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THE SCOTTISH CHIEF FOUNDED 1887 RED SPRINGS CITIZEN FOUNDED 1896 CONSOLIDATED 1944 THE SCOTTISH CITIZEN A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER , # SERVING WESTERN ROBESON—AND TOWNS ^ OF MAXTON—RED ; SPRINGS PARKTON—ROWLAND ' One Of Robeson County’s Hometown Newspapers Volume LIX, No. 19 16 Pages Red Springs and Maxton (N.C.) Thursday, May 2(g 1948 5c A Cc^y Over $3000 Offered In Baby Contest Prizes WINNERS IN THE FAIRMONT FAT STOCK SHOW FRIDAY Pictured above are the winners in the showmanship contest held at the Fat Stock Show held here. Reading from left to right are L. D. West, 3rd place, George Reed Pate, 2nd place,, and Patsy Page, 1st. Patsy also received the blue ribbon for grand champion steer in the contesi. —PHOTO BY HOMETOWN STAFF Page Sisters Show Champs At Fairmont Cattle Show $1 A Pound Paid For 835 Pound Champ Steer FARMERSDAY IS BIG SUCCESS Entertainment All Day For Border Town Visitors FAIRMONT. — The Fairmont Fat Stock Show and Sale is now all a matter of record for the history of Fairmont, but a record ing. of which every citizen of the community and surrounding terri tory might well be proud. Hope- have been high in the hearts of all those concerned with the plan ning and carrying out of the show but even those hopes did not reach the heights of success achieved here in both the show and sale. Patsy and Joanne Page, daugh ters of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Page of Marietta, stole the show with their prize winning steers and their showmanship exhibited throughout the day. Patsy, 13 years of age. was the proud owner of the grand champion steer weighing 835 lbs. which was sold at the afternoon auction for the top price of the day, $1 a pound, with bidding fast and furious to the excellent auc tioneering of R. C. Cox. The steer was bought by the Fairmont To bacco Board of Trade for a total of $835, in addition to which the owner received the blue ribbon for the grand champion and a cash prize for the perfection of the ani mal. Later in the day, she also walked off with the first prize in the showmanship contest which had to do with the way the ani- mad was handled as well as his physical condition. J'-inne, 16, gave her sister keen competition and came off with a i eserve cham pionship for her steen which was later, sold to K. M. Biggs, Inc., of Lumberton for the price of 70 cents a pound. George Reed Pate of Lumberton came out in third place in the championship contest but placed second in the showman ship, causing Judge L. Goode of the Beef Cattle and Anmal Hus bandry Department of State Col lege to spend much time in reach ing a decision. Bidding during the sale was much above the average expected with lowest for beef cattle being 25 cents, and only two animals go ing for that price. All in all, the owners expressed themselves as being well pleased with the results. In the swine department, Little Edwin Worth Humphrey, 11 years of age, far outdistanced his com petitors in the contest, receiving the blue ribbon for grand cham pion for his 275 pound Jersey which was later sold to the Lum berton Livestock Market for 50 cents a pound. Later, the lad was the proud winner for the grand champion in the pen-of-three class —three Durocs weighing a total of 880 pounds. ■ The reserve cham pion among single hog entries; was grown by E. G. Inman of Lumber- ton, Route 1. The reserve cham pion pen of three, totalling 595 lbs. were raised by Gerald Graham of St. Pauls. After letting the smoke and dust Miss McEachin Is Miss Maxton MAXTON—Miss Marjorie Mc Eachin, daughter cf Mrs. Arvin McEachin, was crowned “Miss Maxton of 1948” at the Beauty Pageant last Friday evening at the high school auditorium which was sponsored by the Maxton Junior Woman’s club. Competing were thirty-one local beauties for the title of “Miss Maxton” when Miss McEachin was selected as th winner. Runner-up title awarded to Miss Katherine J. D. Byrns Passes, Funeral Friday Jes”; DMn-er Bvrne of Red Springs died. Thursday morning at th*' Vedrans hospital in Fayette- ”il1o aPor an illness of^ several ■-eeks He was the eldest son of tbs late John A. Byrne of Bladen county and Janie Mae McQueen Byrne of Cumberland county. His ancestors on both sides were pio- - , eer settlers who contributed much to the section in which they lived He was a lineal descendant of Matthew Bvrne one of the heroic was patriots, who Car-I Elizabethtown. won the Battle of Born in Bladen Continued on Page 8 ter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Carter. C. A. Hasty pre sented the winner with gifts. The title of “Junior Miss Max- ton” was presented to Miss Betty Snead, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Snead and runnerup in this contest was Miss Betty Johnson, daughter of Mrs. T. H. John son. Fifteen girls entered in this competition and Mr. Hasty also presented gifts to these winners. The stage of the auditorium was decorated with a rose-cover ed trellis through which the con testants entered and many bas kets of summer flowers. Against this beautiful background. the Beauty Pageant took plane with each girl looking her loveliest in this colorful and pretty scene. Escorts were Wylie Steed and William Coppedge and Master of Ceremonies was Mac McConeghy Pianist was Mrs. H. H. Wil liams and between the acts, the audience thoroughly enjoyed numbers by the Presbyterian Ju nior College Swing Band under the direction of Richard Harri son. Approximately thirty-five Max- ton tots from one to three were entered in the Baby Show and winners were Harry Clark, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Clark, and Miss Peggy Allen, lovely lit tle daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Allen. Runners-up were Ellison Gillis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Gillis, and little Miss Betty Ann White, daughter of Mr., and Mrs. Jim White. Judges for the three competi tions were Mr. and Mrs. Hoyle Beam of Fayetteville. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Bullis of Laurinburg. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bateman of Rockingham and J. E. Fussell of Steadman. Club members assisting in making the Beauty Pageant a success were Mrs. Paul Kitchin, Mrs. Lawton Kitchin, Mrs. Irvin McConeghy, Mrs. Ray Holland, Mrs. Kenneth Chisholm, Mrs. Bill Stewart, Mrs. E. N. Hender son, Mrs. Jack McGirt and Miss Annie Neal McEachin. Following the show there was a most en joyable dance given at the Com munity club 'honoring the girls who participated in the contests and other teen-agers. Punch and cookies were served during the evening. The Junior Womans club plans to make the Beaut Pageant an annual event each spring. Pic tures of the winners will be published in next weeks edition of this paper. The condition of North Carolina I pastures continues to be the most optimistic note in the general farm situation. cousty, he came to Red Springs a. small boy where ha grew up with the town. Po' essed of genial manner he made many friends who arc grieved at his massing. He wos a veteran of World War I an 1 a loyal member of the American Legion. The funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Thomas Fry, assisted by Dr. H. G. Bedinger, president of Flora Macdonald col lege. The interment was in Allo way Cemetery. Surviving are two sisters, Miss Lila Byrne and Mrs. Duncan Mc Neill of Red Springs: five broth ers. L. L. of Red Sorinas, Walter of Gray’s Creek, Angus D. of Ham let, James T. of Charlotte, and Archie Bvrne of Raeford. Honorary pallbearers were mem bers of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Active nallbearers were Dr W. L. McRae, James A. Graham. Gilbert Conolv. R. D. McMillan, Jr., R. W. Owen, Purdie Dorman, P. A. Roberts and Duncan McGugan. Among the number from.out of town who attended the funeral were: Mrs. W. H. Kilis of States boro, Ga., Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Baker, Donald McQueen of Fav- etteville, Miss Betsy Robeson, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Canary of Tar Heel; Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Baker and son, Neill of Gray’s Creek; Mrs. A. A. McQueen and son. Er nest, Mrs. W. L. McQueen and daughters, Misses Topsy and Isa belle McQueen of Grays Greek; Mr. a _ d Mrs. Marvin Walters of Rocky Mount; Mr. and Mrs; Robert Hughes of Parkton’ Mrs Vernon ’Town-end fo St. Pauls: Mrs. L.' G Stubb- of Hamlet: Mrs. J. A. Bvrne of Pembroke; Stewart. Byrne of Fayetteville: Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Roberts and Mrs. J. H. Bar- -ington of I.umberton; and Mr. and Mrs. James McInnis of Darling ton, S. C. Annual Red Cross Meelina June 1 LUMBERTON. — The annual meeting of the Robeson Cov.ntv Chapter of the American Red Cross will be held June 1 at the County Agriculture Building in Lumberton at four o’clock, it was announced by ARC secretary Miss Ann Cou- coules today. All persons in the county who contributed as much as one dollar to the Red Cross’ are eligible to at tend and take part in the meeting which will elect officers for the coming year. PJC Board Plans Development AI Jr. College Immediate Object Is New Chern Lab, Better Dorm. MAXTON. — The semi-annual meeting of the Board of Trustees of Presbyterian Junior College gave tentative approval to a program of development drawn up in confer ence with the faculty and admin istration of the college and report ed by the committee on educational policy of the board. Dr. S. H. Ful ton, chairman of the committee, presented the report. The report calls for perfecting the educational program in all departments of the institution. The work of the college chaplain, the counseling and testing program, the use of audio-visual aids, the scien tific laboratories, the physical edu cation program, and the extra-cur ricula. student activities were espe cially considered. An immediate objective is to secure $10,000 in gifts in order to completely fur nish the new chemistry laboratory and refinish the McLeod Dormi tory. Trustees in attendance were: Dr. P. H. Gwynn, Jr., G. P. Henderson, James Cowan, Rev. Cliff H. Mc Leod, Charles G. Rose, Jr., Char les R. Hunter, A. E. Gibson, James L. McNair, Jr., Rev. R. H. Stone Frank Jeter. W. H. Belk, Rev. J. I. Knight, Dr. S. H. Fulton, Glas- god Hicks, C. E. Boman and Fran cis E. Coxe. Sen. McKinnon Favors Action On Teacher Pay LUMBERTON-Henry A. Me- Kinnop hag expressed the opin ion that a special session of the legislature should be called to consider the matter of increasing the pay of teachers in the state. Mr. McKinnon thinks that the session should be called after the primary on May 29. In a letter to Governor Cherry the Senator said that the last legislatuie based its appropria tion for teachers salaries on es timates of state income made to the legislature and that revenue has greatly exceeded expectation. He said that he thought the un expected surplus over the budget should be used for_ what seem to be the urgent needs of teachers and other state employees. The letter was promptly ac knowledged and consideration was promised by Governor Cher ry. Maxion Lions Meet, Fry Fish MAXTON.—The local Lions’ or ganization held a most successful fish fry combined with a business meeting on Tuesday night of this week at Wilkersons’ Landing on Lumber River. Following the deli cious meal and an hour of good fellowship, M. A. Tew presided over a short business meeting. Nominations were made for the new officers to be elected at the next meeting and the group voted to organize a softball team with R. E. Hellekson as manager and G. P. Henderson, team captain. Twenty-five dollars was contribut ed to the maintenance of the soft- ball field. Appreciation was extend ed to R. E. Burns, Jr., who served as chairman for the fish fry which was very well attended. J. R. McKinnon Preaches Sunday MAXTON.—John R. McKinnon, a former Maxton resident and n. senior at Union Theological Semin ary in Richmond, Va., will conduct the morning service on Sunday, May 23rd, at the First Presbyter ian Church in Maxton. Mr. and Mrs. McKinnon will ar rive this week to spend ten days with his aunt, Miss Maggie Mc Kinnon, before leaving for Miami, Florida, where he will spend the summer in student work as assist ant pastor of the Westminister Presbyterian Church in Miami. Son of the late S. H. and Ruby James McKinnon, .Mr. McKinnon received his education in Maxton, graduated from Davidson College and is now preparing for the min istry. He served four years in the U. S. Infantry as a 1st lieutenant and was stationed in the states and the Pacific theatre of war. Five Robeson Towns Organize Slates 1st County Municipal Assn. C. W. Odum, Jr., To Be Scott Manager MAXTON.—Word from the Scott for Governor headquarters in Ral eigh is that Charles W. Odum,, Jr., prominent Maxton resident, will be Scott campaign manager for this section. Mr. Odom is a native of Laurinburg, having received his education there, but has made his home in Maxton for some time. He is a member of the Centre Pres byterian Church and recently mar ried Miss Mary Odum of Maxton. They make their home on North Patterson Street. Mr. Odum stated this week that W. Kerr Scott is conducting an extensive campaign as the people’s candidate for Governor, having served for twelve years as Secre tary of Agriculture for the State of North Carolina. A successful farmer and business man, Mr Scott is a native of Haw River in Alamance County. Springers Champs In Southeast High School Loop LUMBERTON--“Slingshot” Ed wards and his Red Springs high school teammates bested Wil liams high and the mighty “El Goofo” Jacobs, 6-3, here Satur day afternoon in the final South- eastern high school eliminations. Edwards Collected a three-base hit and a single off his oppon ent, while Jacobs failed to hit safely during the game. The Springers got $_ hits and scored 7 tTmes* while t’Ke * Wiillanis’ club" got 7 hits and scored on three runs, i’ll in the first inning. Ed- i wards was in trouble several tim es, twice having three men on and no outs’, but was able to set tle down and work out of his difficulties. .Birth' pitchers allow ed 6 walks..; .:;Jacobs fanned 8, while Edwards could get but five the strike-put way. the lowest SO count he had had this season. He had pitched the previous Wed nesday night against Massey Hill and whiffed 15. Sill Coleman, slated to pitch for the Springers, was sent to Centerfield due to a sore finger. He and Edward Norris each hit for an extra base. Stutts played an outstanding defensive game at first. Williams scored all their runs in the first inning on a walk, a fielders choice, 2 hits and an er ror. Red Springs scored three in their half of the first on 2 walks, an error, a fielders choice and a long fly ball which brought in two. Other Springer scores were counted in the 4th, 6th, and Sth innings. Maxton Cancer Drive Nets $361 MAXTON. Final report on the recent cancer drive held in Maxton and sponsored by the Max- ton Junior Woman’s Club was made this week by Mrs. J. B. Hord, chairman for the campaign. A to tal of $367.68, surpassing the amount raised by the club last year, was turned over to the American Can cer Society state commander, Mrs. George Marshall in Mount Airy this week. Mrs. Hord stated that the local merchants and business men were most cooperative and generous in the drive. Junior club members assisted in the residential canvass and Mrs. Fred Ford assisted Mrs. Hord in the drive. Twenty-one dollars was collected in the local schools and approximately ten dol lars was colected at the Robeson County Training School for colored children. An informational and educational campaign was also con ducted locally with posters and cancer control bulletins distributed downtown and through the schools. Broughton To Speak Monday J. Melville Broughton, candidate for the U. S. Senate will make an address in Lumberton at the coun ty courthouse Monday evening at eight o’clock. The speech by Mr. Broughton will be broadcast over WTSB and over the Tobacco Networks. The former governor of North Carolina is running for the con gressional seat in opposition to Win. B. Umstead, the incumbent. Seek Gas Tax Rebate, Revised Tax Mayors Courts RED SPRINGS. — Representa tives of five Robeson county towns —Fairmont, Rowland, St. Pauls, Lumberton and Red Springs—met here Thursday evening to form the Robeson County Municipal asso ciation. E. H. Alexander, mayor of Red Springs was named chairman, and Mayor Ernest Jones of Fair mont was elected vice chairman. Discussion of a number of muni cipality problems led to the adop tion of several resolutions which outlined the purposes of the asso ciation and its goals for the coming year. 1c PER GALLON Most far-reaching of the resolu tions called for a rebate of one- cent per gallon of the state mile age for the purpose of maintenance and improvement of streets of the towns and cities. It was shown that such a rebate would be six: times the present amount allotted | to the municipalities. It could be [ used for curbs, gutters, drainagci and bridges and culverts, and could be expected to eliminate the special tax assessments for this sort of street improvements and for all- weather treatments of most streets in many towns, it was declared. It was shown that approximately one-half of all motor traffic was within the towns and cities, and that the one-cent per gallon rebate would be but one-sixth of the tax now levied per gallon. REVISE “B” TAXES Revision of the schedule “B” taxes which would restrict the 'evy ing of these taxes to those towns in which the businesses were ac tually located, and eliminate the “B” taxes levied by counties and the state was urged in another reso lotion adopted by the association. "Home rule” was a?ked in another motion adopted which would give the town right to conduct its busi ness in . its .own way and relieve the municipalities of legislative :es- traints now imposed. MAYOR’S COURT The local legislation sought by the municipal officers would permit Robeson county towns to have their own mayor’s courts, in older to obtain fines and' costs to sup port police departments Mayor F. R. Keith of St. Pauls told the group his town was unable to collect from the county even a rental fee on the building used by the recorder’s court, although St. Continued On Page 4 Air Base Deed Given Town The towns of Laurinburg and Maxton became the official own ers of the Air Base last week when E. M. Hairfield, Jr., War Assets Administration attorney of Atlanta, Ga., delivered the fi nal deed to the airport property to th mayors of the two towns. The deed was turned over to Mayor W. G. Butler and Mayor C. M. Castevens in Laurinburg. In addition to some 2,800 acres of land, the deed gave the towns the ownership of better than $1000,000 worth of personal prop erty, such as equipment, build- lings, etc., all to be used in the I maintenance of the base. The ■ deed included the rights to the i theatre building and the only i property not controlled by the i two towns is some 200 acres : used by Presbytrian Junior col lege; Skyway Terrace; the plant of the. Luter Packing company; the hospital; and the Presbyte rian church. All told the towns now own some 4,000 acres of land plus the roads, railroad spurs, fuel tanks, buildings, runways and equip ment. The government has re served the right to reacquire the property in the event of a nat ional emergency. One unusual feature of the deed i was contained in a clause where- j by the govrnment retains the I rights to any uranium deposits I that might -turn up on the prop- 1 erty at any future date. Shannon Mill Is Completely Burned RED SPRINGS—The plant of the recently incorporated Scot tish Lumber Company at Shan non wa s completely destroyed by I fire early Sunday morning. The origin of the fire could not be I determined. I The owners, Gordon Gibson land Warren McNeill, were noti fied of the loss at 7:30 Sunday morning after destruction was complete. Hometown Papers Sponsor County Wide Competition The Robeson County Hometown Newspapers including, The Lumberton Voice, The Fairmont Times-Messehger,; The Scottish Chief, The Pembroke Progress and The Reel’. Springs Citizen today take pleasure in announcing a Popu lar Baby Contest and a Trade Expansion Campaign on each: of the newspapers. The campaign will be conducted in con junction with a number of Robeson County merchants co- operating. Each newspaper will have a separate contest with sev- eral thousand dollars’ worth of prizes going to the winning babies at the end of each of the campaigns. Full particu lars are on the back page of this issue, and next week the entire prize lists will be announced. “Chief” And Citizen Coming Next Week Combined into The Scottish Citizen during the war in order to continue publication, the Scot tish Chief of Maxton, and the Red Springs Citizen will be se parated next week and entered in the post offices of Maxton and Red Springs, respectively, as individdual papers. It has been the intention of the publisher to separate these papers for some time, but dif ficulties in getting trained news writers and advertising man agers have delayed the step. While trained newspaper help is still difficult to obtain, it Is hoped ' that a complete staff will be available within a few weeks, and that each paper will be able to serve its community more completely than it has been oosi sible to (fo in recent months. —Bi lgald Doxe, Publisher. 8ft Graders Gel Certificates Fer Bible Study RED SPRINGS.—Thirty - one Sth grade pupils will receive cer tificates of attainment Sunday evening, May 23, when the annual Bible program will be held in the Red Springs schools. The program, under the direction of Mrs. A. L. Campbell, teacher, will start at 8 p. m. Those to receive certificates are: Pauline Ball, Shirley Brock. Peg gy Broome, Betty Jane Brown Peggy Cox, Joyce Cribb. Bobbie Jean Garner, Azile Hamilton, El mira Hickman, Girlene Houtchings. Besie Jackson, Myrtis Boone Johnson, Shirley Kennedy. Sally McArthur, Betty Sue McGugan Joyce Mize. Mabel Shook, Betty Lou Smith, Edith Turlington, Gar nett Brooks, Robert Burns, Hennis Cribb. Bobby Hardetty, Charles Lewis. Alex McMillan, John T. McNeill Phares Nye, Evans Skipper, Leon Tucker, Eugene Webb, Gorman Williams. The instruction in Bible is an in terdenominational service provided by citizens of the town with funds independent of the regular schools. Mrs. John McManus and Neill P. Clinton are chairman and treasurer of the fund. Contributions to the fund may be made direct to them. Sunday evening a special collection will be taken for this instructional service. Peppy Sale Sel Fer Maxton MAXTON—At the monthly bus iness meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary presided over by the president, Mrs. R. A. McLeod, and held Monday night it the Commux’y cl^b, complete plans for Poppy Day were an nounced by Mrs. G. W. Pulliam, the auxiliary’s poppy chairman, to be held Saturday, May 29. Poppies will be offered through out Maxton all day so that every one will have the opportunity to honor the war dead by wearing the memorial flower. Team's of volunteer workers from the aux iliary and cooperating school chil dren will be assigned different parts of town. All Poppy Day workers will give their time without pay, Mrs. Pulliam ex plained. Mrs. Glnnie McCormick, child welfare chairman of the local auxiliary unit, told at the meet ing on Monday night that the bulk of the contributions will re main right here in Maxton to help our Legion Post and Aux iliary unit ’care for needy chil dren of local veterans’ families. In the past in newspaper con tests grown-ups arid boys and girls in their teens have been the fortunate recipients of such awards, but here, The Robeson County Home Newspapers ac cords the spotlight to babies—? Babies, under six years of age, are to be the winners. - - Entrance in the contests is ab solutely FREE. There is no cost whatever. Your child can be en- tered and win an award or, awards without' you spending, a single cent of your money. Whe- trier you are a reader of one of the Robeson County Home News papers or not, whether you-. live in any of the towns from which, they are published, or in any part of the rural area, you can enter year baby in this unusual contest. If your oaby is under six years of age you should clip the coupon to be found’ on the contest announcement page in this issue and bring or send it right away to your Horpetown Newspaper of fice and in&ediately your baby will be entcieJ K the race fpr the awaias* . . As an added feature of this Baby Contest and Trade Expan sion Campaign the Robeson County Hometown Newspapers will reproduce photos of all the babies * entered in the contests without cost to the entrant. If you have a picture of your baby bring or send it to your Home town Newspaper office with your entry blank. However, if a photo of the baby is not available, do not delay entering your child*. Bring the blank to the newspaper office and we will arrange —to take a picture of your baby so that all the readers of the Robe son County Hometown News papers may see pictures of all the- babies entered in these con tests. * V The business firms cdoperatr Continued on Page 8 McLean Bailed Finals Speakers Resolution To Honor Deceased ; Founders of School MAXTON. — Commencement plans at Presbyterian Junior Col lege include the Matin Service at the college chapel on Sunday morn ing. May 30, at 11 o’clock, with -tl^ commencement sermon by Df. John Allen McLean of Richmond,.' Va., and graduation exercises’ on .Mon day morning, May 31, at 11 0 clock with an address by Dr. John C. Bailey, Dean of Davidson College. Resolutions of the Board of Trus tees will be read at the commen cement exercises in honor of three of the founders of the college, the Reverend F. A. Howell, Mr. Char les G. Rose and Mr. J. P. Wiggins, who have died during the past year. All of these men were members of the first board cf trustees.- - Some sixty diplomas will be awarded at commencement. ; Summer school begins June 7 in the preparatory department and June 14 in the collegiate depart ment. McGougan Is Scott Manager The Raleigh headquarters of W. Kerr Scott announced today that his gubernatorial manager for Robeson county will be Ma jor E. D. McGougan of Lumber Bridge. Major McGougan is a veteran of both world wars. He is a pro minent farmer and is chairman of the county AAA. - ;- Trie wheat crop is reported gen erally to be fair to good conditiq’n in all sections of the State. ,
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