FOOTBALL
Southern Pines
vs.
Elon College High
School Athletic Park
Wednesday 3:30 pm
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FOOTBALL
Southern Pines
vs.
Elon College High
School Athletic Park
Wednesday 3:30 pm
VOL. 28 NO. 44
12 PAGES THIS WEEK
Southern Pines, N. C.- Friday. September 26, 1947,
12 PAGES THIS WEEK
TEN CENTS
Chamber Reports
Year’s Projects
And Contributions
Way Cleared For
More Work This
Year, Says Buggies
The annual report of the Sou
them Pines Chamber of Com
merce was mailed out to thi
members this week, as prepared
by a committee consisting of R.
F. Hoke Pollock, chairman, L. D.
McDonald and J. T. Overton.
The report shows a member
ship of more than 300, active, as
sociate and contributing, repre
senting participation of business
firms and many private indivi
duals “We are proud of the sub
stantial representation of this
community’s business life on the
membership roster,” said John S-
Ruggles, president, this week.
“The proportion is high, though
there are still a good many who
we feel should belong, and do
not, and who we hope will add
their names and contributions
this year for 100 per' cent effec
tiveness.”
A better year in 1947-48 can
be anticipated, he said, as some
handicaps of the year just past
have now been cleared. Chang
ing secretaries twice during the
year presented numerous diffi
culties- Col. D. L. Madigan re
signed as secretary during the
fall, and Willard J. Ball served
as interim Secretary pending the
securing of a new permanent ex
ecutive, Herrman Grover.
Building Renovated
The biggest handicap, it was
declared, was the poor condition
of the Community building, and
its improvement has been a
major project, perhaps the most
important on the year’s list of
achievements- A new furnace
was installed, the interior reno
vated and numerous repairs were
made.
A concomitant of this improve
ment was the full use of the
building, not only as a Chamber
of Commerce office, but as a cen
ter of many activities, club, social
and school, by the Teen Age club
during the school year, and of the
summer youth recreation pro
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TOBACCO MARTS
Tobacco continued to sell
at a good clip on Aberdsen
and Carthage floors this
week, though the rush of the
opening days was lilowed
down to a steady jog trot.
An early block at two or
three warehouses has been
cflieared, it was announced,
-and floors are cleaned off
daily.
Prices went off slightly
from those of the opening,
but the general attitude ap
peared to be one of satisfact
ion with what the weed was
bringing in view of present
uncertain conditions and the
weakness of earlier markets.
"Not as good as I hoped,"
said one farmer, "but better
than I expectedl"
Dr. Walter L. Lingle, left, president emeritus of Davidson col
lege, and Hon. J. Melville Broughton, right, will be among several
distinguished speakers who will meet and greet their old friends
and many new ones at the annual Homecoming day at Old Bethesda
church, to be observed Sunday.
Dean Vardell, president emeritus of Flora Mcdonald, will also
be a speaker, and Dr. Henry M. Bedinger, Flora Macdonald presi
dent, is expected to attend with a group of the college students.
Church committees have beautified the grounds and supervised
renovation of the historic church. Large crowds are expected to
attend the event, which will open with an 11 a. m. service, with a
picnic luncheon at noon and addresses during the afternoon.
Blue Elected To
Secretaryship of
State YDC Club
Strong Moore County
Delegation Attends
i At
Convention
Raleigh
Originally boosted by the
Moore County club lor YDC pres
ident, Rep. H. Clifton Blue came
away from the state convention
at Raleigh alst weekend as new
secretary of the North Carolina
organization, a job he said this
week suits hime even better at
this 'time.
Page Expresses
Congratulations
On Aberdeen Plant
Local Young Democrats also
seemed well satisfied. The office
is one, they said, to reflect glory
on Moore county, besides recog
nizing their candidate’s ability,
and still leaves the presidency
as goal of a later race if Blue
should desire it.
“Trading” effected after county
delegations reached the Sir Wal
ter resulted in a slate of officers
which was passed unanimously:
Hoover Taft, Jr., of Greenville,
president; Miss Ida Pearl Petree,
Greensboro,, vice president; H.
■Clifton Blu^, Aberdjeen, sec^ce-
tary; David Royster, Cleveland
county, treasurer; George Foun
tain, Edgecombe county, national
committeeman; Flora Powell,
Charlotte, national committeewo-
man.
Blue was nominated by Ralph
Monger, Jr., of Sanford, retiring
secretary and reading clerk of
the House of Representatives.
Blue said this week he was ex
tremely proud of the way Moore
county turned out, with a dele
gation of some 25 from the coun
ty club, one of the strongest—
some said the strongest—of any
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Sbeffield vs. Kennedy Funeral Home
Ends In Mistrial In Superior Court
One lof the strangest cases ever
to be heard in Moore County su
perior court concluded the civil
term at Carthage last week, con
tinuing through the greater part
of two days and ending in a mis
trial, as the jury failed to reach
a verdict.
This was the case of Mrs. Rosa
Ellen Sheffield vs. Wayland Ken
nedy and others, trading as the
Kennedy Funeral home of Rob
bins.
The prosecution charged im
proper preparation of the plain
tiff’s husband’s body for burial,
with consequent mental anguish
and humiliation to the extent of
$5,000 damages.
Mrs. Sheffield is the widow of
E. K. Sheffield, who died June
18, 1946.
Mrs. Sheffield was one of the
witnesses, but was unable to re
main through much of the rest
of the testimony.
When the jury failed to agree
after several hours Ju(ige Rous-
s.eau, presiding, withdrew a juror
arid declared it a mistj-ial.
Other .events, of Wednesday,
the concluding day, were chiefly
orders and judgments.
Cited
In one order, George H. Buttry
of Southern Pines was cited to
court for contempt of court as
having “wilfully and contemp
tuously failed” to pay alimony to
Mrs. Mattie Cutler Buttry as or
dered by Judge Will Pless Febru
ary 21. The order stated that “no
valid reason” appeared to exist
for the condition as statemeiits
made to Judge Pless had indicat
ed Buttry was worth “at least
$19,000” and “amply able to pay.”
The sum of $426 in back alimony
and attorney’s fees was due, and,
taken into custody by the sheriff,
it was ascertained later that But
try paid that same day.
'The Sharpes Again
The temporary restraining or
der of 'Van B. Sharpe and wife
Louise against Julius C. Smith,
trustee, and the Pilot Life Insur-
The town of Aberdeen is to be
congratulated and its town offic
ials'are due many compliments on
the decision of Colonial Mills,
Inc., to build its great new spun
rayon plant there, this week said
Mayor C. N. Page of Southern
Pines.
He sgid he was sure this would
open an era of growth and pro
gress tor Aberdeferi in which all
her neighbor towns would share,
with the county as a whole bene
fiting in many ways.
“The selection of Aberdeen as
the site of this new division, a
companion to the great industrial
plant at Robbins, is a tribute to
the enterprise of Mayor Lockey
and others who cooperated with
him so well, ” Mayor Page said.
“As a Sister town only three miles
away. Southern Pines joins whole
heartedly in both the welcome
and the applause, and compli
ments the officials of Cononial
Mills on their choice.”
ITie enterprise of Aberdeen
citizens in sponsoring the build
ing of 100 home units, so as to
made the establishment of the
plant there practical for the work
ers, he said he thought was also
very fine, an inspiring example
of community cooperation.
According to the latest word
from authorities at Aberdeen,
construction of the hudge new
plant is expected to gpt under
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VA Survey Team
Will Visit Moore
Hospital Site
October 6 Tentative
Date For Inspection
Camp Mackall Area
A Veterans Administration
survey team, which this week
started a tour of North Carolina
cities to j-ecommend a site for a
1,000 - bed neuropsychiatric hos
pital, is expected to visit South
ern Pines “on or about” October
6, according to word received by
John S. Ruggles, Chamber of
Commerce president, from J. E.
Harris, chief of the requirements
division, VA real estate service,
at Washington, D. C.
They will be taken on an in
spection tour of the Camp Mack-
all area, which is being promoted
as a site for the hospital by sev
eral Sandhills towns, following
initiation of the project within
the Southern Pines Chamber of
Commerce.
The tentative schedule as re
leased from Washington Tuesday
calls for stops at Charlotte, Mon
roe, Rockingham, Aberdeen and
Southern Pines October 6. How
ever, the schedule may be chang
ed en route as the team may find
it necessary to stay one or' more
places longer than has been plan-
:ied.
The Aberdeen and Southern
Pines stops will in reality be
one, as both towns are boosting
the same site, in conjunction with
Raeford, Rockingham, Sanford
and Pinehurst. A committee com
posed of representatives from all
six Chambers of Commerce will
assist the team.
Telegrams Sent
Harris’ answer came in reply
to a telegram from Ruggles, and
it is understood that'..a swnilar
telegram was sent from the Aber
deen Chamber.
Other organizations here and
in the Sandhills are moving to
take action in the project, it is
undarstood, with veterans’
groups in the forefront.
While the economic advantages
to the area of the huge facility,
whose estimated cost is now giv-
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Elks Give Dance
Dismal Weather
Gives Foretaste
Of Winter Chill
THREE MEET DEATH AS AUTO
SKIDS ON RAIN-WET HIGHWA Y
One Polio Death, Two Suspected
Cases Bring Threat Of Shutdown
Following the death last week
of little Pat.=:v Lynn Palmer of
polio, with which she was stricken
while visiting her grandmother
at Aberdeen, her sister, Janicd
Neal Palmer, was also taken ill,
and was taken Tuesday night to
Duke hospital.
Latest available information
Thursday was that Janice’ illness
had still not been definitely diag
nosed as polio, though it was said
to be “probably a light case.”
The little girl was said to have
suffered no paralysis, and is not
very ill.
There is another suspected
case in the rural section below
Aberdeen, Dr. J. W. Willcox,
county health officer, said yester
day. No further information con
cerning this case was available
Thursday.
If both cases turn out to be
polio, there is a probability that
a quarantine will be set up in
southern Moore county, with the
closing of schools. Dr. Willcox
said.
Patsy Palmer, five years old,
with her sister Janice, daughters
of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Palmer of
Burlington, came Friday, Sept
ember 12, to visit their grand
mother at Aberdeen. Patsy was
taken ill the next day and died
Wednesday at the Gastonia Orth-
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Annual Boy Scout Banquet Tonight;
Regional Executive To Be Speaker
District Committees
Will Make Reports
Of Year's Activities
For “Choi'ines”
ance company, to prevent forced
sale of the Sharpes’ home at Pine-
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Twenty-four high school girls
who were “chorines” in the Elks
Club play last week will be
guests, with their dates, at a
dance to be given tonight (Fri
day) by the Elks at Highland
Pines Inn.
Members of the cast, with their
wives, will chaperone the event.
Music will be provided by the
Buster Doyle trio. Use of the ball
room is by courtesy of Bill Brown
Highland Pines Inn Proprietor.
The play, “Pep Parade,” pre
sented last Thursday and Friday
at the Pinehurst theatre, was de
clared a genuine success, and Col.
D. L. Madigan, business mana
ger, said he expected to report
a profit of around $700.
A good part of the profits,
which will be used for the Elks
Club charity and welfare fund,
were the result of a baby popu-.
larity contest, in which friends
and relations of 29 youthful con
testants voted at a penny a vote.
Boy and girl .top winners,
Larry Holliday and Diana Gor
man, received silver cups at the
Friday night performance. Gifts
contributed by local' merchants
were awajrded the 'runners.^p,
Pat Patch, Nancy Riggs, Danielle
Adams and John Edward Ever
est.
With temperatures skidding
down to the low 50’s in a cold
drizzle which changed to a
steady downpour of rain. Sand
hills residents, in company with
those of the rest of the state,
pulled their winter clothes out of
mothballs Tuesday and Wednes
day.
The unseasonably cold weather
followed a hot spell just as un
seasonable, for a highly uncom
fortable contrast.
By Wednesday afternoon at
O’Callaghan’s calls from citizens
who wanted their furnaces fixed
made a list eight pages long, and
were still coming in.
There was just one place where
the dismal scene brought any joy
and this -was at Carthage, where
two inches of rain was reported
over Tuesday night, the most that
section had had in a comparable
period since June. The reservoir
was expected to show the good
effects, helping relieve the water
shortage under which the town
has struggled for some weeks.
Plans to create a rainstorm by
the new dry ice' method have
been held in abeyance for a
couple of weeks waiting for the
right kind of raincloud. At one
time a plane was ready to take
off from Resort' airport with a
dry ice load, but the cloud fail
ed to show up in the right place
and nothing was done. This
week’s rain, Mayor Sabiston said,
might give the needed help.
Thursday morning, though
skies were still cloudy, the rain
had ceased and the temperature
was rising slowly.
Contrary to the general belief
that the spell was a lash from
(the southern hurricafne region,
it came as result of the move
ment of a cold air mass from the
north central states, according to
the weather man.
The annual banquet and meet
ing of the Moore (5ounty district.
Boy Scouts, of the Occoneechee
council, will be held at the Car
thage hotel in Carthage at 7:30 to
night (Friday), with scoutmasters,
assistant scoutmasters, troop
committeemen and members of
the district committee present
and W- A. Dobson, regional exec
utive, as principal speaker.
Dobson comes from Atlanta,
Ga., headquarters of Region 6,
which consists of 36 Boy Scout
councils in North and South Caro
lina, Georgia and Florida.,
Scout officials here thi^ week
exppresed themselves as delight
ed and honored that they had
been able to secure him as a
speaker, considering this an un
usual distinction for a district
meeting.
Paul C. Butler, district chair
man, will preside, and con’Sise re
ports of the year’s accomplish
ments will be given by all district
committee chairmen.
An opening ceremony will be
conducted by two. Boy Scouts,
Roland Bowers, of Southern
Pines, bugler, and Gaither Ed
wards, of Carthage, who will
lead the pledge of allegiance to
the flag.
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Cub Scout Dens
Resume Meetings
SPEAKER
A. DOBSON
Study Courses
Next Week At
Baptist Church
Southern Pines Cub Scout dens
are resuming their meetings this
week following the summer re
cess, with the rheeting day for
them all now Friday instead of
Monday, it was announced by A.
L. Burney, cubmaster.
Meetings will be held at 3:30
p. m. at the den mothers’ homes.
A new den mother—new that is
to the present program—will have
charge of Den 1. This is Mrs. C.
S. Patch.
Burney expressed his pleasure
in elisting Mrs. Patch, who was
a den mother some years ago
when the Cub Scouts program
was in its infancy and one den
was formed here-
Other den mothers, who have
served since the present program
started last spring, are Mrs. J.
H. Tadlock, Den 2; Mrs. Joe
Steed, Den 3, j^.th Mrs. James
Pleasants as assistant; Mrs. A-
L. Burney, Den 5, assisted by
Mrs. Harry Menzel.
Clubmaster Burney visited the
elementary school grades Tues
day to invite boys of Cub Scout
age (9-11 years) to join the pro
gram. Included among these are
boys who have become nine
years old during the summer, or
who have moved here from other
towns.
Such boys should call or visit
him at his home, he said, and he
will see that they are registered
with their neighboring dens.
Also beginning their fall act
ivity schedule at this time are
Cub Scout dens at Pinehurst,
Pinebluff, Aberdeen arid 'West
End.
Rev. Plenry Powell, of Sanford,
associational missionary for the
Sandy Ridge Baptist association,
will speak at the Sunday evening
service at the Baptist church
inaugurating a series of study
courses to which all members and
non-members are invited. Rev.
Lamar Jackson, pastor, announc
ed this week.
Rev. Mr. Powell will speak on
the subject “An Approved Work
man.” The service will be preced
ed by functional training groups
for all ages at 7 p. m.
The study course series will
continue through next week, held
each evening by the following
teachers: Rev. Benjamin F. Broad
way, of Florence, S. C., “The
Book af Books,” for young people
and adults; Rev. Henry Powell
of Sanford, “The Meaning of
Church Membership,” for boys
and girls 9-12 years of age; Rev
Funeral Services To
Be Held Today For
Moore Counly Youths
Death struck violently in the
cold mist and rain of Wednesday
afternoon, as three young men
of Moore county lost their lives
in the county’s worst automobile
accident of the year.
Paul Neulan Hussey, 19, of
Robbins, and Clinton Ward, 22,
of Rt. 1, Steeds, were instantly
killed, and Garland Hussey, 20,
of Rt. 1, Steeds, lived only a short
while after the ‘39 For^ in which
they were riding skidded off High
way 27 seven miles beyond Car
thage, was pulled back to the
road directly into the path of
another car, struck it broadside
and overturned.
Marvin Glasgow, 48, of Creed-
moor, driving the ‘46 Buick which
collided with the other car, is in
Lee County hospital with head
injuries and several broken ribs.
Members of the state highway
patrol, investigating, reported
that Glasgow said he was travel
ing about 45 miles an hour. He
did not see the other car in the
heavy rain until it crashed against
his. Both cars were severely dam
aged, and the Ford was said to be
practically demolished.
A Kennedy Funeral Home am
biance was called, and Garland
Hussey, still alive, was taken tp
Moore County hospital, but was
found to be dead on arrival.
Neulan Husey was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hussey. Fun
eral services will be held for him
at Smyrna Methodist church at
2 p. m. today (Friday.)
Double funeral services will be
held for Garland Hussey, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hussey, and
George Clinton Ward, son of Mr‘.
and Mrs. Artemus Ward, at 3 p.
m. today at Needham’s Grove
church.
RAIN CHECK
If you miss the football
story this week, blame it on
the weather and look for a
big run of football news next
week, when The Pilot should
have two games to report.
Bad weather Wednesday
morning caused school
authorities to call off the
game scheduled for that af
ternoon between Southern
Pines High school and Currie
High at Greensboro, with the
probability that the game
would be held Thurlsday af
ternoon at Greensboro.
Next week's game will be
held here, with Elon College
High as the opponent team.
Kickoff—^3:30 p. m. Wednes
day.
Lamar (Jackson, assisted by J. R.
Womble, “Church Music,” for
young people and adults.
Classes will be held from Mon
day through Friday, beginning at
7 p. m., with a general assembly
at 7:45 and a second study class
beginning at 8 and ending at
8:45. There will be a nursery at
the pastorium for children less
then nine years old during the
study sessions.
Work Progresses On Boy Scout Camps;
W. D, CampbeU Makes Handsome Gift
Work is progressing on both
the white and Negro camps for
the Occoneechee council, the for
mer in Wake county, the latter in
Moore, and it is expected that
regular camping periods will be
scheduled next summer at both
places, it was learned this week
from L. W Hewett, field execu
tive
Of especial interest here is the
fact that William D. Campbell, of
Southern Pines, a member of the
executive committee of Region 6,
has given a substantial contribu
tion for the building of the com
munity lodge at the Wake County
camp, which will be named
Campbell lodge-
This entire camp will be named
Camp Durant, honoring members
of Campbell’s family, it was
learned.
The Moore County camp for
Negro Boy Scouts, to be located
on 100 acres given by Ernest M.
Aiken between Southern Pines
and Carthage, is now under sur
vey by C. A. McKinney and J. A.
Kelly, of the county soil conser
vation staff, for the working out
of a plan for full development of
the acreage- for best camp uses-
Reforestation, to be done by the
Boy Scouts themselves, is being
planned. A site for the dam has
been selected and the shore line
laid out for. a five-acre lake.
The water running through the
site, which will form the lake, is
described as extraordinarily clear
and pure, and the lake is expect
ed to be one of the most beautiful
camp lakes of the state.
Surplus army tents have been
bought to be used as camping
quarters until permanent build
ings can be built.
A fund raising campaign to
start a long-range program of
camp development will be held
within a few months.