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VOL. 26 NO. 32.
Southern Pines, N. C., Friday, July 5, 1946
TEN CENTS
Better Roads Soon
If Highway Fund
Used for Highways
Petroleum Exec Says
$100,000^000 Meets
All Our Road Needs
Philippine Freedom?
It was a drizzly “Fourth” for the Philippines? Perhaps he was
S. Gilmer Sparger, Executive
Secretary of the North Carolina
Petroleum Industries Committee,
said yesterday that available
highway revenues are adequate
to finance the State’s most ambi
tious road building program over
the next three-year period.
F. D. Shamburger, Chairman of
the Moore County Petroleum In
dustries Committee, presided and
introduced the speaker.
Speaking before this group, an
affiliate of the State organiza
tion, Mr. Sparger declared, “with
the highway fund surplus already
available and current gasoline
tax revenues ^exceeding all pre
vious estimates North Carolina’s
road system can be improved and
expanded to meet the most exact
ing needs of the State’s motorists.
The only thing necessary is to
make sure by necessary legisla
tion that these revenues are spent
exclusively for road construction
and maintenance. To do other
wise would not only be a trav
esty on good judgement and
sound fiscal policy but a breach
of trust with highway users who
pay out annually millions of dol
lars in gasoline taxes for better
roads and highways.”
$100,000,000 Available
Basing his figures on reports of
the State Highway and Public
Works Commission and the U. S.
Public Roads Administration, he
said that more than $100,000,000
would be available for road con
struction and maintenance over
the next three-year period. He
explained that the major portion
of this amount would come from
the 6c per gallon road tax on gas
oline, but would be supplemented
by motor vehicle registration
fees and Federal Aid. “With re
ceipts from' the gasoline tax
mounting by leaps and bounds—
• already 25 per cent above the
first quarter of 1941 for the same
period of this year—our revenues
from gasoline taxes are apt to
be even more than the amount
estimated. Furthermore, the
many new cars which will soon
be appearing on our highways
wiU bring additional revenues
from registration fees.
“From these figures it is ob
vious that North Carolina can,
as soon as equipment and trained
personnel are available, embark
on a sound and progressive high
way program with the asssurance
that the Highway Department is
able to finance a completely ade
quate road system', and without
any increase in the present rate
of gasoline taxation. It would
seem entirely possible to carry
out Governor Cherry’s wishes
which he expressed last January
when he said that he hoped that
the State would be able to com
plete the entire construction and
renovation of bur highway sys
tem without increasing taxes by
one penny or borrowing a single
dollar.
“The large amount of money
available will, with sound and
intelligent planning, permit im
provements not only for arterial'
and other important routes but
all, types of roads in the State
system.”
most of Moore County. There
were few firecrackers popping
and fizzling, but there were a
good many torpedoes hurled from
passing cars at the feet of start
led pedestrians.
Unperturbed by it all — even
unaware that in the far-off Phil
ippines a new independence had
be^n granted—a very dejected
and lop-eared mule stood on Penn
sylvania Avenue at the top of the
hill from West Southern Pines.
No driver sat on the wagon seat
behind him. Across his shaggy,
sad-eyed mien no expression flit
ted. His sides heaved from the
climb, and with the traffic light
behind him, he stood still and
rested. The ■ light flashed red,
then it flashed green. No change
was noted in expression or action
of this driverless mule.
Or perhaps he did know about
communing with some of his dis
tant brothers in the newly born
Philippine Republic. Perhaps he
.was congratulating those distant
brothers on their new freedom?
Was he seeing the ruin and dev
astation in the Philippines. . .
the gaunt walls of Cebu City, of
Iloilo. Perhaps he could even
hear those in the Philippines who
feared that Philippine indepen
dence at so early a date would be
the worst possible thing for the
Philippines? Because the Philip
pines were too war-torn, too
bankrupt to take care of them
selves yet. Because a rotten
political group in the Philippines
would probably gain control and
wring dry the industries strug
gling to regain their feet? Such
is the wide-spread feeling in the
Philippines.
SIGH!
These weekend^ are gel
ling boring. Last weekend
was only the Bikini Weekend
-where atomic things drop
ped ana goats. lived to wag
the tail. Hot and furious in-
esligations are under way
now to find out why the tail
still wags.
Then last weekend was al
so the scene of OPA's tem
porary passing. Some expect
ed to see prices skyrocket be
yond reach of pocketboodi and
buget, but Monday dawned
without the hue and cry of
buyers outbidding each other
to pay thousands for a dollar
pair of socks.
And now comes the week
end of the "Glorious
Fourth". We had been warn-
of l(raffic accidents that
would pile mounds of dead
at every crossing. We are still
in the midst of the "Fourth
Weekend." Let us hope the
deaths from holiday acci
dents are kept in as good
control as the Bikini Bomb
and OPA-less days to dale.
Carthage Festival
Attraets Crowds of
Lookers & Holders
Hunsucker Is Queen
Bobbie Jane McBride
Wins New Plymouth
Next YDC Meeting
Club Chalfonte
Dark Clouds Or No
Teen Agers Enjoy
Picnic And Frolic
The eighth district Democratic
rsjly, sponsored by the YDC
clubs of the district with the
Moore County club as the host,
will be held at the Club Chalfonte
on Tuesday, August 7th.
The invitation ■ to hold the
meeting in Moore County has
been accepted by Rufus Sanfof,
eighth district chairman.
Committees named at a recent
Moore County YDC meeting are
expected to meet next week to
further map plans for the occa-:
sion.
Friday, a week ago, the Teen-
Age Club of Southern Pines had
themselves a day of fun and frol
ic. It got under way from The
Civic Club and the crowd rolled
on to Leavitts Pond, where the
activities began.
Swimming, ping pong, horse
shoes werd part of the sports en
joyed and participated by all.
Great tubs of fried chicken and
potato salad and fixings were
set up for the ravenous horde. .
. . and soon all that was left were
the bare tubs.
A weinie roast had been, plan
ned for later in the afternoon,
but dark clouds glowered, a
thunder storm brewed, and a
hasty retreat was beat back to
town and the Clubhouse at the
Community Center.
While over by the tennis courts
a volley ball game was waged
hot and furious by the majority,
while the next majority lounged
around on the porch and steps,
while still others played records
and chatted, a very busy group
were bustling about the small
kitchen. Gallons of steaming
water were set up and dozens of
weinies dumped. Some big drops
of rain, fell as call to weinies was
sounded. The weinies went.
Following the demise of the hot
dogs, Alton Blue took the young
folks on a joyful noiseful hayride
in his truck. And so ended a
fine day, in spite of some rain
and much cloud-threatening.
Charley Everest, Jr. and Robert
Spring were life guards. Also
present were: “Honorary Mem
bers” John S. Ruggles, Reuben
Dubose and Mr. and Mrs. Len-
n9x Forsythe.
Carthage was host to the Coun
ty yesterday at a super gigantic
“Fourth of July” celebration.
They were such good hosts that
all the prizes were won by out-
of-town visitors.
The big day started off with a
word of welcome from Mayor E.
J. Burns, who spoke in behalf
of all loyal Carthagenians in wel
coming the “folks” to the County
seat. The band concert given by
the Sanford High School Band
and the numerous novelty street
events were all just part of the
build up to the rpain morning
event—the beauty contest. Yes,
sir, it sure was a gala event and
the judges had a eyeful before
they picked Miss Dorothy Hun
sucker, Robbins, the winner. She
won over twelve other curva-
cious beauties.
“Queen” Hunsucker reigned
over the rest of the day’s events
and was officially crowned at
the evening ball given in her
honor.
Undaunted by the rain that
fell intermittently all afternoon
the big ball game was played and
High Falls defeated Siler City
7-6 in a well fought; contest. The
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'RHYUKU QUEEN'
The Rhyukus are a bunch
of rocks an islands away off
on the other side of the world
around Okinawa. During the
Typhoon Season the Rhyu
kus catch a big lot of windy
punishment. But word
reaches America that right
now everything is calm and
fine in the Rhyukus . . a new
queen has been chosen. And
what a queen. No grass
skirts, no bone through nose,
no tatoos to disfigure in at
tempting to beautify. No
feet like canal barges.
This new "Queen of the
Rhyukus" is something to
write home about, especially
home here in Southern Pines
where this "Queen" hails
irom.
The new “Queen of the
Rhyukus" is none other than
Miss Nancy Wrenn, daughter
of Mrs. Virgil Page Clark.
Nancy Wrenn is with the
Red Cross and it was at the
Red Cross Club on Qkinawa
that N^ulcy was nominated!
by the Marine Corps as
"Queen of the Rhyukus."
Chief Moxley Dies
At 7:15 Wednesday morning
Chief Moxley died at the Moore
County Hospital. His death came
as a surprise to the Sandhills and
also to the Hospital. Only the
night before Chief Moxley had
been reported as considerably im
proved.
It was believed that Chief Mfcx-
ley would be well enough in just
a few more days for the Coro
ner’s Inquest to be held. It was
hoped that the conflicting evi
dence concerning the Robbins
gunfight that took place early
Monday evening on . June 17,
would then be aired and cleared.
Death, .However, nas stepped
in and closed forever the lips of
the leading participant in the
shooting. Bascom Brown, the
other pistol emptier, died at the
scene.
Walter Brown is now the only
one left alive who took part in
the fight. What he will have to
say on the witness stand in his
own defense has Ijeen previously
reported. What Chief Moxley
would have said was the testi
mony that was needed to settle
the dust of confusion.
It is reported that a “state
ment” was taken from Chief Mox
ley before he died. This “state
ment” was not to have been made
public had Moxley recovered.
Now, the contents of this docu
ment may hold the fate of Walter
Brown. As yet, no evidence has
turned up that indicates Walter
Brown had anything to do with
the actual shooting, other than
being part of the disturbance.
Mileaway Stables
Steal Spotlight
At Hamlet Show
Henry's Dream Champion
In Hunter's Division
Hamlet had its first horseshow
of a good many years on Wednes
day and Thursday . . . and Sou
thern Pines Horses jumped off
with a good many of the blue
ribbons.
W. O. MoSs of the Mileaway
Stables took down a string of
six horses, one of which—^Mrs.
James Mechlin’s “Henry’s
Dream” won both the Open Hun
ters Class and the Hunters Hack,
as well as third in the Hunter
Stake. “Henry’s Dream” was also
named Champion of the Show in
the hunters division. Mrs. Mech
lin rode Henry’s Dream in two
classes and Miss Jane Pohl rode
in the third.
Renown, owned by D. W. Win-
kelman and ridden by W. O. Moss,
won first in the Road Hack Class,
second in the Open Hunters, sec
ond in the Hunters Stake, and
aSnother second in the Open
Hunters Class.
Mrs. Moss rode Whiskdale of
the Mileaway Stables to win sec-
(Continued from Page 5)
Southern Pines Is
Champion Of New
Sandhills League
Local Golfers Have
Undefeated Team
Automatic Champs
GQATS
Southern Pines, the uncrowned
champions of the Sandhills Golf
league kept up their blistering
pace by defeating Laurinburg for
their seventh victory yesterday.
Not having lost a match this sea
son, and with only one more to
be played, the local golfers have
established an impressive record.
This is the first year of the league
and its all hail to the victors. . .
Southern Pines champions of the
Sandhill League.
Laurinburg, after going down
to defeat by the score of 27 1-2-
11 1-2, turned the “tables” by en
tertaining the local players,
wives and visitors to a Barbecue
supper.
The Sandhills League is com
posed of teams from the follow
ing Country Clubs: Richmond,
Laurinburg, Wadesboro, Lum-
berton and Southerh. Pines. Any
citizen of Southern Pines, or a
visitor using the local club as
their “home” club, is eligible to
play on the team. Matches are
played every Wednesday after
noon. Plans call for a medal play
championship for Labor Day
weekend for all members of the
league to determine the indivi
dual winner.
This is the first year of the
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Merchants and Shoppers Here in SP
Find OPA-less Days Easy—So Far
Like the fall of the atom bomb
on Bikini, the fall of OPA in Sou
thern Pines has made far less
than expected fuss.
In fact, the OPA fuss is prac
tically non-existant here to date.
A hasty survey the first morn
ing of OpA’s demise revealed the
following:
BROAD STREET PHARMACY
—“Coke, please”, said a man
placing a limp and tired dollar
bill on the counter, “unless, of
course, with OPA off this is not
enough.” “It will take just five
of those, mister”, answered the
man behind the counter. And
then added: “Better get silver
if you’ll be wanting a coke this
afternoon. Paper money not ex
pected to be any good by then.”
Soon after, a lady came in for
a pack of cigarettes. The OPA
banter was still on: “Twenty-
five cents. . . silver for cigarettes,
now. Herman, tell all.the rest of
here.”
the aisles, unhurried, going about State.” And behind the speaker
their normal business.
Up and down Broad Street the
shoppers were strolling with the
same nonchalance they show
every day. Nothing indicated that
the dred • inflation so publicized
was loose in the nation. One col
ored man was heard to observe to
his friend in passing: “Nobody
knows what dat OPA gonna do.”
He was completely unperturbed.
stood row on row of Schenley on
the shelves, no Singing Sam’ or
Cornd'ale in evidence
JOHNSON’S AND PENDER’S,
both were doing their regular
business in food at their regular
prices. But word is that there will
soon be plenty of meat and but
ter, at slightly higher prices.
CHIEF OP POLICE Newton
said: “OPA has no hold on me,
makes no difference in my du
ties. We’ve got a sliding scale of
fines to fit the crime.”
A & P: “Any OPA. flurry
so far, Mr McDonald!?” «Not a
bit. Not a bit. Hope everything
Keeps quie^, and I believe it
will. I expect to see some emer
gency measure taken by Congress
in a week or so.”
Energy falling every second on
the earth’s surface from the sun
is equivalent to 4,690,000 horse
power per square mile.
MACK’S 5-10-25: There was no
remarking of prices, nothing to
indicate that prices could now
legally be jumped. The regular
housewives were filing through
PATCH DEPARTMENT
STORE: According to Buster
Patch “Father said to hold every
thing just as it was—^to wait and
see what happens. We wont
mark anything up until we get
a mark-up ourselves from the
manufacturer. Now, if control
could be put‘on right at the very
beginning, keep mark-ups from
coming down the line, there’d
be very little to worry about.”
WILSON’S SPORT SHOP:
Dick Sugg said they had no inten
tion of raising the prices on any
items. “Why here I am caught up
on racquet restringing for the
first time in three months. Let
OPA do the same with its busi
ness and we’re all sitting pretty.”
LIQUOR STORE: “OPA?
Nothing to do with us—we’re
ATKINSON FURNITURE CO.
through the words of Tommy At
kinson, did not believe any im
mediate changes would take
place in prices. Thought that Con
gress had wanted to see what
would happen so that they could
better decide how and what to
do.
"Bomb away.." . . . and
then silence except for the
crackling of static over the
radio. Millions of hearts beat
faster, millions of minds
waited — for what? Was
Bikini about to be blasted
from the earth forever? Was
a chain of atomic explosions
about to start that would pass
the hand of eternity across
the face of the earth, leaving
nothing?
In' that ensuing silence the
age of miracles was back.
Witches rode the brooms of
racing imaginations. . . while
on target ships goats stalked
the quarter decks, unmindful
qf their part on the stage of
history.
The bomb exploded. Ships
were left afloat. Coconut
trees still stood on unsunk
Bikini. Goats still stalked
the quarterdecks. Man had
again failed to destroy the
World. He will try again.
Resort Airlines
Seek Hangar For
A Service Center
Some 18 Airlines To
Be Serviced Here If
Douglas Contract Won
Hangar Holding Up
Progress On Deal
Stokes Column
Praises AVC At
Des Moines Meet
REAL ESTATE is supposed to
be the most likely to show an in
flationary trend, but nothing of
this nature has come to light yet
in this area. “Perhaps there will
be sharp increases”, voiced one,
'■‘but it will probably be just iso
lated cases mostly, where a land
lord wants to get rid of some
tenant.”
By Thomas L. Stokes
(Reprinted by permission of
the author; original column ap
peared in Chicago Sun and other
papers.)
DES MOINES
An inspiring miracle is perhaps
a good discription of the perform
ance of the 850 World War H
veteran delegates who, working
day and night, created the per
manent organization of the
American Veterans Committee
at the first annual convention
here and charted a progressive
course on domestic and foreign
policy.
These etnest youngsters will
be heard from, and sb will the
others they enlist as they go
home to expand from their pres
ent 80,000 membership and ex
ert their influence on affairs of
their communities, the nation
and the world.
This convention was some
thing such as was never seen be
fore by this writer in 25 years
of covering national and state
political and other conventions.
It was a fine antidote for the
cynicism beginning to spread
again through America and the
world.
The youngsters had to go
through the same mechanics of
all political conventions. They
worked all night long in delega
tion caucuses, and in platform,
constitution and nominating ses
sions, They had to learn as they
went along.
But never was there such
sincerity, such intensity, such
eagerness and, consequently,
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Progress Is under way at Resort
Airlines to make the Knollwood
Airport a Douglas Service Center,
in addition to its regular Resort
Airlines activities.
First, however, an additional
hanger suitable for servicing the
Douglas planes must be obtained.
This, according to Lewis C. Bur-
well, president of Resort Airlines,
is holding up the proposed step.
A search is now under way for a
surplus hangar, or for materials
suitable for constructing the nec
essary hangar.
Should Resort Airlines become
the Douglas Service Center, it
will mean that facilities and per
sonnel will be enlarged consider
ably to take care of the addition
al, work that this expansion
would entail.
There would be some eighteen
airlines that would then use the
Knollwood Airport as their ser
vice center.
Over one hundred planes in
this flight area would be serviced
by Resort Airlines if it becomes
the accredited service center for
Douglas Aircraft. When and if
this takes place, the Sandhills
will take a definite step upwards
in,the opinion of the air-minded
present-day fliers.
It will also be another step in
the right direction for develop
ing Southern Pines-Pinehurst as
the ideal resort for the golfers,
riders, and hunters who will be
seeking just such weekend vaca
tion spots that, arp only a few
flight hours from their office
desks.
Resort Airlines is also putting
on a drive in the community to
interest the business men and
permanent residents to become a
part of what promises to be the
outstanding project in this sec
tion. “The officers and directors
of Resort Airlines have decided
tlj^at it would be extremely helpful
to the Corporation to have a num-
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Install Officers
At Rotary Picnic
The Southern Pines Rotariems
and Rotaryannes were entertain
ed last Friday evening by Mr.
and Mrs. Virgil Clark at an out
door luncheon at their home,
Wendover. At this meeting the
newly-elected officers of the Ro
tary Club for the coming year
were installed, as follows: Morris
Johnson, president, Virgil P.
Clark, vice-president, Harry L.
Brown, secretary-treasurer. The
directors for the new year are
Morris Johnson, Virgil P. Clark,
June A. Phillips, Lloyd Clark,
Tucker G. Humphries, Garland
A. Pierce and Harry L. Brown.
PING PQNG 8c HQRSHQES
And so it went with OPA. Lit
tle or no excitement. People
quietly believe that the lines can
be held against inflation in most
fields, and where the lines break
put OPA back. Most realize that
inflation can start slow and gain
momentum if left unchecked, but
are of the opinion that it can and
will be checked.
NEW HOURS FOR CPL
The Carolina Power & Light
Company office here will be open
from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. on week
days, Monday through Friday,
and from 9 a. m'. to 1 p. m. on
Saturday, according . to an
announcement by R. C. Dubose,
local manager.
Beginning Monday, July 8,
two tournaments for the young
sters will get under way—one in
ping pong, the other a contest for
the wielders of horseshoes.
Both tournaments will be con
cluded during the week, with the
players in the ping pong finals
playing for the championship on
Saturday night at the young peo
ple’s dance at the Community
Center.
First prize in each division,
boys and girls, will be five thea
tre tickets, with three tickets to
the runner uppers.
Entries must be in by Saturday
evening, July 6th.
A. C. Dawson announces that
they would very much like to
have a ping pong tournament for
adults, if enough interest is
shown.
A gust of wind was recorded in
I ’34 at 231 miles per hour.