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PAGE EIGHT THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina THURSDAY. OCTOBER 13. 1955 MAXWELL (Continued from Page 1) complaint of his wife who said her husband had run her off the property during the night. She charged him with being drunk and disorderly. She appeared to swear out the warrant clad in pajamas and housecoat, early Saturday morn ing. It was a narrow escape for the sheriff and the other two officers, particularly Deputy Lambert whose hat was torn up by the blast. Carthage residents said that feeling against Maxwell was run ning high there, but there were no disorderly incidents as Maxwell was whisked into jail by officers immediately after he was flushed from his house with two shots from a tear gas gun fired at a range of 30 to 50 yards. ■ After Maxwell shot at the of ficers, they retreated to safety and Officer McCallum accompan ied the sheriff to Carthage to re ceive medical treatment. Deputy Lambert remained to watch the house. When McCallum and other officers returned, two tear gas shells were fired through win dows, one on one side of the house and one on the other side. Maxwell soon emerged choking and surrendered. He faces trial in Superior Court in November. TOWN NOT ABLE (Continued from page l) more and council members. Town Manager Tom Cunningheun said that this year’s recreation appro priation is only $4,000, the same as last year’s, and that last year all but $148 had been used up, mostly by the summer recreation program. This year’s need, he stated, would' no doubt be as great and perhaps greater. As for getting the funds from some other source, “We’re work ing on the tightest budget you ever saw,” Mayor Gilmore told the petitioner, “and the money just isn’t thpre.” Perkinson was accompanied by Jim Hartshorne of the Rotary club. J. C. Hasty, West Southern Pines recreation director, was also present in behalf of the appeal, but did not speak. In informal discussion later, with several townspeople joining in, some thought that the re quest voiced a legitimate recrea tion need, which should be fitted into the tax budget .somehow. Others felt it should be part of the ultimate objective of a town- supported year-round recreation program, while most, including council members, foresaw the setting of a precedent which Get Better Sleep ON A BE-TTER MATTRESS Let us make your old mattress (over like new! Any size, any type made to order. 1 DAY SERVICE MRS, D. C. THOMAS Southern Pines Lee Bedding and Manufacturing Co. LAUREL HILL, N. a Makers of ^IiAUREL QUEEN” BEDDING might grow to impossible propor tions, with the Town expected to take over Christmas parties, Eas ter egg hunts and other such com munitywide events. “Once we take over such an event it will be impossible to stop, no matter how much it grows,” the mayor said. Sign Request Denied In another action, the coun cil declined to grant permission for the Resort Realty and Devel opment Co. to put a business sign, conforming in appearance to the town signs, on the parkway oppo site the entrance to the new Mc Kenzie Building on West New New Hampshire avenue. A policy against all business signs on park ways, no matter how attractive, was reiterated, lest a rash of them grow up. So far there is only one in the business district. Town Manager Cunningham said, in front of the Country Bookshop, and he has requested its removal. The town ordinance necessitates council permission for such a sign, and in the absence of a mo tion to grant it. Resort’s request was denied. To Revise Charier The manager called to the coun cil’s attention the fact that the Town Charter, granted in 1886, had become obsolete in many of its parts, and the council au thorized Mayor Gilmore to ap point a commission on the revis ion of the charter. The motion, made by W. E. Blue, provided that a five-member commission be appointed, to make a tentative re port January 1, 1956. The manager was authorized to acknowledge receipt of the 1954- 55 audit, made by Russ & Co., of Raleigh, to send a copy to the li brary and to have it published for distribution among persons desir ing it. Quarterly Audit Authorized A far-reaching decision was then made, on Cunningham’s ad vice, that the annual audit in clude preparation of quarterly trial balances “so we may know exactly where we stand in each department every three "months.” 'This wciuld cost perhaps $150 a quarter, but would save consid erably more than that, in his opinion, with all council mem bers agreeing. Also, it will save a substantial sum on the annual audit, as much of the. work done on the big annual job would be accomplished in stages, with a professional accountant coming in on the audit every three months. A petition for curb and gutter, signed by a majority of property owners on Weymouth road, be tween Massachusetts avenue and Old Eield road, was tabled on the manager’s recommendation. He said that a survey had shown that the road, one of Southern Pines’ most attractive, would be “ruined” in looks if curb-and- guttered, on account of trees, gar den walls and other obstacles which would have to be remov ed. The council deferred decision “indefinitely.” Promotion Suggestion A resort-promotion suggestion of Mayor Gilmore’s was enthu siastically adopted by the coun cil, to provide Southern Pines with something more in keeping for honoring distinguished guests than the traditional “key to the city.” This would be a golf club inscribed suitaby on its head, to be presented with appropriate publicity to persons, and on occa sions, deemed suitable by the council. James Pugh of West Southern Pines was granted a taxi permit. Manager Reports Town Manager Cunningham made a report on the convention of the International Association of City Managers^ which he at tended last week at Bretton Woods, N. H. Eighty per cent of the managers attending, he said, were from towns “as small as Southern Pines or smaller,” and he had. found from them that “our problems are not peculiar to our town alone, but are typical of towns everywhere.” These problems and their solution form ed the basis of much of the con vention discussion, formal and in formal. GeVr SEVEHr STAR 90 Proof! sevenstar 240 PINT 380 4/5 Ql. ★ ★ ★ V 0 PROOF x, ’OACooinuAMewoitTS uxut* \ • lUtMIS BLENDED WHISKEY • 37V4% STRAIG IT WHISKEY 6 YEARS OR MORE OLD • 62H% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS • GOOCERHAM & WORTS LIMITED, PEORIA. ILLINOIS BLUE KNIGHTS (Continued from Page 1) tories. ^ The two remaining games on the schedule for Southern iPnes are conference games also and the Aberdeen team has already defeated the two teams that Southern Pines must meet. The conference title obviously hinges on the game with Aberdeen and according to both coaches their clubs are in fair physical condi tion with exception of one key ■player on each club who will have to miss the big one Friday night. Power On Ground In last Friday night’s game with Curry High the Blue Knights continued to display po tent power on the ground, mov ing for hig gains from the single wing formation just about when they needed to go. It was a good win for the Homecoming and, with the fine half-time ceremon ies put on by the Rotary Club, it was a gay evening. Cline Injured The Blue Knights’ first string quarterback, Bobby Cline, suffer ed a neck injury early in the con^ test, but it is expected that he will be in good enough shape to be in the starting lineup with Aberdeen. Cline was replaced by Bobby Parker who turned in a very creditable job at leading the Knights to a final victory. Subs Play Coach Leonard used his entire bench to substitute freely against Curry and it should be pointed out that Curry did their scoring in the third and fourth periods against the local’s third string players as well as some of the JV’s. Offensively, Charles Watkins was a standout. This was the first game when he had an opportunity to play more and he proved his worth, as did Don Walter who also plays on the second string unit. The entire first string turned in a very accountable job both, offense and defense, and you could not name any one particu lar star as this is a team club and the entire ^am pulls together to make those gains by nice down- field blocking and also in stop ping the defense by their vicious tackling and rushing. . Statistics First Downs—So Pines 7, Curry 3; Yds. Gained Rushing— So Pines 232, Curry 178; Passes At tempted—Southern Pines 6, Cur ry 17; Passes Completed—South ern Pines 0, Curry 6; Yds. Gained Passing—Southern Pines 0, Curry 39. Score By Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total So. Pines .22 8 8 14 52 Curry 0 0 14 8 22 SUTTON (Continued frcm Page 1) to him proof that CP&L costs were not considered in any way excessive. The utilities man was speaking before a financial group: the North Carolina and South Caro lina Municipal Councils, and the Security Dealers of the Carohnas, meeting here for their annual gathering with W. E. Calvin Grey hearing the group. Subject of Mr. Sutton’s address was the development of the state and the opportunities it present ed, with special emphasis on the role played by the power compan ies in promoting industry. Queried on the local situation, Mr. Sutton told a press group that the 18 companies owned by Amerotron, from Maine to Geor gia, were served by 10 power companies of which Carolina Power and Light is one. A survey pf rates in these companies, said Mr. Sutton, shows that only one of these has rates lower than the Carolina company and that the average rate for the ten compan ies is approximately 20 to 30 per-> cent higher. Rates Regulaled The Carolina Power and Light president said that aU utility rates, both maximum and mini mum, are under state regulation and are classified according to types of operation, all plants of a certain size and type having approximately identical rates, and so on. Asked about the probable rates at the Amerotron plant be ing constructed at Barnwell, S. C. (which Mr. Huffines had cited as being less than the rate in this area), Mr. Sutton said that he could not tell. The plant was not yet in operation, therefore the amount of power could not be es timated. However, the rates on file with the utility commission ■for the Barnwell area were high er than those of his company, it IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT IN WEST END Group Pledges $4,270 For Fire Truck A comnjunity project so inspir ing that $4,270 was raised in one evening was carried out at West End last week. The sum will be spent for a fire truck for the West End fire district. Taking part in the com munity program — which was sponsored by the Lions Club— were persons who were registered for last year’s fire district elec tion when residents of West End and surrounding area approved a tax of 10 cents per $100 of prop erty valuation for operation of the fire district. But until last week’s fund raising effort, the district had no fire truck and no certain hope of getting one soon. Then the Lions staged their program last Thurs day night. I. J. Morris of Sanford, profes sional auctioneer who was a guest of the club, conducted the “Chi nese auction” in which $4,270 was pledged. Billy Johnson, club president, described the occasion as “a night long to be remembered in West End.” The Rev. Hogan Yancey said the action of the group would “draw us together with love in our hearts” and the Rev. R. J. Hartman offered a prayer of thanksgiving. J. F. Sinclair, longtime West End school principal, was chair man of the program. He introduc ed members of the commission, appointed by the county commis sioners, which administers the affairs of the fire district: Clyde Auman, chairman; Hobson Tuck er and Paul Von Canon. Mr. Au man said that an anticipated re duction in insurance rates in the fire district will help offset the annual tax for the service and that, once the truck is purchased, it is expected the district will be financially self-sustaining. was stated. The president of Carolina Power and Light was accompan ied by^two local men: John Pon- zer, division industrial salesman, and Ward Hill, manager at South ern Pines. RICHARDS (Continued from page 1) both rentaband purchase housing in Southern Pines. Mr. Hodgkins quoted Mr. Rich ards as saying that he does not plan to build any more rental housing here now*, but would. be interested in building rental hous ing if it were financed by local private capital. He said he would be glad to furnish the commit tee with figures on cost of build ing three-bedroom rental units such as those recently added to the Knollwood Apartments. A report on the committee’s conference with Mr, Richards was made to the town council by Mayor Voit Gilmore Tuesday night. Rites Held Here For Mrs. Adams, Shootmg Victim Graveside service was held Tuesday afternoon at Mt. Hope cemetery for Mrs. Christine Ma ples Adams, 35, who died Sun day at the Fort Bragg Army hos pital as a result of pistol wounds received under mysteriocs circum stances Friday. The private service was con ducted by Dr. Walker Healey, pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Fayetteville. Mrs. Adams, a former resi dent of Southern. Pines, had been living in Fayetteville for about 15 years, during which time she had been a civilian employee in the Office of the Post Engineer at Fort Bragg. She was bom in Pinehurst Sep tember 28, 1920, the daughter of W. P. Maples, now living in Spring Lake, and the late Mrs. Maples. Her mother was the for mer OUie McKenzie of Moore county. On both sides she was de scended from families long iden tified with the history of the county. Remained Unconscious She was shot in the quarters of the post engineer. Col. W. N. Myers, receiving a, bullet in the brain. Unconscious till her death, she was unable to make any state ment to clarify the situation for Army investigators. Colonel Myers, recovering in the Army hospital from a bullet wound in the arm, said the shots were fired during a scuffle between the two over a .32 automatic, according to Army authorities. The pistol belonged to her hus band, Albert Adams, a former Southern Pines resident. He was quoted as saying he could not ac count in any way for the fact that his wife had it in her possession, nor why she had gone to the quarters of Colonel Myers. She was the colonel’s secretary. Mr. Adams told Army investi gators that his wife called him shortly before 5 p. m. to ask him to meet her at Colonel Myers’ place. The shooting occurred at 5 o’clock. Mr. Adams arrived to find his wife being placed in an ambulance. Surviving, besides her husband, are several brothers and sisters, none of whom live in this area, also a stepson, Albert Adams, Jr., of Greensboro. Rites Set Friday For Mrs. Monroe, Cameron, Route 2 Funeral services will be held at 11 a. m. Friday at Union Presby terian Church, between Vass and Carthage, for Mrs. Mattie Maples Monroe, of Cameron, Route 2, who died Wednesday night. Bur ial will be in the church ceme tery. Mrs. Monroe lackecJ two weeks of becoming 88 years of age. Her husband, D. J. Monroe, died about 12 years ago. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Fred Smith of Cameron and Mrs. Roscoe Baxley of Carthage; three sons, Alton Monroe of Man ly, and Clyde and Eugene Monroe of Cameron; 17 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Teen-Agers Hurt In 2-Car Crash Seven Moore and Lee County teen-agers were injured in a two- car auto collision in Lee County Saturday. Earl Williamson, 19, of Carth age, was identified by Patrolman C. M. Cummings as driver of one of the cars. He was treated at Lee County Hospital and discharged. Held for treatment at the hos pital were other occupants of the two cars who were injured as fol lows: Bobby Lankford, 18, Route 1, Cameron, lacerations of face; Miss Rebecca Holt, 18, same ad dress and injuries; Miss Ann Marsh, 16, same address, multi ple bruises; Miss Wyatt Wall, 18, Sanford, facial lacerations; Miss Louise Wall, 16, Route 1, Camer on, head injuries; and L. J. Sea- well, Jr., 15, Route 1, Carthage, head injuries. The crash took place on the road from Tramway to Jonesboro Heights, near Wood’s Store, the patrolman said. , Driver of the second car was not named in reports of the acci dent received from Sanford. John Ray Elected President Hi-Y • John Ray was elected president of the Southern Pinos High School Hi-Y Club during the club’s first meeting of the school year Monday night. Other officers elected then are: Julian Pleasants, vice-president; Jimmy McDonald, secretary- treasurer; and Bobby Cline, chap lain. 'As a service to the community. J. F. Combs, 79 Of Pinebluff Dies; Rites Set Friday Jay Franklin Combs, 79, died Wednesday afternoon at Moore County Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2. p.m. at Ives Memorial Baptist Church, Pinebluff, conducted by the Rev. Ray Gosnell, pastor, with burial following in the family plot at Ashley Heights Cemetery. Mr. Combs was a native of Stokes County. His wife, the for mer Ada Page of Stokes County, died in November, 1954. A farmer throughout his life, Mr. Combs lived at Ashley Heights before moving to Pine bluff a number of years ago. Survivinng are three daughters, Mrs. H. C. Rogers, Aberdeen, Mrs. Hector Lee, Tabor City; and Mrs. Eugene Sandy, Garner; five sons, Clyde, Winston-Salem, Mack, High Point, Odell, Pine bluff, Kenneth, West End, and Ollie, Southern Pines; 19 grand children and six great-grandchild ren. Hydrant Fee On ‘Outside’ Lines Is Ended By Council I The town council by a resolu tion adopted Tuesday night end ed the old annual charge of $50 ($25 up until about five years ago) for fire hydrants on water lines beyond the city limits, where these lines have been dedi cated to the town. The resolution, discussed for the past three or four meetings, and potertially controversial in nature, has turned , out not be so, as most owners of thfe half-dozen private lines attached to the wa ter system have already in sub stance agreed to dedicate their lines. Much more controversial was the now-extinct yearly charge for the total of only 18 hydrants, which theoretically brought in revenue of $900. However, Town Manager Tom Cunningham told the council some months ago that, with no enforcement provisions, it was becoming increasingly dif ficult to collect the charge. With the fire service contract policy now in effect for the areas be yond the city limit, the fee brought no practical return to those paying it. The fire hydrant charge for town-dedicated lines was termi nated as of July 1 of this year, and must still be paid up to that date or the line involved may be cut off from the water syster after 30 days. Since the discussion has ex tended for some time since July 1, some payments for this fiscal year have already been made, while others are in arrears for both this year and last, pending completion of the discussions. The resolution, drawn up weeks ago in the form in which it was adopted, makes no provision for refunds, and the town manager told the council that either every one should pay up to date or cer tain refunds should be made. This was left to him to work out in an equitable manner. Cunningham said he felt that “no hardship will be worked on anyone, as we wiU ge quite slow ly and adjust this matter with each owner or group concerned. All have appeared most coopera tive so far, and there will be no abrupt severing of lines.” Complications Numerous individual situations complicate the hydrant situation, as in the case of real estate de velopers who had lines built and hydrants installed long ago serv ing tracts of open lots, then as the lots became sold off and homes were built, found themselves lia ble for a recurrent burdensome charge for which they personally derived no return. In some cases the home owners haye helped out on the payments, in others they have declined to do so. James Boyd, owner of the ex tensive Weymouth line, and in corporated syndicates of home owners owning lines along Mid land road and US Highway 1 South have indicated to the coun cil they are ready to dedicate their lines under the new munici pal policy. By this policy also, no new line can be attached to the town system unless dedicated ab solutely to the town. However, the Town will make collection for each new tap on all dedicated lines^ turning over the money to the former owners until their in vestment is repaid. This is in line with recent wide spread policy of city governments Judge McKeithen, Thomas Glasgow Address Meeting Presbylerian Men Of Two Districts Met Here Sunday Approximately 200 men from the Presbyterian churches in , dis tricts six and seven were in at tendance at the Men’s Fall Rally held at the Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church Sunday af ternoon and evening. Main speaker for the afternoon session was Judge W. A. Leland McKeithen of Pinehurst who spoke on the subject: “Chal lenges.” “The first challenge to the Christian layman is that of faith,” said Judge McKeithen. “Faith has never been an easy thing,” he said. “It’s more difficult today than it has ever been.” Referring to the Supreme Court’s historic school segregation decision last year, McKeithen said, “I believe that the supreme court’s decision is purely the re sult and outgrowth of social con sciousness.” He pointed out that the decision over-ruled the only authority and law on the subject. He said that we have had chal lenges in our church before and that “we have dealt with them in moderation.” Glasgow Speaks Main speaker for the evening program was Thomas Glasgow, ruling elder and outstanding lay man of the Myers Park Presbyter ian Church in Charlotte who ad monished the group to live closer to Christ; Other speakers on the program included Dr. Glenn Hooper of Dunn and R. L. Corbett of Mac clesfield, president of the .Synod Men of the Church. Royal Brown of Winston-Salem also attended and spoke briefly. A. L. Burney of Southern Pines, chairman of district six, presided over the meeting and welcomed the group. A quartet from Pinehurst composed of Clar ence Thomas, Herbert Ehrhardt, Boyd Creath and Rod Innes ren dered a special selection. R. D. McMillan of Red Springs, president of the Men of Fayette ville Presbytery, spoke briefly. He was introduced by Dan Roberts of Carthage, chairman of district seven. Dr. Hooper was presented by Harvey MiUer of Carthage. W. Lament Brown of Southern Pines introduced Judge McKeithen. Supper was served in the Fel lowship Hall of the church. A vocal solo was rendered by Major James Newkirk with Mrs. Newkirk at the piano. Serving as song leader was Lloyd Woolley with Mrs. Norris Hodgkins, Jr., at the piano. Others having parts on the program included Lewis S. Cannon, T. Clyde Auman, W. B. Croxton and the Rev. Cheves Lig- on, pastor of the host church, who introduced Mr. Glasgow. in conjunction with $5 merchan dise certificates from Holliday’s Restaurant, the Stylemart Store, and The Southern Pines Phar macy. He will also receive 15 gal lons of gasoline from Poe’s Tex aco Station and two free passes to the Carolina Theater. Sergeant Gillum resides with his wife, the former Helen Vir ginia Griffin, and son; William, age two and a half, at 145 West Connecticut Ave. An Airman of the Month is chosen at the school early in each by which no town water is sup-f* Jnonth on the basis qf the prev- ^ 1 J. _ .*1 .1- Si 1 SO rtTS +Vs ’f* —L. ^ . posed to flow through lines not owned and maintained by the Town, and in full conformity with .Town standards and expansion plans. Varying policies of the town, and'unbridled development of its cuter areas had resulted here, the manager said, in some “fantastic situations, ana many inequities” in regard to both the fire hydrants and water lines. The new resolu tion is part of a continuing pro gram toward uniformity. club members decided to spon.sor a bus to the State Fair at Raleigh next week. The first Monday and the third Thursday for each month were set as regular meet ing times for the organization. I Members present Monday were ' John Ray, Claude Reams, Julian, Pleasants, David McCallum, Jim my McDonald, Charles Watkins, John Seymour, Roger Verhoeff, Bobby Parker, Johnny Watkins, Tony Parker and Kenneth Creech. PRIZES DONATED The first daily in the United States appeared in Philadelphia in 1784. Sergeant Gillum ‘Airman of Month’ St^Lff Sergeant Emory G. Gillum of the 4425th School Squadron was named Airman of P'e Month, for September by Brig. Gen. Dan iel W. Jenkins, commandant of the USAF Air-Ground Operations School at the Highland Pines Inn. At an informal ceremony. Ser geant Gillum was honored for accomplishment of his duties in a con mendable manner, thorough ’vnowledge of administrative de tail, and strong desire tc make tire Unit .Supply section, ‘better the-' good.” During his issignment with the AGOS, he has set an ex ample for conlempov'ir'es and subordinates in his i. t appear ance, attitude to warn duty, and loyalty to the service, it wa.s stat ed. Sergeant Gillum has been awarded a three day pass and $5 cash award from t;ie Unit Fund lous month’s recard. The choice of Sergeant Gillum marks the first month in which Southern Pines merchants and businesses have participated in the award program for the Airman of the Month. Other merchants are slat ed to donate prizes for the Octo ber winner and the program will continue with groups of mer chants alternating in giving, prizes, and some giving a prize each month. “In these times we fight ideas, and newspapers are fortrosses.”-r-Heine. 4/5 QUART $415 PINTS $2^0 STRAIGHT APPLE BRANDY 84 Proof LAIRD AND COMPANY Noi'lfl Sorden, Vo. koLeyvilh, N. I.
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