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THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina
THURSDAY. JULY 26. 1956
OFFICERS COMMENDED FOR WORK
Three Virginia Teenagers Arrested
In Carthage On Auto Theft Charges
Because he could see the rapid
hea^rt beats of three teenagers
■through their shirts, Johnny. Mc
Donald, special night policeman
in Carnage, arrested three teen
agers on suspicion early Saturday
morning. >
Subsequent investigation by
McDonald proved his suspicions
■were correct. The three, identi
fied as William P. Moore, 16,
David L. Kenderick, 16, and Roy
Tyler, 15, all of Martinsville, Va.,
admitted under questioning they
had stolen an automobl.e in Dan
ville, Va., Friday night and had
driven it to Carthage.
- McDonald told‘this story:
About 3:30 Saturday morning,
he saw the three parked in the
car near the Carthage school. He
drove up and asked what they
were doing there. They told him
they were looking for a man, a
name which McDonald had never
keard.
j He noticed wheq he spotted his
flashlight in the car that the boys
-V/ere obviously scared and ner
vous. ‘T could see their hearts
beating beneath their shirts,” Mc
Donald said.
He told them he knew the man
they were tooking for and that
he w'ould direct them to the cor
rect address if they would follow
him back to the center of town.
They followed him to the court
house square where he ordered
them out of the car and inside.
The driver had no operator’s li
cense.
Southern Pines
Tops Carthage For
Pony League Lead
Play in the Moore County Pony
League came to a temporary halt
tliis week as members of the
county All-Star team travelled
to Durhami to begin early elimin
ations for the state title.
At present Southern Pines is
leading the league with an 8-6
record, arriving at the top of the
Vieap by defeating Carthage twice
laLst week.
Going into last week’s schedule
the four teams in the league—
Southern Pines, Aberdeen, Carth
age and Robbins—were all tied
with 6-6 records. Robbins and
Aberdeen split two games and
now have 7-7 records, with Car
thage in last place with a 6-8
record.
Southern Pines, behind the
five-hit pitching of Jerry Fraser,
defeated Carthage 7-5 'Thursday
for the league lead. Bobby Wat
kins, working in his usual spot
behind the plate, came up with
a tremendous homer to lead the
locals in the hitting department.
Southern Pines collected the
win on eight hits and four errors.
Carthage had five hits and one
error.
Archie Kelly and Doug Handy
handled pitching chores for Car
thage, with Yates Williamson be
hind the plate.
After admitting stealing the car
to McDonald, the boys were or
dered to wait until McDonald
called Danville and verified their
statements. Danvile police
checked with the man who own
ed the car, identified as Lloyd T.
Powers, and reported back to Mc
Donald that he had not missed it
until that minute. Powers told
the Danville police that he had
gone to bed early that night and
never given his car a second
thought.
The three teenagers “didn’t
seem to care” about the predica
ment they were in, McDonald
said.
He learned from the Danville
police that the three, plus two
others, were under bond for
breaking and entering a Rocky-
mount, Va.. business establish
ment previously.
The two oldest, Moore and
Kenderick, were also under in
dictment for stealing a car earlier
in the year.
Saturday morning two Federal
Buureau of Investigation agents
came to Carthage to question the
boys. They were given a hearing
before J. A. Lang, Federal Com
missioner, and placed under $1,-
000 bond. The FBI agents took
them to Rockingham where they
were placed in the Federal jail
there to either await trial . or
make bond.
Both McDonald and Officer
Woodrow Eldridge, who had been
called in to he'ip with the investi
gation Saturday morning, were
commended by fellow officers for
their, excellent police work.
Powers picked up his car Mon
day afternoon.
the Nelson, Smith and Cox fam
ilies.
Mrs. Cox, the former Lula
O’Conner, was born in Knoxville,
Tenn. She was an active member
of Emmanuel Episcopal Church,
a past president of the Southern
Pines Civic Club, and a member
of the Order of the Eastern Star,
the Colonial Dames and the
United Daughters of the Confed
eracy. She also was the author of
“The O’Conner-Conner-Simmons
Families,” her own genealogy,
which was published in 1940.
One son, William E. Cox of
Southern Pines, advertising man
ager of ’The Sandhill Citizen in
Aberdeen, is the only immediate
survivor.
He and his family were in
Myrtle Beach, S. C. at the time
of the accident, where he was
in attendance at a meeting of the
South Carolina Chess Associa
tion. He was notified of the acci
dent by Tom Darst of Southern
Pines, who had been called by
the Rev. Caldwell.
Local police investigated the
accident, aided by officials of the
railroad, who arrived shortly
after being notified.
AGED RESIDENT
(Continuea from Page 1)
have exceptional vision and hear
ing, apparently did not hear the
warnings.
L. L. Brown of Hamlet, the
train’s engineer, said he repeated
ly blew the train’s horn, “but she
kept casually walking along. I
apppUed the emergency brakes
and did everything I could do to
keep from hitting the lady.”
Brown and fireman J. W.
Thomas and several other wit
nesses said the train was going
about 10 to 12 miles per hour
when the fateful accident occur
red. The train, running slightly
late, was making a regular sta
tion stop. After pulling the emer
gency brake. Brown said, the
train stopped about three cars-
less than 100 feet—down the
track.
Coroner Ralph Steed ruled the
death accidental.
Mrs. Cox, the widow of the
Rev. W. E. Cox, D. D., a retired
Episcopal minister, lived at Rest-
haven Apartments, which she
owned, two blocks from the acci
dent scene.
They had moved here in 1931
following Mr. Cox’s retirement.
He served parishes in Green
ville, Wilmington (St. John’s),
Richmond, Va., (Holy Comforter),
and Bisbee, Arizona.
Mr. Cox was the author of sev
eral inspirational works and also
wrote the genealogy, in 1938, of
AGOS AIRMEN
(■Continued from Page 1)
vs. CP&L (no. 2); 9 p.m.. Airmen
(no. 1) vs. Lions (no. 4).
Tuesday, July 31, 7:15—Airmen
vs. Lions; 9 p. m., CP&L vs.
Church of Wide Fellowship.
Leonard said that third games
would be played, if necessary,
Wednesday night.
The final championship games
will begin August 2 a!t 7:30 and
will also be on a best two-of-three
basis. Second day of play has
been set for Monday, August 6,
with a final game, again if neces
sary, to be played Tuesday, Au
gust 7.
The softball league, a regular
part of the summer recreation pro
gram in Southern Pines, has at
tracted an unusually large num
ber of players and spectators to
the Tuesday and Thursday games.
Managers of the first four teams
in final standings are: Airmen,
Carl Lail; CP&L, Charlie Horton;
Church of Wide Fellowship, Eu
gene Blackwelder; and Lions
Club, Bill Spence.
Top pitchers for their teams
have been Airman George Norris
for the Airmen, Ted Klingen-
schmidt for CP&L, Harry Chat-
field for Church of Wide Fellow
ship, and Bill Rush for the Lions
Club.
Holliday’s “Chicks” were win
ner of the championship last year
but did not field a team this sea
son.
At the conclusion of the final
championship series, trophies and
other medals will be awarded the
winner and runner-up, Leonard
said.
Final standings:
W. L.
Airmen 6 0
CP&L 5 1
Church, Wide Fellowship 4 3
Lions Club 3 4
USAFAGOS Officers .... 2 4
Nat’l Guard Tankers 1 5
Catholic Laymen 1 5
FLASH FLCX)D
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had decided to go for help.
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Black’s brothers were in town
and they recalled that Richardson
had mentioned a buddy.
“We went into a big field to
the right of the bridge from Rob
bins,” they said. “Our flashlights
soon attracted six other search
ers, Charlie Muse, Jimmy Brown,
Carlton Kennedy, Ben Brady.
Kenneth Brown, and Bobby Pat
rick.
“We found a slipper of little
Lynn Link. The slipper was at
the back of a big field along the
banks of Bear Creek. Then en
tering the outer edge of the
woods, we found a warning re
fleeter from the bridge. Jimmy
Brown discovered Black’s body
against a high tree.”
The tree, according to members
of the search party, bore water
settlings from the flood about 18
feet up its trunk. The body was
discovered about 300 yards down
stream fron* the bridge.
Black’s wife reported to coun
ty officials that he had not been
home since 8 p. m. Thursday.
Coroner Ralph Steed ruled that
all the deaths were due to acci
dental drowning.
Funeral services for Mrs. Link
and her daughter were held Sun
day at Reedy Creek Christian
Church near Welcome, of which
the Link family was a member.
Hundreds of people, many of
them strangers to Link before the
tragedy and many from the Rob
bins area who had participated in
the search, attended the serv
ices.
Funeral services for Black
were held Monday at Culdee
Presbyterian Church near Pine-
hurst. He was survived by his
wife, two daughters, tlirefe sons,
three sisters, and three brothers.
Cpl. James A. McColman of the
State Highway Patrol, gave this
account of the events leading up
to the tragedy:
“About 10:30 Thursday night I
learned that high water was
starting to rise on a number of
roads in the upper end of the
county, due to extremely heavy
rains that had started about 2 p.
m. that day.
“Patrick Williams, field man
for the State Highway Commis
sion, and Patrolman Swaim, who
is stationed in the Robbins area,
were' contacted and we started
putting out flares on highway 27
which was partly under water.
We then started checking the res+
of the area and discovered that
every stream looked like it was
going to rise. We heard there was
high water on the Talc Mine
Road, so we went up there and,
though the water was not up to
the shoulders at that time, we
put out flares.
“Then we went back to High
way 27 where the water was run
ning over the highway. Patrol
men were stationed at both ends
of the flooded area to stop traffic
. . . we -^aited there until the
water receded at about 3:15 a. m..
wrben w° -reopened the road to
traffic. Williams never did get
bacls to the Bear Creek Bridge
because after taking care of the
■flares we were putting out. he
had to go to Lamberts Mill where
part of the road had been wash
ed away. He out out flares there
and then had to check other
places in- the area.
“At 3:55 he was still checking.
At 4:05 Patrolman Swaim was
called to Robbins after he receiv
ed a call that a truckdriver had
reported seeing a car go under
water on the north side of the
bridge.”
Swain* said he got to the bridge
within five minutes and saw,
seconds after he arrived, head
lights from a car on the far side
“getting dimmer and dimmer.”
He could not go across the
bridge, so had to go around by
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some 15 miles.
Before he left the bridge on the
Robbins side, he saw a boat put
out (which eventually rescued
both Richardson and Mr. Link
and his two sons).
The crowds in the area num
bered in the hundreds at day
break.
The response by residents of
Robbins and the surrounding
community to the tragedy was
“terrific,” Ralph Steed, who co
ordinated the activities-of the va
rious agencies and volunteer
workers, said earlier this week.
He pointed out members of the
Robbins Volunteer Fire Depart
ment, .members of the town’s res
cue squad, the State Highway Pa
trol and the Red Cross as being
extremely helpful.
He saifi a number of boys from
the surrounding countryside—all
excellent swimmers—did not hes
itate one minute in getting into
the water when the search for
the missing bodies was started.
Herman Williams finally extri
cated Mrs. Link from the car in
which she was found, after Elbert
Brady, another volunteer helper,
had partially removed her. Wil
liams also found the body of the
Link child.
Mayor W. R. Kenedy also ex
pressed his deep appreciation for
the thousands of man-hours of
help that was offered by volun
teers. He Said the smooth work
ing of the volunteers and the
complete disregard for their own
safety was something that any
one would be proud of.
Members of the State Highway
Patrol who assisted in the work
water were Cpl. Jim McColman,
of removing the bodies from the
water were" Cpl. Jim McColman,
and Patrolmen H. A. Hight, Jr.,
C. G. Wimberly, and J. F. Swaim.
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