&
t
9
DRIVE
CAREFULLY
SAVE
A LIFE
H
■LOT
DRIVE
CAREFULLY
SAVE
A UFE
VOL. 28 NO. 35
TWELVE PAGES
Southern Pines. N. C.* Friday, July 25, 1947.
TWELVE PAGES
TEN CENTS
School Needs Are
Largest Expense
Of County Budget
Debts Are Reduced;
Total Requirements
Estimated $809,381
“Flying Disc” Breaks Loose To Cause
Havoc, Kill Chickens At Manly Home
Moore county’s annual budget,
presented by the county commis
sioners to the public this week
and published in full elsewhere
in this issue, shows the effects
of rising costs ‘and the greatly in
creased postwar demands of the
county’s school system.
The total budget requirements
of $809,381, as compared with last
year’s of $575,614, include $548,-
005 for the schools. Last year’s
school expenses were figured at
$366,435.
School Expenses
School expenses include cur
rent expense, capital outlay and
debt service. Of these by far the
largest this year—in fact, thje
largest item of the entire budget
—is that for capital outlay, $414.-
032, with the building bf the new
Vass-Lakeview school, and new
building or remodeling in con
nection with practically all others
of the county, pushing it up to
the highest point in years.
To meet this enlarged budget,
county taxes have been upped
from $1.25 per $100 valuation
with 71 cents out of each dollar
going to the schools. Last year,
the school’s share of each tax
dollar was 36 cents.
Other budget items for 1947-48,
compared with those of 1946-47,
are: county—general and courts,
$98,255, $85,160; health, $47,037,
$37,877; welfare, $39,899, $36,597;
poor, $20,000, $16,500.
Oebts Aeduced
The county debt service de
partment shows an interesting re
duction; with 1947-48 figures
preceding those for last year;
court house bonds, $7,170, $8,-
066; funding bonds, none, $6,292;
road and bridge bonds, $18,360,
$18,727.
The total tax levy is estimated
at $298,616 on a property _ valua
tion of $24,000,000, with '$25,754
as the estimated uncollectable
taxes, commissions on collections
and discounts to taxpayers.
Estimate of revenue from other
than tax levy sources is $536,519.
The total estimated intake—*
$809,381, to finance the growing
business called Moore County for
another 12 months.
O'Callaghan Elected
By Catholic Group
L. V. O’Callaghan, who headed
a delegation of local Catholics at
the annual laymen’s retreat at
Belmont Abbey last weekend,
was elected vice president for the
eastern district of the North
Carolina Catholic Laymen’s Re
treat association.
George L. Gettier of Char
lotte was named president of the
association, at elections closing
the three-day retreat conducted
under direction of the Most Rev.
Vincent S. Waters, bishop of the
diocese of Raleigh.
A “flying disc” got loose in the
yard of Herbert Williams at
Manly Wednesday morning, for
a wild moment of pandemonium
in which miraculously, no one
was hurt.
No one, that is, \ except two
chickens, who were neatly halv
ed by the projectile—no super
human manifestation, but a buzz-
saw which broke loose from its
mandrel to cut capers at top speed
about the yard.
Ray Williams and Richard Fry
were operating the motor-driven
woodsaw when the disc flew off, I
sailed within a hairs-breadth of
Ray, climbed a four-foot pile of
wood, bounded six feet in the air
to clip a few leaves and figs from
.some fig trees in its path; flash
ed about 75 feet across the yard
through a- group of children,
who scattered out of its path;
went through a wire chicken
fence, sliced one hen in two
lengthwise, another in two cross
wise; cut through the side wall
of the hen house as if it had been
made of cheese, bounded up to
strike the other wall about eight
feet off the ground, then fell
back, its speed and power spent
at last ,
Eight or 10 children were in
the yard. A slight deviation in the
path of the disc would have made
this a far sadder story.
'NO COMMENT"
County Veterans Announce Plans For
Victory Anniversary Celebration Here
MULE RIDERS
Mule riding is an extreme
ly hazardous occupation in
Moore county, especially
around Vass. if a report on
two recent accidents is any
indication.
One occurred Monday
morning near the A. V. Au
try farm, about two miles
north of Vass, when Ed Mc-
Phatter. Negro worker on
the Autry farm, fell or was
thrown from his multe on the
highway, to be struck by a
car and dragged several
yards. He suffered some
fractures, bruises and lacer
ations and is now in the
Moore County hospital.
A delayed report on an
other accident showed Tula
Ray Baker, white farmer of
Veiss, Rt. 2. to have suffered
the sainie kind of accident
June 19. His leg was broken
and he was otherwise pain
fully hurt, and remained at
the hospital until this week.
Identities of the drivers of
the two cars involved could
not be leairned. No arrests
were made.
LocrI Gk)lfers Play
Picked Bragg Team
A dozen players of the South
ern Pines Country club took a
beating at golf Wednesday after,
noon, but reported a wonderful
time in which they were privi
leged to play against some of the
best golfers now wearing the uni
form of their country.
Played at Fort Bragg with a
picked group of both officers and
enlisted men, the match ended
with a score of 15 1-2 to 2 1-2 for
Fort Bragg. The army folk will
play a return match on the Sou
thern Pines course August 6.
Wednesday’s match was by way
of a warm-up for the Fort Bragg
players for a forthcoming match
with Fort Benning. Included in
the army team- were several ama
teur champion and other top
players of the west and midwest,
who declared they are looking
forward to a bout on the local
greens.
Committees Listed;
Ball Game, Parade,
Dance On Schedule
“Having Wonderful Time”-Y6ung ’uns
Busy With Eventful Summer Program
The series of baseball games
for both th§ older and younger^
boys, a feature of the town’s sum
mer recreation program, js con
tinuing at full speed ahead, with
teams from other nearby towns
furnishing the opposition to keep
things interesting.
The older boys’ team (14 years
and up) after defeating the Rae-
ford team twice last week (8-4
Monday, 7-5 Friday) had the
tables turned Tuesday when Rae-
ford took the game 16-10. A
highly exciting game with Lau-
rinburg played here Monday af
ternoon was ended by rain in
the 12th inning leaving the score
tied 7-7.
The younger boys, from eight
to 13, are really playing some fast
ball, according to the summer
director and coach, A. C. Dawson.
They are enjoying jaunts out of
town as well as playing host to
visiting teams. The youngsters
won two games with Pinehurst
this week, 10-4 Monday at Pine
hurst, 13-6 Tuesday here.
Softball Game
. The older girls’ softball team
is practicing and has arranged an
engagement to play the Pinehurst
girls Tuesday evening on the
Pinehurst field.
Pingpong is another absorbing
sport for the young people, and
one with which the rain does not
interfere. Besides numerous local
events the Southern Pines boys
had a match with Aberdeen on
the local tables last Wednesday,
with Aberdeen winning 5-2 in a
series • of five single and two
double matches. A return match
at Aberdeen, is being arranged.
The Wednesday morning golf
class, with a dozen boys and girls,
is getting along fine. Director
Dawson reports. All the young
people also enjoy the swimming
parties held each week, with the
school bus — also the station
wagon if needed — leaving the
Civic club loaded at 2:30 p. m.
Thursday to return late in the
afternoon.
(Continued on Page 8)
A pinnic, a ball game, a parade
and a ball will feature the Moore
County V-J Day celebration, to
be held here -Friday, August 15,
beginning at 12 noon.
Announcement of plans and
committees for the countywide
event was made this week by
Charles W. Swoope, of Pinehurst,
V-J Day chairman of the Moore
County Vete/rans’ committee,
which includes members of all
veterans’ organizations.
All the veterans are asked to
attend in uniform, so they may
take part in the parade which
will start immediately after the
game.
All-Star Game
The game itself will be some
thing pretty special, presenting
the Peach Belt All-stars, top
players of the six-club Peach
Belt league, against Fort Bragg.
The city park will be head
quarters of the celebration. There
all veterans and their friends
with other participants in the
celebration will gather at noon
Each community will have an
information station located there,
and picnic lunch facilities will be
offered.
The ball game will take place
at 1:30, followed by the parade,
which will be led by the 82nd
Airborne’s elite outfit, the same
which created such a fine im
pression as parade leaders last
year.
Following the parade there will
be a public gathering at the
park, - with special speakers,
awards to Gold Star mothers and
ift conclusion, a formal retreat at
the, ::lagpole.
Victory Ball
A Victory Ball dance for veter
ans and their guests will be held
in the evening, winding up w*hat
pr vmises to be a memorable day,
commemorating the historic and
joyful occasion of the ending of
World War 2.
For more details, veterans are
asked to consult the commanders
of local veterans’ organizations,
all of whom are cooperating in
the event. All veterans of the
county are also invited to a meet
ing at the Legion hut in South
ern Pines tonight (Friday) be
ginning at 8 o’clock, for discuss
ion and completion of the plans.
Committees
The V-J Day committee as an
nounced this week includes, be
sides Chairman Swoopej Jack
Reid, of Southern Pines, treaur-
er; James Davis, Carthage sec
retary; John Lang, Carthage,
chief marshal; Chester I. Williams
Pinehurst, master, of ceremonies;
D. D. Shields Cameron, South
ern Pines, program,; L. L. Wool-
ley, Southern Pines, decorations.
The general committee is made
up of county veterans’ organiza
tion commanders, as follows:
Legion posts, Lawrence Farrell,
Aberdeen; James Davis, Carth
age; Mack P. Trent, Cameron;
Earl Petro, Pinehurst; Leroy Mc-
Swain, Robbins; John F. Sinclair,
West End; Jack Reid, Southern
Pines.
Special committees, and their
chairmen, are: baseball game,
Charles Patch, Jr.; dance, June
Blue; Negro veterans, L. V. O’Cal
laghan and John Stephenson;
Gold Star mothers, L. L. Woolley;
visitors, C. S. Patch; town deco
rations, Don Hurst and Joe Gar-
zik; women’s auxiliary, to be anf
nounced.
The announcement of R. L.
Fritz, president of the state
NCEA organization, that he
was endorsing the candidacy
of Charles Johnson for gov
ernor came as a complete
surprise, this week
said A. C. Dawson, NCEA
vice president and member
of the Southern Pines school
faculty.
As to what he thought of
the TOove, its effect on NCEA
and the voters in general,
also as to whether he intend
ed to follow suit, Dawson
said simply, "No comment."
Large Speedboat
Events Planned
For Next Month
R. F. Stewart Hurt
In Auto Accident
Below Aberdeen
Albright, Candidate For Governor^
Addesses Veterans Meeting Here
SPEAKER
Two 'more speedbdnt race events
ar scheduled to be held at Crys
tal lake, Lakeview, this summer,
one August 17, one August 31, it
was announced by Jimmy Allen,
promoter, following the success
of the initial event July 13.
Allen, proprietor of the lake, is
arranging for the appearance of
many more drivers aqd their
boats at the later and larger,
rcces, and plans to continue them
in future summers, to make Crys
tal lake one of the top centers
for this type of sport in the state.
The August 17 race will pre
sent 50 or 60 drivers of this and
nearby states, the list to be an
nounced in a week or two, and
the August 31 event will really
make speedboat history in the
section.
Sanctioned by the American
Panelboard association, it will
bring to Lakeview drivers of
national repute from Norfolk,
Baltimope," Ne^..jW96‘y':&nd mtoy
other distant places.
According to drivers from
Charlotte, Trinity and Wilming
ton who raced here July 13, Crys
tal lake is the best for the pur
pose they have seen. “It’s not
too large, not too small,” one of
tnem is quoted as saying.
It is big enough for a mile-long
course, yet small enough for the
water to remain smooth. In some
of the larger lakes ordinarily-
used for race sites, the water be
comes choppy and top speed can
not be attained.
On Crystal lake July 13, one
driver, Sweeney Prosser of Char
lotte, reached a speed of 64.6 mph
with his hydroplane. This, it
seems, is the next thing to flying,
equal to 120 miles or more on
land.
With a crowd of more than
3,000 at the first race, Allen an
ticipates 10,000 or more at the
later events, with prizes corres
pondingly high and attractive to
the top drivers of the land.
Pinebluff Leader
Seriously Injured
In Crash With Moon
Town Team Drops
To Second Place
By Bob Henderson-
Southern Pines Town team
dropped two games this past
week and went back into second
place in the Peach Belt League.
, At Hamlet last Sunday after
noon veteran pitcher Frank Lov
ering held the locals to five well
scattered hits and Hamlet defeat
ed Southern Pines 4-1. Chan
Page was the losing pitcher. This
game put Southern Pines and
Laurinburg in a tie for first place
in the league.
On Wednesday afternoon the
Wav^rly Mills team of Laurin
burg played Southern Pines here.
Curt Ramsey, Laurinburg mana
ger, elected to pitch Big Archie
Evans. Evans pitched a fine ball
game, allowing only two free
walks, seven hits and struck out
nine men. Nelson Cooper was the
Southern Pines pitcher and he
struck out seven men. Cooper
pitched a fine game but did not
have the usual good fielding back
ing. Southern Pines committing
five errors in the field.
Southern Pines goes to Raeford
Saturday afternoon. Game time
is 3 p. m. Southern Pines plays
Aberdeen here Sunday Afternoon
to make up the game rained out
last Saturday—game time 4 p.
m. Next Wednesday Laurinburg
returns here, game time 4 p. m.
Robert F. Stewart, leading
Moore County citizen and former
mayor of Pinebluff, is in the
Moore County Hospital as the re
sult of an automobile accident
which took place just below
Aberdeen on Route 1, last Thurs
day night, July 17th.
The accident, which occurred
at about 9:30, involved the car
Stewart was driving and one
driven by Lynwood Moon,
nephew of G. C. and Leon Sey
mour of Aberdeen.
Stewart, at the wheel of an
Oldsmobile belonging to the
Fletcher Cochrane Company,
peach salesmen, by whom he was
employed, was returning to Aber
deen to report on a shipmerj; of
peaches from Marston; the Moon
car was following another driven
by Zane Burns, travelling South.
While accounts of the accident
differ, one report states that the
Moon car was passing a bus on
a curve on a hill at the time. The
Stewart car was forced into the
ditch, striking several trees, and
finally overturned, pinning the
driver underneath. The Moon car
spun around and stopped, facing
the reverse way.
Among those to arrive at the
scene was Ollie Adcox of Pine
bluff who reported that there
was a strong smell of gas and the
car was pmoking. Stewart was
conscious and directed his res
cuers in lifting the car and extri-
(Continued on Page 8)
Midsummer Brings
Showers, Storms,
Low Temperatures
R. MAYNE ALBRIGHT
County Golfers
Meet Next Week
In Annual Play
Qualifying Rounds
Are Now Under Way
Tells VFW Political
Participation First
Duty Of Citizens
World Government Called
Essential To Survival
With almost every day bring
ing its showers or thunderstorm,
and temperatures hovering at
extreme lows for July, town and
country dwellers alike are voting
this one of the most unusual mid
summer seasons in memory.
Though in a few scattered sec
tions of the county little rain has
been reported, in general it has
appeared as if all the rain that
was saving up during the spring
and edrly summer drought has
decided to descend torrentially.
There has still not been too
much rain for the suffering to
bacco and corn, \yhich are re
sponding wonderfully to the
downpour. County Agent E. H.
Garrison, Jr., said this week. Al
ternating with sun, and with cool
weather prevailing, conditions
have been ideal to catch up on
drought-delayed farm work.
Weeds and grass, however, are
growing apace, and a number of
town' dwellers are reported to
be giving up their gardening in
disgust.
The weather has called for
blankets at night, and'some “win
ter residents” who elected to
stay in Southern Pines this sum
mer for the first time in many
years are saying, “Why did we
ever leave?”
Electrical disturbances have ac
companied several showers, and
Monday night caused a good deal
of switch trouble in the local tel
ephone system. Which, however,
was repaired by Tuesday morn
ing.
Boy Scouts Leave For
Washington Weekend
Ten Boy Scouts of Troop No.
73, sponsored by the Southern
Pines Rotary club, will leave by
train tonight (Friday) for Wash
ington, D. C., where they will
spend the weekend seeing the
sights, having fun and gathering
information in the capital city.
They will be accompanied by
their assistant scoutmaster, Carl
ton Kennedy.
The group will stay at the Com
modore hotel, will visit North
Carolina representatives in con
gress and will return home Sun
day night after seeing the Ameri
can League game between Wash
ington and Cleveland.
Qualifying rounds are in prog
ress this week, Wednesday
through Sunday, at the Southern
Pines Country club for the an
nual Moore County Golf tourna
ment, which will be held on the
local club course starting Mon
day of next week.
Playing two matches a we^k;
these with the semi-finals and
finals will occupy' almost a
nxonth, with first, second and con
solation prizes to be awarded in
each of two flights, and a cham
pionship trophy.
William Woodard of Robbins
will be the defending champion,
and he will have to match his
skill against some superlative
players. Indications are .that most
of the players of previous seasons
and some new ones will be in the
field
All amateur male players who
have been Moore County resi
dents for six months or longer
are eligible, with entries to be
made to Bill Schappa, at the
Country Club golf shop. Schappa,
with Russell Birch, Barrett Har-
riss and Will Wiggs of Southern
Pines compose this year’s- tour
nament committee.
Entry fee is $2, and through
courtesy of W. W. Sherman, club
pjroprietor, all entrance money
goes toward the prize fund with
greens fee waived.
The tournament is traditionally
held on alternate years at Pine
hurst, but a shift in schedule two
years ago, by which Pinehurst
was the tournament site for two
successive years, has brought it
again this year to Southern Pines
where the play was held last
year. in. future it is hoped the al
ternating schedule can be main
tained.
An independen't democrat de
livered to a group of North Car
olina voters Monday night as imr
pdrtant and impressive an ad
dress as one is likely to hear in
the political field.
The speaker was Wayne Al
bright, candid-hfe for goveitnor
in 194, and the group was the
Southern Pines John Boyd post
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
C. S. Patch, Jr., Commander.
A Raleigh attorney, 37 years
old, Albright headed the North
Carolina State Employment Ser
vice (part of the time the U. S.
Employment Service) both be
fore and after four years of ser
vice in the army. Last October
he became an organizer and
North Carolina director of the
World Federalists, a post
he recently resigned to devote
his full time to his gubernatorial
campaign. ' j
About thirty-five vUerans and
guests heard thq young candidate,
himself a veteran of the last war,
describe conditions in the state,
the nation, and the world, and
the things he thought should and
could be done to make them bet
ter. His speech ranged all the
way from North Carolina health
and educational problems to the
place our nation holds in the
world, and in everything he said
there was evidence of clear
thinking and practical politics,
along with the vision and ideal-
isrn of the born leader.
Albright described his return
to North Carolina, after his war
(Continued on Page 8)
Aberdeen Lake Water
Found Unusually Pure
A report from the state depart
ment of health shows the water
at Aberdeen lake to be unusually
pure and clean, with no charac
teristics that would make it un
healthful for swimming, accord
ing to informatiqn received by
Paul C. Butler, chairman of the
Sandhills Kiwanis Club commit
tee for the lake.
Two samples of water, one
from the swimmers’ section and
one from the head of the lake,
were taken to the state depart
ment by O. D. Fulp, county sani
tary inspector who is, now at
Chapel Hill taking a health and
sanitation course.
One state health official vol
unteered the information that
“many wells regularly used do
not have water as pure.”
The campaign in county, com
munities for $1,060 for- the life
guard and water safety equip
ment at the lake is progressing
nicely, Butler said. Carthage has
given $75, Southern Pines $225,
Aberdeen more than $200 and ad
ditions to the fund are to be
made by Pinehurst, West End
aijd the Sandhills Kiwanis club.
Patty Dupree Home From Hospital;
Polio Precautions Urged By Butler
Members of little Patty Du
pree’s family went to Durham
yesterday to get her, and bring
her home from Duke hospital,
wheire thfe ll-year-iold girl,
stricken with polio, has been a
patient for the past two weeks.
Patty is reported to be greatly
improved, and further treatment
will be given her at her home
here.
She will have to go back to
the hospital for a check-up in
three weeks.
Favorable reports have also
come from Moore county’s othef
polio victim of this year, Her
bert McLauchlin, small Negro
boy from the Eastwood commun
ity. Herbert has been at the
Gastonia Orthopedic hospital for
some three months.
A third victim, stricken in girl
hood, is reported shovying im
provement after 15 years of
treatment for the crippling ef
fects of the dread disease. Miss
Mary McNeill of Robbins, a pa
tient at Dr. Wheeldon’s Orthope
dic hospital in Richmond, Va., is
walking on crutches after spend
ing many years in a wheelchair,
and may soon be actually walk
ing, with the aid of braces.
Danger Season
This is the time of year, sug
gests Paul C. Butler, chairman
of the Moore County chapter of
the Infantile Paralysis’ Founda
tion, to take special precautions
and heed the danger signals which
nature flies.
Instructions from the Found
ation for prevention of the spread
of polio, if it should break out in
a Community;, are—try not to
mingle with crowds unnecessar
ily; be watchful,for early symp-
toms---headache, unexplained
fever, even a cold or upset
stomach; call your doctor im
mediately if any of these symp
toms appear.
Though polio may break out
any time, June through Septem
ber are the worst months, and
during these months remember:
don’t get 'overtired—extreme fat-
fgue makes you an easier victim;
(Continued oh Page 8) '