type of case.”
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