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VOL. 28 NO. 32
TWELVE PAGES
Southern Pines. N. C- Friday, Jifly 4, 1947.
TWELVE -PAGES
TEN CENTS
Three Buildings
NowijnderWay On
Broad St. Block
Dr. C..S. Caldwell
Will Open Offices
Here In September
Construction of a new profess
ional office building was begun
this week on South W^t Broad
street just below New York ave
nue, where three new buildings
now under way, in soft toned
brick and harmonizing Williams
burg architecture, give promise
of one of the most attractive bus
iness blocks in this section.
Two of them are almost com
pleted—the Jewel Box, C. P.
Everest’s ice cream bar, and
O. R. Conrad’s new restaurant.
Jack’s Grill which is scheduled to
open September 1.
tal office, operating rooms and
laboratory of Dr. C. S. Cald
well, who has been practising
dentistry at Pinehurst since his
discharge as a captain from the
army in July, 1946.
■ Dr. Caldwell now owns a home
in Pinehurst, but said this week
that he hopes to move to South
ern Pines in the not-far-distant
future. His new offices are ex
pected to be ready sometime in
September and he will then move
his practice here.
A native of Concord, he took
his pre-dental work at Davidson
and N. C. State college, and is a
graduate of Atlanta Southern
Dental college of Emory univer
sity, Georgia. He entered the
army in 1940 and served at gen
eral hospitals in this country and
the European theatre.
He is married to the former
Nerissa Coleman of Mississippi,
and - they have a three-year-old
daughter, Nerissa—or "Nicki.”
The new offices, for, which
Willard J. Ball was architect and
R. L. Frye of Carthage is con
tractor, will be of the most mod
ern construction, adjoining Jack’s
Grill on one side and having full-
view glass along the other for
maximum light. Its equipmeJnt
will also be of the most 'modern.
Miss Nadine Everett, of Sou
thern Pines, is his dental assis
tant.
SAFETY
On July Isi, the following
things happened that will
make driving safer in North
Carolina:
210 more policemen joined
the highway patrol;
A speed limit of 55 mph.
on cars and 45 on trucks was
announced:
Penalties for all types of
traffic violations were in-
in: eased;
Re-examination for new-
licenses of all drivers wa^
started and will be repeated
every four years;
And the Master File, con-
staining the driving record of
every operator of super-de
luxe. truck, and jallopy will
start being filed by the mas
ters of the N. C. Motor Vehic
les division. , \
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As The Town Library Will Look With The New Addition
Never saw a Master File
Always hoped, I'd miss one.
To save my life and others,
I'm bound to be in this one.
Lakeview Girl Is*
Winner Veterans’
Nurse Scholarship
Dr. Hilborn Said Still
In Critical Condition
Dr. R. R. Hilborn, of Robbins,
who was injured when his car
left the road June 17 near Rob
bins, was reported at the Moore
County hospital this week to be
still in a critical condition, but
“holding his own.”
Mr, and Mrs, Elsa Jordan, whom
Dr. Hilborn was taking to their
rural home when the accident
occurred, were said to be improv
ing satisfactorily. Jordan sustain
ed a broken leg and Mrs. Jordan
a broken arm.'
The car was said to have been
traveling not over i25 miles an
hour, when it failed to make a
Curve and was wrecked.
Miss Beatrice Irene Simpson,
18-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Julius Simpson of Lakeview,
,,is the judges’ choice for the Sand
hills Veterans’ Association hurse
training scholarship, it was an
nounced by ‘Wiliiam L. White,
president of the group, following
meetings of the judges Saturday
and Monday.
Miss Maxine Mclnnis, also 18,
of Pinebluff, was named runner-
up and alternate.
Five applicants were interview
ed, and the extra meetings were
necessitated by the fact that the
quality of all was high, offering
excellent nurse training poten
tialities, and making the chbice
' a difficult one.
Judges were Col. G. P. Hawes,
chairman of the Moore County
chapter, American Red Cross; Dr.
Clement Monroe and Miss Ellen
Bruton, resident surgeon and su
perintendent of nurses at the
Moore County hospital; and H.
Lee Thomas, county superinten
dent of schools.
The choice was based on school
record, health, general aptitude,
family history and ability to meet
entrance requirements for stan
dard nurse training schools. The
only condition for the scholarship
made by the 15 veterans compos
ing the association was that the
trainee return to Moore county
to practice her profession.
And that suits her fine, says
the successful candidate, a blue
eyed, curly-headed blonde of
good looks as well as good sense
and ability. In fact, that is what
she wants most to do.
Her application is in at the
High Point Memorial hospital,
with only a few formalities yet
to be attended to for admission
to the class beginning September
With 15 godfathers sponsoring
(Continued on Page 8)
Above is shown the Southern Pines Library b uilding, now the Moore County Library, designed by
Aymar Embury in 1939. On the right is the new wing as it will look when completed. Construction is
epected to begin shortly; E. J. Austin is the builder.
Addition To New Library Is Announced
Construction Starts In Near Future
North Carolina Room
'Will Be Connected By
Gallery For Exhibits
Plans long contemplated for an
addition to the Southern Pines
library building will soon be
realized, it has been announced.
The gift of the James Boyd fam
ily, the addition was. planned
shortly after his death, but, due
to war restrictions, could not be
built until :now.
The plans are the work of
Aymar Embury, architect of the
original building, who presented
them to the library in token of
his friendship for James Boyd.
They call for a room at right
angles to the main building and
located at its northern end. It
will be connected with it by a
smaller room, a slight change in
the original plan. The architec
ture will blend with the present
library while the interior will be
finished in old pine.
It is hoped to make the room a
North Carolina room. It will
house some of the source ma
terial of the Southern Pines
author, as well as original manu
scripts, prints, and maps and a
collection of early American au
tographs. It is hoped that addi
tions to the collection will be
made from time to time by any
who may have valuable docu
ments of historical interest, so
that the collection, may grow
through the years. ‘
The purpose of the new addi
tion as stated is two-fold: To
corhmemorate one who loved
this county dearly, drawing from
it for the inspiration as well as
the locale of several of his books;
to show how he worked and the
books from which he drew
spiritual as well as literary sus
tenance. From the utilitarian
angle, the addition will provide,
it is hoped, an attractive meeting
place for small town gatherings
and a place for the storing of
much valuable North Caroliniana
already on the library shelves
and space for collecting more: It
will provide the study room so
much needed by the library. The
Fine Arts room, which connects
the wing to the main building,
will be available, for exhibits of
photography, art collections,
(Continued on Paee 51
FIRST BLOOM
The firsf cotton blossom
The Pilot has seen this year
was sent in by Bill Pate, ten
ant farmer on Ed Patterson's
farm near "Old Sweetheart"
lake on Rt. 2, Vass.
The blossom, fine and fully
formed, was picked last Fri
day, June 27.
Purebred Heifers
Kiwanis Gift To
4-H Boy and Girl
H. D. Webb Loses
His Right Arm In
Freakish Accident
Billy Nall, of the Putnam com
munity, and Dorothy Patterson,
of 'West End, members of Moore
County 4-H clubs, were honored
■Wednesday by the Sandhills Ki
wanis club by the presentation of
two registered Guernsey heifers,
given by the chib in furtherance
of a b'ettw livestock program for
'the county, ' ' •
The animals’ first heifers are to
be returned to the Kiwanians to
pass on to other 4-H boys and
girls, in what is anticipated will
be .a continuing chain of pure
bred dairy cattle breeding, with
increased interest in the program,
improvement of present herds
and the eventual start of new
herds as objectives.
Professor Ruffner, of the de
partment of animal husbandry at
N. C. State college, was special
speaker at the luncheon meet
ing, emphasizing the value of such
,a program, and citing the Isle of
Guernsey as an example of a
poor land made wealthy by dedi
cation to the breeding of the fin
est of dairy stock.
Following his talk the members
and their guests, assembled for
luncheon at the Skycruise club,
went outside, where the presenta
tion was made by Haynes Britt,
agricultural committee chairman,
in charge of the club project thus
initiated.
Special guests, besides the boy
and girl recipients, were E. H.
Garrison, Jr., county farm agent,
his assistant, W. G. Caldwell;
Miss Flora McDonald, home dem
onstration . agent, and Miss Ruth
Harrell, assistant, through whose
offices the choice of Billy and
Dorothy as outstanding and able
I club members had been made.
The county agents had also
aided in selection of the heifers
from top ranking herds of Cab
arrus county; their lineage sec
ond to none in the state.
■ i'-
Allen Pilches Again
For Aberdeen Team
Good infielding by Laurinburg
and the star pitching of Jimmy
Allen, of the Aberdeen team,
featured a close game of the
Peach Belt League series held
here -Wednesday afternoon, with
Laurinburg taking the laurels
5-3.
The Laurinburg shortstop and
second baseman were notably
able, and they had to be to coun
teract the opposition they met.
Jimmy Allen, a former major
league player, returning to the
diamond after several years’ re
tirement, showed his pitching
arm had lost none of its magic
on the mound throughout the
he struck out man after
1 Peach Belt league will
>an outstanding event for
goers today (July 4) as
Pines meets Hamlet on^
^Id at 3:30 p. m.
The right arm of H. D. Webb,
manager of the Aberdeen branch
of the Georgia Hardwood com
pany, was sheared off between the
elbow and the shoulder last
Thursday night in a tragic and
freakish accident which doctors,
ambulancemen and others de
clared unparalleled in their ex
perience.
Webb was being driven to his
home in Aberdeen by Gilbert
Humphries from the S. L. Wind
ham home just a few blocks away,
when in turning the corner be
tween the Lantana Inn and the
A & R railroad Humphries ap
parently overshot the curve and
sideswiped a telephone pole
cleanly taking off Webb’s arm
which just at that moment he
happened to put out of the win
dow.
Webb was taken to Dr. Bow
man’s office, where the wound
was dressed and from which he
was carried at once to the Moore
County hospital. Treatment was
promptly giv^n and at last re
ports he was doing well and was
expected to be taken home this
weekqnd.
Webb never lost conscioosness,
and at the doctor’s office 'gave
directions as to how to call his
wife, who was visiting in Atlan-
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BIG DAY
Fourth of July! Day of big
noise and big excitement! In
Moore county all Gawd's
chillun are heading for Car
thage in anticipation of a
wonderful, lime.
Southern Pines' ship will
come in in the form of The
Pilot's nautical float in the
parade, and will also be ably
represented by an entrant in
the beauty contest. Miss Syl
via Cromer, sponsored by the
John Boyd post. Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
The band leads off with a
concert at 9:30. then comes
his honor the Mayor and after
that the street events. Folks
are looking forward to the
beauty contest, the big par
ade of floats, troops, scouts,
horsemen and novelty e|it-
tries
In the evening the fun will
go on with square dancing,
and a semi-formal dance in
the high school.
It sounds like a picnic from
dawn to dark, with every
body happy. And if there are
a few solemn moments, as
we are reminded of the great
event we celebrate, that's not
a bad idea either.
Juniors Will Be
Banqueted July ,9
Sandhills Post
By
Four Arrested As
Two Large Stills
Are Taken In Raid
Former Deputy And
Son Are Bound Over
To Federal Court
Random Bullets
End Restful Seene
When you are sitting on your
wooded lawn of a summer twi
light, relaxing in the soft air and
enjoying the evening breeze, it
is not exactly the time you ex
pect to find yourself the target of
bullets whizzing from an un
known source.
That is what happened to Mr.
and Mrs. Carlton Kennedy of
Midland road, whose peace was
thus rudely shattered Saturday
evening.
The first bullet screeched right
past Mrs. Kennedy’s ear. “There
was no mistaking that sound,”
Kennedy said later. At the time
they did not pause for wonder
ment or investigation. Kennedy
rolledmight out of his comfortable
hammock and hugged the ground
and Mrs. Kennedy dodged be
hind a tree as more bullets came
in swift succession.
After the sixth Kennedy, fig
uring that was all a revolve:
v/ould hold, popped up his lioad
—just as a seventh came, b.ii (ly
missing him.
At that instant, he saw a black |
coupe, hardly visible througli the
trees, start up and leave m a
hurry.
They plainly saw two men in
the car, and. deduced that they
were “just shooting,” probably
with a rifle, and had no idea that
human beings were within range
until they saw Kennedy’s head.
Highway patrolmen, accompan
ied by City Police, came out at
their call, and searched the prop
erty for some of the bullets but
found none.
It was a brief but frightening
Experience, a little too thrilling
for comfort. Which is as good a
time as any to warn those who
like 4o go out in the country to
shoot, to stop—^look—and listen,
and make sure there is no chance
of human casualties.
The Moore County Juniors,
who will^ climax their baseball
season.by playing Troy here to
day, will be honored by a ban
quet at the Skycruise club Wed
nesday evening, sponsored by the
Sandhills post of the American
Legion.
The West End post is coopera
ting, with the four young play
ers from West End as its guests.
Silver baseballs will be aw(ard-
ed each member of the team,
which has gone through an in
tensive month of home and
foreign games. Its efforts have
been crowned so far only twice
with success, but these have kepL
it in good league standing and
some fine' games have been pro
(Continued on Page 8)
ABC and ATU officers broke up
a large new business Tuesday af
ternoon, when they made a raid
in the Putnam section and inter
rupted the first run of two 250-
gallon stills.
Arrested near the stills were
Clarence Otis Shelton, , former
former deputy sheriff of Chat
ham county, and his 18-year-old
son, Charles Thomas Shelton,
who was making his departure
in a pickup truck; and at the
stills. Early Brown and Clarence
Lee Walden, Negroes, of Ran
dolph cQunty.
The stills contained some 2,500
gallons of mash, which was des
troyed along with 22 gallons of
liquor already in jars. In « tent
nearby were found other ma
terials of the trade including 600
pounds of sugar and several cases
of fruit jars.
Taking part in the raid were
ABC enforcement officers C. A.
McCallum, of Carthage, and A. D.
Jones, Southern Pines; A. G. Mc-
Duffy, West End, special investi
gator for the ATU, and P. G.
Greer, ATU investigator from
Winston-Salem; Sheriff McDon
ald and Deputies McKenzie and
Lambert. Arrests were made by
U. S. Deputy Marshal John H.
Stephenson.
- The men were taken for hear
ing before U. S. Commissioner J.
A. Lang at Carthage, where all
pleaded not guilty except Walden,
who offered a guilty plea. Prob
able cause was found in all cases
and bond was set at $500 for each
except Brown, whose bond was
set at $750.
Brown is on probation on a
liquor charge from the January
term of federal court.
The Sheltons made bond, but
-the Negroes remained in jail.
They will be tried at the Septem
ber term of federal court at
/Rockingham.
One Happy Event Follows Another
In Summer Play Program For Youth
The past week has been starred
with numerqps activities lor both
the older and younger groups par
ticipating in the community’s
summer recreation program for
youth.
A spirited pingpong tourna
ment at the Civic center Satur
day night brought out a crowd of
some 60 of the high school group,
to watch 16 contestants display
their considerable skill, with Bur
ton Brown winning out among
the boys and Pat Caddell among
the girls.
Refreshments and a dance fol
lowed the tournament.
The boys and girls also enjoyed
an “open house” ^t the Civic cen
ter Mbnday evening, under thei
supervision of Miss Aline Todd. I
Monday morning A. C. Daw-|
eson accompanied an eager
group of the youngdr boys, aged
8 to 13, to Raefo,rd where they
engaged a similar group of that
town’s recreation program pa*’^-
ipants in a fast game of baseball.
Though the Southern Pines boys
lost the game (but just barely—
4-3) all agreed they had a won
derful time, and they are looking
forward to another with another
chance at victory, next Monday
morning when the Ra'elord boys
will come over here.
The game will begin at 9:30
a. m. or soon thereafter, on the
Ideal athletic field. '
Boys playing at Raeford were
Milton Kaylor, Tommy Speas,
Larry Bethea, Richard Bridges,
Pete McCall, Charles 'Watkins,
(Continued on Page 8)
On Guard!
This young man is a symbol of community cooperation in se
curing safety for Sandhills youngsters at play.
He is Robert Elliott, war veteran and University of North Car
olina physical education major, now on the job as lifeguard at
Aberdeen lake.
Funds for the water safety program at the lajce, of which Elliott
and his boat are a part, are being amassed in communities of the
county, through a movement initiated by the Sandhills Kiwanis
(Photo by Humphrey)