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VOL. 28. NO. 33 16 PAGES THIS WEEK Southern Pines. N. C.-Friday. July 11. 1947. 16 PAGES THIS WEEK TEN CENTS Crowds Gather At Carthage For Gala July 4th Festival Southern Pines Girl Is Beauty Winner; Local Floats Seen Day Is Observed As Quiet Holiday Here It was a quiet Fourth—every where except in Carthage. In Southern Pines, streets were deserted, office and stores pre sented a blank appearance. There weren’t any signs on the doors saying “Gone fishin’ ” but that < was where a' lot of people were; , or at the beach, or off on picnics, at the ball game, or just loafing at home; or at Carthage. The police weren’t on a holiday but they might as well have been: no accidents were recorded, none of the tragic fatalities noted in other papers occurred here and only one or two arrests were made, of people whose enjoyment of the holiday went a little too far. As to ttiq county in general. Sheriff McDonald reported also a general inactivity. In fact, practically! everything was at a standstill— except at Carthage. And there, the festivity ran rampant as the Carthage Jaycees, with organizations and business firms all over the county cooper ating, staged a real old-fashioned Fourth of July, with a parade, a beauty contest, a fiddlers’ con- ' vention, one event I after another, winding up with d big dance at the school gym. Sylvia is Queen Southern Pines participated with two floats in the parade,*and two entrants in the beauty- con test, one of whom, brunette Siyl- via Cromer, sponsored by the John Boyd post,,VFW, won the contest and was fcrowned queen. Ann Seawell of Carthage was runnqr-up, and all the girls look ed mighty pretty, including Betty Jean Cameron, of Southern Pines, sponsored by the Sandhills post, American Legion. | The beauty contest was held in front of the courthouse at 12:45 p. m., and soon after, at 2 p. m., the mammoth parade got under way, with -a detachment of sol diers from Fort Bragg setting the pace. Boy Scouts, representatives of veterans’ organizations, the Albemarle Sea Scouts’ drum and bugle corps, the Sanford High school band, .numerous horsemen who trotted their mounts from one end of the parade to the Other and back again, and many gala floats provided a colorful display for the crowds lining the flag-decorated streets. Pilot Float Among the floats was a vessel of majestic lines, flying the Steft-s and Stripes and also the pennant of her owner—“The Pilot.” In the midst of her jolly crew sat The Pilot himself, complete with beard and binoculars, reading-^' you guesse^ it!—The Pilot. Crew (Continued on Page 8) Speedboat Raees Promise Thrills At Crystal Lake Sunday Afternoon Thrills a-plenty for everyone are promised in the speedboat races to be held at Crystal lake, Lakeviett, Sunday at 3 p. m., with a dozen or more outstanding driyers of this and nearby states bringing their own fast boats to take part. ■ The event is sponsor^ by the Aberdeen Post 72, American Le gion, with drivers secured through courtesy of Jimmy Allen, pro prietor of the lake.' Among the drivers will be Eddie Fanzer, of Charlotte, winner of the hydro plane classic at Chattanooga, Tenn., July 4; O. L. Lackey, of Trinity, winner of the July 4 races sponsored by the Salisbury Lions club; and Jimmy Harrell, winner of the races held by the Outboard associatibn June 30 Ut New Bern. A mile-long course is being laid out, and races will vary from five to 20 laps. H. F. Seawell, Jr., of Carthage, will officiate as judge. The Aberdeen Legionnaires are selling tickets, to the event, and tickets will also be sold at the entrance.# These are the first speedboat races to be held in the Sandhills and a large crowd is expected, to view what is well known as one of the mbst thrilling of all sports. If the, Suijday event is success ful otljfers* will' be held later, Al len said. y Chief Newton Wins Share Of Reward Given By Jewelers’ Security Group Crime doesn’t pay, and catch- j ing criminals, too, is 'sometimes a thankless task—but it was dif ferent this week for Southern Pines’ Police Chiefs C, E. Newton and Sanford’s assistant Chief, Joe Watson. A check for $100 has arrived from the Jewelers’ Security Al liance of the United States to be divided between the two police officials, for their •share in the arrest and conviction of one Paul William Stone, of Sanford, last winter. The check is on display in the window of Ormsby’s Jew elry shop, from which Stone stole several valuable watches in Jan uary through a ruse. Following his arrest, he was given a sus pended sentence in the Moore County recorder’s court, and placed on probation for five years. The’ Jeweleirs’ Security) Alli ance is maintained by member jewelers throughout the country for crime detection and preven tion in protection of the jewelry industry, founded in 1883, it has Spent more than $1,35(5,000 in tracking down jewelry thieves and paying rewards for the pro tection of its members, of which Ormsby is one. The Alliance works with local, state and federal law enforce ment agencies through its own private detedtive service. Its headquarters are in New York City. , I The check will be presented to Chief Newton and Assistant Chief Watson within a few days._ I'lEWS If a man biles a dog it's news; and if nobody's hurl on a Fourlh of July -week- f end, Ihal's news. loo. Thai was Ihe case isn Sou- Ihern Pines, Ihough nol in Ihe slale where accidenls and in- - juriies both Exceeded number expecled. So . . .chalk up a slar for Ihe good sense of pur folks. Or did Old Ma^ Luck jusl happen lo smile our way? Anyway, il's a record lo be proud of. REWARDED fhe Tobacco Growers Have Much At Stake In Saturday Vote, Say Farm Leaders Every flue-cured / tobacco grower in Moore county, whether landlord, tenant or share-cropper, was urged today by Joe A. Cad- dell, chairman of the County ■Triple-A. committee, and T. C. Auman, county Farm, Bureau president, to vote in'the tobacco referendum Satutdhy, July 12 The referendum, authorized by the last sessions of the legislature in both North and South Caro^lina, , provides for flue-cured growers to express themselves in regard to an assessment of 10 cents per acre to be used in protecting and developing the export market for tobacco. The money would be ad ministered by a non-profit or ganization known a3 Tobacco As sociates, Inc. , Caddell quoted from a state ment by E. Y. Floyd, secretary of Tobacco' Associates, to the effect that: , 1. Only tobaccb farmers who are engaged in th^ production of the 1947 crop of flue-cured to bacco will be eligible to vote. 2. Regardless of the number of farms he may have, no grower has more than one vote. 3. The polls will be open from 6130 a. m. until 6:30 p. m. Sat urday, July 12. 4. It will require at least a two-thirds favorable vote to put the program into effect. All eli gible producers will cast their ballots in the community in which they live. Polling Places Caddell said that for Moore county the following polling places will be open: Carthage township, AAA office in Carthage; Greenwood town ship, McKeithen’s store, Camer on & Seawell’s Service station near White Hill; McNeill town ship, town hall, Vass, and Eureka schoolhouse; Sandhill township, Burney ' Hardware- company, Aberde'en, and Roseland school- house; Mineral Springs township, Jackson Springs Community house, and West End school- house; Bensalem township, Ben salem Community house, and Martin’s stbre. Eagle Springs; Sheffield township, \Roy Gamer’s (Continued on Page 8 Sec 2) CHIEF NEWTON Salute Is Given Junior Players At Legion Banquet Baseball cleanly and earnestly played can become a factor of real significance in the lives of its protago’nists, developing an attitude of healthy competition, sportsmanship in victory and de feat and cleanliness of both mind and body, it was emphasized by Philip J. Weaver as guest speak er Wednesday night at the Amer ican Legion banquet honoring the Junior Legion team. The banquet was held at the Skycruise club in salutb to the teen-age boys who have ju'st com pleted an intensive four-week season of ball, the first to be sponsored in Moore county in the statewide Junior Legion ser ies. , “This is just the start,” anoth er speaker, C. S. Patch, Jr., post athletic officer, told the team members. Legionnaires and guests. "‘We intend to have a team next year also, and to keep right on, playing better and better ball.” More support from the whole county can be looked for ward to, he said. Despite the fact that this year’s team garnered more losses than wins, much has been accomplished, said Patch, as the boys have gone from Class C high school ball up against Class A teams, and made an ex cellent showing, getting good training as players and laying a foundation for an excellent 1948 team. Lloyd Woolley asked the in vocation, bnd following a dinner featuring sirloin steaks Post Commander Jack Read recogniz- the following, several of whom made brief talki in praise of the program: J. W. Dickerson, for services to the team throughout the sea- spn, in which he gave much time in assisting the coach, and uesd his car freely for transportation; Arthur Pate, coach; June Phillips, who as a non-Legionnaire ex pressed appreciation of “outsid ers” for the team’s work; Char les Swobpe, of Pinehurst, who helped in raising funds; A. D. Hurs'tv banquet chairman^ Joe Garzik, for services to the team;' James Davis, commander of the (Continued on Rage 8) County To Grant Funds For Urgent Repair Of School CHOSEN Stale Authorities Inspect Collapsed Auditorium Ceiling Funds for the repair and re modeling ,of the Southern Pines school auditorium, a large part of the ceiling of which fell down week before last, will be provided by the county, with plans to pro ceed at once with what turns out to be a major job of reconstruc tion. S(upt. Philip J. WjSaver and John Howarth and N. L. Hodg kins of the Southern Pines school board, presenting the case before 'the county commissioners Mon day, found the board entirely in accord with' their findings that tjie project is essential and ur gent, and comes under the head ing of capital outlay, for which the county is financially respon sible. G. M. Cameron, chairman of the board *of commissioners, visited the school last week to survey the damage, following the col lapse of about one-third of the vaulted ceiling, about 800 square feet of plastering, with electric light fixtures and ceiling tiles. W. F. Cradle, head of the school building and planning depart ment of the state department of ^ubic instruction, with an en gineer from the office of William R. Dietrich, school Architect, were to visit the school this week and advise concerning the reconstruc tion job. Also expected was Sher- •wood Brockwell, state fire copr- missioner, to inspect not only the damaged auditorium, but the whole building for fire safety. The 20-year-qld ceiling, falling without warning, ' was revealed to have been secured to thq structure beneath only by thin nails in the ends of the timbers, going with the. grain df the wood, and wonderment has been ev- pressed that is stayed up as long as lit did. 'The auditorium, used also for gymnasium, has been in daily and , almost nightly use during school sessions, and only the fact that its/collapse* occurred during the summer vacation prevented what might have been a major disaster, with human casualties. School Vocatioilal Work Is Planned Application has been niade tp the state department of vocat ional education for vocational teacheVs for both boys and girls for the Southern Pines H[igh school lor the school year 1948-49, acording to Supt. Philip J. Weaver. During tha^t year it is expected that the home economics build ing on the school campus will, by the removal of all elementary grades to the new school, be available lor its original purpose for the first time’ since it was built, about 1934. Since its com pletion it has had to take care of the overflow of classes from the main school building, and inaug uration of a home economics de partment has had to be postpon ed from year to year. It is hoped also that by 1948 space wil be available for shop or other vcicational work' for boys. Weaver said. Information from the state de partment was to the effect that the filing of an application did not necessarily mean that teach ers would be available, as the de mand for several years ahead is great and federal funds for the program, which supply one-third of their salaries, have been cut. State funds supply one-third and the other one-third would come from local funds. » : DEANE. D Congressman Deane can still put a big D after his name. He and Clark of Fayetteville, Cooley of Nashville, and Folger of Mt. Airy, voted against the Knutson tax bill. All othet eight N. C. representatives joined the Re publicans fn voting for it. The bill, except for a change of date for enactment, from July to January, is identical with the tax bill the president' vetoed three weeks ago. lom, Leatrice Irene Simpson, 18, of Lakeview, was chosen last week by a committee of judges to receive the Sandhills 'Veterans’ Association’s nurse training scholarship, to finance a three- year course at the training school of her choice, and to return on graduation to practice her pro fession in Moore county. Leatrice, a May graduate of the Vass-Lakeview High school, has already' entered her applica tion at the High Point Memorial hospital for the. September class. Governor Chooses Rent Controllers For This Distriet County Tax Rate Set At $1.25, With Greater Part Budgeted For Schools OUR CHANCE Twelve out of the 22 coun tries invited to the confer ence on the Marshall Plan have accepted. Three more, Denmark, Norway and Swe den, are expected to join this week, while Romania. Po land and Yugoslavia, which had been definitely counted out, have said they are still in the running. It looks as if we might see the greater part of Europe joining the American plan. Then it really will be up to us. Once before, an American proposed a plan for interna tional peace. The world ac cepted it, but America with drew. America can't do that again. Congress has not offi cially backed the Marshall Plan. These countries dre taking a chance, another chance that this time Ameri ca will not fail. We must be ready with all it takes. $225,000 Marked For Vass-Lakeview School Harry J. Menzel, of Southern Pines, was recommended Wed nesday by Goyeruor Cherry as chairman of a rent control com mittee to , serve the Southern Pines district, according to a Ra leigh dispatch. Recommended with Menzel to Frank Creedon, national housing expediter, were the following committee members: L. B. Creath, Pihehurst; C. N. Page, Southern Pines; W. D. Sabistbn, Cartlipgej Mr^, Charles Pleas ants, Aberdeen. The official appointrhents are expected to be made in a few days by Creedon, who requested the recommendations of the gov ernor. Queried by The Pilot, Menzel said he had received no word' as yet concerning the .appointment, nor regarding the committee’s specific duties. The Southern Pines committee will be one of 27 local rent con trol bodies to serve districts all over the state until March 1, when rent controls will be re moved unless extended by con gress. ’ , August 1 Is Designated As Air Force Day Governor R. Gregg Cherry proclaimed by signature this week that August 1 would be Air Force day in North Carolina, ac cording to a bulletin from Pope Field. Witnessing the proclamation were Col. Paul H. Prentiss, com manding officer of Pope field; Maj. T. F. Corrigan, special pro ject officer at Pope field; and Ben R. Rudisill, president of the Air Force association, the organ- Jization that is spoiisoring this third official observance of Air Force day which marks the 40th anniversary of the AAF. Extracts from the proclama tion are as follows: “NOW, THEREFORE, I GREGG CHERRY, Governor of the State of North Carolina, in order that we may honor the men and women of the Army Air Forces ■ who have given their lives in the defeijse of the United States and that we may recog nize the service of those who, in the armed iorces, or in the civ ilian forces, or in the civilian centers of science, research and production, have contributed to the building of our air strength, do hereby proclaim Friday, Au gust 1, 1947, as Air Force Day in North Carolina. “I urge all citizens to join in the observance of this, the 40th (Continued on Page 8) , Town Team Keeps League Lead With Three More Wins By Slim Forsythe The Southern Pines Town team maintained its lead in the Peach Belt League by winning three straight this past week. On the -Fourth, the local club was host to Hamlet. Trailing 7-0 going into the fourth inning, the local club batted starting pitcher Harrell from the box. Ed Newton started the rally off with a single, McRae was safe at first on an error forcing Newton out at sec ond, Les McNeil doubled to left center scoring McRae.' Buchan was issued a walk and then Slugger Wilson cracked out a two bagger scoring Buchan and McNeil. Wilson then advanced to third on an error, scoring on a passed ball. John Neal was walk ed followed by Walt Harper and then Clyde “Little, Man” Dunn knocked out a long three-bagger scoring Neal 'and Harper. New ton, up fqr the second time in that inning, was walked and Mc Rae grounded ou,t, ending the inning with the score 7-6. In the fifth inning Les McNeil singled and was caught stealing second. Slugger Wilson then knocked out a home- run to the right field fence tying' up the ball garhe. In the eighth inning Floyd Seals doubled to left center, Harper singled scoring Seals, Newton got to first on an error. Doc' McRae then lined a three bagger to centerfield, scoring Harper and Newton. McNeil was safe at first on a pitcher’s error that scored McRae, making the score 11-8. Winning pitcher was ISTelson Cooper, who allowed 2 (Continued on Page 5) Aberdeen School Tax Vote Will Be Held August 12 Giving over the greater part of their Monday meeting to school matters, the county com missioners ran out of time Mon day and ended the day without giving finishing touches to the coming year’s budget as planned, or drawing the jury list for the August term of court. They did, however, confirm the tax rate for 1947-48 at $1.25 per $100 valuation, a rise of 35 cents over the old rate. The increase will go chiefly to the schools, it was emphasized by Chairman Gordon M. Cameron, who said that the tentative , breakdown calls for a total school expendi ture of around $500,000—almost as much as the entire budget for 1946-47. Some $300,000 of this will be for capital outlay, improving, re modeling and rebuilding the schoolhouses, in amounts from $500 for some of the smaller schools to around $225,000 for construction of the new 'V'ass- Lakeview school. \ Plans for its construction, au thorizing of a school supplement election for the Aberdeen dis trict and authorizing the rebuild ing and remodeling of the audi torium of the Southern Pines school were the major school mat ters before the board. The contract- as it had been awarded the week before had proved unsatisfactory, .and the new plans call for erection of the building by the county construc tion crew, of wfiich N. N. Mc Donald is superintendent. Archi tectural plans of Frank B. Simp son, of Raleigh, will be followed, and the contracts for plumbing, heating and electrical work stand as let in June. ^ Construction wgs to begin Wednesday afternoon, said Supt. H.- Lee Thomas. ' Aberdeen Tax Election Revision of plans for the Aber deen school tax election) was also before the board, as school dis trict lines had been, incorrectly set forth in plans for the election June 9, and the poll had to be ■postponed. August 12 is the new date. The tax! to be voted on is supplemen tary to a 20-cent supplement now in effect and is not to exceed lOi cents on the $100 valuation, bringing the total supplement, if passed, to, ‘or near, the 30 cents now in effect in Southern Pines and Pinehurst.' Voting will be at the Chandler building in Aberdeen, vi^ith R. C. Freeds named registrar and D. P. Troutman and Mrs. J. B. Thomp son judges. Registration will take place from July 19 through Au gust 2. A number of beer licenses were granted, also several wine license^, and , three sections of (Continued on Page 8) Aberdeen Mill’s Knitting Machines Are More Coniplicated Than Rnssians by Kalharine Boyd Do ypu know how to tell the size of a nylon stocking? Do you know what “denier” means? Do you know what the welt is? Do you know, sadl'y, that the little open-work edge of the top is just for decoration and does not stop a run? To all these questions this re porter can now answer .with a proud: yes. In fact, evfer since we visited ■ the Aberdeen Hosiery Mill last week and stuck our nose into the intricacies of the semi automatic machines there, and came up still slugging, we have been walking on air. It wont last long; jioii can’t keep your mind 'On top of a thing like that more than a few days, that is not unless you are a Ralph Kleinspehn, ■ who breathes and eats gnd sleeps knitting machines; but just for today we can still teU you a little something about this busi ness of knitting nylons. Th* mui 'Tp start with the start; Our Aberdeen mill, situated on the hill above the lake on the road to Pinehurst, is owned by Wil liam H. Miller and Edgar Mayer,"' both of New York; the local man ager is Ralph Kleinspehn, who lives in Southern Pines. The thread for their mill combs from DuPont, as does that of all nylon stocking mills, because DuPont is the only company that makes nylon thread. (And if that isn’t a tidy little monopoly!) The thread comes to our mill either finished or raw, in which case it has to go to a finisher for • pro cessing, as this mill concerns it self solely with knitting the stockings, which are “finished ■in the griege”, (in mill talk: “in grey”) here. The red brick building is com pactly built and, not large. The front part holds an office and small lunch-room, between the two a corridor leadgi into the main room where the great ma chines stand in long ranks. On the right are nine rows, each row one machine that turns out (Continued on Page 1 Sec. 2)