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THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 29,
CLOSE RACES
(Continued from Page 1)
we have some outstanding can
didates. I have absolute confi
dence that this time, for the first
time, we will elect at least one
member to the county board of
commissioners and board of ed
ucation,” he continued.
“We are not trying to sweep
everything. What we want is rep
resentative government, with
both parties represented, and
then we can begin to have real
discussions, more than in the
past.”
O’Neal predicted that Bob
Ewing, candidate for the State
House, will lead the county Re
publican ticket and will carry
the county, in what will likely be
a close race.
On the State level, said
O’Neal, “Robert Gavin will turn
out to be the real sleeper of this
campaign. In the past two weeks
I have talked with people all
over the State. I predict that for
the first time in 64 years, we will
elect a Republican governor.”
In the Congressional race, he
rated incumbent Charles R. Jonas
“a cinch” for reelection, as
“there are plenty of Democrats'
as well as Republicans who ap
preciate having such an able, ex
perienced man represent them
in Washington. As for the GOP
national candidate, “he is a real
asset to the ticket. We have found
him very effective especially
with the younger voters.”
The visit of Richard Nixon to
Pinehurst for a statawide rally
October 10 was, O’Neal declared,
a real shot in the arm for the
campaign on all levels—“He gen
erated tremendous enthusiasm.”
But this they already had, in
Moore County, he said, where it
has showed in a way that counts
heavily—^the fiscal : “We have
raised more money for local can
didates than ever before, are
operating on a sound budget,
have sent large amounts to the
State Headquarters and will end
up out of debt.”
J. Elvin Jackson of Carthage,
Moore County Democratic chair
man, declared, “I’ll stick my
neck ’way out and predict
there’ll be around 12,000 votes
cast in Moore, and that Demo
crats will win both the Presiden
tial and gubernatorial races by
52 to 54 per cent.”
He made specific predictions
of “around 6,250 to 5,750 for
Johnson versus Gold water, and
around 6,400 to 5,600 for Moore
versus Gavin.”
On the county level, he saw
the House race as most critical
but predicted Clyde Auman
would defeat Bob Ewing “by at
least 150 to 200 votes.”
Both men, he said, are well
known, well liked and have
proved themselves able public
servants on local and state lev
els, yet, Jackson declared, “I can’t
believe our Democratic voters,
and even some Republican ones,
won’t realize that if we lose our
Democratic voice in Raleigh, we
will have practically no voice
there at all.
“Since Moore County has had
such good representation for so
long there, in Clifton Blue, who
is not a candidate this year, we
have become somewhat spoiled
and many of us take for granted
all that he meant to us. A good
Democratic representative could
follow well in his footsteps, but
a Republican would hardly be
able to get his foot in the door.
“For a Democratic county to
try to deal with a Democratic leg
islature and Democratic adminis
tration through a Republican
representative makes no sense at
all, and I am sure the voters are
going to realize that.
“The same situation prevails
to a certain extent in Washing
ton, where Rep. Jonas is voting
consistently against everything
we Democrats stand for,” said
Jackson admitting however, that
Dr. Bill James, the Eighth Dis
trict Democratic Congressional
challenger, is “definitely the un
derdog” in the Congressional
fight.
As for Goldwater, Jackson said,
he is “definitely a liability to
the Republicans,’ who have caus
ed many of their foremost leaders
to become disaffected. “Judging
from what many average Repub
licans have been telling me,”
Jackson added, “he’s going to
cause a lot of ticket splitting
our way.
“In face, the Republicans have
n’t offered anything, all the way
down to the county level, to
cause any Democrat to want to
turn out the public officials who
have been serving us so well—
especially for a party which can’t
make any real bid to govern as
it counln’t get up even a full
slate.”
600 APPLAUD
(Continued from Page 1)
a leaf from Goldwater’s book,
‘in our hearts we know we’re
right.’ ”
His speech was punctuated
with applause from the highly
enthusiastic audience, which fill
ed nearly two-thirds of the 1,000-
seat Aberdeen school auditori
um. The program followed a sup
per in the school cafeteria
at which barbecue and trimmings
were served to 1,000 or more
men, women and children.
James E. Harrington, Jr., of
Pinehurst, Eighth District party
chairman, presented Congressman
Jonas, also Mrs. Robert Gavin of
Sanford, representing her hus
band, GOP gubernatorial candi
date, who could not be present
because of a schedule conflict.
The former Grace Blue of Car-
Ithage drew applause with her
brief declaration that she, like
her husband, was “dedicated to
the cause of the two-party sys
tem in North Carolina.”
Also introduced by Harrington
was Conrad Troutman a regional
official of the Republican Na
tional committee working in this
State in behalf of the Goldwater
campaign. Troutman, a Tenne-
seean, said that after several
weeks of traveling about this
State he had come to the posi
tive conclusion that it would go
for both Goldwater and Gavin.
He said, “I tell you right now
Bob Gavin will be your next
governor.”
Wallace W. O’Neal, of Pine
hurst, Moore County Republican
chairman, welcomed the gather
ing, and Robert E. Ewing, can
didate for the State House f Rep
resentatives, presented the slate
of county cnadidates.
These candidates—two for the
board of education and one for
the N. C. House of Representa
tives—blasted “one-party rule” in
North Carolina and in this coun
ty in particular.
Robert S. Ewing, candidate for
the House, was in charge of this
phase of the program.
Ewing, former Southern Pines
mayor, publisher of the Moore
County News at Carthage, drew
an ovation when Harrington
termed him “the candidate lead
ing the local ticket—best able to
represent Moore County for its
future and your future in it.”
Ewing’s speech, along with
those which followed, was fre
quently interrupted by short
bursts of wild applause, particu
larly following blasts at the
county commissioners.
Noting that “Moore County,
which has reached the status of
a $90 million business, is run by
five gentlemen who meet once a
month, and maybe other times
we don’t know about,” Ewing
stated that these five respond to
taxpayers’ requests in just one
way: “Thank you for coming, our
budget is all made up for this
year, we will take your request
under consideration, thank you
very much.”
Ewing revealed that he had re
cently been approached “three
separate times, by three leaders
of the opposite party” who urged
him to change his party affilia
tion. But he said, “I have rowed
on the starboard side (the right)
for lo, these many years, and I
will never switch to port.”
In speaking for the whole tick
et, he said, “We don’t want to
take over the courthouse or the
State House, but just get a foot
in the door and let in some fresh
air.” As for his own plans to go
to Raleigh, foresaw also that
governor he foresaw also that
“Bob would need many of his
own party to help put his pro
gram over.” He noted that “we
will have about 20 seats in the
House and Thad Eure has about
run out of back seats.”
Some quotes from the local
candidates he introduced:
Dr. Charles Phillips, for board
of education: “Many people ask
me why I a busy surgeon, should
have become so interested in pol
itics. I found I was asking my
self many questions—why were
there so many ballot abuses, why
no State Civil Service to protect
state employees from political
pressures, why were we so low
on the educational scale among
the 50 states while 18th on the
list in per capita expenditure?”
He urged support of the upcom
ing $100 million school construc
tion bond vote as a step in the
right direction, then discussed
school consolidation and the pro
posed Southern Pines-Pinehurst
district merger at length. “The
present proposal would locate
two large new schools within a
few miles of each other, with not
only duplication of construction
costs but of future maintenance
as taxpayers’ burdens,” he said.
C. C. Thompson board of edu-
‘NES’ Phone At
Carthage To Help
Flash Vote Count
Tuesday’s election will be the
best monitored in history, in
Moore County as in the nation.
PPatterns are being set to bring
the most accurate returns to the
people faster than ever before.
The Network Election Service
(“NES”) will be in operation for
the first time, to provide national
television and radio with all
county totals as soon as they are
reached.
First tangible sign of it in this
area is a telephone installed in
the courthouse at Carthage mark
ed “NES” and communicating di
rectly with headquarters in Char
lotte.
This is entirely separate from
the “early projection plan,” by
which early returns will be gath
ered from Deep River and 39 oth
er North Carolina precincts. (See
another story about Deep River
“hot line.”)
Sam C. Riddle, Moore County
board of elections chairman, said
information was given on the
Network Election Service and its
plans September 21, when the
North Carolina Chairmen of
Election Boards met at Asheville.
Cooperation of the chairmen
was asked in plans of the Serv
ice, a joint venture of the three
TV networks, AP and UPI
blanketing the nation at a cost of
some $8 million. In North Caro
lina, Jaycees are being called on
to serve as voluntary tabulators
and to phone in each county’s to
tals, over the “NES” phones.
The AP, UPI and individual
newspapers have also alerted
their correspondents about the
State to phone in county returns
as soon as possible.
Breaks will be made in the na
tional television and radio re
porting to allow for State and
local reports to be made.
MISS HOMECOMING 1964— That’s the title won by Cindy
Cheek, a senior at Southern Pines High School, for last week
end’s festivities, shown here cis she is crowned during half-time
of Friday night’s Homecoming football game at Memorial Field.
The crowner is Suzanne HiU, winner of the designation a year
ago. For details, see the High School News column and a sports
story about the game, elsewhere in today’s Pilot.
(Humphrey photo)
cation candidate: “The World
Series is over but November 3
is going to be our time to go to
bat. . . For 64 long years we have
labored under one-party rule and
every two years we are reminded
of the progress we have made.
What progress? It’s true we
would rank No. 1—if we didn’t
have 49 other states. From any
educational standard we’re in the
bottom 10 per cent. The only way
we can become No. 1 is for dedi
cated, God-fearing Americans to
stand up and support a two-party
system.”
J. Kimball Watson, county
commissioner candidate: “If com
petition in business benefits busi
ness people, competion in govern
ment will benefit all the citizens.
I will work for a businesslike ad
ministration also a businesslike
solution to educational problems
of the lower end of the county. I
pledge all purchases over $500
to be made on bids, to be pur
chased from businesses in the
county when practical, that all
banks in the county instead of
just two will be designated as
county depositories, that reserve
funds will be placed out on bids
from the banks and rotated if
feaasible in order to earn the
greatest amount of interest,
which will then go a long way
toward paying for what I believe
to be a necessity — a qualified
county manager.
The old pay-as-you-go program
for our schools looked good but
has cost us plenty. Why was ap
proximately $200,000 spent on
new gymnasiums for schools in
the area which the consolidated
Union Pines school now serves?
Proper planning would have pro
jected our needs so adequate fa
cilities would have been ready
today for our children.”
Robert Holden, candidate for
county commissioner — “Better
roads in the upper end of Moore
county, solution of school prob
lems in the lower end, better law
enforcement with round-the-
clock sheriff service are some of
the needs of our county. If no
change is made, my own area
(Robbins) will have no represen
tation on the county board at all,
as there will be no representa
tive from all the area between
Eagle Springs and Highfalls.
“We are in dire need of im
proved roads, yet I can take you
and show you a private driveway,
serving just one house, where it
is my understanding the owner
does not even drive a car, which
the county commissioners approv
ed and the State paved. This is
the driveway of a sister of one
of our county commissioners.”
NOV. 3 VOTING
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candidate:
For President and Vice Presi
dent of the United' States —
Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert
H. Humphrey; Barry M. Gold-
water and William E. Miller.
For Governor— Dan K. Moore,
Robert L. Gavin.
For Lieutenant Governor— Ro
bert W. (Bob) Scott, Clifford Lee
Bell.
For Secretary of State — Thad
Eure, Edwin E. Butler.
For State Auditor — Henry L.
Bridges, Everett L. Peterson.
For State Treasurer — Edwin
Gill, Charles J. Mitchell.
For Supt. of Public Instruction
— Charles F. Carroll, none.
For Attorney General— Thomas
Wade Bruton, T. Worth Coltrane.
For Commissioner of Agricul
ture — James A. (Jim) Graham,
Van S. Watson.
For Commissioner of Labor—
Frank Crane, none.
For Commissioner of Insurance
—Edwin S. Lanier, John C. Clif
ford.
For Judge, 2nd Judicial District
■Elbert S. Peel, Jr., none.
For Judge 11th Judicial Dis
trict— William A. Johnson, none.
For Judge, 20th Judicial District
—John D. McConnell, none.
For Member of Congress— W.
D. (Bill) James, Charles Raper
Jonas.
Also, on another ballot, follow
ing the same order of listing:
For State Senator, 12th Dis
trict— Robert Morgan and Voit
Gilmore, Democrats; and John M.
Ogburn (incomplete ticket of one
candidate), Republican.
For Member, House of Repre
sentative in General Assembly—
T. Clyde Auman, Robert S.
Ewing.
For Judge of Recorder’s Court
—J. Vance Rowe, none.
For Prosecuting Attorney of
Recorder’s Court — W. Lamont
Brown, none.
For County Commissioners:
District No. One — John M.
Currie, none.
District No. Two — W. Lynn
Martin, Robert G. Holden.
District No. Three — L. R.
Reynolds, none.
District No. Four — J. M.
Pleasants, none.
District No. Five — W. Sidney
Taylor, J. Kimball Watson.
For County Surveyor—^Paul
S. Ward, none.
For County Board of Educa
tion:
District No. One — T. Roy
Phillips, none.
District No. Two — Mrs. John
L. Frye, none.
District No. Thrree — Roland
H. Upchurch, none.
District No. Four— W. Howard
Matthews, Charles A. Speas Phil
lips.
District No. Five — Jere Mc-
Keithen, Calvin Coolidge Thomp
son.
Elsewhere in today’s Pilot, in
news stories and in political ad
vertising there is further infor
mation about the candidates.
Topping interest on the county
level is the contest for the coun
ty’s seat in State House of Rep
resentatives, between T. Clyde
Auman, and Robert S. Ewing,
Republican.
Auman is a farmer at West
End and Ewing is publisher of
the Moore County News at Car-
thage and has a printing business
at Pinehurst.
Both men have been excep
tionally active in civic, educa
tional and church projects and
both have served in state level
appointive offices—Auman is now
vice chairman of the Board of
Juvenile Correction and Ewing
has been a member of the State
Board of Elections.
Extensive biographical informa
tion about both men appears else
where in today’s Pilot.
Th'e House seat is in serious
contest for the first time in 18
years, after H. Clifton Blue of
Aberdeen, a Democrat, held it
for nine terms, serving as Speak
er of the House in 1963 and not
filing again for the office, in
order to run for the Lieutenant
Governor nomination in last
May’s primary, losing that con
test to Bob Scott of Haw River.
BID ON LANDFILL
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Encouraging the council to
move as soon as possible to clean
up the areas was a recently re
ceived check to the Town for
around $7,200 representing .sales
tax refunds on materials used in
the big bond-issue town projects
—water, sewer, and others—
which have been completed. The
manager said he had anticipated
and budgeted this year only $2,-
000 from this source, so that a
large portion of the refund money
can be applied to the clean-up
project.
Not settled Wednesday night
was the second contemplated
step in the landfill problem—an
ordinance that would bar non
residents of Southern Pines
from using the dumping area or
would control such use by set
ting up a fee and permit system.
Rainey said he had consulted
both the Institute of Government
and the League of Municipalities
but wanted to confer with Town
Attorney W. Lamont Brown, be
fore presenting suggested ordi
nances to the council.
FREE CONCERT
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concert, said an advance Army
announcement, will begin at
7:30 p.m. and last until about
8:45. A “comunity sing” is plan
ned in connection with the event.
In another area concert, the
band played last Saturday on the
courthouse square in Carthage.
Taped singing by the chorus is
being heard on a number of
radio stations in and around the
maneuver area.
ELECTED
Miss Perry Ann Davis, who is
attending Vardell Hall at Red
Springs, was recently elected to
the Honor Council there. The
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam P. Davis of Southern Pines,
Perry Ann was here for the
Homecoming football game and
dance last weekend and visited
her parents.
DEMOCRATIC
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dared “Senator Sam.”
Noting that he had long
known and worked with both
Johnson and Goldwater, and
liked them both” as individuals,
Ervin stressed that “at this pre
carious moment in history, we
need a strong hand on our nu
clear controls—and Johnson’s is
that hand.”
He read from Goldwater’s
book, “The Conscience of a Con
servative,” to reveal the GOP
candidate’s expressed stands on
the farm programs, public edu
cation and other great issues of
the day—stands which. Sen. Er
vin said, would undo 30 years of
programs for this nation.
Listing the great Democratic
presidents, Ervin also called the
roll of North Carolina’s great
governors of the past 64 years,
and spoke strongly for Dan
Moore, who he declared would
continue the line of North Caro
lina executives “in the great tra
dition.”
Dr. James Endorsed
He called for election of the
entire Democratic ticket, with
special stress on Dr. W. D. (Bill)
James, Hamlet physician and
surgeon, who is challenger for
the Eighth District Congressional
seat.
“ ‘Dr. Bill’ is a great physician
as well as a great citizen, and we
need men of his calibre and of
his profession in the Congress,”
Ervin declared. “I often think we
are overbalanced up there with
members of the legal profession.
With so much important legisla
tion these days concerned with
health and hospitals, we need
more medical men willing and
able to take on this job. I plead
with you to send ‘Dr. Bill’ to
Washington.”
Sen Ervin was presented by
H. Clifton Blue of Aberdeen,
1963 Speaker of the House in the
North Carolina General Assem
bly who also appealed for sup
port for the complete ticket “from
the courthouse to the White
House.” He spoke up strongly for
“Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Hum
phrey, Dan Moore and Bob Scott,
along with all the other Demo
cratic candidates from the top to
the bottom.”
Dr. James, along with State
Senatorial Candidates Robert
Morgan and Voit Gilmore, and a
number of county candidates,
were present to be recognized and
speak up for themselves. Those
engaged in contests were invited
to make brief addresses and
most of them did.
J. Elvin Jackson, Moore County
Democratic chairman, presided
over the program which followed
a barbecue supper held in the
cafeteria of the new consolidated
high school between Carthage
and Vass.
Gilmore, of Southern Pines
and Morgan, of Lillington, spoke
in behalf of the whole ticket and
with special reference to their
own candidacy for the State
Senate. Morgan is bidding for re-
election, while Gilmore will be
a newcomer to the Senate. They
have Republican opposition in
the person of John Ogbum of
Randolph County, who has not
waged an active campaign.
Dr. Bill James of Hamlet, State
Senator now making an uphill
fight for the Eighth District Con
gressional seat, told the assembL
ed Democrats that “to get any
thing done at Raleigh you will
have to elect Clyde Auman to
the House—Voit will need a real
partner there in order to carry
out constructive legislation for
Moore County.”
Concerning his own candidacy;
Dr. James stated he was “fbr
education, better health and the'
anti-poverty bill—I was for the
last tax cut and if feasible I’ll be
for another.” Rep. Jonas, he stat
ed, is “ashamed of his own re
cord—he sends out thousands of
birthday cards, sympathy cards,
notes of congratulation and con
dolence and never mentions his
negative vote on all the issues
that matter to you.
Backs Bond Issue
Jere McKeithen, chairman of
the Moore County Board of Edu
cation, who faces Republican op
position in the election Tuesday,
made a strong appeal for pass
age of the $100 million Stgte
school bond issue, to be present
ed to the voters Tuesday.
This is to be a bond issue en
tirely to meet construction needs,
to be prorated among the coun
ties, he explained.
This is absolutely necessary to
“put us where we belong” in new
construction and modernizing ex
isting buildings, the chairman
said.
Auman Speaks
T. Clyde Auman, candidate for
HISTORY RELATED
Union Home Was
Notable School
Of 19th Century
When the Sandhills Kiwanis
Club met last week for luncheon
and an inspection tour at the
hew Union Pines High School,
between Carthage and Vass,
member.s were handed sheets list
ing extensive information about
the school—and also an article
about the Union Home School, an
extraordinao’’ educational estab
lishment M’^hich operated in the
same area of the county, in the
latter part of the 19th Century.
The article about +he Union
Home School was written by
Kenneth L. Kelly of near Balti
more; Md., grandson of the foun
der of the old school, the late
John E. (Vander) Kelly. Becau.se
of its general interest and its
pigtqre of a remarkable educa
tion program of many years ago.
The Pilot reprints the article
herewith:
As part of his vow that, if ever
he became a teacher, none of his
pupils would ever enter college
as poorly prepared as he was
when he entered Davidson Col
lege Professor John E. (Vander)
Kelly founded Union Home
School in 1877.
He understood the lack and
tried as far as possible to supply
the training provided now by
public vocational and technical
schools. His curriculum included,
besides supperior training in the
Three R’s, shop courses in wood
working, metal working and
farming for the boys, and cook
ing, housekeeping, instrumental
and vocal musical training for
the girls (what is now called
home economics). He saw to it
that every pupil received prac
tical as well as theoretical train-
ing.
It is interesting to note that,
way back then, the school build-
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the State House of Representa
tives, expressing his admiration
for Union Pines school and the
leadership under which it was
built, saw it as part of the edu
cational progress in county and
State made possible under the
Democrats.
He declared, “It is up to us to
continue these opportunities ofr
oUr youth, to give them the best
education we can, in our school
program and now our new com
munity college program.” He
pledged that, if the voters sent
him to Raleigh, he would “help
this State and county continue
the educational progress for which
Rep. H. Clifton Blue had so un
tiringly worked.”
Other Candidates
Other contested candidates of
fered opportunity to speak were
Lynn Martin of Eagle Springs,
candidate for county commission
er, who made a brief talk on his
hopes and intentions, and W. S.
Taylor of Aberdeen, incumbent
commissioner, who yielded' his
time to the main speaker. Sena
tor Ervin.
Other party officials recognized
by Chairman J. Elvin Jackson,
included Commisioners John M.
Currie and J. M. Pleasants; T.
Roy Phillips, Mrs. Lou Frye and
Roland Upchurch of the county
board of education; M. G. Boyette,
district solicitor; Mrs. Audrey
McCaskill, register of deeds.
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