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HELP DEFEAT CANCER COUNTY QUOTA $2,500 GIVE! HELP DEFEAT CANCER COUNTY QUOTA $2,500 GIVE! VOL. 29 NO. 23 16 PAGES THIS WEEK Southern Pines. N. C.. Friday, April 30. 194^ 16 PAGES THIS WEEK TEN CENTS a- ABC Raiders Sweep Through Resorts, Confiscate Liquor, Hale 31 To Court Restaurants, Hotels Clubs Visited In Surprise Clean-Up Moore county’s resort section, described as “swanky” and “lux urious” in news stories right out of tabloid journalism, landed on the front pages last week without the aid of the Chamber of Com merce. A dozen night clubs, hotels and restaurants were visited by state and county ABC officials, assisted by county and local law enforce ment officers, in a neatly engin eered series of raids Friday and Saturday evenings, with the big gest haul made in one final visi tation Monday morning. This Was to the Jefferson Inn, where stock said to have been transferred from the Southern Pines Country club was found in two upstairs rooms; 41 cases of liquor, with 106 odd fifths. The total haul from all places came, to 41 unbroken cases, 248 fifths and 114 opened bottles con taining various amounts of liquor, according to a tabulation made by ABC officials Monday eve ning. No liquor was found in three of the places searched. However, the proprietors and some of the em-i ployees were arrested anyway, charged like the rest of the 31 de fendants with possession of tax- paid liquor for sale, and selling. Indictments were made on the basis of evidence gathered during March and April, when, it was learned, cases had been built up through the work of undercover agents. Six Tried Monday Six of the defendants, from three of the raided spots, were brought to trial Monday after noon in recorders court at Car thage, with the other trials sched uled to be heard May 3. Pleading guilty, and receiving three months’ sentences suspended on payment of costs, or fine plus costs, were W. W. Sherman, own er of the Southern Pines Coun try club and Jefferson Inn, $250 and costs; James Smith Negro em ployee, costs; Frank Cosgrove, manager of the Mid Pines, $500 and costs; his employees Melvin O’Kelly and William Clarence. Negro, costs; Dante Montesanti, proprietor of Dante’s Restaurant, $100 and costs. These trials were held Monday by request as John D. O’Connell, attorney for all six, has to go to federal court at Rockingham next Monday, on which day the follow ing are to be tried: James Warman, proprietor, Catherine Faircloth, Bill Green, Dan Lewis and Mrs. Theo Hack ney, of the Dunes club; George Buttry, proprietor. Dot Powell, Village Inn; G. H. Pope, propri etor, Loys Crissman, Mrs. James Cavallo, Pope’s Restaurant; Tom my Morgan, manager, Benny M. Weeks, Skycruise club; Mr. and Mrs. George Mascal, Pine Valley club; Emmett Boone, manager, Sherman Patterson, Pine Needles; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Berhard, pro prietors, Naryan B. Fedarowski, French Restaurant, Pinehurst; Charles Herman, proprietor, Ed ward Day, Rose Van Wingerdeen, (Continued on Page 5) GIRLS STATE Nelia Johnson and Mavis Bowden, members ' of the Southern Pines High School junior class, have been chos en to attend Girls State at Woman's college. Greensboro, the first week in June. Girls Slate, a practical means of studying democratic governmental procedures, is a project of the state depart ment of the American Legion auxiliary, and the girls will go as representatives of the local auxiliary unit. They were chosen on a scholarship basis and on ability to gain from the experience, and bring back benefits of leader ship to the schooL Nelia is the daughter of Mr. and Mi;^. Cliff Johnson, and Mavis of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Bowden. ' Hotels Full Till Season’s End, Will Close This Week Resort Places Plan Early Fall Openings Looking To Long Season The Sandhills season imitated the little girl with the curl, this year; when it was good it was very very good and when it was bad it was horrid. And, unfor tunately, it was a long bad and a short good. Which didn’t help matters. However, a check around at the various hotels, now getting ready to “cease firing” finds own ers and managers in good spirits. It appears that the last part of the season, when the weather y/^as all that mortal man, or Sand hills visitor, could desire, was so fine that most people feel it made up for the rest. Anyway, it started folks looking forward to next year with real anticipation. At the Highland Pines, plans are to close Monday. Then there will be the usual summer refur bishing and plans are going for ward for various improvements. The Pottles, at the Hollywood, will close up this Saturday but they themselves plan’ to stay on for several weeks before going up to Jefferson, N. H. The Highland House, there, will open imder their management on July 1st. They plan to do over some rooms at the Hollywood during the sum mer. , A few miles from them in New Hampshire ' the Southland crew will resume operations. These Southern Pines people are almost neighbors throughout the year. Over in Pinehurst, the story is about the same, with the Carolina already changed over to its spring role as host to conventions. How ever, there is one change here, and a good one. Because of the early season demand, this popu lar hostel is planning to reopen earlier than usual this year, on October 14th. This is in line with its owner, Richard Tufts’ carefully developed theory that the Sandhills resort business needs a longer season and can support one. New Backstop, Also Dugouts (Maybe) Ready For Use At Next Week’s Games William Riggsbee Fatally Injured In Accident At Vass With two home games schedul ed for next week, thd last of the season for the Southern Pines High school team, at least one of the dugouts now being built at the field as the gift of the VFW post is expected to be ready for use. Excavation of the dugouts, 50 by nine feet each, was begun by the high school boys last week, and construction has proceeded under direction of Charles Swoope, contractor and a member of the VFW post. This week the cinder block lining was being laid in the home dugout. A new backstop has also been erected behind the home plate, as the old one was not high enough and was just about worn out. The new one, with stout metal posts giving firm support, is 12 feet high, four feet higher than the old one. Home games scheduled for the coming week will bring the Jones boro team here Tuesday, and the Cameron team Wednesday. The boys will play Greenwood there today (Friday) and Robbins at Robbins next Friday. A game under the arc-lights at Hamlet Monday night,- May 10, will wind up the season. Two wins, one extremely close, featured the week lust past. A ho.ne game with West End last Wednesday ended with an 8-7 score. Southern Pines. Monday, the boys defeated Pinehurst 10-1. This was a home game for Pine hurst but pl$yed on the local field. Scheduled to be played too late for report in this issue were a game with Laurinbm-g there Wed nesday of this week, and with High Falls here Thursday. Long Delay In Securing Patrolman Works Hardships William Riggsbee, 44 of Vass, Rt. 2, was fatally injured Mon day afternoon about 2 p. m. when he was thrown from a truck in collision with a car near the Vass Cotton mill at Vass. He died at 5 a, m. Wednesday at the Moore County hospital without regaining consciousness. The truck, driven by Ed Mc Neill of Lakeview, who was southbound with Riggsbee and Malsby Jones, of Vass, as passen gers, was said to have turned abruptly and shot across the high way as a steering connection broke, striking a northbound car driven by C. L. Underhill, of Ral eigh. H. J. Glisson, of Raleigh, was a passenger in the Underhill car. The Underhill car was badly damaged, though its occupants were only slightly hurt. Rigsbee, tossed out On his head, was the only one to sustain severe inju ries. An ambulance was sum moned, to take him to the Moore County hospital—and from then on the story becomes one of, where were the missing highway patrolmen? From 2 p. m. until 6:45 attempts by Vass citizens and others, to find one proved futile. The wreck lay sprawled in an unsightly mess across the highway. Underhill and Glisson, bruised and lacerat ed, waited at the scene through tedious hours. McNeill and Jones also remained on the scene. Victim Unconscious At the hospital Rigsbee lay un conscious and close to death, while authorities vainly attempt ed to establish his identity and have relatives notified. Briggs, Riggs and Riggsbee were all names that tossed back and forth in question-and-answer for miles around, untR finally word reached the Lobelia section of Hoke county and about 6 o’clock T. V. Riggsbee, father of the in jured man, and a brother arrived at the hospital. About this time, also, word reached the sheriff’s department at Carthage, and Sheriff McDon ald attempted to call the state highway patrol radio station at Raleigh. 'They would not accept a collect call, however, and he de sisted from putting the call through. Several calls were placed to Raleigh, however, by Underhill CContinued on Page 5) NEW-DEPUTY May Party In Park To Welcome Spring A. J. Dees, police chief at Pinehuzsil for the past 11 or 12 years, will be the new deputy sheriff, assigned especially to the south end of the county, it w^s announced this week by Sheriff C. J. McDonald at Carthage. This will be the first time the sheriff's department has had a man especially for this area, which includes South ern Pines. Pinehurst and Ab erdeen. Dees, a native of Ab erdeen, was policeman there before he went to the Pine hurst position. He will enter on his new duties within a week or two, or as soon as the Pinehurst season is consid ered to have come to a close. ' He will be succeeded at Pinehurst by Jasper T. Shep herd. native of Wake county and former Pinehurst police man. who recently returned there after five years as a mvil service employee at Pope Field. W. Kerr Scott Is Moore Visitor At Thursday Meetings The town park will be gay with colors and ring with the strains of “hey nonny no”, “summer is i- cumen in,” or what have you, when the elementary school takes to the green on May 3rd with a music festival in celebration of the coming of spring. There will be a maypole and a May court with a queen and all her attendants.- Elaine Johnson of the 7th grade, has been chosen for the queenly role, while her maids of honor will be members of the 6th grade, Johnsie Fergu son, Shirley Garner. Gladys Bow den, atsy DuPree,' Jane Loren- son, and Joan Cheatham, garbed in the pastel shades of spring. In attendance also will be the 1st grade flowergirls Alice Ann Gam ble, Carol Wells, Linda Thompson, and Arden Fobes. The crownbear- ers are to be Sybil Hunsucker and Russell Lancaster. The 6th grade comes into its own as pages Gordon Proctor, Jay Childs, and James Hatch take part. As an entertainment for the Queen, the lower grades will sing spring songs to be followed by the chorus of the upper grades in folksongs and a short operetta, the Magic Charm. The 5th grade will bring the afternoon to a close with a dande about the maypole. The entertainment will start at five o’clock and is under the man agement of Miss Hope Bailey, in charge of music at the school. Patricia Kirk will be at the piano. The public is invited and . . . for free! Campaign Issues Discussed Here And At Carthage Two enthusiastic meetings, one at Southern Pines, the other at Carthage, attended the visitation in Moore county last Thursday of W. Kerr Scott oif Haw River, North Carolina commissioner of agriculture for 12 years until his recent resignation to campaign fol* the igovernorship. At dinner at ‘ 6 o’clock at the Highland Pines Inn, Scott—“the only candidate for governor who lives on a dirtroad”—spoke brief ly to a group of some 40-odd, with good roads and good health emphasized in his talk but good schools holding predominance. At Carthage,, as main speaker at a Moore County Farm Bureau meeting, Scott elaborated on these themes and launched into a vivid and vigorous attack on “the so-caUed major candidate” —not named, but recognized without difficulty as Charles M. Johnson, state treasurer. "Sinister Intrigue" He accused Johnson of using $15,000,000 of the state surplus as a political weapon, “placing it about the state in banks, to draw no interest, where he thinks it will do the mo'st good. I can tell just how strong I am in any sec tion by the amount of state funds on deposit there.” He also charg ed “a sinister intrigue of state, family and industry in the main taining of excessive charges by the Tidewater Power company of Wilmington, “which has caused great losses of industry to 16 east ern counties. “One law partner of the Tide water company’s attorney is his (■Johnson’s) campaign manager. Another is a director in a bank holding hurplus state funds, and is also on the city counciL A kins man is on the State Utilities Com mission which allows this to go on. The Insull ramifications are small in comparison.” Farmer. Businessman Born on a farm, and a success ful dairy farmer for many years, Scott proved himself eloquent in the use of colloquialisms, using rural figures of speech which drew smiles and appreciative nods from his hearers in the Car thage courthouse. He was not only a farmer, said Scott, but “the only candidate who continu ously since he came of age has met a payroll; and any man who can run a farm, keep up his build ings, pay for machinery, educate his chil^en, take part in his church and 'commuhi'ty affiairs and still have a clean shirt to wear on Monday is a good busi nessman.” He was also proud, he said, of his record of -running the depart ment of agriculture on the income (from feed, sieed and fcjrtilizer taxes, also operating the state fair on these funds, and coming out with a surplus “which has been invested to ge^ more in come to render more service.” Such investment is made pos sible through a Scott-sponsored bill passed by the General Assem- (Continued on Page 5) Educo Club Plans Film Library For County Schools A library of educational films for the use of all schools in the county is to be established by the Moore County Educo club with a fund of $600, net proceeds of the 1948 Educo-sponsored county liigh school basketball tourna ment. Lewis Cannon, principal of the Pinehurst school; was named chairman to start making selec tions at once /for the library, which will have as headquarters the office of the county superin tendent at Carthage. The announcement was made foUowing the club’s monthly meeting held last Wednesday evening at the Westmoore school, at which J. C. Phillips, West moore, was elected president for 1948-49, R. C. Fields, Aberdeen, was named vice president and N. W- Meinnis of the Westmoore school secret ary-treasurer. The film library will be the latest in a series of benefits which have been provided the schools and the county as a whole by the club, a service organization of the men teachers, principals and superintendents of the schools which sponsors the county tour nament each year. An audiometer purchased with proceeds of the 1847 tournament, after essential tournament ex penses were deducted, was re ceived this spring after being on order for some time and has been used already in a number of schools in cooperation with the county health department. In 1939, 1940 and 1941 the club operated a bookmobile, the first in the county, distributing books from a club-sponsored library be fore the county library was es tablished. In* another year, flags were bought for all the schools. Formerly one of a number of Educo clubs, the Moore County group was one of only a few which survived the war. Reorgan ization on a statewide basis has not yet been effected. A. C. Dawson. Jr., of Southern Pines, retiring president, presided over last week’s meeting, at which an excellent dinner was served by Westmoore High School home economics students. Southern Pines District Vote Set For $45,000 School Building Bond Issue Leading Doctors Of State To Meet In Pinehurst The State Medical Society will hold its 94th annual session in Pinehurst Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Doctors from all over the state are ex pected and there will be a hall of ipedical and technical exhibits.. This year the exhibit room will be a unique one, being under a large tent which has been set up in the riding ring of the Carolina hotel. This is expected to lend a country fair flavor to the august proceedings, to the entertainment of the medical men. Two Moore County men figure on the program. Dr. Clement Monroe, is a member of the Com mittee on Obituaries, while Dr. R. M. McMillan, president of the county medical society, is one of the four judges of the Moore County award contest. This contest, named after this county because it originated here, is between papers submitted at the previous annual meeting. The recipient receives the Moore County Medal as his prize. Dr. Clement Monroe won the medal several years ago, with a paper on the treatment of burns. It is expected that many local people will attend the sessions of the convention at the Carolina hotel ballroom, especially that held Tuesday at 11;45 by Dr. H. S Willis, state superintendent of the T. B. sanatorium at McCain, and that on Maternal welfare headed by Dr. Frank Locke, which takes place also on Tuesday at 10;05 a. m. Dr. Locke gives the complete report on his Maternal Welfare committee at 4' p. m. While the doctors have their meetings, much activity will be taking place among the ladies of the Auxiliary. Mrs. P. P. McCain is chairman of past presidents of (Continued on Page 5) PHILLIPS FILES Through omission in the annoujneement of the county board of elections, an error was made in the publication of the candidates for county offices last week. Shortly before the deadline for filing April 17, T. Roy Phillips of Carthage filed for the county board of education from District 1. and H. G. Poole, previously a candidate, withdrew in Phillips' favor. Phillips, a partner in the Phillips Motor company of Carthage, was principal of the Westntoore school for 11 year& Struthers Burt To Take Part In State Ceremony Friday Registration Opens May 15, Election Scheduled June 15 Will Present Stone From House Of Commons To North Carolina Capitol Welcome to Sandhills folks, who are glad to see their adopted fellow-tarheel in the local news once more, is the fact that Struth ers Burt will take part on Friday in an interesting ceremony in Ra leigh. On that day the Southern Pines author will present to Governor Cherry, for the state of North Carolina, a stone from the House of Commons in London, the “Mother of Parliaments”, destroy ed by German incendiary bombs on the night of* May 10th, 1941. The ceremony will take place in the Hall of History, at 11 a. m., with Dr. Christopher Crittenden, director of the State Department of Archives and History, presi ding. This is one in a series of simi lar presentations made to every state of the union, with a forty- ninth stone given to the United States Congress in Washington, Lady Astor making the presepta- tion. The project itself is the idea of two men, one an Englishman, Eric Underwood, and the other Massachusetts’ Charles Sumner Bird, both members of the Amer ican and British Commonwealth Association, of which Bird is the American president, an organiza tion devoted to the promotion of friendship and understanding be tween the two nations. In his speech, released to the Pilot before delivery, Mr. Burt says: “The symbolism of these stones is obvious. The unbroken line of freedom, democracy and order under the law which we have inherited from England, and which we share with her, is clear to all of us. And I think, if I may say so, that it is peculiiarly fitting that one of these stones should find a new home in this state. Whatever may have been the au thenticity of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, we do know that North Carolina. . . the Englishmen, and Scotchmen, and the Germans who inhabited it, . . was amongst the first to or ganize and to strike for the re capturing of English rights in the War of the Revolution.” Independent Of County Bond Issue Approved In Carthage Tuesday The Southern Pines school dis trict’s bond issue election will be held Tuesday, June 15, according to announcement by Supt. Philip J. Weaver. The bond issue for $45,000, to add to county funds for the build ing of a gymnasium and an audi torium-cafeteria, calls for a new registration, to be held On four successive Saturdays at the Com munity building beginning May 15. It had been hoped to hold the vote before the end of school, but certification by the bond attor neys in New 'York City was de layed, and the referendum must be advertised for three weeks be fore registration can begin. Fol lowing registration May 15, 22, 29 and June 5, “Challenge Day” must be observed June 12, fol lowed three days later by the vote. Vote will be against the regis tration—which means that every one who registers, and favors the bond issue, must cast his vote or it will be counted as a vote against it. Those who will not be here June 15 should not register, un less they are willing to have their vote recorded against the school improvements, instead of for them. Registration will be at the Chamber of Commerce office in the Community building, and Thomas G. Wicker, Chamber of Commerce secretary, has been named registrar. Judges will be Joe Montesanti, Jr., and C. S. Patch, .Jr. Though county commissioners will finance the school needs to the extent of $150,000, they have said they cannot undertake erec tion of two separate units. Unless supplementary funds are received through the local election, audi torium, gymnasium and cafeteria will have to be built as one. School leaders here are anxious to have gymnasium and audito rium separate, for a more effec tive program. County Election The $45,000 local bond election will be held entirely independent ly of the countywide bond elec tion for $975,000, which amount was confirmed Tuesday afternoon by the county board of education at its regular meeting at Carth age. After recommendation of this amount by the county board to the commissioners a month ago, final approval was postponed while various school districts put in their pleas for increased appro priations, and the county board was advised to study the sit uation further. However, the final amount to be sought stands at $975,000, without change in any of the allocations, according to H- Lee Thomas, county superinten dent of schools. Allocalio(ns The $975,000 includes $50,000 (Continued on Page 5) Old Timers Honored With Awards As Masons Celebrate 52nd Anniversary Over 200 Masons, representing altogether nine states and 22 dif ferent lodges, were present at the Masonic Hall last Thursday night, to aid Lodge 484 of Southern Pines in the observance of their 52nd anniversary. A barbecue supper with all the trimmings was served, after which a special meeting honored veteran Masons and visiting grand lodge officials. The distin guished guests included Dr. Max well R. Hoffman, of Asheville, making his first official visit since his election last week at Raleigh as Grand Master of Masons of North Carolina; Grand Secretary Wilbur L. Mclver of Raleigh, and District Deputy Grand Master W. Leo Allen of Rockingham. Also an honored guest was Mrs. Max well Hoffman, who accompanied her husband. Honor Awards Slated for special honors were Joseph Frederick Cole, of South ern Pines, a Mason for more than 65 years, who was awarded a Veterans’ button; Harry A. Lewis, also of Southern Pines, member of Bums Lodge 66 of New Hamp shire in recognition of more than a half century in Masonry; and Charles Leach, of Candor, a mem ber of the Southern Pines lodge for more than 50 years, whose Grand Lpdge button was left for him with the lodge, as he was un able to be present. , Twenty-year certificates were presented to D. E. Bailey, Ernest W. Bush, Elmer Davis, Dr. James S. Milliken, James M. Patch, Frank H. Wilson, James B. Gif ford and Lloyd L. Woolley, all of Southern Pines; Alton Cameron, (Continued on Page 5)
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