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VOL. 28 NO. 42
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
Southern Pines. N. C.. Friday. September 12. 1947. 16 PAGES THIS WEEK
TEN CENTS
All Roads Lead To Tobacco Markets
As Middle Belt Season Opens Monday
Carthage, Aberdeen
Prepare To Welcome
Sandhills Growers
Five Large Warehouses
Ready For Record Season
All roads will be leading to
the tobacco markets next week,
with the opening of the Middle
Belt Monday morning.
At Aberdeen, with 100,000
square feet of selling space, and
at Carthage, with around 80,000,
the welcome mat is out, as prepa
rations are made to greet a rec
ord host of sellers in what is an
ticipated will be the biggest of
all auction seasons ^or Moore
county.
Growers will start taking their
tobacco to market this weekend,
and operators predict that more
than 20 million pounds of tobac
co will chtange hands in five
warehouses of the county during
the next few weeks,
few weeks.
At Aberdeen, the newly com
pleted Planters Warehouse, with
40,000 square feet of selling space,
will open its doors as one of the
south’s most modern. Operators
are Gene Maynard, owner. Bill
Maurer and Chester Luxon.
At Carter’s warehouse, also
with approximately 40,000 square
feet, operators are David Hobbs
and Ray Haney, and at the Aber
deen warehouse, with around 20,-
000 square feet,operators are
Clarence Smith and Clarence
Smith, Jr.
At Cdrthage, the McConnell
rmrehouse, with over 38,000
sqiiare feet of floor ppace, will
be; operated this season by Dan
Cairter, Bill Carter and O. L. Lit
tleton. At Smothers Brothers Op
erators R. D. and H. P. Smothers
will handle the jobs of auction
eer and sales manager respective
ly.
(government graders will be
on duty at both market towns,
and each warehouse will have a
full set of buyers. These will rep
resent all the Big Five—^Rey
nolds, Liggett and Myers, Export,
Imperial and American—as well
as a number of lesser, but also
important, tobacco concerns.
■ Expejrienqed lauctioneers wiR
'be present with the per
suasive chant, and the flow of
golden leaf off the floors and of
the golden dollars into the farm
ers’ pockets is expected to pro
ceed at a consistently rapid pace,
with all floors cleared every day.
Extended parking facilities
have been provided in the Carth
age warehouse district, and park
ing is expected to present no
problem, either, at Aberdeen
The new Planters warehouse is
exceptionally well provided with
parking space, laid out when the
building was planned.
Stores and restaurants are ex
pected to maintain hours in con
sonance with the presence of the
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C OF C MEETING
Congressman C. B. Deane
of Rockingham will be a
guesl and also a speaker at
th© Chamber of Commerce
area meeting, at Pope's Res
taurant tonight (Friday), ac
cording to announcement
made this week by John S.
Ruggles. president.
Principal speaker will be
Paul B. Conant, national af
fairs advisor of the U. SL
Chamber of Commerce,
which is cooperating with
Ithe local group in holding
the meeting. L. P. Dickie, of
the southeastern regional of
fice at Atlanta, will preside,
and representatives of Cham
bers of Commerce of a num
ber of Sandhills towns have
been invited. The purpose is
stimulation of greater inter
est in national affairs on the
part of local Chambers of
Commerce units,
Rev. Lamar Jackson, pas
ter of the Soufthern Pines
Baptist church, will ask the
invocation. Dinner will begin
at 6:30 with the conference
talks following. The public
is invited and tickets may be
secured through Herrmann
Orover. executive secretary.
:iaid Buggies.
Chamber Requests
Town To Help In
Floodlight Projeet
Chamber of Commerce direct
ors, meeting in regular session
at the Community building Tues
day night, passed a unanimous
resallution to ask help of the
town in securing installation of
floodlights at the town athletic
field as soon as possible.
Sufficient funds would be ask
ed from a fund set aside for im
provement of parks and recreat
ional facilities, to secure a loan
for the rest of the needed amonut,
to be amortized out of gate re
ceipts.
The probability of getting more
and better games, including some
college games, with far greater
attendance and increased gate re
ceipts was taken as basis for the
request, and the successful ex
periences of other towns after
floodlighting for night games
were considered.
Radio Sfalion
The town’s situation in regard
to the two radio stations, one al
ready on the air and another
coming in where survival for
only one is indicated, was the
subject 'of oonsiddrable discus
sion, and in view of varying
opinions within the group it was
(decided to maintain a “hands
off” policy.
Though the situation as it now
stands was regarded as highly
undesirable, it was considered
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Football Squad Analyst Discovers
Spirit, Promise In Blue and White
By P. J. Alton
If there is any certainty among
the many uncertainties of com
petitive sports, it is that other
things being reasonably equal,
the team with the spirit will be
the ‘winner.
The most noticeable thing after
three weeks of practice sessions
out here on the flats at High
School park, is the spirit of the
Blue and White squad. In the
scrimmage sessions they have
slammed into one another so
vigorously, and tackled so en
thusiastically, that on occasions
their coaches have had to caution
them that they are teammates
and not opponents of a rival
team.
But — to make other things
reasonably equal—much work is
to be done. This year’s squad is
a large one, with more than 40
boys working out daily, and thbre
is a lot of quality in it, but large
ly inexperienceci. Arnette is the
only veteran from last year’s
great team, although there: are
several letter men reserves back,
and from these the coaches are
hoping to get a starting lineup.
End Positions
At the end positions, most like
ly starters are Maples and Ben
nett. Both are letter men, and
Bennett is a big boy. Maples, tall
and rangy, handles himself well,
and when in the game will do
the kicking.
Hodgkins, York, Culler, and
Short are other candidates for the
flank posts. Hodgkins is much
improved over last year and will
help. York, is a letter man, will
add to the reserve strength. Short,
a newcomer, is rugged and with
experience, may push some of
the others. Culler, who can kick
a ball a country mile, will see ac
tion also.
Baker, Kaylor, and Burns arc
working out at center, with Baker
having the edge. Baker is big and
Ipowerful snA wiU l^andle the
kick off assignment when he’s in
the game.
Backfield
One of the big problems, and
a question mark, is the backfield.
There are several boys trying out
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Town Will Seek
Legal Ruling On
Floodlights Aid
Chamber Request
Meets With Favor
Of Commissioners
A proposal that the town board
furnish the down payment for
the athletic field floodlights met
with the favor of the town com
missioners meeting at the ci.y
hall Wednesday night, but also
with doubt as to whether it can
be legally accomplished.
The proposal in resolution form
had been passed on to the board
by the Chamber of Commerce,
and a petition similarly worded,
which in one afternoon had gar
nered more than 100 names, was
presented by J. W. Dickerson.
John S. Ruggles and Philip J.
Weaver also met with the board
in support of the project. Weav
er presented plans and estimated
cost ($14,000) as gathered earlier
this summer by the town plan
ning commission, which has for
some time been figuring on ways
and means of securing the flood
lights for the field. t
According to the plan as pre
sented Wednesday night, an in-
tial payment sufficiently large
to facilitate securing a loan for
the rest would be made by the
town board from funds on hand
originally allocated for “park
improvement and recreational
facilities.”
Held In ReesrvB
These funds, proceeds of a
bond issue voted in 1944 by Sou
thern Pines citizens for improve
ments to the Southern Pines
Country club, were never used
for this purpose, as before the
improvements'-could be made tbs'
club had passed from the town’s
ownership.
Converted to Series G bonds,
they were held in reserve until,
through action instigated by the
board, the 1947 General Assem
bly made them available for “nec-
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Young Democrats Meet Tonight Colonial Mills To Start Construction
Of Plant At Aberdeen September 22
Carding a nine-game schedule,
/six of them at home, including
three conference games, and
games with Elon College High
school, Lowe’s Grove, and last
year’s siate champions, Lexing
ton Junior Orphanage for the
Homecoming game here October
29, the High School Athletic as
sociation announced that foot
ball season ticket sales will be
gin today.
The annual sale of football
season tickets will again be head
ed by the Citizens’ committee, a
local group of business and pro
fessional men acting as sponsors
for various school activities, ac
cording to E. C. (Gene) Stevens,
committee chairman.
Tough Schedule
Unquestionably the toughest
schedule attempted so far by the
Blue and White, the school au-
Bishop Home Is
Entered, Robbed
Of Valuable Guns
An unknown person or persons
entered the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Julian T. Bishop, ^at Knbllwood,
between 7 and 10 p. m. Saturday
and removed from a display cab
inet in a small gun room a collect
ion of fine hunting and trapshoot
ing guns valued at around $7,000.
That is, the valuation would be
in that neighborhood if the guns
could be replaced. Some of them,
made in Europe before the war,
are said to be now unreplacable.
Investigation by the sheriff’s
department, assisted by the Sou
thern Pines police department,
with the SBI also at work on the
case, have revealed no positive
clues so far, it is understood, and
no arrest has been made.
The robbery occurred during
a time when Mr. and Mrs. Bishop
had gone for a visit to the home
of a neighbor, leaving their own
home unlocked. They did not go
to the gunroom on their return
and did not miss the guns until
Sunday morning.
'The loss consisted of nine guns
of various makes and a Colt re
volver, ivory-handled. Bishop
went to New York City early
this week to endeavor to replace
them, and a message from him
is to the effect that he is finding
it a practically impossible task.
A reward has been offered for
their recovery .
Blue Family To Meet
At Lakeview Sunday
Lakeview will have the Blues
next Sunday—but the best kind
of Blues, the kind found all over
this Sandhills region since the
days of the pioneer Scots.
The annual Blue family re
union wil be held at Lakeview
Sunday beginning at. 1 p. m.,
when picnic lunch will be spread
in the pine grove between the
highway and the lake.
Neil T. Blue is president, and
Pauline Blue Styers is secretary.
Invitations Sent out by Mrs. Sty
ers remind all not to forget that
“well filled basket.”
Moore County Young Demo
crats will officially resume their
pre-war program of activity with
the holding of the county conven
tion at the Carthage cour.house
at 8 o’clock tonight (Friday).
A fine crowd is anticipated.
With the words of State Chair
man Basil Whitener, of aGstonia,
spoken at last spring’s banquet
still ringing in their ears—“I re
gard the Moore Counly Young
Democrats’ club as second to
none in the state”—the members
and thejr guests will listen to an
address by District Solicitor
Moseley G. Boyette, elect dele
gates to the state convention
next weekend and attend to other
details of business to be brought
up by’Uhairman Hubert McCas-
kill, presiding.
Chief among these will be the
endorsement of H. Clifton Blue,
of Aberdeen, for the post of state
chairman, and arrangements for
his nomination if he becomes a
candidate.
Popular Response
Announcement of plans for the
endorsement of Representative
Blue was made two weeks ago
by Chairman McCaskill following
conferences with other state or
ganization leaders, and is said
to have rnet with a highly pop
ular response throughout the
county.
No word has yet come from
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Bu^^ Your Season Tickets Now
thorities have tried to bring the
best in competiidon here for lo
cal fans.
After the opener with Pitts-
boro High here next Wednesday,
Southern Pines will go to Greens
boro to play Curry High; then
back home to meet a ranking
eastern contender, Elon College
High school. Robbins will be
played at Robbins and the follow
ing Wednesday, Pinehurst will
be met at Pinehurst, a night
game.
West End comes here October
22, and then for Homecoming
October 29 the locals will tangle
with the mighty Lexington or
phanage, in a game which will
probably eliminate one of them
for the state crown.
Carthage comes here Novem
ber 5, and the season will end
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Peach Belt League Decision
Sireefo|:;.s of the Peach Belt
Baseball league, meeting in exec
utive session at the Raeford city
hall Monday night, heard the ap
peal of 'the Laurinburg club
ajgainst a ruling of League Presi
dent John S. Ruggles, of South
ern Pines, and upheld the ruling
—that a ball which bounced un
der the fence during the Labor
Day game was a two-base hit and
not a home run.
However, since the opening of
college and other circumstances
have served to disperse the Lau
rinburg team, the series was de
clared ended without resumption
of the disputed ‘game, and with
honors falling equally to Laurin
burg and Southern Pines.
Though the decision leaves the
league without a 1947 champion,
it was accepted in good part by
both sides and the meeting end
ed in complete accord, with plans
already under way for a 1948
series.
President Ruggles, opening the
meeting, suggested the selection
of a chairman from a neutral
.'own and L. W. Poole, rhayor of
Raeford and well known in base
ball circles, was named to the
post. .
After a review of the moot
point which had thrown the
series’ climax into confusion, a
motion was passed that the de
cision be left to directors pres
ent from disinterested towns.
These were Haney Harris,
Aberdeen; V. P. Nettles, Hamlet,
and L. W- Poole, Raeford.
Their opinion that Curt Ram
sey’s long sixth-inning fly which
went under a fence was a two-
bagger, not a homer, was a un
animous one.
The play occurred with Lau
rinburg three up and Southern
Pines two up on a four-out-of
seven playoff series, with the
score a 2-2 tie, before a huge
crowd of holiday spectators. The
game ended at the seventh inning
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Carthage Citizens
Group To Meet,
Study Town Needs
The citizen’s planning com
mittee of Carthage, its appoint
ments now completed by the
town board, is ready to roll up its
sleeves and go to work, and will
do so at a meeting to be held at
the city hall sometime this week,
according to Mayor W. D. Sab-
iston.
Appointments to the committee
were made as follows: C. F.
Barnes, recommended by the Ro
tary club; Ed Comer recommend
ed by the Junior Chamber of Com
merce; Mrs. Colin G. Spencer, Jr.,
recommended by the Junior Wo
man’s club; Charles Sinclair,' Jr.,
and H. G. Poole from the town at
large.
H. 0. Poole has been named
chairman of the committee, which
will operate independently pf the
town board to study needs of the
town and ways and means of
meeting them.
They will recommend their
findings to the board.
The first big job awaiting them
is a study of the 'to'wn’s water
system and whether to enlarge
and improve, or replace it,, so
that it will meet town require
ments.
The committee was inaugurated
at the instance of Mayor Sabiston
as a link - between the citizens
and ■ the town board, to- express
the yiews of the people regard
ing matters vital to the, town.
Storey Lumber
Co. Moves Here
From Wiustou
The W. M. Storey Lumber com
pany of Winston-Salem is mov-
ihg its headquarters to Southern
Pines September 15, according to
an announcement made in Win-
ston-Sajem this week by W. M.
Storey, president of 'the whole
sale lumber firm.
The company is establishing its
office in the Stevens Building on
West Broad street here.
A branch office will be kept
in Winston-Salem, but all sales
and purchase activities will be
controlled in Southern Pines.
The W. M. Storey Lumber com
pany was established in 1907 and
has sales representatives
throughout the Eastern United
States, selling shortleaf and long-
leaf pine lumber to industrials
and retail yards. Much of this
lumber comes from mills in the
Sandhills section. President
Storey said, and in order to be
closer to its sources of supply he
has selected Southern Pines as
its new headquarters.
To establish and operate the
new office, three families have
moved here from Winston-Salem.
They are Mr. and Mrs. James W.
Bryant and son Alfred, who have
taken an apartment at te Ponzer
home; Mr. and Mrs. Voit GilmOre,
who are living at the home of
Mrs. James Boyd, and Mr. and
Mrs. Francis E. Stubbs and
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DIRECTOR
MRS. FLORENCE MOOR
ElkTciiib WilT
Preseut Comedy
Thursday, Friday
The Muse of Drama has been
working within the Elks Lodge
No., 1695, of Southern Pines, and
the result will be a full-fledged
three-ac't play to‘be presented at
the Pinehurst theatre for a two-
night run, next Thursday and
Friday evenings, September
18-19.
An all-male cast will take care
not only of the virile masculine
roles the play calls for, but ,also
'the charming feminine roles,
which are sure to show up our
popi|lar businessmen at their
best.
For 'the role of the heroine of
the “Pep Parade,”—that’s what
the farce comedy is called—none
other than the mayor, C. N. Page,
has been selected.
Also In Cast
Other members of the cast,
chosen at a committee meeting
at ‘the Elks’ lodge Monday night,
will be: “Doc” McRae, who will
play Tommie Meadows, the hero;
Tony Reese, Henry Peek, a sub
dued individual who has a very
hard time; John Cyne, Gussie,
Heriry Peck’s bossy wife; George
Thompson, Madame de la Claire,
a Gallic soothsayer; John Orms-
by, Hortense, a Swedish maid;
Aubrey Smith, Roseola Margar
ine Ricketts, also a maid in the
Peck household; Jack Carter, Dr.
Dora Druggins, a lady doctor with
unladylike muscles; Eugene Mc
Kenzie, Aunt Hattie, a sweet-and
very solvent — old lady; Bill
Viall, Keith Trevilian, who'
vies with Tommie for sweet
Judy’s affections.
The play is now under vigor
ous rehearsal, directed by Mrs.
Florence Moor, a former mem
ber of Broadway stage companies
and former Little Theatre League
director in Louisville, Birming
ham and Miami.
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Dr. Davis Gives Synod
News Of Large Bequest
Dr. Thompson E. Davis, pastor
of the Brbwnson Memorial Pres
byterian church, as chairman of
the synodical committee of min
isterial support had the privilege
:(ff reporting to the Syjnod of
North Carolina this week that
the late Mrs. Kate Bitting Rey
nolds, of Winston-Salem, had be
queathed $400,000 for the relief
of aged ministers of the synod.
This was one of the highlights
of the synodical sessions held at
Flora Macdonald college. Red
Springs, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, with ministers and
laymen present representing
every Presbyterian church of the
state.
Present with Dr. Davis, as lay
representative of the local
church, was Walter E. Blue.
Following Dr. Davis’ report of
the Reynolds bequest, apprecia
tive acceptance was made by the
Synod, and a directive given that
the committee of ministerial sup
port administer the fund.
A resolution of thanks was
adopted and sent to W. N. Rey
nolds, husband of the donor.
Second Moore County
Division To Employ
400, Mostly Men
Aberdeen Sponsors
Building of 100 Home Units
Colonial Mills, Inc., operator of
two textile mills in North Caro
lina, has selected Aberdeen as
the location of a spun rayon
plant which will be equipped
with 19,200 spindles and 192 wide
looms. Mayor Forrest Lockey, of
Aberdeen, announced this week.
The plant, to be known as the
Robbins Cloth Mills, Inc., Aber
deen division, will produce high
quality men’s and women’s suit
ings. Approximately 400 workers,
of whom approximately two-
thirds will be men, will be em
ployed, Mayor Lockey said.
Plans have been made to start
production in the middle of 1948
with full production being reach
ed next summer.
The site ito be occupied by the
new plant is the Dr. P. J. Chester
farm of approximately 500 acres,
located two miles west of Aber
deen on the Pinehurst road.
Machinery has been on order for
three years and delivery has al
ready started. 'Some of the units
will be set up for training pur
poses prior to the completion of
the plant.
Company Officials
Karl Robbins, of New York, is
president of the company and W.
P. Saunders of Robbins is vice-
president and general manager.
E. A. Werner, of New York, is
treasurer. W. B. Croxton has re
cently joined the firm as assist
ant to W. P. Saunders. These ex
ecutives are widely known for
their excellent labor relations,
and lor the high quality of their
mill facilities and manufactured
products.
Saunders is a na)!ive of Kings
Mountain and has lived in Moore
county since January, 1931. The
first unit in the Colonial Mills
group is at Robbins.
Housing Unilis
In connection with the mill de
velopment, citizens of Aberdeen
have agreed to erect 100 housing
units containing two and - three
bedrooms each. The grounds will
be landscaped and beautified
and will be modern in every res
pect. Plans have been made to
expand the limits of the town to
bring the housing project into the
corporate limits.
The factory will be modern in
every respect and, according to
plans, will be one of the finest in
the South. It will have a steel
frame, insulated roof and hard
wood floors. The building will be
windowless, air-conditioned with
refrigeration and lighted with
50-foot candles of fluorescent
lighting. Raw materials will be
brought to one end of the plant
by rail and woven fabrics will
emerge from the other end for
shipment by truck to the com
pany’s modern finishing plant on
the Roanoke river at Clarksville,
Va.
Engineering design and
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HOMECOMING
Homecoming will be held
at old Bethesda church Sun
day. September 28. with a
roster of disitinguished speak
ers and a large crowd ex-
pec:t^d from many points
over the state.
Amc|ng the speakers will
be Dr. Walter L. Lingle.
president emeritus of David
son college, and former mod
erator of the General Assem
bly of the Southern Presby
terian church; Dr. Charles
G- Vardell. president emeri
tus of Flora Mcdonald. a
leading authority on the his
tory of this section: and Hon.
J. Melville Broughton, for
mer governor of North Car
olina- Dr. Henry G- Bedin-
ger. president of Flora Mc
donald college, will be pres
ent with a group of members
of the college glee club.
Church committees have
been ad work for some time
renovating the building and
beautifying the grounds of
the 155-year-old church for
the Homecoming Day event.,