THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1957
THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
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Ex-Preacher Gets
Caught Hauling
Bootleg Whiskey
Clifford Maness, ex - street
preacher, taxi-driver and part-
timel barber of Carthage, was ar
rested in Lee County Friday on
charges of illegal possession and
, transportation of white whiskey.
Maness, who had one brush
with the law before for liquor vi
olations, was taken into custody
by two Federal ATU agents,
Moore County ABC officer C. L.
McCollum, and Sheriff D. F. Hold
er of Lee County. He was arrest
ed in Lee County near the Moore
County line about 3:30 Friday,
just minutes after he had left the
residence of Mrs. Odelia Atkins
near the Green Gables restaurant
on US Highway 1.
He wsis given a hearing before
a district commissioner in Fay
etteville and released on $750
bond for later appearance in Fed
eral Coifrt in! Durham.
According to McCollum, Maness
had nine half-gallon jars of white
whiskey in his possession. A 1955
Chevrolet which Maness said was
owned by his wife was taken in
the raid.
McCollum Mid that Maness was
caught in 1950 for transporting
whiskey in Moore County, and
was given a two-year probation
ary sentence after being convict
ed.
He has been a street preacher
in Moore, Lee, and Harnett Coun
ties.
He has been working lately as
a taxi-driver and part-time barber
in Carthage.
Page SEVENTEEN
Broilers^ Layers, Big Business In Moore County
Since 1920, farmers have learn
ed to produce beef with 13 per
.cent less feed. It now takes 12
per cent less feed to produce a
market-weight hog—225 to 250
pounds—than in 1920.
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chicken house requires to get the
same cash return from a Wheat
or com crop.
Whatever it was, whatever
caused the growth, is now the
direct reason for almost 15 per
cent of the county’s population
turning to chickens as a liveli
hood.
In 1955, of the total cash re
ceipts from farming in North
Carolina, 10 per cent was from
the sale of poultry and poultry
products. Tobacco was the only
commodity that exceeded poultry
and poultry products ^in terms of
value of cash receipts. But those
figures do not apply to Moore
County. Here, there was only a
$4 million income from tobacco.
And, with tobacco farmers fac
ing a 20 per cent cut in acreage
allotments this year, more will
probably be turning to broilers,
even in the face of a declining
market.'
The chicken men are frankly
afraid of the thought that \ more
may enter. The field is already
crowded and over-production is
one of their principal concerns.
F. D. Allen, county agent, says
there are probably four million
broilers around the county at any
one time. Counting four crops per
year, and some producers are
lucky enough to get five, that
would mean that at least 16 mil
lion broilers are produced in the
county each year. And, once
again, the figures may be mislead
ing because the industry saw a
The poultry \industry has
established this as "March
Egg Month" and hope, by
persuasion and quite a bit of
■whoop-de-do, to get more
Tar Heels to eat eggs. . .
thousands of themk
Governor Hodges got the
month off to a good start by
reciting, at an "egg break
fast" in Raleigh this week,
the following:
"No bird can sing so sweet
ly as the hen.
No bird can walk so neatly
and again.
Aside from being beautiful,
I know no bird so dutiful;
For she lays an egg discreet
ly now and then."
WEST END NEWS
ONE-WEEK OLD CHICKS in this just completed broiler
house near Carthage are fed around the clock. In eight weeks,
they’ll be ready for market. For Glenn Benner, who has been in
the business about four years, the 10,000 chicks will mean at least
five cents each. He has two other houses that will take care of
an additional 20,000 chicks.
Engagement Announced
Of special interest to this sec
tion is the following announce
ment:
Mrs. Blanche Blanton of Lake
land, Georgia, announces the en
gagement of her daughter, Mar
jorie Virginia, to Lt. George
Foyle Houch, Jr., son of the Rev.
and Mrs. Houch of West End.
The bride-elect is a senior at
the Lanier County High School,
where she has been an active
member for the past four years
of the Jr. Hi-Y, FHA, the basket
ball team and the 4-H Club. She
served as 4-H president of the
Treva Auman giving the Bible
study.
Mrs. Robert Clark was host
ess to Circle 3 with Mrs. Everette
Cole giving the program and
Miss Bert McCrummen present
ing the Bible lesson.
A social hour followed each
meeting.
Brief Mention
Carolyn Bronson is a patient
at Moore County Hospital, where
she is suffering from pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Auman
Fla.
Weekend guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Barnette and Mrs. Jen
nie Teeter were Mr. and Mrs.
Cleo Williams and Roger Lee,
Mrs. Keel Brown and Mrs. N. F.
Smith. *
NEW MANAGERS
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Mangum
this week assumed management
of the Dixie Inn Dining Room at
Vass. Mrs. Lenha Cameron, who
■was in charge, has bought a
home in Jonesboro Heights, San
ford, where she resided a num-
and Laura have returned from ber of years ago, and has gone
St. Petersburg, Fla., where they
visited the Rev. and Mrs. Hogan
Yancey. Mr. Auman attended a
South Central District during the' convention of watermelon grow-
past year. She is now president of ' ' - - - .
the Lanier County Tau Phi
there to live.
The Mangums are experienced
in the food business ' and are
serving meals -daily, including
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THESE CHICKS, which also are being raised by Glenn Ben
ner, are about five weeks old and in excellent condition. Once
you visit a chicken house, you can’t go in another one unless you
clean your shoes, a precautionary measure taken to prevent
spreading of disease from house to house. These chicks are of
the same strain as the one-week old ones in the above picture.
big growth during the past year
while the 16 million figure applies
to 1955.
Biggest problem of the grow
ers .now (the broiler producers)
is the lack of a nearby processing
plant, something that will be
remedied when a new plant is
completed in the Robbins area.
The people there and in-other
nearby areas recognized the ur
gent need for a home processing
plant, raised enough funds to
construct a modem building and
will lease it to a recognized pro
cessor.
Other problems, in addition to
the already mentioned over-pro
duction, are diseases, which hap
pen anywhere in the country.
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and the ever-mounting costs of
labor.
' Advantages, according to Al
len, himself a poultry specialist,
are good feed supplies, climate
and an excellent quality of baby
chicks.
“Moore County farmers have
also developed a wealth of sound
experience in raising broilers
and, happily enough, every one
I know of in the business is inter
ested and anxious to use good
methods,’’ he said. “We have the
know how in this county to pro
duce the finest broilers in the
country.”
Another big advantage is being
a part of the Chatham area mar
keting system, by far the biggest
•in the state. ’The system has an
unusually hea-vy volume and,
consequently, attracts big buy
ers and processors..
So far as the broiler industry
is concerned, and that comprises
by far the largest portion of the
poultry business in this county,
most growers operate on a “ver
tical plan.” Under that plan feed
dealers furnish the young chick
and the feed and provide trans
portation from the hatchery to
the grower and eventually to the
processing plant. The farmer
deals directly with the feed deal
er, who actually takes most of
the risk. The farmer furnishes
only the house, the labor and the
fuel that keeps the house at the
right temperature.
The risks to the feed dealer
are many: price fluctuations, dis
eases, feed prices and the price
of the baby chicks. He also guar
antees the farmer a set minimum
for raising the chick, which right
now is five cents per “bird.”
Just this week, for instance,
the Central Carolina Poultry As
sociation, with which most grow
ers in this county are .affiliated,
said tfaat broiler growers |ace
“even harder times in the
months ahead.” The association
said that for the past 18 months
broilers have been selling for an
average lower than the cost to
raise them and further indicated
that by early summer the prices
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Lambsa Woodman Sorority.
Lt. Houch is a graduate of
Rowland high school. He attend
ed Davidson College before en
listing in the U. S. Air Force. He
is stationed at Otis Air Force
Base, Mass., with the 60th Fight
er Interceptor Squadron.
The wedding is planned for
high noon of June 23, in the First
Baptist Church at Lakeland. Ga.
Methodist Circles
The Circles of the Woman’s
Society of Christian Service of
the Methodist Church met Mon
day evening using as their topic
“The Church and Mental
Health.”
The Margaret .Brown Circle
met with Miss Alberta Monroe
with Mrs. Vivian 'Tucker pre
senting the program, asisted by
Miss Lucile Eifort. Mrs. Dwight
Richardson led the devotions.
The Minnie Morris Circle met
with the chairman, Mrs. Colon
Williams, with Mrs. Tom Lewis
serving as hostess. Mrs. T. J.
Fletcher presented the program.
The Service Guild Circle met
wiht Mrs. Lynn Mclnnis with
Mrs. W. M. Chriscoe, Jr., giving
the program.
Each circle enjoyed a social
hour with its hostess.
Church Men Meet
The Men of the Persbyterian
Church met Sunday evening
with J. H. Poole presenting a
program on “Bridging Social
Barriers,” assisted by J. F. Sin
clair, Harold Markham and Alton
Munn. They * enjoyed a supper
served them by Mrs. G. A. Munn
and Miss Treva Auman.
Presbyterian Circles
The Circles of the Women of
the Presbyterian Church met
Monday evening with each circle
using “Evangelism” as the topic
for discussion. Each circle also
adopted a child at Barium
Springs to remember throughout
the year.
Circle 1 met with Mrs. M. G.
McDonald, Jr., with Mrs. Victor
Bailey giving the program and
Mrs. i Harold Markham having
the Bible lesson. Mrs. Fred Frye
served as chairman.
Circle 2 met with Mrs. Donald
Eifort with Mrs. T. B. Graham
presenting the program and Miss
ers and buyers held in nearby Sunday dinners. Mr. Mangum is
Tampa. En route home they vis- employed at the Fort Bragg post
ited Mrs. Jack Silks in Lakeland, exchange.
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EGG PRODUCTION on the
C. L. Ragsdale farm in the
Clay Road Farm area is a
comparatively new thing but
already showing excellent re
sults. Mere Mr. Ragsdale, in
the business only five months,
shows a basket of eggs he has
just collected from his flock
that numbers 2,000. “Small
business and it takes a lot of
time,” he says, “but I enjoy
it.”
overly-produced market, Allen
said.
It takes 5,000 or more broilers
before you can be termed a
“commercial grower.” Allen says
there are now about 1,000 farm
ers in Moore, mostly in the
northern end, who are so classi
fied. Many more are in the busi.
ness on a smaller scale.
“Volume is what it takes to
make money in this business, al
though we are presently going
ihrough a period when over-pro
duction—call it too much voliime
if you will—^has caused the mar-
has a tremendous future in the
coimty. . -
“We ship about 100,000 full-
grown broilers out of the county
every night of the year except
Saturday and Sunday, about
three million a year. 'That’s a lot
of birds. Once we get the proces
sing plant in operation I think
the business will be on the up
swing.”
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'will (h:op even further because price to drop,” Allen added.
of the increasing number of birds
in production.
The “depressed” market is
hurting the economy of the en-
^■ire area, the association added.
Several of the bigger dealers
“There are a number of ideas for
eliminating the problem, ranging
from price supports to a complete
investigation of the industry by a
Senate committee.”
Senator Kerr Scott has asked
for such an investigation.
have gotten completely out of,go far as egg production is con-
the picture. Too risky, they say, | kerned, most of the production is
and the return today is not ^,tiiized locaUy. 'There are some
enough to justify the risk nor the large operators but not enough
TO meet the demands of the state.
initial investment.
But good management on the
part of the farmer can mean
In 1954 there were 145,169 doz^
en eggs produced in the county
greater profits in both his and from 64,904 laying hens. 'The
the feed dealer’s pocketbooks. If j number has grown somewhat!
he feeds better, takes care of the j during 1955 and 1956 but how
chick better, he will find himself much is not clear since statistics
with a superior bird that de- are not up to date,
mands a superior price in an Allen says the poultry business
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