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1 RED CROSS COUNTY QUOTA $19,867 H RED CROSS COUNTY QUOTA $19,867 VOL 29 NO. 17 16 PAGES THIS WEEK Southern Pines, N. C., Friday, March 19, 1948. 16 PAGES THIS WEEK TEN CENTS Hunter Trials On . Swamp Fox Course Sunday Afternoon Timber Races, Parade Of Hounds Will Be Featured Oh Outside Course Plane Burned As Spark Fires Grass Before Show At Resort Field Sunday The second of Southern Pines’ featured spring horse events will be held Sunday afternoon at the Swamp Fox course here, when the famed annual hunter trials’of the Moore County Hounds are held. Besides the trials, featured on the program will be several tim ber races and a colorful parade of hounds by the Moore County Hounds. The hunter trials, longtime highlight of the Southern Pines season, were held for the first time last year oyer the new Swamp Fox course on old Pine- hurst Road, scene of the recent Chamber of Commerce Horse show. The course is much im proved this year and an outstand ing event is looked for. All the events of the Sunday show will take place over the tricky outside course of the grounds featuring natural jumps, woodlands and fields .u test to the utmost the horses’ ability to follow the hounds.. The schedule will begin at 2 p. m. with the parade and will con tinue with an exhibition of a short drag hunt. Trials will be held for lightweight hunters and for middle and heavyweight hunters. There will be a class of hunt teams of three, and another of hunter- prospects. -Tho-exciting timber races will consist of a la dies’ catchweight race, a light weight race (for hunters up to carrying 150 pounds), and a nriid- dle and heavyweight race (for hunters up to carrying 175 pounds. Proceeds from the show will go to the Moore County Hounds for improvement of the riding coun try and bridle paths of the South ern Pines area. Grounds conces- Crowds arriving early for the airshow at Resort airport Sunday afternoon had a preview of ex citement when grass edging the field caught fire from a spark from the motor of a plane in pro cess of being parked, starting a fire which quickly swept a por tion of the grass runway and con sumed a Stearman trainer be- long-ing to James Lowers, of jVTaxton. Lowers had just parked his plane and gone into the adminis tration building when Grady Thrasher, of Elberton, Ga., a stunt pilot connected with the Haskell Deaton show, landed after circling the town. Warned by cries of onlookers that the grass had caught fire, he got hife plane out of the way in a hurry. A group of soldiers on hand for the show rushed to the res cue of Lowers’ plane, and were pushing it out of the way when it flamed up, scorching the face and hands of Pvt. Edmund Syl vester, of Detroit, stationed at Fort Bragg. He was given first aid at once at the field, and, swathed in bandages,- stayed to enjoy the airshow. An alarm at 1:15 p. m. brought the Southern Pines fire depart ment out with the light truck, loaded with chemicals, which had been due to arrive 15 minutes later to stand by for the after noon perforn-^ance. While they could not save the plane, whose wing fabric was already brightly ablaze, they were able to smother the flames with foamite in time to prevent explosion of the gas burned connection, tank, already leaking from a Volunteer firemen were busy on the quick run to the airport getting the truck’s chemicals ready for immediate action, un- (Continued on Page 8) COMING EVENTS Sunday, March 22: Moore County Hounds Hunter Trials, Swamp Fox course, 2 p. m. Spring Junior Horse Show, Car olina Hotel, Pinehurst, 2 p. m. Monday, March 22: Razook's East er Fashion Promenade, Carolina Hotel, Pinehurst, 8:45 p. m. Thursday, April 1: Wake Forest- Univ. of Pa. baseball game. Southern Pines town athletic :iield. Friday, Saturday, Sunday,' April 2, 3, 4: Sandhills Horse Show, Swamp Fox showgrounds. ' Boards Consider Bond Issue For County Schools Aberdeen Needs, Others Seen As Extremely Urgent $45,000 BOND ISSUE SET FOR BUILDING OF NEW SCHOOL GYMNASIUM NO CANDIDATE Local Red Cross Goal Is Sighted; Delays In County Sandpiper Match Play Under Way For Championship Murder Trial And Others Are Slated For Special Term sion^proceeds will go to the Moore County Hospital auxiliary for hos pital equipment. Parking space at Swamp Fox course may be ob tained by calling Southern Pines 6111 or 5851. The huge annual Sandhills Horse show, with entries from all over the south, is another event coming here, April 2-3-4. Old London Scenes To Be Depicted At Ark School Fair The coming of spring brings news from the Sandpipers— though to be honest, this hardy men’s golfing organization of the Southern Pines Country club has been busy all winter, whenever the weather permitted. However, information that the Sandpipers Championship tour nament got under way this week is assurance that spring has come. Paired in the Championship flight —match play, no handicap—are John Pottle vs. W. J. Royer; Jack Carter vs. John Underwood; Rus sell Birch vs. Jimmy Riggins; Will Wiggs vs. George Pottle. In the first flight—^match play with three-fourths difference in handicaps—are Harold Collins vs. Bert Weatherspoon; Charles Everest, Jr., vs. R. N. Page, Jr.; Howard Burns vs. Dr. P. J. White- head; Henry Graves vs. Boots Matthews. Matches are being played this weekend, to be concluded Sun day. Semifinals will conclude Sunday, March 28, and the play offs Sunday, April 4. The Sandpiper tournaments of eight, which began last Novem ber, ended Wednesday of this week with a tie between George Pottle and W. W. Sherman, win ners of the first match, yet to be played off. Second of the match- play - against - par bouts was won by Charles Everest, Jr., third, by R. N. Page, Jr., fourth. Jack Carter. Horse Show Returns Will Push Southern Pines Over Top Workers Are Listed Every spring The Ark, country day-school of Southern Pines, of which Mrs. Millicent A. Hayes is principal, puts on a Spring As sembly. The pupils carry out some form of entertainment and conduct a sale of food and fancy articles, the proceeds going to a local charity. This year the affair is to be held at the school next Wednes day, March 24th, at 11 a. m. It promises to be unique and to at tract a large audience, who know from the past how delightful are these entertainments, produced with almost professional skill. “Tableaux from ‘London Cries’, by Francis Wheatley, R. A. 1747- 1801,” is the title of the coming evalnt. The charming Wheatley prints wiU be copied in detail, with students of the school in the role of the market sellers of Old London. It is stated that contributions of cake, flowers, and useful ar ticles for sale will be welcomed. The money raised will go to the Moore County Hospital Auxiliary. At this point Old Man Winter began acting up and some time was lost, so that fifth and sixth matches were then combined, George Pottle and Tom Smith winning. Seventh and eighth were also combined, Henry Graves and Will Wiggs winning. Playoffs among winners for a tournament champion will be ar ranged later in the spring, said Will Wiggs, Sandpiper prisident. Holy Week Services At Emmanuel Church Spring fashion show 'The most elaborate and beauti ful event of the Pinehurst season will take place Monday evening, when the Easter Fashion Prome nade will be held in the ball room of the Carolina Hotel. The Promenade, presented again this year by Razooks, will be for the benefit of the Ameri can Red Cross and will enjoy the distinguished patronage Mis. George C. Marshall. of Holy Week will be inaugurated at Emmanuel Episcopal church with the Palm Sunday services. Holy Communion at 8 a. m. and Ante-Commimion and Litany at 11 a. m. Holy Communion will be held at 10 a. m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and at 8 p. m. Maun dy Thursday. The three-hour Good Friday service, beginning at 12 noon, will be divided into three parts of one hour each, concldding at 3 p. m. On Saturday, the eve of Easter, morning prayer will be held at 10 o’clock. The trial of R. F. Spivey, of Robbins, charged with the mur der of his wife November 1, is scheduled to be held at Carthage Tuesday, second day of the special term of criminal court called for this county on recommendation of Judge 'Wilson Warlick. Only other case scheduled for that day is that of the State vs. Clarence Rfsirber, charged with driving while drunk. Monday’s trial docket includes two" ni^rislhirght® c'ases, that' of Willie Ferguson, Negro, of West End, accused of causing the drowning of a young colored girl in the West End lake last sum mer; and Cameron C. Tally, a case 'Arising from an automobile accident which cost the life of Lacy Cotton of Cameron RFD. Other cases on the Monday dock et are State vs. Max Brewer, driving while drunk; James Al bert Williams, public drunken ness, disorderly conduct, carrying a concealed weapon; James Al len, assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill, inflicting serious injury; Norman W. Briggs, worthless checks; Dela Harris, driving while drunk, unlawful possession of taxpaid whiskey; Levi Sturdivant, Jr., speeding; Charles L. Williams, assault and battery, abandonment, failure to support wife and children. Three cases are scheduled for Thursday, final day of the term; State vs. Ellis Hussey, driving while drunk, unlawful possession of whiskey; John A. Watson, driving while operator’s license was revoked; Clyde Nalls, assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill, inflicting serious injury. Scheduled to be held before Judge Warlick early in the week is the show-cause hearing in the case of the State Board for Li censing Contractors vs. the Moore County board of education, in which th# state board seeks an injunction to halt construction of the Vass-Lakeview school, alleg ing illegal procedure. A special panel of jurymen is to be drawn for the Spivey case, with names taken from the regu lar box on motion of the attorney for the defense. The procedure is expected to take a long time, as in the opinion of the court, expressed in the re quest for a special term, much pre judice in regard to the case exists. Recommendation has also been made by Judge Warlick that juorors be summoned from a neighbor county. When the check for the horse show receipts comes in, the big !ped Cross thermometer in front of the post office is due to blow its top, for it will mean the Southern Pines campaign goal has been passed, said A. L. Burney, local drive chairman, Wednesday. The amount in hand, plus that which the Chamber of Commerce has announced will accrue to the Red Cross from the March 6-7 i horse show, total $6,339—well past the $6,000 quota. ' FmsJ^=^to'taJssome what larger, as ■ a number of workers’ reports have yet to be received, and additional funds are expected in the coming week, said Burney, adding a reminder to chairmen and workers to rush ;'n those reports. Delays are also being experi enced in the county campaign. As of last Friday, returns from all county communities had amount ed to $11,377.87, according 'to R F. Hoke Pollock, chairman. The countjr goal is $19,867. In announcing achievement of the local goal. Chairman Burney expressed pride in the chairmen and workers of his organization, and gratitude to the Chamber of Commerce and other agencies which have assisted in bringing ’up ’ihe totals. An architect’s estimate of $500 000 as the cost of a proposed new school building at Aberdeen gave a sickly cast to the recommenda tion of a $600,000 bond issue, to cover countywide school building needs, presented by the board of education to the county commis sioners at a joint called session at Carthage Monday. While Aberdeen’s acute need was admitted, the half-million dollar estimate, backed up with architect’s sketches, presented by the Aberdeen delegation was seen as a staggering one. With other needs also projected, however, a new summing-up was ♦ obviously in order, bringing first a sugges tion of a million-doUar bond is sue, then a million and a quarter, ending in a closed session at which, by later report, no deci sion was reached. Tough Situation Upshot was that the board- of education is going to have to meet again and study some more, to find its way out of the school building nightmare which, ac cording to reports from all over the country, is dismaying local governments everywhere. In creased population growth, dete rioration of buildings during the war years and high-scaled con struction prices have them in a scissor-lock. , This seems true in Moore coun ty despite the fact, as Commis- tioneri John Currie Itemizejd, that the county has, in the past 10 years, spent more than $1,000,000 on school buildings and building improvements. Delegations from High Falls, West End and Southern Pines were on hand Monday, with Aberdeen, to press their needs. One from Eagle Springs appeared also with a different plea. More pupils, it seems, are wanted in their new .$75,000 school build ing, as the less than 100 now at tending command only two state- paid teachers. Bursting At Seams In contrast, Leon Seymour of Aberdeen painted a picture of an (Continued on Page 8) PALM SUNDAY MASSES Palm Sunday masses will be held at St. Anthony’s Catholic church at 7, 8 and 10:30 a. m. The first two will be low masses, while at 10:30 high mass will be held with the reading of the Pas sion. There wiU be distribution of the palms at all masses. Search Pressed For Restaurant Thief No arrest has been made in the search for the thief who broke into Dante’s Restaurant early Thursday morning, March 4, though investigation by the city police is continuing. Entry was made through a back window which had been left un locked, and a steel cashbox pried open with a, crowbar and rifled. Around $226 was taken, accord ing to estimate of Dante Monte- santi, proprietor, ,who said that around $40 or $50 was in silver, the rest in bills. Two Accidents Damage Cars, Cause Injuries "Two accidents near Southern Pines Sunday night caused dam age to three cars and a truck and injuries to two Fort Bragg sol diers, who, given emergency treatment at the Moore County hospital, were then removed to the Fort Bragg General hospital Their injuries were not thought to be serious. The two men. Staff Sgt. Paul R. Underwood, driver, member of the 82nd Airborne division, and Sergeant Victory, with a compan ion, Sergeant BeU, narrowly es caped worse injury or death when their 1940 Mercury struck a 1946 Ford truck, driven by Arthur C Ferguson, of Carthage, about 7:15 o’clock. The rear wheels were knocked out from under the truck, and the Mercury over- tutrned and was demolished. No charges have been made, said Patrolman J. F. Swaini, pend ing further investigation when Underwood’s condition improves. At 11 o’clock a 1940 Ford driv en by Robert Lee Ring, of Car thage, Rt. 3, -swerved across the road to collide with the left rear fender and wheel of a 1-29 Model A Ford driven by 'Willie Clyde Shaw, Negro, on Highway 1 near the Skyline airport. Shaw re ceived minor injuries and both cars were badly damaged. Ring was arrested for drunken driving, haled to recorders court Monday and duly sentenced on the charge, to which he pleaded guilty. F. Dan Farrell, of Aber deen, announced this week that he will not be a candi date for leelection thiSs year to the county board of educa tion. He has served on the board during the past three terms, and is currently its chairman. In a letter to M. G. Boy ette, chairman of the Moore County Democratic commit tee, he wrote, "I assure the Moore County Democratic committee and the people of Moore county that I appre ciate their confidence in me, and I only wish that I could have done more for the bet terment of educatibn in our county." Will Supplement County Grant To Fill Major Needs Unanimously Endorsed By Citizens' Committee Season’s Worst Forest Fires Burn Large Acreages “Milkman” Milks Advance Payments Customers waiting for Edward B. (“Flat Top”) Kimball to start delivering their milk in Southern Pines and Knollwood may have a long wait, for information from the city police this week is to the effect that Kimball has left town, taking with him an estimated $185 in advance payments. Kimball is said to have taken a northbound train out of Sou thern Pines Saturday. During several months of last fall and winter, when Harry W. Chatfield delivered Coble’s milk in this vicinity, Kimball was one of his truck assistants. Chatfield quit his route two months ago. Early this month Kimball visit ed Chatfield’s former customers, announcing that he would deliver milk if he secured enough trade. Many said they wished delivery, and last week he visited them again, selling ticket books. When no delivery started, sev eral would-be customers looked into the matter and it was found that he had left. Three of them have sworn out warrants. Chief Newton said, and it is not known just how many have lost amotmts of from $1 to $5 or more. Kimball came to Southern Pines three years ago from Pied mont Carolina, and has a police record comprising various misde meanors. At qne time, it was learned, his wife and also a sister were in the N. C. Sanatorium at McCain. He lived on Leake street here and worked at a num ber of different jobs. His wife is said to have gone to New York. Kimball’s action was in no way connected with the taking over of the Coble route by Lieo H. Lup- ton, Jr., -which is announced this week. The two worst forest fires of the season, according to the ex perienced judgment of County Forest Warden E. W. Davis, occu pied the attention of fire fighters from mid-morning until after midnight Monday, and destroyed more than 500 acres of woodland within a few miles of Southern Pines. Aided by high March winds and recent dryness, the first fire swept an estimated 475 acres of the old Churchland vineyard grounds, now owned by T. C. Au- man, and land o-wned by . Pine hurst, Inc., and the Pleasants Sand and Gravel company, along the Norfolk and Southern railway to the left of the old Southern Pines-Pinehurst road. Sighted from the Southern Pines tower at 10:20 a. m., it drew the entire county crew, with trac tor and other equipment, aided by crews from Pinehurst, Inc., and the railroad, and Auman’s peach orchard workers, for a fight which lasted more than nine hours. “If it hadn’t been for the fireline Pinehurst, Inc., had plowed around their land last fall, there’s no telling when we could have stopped it,” said Warden Da vis. “It traveled mighty fast, and we really had our hands full.” ) The fire was ascertained to have started from a spark from a pass ing train. Reaching the tower soon after 7 p. m., the firemen spotted the second blaze less than an hour later, on the Pinecrest Manor grounds between the sanatorium building and the Old Bethesda road. The county crew, with a few extra workers picked up on the spot, fought this one until 12:30 a. m. At one time it threat ened the Pinecrest Manor build ing, now empty. A firebreak was plowed around the grounds, sav ing the building, but an estimated 40 acres of woodland fell victim to the flames. The fire was believed to have (Continued on Page 8) A special election ^or a bond is sue of $45,000 to supplement coun ty funds already allotted for a. school auditorium, gymnasium and cafeteria, was authorized by the county commissioners in a called session at Carthage Mon day. The authorization followed pre sentation by Mayor C. N. Page and Supt. P. J. Weaver of peti tions bearing the signatures of some 300 Southern Pines citizens. The bond issue is one approv ed by the General Assembly in 1937 and never held, as the amount was found to be insuf- ficent for the needs. Further state approval will not be needed, it was ascertained. Now, 11 years later, it will rep. resent the difference between a one-building unit, with combined auditorium-cafeteria and a sep arate gymnasium and auditorium cafeteria more suited to local needs. At the commissioners’ meeting, held in conjunction with the county board of education, a bond issue to cover a wide range of county school building needs, in cluding those of Southern Pines, was discussed, with estimates ris ing at one time as high as $1,250- 000. However, said Weaver, in view of the fact that no decision is yet in view, plans for the local vote will go forward at once, as formu lated by the school board and the citizens’ committee, and in accord with regulations of the county board of elections. Committee Meeting Unanimous endorsement of the bond issue was made by the citi zens’ committee, a group of Sou- (Continued on Page 8) PLAY BALL! Southern Pines will meet Eliise High of Robbins on the school field Wednesday at 3 p. m„ foi;^ the opening game _ of the high school baseball series. Leveled and graded, the ballgiound is said to be much improved this year. With bad weather and basketball only just over, only three regular practices had been held this week and no lineup had been picked. A good many boys are said to have come out, though, and a fine season is antifeipaied. Season tickets will go on sale this weekend, sponsored as in the past by the citizen's commillteei, whose membefrs will all have tickets and -work actively for their sale. With single-game admissions at 35 cents, the 10-game ticket at $2.50 represents a real sav ing, it is noted. Proceeds will go to the school athletic pro gram. Temperance Group Will Meet Sunday; “I’m Not Campai^ing,” Says McLeod ■irhe Moore County Temperance committee, which organized last year to kick up considerable po litical dust in Moore county, is again on the move, this time with a view toward affiliation with a larger group for greater power and unity. Steps toward the group’s or ganization as a unit of the Allied Church League, Inc., are expect ed to be taken at a m:ass meeting to be held Sunday at 3 p. m. at the courthouse in Carthage, accord ing to information from J. B. Mc Leod, of Carthage, chairman. L. A. Martin, of Lexington, ex ecutive director qf the Allied Church League in North Carolina, has been invited to be the speak- Againsf Liquor Sale The League, said McLeod, is “non-political and interdenomina tional, crossing all party and church lines” to organize for ac tion against liquor and fts sale, legal or otherwise. The Moore County organization in its new form will most likely be interested Jn county represen tatives to the* General Assembly, to be elected this year and later, though, McLeod said, so far as he knows it will not run a candidate of its own. He himself is not interested, he said in answer to The Pilot’s query. He admitted, however, that he had been approached on the. subject. “I’m a farmer and that’s a full-time job,’ said the young man, a veteran of World War 2 and native of the Eureka section. “Even if I wanted to make the race, I don’t see how I could spare the time. I’m chiefly inter ested right now in helping the League organize, and will work with it toward achieving its aims.
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