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«5 DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE 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 (Continued on Page 8) 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 (Continued on Page 8) 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 (Continued on Page 8) 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- (Continued on Page 8) 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 (Continued on Page 5) 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 (Continued on Page 5) 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 (Continued on Page 8) 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 (Continued on Page 8) 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. (Continued on Page 5) 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 (Continued on Page 5) 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.,