1950 MAY QUEEN r ^ iteh Vol. 52. No. 18 arin^ Citizen [ Red Springs, N. C Thursday Morning, Nov. 10, 1949 One Of Robeson County’s Hometown Newspapers 12 PAGES TODAY 5c a Copy Methodist Assignments Are Listed For Robeson ’Wil Use Part Of Reserve Fund To Pay For Well Legion Dinner To Mark Armistice Day In RS Miss Betty McLean, daughter 0* Mr. and Mrs. H. R. McLean of Raeford, who was unanimously j chosen Flora Macdonald’s May { Queen for 1950, in the first cam pus election of the college year.' Miss McLean has made an out standing recoiil since coming to Flora Macdonald, and is this year president of the Student Chris tian Association. Appointments Announced At N. C. Conference t Robeson SANFORD — The North Caro lina Conference of the Methodist Church ended its 11th session Sunday with the announcing of ministerial assignments. The assignments, read by Bishop W. W. Peele, included: Wilmington district, C. D. Bar- clift, superintendent. « Roundup b Barnesville - Bethesda Church, ’ J. Paul Edwards; Bladen, J. M. Willie D. Arnette, torpedoman’s mate, first class, USN, of North Lumberton is participating in the joint Army-Navy exercise “Opera tion Miki.” as a crew member of the submarine USS Segundo. Seaver (supply); Chadbourn, C. E. Vale; Fair Bluff, E. G. Purcell, Jr.; Fairmont, Daniel Lane, Fai son, Dennis Kinlaw; Lumberton, F. D. Hedden; Lumberton circuit, J. A. Ccioper (supply); Pembroke circuit, A. C. Edens, Jr. Pembroke parrish Dewey Locklear (supply); Bethel. Fair- Frederick C. Frostick, Jr., son view, J. W. Smith (supply); First Church, L. E. Blackburn (supply); Hickory Grove, J. A. Wilkins of Mr .and Mrs. F. C. Frostick, (supply); Prospect, D. F. Lowry. Maxton, is enrolled as a student President, Pembroke State Col in the graduate school at Duke i ] ege> r j,. Wellons; director, ^University, Durham. I leadership education, general I board of education, M. E. Cun- Robeson County drivers who I ningham; district secretary of had the licenses revoked during the week ending Oct. 31, include: Dewey McKinley Cain, Pembroke, and Vernon Rudolph Ratley, Red Springs. L. E. Rhodes, son of Mr. and Mrs. D .R. Rhodes, J’r., of Orrum, lit. 1, has received a regular ap-- pointment with the U. S Post Of fice at East Chicago, Ind. evangelism, L. L. Parrish. Retired: J. W. Harrell, F. R. Lowry, J. A. Tharpe, J. F. Ursey, W. C. Benson, P. D. Woodall, N. B. Strickland. Fayetteville district, Walter C. Ball, superintendent. Laurinburg, F. W. Paschall; Maxton, H. G. Guthrell; Parkton, I. J. Strawbridge; Red Springs, G. S. Eubanks; Rowland, W Miss Juanita Spivey of Fair mont, Rt. 2, recently was chosen as a member of the International Relations club at Coker College. Hartsville, S. C. Pfc. Thomas C. Rice, son of Mr. and Mrs. Durham Rice of Lum berton, Rt. 2, has recently been promoted to rank of co. poral with the Air Force at Miho, Japan. A 1937 Ford auto belonging to Irving Johnson was badly dam aged by fire Monday afternoon at the intersection of Elm Streets. The Allenton Grange tonight. All members to attend. and Fifth will meet are urged Low grade and waste coffee now yields a shampoo said to have unique value. 18TH CENTURY ENGLAHD RED SPRINGS—An ordinance was passed Tuesday night which would allow the Board of Com missioners to use $6,000 from the town’s capital reserve fund, if this amount is needed, for the purpose of paying for the new well which was drilled during the past two weeks. Tne board expects to be able to pay much of the approximate ly $15,000 cost for the new well, and additional facilities made necessary, from current operating funds of the water and light de- partment . However, it was ex plained at the commission’s meet ing, tnat this ordinance was nec essary if fund" could available within a short from operating revenues. The drilling cost of the time Osmer Henry Of Lumberton Will B; Main Speaker At Annual Affair RED SPRINGS — The annual Commander J. B. McCloskey tinner of Charlie Hall Post of the : call the assembly to order will and The American Legion will be the fea- ! pr eside over the program, ture celebration of Armistice Day I invocation will be pronounced b or veterans and their friends in the Rev. Graham Eubank, paste this section of the state. I of Trinity Methodist Church. Osmer Henry, prominent Lumberton attorney, will make the! principal address of the occasion. ■ Others to be heard include Mrs.! H. M. Lanham of Fayetteville,,who I will tell the story of the disabled veteran’s how it is linson of well; ent Mrs. poppy, and demonstrate made; Mrs. R. E. Tom- Fayetteville, will pres- W. K. Stewart, Jr., of Members of the Red- Springs Lions and Rotary Clubs and the local National Guard battery will attend the dinner, with their ladies in addition to Legionaires from other posts of this section. The dinner will be held at 7 p. m., in the dining hall of Flora Macdonald College. Special music for the occasion will be presented water, j Wilmington, who will talk on the by students of the school of music .lof the college. was $6,1)00. Trucking of additional pipe lines, extension of I work of the Legion Auxiliary power facilities and other factors resulting from the failure of the old- well, are expected to. run the total costs to the $15,000 figure, it was stated yesterday by C. Durham Ratley, town clerk. ROBESON TEACHERS TAK PART M LEGION SPEAKER Say “Thanks” The commission also adopted a resolution of thanks to the citi zens of the town for their coopera tion in conserving water during the shortage, and thanked several! individuals and concerns for their I services and aid in helping pro vide a temporary water supply. Congressman Ertle Carlyle was instrumental in securing a large tank truck from Fort Bragg which hauled water from the Robbins Cloth Mills water system. Tne Robbins Cloth Mills furnished at 1 no cost all the water that could j be hauled, and extra trucks were, furnished by the Liberty Manu-j facturing Company. Annual Meeting Of Southeastern District Held At Wilmington Osmer L. Henry, who will make the address at the annual Ameri can Legion dinner to be staged by Charlie Hall Post No. 35, at the EMC dining hall at Red jSprirr.s on Armistice night, November 11. Lumberton, council for social.stu dies; Elizabeth Shaw, Lumberton, elementary education: Mrs. Ed Wells, Lumberton, English; Rob ert L. Van Hoy, Red Springs and Many teachers from Robeson County schools attended the 27th annual convention of the South- eastern District N. C. Education Association at. Wilmington Friday. In many instances, school folks from Robeson took part in directing divisional and de partmental meetings of which they are officers. Mrs. Louise H. Garrett of Lum- Faye McMillan, Red Springs, health, physical education and re- creation. Mrs. Albertine McKellar, Row land, home economics; Mrs. Mon tine C. Stansel, Lumberton, Math- Court Prscfce Monday KigH Gia Lane by Hogarth, a reproduction of which is included in the LIFE exhibition, 18TH CENTURY ENGLAND, on. view at Presby terian Junior College from November 6 through November 13. 18th Century London’s death rate from bad gin was appalling, and in the popular Beggar’s Opera a character; Lucky Lockit, felt herself safe in offering poisoned gin to her rival, Polly “for I can lay her death upon the gin and so many die of that naturally that I shall never be called in question.” 18TH CENTURY ENGLAND OH EXHIBIT AT MAXTON COLLEGE A. Dis- Tew; St. Pauls, trict secretary of evangelism, F. W. Paschall. Retired: : L. B. F. Boonri H. Joyner, C. H. Caviness, F. W. Noblitt, R. E. At kinson, W. II. Brown, W. R. Roy- all, son, son, Frank Culbreth, W. L. Daw- W. A. Parsons, B. P. Robin- J. W. Sneeden, R. L. Vick- ery and C. A. Jones. Attend Conference At Atlanta G. T. Ashard, Murphy McNeill, R. D. McMillan, Jr., E. H. Alexan der, Loren Epton, Robert Marr and the Rev. T. A. Fry attended the Presbyterian Men’s Conference which was held in Atlanta last Fri day, Saturday and Sunday. Dr. C. G. Vardell preached at the morning service and Dr. Louis C. LaMotte preached Sunday eve ning in the absence of Mr. Fry. ■ MAXTON—An exhibit of 18th squalor of London. ------ - , 18th Century England Century England is being shown 400 Gals. P. M. The new well was cut into ser- vice Monday afternoon at 4:15 berton is vice president of the ematics; Mrs. Francis P. Nicholson, ( classroom teachers, Walter R. Dud- Rowland, vocational guidance. - - - - ■ - The Southeastern district in ¬ ley of Red Springs, secretary of and has been supplying the needs j It delivers! of the town since. It better than 400 gallons of water per minute during the operation of the pump . . / Carolina Drilling and Well Co. of Sanford put down the new well an da group of i\ir men will return here later this month to the superintendents, and Thomas L. White of Lumberton secretary of the principals.- Other Robeson educators who eludes members - from Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumber- RED SPRINGS—Monday night took part on the program were: Evelyn Hammon. Lumberton, bus- ties land, Duplin. Hoke. Jones, New Hanover, Pender, Onslow.. Robe son, Sampson and Scotland coun- iness education; Mabel Stevens will 15th Red team to da.; mark the beginning of the consecutive season for . the Robins, semi-pro. ka''-Mtball of Red Springs, it was, stated , » 01 Winners of the Tri-Uouniy Davidson Graduates Hear Pres. Cunningham LUMBERTON —A large group of alumni, their wives, and friends of Davidson College heard President John R. Cunningham explain the purposes of the cam paign of the college to raise a $2,500,000 fund. The dinner meeting was held Thursday eve-1 ning at the Pinecrest Country Club here, and was attended by representatives from most all sedi tions of Robeson, Bladen and Columbus counties. James H .Clark of Elizabeth town, trustee of the college, pre sided at the dinner. The invoca tion was said by the Rev. R. 11 Alexander ,and the speaker was presented by Mayor Hector Mc Lean, a member of the first clas£ to graduate after Dr. Cunningham became president of the school, j Dr. Cunninghma pointed out that already nearly two million dollars had been contributed to Williams of Winston Salem. At his death, J. Spencer Love, of Burlington, was named director of the program. Dr. Cunningham stated that while the two and one- half million dollars was the mini mum amount needed. “I surely believe that the friends of David son will not allow this campaign to fall short of this minimum ob jective.” Community leaders named to help to raise the $10,000 quota set for Bladen, Robeson Columbus counties are: _W. and D Northrup, St. Pauls; J. R. Marks, Whiteville; Ben F. Ormand, Chad bourn; Dr. V. D. Clarke, Clarkton; Kenneth McLean, Lumberton: James Munroe, Council; Thomas A. Fry, Red Springs, and James Clarke of Elizabethtown. Films showing the campus of today, college activities and per- ' sonalities were shown by Ernest the fund and that a number of | Arnall, assistant to Dr. Cunning- buildings and other projects of ham. Dr. C. G. Vardell of Red the expansion program were eith[ Springs was the oldest alumnus er completed or construction wa under way. Recently the $650,1 000 Johnson Gymnasium was opened for use. Excavations for the $350,000 church buildings are in progress and plans for devel oping the fine arts center are be ing completed. He added that a present. In a brief talk he ; strongly emphasized the point j that money given in this campaign I would be an “investment” in 1 future of the young lives of state. the our students’ center, an additional L. D. Herring dormitory and an addition of one Final rites were held Tuesday million dollars to the endowment I afternoon at 3:30 o’clock from the anernoon at o ciock irom tn; were the projects needed to be Clybourn Baptist church for L. D completed. I Herring, 44, of North Lumberton The associates of W. II. Belk who died Monday morning at 10:30 and his sons have assumed the o’clock in the Thompson hospital. cost of construction of the dormi- Rev R. A. Stankwyteh, pastor, of- tory, Dr. Cunningham announced.! ficiated. Burial was in the New This building will cost approxi- j Hollywood cemetery. mately $300,000. Mr. Herring was a son of Wil- The drive was started last year i son and Mrs. Cornelia Harrelson under the direction of S. Clay 1 Herring of South Carolina. SMYRNA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BEGINS REVIVAL MONDAY NIGHT MAXTON—A week’s series of revival services will begin on Monday evening, Nov. 14, at 7:30 P. M. at Smyrna Presbyterian Church, near Johns. Rev. George F. Houck of Candor, will be the guest preacher at these services which will be conducted nightly through Sunday, Nov. 20th. Mr. Houck is pastor of the Can- Cur, B’scoe and Macedonia Pres- byterian Churches of Mecklen burg Presbytery. He is a broth er of Mrs. J. R. Dickens, wife of the pastor of the Smyrna Pres byterian Church. The public is cordially invited to attend the services, which begin on Monday evening at P. M. and continue during week at the same hour. will 7:30 the this week at Presbyterian Junior College, continuing through Sun day, November 13th, in the ad ministration building. The public is cordially invited to view this excellent art exhibition. This exhibit is based on the ar ticle of 18th Century England' which appeared recently in Life Magazine in its History of 'West ern Culture series. Much unpub lished material has been added, however, and the result is a color ful panorama of the age of con tracts. England of the 18th Cen- tury saw the drab beginning of on all these subjects and hibit includes some —reproductions of fifty touches j this ex-’ pictures! photography, I and water' paintings, drawings and water colors. It has been arranged with! accompanying text material under! the direction of Miss Margaret, Scherer of the Department of Education, Metropolitan Museum of Art ,for the editors of Life Magazine. This is one of the first such exhibits tobe and others “The Holy Atomic Age.” shown at P. J. C., scheduled include Land” and “The Prof. C. L. Dar- the age of industrialism and calls I ling, Jr., of the English Depart- to mind not only the gentlemanly] ment, made arrangements for this! precepts of Lord Chesterfield and exhibitio nwhich opened on Mon- the stateliness of the country | day and will continue during this houses, but all the ferment and j week at the college. URGENT NEED FOR PROTECTION REASON FOR INSURANCE ACTION RED SPRINGS — Merits of the State Insurance Fund as compared with policies written for school- house coverage by the old line companies were not considered in placing the insurance on the school properties of the lied Springs Special Charter District, accord ing to a special transcript of the minutes of the meeting issued Wednesday for publication It was explained that due to the urgency of needed additional cov erage on the properties, and the fact that the average rates for, the Insurance Fund policies' over a prolonged period of years could not now be determined, the board approved increasing the coverage to $304,000 through the companies represented by local insurance agencies. Meeting with the board were E. H. Alexander, Hiram Grantham and R. A. McConaughey, Jr., and Wakefield Mowery, a special.agent of the Camden Insurance- Com pany. Both State Fund and local insurance rates were compared and discussed for a lengthy time. The following reasons were given for buying old line insurance in stead of insuring through the State Insurance Fund: (Editor’s Note: The following was not made available for publication until Wednesday, Nov. 9, though the action by the board was taken an October 25.) 1. Stock company rates are guaranteed for a period of five 3. Insurance from stock com panies allow the School Board co pay for 30 per cent of appraised value but have 100 per cent pro tection. 4. Premiums with stock com panies are cheaper per year to the School Board on the five-year plan than would be possible by either the one-year or three-year plan. 5. Another consideration that the School Board will be deal- with local businessmen at all times. Motion by Warren C. McNeill, seconded by A. L. Boatwright, that attempt to recondition the well and bring it back into vice. The week safety Safety Light board placed an order old ser- this for an additional traffic blinker light, to be placed on the Duffie Road where it en ters town at Second Avenue, near the school. This intersection is located on a curve, and has been the scene of a number of traffic accidents recently. Too, it is very close to the public schools grounds, and it is hoped that the light will bring incoming traffic to a slower pace as the cars ap- I proach the school grounds. ME SEEKS SLOW FOR WORK ■ ON CAFETERIA BEFORE NOV. 11 Money Will Be Used To Touch Up Cafeteria For Homecoming Event MAXTON—Progress on an ef- of Maxtonians use the College fort'to raise a fund of $1,000 in Cafeteria from, time to time for cafeteria ; meetings. We urge everyone who building at the college in time | can do so, to contribute to the for Homecoming Day on Nov. 12: $1,000.00 fund right away so as is reported by Presbyterian j to enable the cafeteria to be seal- Junior College. ! ed in time for Homecoming on Maxton to seal the League pennant souad will have Wade McGugan, last season, the. Bob Van Hoy,' ^en Warren. Lamon Bruner. Linnie Blake and Al Parnell back from last year. Jim Walser of last year's Catawba College Frank Springs will be Red Indians, Billy Stutts and McDonald of the Red Red Devils of last season, additions to the squa-d. Norris and Tian Cope, Mrs. Rebecca Smith Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock from the Pope’s Crossing church on Lumberton, Rt. 2, for Mrs. Re becca Smith, 82, who died Sun day morning at 7:30 o’clock at her home on South Chestnut street, Lumberton. Rev. D. W. Branch, pastor of the Christian and Mis sionary Alliance church, was- in charge of the rites.' Burial was in the Wilcox cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Arrowood McLeod of Myrtle Beach, Mr. and Mrs. Henry McLeod and Mr. and Mrs. George McLeod of Johns, and Mr. j and Mrs. Angus Lytch of Laurin- was burg were guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. P McLeod Sunday. and that the balance be equalized between the other agents as the new insurance is taken out. The School Board did not judge the the valuation be increased to $304,- 000 and that insurance in this' merits of State insurance or stock amount be taken out immediately.! company insurance. It was the The vote was unanimous in favor sentiment of the School Board that of the motion. Motion by Mr. Me-' immediate coverage of school prop- Neill, seconded by John C. Graham | erty was urgent. The amount of that the insurance be purchased insurance that would be carried from the four local agents and that 1 finally would be dependent upon the insurance be equalized be tween these agents on a five-year term basis. The vote was unani mous in favor of the motion. It was further decided that since Hi ram Grantham had $102,500 in in surance that he retain this amount the amount of revenue that was available at the time The final de cision as to the State insurance and stock company insurance will not be settled until the new build ings have been completed and in surance values established. Rotary Broom Sale Set For Mext Week RED SPRINGS—Final plans for a' town-wide sale of brooms were years giving the School Boarl|being completed today by members definite information as to insur-'of the Red Springs Rotary club ance costs for this period. The State rate is guaranteed for only one year. Information was present ed that would indicate that as the •ame loss ratio continues the pre mium charged by the State would have to be raised to take care of losses 2. The School Board needed im mediate protection resulting from increasing insurance values as an appraisal had been made, by the Southeastern Construction Com pany representative resulting in the appraised value of $304,000. according to E. H. Alexander, of the Community Service Commit tee of the club. Brooms and rubber door mats, mops and mop handles are made at the Guilford County Industries for the Blind plant, and are sold throughout the country by service clubs to help keep the plant op erating and blind persons from over the entire state, regularly and fully employed. The funds will be used also to carry out work of the Community Service committee with the under- privileged of the local area. Mr. Alexander states that Red Springs aiea will be e. by members of the Club, and there will be working w„a work both in the evening., -s as during the days, Thursday, d that will well Fri- day and Saturday of next week. The articles are of the finest quality, equal to the best in com mercial outlets. “They have to be good,” Mr. Alexander declared, “because people tend to look them over even more critically when they know they were made entirely by blind workers The brooms will be sold at $1.50 and $2. The mats sell from $2.50 to $5. A total of $800 has been given : November 12.” or pledged ,and _it is hoped to se-j Statement made by committee cure the balance of the $1,000 of which Russell Hellekson is right away in order to have the! chairman, with L. W. Anderson work carried out next week. Gifts' " ”-—-’ mailed in to the business manager of the college or left at the State Bank with Russell Hellekson, chairman of the committee. A statement fro mthe Maxton com mittee is as follows: “The people of Maxton are in terested in Presbyterian Junior College and various organizations G. P. Henderson, Miss Lillian Aus tin, Murphy McGirt and G. P. Henderson members of the com mittee. This local campaign is a phase of the effort of the college to .complete the building fund cam paign for $50,000 launched last year. MRS. FARRELL LOCKLEAR FATALLY BURNED IN STARTING FIRE PEMBROKE—Mrs. Farrell Leck- lear was fatally burned Tuesday when she caught lire while at tempting to start a fire with kero sene' at her home. The accident occurred Tuesday morning and the victim was taken to Scotland Memorial Hos pital. where she died Tuesday night. Surviving are Iter mother. Mrs. Lilly Lowry, her husband, and one child, Anne Doris. The funeral will be held Thurs day afternoon at 3 o’clock from ’ Harpers Ferry Church with Rev. L. W. Jacobson, Rev. Clarence Locklear and Rev. Isiah Locklear officiating. Burial will be in the Oxendine cemetery. Harry W. Locklear New Superintendent Prison Camp coach and business manager of the Red Robins baseball team of the Class D Tobacco State Cir cuit swap jobs '^ tne basketball season. Norris will be business manager of the basketball club while Cope will do the coat'S*"??. Games are now being scheduled for Mondays. Tuesdays and. Thurs days. and Manager Norris is seek ing bookings. Phone 4742, Rod Springs.- Bishop Peele To Dedicate Trinity . Parsonage In RS ■ RED SPRINGS—Bishop W. -W. Peele, head of the Eastern Caro lina Conference of the Methodist Church, will conduct dedication ceremonies parsonage of Trinity Church here on Dec. The announcement the special of the new Methodist 18. was made here yesterday bv th? Rev. G. S. Eubank, pastor of the church. Mr. Eubank arranged for -Vie '*edica- lion services while ending the annual conference at Sanford last week. ' ’ ■ The parsonage was completed y early this summer. The house, I real LUMBERTON — Harry West} Locklear of Pembroke has accep-] ted the post as superintendent oil the Prison Camp of Robeson | County, it was stated here Wednes-] day afternoon by J. B. Moore State] Prison Director. Mr. Locklear, will assume his sent 000. estate and furnishings repre- an investment of about $20,- David E. Cox David Elisha Cox, 58, of Lumberton, Rt. 2 farmer Smyrna township, died} suddenly at his home Friday afternoon about 2:30 . new job within a few weeks when o - clock He was a son of Che late the camp will become one for In- Newit - t and Mrs Mary Collins dian prisoners. Prisoners now in: ( -. ox a camp at Walnut Cove will be re-1 turned to the camp here. Mr. I Moore states that the entire staff ! Surviving are his wife, the for mer Miss Sallie Singletary; two will be manned by Indians and all I prisoners assigned to the camp! will be Indians daughters, Mrs. Charlie Spargo cf Richmond, Va., and Mrs; Frel Banana Tree Grows In Pembroke Yard PEMBROKE—A banana tree having a stalk on which there are 52“ almost full grown bananas is growing in the back yard of Mrs. Brackston Sampson’s home. The tree was set out eight years ago when Benny Sampson brought home a banana plant which a student at Deep Branch school gave him. This is the first year' that the plant has had fruit, says Mrs. Sampson. It has been the custom to dig a trench and bury the wrapped banana plant during the winter months, but this year the tree is almost too large. There are now 11 trees of different heights centered around the main one. Ledwell of Fayetteville; one son, David Ray, of the home; one grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. Clarence Lamb of Lumberton and Mrs. Frank Lamb of Lumberton, Rt. 2; two brothers, Tox, Cox of Lumberton, Rt. 2, and Dock Cox of Lumberton, Rt. 5. Funeral services were held on Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock from Hog Swamp Baptist church of which he was a member. The pastor, Rev. Joel S. Johnson, of- ficiated. Interment Lamb cemetery. in the Orrum PTA Meeting' J. N Walker, principal of the Orrum high school, has announced that the Orrum PTA will hold its November meeting in the school auditorium on Monday evening oi next, week, November 14th, at 7:j0 p. m.