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VOL. 35—NO. 41
Schools To Open
Wednesday With
Short Schedule
Regular Classes To
Slari Friday; New
High Sc^gilmll^dy
;dnes-
for
yrgest j
lend j
laid i
School bells
day morning
what promises
number of children
the schools here.
Supt. A. C. Dawson,
that the elementary
schools will open at 9 a. m.
nesday and Thursday and
close early on both those days, let
ting out about noon.
Bus schedules will be adjusted
to the later opening and earlier
closing, he said.
Friday will be a regular school
day, with opening at 8:25 a.m.
The regular schedule calls for!
first and second grades to be re
leased each day at 1:45 p.m., third
and fourth grades at 2:30 and the
remaining elementary grades and
the high school at 2:45.
The school cafeteria will not
operate on Wednesday and Thurs
day but will operate Friday.
Again this year, the Pilot will
carry cafeteria menus one week
in advance to help mothers plan
meals at home. The Friday lunch
mpu is: tuna fish salad, french
fried potatoes, garden peas, fruit
ed gelatin, rolls, butter and milk.
In West Southern Pines, Prin
cipal J. W. Moore said that the
schedule also calls for a 9 a.m.
opening on Wednesday and
Thursday with a regular school
day, opening at 8:25 on Friday.
The West Southern Pines cafete
ria will not operate for a couple
of weeks, he said.
Supt. Dawson said that the pre
school registration was the largest
ever held in the white schools and
that an increase in attendance is
expected. Principal Moore said
also that an increase in pupils at
West Southern Pines is likely.
The ‘Phase A” unit of the new
Southern Pines high school is
completed, furnished and ready
for use Wednesday, Supt. Dawson
said. The entire high school will
bb accommodated in the new
building, he said, by using for
classrooms rooms that will be
used for other purposes when the
“Phase B” unit of the school, to
be built on an adjoining site, is
completed.
The elementary school is short
four classrooms. One class will be
held in the teachers’ lounge, two
in the home economics cottage
and one in the gymnasium office.
EIGHTEEN PAGES
PRICE—TEN CENTS
MR. BURT ... at ranch in Wyoming several years ago
Struthers Burt, 71, Dies In
Wyoming After Long Illness
Noled Writer Had
.Spent Much of Life
In Southern Finest
Struthers Burlj, novelist and
poet, who was for some 30 years
a beloved part of Southern Pines
community life, died Saturday at
a hospital in Jackson, WVomkig,
after a long period of declining
health. He was 71.
Mr. and Mrs. Burt spent last
winter and spring in Southern
Pat Morrison, 15,
Is Town’s Second
1954 Polio Case
Eiglith District
Rally Octob<«r 12
The 8th Congressional ^District’s
Democratic rally, to be held at
the Lee County Courthouse, San
ford, will take place Tuesday,
October 12, it was pointed out this
week by W. Lament Brown,
chairman of the Moore County
Den-.ocratic executive committee.
An announcement in last week’s
Pilot incorrectly listed the meet
ing for October 8.
Exact hour for the rally, td
which State party leaders, nom
inees and office holders have
been invited, has not yet been
announced, but it is presumed
that it will be an afternoon meet
ing as customary. Democrats of
tois county are urged to attend
Pat Morrison, 15, daughter of
Mrs. Pauline Morrison, 865 N.
May St., was listed this week as
Moore County’s fifth polio case of
1954 and the second case 'from
Southern Pines.
Her case was diagnosed at
Moore County Hospital Saturday
and she was transferred to the
polio ward of N. C. Memorial Hos
pital, Chapel Hill.
A member of the family said
Thursday that a paralysis of the
girl’s right leg was noted Tuesday
night, but later reports from the
hospital indicated this was work
ing out and that Miss Morrison
C9uld move her leg Thursday.
The popular, attractive teen
ager would have entered the jun
ior class of Southern Pines High
School next week.
The town’s first polio case of
1954 occurred in July when Car-
son A. Lemons, son of Mr. and
Mrs. CarSon L. Lemons, became
ill. He is now at home and re
ported recovering.
LABOR DAY
There will be a general
closing of stores and offices
here Monday in observance of
a Labor Day holiday.
The post office stamp and
parcel post window will be
open from 10 to 11 a.m. Mail
will be distributed to boxes
and dispatched as usual, but
there will be no home deliv
ery.
The Citizens Bank and
Trust Co. and other banks
throughout the county will be
closed.
The courthouse at Carthage
will close. The regular meet
ing pf the board of commis
sioners will be held Tuesday.
There will be no session of re
corders court next week.
Judge J. 'Vance Rowe has an
nounced.
The Southern Pines Library
will be closed Monday.
Building Permits
Run To 1343,604
During Past Year
Joel Q. Stutts, who served for
nearly a year as acting building,
plumbing and zoning inspector
prim: to ttie recent appointment
of 'William J. Wilson to a newly
created town inspector’s post, said
this week that 61 building per
mits issued in the last 12 months
had a total valuation of $343,604.
The permits covered the esti
mated value of new buildings and
alterations.
Mr. Stutts, who is supervisor of
the town water distribution sys
tem and sewage treatment plant,
became acting building, plumbing
and zoning inspector September
1, 1953, in addition to his regular
town work and served until Mr.
Wilson took over the job Monday
of last ^veek. Mr. Stutts pointed
out this week that while he was
inspector he assisted several
plumbers in obtaining their state
license.
Pines, planning to return this fall.
Mr. Burt, whose health had seem
ed to improve in the spring, be
came ill on the train going to
Wyoming in June and was taken
directly to the hospital when they
reached Jackson. Mrs. Burt
stayed in a hotel to be near him.
He never saw again their Three
Rivers Ranch at Moran, near
Jackson, as he remained a
patient at the hospital until his
death.
Funeral services for the dis
tinguished author were held Wed
nesday afternoon at St. John’s
Episcopal church in Jackson.
The Burts were to have return
ed to Southern Pines September
13, planning to make their per
manent home here.
Maxwell Struthers Burt was
born in Baltimore, Md., October
18, 1882, the son of Horace
Brooke and Hester Ann Jones
Burt. He grew up in Philadel
phia arid graduated from Prince
ton University in 1904. He stud
ied lor a year at Merton College,
Oxford, England, also at the Uni
versity of Munich in Germany
and was a reporter for a short
while on the Philadelphia Times.
He returned to Princeton as in
structor in the English depart
ment. It was there a close friend
ship formed between the instruc- I
tor and one of his pupils, the late ’
James Boyd, which led in later
years to visits here and then the
purchase of a winter home in
Southern Pines, adjoining Wey
mouth, the Boyd estate.
The families were closely as
sociated during the most produc
tive years of the two authors’
lives, the 1920s and 1930s, when
each reached fame in the Ameri
can literary world. They publish
ed novels and poems, and their
short stories appeared in leading
magazines. The families formed
a nucleus for a literary circle
which brought to Southern Pines,
as visitors and residents, maay
others among *the leading literary
figures of their time.
Struthers Burt and Katharine
Newlin of New York were mar
ried February 9, 1913. They home
steaded in Wyoming, undertaking
(Continued on page 8)
Education Board
{Accepts Clerk’s
Fund Allotment
i
Commissioners To
Consider Decision
Of Row Arbitrator
The Moore County board of ed
ucation has 'accepted “with re
luctance” the decision of Clerk of
Court Carlin Kennedy, statutory
arbitrator in the school capital
outlay fund dispute, that gives the
board $277,359.50 for the coming
year.
The board had asked for $422,-
471.43 but $269,000 had been ap
propriated by the county commis
sioners when the budget was
made up. The school board re
jected this allotment and put the
matter befbre the clerk as arbi
trator, as provided by law.
Gordon Cameron, chairman of
the county commissioners, said
this week that he had not discuss
ed Mr. Kennedy’s decision with
the other members of the board
and that he could not say wheth
er or not the commissioners would
likewise accept the decision.
The commissioners have oppos
ed an increase in the tax rate that
more capital outlay funds would
require if no other school or other
county appropriations are cut.
The additional $8,359 allowed the
boarej of education by Mr. Kenne
dy would increase the rate a frac
tion over two cents per $100 of
property valuation. However, the
amount might be absorbed in the
budget as it stands, if revenues
do not fall.
Members of the board of educa
tion, which is headed by J. A.
Culbertson of Robbins, went on
record with the statement that:
“It is the feeling of the board that
any amount of increase that could
be expected through a favorable
court decision, in an extended and
expensive court action, would not
be sufficient to compensate for
■the delay and confusion that
would result therefrom.”
Mr. Kennedy said that capita]
outlay funds for the county sys
tem and also the Southern Pines
and Pinehurst units will remain
frozen until the matter is settled
eithef by acceptance of the deci
sion by the commissioners or fur
ther court action.
The board of education formal
ly asked the clerk to make capital
outlay funds available as soon as
possible.
250 Persons Expected For 8th
District YDC Meeting Tonight
■ ' 1
GILMORE
BALLENTINE
IN DISTRICT RALLY—L. Y. (Stag) Ballentine, State com
missioner of agriculture, will be the guest speaker during the 8th
District Young Democrats’ rally at the Country Club tonight
(Friday). Voit Gilmore of Southern Pines, general chairman for
the event, is being promoted for YDC national committeeman, a
post to be filled by election at the State 'XDC convention in Char
lotte, Sept. 16-18. Assurances of considerable support for Gil
more’s candidacy were being received here this week from
throughout the state.
Lions To Gather
For Ladies Night;
Broom Sale Set
N
AT LIBRARY
During the month of September,
Mrs. Elliott Shearon will assist
Miss Elsie McKenzie at the desk
of the Southern Pines Library, it
was announced this week.
Two top events of the year with
the Southern Pines Lions Club
are' scheduled for next weSk—a
Ladies Night supper meeting
Monday at the Country Club and
a broom sale starting 'Tuesday,
to run through Saturday, for ben
efit of Lions work for the blind
and sight conservation.!*
Herbert F. Seawell, Jr., of Car
thage will be the featured speak
er at the Ladies Night gathering
which will include a chicken sup
per, with wives of club members
and other guests invited.
Also on the program will be a
film in color, with Sam Beard
of Raleigh as narrator, showing
various activities in rebabilita
tion of the blind throughout the
state.
Mr. Seawell, who was Republi
can candidate for governor in
1952 and for the past year has
been at odds with the administra
tion in 'Washington in regaird to
treatment accorded individuals
and the party in this state, is
known as one of the most •enter
taining speakers in the state.
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Carthage Voters
Rejeet Beer Sale
With 311 of about 600 registered
voters going to the polls, Carthage
citizens voted against legalized
beer, 245-166, in a referendum
held Saturday.
Carthage has not had legal sale
of beer since 1951 when a county
wide referendum outlawed both
beer and wine sales. Towns of
1,000 or more population may
vote on beer and wine sales after
the county in which they are lo
cated votes dry. Beer and wine
sales have thus been restored in
(Southern Pines and Pinehurst.
Negro Girl, Shot
Accidentally In
Mouth, Recovering
A 14-year-old Negro girl, Carol
Wells, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James Wells who live in the 1300
block cf West Indiana Ave., was
in good condition at St. Joseph
of the Pines Hospital Thursday
after she was shot in the mouth,
apparently accidentally, at her
home Wednesday morning.
The attending physician said
Thursday that the girl was “very
much alive” and recovering sat
isfactorily.
Police Chief C. E. Newton, who
investigated, said the shot was
fired from a .22 calibre rifle in
the hands of the girl’s cousin,
Sandell Howerton, 15, of Bal
timore, Md., between 10 and
10:30 a. m.
The boy, a visitor in Southern
Pines, was sitting on a bed in the
Wells home, while the girl was
seated about 15 feet from him,
shelling peas. Chief Newton said
he was told.
Reenacting the incident for the
police chief later, the Howerton
boy showed how he picked up the
rifle, loaded and vuiloaded it sev
eral times and how it fired during
this procedure. Only one bullet
was fired.
Chief Newton said that the
shooting appeared to be an acci
dent and that no charges had
been made.
AT EASTER,seal CAMP—^Two Route 1, Cameron children
are shown during a handicraft period with their counselor. Miss
“Dan” Frazer of Asheboro, while they were spending two weeks
at the First Annual Easter Seal Camp for Crippled Children at
Camp New Hope near Chapel HilL They are, at left, Doris Jean
Medlin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Curtis Medlin, and Mary
Oakley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Oakley. Fifty-five chil
dren attended the camp which placed special emphasis on physi
cal and recreational therapy. The camp, designed to introduce
children who have had to spend much time indoors or in hospi
tals to a healthy and friendly outdoor environment, is made pos
sible by funds from the annual sale of Easter seals by the North
Carolina Society for Crippled Children.
17 Farmers On
Newly Organized
Farming Board
Seventeen farmers from the
nine townships in Moore Coun
ty have been selected to become
members of a “Board of Agricul
ture” for the county.
They are: Carthage, cilinton
Campbell, James Fulk.; Green
wood, L. B. McKeithen, J. B. Mc
Leod; McNeill, J. M. Davis, Rich
ard Matthews; Mineral Springs,
T. C. Auman, W. M. Thompson;
Bensalem, H. R. Harrison, Cran
ford jHussey; Sandhill, Paul
Troutnian, Lane Kirk; Deep Riv
er, Carr Paschal; Sheffield, D.
A. Dunlap, Fletcher Ritter; Rit
ters, G. H. Purvis, Norman Pur
vis.
These men, along with the
county agents and Gordon Cam
eron of Pinehurst, chairman of
the county commissioners, will
meet the last Monday night in
each quarter, beginning in Janu
ary. The purpose of this Board
of Agriculture is to help develop
the kind of agricultural program
in Moore County that the farm
ers want.
Dr. D. S. Weaver, director of
the North Carolina Extension
Service, was speaker at a meet
ing held Monday night when
plans for the board of agriculture
(Continued on Page 5)
Ballentine To
Speak; Supper,
Reports Slated
About 250 persons from the 12
counties of the 8th Congressional
Distri(:t are expected at the South
ern Pines Country Club tonight
(Friday) for the annual gathering
of Young Democrats from
throughout the district.
'V'oit Gilmore, newly elected
president of the Moore County
YDC, who is general program
chairman, said that large delega
tions are expected from Rich
mond, Scotland, Anson and
Wilkes counties, as well as groups
from the other counties of the
sprawling district that runs from
the coastal plains to the moun
tains.
Tickets to the affair are avail
able on an advance sale basis
from the office of W. Lamont
Brown, local attorney.
The program wiU open with a
social gathering at 6:30 p.m., to
continue with an outdoor supper
at 7 on the Country Club grounds,
using the facilities of the South
ern Pines Elks Club. ,
Featured speaker of the eve
ning will be L. Y. (Stag) Ballen
tine, State commissioner of agri
culture. Mr. Gilmore said he is
expected to talk about YDC polit
ical activities in North Carolina.
Pat Taylor, Jr., of Wadesboro,
district chairman, will preside.
Officials Invited
Invitations to attend have been
extended to a number of Demo
cratic office holders of the state
and state YDC officials. It is an
ticipated that several out-of-dis
trict visitors and high-ranking
party members will be present.
Two committee reports are ex
pected at the gathering—one from
H. Clifton Blue of Aberdeen who
heads the group planning the 8th
District YDQ’s part in the State
YDC convention to be held in
Charlotte; ,gnd another from a
committee planning 8th District
activities for the year ahead.
A native of 'V'arina, Commis
sioner Ballentine has served as a
State senator and as lieutenant
governor, 1944-48, and is one of
the state’s most familiar political
figures. He is frequently men
tioned as a gubernatorial candi
date in 1956.
Sandhills folks on an arrange
ments committee for tonight’s
event include J. A. Phillips, R. N.
Page HI and Paul C. Butler.
On a reception committee are
W. Lamont Brown, J. Hubert Mc-
Caskill, J. Douglas David, Mrs.
Ruth Swisher, Miss Dorothy
Swisher, John Beasley, Jr., Mrs.
Mary Grover, Mrs. W. Lamont
Brown and Mrs. "Yoit Gilmore.
Bob Priest is expected to pro
vide some entertainment with his
little “Democratic” donkey and
wagon, details of which have not
been revealed.
Butler Heads Local
YDC Organization
Meeting, Thursday night Of last
week, the Southern Pines Young
Democrats Club elected Paul C.
Butler president, succeeding W.
Lamont. Brown. Other officers
chosen were Dorothy Swisher,
first vice - president; J. Graves
'Vann, second vice - president;
Louis iScheipers, Jr., secretary;
and Bert Premo, treasurer.
The grbup unanimously en
dorsed Voit Gilmore for presi
dent of the county YDC, a post
to which he was elected the fol
lowing night at Carthage.
PRICES GOOD AS
MARKETS REOPEN
Tobacco markets of the
Sandhills Warehouse Assoda-
lion, including markets at
Aberdeen and Carthage,
opened Tuesday after a sales
holiday pending arrival of full
sets of buyers.
Prices were good at both
Moore County markets as
sales were resumed. Sales
continued heavy this week
with farmers bringing in to
bacco cured while the mar
kets were closed.
The market will suspend
sales for Labor-Day on Mon
day and thereafter will con
tinue selling daily except
Saturday.