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CONSOLIDATED 1944 PARKTON—ROWLAND
One Of Robeson C o u n t y ’ s H o m e o w n Newspapers
Published Wednesdays
Fhe Scottish Citizen (Red Springs and Maxton, N; C.), Thursday, November 7, 1946
Vol. LVII, No, 4v
Crl iinri n I Maxton Merchants and Businessmen
LullUI Idl Will Donate 31 Lots To Aid Those
Hoss Cavalry Passes
The past week has marked
the passing of one of the
Arm’y’s oldest branches, and
marked the coming of age of
one of this generations crea
tions, The horse cavalry once
the fastest moving and keenest
army fighting group,
proved too slow and
vulnerable to enemy
to be continued as a
has now
far too
weapons
strategic
weapon of attack.
True, there’ll be some war,
animals, mostly jJtck mules,
for transporting weapons, sup-
plies and
ammunition over
very rough terrain,
sleek and glamorous
stallion has received
charge and is now on
but the
fighting
his dis-
terminal
leave from Uncle Sam’s fight
ing forces.
In his stead comes the jeep
the half-trpck, the tank, the I
motorcycle and other gas-pow
ered monsters of greater speed
greater firepower and more
instantaneous 'death-dealing,
that made up the armored
forces which are, out of court
esy to old “Dobbin” called the
“armored cavalry.”
Relegated to such civilian
pursuits as farming, draught-
team work, racing and that of
the showring, at least for the
horses of the United States
peaceful pursuits mark its fu
ture.
Now, if a man could progress
in peacebuilding as far and as
fast as he has in the building
of instruments of destruction,
perhaps the sacrifice of the
world’s youth during its per
iodic wars could be eliminated.
Even though we’ve just finish
ed history’s most destructive
war, we appear to be working
harder to get ready for the
next conflict than we are work
ing to prevent it.
The old gray mare may not
be what she used to be, but
man learns too slowly to have
changed much in the past 100
years which marked the incep
tion and the relegation of the
horse as a wartime instrument.
FMC Campus
Seeks $12,000 In
Drive Nov. 13
Miss Irene Baldwin,
the Campus Division
000 Flora Macdonald
provement Program,
chairman of
of the $300.
College Im-
today an-
nounced that preparations have
been completed for the opening of
the Campus Campaign on Friday,
November 15, when members of
the faculty, employees, and stu-
deents of the college will be colicit-
ed for gifts to the fund. ,J
Serving with Miss Baldwin? are:
vice-chairman, Miss Peggy Harris;
faculty chairman, Miss Mary Con-
oly:
employees chairman, Mrs.
Mary Helton; Miss Anne Young
blood, chairman of the senior
class and Miss Goldie Knowles,
co-chairman; Miss Harriet Wilson,
chairman of the junior class and
Miss Gurline Pace, co-chairman;
Miss Shirley Parker, chairman of
the sophomore class and Miss Iris
Inez
Miss
man
Miss
Swearingen, co-chairman;
Lajeana Williamson, chair-
of the freshman class and
Bety Andrews, co-chairman.
These chairmen are now organ
izing sufficient teams to cuiokly
conduct the solicitation in one day.
The campus goal is $12,000.
The Scottish Citizen
Red Springs, N. C.
Telephone 305-1
Maxton, N. C.
Telephone 59-W
Dougald Coxe Publisher
Ben MacKinnon Maxton Editoi
Subscription Rates
1 Year
6 Months
$3 Months
$2.00
1.00
.65
Veterans Wishing toBuildHomes
Land Lies Between
Maxton High School
And Pres. College
The merchants and businessmen
of Maxton have pledged an amount
of money sufficient to purchase a
large tract of land located near the
Maxton high school for the purpose
of supplying veterans with build
ing lots. Realizing the need for new
homes in Maxton and especially
the acute shortage of available
homes for returned veterans, the
merchants and business men have
donated enough money to purchase
land, which will be subdivided into
31 building lots. Although com
plete details have not been worked
out, these lots will probably be
given veterans signifying their in
tention of building homes, valued
at not less than $5,000, within a
specified length of time.
A corporation is now being form-
! ed to handle this veterans housing
| project. A charter will be drawn
up and a board of directors ap-
pointed.
Land sufficient to' builid approxi
mately 31 homes has been contract
ed for between the Maxton high
school and Austin street, which
runs past Presbyterian Junior col
lege. There is at present one home,
that of Mrs. Lottie 5 ’Kincaid, locat
ed in this area.
Two lots fronting on Carolina
street, which runs from PJC to
the Rowland highway, art the pro
perty of the college and are not in-
eluded in the tract of land to
used for veterans’ building lots.
be
Plans are now being made where
the
wn:
and
area
center of the proposed build-
area and the Town of Maxton
be responsible for this wort:
for providing vaster to the
Power lines are close by and
this part of the new pri'-am re
sents no problem. The proposed
street,
to be known as
Scotland
street, will connect with Florence
street
near the gymnasium and
with Austin street in the vicinity
of the college athletic field.
This will put the new building
lots adjacent to the two college lots,
to the ditch bank which used to
mark the bounds of the old PJC
athletic field and to the property
that now houses the Maxton high
school and gymnasium.
Scotland street will run parallel
with Carolina street
will be extended to
running behind the
nother cross street
if necessary.
and Elm street
the ditch bank
gymnasium. A-
will be made
All of the above plans are tenta
tive due to the fact that blue prints
of the project have not been drawn
up. However, the land has been
contracted for and the necessary
amount of money to purchase this
land has been pledged. It is believ
ed that 31 lots will be available
with each lot having frontage of
at least 75 feet. Plans have not
been completed concerning distri-
butoin of this land to veterans, in
case more than 31 make applica
tion. Inquiries have been received
from veterans currently holding
building priorities and indications
are that many veterans will be eag
er to take advantage of this build-
ling opportunity offered to them by
the far-seeing merchants and bus
by a new street will be cut through' iness men of Maxton.
County Superintendent In Accord
With Charlotte Observer Pay Raise
Suggested For All State Teachers
Says Salary
Schedule Behind
Cost Of Living
“Three months ago I thought
that a 25 per cent pay increase for
teachers would have been adequate
but today I seriously doubt if the
40 per cent increase suggested by
the Charlotte Observer will be ad
equate,” County Superintendent C
L Green stated this morning, in
commenting on the recent action
to adopt the Observer motion tak
en by the Robeson county unit of
the North
sociation.
At the
passed in
Carolina Education As
time the motion was
the oJe P .oMore "build-
ing on Friday, November 1, there
was some doubt as to whether Mr
Green was entirely in accord with
the discussion and adoption of the
teacher salary schedule favored by
the Charlotte Observer.
“In proportion," Mr. Green stat
ed, “the salary schedules have log
ged far behind the rising cost of
living: I’m hot eVen sure that this
proposed increase of 40 pe” cent
will be- adequate to cover sharply
Published Every Wednesday
Entered at the Post Office at
Red Springs, N. C.. as second
class mail matter.
rising costs but
favor of action
my belief that
for teachers of
necessity.”
The Observer
I am definitely in
taken and firm in
a salary increase
this amount is a
incre iso was sug-
gested in an editorial in the Octo
ber 11 issue and was adopted by
the South Piedmont district of
the NCEA in Charlotte recently.
At the first meeting of the
school year of the Robeson cou: iv
unit of the NCEA last Thursday
the twenty-five per cent increase
worked out by the NCEA Iq:
tive committee, together with
operating educational forces,
mid-September was explained
co
in
by
Supt. Claud Grigg of Albemarle
city schools, vice chairman cf the
NCEA legislative committee. , *'
ter this topic had been discussed
freely, Archie Calhoun,
of St. Pauls school and
of the county legislative
tee, moved that a vote be
principal
chairman
commit-
taken on
the Observer salary increase
teachers and this motion was car
ried.
The county unit also approved a
sick-leave plan and a retirement
plan, which is already in effect in
many states.
World War II Memorial Plane for
Town Of Fairmont Arrives Safely
A! Lumberton Field After Flinht
May Be Parked On
School Grounds
The arrival in Lumberton of the
surplus Army B-51 Mustang fight
er, which was purchased from th"
War Assets Administration for the
have already been removed, al
though the ship is in fair condi
tion. It was flown from an air
base in Augusta, Ga., to the Lum
berton field.
use as a World
by the Town
another step
town officials
nent tribute
of
in
to
to
area who served
War II Memorial
Fairmont, marks
the movement of
provide a perma-
those from this
during the war.
The plane, which was purchased
for one hundred dollars, will be
parked at some point in town, not
yet discloes ofshrdlu etaoin shrdlu
yet disclosed. Mayor P. R. Floyd.
Standing before the plane used
io carry the mail bag of souvenir
covers from Maxton to Raleigh
are: (Left to right) Mrs. Irving
McConneghy, E. C. Carrington of
Maxton Chamber of Commerce,
Mrs. H. C. McNair, Mrs. J. M. Pat
terson, Miss Elise Tucker, Mrs. C.
B. Williams, Maxton Postmaster;
Steve Collier, C. T. Modlin, Mayor
F. C. Frostick, E. A: Helleckson,
Bob Bullard and E. N. Henderson.
Mrs. C. B. Williams, postmaster
of the Maxton Post Office, hands
the mail bag containing 400 sou
venir covers to C. T. Modlin, man
ager of Scotland Flying Service.
As a special feature of National
Air Mail week, a flight was made
from the Maxton Field to Raleigh
carring uncancelled souvenir cov
ers bearing a cachet sponsored by
Presbyterian Junior College. Steve
Collier, PJC student, looks over
the mail bag. ,^, ; : ■ V /
Organ Installed
Sy Auxiliary Of
Church
A Hammond organ was install
ed last week in the Antioch Pres
byterian church near Red Springs
as a gift of the Woman’s Auxil / y
of the church. Plans for the pre-
sentaticn and dedication of the
org n are expected Vo lie complet
ed this week.'
Miss Willa McLauchlin is presi
dent of the auxiliary and members
o' the committee who have server
for the past two years for the s'
lection of and the raising or money
for the purchase of the oran are:
Mrs. Archie Howard, chairman,
Arch McEeachern,
Mrs. W. C. Hodgin,
wood Currie.
INGATHERING
David Hodgin,
and Mrs. Sher-
REPORT
Reports of the various commit
tees which arrganged for the 1946
ingathering ^f the church show
that well over $8,500 was raised
for the church this year, and that
the annual affair was the largest
ever held at Antioch. Annual din
ner,’/prepared uniisr the direction
of ^ C.'/Hodgin, was served this
year‘tp more than 1.300 people, or
some: 3J30 more than had ever at
tended the ingathering any prev
ious year.
Twenty-four bales of cotton were
sold, one lot of which brought the
year’s top prices of 40c while all
of it was sold for an average of
better than 38c. The bazaar, cake
sale and other ingathering day
sales, brought in larger sums this
I year than ever, to bring the total
The next problem facing town ! annual receipts from these sources
officials is how to safely move the
plane from Lumberton to Fair
mont. It has been suggested that
the best way would be to tow the
i plane along the highway but the
height of the bridge abutments a-
long the way make it necessary to
load the ship on a truck-trailer for
movement.
and from pledges to about $2,000
more than during any previous
year.
Fairmont is one of the few
towns nithis area purchasing ob
solete planes for erection as war
who handled the arrangements for | memorials. Special efforts are madi
, REV. ANDREWS
i The Rev. C. J. Andrews is attend
ing the annual conference at Hen
derson. Consequently there will be
no morning or evening worship ser-
• vices held at St. Pauls Methodist
Church in Maxton on Sunday, Nov-
: ember 10 Sunday School serveices
will be held, as usual.
the project, said today that
action will soon be taken on
final by the War Assets Admini^trat
the
location of the spot where the plane
will be parked. The Fairmont high
school was mentioned as one pos
sible location.
Present plans are, said Mayor
Floyd, to strip the plane of its war
coating of grey paint and leave the
final color bright aluminum. Ma
chine guns and all radio equipment
to place these ships in the hands of C. M. Leggett
those who might make them avail- ^^ Patuxent
able to schools and civic groups
for educational purposes. The cost
of the entire project to the town
of Fairmont was the one hundred
C. M Leggett, 18, ship’s cook
class, son of Mrs Mae Leggett
31-
of
dollars purchase price plus a
ilar amount to the pilot who
the plane from the Augusta
to the Lumberton airport
sim-
flew
field
Fairmont, is now serving with the
Former Bank Cashier Sentenced To
Serve From Seven To Ten Years In
Robeson Superior Court Wednesday
Pleads Guilty
On Four Counts
Bank' Violations
Claude Eric Harrill. 36,
cashier of the State Bank
ten pleaded guilty to fou:
of violations of the s alt
laws in Robeson County I
Couli on Wednesday, Koa
an. was serie need to s "
7 '. N. year-, ’y Judge Q
sorted to cover the missing mon
ey. The confession also stated that
the defendant, in 1945, began to
concentrate on two of the larger
accounts carried by the bank.
Mr. Hasty testified that until the
time of the discovery of the short ¬
con:
ing laws were as follows.: J. jem-
bezzlement of funds amounting ir
$32 139.01. 2. Abstraction of ( th'
ame amount. 3. Misapplication of
these funds. 4. Making fa 1 e en
tries in accounts Mr. Harrill,' ( re
presented by Henry A. McKinnon
as counsel, tendered a plea of
age Mr.
Harrill’s reputation
Maxton was “good” and John
McNair, Jr., vice president of
State Bank, also testified that
Harrill had a good reputation
the
Mr.
un-
Robert E. Richardson, member
of the Federal Bureau of Investi
gation, was called to the -stand -
and stated that he was present
when the original confession
signed.
E. R. Suggs was the fourth
ness called bySolicitor Carlyle.
was
wit-
Mr,.
Special Flight Souvenir Air Mail
Covers Made From Maxton Flying
Field To Raleigh Thursday Morning
A special flight of souvenir air (Collier flew back to Maxton later
mail covers was made from the in the afternoon. .V ' . , -
in the afternoon.
guilty to all four counts.
The bill of indictment was
sented to the grand jury ant
trial held on the same day.
pre-
the
Mr.
Harrill was arrested on October- 22
on a warrant sworn out by Wyatt
W. Barnes, state bank examiner,
charging him with intent to de
fraud and injure the State Bank
by embezzling and misapplying
funds totaling $24 060 owned or held
in trust by the bank. Since that
time an additional shortage of $8,-
139.01 was discovered to make a
total shortage of $32,139.01.
Mr. Harrill was brought to Rob-
eson
was
Oct.
Paul
county jail on October 23 and
released under $10,000 bond
26; the bond was posted by
H. Harrill with G. B. and
Charles B. Harrill signers also.
Solicitor F. Ertel Carlyle called
C. A. Hasty of Maxton to the stand
as the first witness. Mr. Hasty tes
tified that he was present when
Mr Harrill signed a confession
concerning the misappropriation of
$17,000 and also stated that
Harrill admitted
the misuse
Mr.
of
additional funds of $7,000 shortly
thereafter. The.
confession
shown to the witness and he
was
was
asked to read the document to the
court.
According to the confession, the
first misappropriation of funds
Maxton Post Office to Raleigh o,.
October 31 by C. T| Modlin, man
ager of Scotland Flying Service.
The flight was a special feature
of National Air Mail Service week,)
Whig-11 was celebrated from October,
27 - November 2 and approximatc-|
ly 400 letters were in the mail bag
sent to Raleigh Post Office from
the Maxton Post Office.
Authority for this special, flight
was obtained from Robert a S. Bur;
gress, deputy second assistant
A special letter box for these
covers was placed in the
the Maxton Post Office
day, October 28.
According to reports
lobby Ox
on Mo.
received
from the Maxton Post Office, "the
quantity of air mail handled dur
ing the special “air-mail” week
was considerably greater than the
usual quantity. Seventy nine letters
flew by air from this office or.
October 29, there were 60 air-mail
letters on the 30th and 40 on the
31 of October. The daily average
postmaster general and the covers
were not postmarked until after | a j r m jal content is approximately 30
the flight when they were placed
in the mails. The covers bore ai-
unofficial cachet sponsored by Pr F
sbyterian Junior College.
Mr. Modlin took off from the op
erations area of the Maxton field
a: 11:30 A. M. and arrived at the
airport in Raleigh at 12:30 P. M.
Riding with him in :the : plane was
Steve Collier, a PJC student, w.hQSi-.
home is in Raleigh. After-' deposit-
letters.
Present at the air field when
the plane took off with the mail
bag of souvenir covers were: Mrs.
C. B. Williams, Postmaster of the
Maxton office, Mayor Fred Fost-
ick, E. A. Helleckson, H. C. ’ Car-
rington, 7 ’Bob - Bullara Mrs! Me
Bryde Austin, Mrs. H. C, McNair
MrsV- Jj D. Croomh Dlrs. ’ Ji M.. Pat-
ing the .sack of mail at the)Iialeigl« ’ ter'^on, -Mte^ Mrs.
Post Office, Mr. Modlin and Mr.; Irving- McQopqyghy; V ;
Fairmont And South Robeson School.
To Ge! Ge! Expanded Facilities; Work
On Projects To Startlmmedialelv
Principal’s Home
Included Among
New Improvements
4-H Committee Meets
The construction of a shower :
and dressing room for athletics at
Fairmont high school at an esti- |
mated cost of $2500 will start im-i
mediately, according to an an-1
nouncement today by B. E. Littl:-|
field, superintendent of Fai
city schools
Suggs is a claim adjuster for the t
United States Casualty company.
The State Bank was a member of -
the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor-
poration The United States Casual
ty company, a bonding company,
was the organization bearing the
brunt of the loss of funds.
G. C. Lundin, C.P.A., was also
called to the stand and testified
that Mr. Harrill told him, after the
shortage was discovered, that s*/-
eral times he had wanted to con
fess but was unable to do so.
State Bank Examiner Wyatt W.
Barnes, who swore out the - war
rant, was also called to the stand
but was not cross examined.
The following character witness
es for Mr. Harrill were called to
the stand and each testified that
prior to the discovery of shortage
of funds.
Mr. Harrill’s reputation
in Maxton was good; Mayor F. Cl
Frostick,
Edwards, L. B.
Martin, J. Deaver and D. C. Duf-
fie.
In making his plea for the de- .■
fendant, Lawyer McKinnon stress-^
ed the fact that Mr. Harrill had
freely admitted his guilt and ha I
aided bank officials in checkings?
accounts. The final shortage of
139.01 was admitted by Mr. Harrill
while he was in Robeson county
jail and this matter was brought
to the attention of Judge Nimocks.
Mr. McKinnon stressed the fact
that Mr. Harrill was willing to pay '
was made in 1941 from several ac-1 for his weakness and anxious to
counts and debit sheets were in-lpay his debt to societv.
Passengers Escape Injury As Train
Leaves Tracks Near Rowland Early
Wednesday; Nine Cars Are Derailed
Several Hundred
Feet Of Track
Torn Up In Crash
The Atlantic Coast Line’s crack
streamlined. Champion, southbound
with tourist passengers to Florida,
jumped the track near Rowland in
the early hours of We.inesday
morning and ploughed through the
roadbed before finally coming to
rest astride the tracks with nine
cars derailed.
Miraculously, all of the passeng
ers escaped serious injury in the
crash, according to officials of the
railroad. The passengers were
transferred to another train roon
after the accident
their trip south.
Several hundred
and co:.!
feet of track
was twisted and torn as the wheels
of the train left the rails and
swayed back and forth over the
cross ties of the roadbed before be
ing brought to a stop. Several of
to side. Then there was a kind of
explosion and I thought it was one
of the water tank tow’ard the rear
of the train. Then there was an
awful noise as the wheels started
cutting into the cross ties under
the rails.”
Another attendant, who was a-
wake at the itme the flkst cars left
the track, said the nose was aw
ful as the car in which he was rid
ing derailed.
“The passengers started jumping
up as the noise got louder and the
whole train started swaying from
side to side and bucking like a
horse. People started moaning a
bit but they were pretty calm and
I when the train finally stopped
, you could hear sighs all over the
place,” he said.
The cause of the wreck has not
been finally determined by officials
of the railroad, who arrived at the
j spot soon after the accident. The
I opinion was expressed by one mem
ber of the wrecking crew, however.
• that a broken rail caused one of
the cars were buried up over the , ^^g leading cars to leave the track
wheels in the soft earth around the land then dragged the rest along,
roadbed, and repair crews worked
swiftly in an effort to clear the
way on the main line. In the mean
time, all Gains are being detoured
Maxton Over Top
The 4-H Achievement Day Com-1through Fairmont. It was estimat-
mittee appointed at the county! ed that several days would be re-
council meeting on October 26 will 1 quired to replace the track and
meet in the Home Demonstration roadbed torn up by the wheels of
office Saturday morning at 10:00 , the cars.
a. m. to make final plans for the]
4-H Achievement day. j
The committee appointed con-'
nont issts of:. Dora. Pittman,. Orrum
'Virginia Lewis, Barker Ten-Mile
In addition to the expansion of jimmy Oliver, Fairmont; Margie
the athletic facilities at the F^ Humphrey, Philadelphus and Ter-
mont school, the erection of the ry Jenkins of Barnesville.
principal’s home at the South Rob-i
eson school is contemplated with- Miss Lillian Nurnberger
in the .near future and materials Wednesday in Charlotte,
for the construction of this home!
are already being placed on
grounds.
spent
the- Mr. an( j Mrs. Marsh Shook and
The plans for the first of these
! daughter, Jerry spent Tuesday in
Durham.
Naval Air Transport service Allan endorsements
project follow close on the heels of
of better facilities
tic Wing, at Pauxent River, Md.
for athletics at Fairmont by civic
Crowds
scene of
spread of
which gathered at the
the accident as word
the crash marveled that
no one was seriously injured.
A. D. Martin of New York,
tendant on the train, said that
had been in seven wrecks in
at-
he
his
service with the railroads, but con
sidered this the luckiest he had ev-
er seen.
“It is beyond me how all
those
thing
com-
people came through this
without serious injury." he
mented. He described the wreck in
In Salvation Army
Campaign For Funds
The Maxton drive to collect funds
for The Salvation Army went over
the top this week when an addit
ional gift of $1000 brought the
Maxton contribution to $208.00. D.
MeBryde Austin, Maxton Chairman
for this nation-wide drive, has for
warded this amount to the county
chairman at Lumberton. The Max-
ton goal was set at $200.00. The
first count of donations totaled
$198.00 and the additional gift was
sufficient to put Maxton safely
over the goal assigned.
'this way.
“It was around three o’clock and
I was in a compartment counting
money. Suddenly the car in which
I was standing started jumping up
and down and swaying from side
Mr. and Mrs. J. Knox Harii'g-
ton of Olivia announce the birth
of a daughter, Peggy Jean, on
November 5 at High Point hospit
al,
at various times in the past and
only recently money was donated
for this cause by tobacco ware-
I Leggett entered the naval service groups. The need for the better
ment of equipment has been cited ' housemen in the town.
I April 6, 1945.