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THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1961
Judge Lectures
Youths Charged
With Woods Fires
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L>ester McCaskill, 21, of Pine-
bluff and Scott Robson, 19, of
Southern Pines received a stern
lecture from Judge J. G. Farrell
in Aberdeen Recorders Court Fri
day, along with a penalty for
each of $25 including costs on
conviction of throwing firecrack
ers and starting forest fires.
because of a high possible pen
alty, Judge Farrell could have
bound over the defendants to Su
perior Court, but instead took
jurisdiction, continuing prayer
for judgment along with the fine
and costs, because of the circum
stantial nature of the evidence
The case involved only two
fires started in Moore County the
afternoon of October 26. The
young men had admitted tossing
out ‘‘cherrybombs” from their
car as they drove through Scot
land, Hoke and Moore Counties
Several fires were started, one of
them destroying the Lumber Riv
er Bridge on the Hoke-Scotland
line. Hoke County warrants have
been served on the ! youtths
charging them with the bridge
fire. They were not tried at Aber
deen on this charge.
In the Aberdeen court, defense
counsel H. F. Seawell, Jr., of Car
thage noted that the defendants,
though pleading not guilty to the
charge, had admitted throwing
the firecrackers shortly before
woods fires started near Adder
and at Pinebluff; also that he
himself had little doubt the fire
crackers started the conflagra
tions. But under the law, he add
ed, it must be considered that
this was not proof.
Mrs. Jimmy Lee of Addor had
testified for the State that she
saw the boys throw firecrackers
onto her yard, starting a blaze in
some papers which she ran to
stamp out. A short time later,
Pinebluff firemen and Forest
Service crews were called out to
two larger fires.
Judge Farrell reproached the
youths, “You are not adolescents
any longer but grown men, and
should act the part. It is time for
you to grow up and become re
sponsible citizens. This was ‘kid
stuff—inexcusable and danger
ous.
“The State has passed laws
against pyrotechnics for good rea
sons—not only the grave loss of
life and limb they have caused,
but much costly property dam
age. No one ever ‘means to’ do
any harm with firecrackers—they
are always ‘just having fun,’ but
their fun is dangerous and can
be very destructive.”
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CITIZENS BANK BRANCH— Completion is expected early
in 1962 of the modem “drive-in” branch bank of the ptizens
Bank and Tmst Co. of Southern Pines, shown here in a drawing
from Hayes, Howell and Associates of Southern Pines, archi
tects Construction began October 1 on the 3,000 square feet
structure at the comer of S. W. Broad St. and Wisconsin Ave.
L. P. Cox and Company of Sanford is the contractor. Outside
construction features are glass front and cast stone and brick
exterior. Interior features include terrazzo floors, walnut panel-
ing luminous ceiling and heat pump weather conditioning. The
branch bank will provide complete safe deposit service, with
modem boxes of all sizes, private coupon booths and conference
room There will be two private offices for confidential trans
actions In addition to the drive-in tellers’ windows, servicing
persons in cars, there will be inside tellers’ service, featuring
“continuous counters.” Parking space will be provided for 18
cars, with adequate room for expansion.
to Carthage unnecessary.
Town Manager Rainey said
that about 500 dogs are listed for
taxes in Southern Pines. The new
law provides lor a $1 tax’on male
dogs or spayefl females artd a $2
tax on females, but local tax
payers already are paying these
amounts with their real and per
sonal property tax bills. Whether
the tax will continue to be col
lected in this manner or whether
it must be paid wheh listing
oroperty for taxes was not finaRy
decided Tuesday night.
Penalty provided for violation
of the ordinance is a fine of not
more than $50 or imprisonment
of not more than 30 days.
Further details of the law will
be explained before it goes into
effect.
In other actions Tuesday night,
the council:
Accepted the resignation of
John Buchholz as town Civil De
fense director (he wrote that he
is not able to devote enough time
time to the post) and Mayor Bug
gies appointed Councilman John
son and Pollard as a committee
to choose a new director,
i Authorized a Christmas bonus
GET PRISON TERMS
Men Who Robbed
Country Club at
Pinehurst Tried
Support For Patrolman
FORUM
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pies contributing $50 or more, or
single contributors of $25 or
more; and “annual members,”
made up of couples contributing
$30 or single contributors of $15.
Forum meetings are limited to
these voluntary contributor-mem
bers and their dinner guests on
the evening of performance.
Season Schedule
Captain Shearwood has an
nounced the following schedule
of programs for the 1961-62 For
um season:
Dec. 14—Shearen Elebash, na
tionally known humorist at the
piano.
Dec. 28—John Jay, ski author
ity, with his colored film, “Olym
pic Holiday.”
Jan. 11—The Southern Aristo
crats, leading southern barber-
sliop quartet.
Jan. 25—Santha Rama Rau,
famous journalist and author,
speaks on “India and the lYorld
Scene.”
Feb. 8—Dance Drama Group,
four male and four female danc
ers in a diversified program to he
presented in the ballroom of the
Carolina Hotel.
Feb. 22-—Cleveland Amory, fa
mous society historian, speaks on
' “Who Killed Society?”
March 8—^Whittemore and
Lowe, outstanding piano duo, in
recital.
March 22—Capt. Irving John
son, with his unusual travel and
advanture film “Trade Wind Is
lands,” the story of the Brigan
tine Yankee’s last voyage around
the world.
April 5—Musical program to be
announced.
Applications for membership
and requests for further informa
tion may be sent to The Pinehurst
Forum, P. O. Box 31, Pinehurst,
N. C.
STRONG WIND
If it hadn’t been for a strong
wind, the Pilgrims might have
celebrated Thanksgiving in New
York. They propably expected to
settle somewhere near the Hud
son River. The wind and the
shoals off Cape Cod forced them
to turn north.
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been harmonious and cooperation
with the court was first rate.”
Since then, however, the morale
of the Patrol in Moore had reach
ed “the lowest ebb I have ever
seen,” with little or no coopera
tion from the leaders, he said.
“I did not even meet Sgt. Jones
for many months, and have met
Cpl. Moricle only within the past
f.aw weeks.” The situation had so
disturbed him, he said, that he
had discussed it with Patrol au
thorities in Raleigh,
Police Chief Earl Seawell of
Southern Pines said that Sgt.
Jones had visited him seldom,
and when he came lately “it was
only to discuss the Rosy affair, to
ask me what I knew of Alex
Rosy and so forth.”
Swaim, longest-serving of
Moore patrolmen with 13 years’
service in the county, related
that his orders from Jones had
been only to '“make more arrests.”
“I told him when I saw an
arrest to make, I made it, but I
wasn’t going to make arrests that
weren’t there. I invited him to
ride with me and see. He rode
with me one whole day and we
found no arrests to make.”
As to whether he had “criticiz
ed Jones,” Swaim said he certain
ly did, in general conversations
with other patrolmen and that
others had criticized Jones to him.
Sergeant Jones and Corporal
Moricle were not present at the
Tuesday hearing,
l^and Transaction
In the “Rosy transaction,” a
tract of 3.35 acres with 282 feet
frontage on US 1 in Pinebluff
had been transferred by Alex
Rosy, Jr., of Aberdeen to Swaim
June 14. The action had followed
an accident of March 2 in which
Rosy’s car had been involved
with Swaim’s which at that time
was being driven by Swaim’s 17-
year-old daughter. No arrest had
been made, aqd wasn’t made ac
tually until September 20, after
the Patrol’s investigation began.
Swaim had been able to show no
check nor bill of sale for the land.
At the time of the accident.
Rosy was on probation for an
other case in court and the infer
ence has been made that Rosy
had bribed Swaim with a gift of
valuable land to refrain from
making the arrest. ’The inference
was reportedly communicated to
the Highway Patrol in an anony
mous letter, although this was
mentioned Tuesday.
Swaim’s testimony, backed by
an affidavit from Rosy, who is
now in the Veterans Hospital at
Fayetteville, also by testimony
of Rosy’s sister, Mrs. Johnrvie
Marks of Aberdeen, and other cit
izens, was that the patrolman had
been trying to buy the land since
early in 1960 and Rosy had prom
ised to sell it to him. When final
ly he agreed to go through with
the sale, Swaim said he paid him
in cash. He procured a bill of
sale later, it was stated.
As to the arrest, Swaim said
he had told Rosy, who asked him
what the charges would be, that
he did not know, as Patrolman
Hight and Shomaker were inves
tigating the wreck but he was
“sure hit-run would be one of
the charges.”
Paid in Cash
not mentioned Tuesday.
“I never discussed the accident
with him one way or another
after that,” said Swaim Tuesday.
He said he was accustomed to
paying in cash, not only with
money from his Patrol checks but
money he made buying and sell
ing bird dogs, and money made
by his wife teaching music at the
Aberdeen school and playing the
organ for the First Baptist
church; that he and his wife used
their money interchangeably and
didn’t keep any books; and that
he had at that time just sold a
bird dog to J. W. Hamer of Little
Rock, S. C., for $200, which was
in his pocket with other funds.
An affidavit from Hamer, sub
stantiating the sale, was present
ed.
Mayor E. H, Mills of Pinebluff
testified that the price of $100
per acre Swaim said he paid was
fair, and comparable with other
land of that section, though Mills
and also K. G. Deaton, Pinebluff
police officer and streets and
water superintendent, said they
“wouldn’t have paid that much
for it.” Deaton said he was pres
ent at talks between Swaim and
Rosy regarding the pending sale,
during the year preceding the ac
cident.
Mrs. Marks, sister of Rosy,
noted that she was -‘positive Mr.
Swaim paid for the land as, in
our family, we don’t give any
thing away”; that Rosy had gone
to a veterans’ hospital the day
after the accident, and that she
personally had asked the patrol
men, Hight and Shomaker, who
came to the house with Swaim
and Probation Officer Cecil
Shoaf, not to make the arrest un
til after her brother came back
from the hospital. Shoaf had ar
ranged for his admission there.
Several Testify
Speaking up strongly for
Swaim as a “first-rate officer,
honest, fearless and impartial,”
also as a good citizen of his coun
ty and community were Solicitor
Brown, Sheriff' W. B. Kelly (a
former Patrol sergeant under
whom Swaim had worked as a
young trooper), Aberdeen Re
corder J. G. Farrell, Deputy
Sheriff J. A. Lawrence, Southern
Pines Chief Earl Seawell, Pine
bluff Mayor Mills and Police Of
ficer Deaton and the Rev. Dan
Norman, pastor of the Eureka
Presbyterian Church.
A letter was read also from
Moore Recorder J. Vance Rowe,
and niimerous other letters were
presented to be made a part of
the record, also petitions from
Aberdeen, Pinebluff, Eagle
Springs, Highfalls, Carthage,
West End, Robbins, Robbins
vicinity, Pinehurst and two from
Southern Pines.
ing purchased by the bank, but
will not be used by the bank.
The building will be remodeled
to provide the main entrance in
about the center of its Broad St.
frontage. A vault will be con
structed. The full basement un
der the building will be used for
the bookkeeping department,
lounge and directors room. The
drive-in window will be at the
rear. There will be a separate in
stallment payment office.
Cost of the property and the
various alterations and improve
ments will run to a total of about
$130,000. W. T. Huntley, Jr., is
chairman of the building commit-
tee.
Resort Realty and Insurance
Company was agent for the
building purchase.
Mr. McLean, whose home is at
Lumberton, is known throughout
this area and the state for his
civic, political and religious ac
tivities, as well as his career in
business and banking. He is
chairman of the board of trustees
of the new St. Andrews College,
Laurinburg. He has long been a
Presbyterian lay leader. When
State Senator Cutlar Moore of
Robeson County resigned in June
to accept a federal position, Mr.
McLean was appointed to succeed
him in the post.
DOG CONTROL
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SOMETHING TO DO
‘Something to do .
“If’s absurd just to sit around
and talk about nuclear disarma
ment, when the need is so critical
and the time so short if we expect
to have action.
“Give the young something to
do, and give them a definite ob
jective, a target date, and help
them take the offensive in this
war for peace. ’There is nothing
wrong with students today—just
those who teach them.”
—J. B. PRIESTLEY
Older farm workers find it
easier to qualify for social securi
ty benefits because of recent
changes in the social security law.
made.
The ordinance will not go into
effect until January 1 when citi
zens begin to list their property
for taxes. At that time, they will
list dogs, giving also, for a special
town dog registration, the breed
color and other information about
dogs, in addition to the male and
female distinction already re
required in listing dogs for coun
ty taxes.
The council decided not to is
sue separate license tags but to
make the county’s tag serve also
as a town tag, so that numbers
on both the county and town lists
of dogs will be the same.
Town Manager Bud Rainey and
Councilman Felton Capel sug
gested that paperwork could be
avoided and the registration of
dogs simplified if the special
town index of dogs with full de
scription could be eliminated, but
Mr. Brown said the law would
not be legally enforceable with
out the full information called
for to include in notices sent to
dog owners whose animals are
picked up.
Police have not hitherto had
authority to pick up a dog and
have had to call the county dog
warden. Hardy Barber of Carth
age, when a complaint is received
Now police will be able to pick
up dogs, but, the council decided,
the town will use the county
pound facilities and the warden
will be called to transport ani
mals from here to Carthage.
Owners of an animal picked
up will have to pay a $5 fee for
picking the dog up and another
$5 fee for impounding, as well as
$1.50 per day maintenance
charge to get their dogs back.
However, it is anticipated that
police holding a licensed dog
here would call the owner before
impounding it, thus eliminating,
if the owner reclaims the dog,
part of the fee and making a trip
for town employe.ss of one per
cent of salary, with a $25 mini
mum, and a $25 Christmas bonus
also to each volunteer fireman.
Approved a beer and wine sales
license for Wedge Inn on Mid
land Road and a beer license for
Johnny’s Bar and Grill on N.
May St.
Zoned for business, after a pub
lic hearing at which no objec
tions were made, the east side
of Carlisle St., between New
Hampshire and Vermont Ayes,
and the north side of Connecticut
Ave, between Carlisle and Har
din Sts., in West Southern Pines,
The council was later thanked
by Charles Roundtree who will
build a barber shop on a lot in
one of the affected areas.
CAROUSEL
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time in the Carodsel, teamed with
Bob Davies of Gettysburg, Pa.
Wally Sezma of Wilmington, Del.,
four times Delaware amateur
champion, is one of the entries.
A new champion teain is in
prospect for the mixed division,
as last year’s winners, Harry Chat-
field and Mrs. Pearson Menoher,
both of Southern Pines, will not
play together this year.
Mrs. Menoher will team with
Barney Avery of Southern Pines
in the current tournament, while
Chatfield is teamed with Will
Wiggs, also a local golfer, in the
men’s division. ’
The public is invited to watch
any of the matches, especially
the Sunday championship rounds.
Charles Marcum of Whispering
Pines, golf pro who works with
a golf equipment company, will,
as in past years, be the tourna
ment director. Jerry Daeke is as
sistant tournament chairman, in
charge of dance ticket sales.
Tom Ruggles, Jaycee president,
is trophy chairman and has aided
in the registration of players. En
trants in the tourney are staying
at various hotels and motels of
the Sandhills.
George Hodgkins heads a com
mittee that is decorating the
armory for the Saturday night
dance.
Pulpwood produced in the
South as raw material for the
pulp and paper industry totaled
$471,020,000 in value during 1960.
An all-time high, the figure was
4 per cent greater than the total
for 1959.
Two Negro men from Brooklyn,
N. Y., one of whom had formerly
lived in Southern Pines, drew 18-
to-24 - month prison sentences
Wednesday in Moore County Su
perior Court for the larceny of
a quantity of golf balls and
sports jackets from the Pinehurst
Country Club pro shop Septem
ber 27.
Another Negro and a Puerto
Rican who were part of the quar
tet driving down from Brooklyn
were acquitted by the jury which
found the other pair guilty. How
ever, they were jailed to await
return to Weldon where warrants
had been issued for -all four on
breaking and entering and lar
ceny charges.
Robert Lee Hunter, who moved
from West Southern Pines to
Brooklyn several years ago, and
Louis Cheeks, owner of the car
in which the four drove south
shortly before the Pinehurst rob
bery, were sentenced by Judge
Q. K. Nimocks, who had pre
viously instructed the jury to
disregard breaking-and-entering
charges against them. The receiv-
ing-and-larceny charges stood, as
when apprehended they had the
stolen items with them, but evid
ence of breaking-and-entering
was presumptive and it appeard-
ed possible a fifth man—identity
unknown—was involved.
Ninety-nine golf balls and 16
men’s and women’s windbreaker
jackets, total value about $400,
were reported stolen from the pro
shop and the theft was under
invstigation when word came
from Weldon police that the four
had been picked up there vvith
such items in their possession.
They had been temporarily re
leased, while the parked car and
contents were held. When Chief
Deputy Sheriff H. H. Grimm and
other Moore officers arrived at
Weldon, they foimd only Cheeks
and Reed. The other two had run
off shortly after a store break-
in there, the local officers were
told by Weldon police. A piccolo
had been broken open and a
large amount of change was tak
en. In the rear of Cheeks’ car
they had found a bag of change
stashed away.
Driving south on NS 301, the
Moore officers caught up with
Hunter and Rivera, plodding a-
long afoot. Driving on past,
Grimm crossed over and drove
back on the lane facing the
wanted men, stopping quickly
when he reached them, to catch
them by surprise.
Cornered, they rejoined Reed
and Rivera in the officers’ car
to be returned to Carthage and
jail. Of the pro shop loot, 78 golf
balls and lour windbrakers were
recovered.
Taking the stand Wednesday,
Cheeks said Hunter and an un
known man had sold him two of
the jackets for $10, and that he
had taken golf balls from the
stranger in lieu of change from
his $20 bill. He and Rivera, who
also testified, claimed they hadn t
known where the stuff came
from, £md Rivera convinced the
jury that he and Reed had been
innocent bystanders throughout
the whole affair. Hxmter and
Reed did not testify.
BANK
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now listed at $54 per share, will
b.3 made available for local pur
chase, it was stated.
An investigator of the office
of the Comptroller of the Cur
rency, from Washington, D. C.,
was here two days in July. He
was taken on a tour of the area
by members of the steering com
mittee, to check industrial, busi
ness and agricultural resources,
and the next day made inquiries
at random in the community,
without identifying himself.
The new bank will have a
drive-in window, off-street park
ing and many other facilities in
cluding trust department, estate
management, safety deposit
boxes and installment loan de
partment. Southern National has
made a specialty of farm and tim
ber management.
The Welch building space now
occupied by the offices of Dr. P.
J. Chester will be utilized by the
bank, in addition to the space
formerly occupied by the Welch
Gift Shop. The offices of Dr. J.
S. Hiatt, Jr., are also in the build-
Coals Announced
For County-Wide
4-H Club Project
OUTSTANDING RIDER— Mrs. Joan Walsh
Hogan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Walsh
of Stoneybrook Farm, whose accomplishments
in the recent National Horse Show were related
m a story last week, is pictured here several
years ago, before her marriage, riding Gift of
Gold, a horse owned by the late Mrs. Simon
T. Patterson of Pittsburgh, Pa. Schooled by
Mrs. Hogan, at Stoneybrook Farm, Gift of Gold
won several races here and twice won the Car
olina Cup at Camden.
(Humphrey photo)
The Moore County 4-H Club
Development Fund drive is in
progress throughout the county
and will continue through the
second week in December.
The county goal of $5,000 has
been broken down into town and
community goals, with a chair
man for each town and communi
ty: Highfalls, $100, Terry Sea
well; West End, $500, Billy John
son; Aberdeen $500, Lee Buchan;
Carthage, $500, Mrs. Clinton
Campbell; Glendon, $100, Carr
Paschal and Richard Dowd; Eagle
Springs, $100, Lynn Martin;
Westmoore, $100, Dan Danlan.
Also: Pinehurst $500, Dr. Emily
Tufts; Robbins, $500, Mr. and
Mrs. Thurman Maness; Southern
Pines, $500, Mrs. Cornelia Vann;
Cameron, $100, Mrs. W. G. Fer
guson; Vass, $100, John Baker;
and Pinebluff, $100, Mr. and Mrs.
C. C. Thompson.
The total goal for towns and
communities is $3,700. The re
mainder of the $5,000 will come
from sale of county license plates
by 4-H Club members.
George Ross of Jackson
Springs, Fund chairman, pointed
out that this program of support
for 4-H Clubs is in those areas
which are not supported by tax
funds. The money donated will
be used for camps, recognition,
scholarships, and the internation
al farm program.
The Moore Couifty drive is part
of a state-wide effort to raise $1
million for benefit of rural youth.