THE SCOTTISH CHIEF
FOUNDED
1887
RED SPRINGS
FOUNDED
CITIZEN
189G
CONSOLIDATED 1941
THE SCOTTISH CITIZEN
One Of Robeson County’s Hometown Newspapers
Volume LVIII, No. 50_Twelve Pages
Thursday, January 1, 1948
(Red Springs and Maxton, N. C.)
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
SERVING WESTERN
ROBESON—AND TOWNS
OF MAXTON—RED
SPRINGS
PARKTON—ROWLAND
Robeson Co. Bar
Holds Annual
Dinner Meet
Judge Harris, Rep
Clark Speak To
County Association
The .latest .n a rear long serie
of Christmas dinners was enjoyed
by the Robeson, County Bar .Asso
ciation on Tuesday evening of last
week at the Lorraine Hotel. Quail
was served, as iu the custom of the
group. Judge W. C. “Buck” Harris,
dean of the state Superior Cour!
Was guest of honor.
Speeches by Judge Hsrris and
Representative, J. Bayard Clark
told some of the highlights in the
careers of both present members
of the Robeson Bar and of well
remembered'’ Robei-ci attorneys;
Representative Clark touched on
the lives of such as Stephen Mc-
Tnivre, A. W. Mr-Tean, T. A. Mc
Neill, and R. C. Lawrence; Judge
’Harris’s most enteitainih
were concerned with the doings of
present members of the asocia-
tion who he “kilded” unmerciful
ly-
Frank McNeil, as Santa Claus,
acted as toastmaster in the tem
porary absence of association pre
sided Dickson McLean who came
In later iri the evening.
Among the out-of-county guests
were Malcolm McQueen of Fayette
ville, Charlie Ross of Lillington,
George Clark of Elizabethtown, M.
C. McLeod of Rockingham, J. Ab
ner Barker- .of Roseboro, James
' McRae of Fayetteville and Fred
Bynum of Rockingham.
MorMaxClub
Stages Gala
Ladies High!
remark^
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Commander George H. Whiting With President Truman
Submarine C. 0. Given Another
Medal For World War II Feats
•V
^HE difference between 1947 and 1948 can be measured in too
imperceptible tick of a clock, in the clasp of a hand or in a
chorus of Auld Lang Syne. It is the sum of the past, gathered rn 0
moment, and perhaps a swift vision of the future.
When the New Year pauses on that pinnacle of time to draw its
first breath, the distance which separates our dreams from their ful
fillment appears to be but a short step. Yet, in the same instant, wo
glance back at the past lying across a gulf top wide for crossing.
We find ourselves on a pivot of eternity.
The real significance of the New Year Ues in the fact that it
marks a rebirth of the will to achieve, and of ambition and hope
over the world and among the world's peoples
We dedicate that renewal of strength to all of you, as we, the
publishers, wish you a most sincere
5c A Copy
Second Fairmont Fire Of Christmas
Week Destroys Slock Yard Building
Charges Dismissed
In Armistice Day
Highway Accident
$3,500 Loss Is
Estimated By Yard
Owner Huston
Coroner’s Jury
Terms Accident
FAIRMONT—The cattle stables
at Fairmont Stock Yards, housed
in a frame building valued at a^
estimated $3500, were totally de^
troyed by fire late Saturday even
ing while two cows already in the.
stables awaiting the weekly sale
44
Unavoidable
I FAIRMONT.—A six-man coron-
i er’s jury on Monday night reached
j a decision, that "R. Cl Scott iamfe
( to his death by being thrown from
i a jeep in gn unavoidable accident
( in which no one should be held
f responsible,’ and Hilbreth Britt
! who had been brought to Fairmont
j from the state prison to attend the
( inquest was freed of all charges
in connection-with- Scott’s death.
( Scott was killed instantly on
(Afthistiee Day when a jeep in
( which he. Britt and Christine Hunt
( and Hatite Mae Chavis were riding
: left the highway between Fairmont
(and Rowland and crashed into a
( tree: Both women were taken to
! a Lumberton hospital seriously in,-
jured and Hattie. Mae Chavis .died
on Thanksgiving Day of injuries
sustained. Britt was not injured in
the accident.' '
At the time of the wreck Britt
was on parole from hip 4 to 6
year sentence which he was serving
for manslaughter as a result of
the death of his father-in-law, I.
T. Connor in 1944. After the Ar
mistice Day accident his parole was
revoked and he was returned to
I prison.
Members of the jury at the in-
on Tuesday perished
second major fire
week.
According to M. S.
in Fairmont’s
of Christmas
Huston: own :
Community Club •
Scene of 24th Ladies
Night By Maxton
Club
MXTON — STM tryentv-fourth
^celebration of Ladies’ -Nite vi-ae
held by the'-Mm-maxAsiub or .Max-
ton on December 17 1 at the Com
munity club.
The rooms wore beautifully dec-
erated with Christmas greenery,
red candles and red berries. A
Christmas -Wrec resplendent with
lights and ^decorations was plac
ed in the reading room and the
holiday motif was carried out in
the foyer..
F. C. Frostick, preside'-it of the
Mormax club, ’introduced Mrs. R.
D. Croom, who led the singing of
Christmas Carols accompanied at
the piano by Mm. J. P. Stansel.
Rev.
L. C. LaMotte gave the in-
vocation after which, the ladies
of the Woman’s club served a de
licious turkev dinner.
"The president welcomed the la
dies most cordially and Mrs. Joe
Henderson graciously
on behalf of the ladies
responded
rhe chair-
man of the, program committee,
C. A. Hasty, introduced Reverend
C. J. Andrews, who in turn pre
sented the speaker of the- even
ing. Reverend Kenneth Goodsan
of Wadesboi-o,. N. C.
Mr. Goodson’s speech
with wit and
serious anil
throughout.
humor, yet held a
worthwhile note
Santa Claus
itor, leaving
was a welcome vis
with each lady a
nice Christmas present.
Among the out-of-town guesti
were Reverend and Mrs. Kenneth
Goodson and Mr. and Mrs. F. A.
Huntley of Wadesboro, Senator
and Mrs. H. A. McKinnon of
Lumberton, Mr. and Mrs. Char
les Hunter of Blenheim, S. C- and
President Truman
Presents Lumberton
Man Award
Name McQueen
Commander George H. Whiting
waspresented the Bronze Star
Medal by President Harry S. Tru
man on December 5, on board the
U. S. S. EX-U-2513 (a captured
German -Submarine)',. : .^q,r-,,^
lous service in action, as torpedo
data computer of the U.S.S. "Triton,
during that vessel's third war pa-
trol in Japanese controlled waters.
Commander Whiting is now com
manding officer of the U.S.S. Mad-
regal, a submarine. •
Commander Whiting, of Lumber-
ton
Mrs.
Mr.
May
and Key West, is a . son of
D. L. Whiting and the late
Whiting of Lumberton. In
of this year he was decorated
’ with the Silver Star for “conspi
cuous gallantry and intrepedity in
- action as executive officer of the
USS Grenadier and as a prisoner
; of war in Japanese military
camps.” He is a graduate of Anna
polis. His wife is the former Miss
Janice Heffernan of New London,
Conn. He returned to the United
States in September, 1945, after
having been a prisoner of the
Japanese for 29 months. On sev
eral ocasions he was tortured and
beaten by the Japanese because
he would not divulge military in
formation.
Dixie And Rose
Bowls On WPTF
Station WPTF will brin
Station WPTF will bring its its
tenors two bowl game.'- this New
Year’s Day. First on the schedule
is the new Dixie Bowl game at i
Birmingham, Ala., where William
thern Conference, meets- Arkansas,
and Mary, champions of the Sou-
The bro=’cast will start at 2:45
p. m. Following the Dixie Bowl,
WPTF. will pidk up the Rose Bowl
game in Pasadena, Cal., where
Michigan plays Southern Califor
nia.
son.
Mr. Thomas Carrowo a and
Tommy of' Philadelphia, Pa.
bon monoxide
rornirg and
admitted for
land County
were released
2—Georgia enters Union,
1788.
^New Year's Day.
3—Postal banks established,
1911.
5—Copt John Smith cap
tured. 1608.
6—New Mexico admitted to
union, 1912,
7—Atlantic telephone
opened. 1927. wmirnum
Fo Cwply Police
RED SPRINGS—Paul McQueen,
Gier of police of Red Springs,
was appointed a member of the
county police force this week by
Sheriff Willis ^. Brit:, to succeed
W. Lacy i^revafte, vitho^e resig
nation becomes effective as scon:
as McQueen’s
ed.
Mr. Prevatte
county police
successor is elect-
has served on the
forces of Sheriffs
Clyde Wade and Britt for seven
years and 11 months.
serve
Spring s
as tax lister
He will
for Red
township during January
and states that
nite plans after
Mr. McQueen,
Rennert section,
police force of
he has no defi-
that time.
a native of
has been on
Red Springs
the
c In
for
the past five years and chief of
the department for about six
months.
He c^ acts to continue
to make his he^e here and
in this area.
Maxton Minister
Writes Article
MAXTON—Among the
serve
seven
Methodist pastors who are featur
ed writers in the January issue of
The Pastor, a specialized magazine
for ministers of every faith, is
William T. Brown, Maxton and
Piney Grove charge, Maxton, N. C.
In the symposium entitled “Do
You Want Another Four Year
Plan?” these pastors answer em-
I phatically ‘Yes’—but with qualifi-
to what needs special
, cations as
attention:
ecumenical
school, and
conclusions
Evangelism, missions.-,
action. the church
the world order. Oth.
and readers are invit-
ers may have reached different
ed to express their opinions in
forum ‘Your Right to Say It.’
the
30 Bos Riders Mwiide Victims
Near Red Springs Saturday
Thirty passengers on a Queen
City bus were overcome by car-
poison Saturday
the last-Two of 16
treatment
Memorial
at Scot-
Hospital
Monday morning.
Escarping gas on the bus was
detected near R.ed Springs
the bus was en route from
lotte to Fayetteville.
All passengers on the bus
while
Char-
were
rusted to Scotland County Me
morial Hospital for first aid and
treatment.
Fourteen were released after
receiving first aid and the others
were retained.
Condition of only three was de
scribed as serious by attaches of
the hospital.
. All victims of the poisoning
today were reported as having
recovered satisfactorily. j
Passengers on the bus consist-!
ed of those who.had. been Visit-;
ing relatives at various -points
during :ths Christmas holidays.
New Year Talk
By Goy. Cherry
Governor R. Gregg Cherry
will
broadcast a special New Year’s
Eve message ■ to the people of
North Carolina over Station WPTF
at 7:30. Wednesday evening, De
cember 31.
NEW MORTICIAN WITH
STEPHENS & PREVATTE
FAIRMONT—A. B. Stubbs.
who
was graduated on December 20
from t? *■ Gupton-Jones college of
Mortuary in Nashville, Tenn., has
been notified by the State Board
of Embalming that
cessfully passed his
examination which
Raleigh on October
he has suc-
state board
he stood
27.
in
Mr. Stubbs, now a licensed mor
tician, will be connected with Ste
phen sand Prevatte Funeral home
in Fairmont where he was asso
ciated before entering Gupton-
Jones.
We have said that “We the publishers wish you a
most sincere Happy New Year”; that isn’t exactly the
way we should have phrased it. “We the publishers”
sounds very impersonal; it describes some vague group
of people. But your Hometown Newspaper is put together
by people who many of you know; more than that it is put
together by people who want to know you, for in a sense
you make the paper and “We the publishers” just put it
together. So these people:
yougal^ Coxe, Publisher, of Red Springs ;
' Pgfth Gray, Managing Editor, of Lumberton;
Ree Townsend,: Fairmont Editor, of Fairmont;
Mary Edna George, Maxton Editor, of Maxton;
Lew Barton, Pembroke Editor, of Pembroke
Katherine Ross, Bookkeeper, of Parkton;
J. C. Adams, Shop Foreman, of Fairmont.
Bob Holmes, Linotypist, of West Lunfberton;
Clarence Phillips, Compositor, of Lumberton, Rt. 2;
Mitch Pridgen, Pressman, of Lumberton;
Buddy Mishue, Pressman, of East Lumberton;
---these people wish you personally
a HAPPY NEW YEAR.
(Slocking fund
1947 Most Important Pembroke Year
(Cheers 25 Families ("progress" Town's Keynote Word
PEMBROKE.
The Christmas
(Stocking Fund, sponsored by the
•Pembroke Chamber of Commerce
and Agriculture, brought Christmas
cheer to twenty-five needy families
last Thursday, Charles R. Paris,
chairman of the Stocking
Fund
(committe, reported Monday. Total
- contributions received brought the
' fund to $381.65 plus one pair of
shoes and a load of woo’.
PEMBROKE—1947 was a. year
of unprecedented “firsts” in Pem
broke; a year in which a brilliant
page of history was written for
the town. In the years ahead,
many people will be able to iden
tify the year, after the date has
been forgotten, by some of the
Robert Littleton
Attends Farm Bureau
Annual Meeting
w.
quest conducted by Coroner Dr.
Biggs were: Wilber Jones, H-arry
Weinstein, C. C. Purvis, , Willie
Jenkins, Herbert McCollum and
Clyde Williams.
Geo. T. Ashford On
Cotton Committee
er of the Stock Yards, the building
was only partially covered by in
surance. :'
How the fire originated is not
j known. The blaze was well under-
way when firm spotted at approxi- ’.
I mately 10 o'clock. Saturday might.
’The volunteer fire department was
! unable to combat the rapidly burn-
j ing fire but did succeed in sayfftg
j the. office and other pens at the
stock yard as well as the veneer
mill, all Huston property located
in the same block.
The only two animals losing their
lives in the fire belonged to a
customer who had brought them
to the stables on Saturday after
noon to be sold at the regular sale
this- week.
Mr. Huston stated that, weekly
sales will continue each Tuesday
iat the Stock Yard and also stated:
’ his intentions to rebuild the cattle
shed as soon as possible.
The building which was destroy
ed was- erected 14 years ago and
used as a lumber she’d until. 1937.
at which time the Stock Yards
opened and the shed was converted
into cattle stables. ''’ -
Fairmont’s other fire last week
resulted in complete loss of the
town's only theatre when the $30. "
000 building on Main street was,
totally demolished by a sweeping
blaze on Monday night. At that
time members of the Lumberton
fire department assisted the local,-
volunteer firefighters in halting the
fire and saving the adjoining build- 1
Tenn.— (Special) -
‘ Mr. Paris expressed the C.
C’s thanks for contributions'
ceived, to this newspaper for
of
1'6
its
events which tock place. :
may say, “It happened the
( the paper started,” or “It
j pened the year of the first
I eson County Indian Fair.”
Some
year I
PEMBROKE.
One Robesoti j
County resident, Robert Littleton,
hap-( Pembroke, has returned
Rob-
or
from the
support, and to Miss Mary Liver-
more and Mrs,
distributed the
Last minute
Weltor Lowry,
Ernest Goins,
Christmas
contributors
$10.00; J. W.
who
pack-
were,
Dial.
50c; J. D. Oxendine, $2.00; a friend
$2.15; Quality Dry Cleaners; $5.00;
Johny Locklear $2.00; Mr.
Mrs. Herbert G. Oxendine.
Theodore Lowry, $1.00; A
$2.00; Sunday school class
Methodist church, (white),
Baptist church, (white) care
one family.
PJC TO Re Open
On January 2nd
Presbyterian Junior
“the year the Chamber of Com
merce and Agriculture celebrat
ed its first birthday” and people
American Farm Bureau's 29th an
nual meeting in Chicago where a
resolution was paused calling fol-
continuation of government, price
will
tify
may
the
immediately be
the year, even
not be able
number—1917.
able to iden-
though they
to remember
supports on
The local
was among
farm commodities.
Farm Bureau member
157 who made the trip
and
$15.00;
friend,
of the
$25.90:
foi-
college
closed for the Christmas holidays
on December 16, and will reopen
on January 2.
A number of new students are
expected to begin the Refresher
Course and the Aircraft and En
gine
ary
ond
Mechanics Course on Janu-
26, the beginning of the
semester.’
Orthopaedic
Clinic Friday
An ortbpedic clinic will be
Friday, January 2.
basement of the
building. Dr. Lenox
Duke hospital will
1948, in
sec-
held
tile
Agricultural
D. Baker of
be the surg-
eon in charge. Please register at
the desk between 9 and 11 o’
clock.
Let’s take a quick look at the
“firsts” which took place during
to Chicago by special train. During
the four day meeting, they took
part in commodity conferences end
the year; PSC was granted
000 by trie legislature for
ticns. This is the first time
ure
has
the
anywhere neatly so
been appropriated. ’17
$387.-
addi-
a fig-
great
was
first year during which an
Indian mayor served. Pem
broke's first cannery, open to
the entire community, began op
eration during the year. i
Pembroke grade school
com-
pleted and paid all debts off a
cafeteria wit ha capacity to serve
350 students hot lunches daily.
Pembroke's first parsonage
begun. Student government
introduced at PSC for the
was
was
first
time. Two roads, making direct
connections with Pembroke, and
leading from the hearts of two
prosperous communities were
paved. This was the first year
Pembroke
free since
came lega
Pembroj
construct
tion, gjB
chance i^B
differe:
for th]
protect,
time, j
existed beerand-wine-
t w ° beverages be-
W^econd theatre was
■ E’d put into opera-
K/f^he community a
'•‘Yhoose between two
■ -ertainment programs
time. 24-hour fire
Introduced for the first
discussions on various phases
agriculture, with emphasis on
nation's farm program for
future.
of
the
the
Among the speakers at the con
vention were Congressman Harold
D. Cooley, Nashville. N. C.. and ,1.
B. Hutson, president of Tobacco
Associates. Inc.
MRS JACKSON A VISITOR
Mrs. W. A. Jackson of Dunn
spent the Christmas holidays in
Lumberton
with
daughter-in-law,
J. C. Jackson.
her son and
Mr. and Mrs
The first farm ‘implements
store opened. The first beauty sa
lon opened. These and many oth-
er events make 1947 an
ing year in the town's
Some of the happenings
pear insignificant at
thought, but will seem
outstand-
may ap-
first
miracu-
lous when the fact is considered
A.—Furman H.
M. 1908 Fomlti
MEMPHIS, Tenn.— (Special) - F 1! H 1 ■
Appointment of a nine member F H Kft3tUfV|
committee to plan I the Natiohfel ■ » ■■■ -W®ilWI«
Cottop Council’s 1948 sales F* R’ U J
motion program, was announced gllAC nflAnf|3M
tod^y by .QsdarJohnston, , SeVS^j?
Miss.. Council president. * _
^-'fhe Qoiriarirtee. handed by Sen, RICHMOND
?A -C,—FI’^m-on loprl tig roit/m U ‘v>ii-,‘ 7
producer of Lake Fi8dvlaeifch7^^ lons proiffineiitl, here m.J^
iness and fraternal interests, died-
will convene in Atlanta, Ga., on
January 20, immediately
ing the Cotton Council's
meeting.,
■ They will discuss results
preced- Monday, December 22, at a^ocalM
hospital after an illness of sev-
annual
of the
1947 sales piomotion program af
fecting fashion, cotton bags, cot
ton insulation, cottonseed oil pro
ducts, and general cotton mer- ;
chandise, and will outline the
erai weeks. . /■ 9
Funeral services were held ati-.
3 p. m. Wednesday at North Side:
Baptist
Forest
Mr.
March
church with burial
Lawn cemetery.
in;
Boatwright was borndori.
9, 1892, in Buckingham
new program to be prevented to- county, and was the son of ,ne’
the full
delegate-™epibership of: late Delbert L. and Ida T. .Ran
son Boatwright. (_ --»*f
the council, January 21-23.
“The sales promotion commit
tee performs one of the most im
portant functions of the Coun
cil,” Mr. Johnston declared. “The
intelligent advertising and me*-
chandising of- cotton and cotton-
seed products
industrywide
creasing lint
tion.” .
Members of
er than Sen.
is essential to the
program for in-
and seed, consump-
the committee oth-
Williamson include:
E. H. Agnew,- Anderson, S. C.;
George T. Ashford, Red Springs,
N. C.; Harry S, Baker, Fresno;
Calif.; x W. N. Banks, Qrantville,
Ga.; Ed B. Henley, El Paso, Tex.:
Joseph L. Lanier. West Point.
Ga.; I. A. Roberts, Memphis.
J’enn.; and Charles W. Shepard, i
Jr., Gadsden, Ala.
N. C. Ag. Station
Reports Findings
“Research and Farming,” the
North Carolina Agricultural Ex
periment Station’s 69th Annual
Report, is now read for distribu
tion to residents of the state who
request it, says Dr. L. D. Baver,
director of the station.
Bound in an attractive buff and
chocolate brown cover, the report
contains 140 pages of information
concerning the most recent find-
ings of
Subject
venting
proven
crops.
the experiment station,
matter ranges from pre
tobacco barn fires to the
value of winter cover
The booklet is almost twice as
large as previous annual reports.
He had been a general I con
tractor here for 23 years --unt^i
his retirement six years ago. HeA
was also operator of
Wright's Orchards,” in Bi®|^^B
ham county.
HEADED CITIZENS’ GRO^^M
He was a member of the
mo nd Builders’ Exchange f >
Richmond First club, the
mond Chamber of Commerce
a past president of the HighlandiB
Park Citizen’s Association. He
was also a member and deac.qn
of rh e North Side Baptist church,
and a member of North Sidag
Lodge No. 292, AF&AM, of which
he was a past master. He was a.:
member of the Royal Arch .and
of the Knights Templa rand, of
Acca Temple Shrine.
He
ters.
Mrs.
by a
four
is survived by two daug-h-
Mrs. John M. Oliver .and
Charles. E. Harnden, Jr., algp. 8
sister, Mrs. Nat W. Perkins;. .
brothers, Acree
BoaW
wright of Red Springs; Junious
J. Boatwright of Weaithia; An
drew R. Boatwright of Troy and
Ray R. Boatwright of Richmond-,
and three grandchildren.
Cobbs Recovering *
From Smoke Effects
( C. L.
: People’s
Cobb, president ’of the!
National bank. Rock
( Hill, S. C.. was reported today to
j he improving in the York county
(hospital, following treatment for
( smoke suffocation. Mrs. Cribb’s
( condition was reported as un- .
changed. They were taken uri- £
conscious Thursday night from
their burning home after a fire,
believed to have started
a
sofa, in the den, was discovered.
mainly because of its wide use of a uroL „ er oi lvi _ r .
pictures, and charts. The page ; Coflb , ppesident of the National
size has been enlarged to permit ; Bank C . f Lumberton.
: of larger pictures and
Cobb is a brother
of M. F,
the use
close-ups.
Typical
tained in
! creased by using more
of the information con-J and thicker planting. Experiments
“Research and Farming”* in cotton have shown that winter
is the report of the sweet potato j cover crops increase eptton yields',
vine-row harvester. This machine ’ Several insecticides, mainly DDT
fertilizer
was developed last year by
agricultural engineering
ment in answer to requests
the ( and benzene hexachloride, have
depart- been found effective when used
thwtazocshrdlu cmfwyn
some means to gather and preserve ’against the two main cotton pests,
sweet potato vines —- a valuable ; the boll weevil and the boll worm. ’
livestock feed.
In the field crops sections, ag-
ronomists report that the demand
for hybrid corn seed is still ahead
of the supply. Farmers should re ¬
that only fifty^years ago, what x.^ x lulIl using seeu uiey riiigni
is now Pejggtoke was only a;save from a hybrid crop. Second
pond, fille^^ith v^r, mud and j generation hybrids have’proved in-
frogs, ferior, Seed stocks should be in-
train from using seed they might
Research into small fruits pro
duction problems have centered
around the effect of various min
erals- on plant health. Strawber-'
ries have been found to need man
ganese and zinc. Manganese may
be the answer to muscadine grape
troubles, the horticulture special,
ists say.