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KEEP m m i .WAR BOROS ♦ ♦**♦**** *„* * * LOT Those Boys Nee VOLUME 25. NO. 37 Southern Pines, North Carolina Friday, August 10, 1945. TEN CENTS 3 f3 S’ 13th Airborne To Return to Mackall To Train Further Col. Hathaway's An- KiLOunceinnt Received Here With Interest Much interest is manifest lo cally in the announcement by Col. L. R. Hathaway, command ing officer of Camp Mackall, of the names of the various units to be stationed at the Post for re deployment training, and in the news that the 13th Airborne Divi sion, which trained at Camp Mackall before it left for the Eu ropean theater early this year, is among them. The units that compose the 13th Division are: Headquarters & Headquarters, Company and Special Troops, with attached Medics and Band; Military Police Platoon; 713th Airborne Ordnance Maintenance Company; 409th Airborne Quartermaster Truck Company, 513th Airborne Signal Company; 326th Glider In fantry Regiment; 515th Parachute Infantry Regiment; 517th Para chute .Infantry Regiment; 13th Parachute Maintenance Com pany ;Headquarters and Head quarters Battery, 13th Airborne Division Artillery; 153rd Airborne Antiaircraft Battalion; 676th Glider Field Artillery Battalion; 677th Glider Field Artillery Bat talion; 45j3th Parachute Field Ar tillery Battalion; 460 Parachute Field Artillery Battalion; 129th Airborne Engineer Battalion; 222nd Airborne Medical Com- Platoon of the Division. Other units returning from ov erseas that will be stationed at Camp Mackall are 464th Para chute Field Artillery Battalion; Anti Tank Company, 494th Glider Infantry; Company C, 139th Air borne Engineer Battalion; 1st Pla toon, 224th Airborne Medical Company. Colonel Hathaway further states that he is unable at this time to release the dates the above units will arrive at Camp Mackall. CONFUSION County August Court To Be Less Exciting Than In Old Days Cases Scheduled for Only Two Days; Judge Clemeni io Preside Cpl Garland Pierce was in a stale of confusion by the lime night fell Monday what with all the comings and go ings of relatives and in-alls. He was at the station, packing his .wjife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Stutz, off to Jefferson, Me., and trying to meet his sister-in-law, Mrs. Greer Stutz, who was expected to arrive from At lantic Beach with her two children. And all the lime a wire was Wcfiting for him. from his brother, Capl. Rich ard Pierce, USMC, saying he would fly in that night from Florida to spend the night. It was some lime later after the two brothers met that Corporal Pierce finally got the wire. Bill Woodward Is Winner of Golf Tournament Robbins Man Bests Karl Andrews 4, 3; Learned Game Here After more than a month of play the annual Moore County golf championship was conclud ed last Sunday at The Pinehurst Countjry Club. The medalist. Bill Woodward, who learned his golf in Southern Pines, but registers from Robbins, defeated Karl An drews, 4 and 3, in the final round. Robbins played good golf, be ing even par for the 15 holes the match lasted. It was a c 1 o s e game until the seventh hole was played. They halved the first in fours; Robbins won the second with a birdie three and lost the third with a bogie five. The next three holes were halved. Andrews had a far drive at the feeventh, needing only a wrist stroke to Hick the ball on the green. But the bunker which gob bles up so many balls, the one di rectly in front of the green, op ened its wide jaw and swallowed Karl’s second. Like so many golf ers who drive a long ball at the seventh, the temptation is great to place the second close enough for a three. This calls for a deft lob, with just enough on the ball to clear the bunker, and enough stop to hold it by the hole. (Continued on Page 8) Moore County’s Largest Manufacturing Plant Shown above is the modern plant of the Robbins Sloth Mills at Robbins. Since this photograph was made the weaving room has been enlarged and new offices have been built. Forests Are Turned to Cloth In Moore’s Largest Industry, From Which 300,000 Yards Go Out Weekly Saunders Stresses Place of Colleges In Post-War World Despite the fact that in olden days the August term of criminal court was known as the “Big Court,” the term slated to con vene next Monday with Judge J. H- Clement presiding bids fair to be short and not too exciting. Cases are scheduled for only two days, and not a murder or man slaughter charge appears on the docket, the nearest approach be ing a waylaying and assault re sulting in death. On Monday the following are to appear and show compliance with former orders of Court: Loy Strother and Dewey Cothran, for cible trespass; Dewey Freeman, assault with deadly weapon and larceny. On Monday, for bills, warrant docket, these are called: Jesse Robinson and Henry Cox, break ing and entering; Thomas Smith, larceny from person; Sarah Rog ers, false pretense and fraud. The trial docket for Monday lists the following defendants and charges: James H. Wilson, lar ceny of car and auto intoxie; Olivia Fry, assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill, in flicting serious and permanent in jury; James H. Wilson, larceny of car; Melvin Wicker, incest, carnal knowledge of female under (Continued on Page 8) Fifteen in Group Called to Bragg Six Going for Pre- Induction Test Are From Southern Pines Two Additions Are Made lo USO Staff Two additions have been made to the staff of the Southern Pines USO Club in the persons of an attractive hostess, Mrs. Mary Baxter, and secretary, Mrs. Eloise Thomas. Mrs. Baxter replaces Mrs. Mar vin Ray who resigned as hostess on the return of her husband from overseas duty. Mrs. Thomas, a newcomer from Flint, Mich., is serving as secretary since the de parture of the former secretary, Jean Williams. Fifteen colored men from Moore County received their pre induction calls to report at Fort Bragg on August 7. In the group were six from Southern Pines: David Jones, Clyde McNeill, Jr., Fredlie Lorance Fisher, Jimmie L. Hill, Walter Lee Funderburk, and Wayne Campbell. Others were: Herman Hurley Harrington, J. C. Low, Jr., and Johnie Moton Kelly, of Carthage, and Walter Junior Richardson of Route 2, Carthage; Leonard Clar ence McMillan and Thomas Ben ton Ben^ymon, Addor; Thornton Hailey, Route 1, Cameron; James Franklin Kearns and Robert Lee Williams, Pinehurst. Stressing the necessity of vet erans returning to college and high school graduates continuing their academic work, J. Maryon Saunders, former Kiwanis Dis trict Governor, addressed the Sandhills Kiwanis Club Wednes day afternoon at the meeting held at the Holly Inn in Pinehurst. Mr. Saunders, secretary of the Carolina Alumni Association at Chapel Hill, summarized the 150 years the University of Nolrth Carolina, the oldest state univer sity in the country, has been in existence. He traced Carolina’s growth, weaving many legends into its history, until 1860 when it was the second largest school in America, and then brought out the effect the various wars had on its progress. Bringing the time up to date, he mentioned UNC’s contribution to the war effort in training thousands of young men annu ally. He quoted Chancellor R. B. House’s statement that one out of every four bombs that are dropped on Japan is dropped by a graduate of the University of North Carolina’s naval pre-flight school. “But we must begin now build ing for the future. We must make up for the tremendous lag in pub lic health, pharmacy and all phases of medicine in the past years by encouraging returning veterans to enter college and young high school graduates to continue their schooling. This is the duty of every one of us,” Mr. (Continued on Page 5) Robbins Cloth Mill Is Modern Plant Em ploying 1000 People By Katharine Boyd The drive to the old town of Hemp, now, since' December 1943 called Robbins, after the owner of the big mill, is through a var ied stretch of country. The first part of it is farmland, and now, in midsummer, the stands of corn and tobacco are reaching their finest stage. The corn is full, tall, strong, its cut-edged stalks a shin ing metallic green, white plumes shining above. In contrast to it the tobacco is stiff, richly beau tiful, a clearcut pattern of wide down-folding leaves of classic dig nity. Slowly the farms drop behind and now the road is close-hedged with forest. The pines begin to thin out and the hard-wood to in crease, the red-clay banks along the road are pebbled. The cabins look older here; sometimes the chimneys are clay-plastered. Here, tfiiree or four big white mill stones are piled beside a cross road that dips down into deep woods. By a cabin, razor-backed hogs grunt from behind a snake fence and a hound bays. There is an old-timey feeling to this coun try- It wouldn’t surprise you to turn the next corner and come upon a long hunter sitting on a stump, coontailed cap on his head Continued on Page 3) Patch and Overton To Make Plans for New Civic Group Special Orgatiizali- onal Gommittee Dis solved at Meeting The committee of ten, appoint ed to be in charge of reorganiza tion plans for the Southern Pines Chamber of Commerce, was dis solved at the brief committee meeting at the Country Club Thursday night when Charles Patch and J. T. Overton were del egated the powers of the entire committee. John Ruggles opened the meet ing which had a 100 per cent at tendance. Mr. Ruggles called for the election of a chairman for the meeting, and he was chosen by unanimous vote to preside. The unity in that first election, characterized the cohesion in all the actions that |;ook place during the short but effective meeting (Continued on Page 5) Southern Pines Commissioners Adopt Annual Budget, Plan Numbering of Houses and Pass New Zoning Law ^ Tax Rate Remains County To Have The Same, $2.60 Freezer Locker Unit at Carthage Carthage Rotarians Solicit Funds for Construction Site A freezer locker plant for Moore County, sponsored by the Carthage Rotary Club, will go in to construction soon at Carthage, E. H. Garrison, Jr., Moore County farm agent, announced this week. Final plans are being drawn up now, but since the success of the entire project depends upon the sale of lockers, Mr. Garrison has asked that all who Would like one or more cold storage lockers to contact him or Otis Baker in Car thage as soon as possible. Discussion of such a plant for Moore County has been going on for some time, but only in recent months has action taken place. The Carthage Rotary Club, after devoting several meetings to talks on freezer lockers, decided to sponsor a drive to solicit funds to' purchase a lot as site for the building. R. E. Nance, who has been in charge of the Lumberton Freezer f)lant since its beginning, offered his help in training the Carthage plant operator and his experience in getting a new plant establish ed. Advantages of such a plant for Moore County are easy to recog nize. Hog butchering can go on during any season of the year in stead of postponing killing until fall. Mr. Nance, who is proficient (Continued on Page 5) Durwood Raborn Critically Hurt In Fall From Car Durwood Raborn, 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. 'W. H. Raborn, sustained a head injury which it was first thought would prove fatal when he fell from his fa ther’s car near Camden, S. C., Sunday afternoon as the family was„ en route to Aiken from the home of Mrs. Raborn’s parents, 'Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Frye, in Vass. Durwood had ridden on the front seat with his parents until they stopped at a filling station in South Carolina, at which place he got in the back, and the acci dent occurred soon after when a door came open. In addition to receiving the head injury, the child is said to have suffered abrasions all over his body. He regained conscious- Grover Pope, proprietor of ness Monday, and at the latest Pope’s Restaurant, is this week report was thought to be, slightly Pope's Restaurant Changes to Cafeteria Rumor That German POW’s Struck Is Incorrect, County Employers Say the re- By Gertrude Walton 1®^®’ ^ ^ tracing A rumor that German prison- mor to its source, it was found ers of war were striking on the to be incorrect, for the Germans job started in Southern Pines last week, a rumor that demanded verification or denial. A woman who had been out to a West End packing house for canning peaches had come back empty-handed with the startling news that the POW’s employed there had struck. German prisoners are a tick lish subject and one that has ben shrouded in mystery ever since the first group arrived from North Africa more than two years ago- Reports have gotten out from time to time and spread like wildfire about their food rations (steak and mushrooms were re ported as their daily fare), and the fact that they had plenty of scarce things that civilians just couldn’t obtain. But after checking a good many of the farms and warehouses that have employed these prison- haven’t struck and there is not much likelihood that they will. Tuesday morning R. B. Don aldson, owner of the Pinehurst Peach Company, where a number of Germans are employed, was in terviewed. Most of the Germans were out in the orchards that morning, but two boys were no ticed sitting on a truck, eating apples as they waited lor the ma chine to be repaired. When they jumped off and walked away, the tell-tale letters PW were obvious, stamped on the seat of their pants and skivvy shirt. Mir. Donaldson approached at that moment, making his way through the head-high crates of peaches and apples. “No, I haven’t had any trouble with Ger man prisoners of war,” he shook his head. “They’re fair workers, some excellent, and the majority (Continued on Page 8) Father of Local Man Passes Wednesday William J. Butler, 75, of Liber ty, father of Paul Butler of Sou thern Pines, died in St. Leo’s Hos- pitaj, Greensboro, Wednesday morning after a short illness. Fun eral services were held at 4:00 p. m. Thursday at Bethany Meth odist Church and burial was in the Liberty cemetery. Mr. Butler engaged in the ' hardware busi ness before his retirement six years ago. Surviving are the widow, six sons and five daughters. Bradin at Potsdam With Engineers Capt. Benjamin M. Bradin of Southern Pines, now with the engineer corps in Germany, has been stationed at Potsdam in command of a utility detachment, (probably commissioned to make “the Big Three” comfortable dur ing their sojourn there), an offi cial army release received here says. Captain Bradin was among the first American troops to enter Berlin as part of the engineer corps attached to the First Air borne Army. His wife is living at their Imme on Ridge street in Southern Pines. announcing a change-over from lull restaurant to cafeteria ser vice beginning on next Wednes day. The change is being made on« accourit of difficulty resulting from the labor shortage. In the new set up, there will be new prices and Mr. Pope hopes that the efficient, faster service which will be available from 7 a. m. to 2 p. m. and from 5 to 9 p. m. will be pleasing to his patrons. improved. Mr. and Mrs. Frye and daugh ter, Mrs. Bill Marshburn, were called to his bedside Sunday night and had not returned Wed nesday. Mr. Raborn recently received his discharge from the Army af ter a long period of overseas ser vice, during which Mrs. Raborn and Durwood lived with her pa rents in 'Vass. How This Week’s Big News Was Received Up and Down the Street This week the every-dayness of living was interrupted twice by world-shaking announcements . . . one, that the atomic force had been harnessed and was being used against Japan with devasta ting results, and second, that Rus sia had finally declared war on Japan. No one knows exactly what to make of such news. Residents of Southern Pines expressed mingl ed joy and fear of the atomic bombings, and all were surprised when Russia entered the war so early. But one feeling dominated every other one ... a feeling of confusion as to just what it was about. A. C. Grover, post office clerk, said: “It’s a terrible thing, but if it can win the war and save the lives of American boys, it’s won derful. This combined with Rus sia entering the war on our side shouldn’t make it last much long er.” Mrs. M. L. Hutchison, house- Per $100 Valuation Adoption by the Southern Pines Commissioners of a town budget providing for a tax rate of $2.60 per $100.00 valuation, the same rate as has prevailed for several years, highlighted the monthly meeting held 'Wednes day evening. The rate is based on a property valuation of $3,- 000,435.00, which is approximate ly $100,000 greater than last year’s valuation, the increase being ac counted for principally by per sonal property. Estimated receipts are as fol lows: Gross advaloren tax on $3,000, 435 at the rate of $2.60 per $100.00, $78,011.31; dog tax, $262; poll tax, $246; license tax, $900; tax penalties, $500; road main- nance tax, $800; sewer rents and connections, $1,000; funds for law enforcement from A. B. C. Store, $4,000; intangible tax from State Board of Assessment, $4,100; sun dry revenue, $1,300, making a total of $91,119.31. Estimated expenditures for the fiscal year hre: General fund, $52,362.20; serial bond fund, $26,220.11; parks and buildings, $2,837; Mount Hope Cemetery, $1,700; amount set up lor deficiency in revenue South ern Pines Country Club, $8,000, making a total of $91,119.31 The breakdown of. the General Fund provides for the Adminis trative Department, $6,080; Fire Department, '$7,194; Police De partment, $9,953; streets, sewer and lights, $23,280.95; miscellan eous, $5,854,25. The Town debt as of July, 1945, is $339,000. Total bond retirement for the fiscal year is $30,000, in terest is $16,578.75, or a total debt service of $46,578.75. Of the above amount $20,358.64 is being paid from the Water Department and from rental of Town-owned prop erty, leaving $26,220.11 referred to above to be paid from the tax budget. A more detailed report on the budget will be compiled for next week’s issue Other Actions Joe Steed, a member of the Board, is working on a new sys tem of house numbering for the Town. The new division line north arid south will be Pennsyl vania Avenue instead of Connect icut, as at present, and the east- west line will be West Broad Street. The numbering system will follow the city practice of lOO’s to the block. Following many complaints, the Board is drawing up a new ordinance to eliminate the live stock nuisance and to control the erection of stables within the city (Continued on Page 4) Capt. Schley and Wife Arrive Here wife whose husband is stationed at Camp Mackall: “I hardly know what to say. I’m surprised about Russia, and I feel as though the atomic bombings are both good and bad.” J. T. Overton, owner of the Sandhills Drug Store: “My strong est hope is that it will rush the end of the war,” and Mrs. Evelyn Boaz, nurse, said this was her feeling alte. Deputy Marshall John Steph enson, who has three sons in the service, two overseas and one preparing to leave the States: “I believe that Russia entering the war has shortened it by one year at least.”' Mrs. Fred Hall, housewife: “I have one son, my only boy, in the service, and three sons-in-law in service too. I hope we give those Japs everything we have until we bomib them off the face of the earth. They staHed this war, and I’m glad the Russians have come (Continued on Page 5) Capt. Kenneth B. Schley, Jr., much decorated veteran of 22 months in European War, arriv ed in Southern Pines last week with his wife to spend part of a 30-day furlough. The 28-year old Army flyer who was written up in news dispatches that went all over the United States when he made a hazardous flight over, treacherous moun tains to get penicillin to American troops, landed at the Miami Army Air Field the last of July on an air transport command ship from Casablanca, North Africa. During his overseas service he has received the Air Medal and four clusters, and five battle stars for participation in major campaigns. He and his wife, the former Sue Fuller of Durham, are staying at the Jefferson Inn while in Southern Pines. Lewis Hodgkins Ranks High in Duke Exams Lewis Hodgkins, pre-minister- ial student at Duke University, rated one of the highest grades in placemeijt tests given recently to incoming students in the sum mer session, according to a re lease from the university this week. Lewis is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Norris L. Hodgkins, 1 North May street, Southern Pines.
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