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Awards Are Made, Land Leased, Show Signed, Premium
Addresses Heard JList In Making For Moore County Fair
KEEP OUR PARKS Three Polio Cases, Mayhe More
At Carthage Meet
IRstorical Group
Hears Dr. Crittenden
Notables Are Guests
A Cameron girl. Viola Fore, won
the first prize of the Moore Coun
ty Historical Association’s anec
dote contest this year, with two
Southern Pines girls, Amelia
Willcox and Patricia Caddell,
awarded second and third, re
spectively.
The awards were made at the
annual meeting of the association,
presided over by the president,
Leland McKeithen of Pinehurst,
and followed a short business
meeting at which the elections
for the following year were made.
Reelected were the presnt board
of directors, with Edwin T. Mc
Keithen, of Aberdeen taking the
place of the late Frank Buchan.
Tea Room Programs
A report of the Shaw House ac
tivities was read by Mrs. Kather
ine McColl, assistant secretary.
Listing an impressive variety of
programs, including an exhibit of
weaving and carding, the Eighth
grade exhibit of models and col
lections, the DAR Tea, and Auth
or’s tea, the report stated that
over 600 teas had been served
during the winter and over 150
Thursday night suppers. Proceeds
had paid for all expenses, inclu
ding wiring of all the house and
heating of part of it, and there
was a surplus in the treasury of
more than $200.
Contest Awards
Saying that the society consid
ered the encouragement of his
torical interest in the youth of
REGISTER!
Saturday is the last chance
to register. Those who
voted here in the election
two years ago need not
worry; their names must be
on the books- But all others
should make sure that their
names are there.
Anyone who has moved
here during the past 2 years
should register; anyone who
will be 21 by Nov. 2nd should
register.
Book^ will be open all day
Saturday till 6 P. M. at the
Community Center Building
on Ashe Street.
jlBoxing Program
Slated Here For
Wednesday Night
Agricultural Event
Last Week In October
should be a good match, say
know. Patch is an
the_ county one of t^
portant of its functions. Presi
dent McKeithen introduced the
winners.
Viola Fore of Cameron was
winner of the $10.00 prize for her
essay on “Facts and Fiction About
the Old Plank Roads.” The sec
ond prize of $7.00 went to Amelia
Willcox of Southern Pines who
wrote on “‘The House in the
Horseshoe.” Patricia Caddell’s
quaint tale of “Uncle Tom,” won
third prize, $5.00. The awards
were r e by Mrs. James Boyd,
actin' ,r the four judges of the
cod' , Manly Wellman of Pine-
bJ- R. E. Wicker of Pinehurst,
J. F. Sinclair of West End
^ herself. Mrs. Boyd read a
>em, “Echoes of Earth,” by
James Boyd, symbolic of the in
spiration to be gained from re
search into past history.
Dr. Crittenden
The speaker of the afternoon
was Dr. Christopher Crittenden,
director 'Of ithe Department of
History and Archives of North
Carolina.
Th John Boyd Post of the VFW
is planning to put on a boxing
match on the evening of Wednes
day, May 19th, it is reported by
Charles Hornaday, who is pro
moting the show. The time set
is 8:30, and the place the South
ern Pines field.
There will be four regular
bouts, followed by a number of
feature events- Leading off will
be Richard Patch, local Golden
Glove finalist who weighs in at
145, and Charles Palas of Lum-
berton, also 145 pounds. This
yet directly to the point, and
which clearly held the interest
of the audience, Dr. Crittenden
outlined what he considered a
Latmberton contelstant ig rated
one of the best junior welter
weights in this part of the state.
Next on the list is Fred Arnette
vs. Richard Modlin. Both boys
weigh 132. Arnette, who was a
Golden Glove champion at Wil
mington last year, is highly
thought of by the local fans while
Modlin, who hails from McColl,
is considered one of the best in
his weight in South Carolina.
Another McColl boy is Free
man Sly, 132 lbs, stablemate of
Modlin, who will box Haywood
Davis of Lumberton.
The fourth match will be be
tween Bobby Russell, 116, of
Rockingham, considered an out
standing amateur bantamweight,
and Freddy Glasney of High
Point, who has been a Golden
G^loves champion and runner-up
since 1944.
The program will continue,
after these four fights, with
others, to be arranged later. They
are expected to include exhibi-
Moore county’s first agricultur
al fair in a number of years will
be held near Carthage the last
week in October, with premiums
offered for farm and other ex-i
hibits, and a good midway show!
already contracted for.
Flans were learnsd this week,
from Colin G. Spencer, Jr., of
Carthage, chairman of the Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce com
mittee in charge of the event,
which, by present plans, is to 'be
held annually.
The Carthage Jaycees last year
secured the approval of the
county commissioners as sponsors
of an annual county fair, but
found they had started too
late to get a state charter as an
agricultural fair association, an
essential step. This year they
left nothing to chance. Starting
early, they have their application
for a charter now on file with the
Secretary of State, and are work
ing with the county farm agent,
home demonstration agent and
other agricultural leaders of the
county, on getting up a premium
list for publication in June.
Tents For Exhibits
A tract of land on the Car-
thage-Sanford road, a half mile
out of Carthage, has been leased,
and until permanent buildings
can be erected, one or more tents
will be used to shelter the ex
hibits. No animal exhibits will be
held this year- In fact, Chairman
Spencer stressed that the 1948
fair will be only a beginning,
with hopes of building up to
something good-sized in future.
The site, which has been
leased from Henry Hill, J. B. Sul
livan *and- Clem Barrett, is part of
the old fairground location of
years ago. Last year’s plans were
for the use of another part of the
tract, but this has since been
broken up into building lots and
sold. The new site, however, is
said to be just as good, and also
has running water.
Penn Premium Shows
A contract has been signed
with the Penn Premium shows
for the week of the fair. This is
said to be one of the best small
midway shows now available.
The Jaycee committee in
charge of the event includes, be-
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Now is the time for people
who love the beauty of woods
and birds to rally round.
It appears that the Town
^oard has decided to give
back to the Millen estate the
property known as the Piney
Woods section. Under the
terms of ;^e original gift,
made as a memorial, if the
land was not properly kept
up it should revert to the
donor. It is under these
tertTis that the board is get
ting ready to turn back one
cf the town's parks.
There are a good many
people, we would be willing
to guess, who will not ap
prove of this action. In fact,
two of the town commission
ers have spoken out strong
ly against it. The value of
park property is inestimable,
in most pqople's minds. It
should surely outweigh by
a great deal the cost of up
keep of such a wild area.
It is to be strongly hoped
that the board will reconsid
er its action. Or at least con
sider seriously whether the
people of the town should
not be consulted before town
park property is relinquish-
•id.
Five children from three famil
ies of northern Moore county
have been sent to out-bf-county
hospitals within the past 10 days,
and diagnosis of polio has been
confirmed in the cases of three
of them, according to Dr. J. W.
Willcox, county health officer.
Those known to have polio are
Martha Davis, seven, and Patri
cia Davis, eight months, daugh
ters of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Da
vis of Steeds, Rt. V, and Willard
Howard Willisms, six - year - cld
sen of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Wil
liams of Robbins.
Still on the uncertain list are
Martha, Mr. and Mrs. William^
17-months-old daughter, and
Henry Charles Qavis, 10, son of
Mr. and Mrs. K M. Davis of
Steeds, Rt. 1, a cousin of the little
Davis girls.
Martha and Patricia Davis are
at the Guilford Polio Center at
direenshiorc^ the Williams chil
dren are at Duke hospital, Dur
ham, and Henry Charles Davis is
at Rex hospital, Raleigh.
The incidence of the disease is
unusual, not only for the num
ber of children 'involved but in
the fact that, in one case and
probably two children in the
same family have been stricken,
Other children of the families
and all other Intimate contacts
have been quarantined. Dr. Will
cox said, adding that he has been
in touch with the state board of
health and on their advice, is not
taking steps toward a more dras
tic quarantine as yet.
Paul C. Butler, of Southern
Pines, chairman of the county
chapter of the National Infantile
Paralysis Foundation, has made
personal investigation of the
cases, and immediate assistance
was given each one through chap
ter funds and facilities.
tions between junior flyweights
In remarks that were informaliand several colored bouts; also
J ,1— J, ^ colored “battle royal.’*
Refereeing the evening’sbouts
will be Mel Waters of Southern
Pines, formerly of Illinois, well
Jonathan Daniels,
Raleigh Editor,
Heard By Kiwanis
Key Club To Be Chartered Tuesday
Criminal Term
Starts Monday
basic program for a historical so-.known pro, who, at one time or
ciety, citing the preservation of
family records and diaries, mark
ing of sites, writing up of local
history, and the production of
historical plays and pageants as
items on such a program.
Th group then adjourned to
take the tour of interesting his
torical places around Carthage
which had been planned by Colin
Spencer.
A full description of the tour
wiU appear in next week’s paper.
another, is said to have taken
on most of the big names in the
boxing world.
PRECINCT COMMITTEE
At the Vass precinct meeting
held Saturday afternoon, new
precinct committee members
named were Mrs. Ben Gulledge,
H. A. Matthews, Jr., Charles
Cameron, M. M. Chappell and W.
D. Smith.
Plans For Permanent Cancer Unit In
County Proceed As Quota Is Passed
With the 1948 county cancer
control campaign well past the
goal, plans are going forward at
once for the formation of a per
manent county unit of the Amer
ican Cancer society under the
Norl^ Carolian division, it was
learned this week from Mrs. J. L.
McGraw, of Carthage, county
commander.
Mrs. McGraw received her ap
pointment to the headship of the
county project from Mrs. George
E. Marshall, of Mt. Airy, state
commander, in a personal confer
ence last week. Mrs. Marshall,
in the county to address the
State Medical society on the work
of her organization, worked also
with Moore leaders on prelimi
naries of the county program.
Dr. R. M. McMillan, of South
ern Pines, president of the Moore
County Medical society, is co
operating generously, it was
learned, and two doctors appoint
ed by him are to serye on the
county committee. Also on the
committee, headed by Mrs. Mc
Graw, will be Dr. J. W. Willcox,
county health officer; W. B. Hill,
campaign chairman; Dave Gins-
burg, publicity director; and oth
ers, to complete an executive
group, chosen from chairmen of
community campaigns held in the
county this year.
Such a committee will fulfill
requirements of the North Caro
lina division, and insure return of
40 per cent of campaign collec-
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The criminal term of superior
court will be held at Carthage
beginning Monday, with Judge
Luther Hamilton presiding. Re
corders court will be held Satur
day (tomorrow) instead of Mon
day.
The criminal court calendar
follows:
Warrant docket: — State vs.
Ather Matthews, larceny; Barney
Lee Cagle, Jr., bigamy; Alex
Smith, aiding and abetting in
felonious assault; Seymour Cov
ington, assault with pistol with
intent to kill; D. E. Cole, larceny
of properties valued at more than
$1,000; Charlie Clay McDonald,
assault with deadly weapon with
intent to kill; George Moore, as
sault with deadly weapon; James
Hoover, breaking and entering,
larceny and receiving; James
Turney, Willie Wooten, breaking
and entering.
Trial docket:—State vs. Harley
Stamey, Jr., careless and reckless
driving; Willie Ferguson, man
slaughter; Garland Pate, driving
while drunk; Max Brewer, driv
ing while drunk; Ellis Hussey,
driving while drunk, unlawful
possession of whiskey; Tracy
Kennedy, driving auto while li
cense was revoked; Clarence Bar
ber, driving while drunk; Hobert
Frye, breaking and entering and
larceny; Robert Edward Lassiter,
breaking and entering and lar
ceny; Dela Harris, driving while
drunk, unlawful' possession;
James Fletcher Hussey, Ifailihg
to surrender license when order
ed by department of motor ve
hicles to do so; Willie Lloyd Gar
ner, trespass and assault and bat
tery; A. "V. Ayers, careless and
reckless driving, d^:iving while
drunk; Ira F. Hall, driving while
drunk; OdeU Green, unlawful
possession of illicit whiskey. .
The Sandhills Kiwanis club was
host this Wednesday at the Pine
hurst Country club, to Jonathan
Daniels, editor of the Raleigh
News and Observer, who was in
troduced to the group by John
McConnell of Southern Pines.
Saying that, dhe editor was the
son of North Carolina’s most be
loved citizen, McConnell spoke
of the good fortune of the local
body in having him as their
speaker.
Remarking that he had discard
ed such topics as Civil Rights and
the Marshall Plan in favor of
something closer to the hearts
of his audience, Daniels said that
he had chosen to speak on the
problems and aspirations of
North Carolina.
He described the state as one of
plain people, with no large towns
or ports, and said this had been
true since the start. There were
^Or instance’, few slave-holders
in North Carolina; most of the
state having been settled by small
farmers.
“All movement in the state has
been a movement of plain peo
ple,” the Raleigh editor said,
“moving forward under their own
power.”
Daniels spoke of the time when
Walter Hines Page, a Moore
County man, first came to public
attention. It was, he said, at the
graduation exercises of Woman’s
college, in 1897, when Mclver,
also from this section, was presi
dent. He said Page coined the
phrase of “the forgotten man” on
that occasion and, applying it to
his compatriots, spoke feelingly
of “the possibility of a creative
democracy of the plain people.”
The first progressive steps in the
state toward better education,
health and living conditions were
taken soon after and Daniels re
called that Page had prophesied
“I am no more sure of the coming
of spring than I am of the reju
venation of our society. A revo
lution is in progress.”
The revolution came, Daniels
said, but then it lagged again,
during subsequent years. It was
not until war came that North
Carolina again forged ahead. But
while it brought prosperity, war
also showed up some glaring
weaknesses, in our state, said the
speaker.
“We found that our boys were
being turned down for the draft
for illiteracy. We found that we
were at the top of the list in the
number of rejections for physical
reasons. After 50 years of prog
ress there were only four states
below us in some of the essen
tials of good living. Five times as
many people left North Carolina
during the past few years to work
elsewhere than were leaving the
state in Page’s day.
“Just as it took a war to show
us some of our deficiences so we
seem to react slowly to others.
It took a riot of the inmates to
waken our eyes to the terrible
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Charter of the Sandhills High
School Key club will be present
ed at a meeting to be held at 8
p. m. Tuesday in the auditorium
of the Pinehurst High school, ac
cording to, announcement made
this week by John S. Ruggles,
chairman of the Key Club com
mittee of the sponsoring Sand
hills Kiwanis.
The charter will be presented
by W. A. Leland McKeithen, Ki
wanis president, to Bob Farmer
of West End, president of the Key
club.
The 21 boys from all county
high schools who compose the or
ganization’s charter membership
will be formally inducted by Dr.
T. A. Cheatham of Pinehurst.
Dr. Cheatham and Mr. Mc
Keithen will both address the
group, and other program fea
tures are being arranged by the
Kiwanis committee.
Parents, school superinten
dents and principals and members
of the Kiwanis club are geing
given a special invitation to at
tend the ceremony, and all other
interested persons, both student
and adult, will be welcomed.
Chairman Ruggles said.
The club is made up of students
marked by special qualities of
leadership and scholarship, to
undertake projects of service to
their schools and communities.
To maintain membership, stu
detns must remain consistently
in the upper third of their classes
in grades.
Known as a “junior Kiwanis,”
the organization serves as a prov
'ing ground for leadership and
service in the building of good
citizens. Knwanis members work
closely with the group, while
leaving it independent in choice
of projects and procedures.
Carelessness, Or Balky School Bus?
Driver Acquitted In Accident Case
Schoolmates Testify
For Gilbert Shaver
While acquitting Gilbert J.
Shaver, 17-year-old student
school bus driver, of a charge of
careless and reckless driving in
connection with a school bus ac
cident, Judge J. Vance Rowe at
recorders court Monday con
demned the practice of entrust
ing the driving of school buses to
youths.
Through their very lack of
years, he said, student drivers
must lack the experience essen-
ital to this important task. While
recommending that Shaver not
be placed again at the wheel of
a bus, he recommended also that
in selection of drivers school au
thorities choose only the most ma
ture of those available.
Said Brakes Locked
Shaver, a red-headed six-foot
er who recently transferred from
Farm Life school at Eureka to the
Carthage High school, testified
that brakes had locked on the
school bus filled with a dozen
children the morning of April 21,
as he made a hairpin turn from
the Carthage-Glendon road into
the Cameron road. He said he
was going slowly, but that the
wheels failed to come out of their
curve and the bus went into a
bank on the inside of the turn.
Victim of the accident, Joe
Priest, aged nine, who lost three
teeth and had his jawbone frac
tured in the crash, testified that
he had been tb(rown violently
against a guard rail at the front
of the bus. Taken to a doctor, he
was given emergency treatment
and sent home.
"Hard to Steer"
An array of high school boys
was present to testify in Shav
er’s behalf, but only five were
called: Mac Flinchum, David Lee
Comer, Worth Inman, Eugene
Montsinger and Henry Hinson.
Their testimony was all more or
less the same: they had all driven
CONCERT
The glee club and band of
the Southern Pines school
will give a combined concert
at 8 p. m.. Wednesday at the
First Baptist church, as the
climax of their work of this
school year.
A cordial invitation is giv
en to parents and other in
terested persons to attend.
The glee club of 26 voices,
with the girls' ensemble, is
under the direction of Miss
Hope Bailey. J. G. Womble
M director of the band, which
is concluding its first year.
The program ■wiU present
a variety of selections, repre
senting all types of band and
choral work.
Proposal Made
To Convert Jail
To Bus Station
Towii Board May
Return Park Area
To Mrs. Millen
Water Line Considered
To Serve Double Road
Mrs. Mattie Moffitt appeared
before the town board at its reg
ular session Wednesday evening
to request the opportunity to buy
the town jail building, if and
when it is sold, with the object
of converting it into a bus sta
tion.
Mrs. Moffitt, owner of a house
with 100-ft fronijage on South
Bennett street, adjoining the jail
lot, said that if the price were
such that she could meet it, she
would then cooperate with the
Queen City Coach company on
running a bus station in keeping
with their requirements.
Appearing with Mrs. Moffitt
was the Rev. J. Lamar Jackson,
pastor of the First Baptist
church, who presented the plan
as one which should not only an
swer a community need but
would enable Mrs. Moffitt,
widowed mother of four young
children, to make a living for her
family while staying with the
children. The plan was also re
vealed by Mrs. Moffitt to have
another object, which was the
ridding of that neighborhood of
nuisance concerning which
there are many complaints.
Jail Noises
Noises made by the prisoners
night and day, their persistent
crying and praying for water,
cursing and flapping up and down
of the bed bunks as they en
deavor to attract attention makp
the jail a difficult next-door
neighbor, Mrs. Moffitt said.
Mayor Page assured her that
the matter was one which had
troubled the commissioners, and
that they planned definitely to do
something about it, though just
how soon he could not say. “I
hope we can work something out,
and can assure you that action
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J’Callaghan Heads
Committee Elected
At Precinct Meet
roll, head mechanic of the county
school garage.
Carroll, placed on the stand, re
ported that since April 21 the
bus has been given a new axle,
and its steering gear completely
overhauled. He said he had put
about 20 of the county’s 72 buses
through the state inspection lane,
and this was not one of them; all
had, however, been inspected by
a highway patrolman—he could
not remember exactly which one.
Patrolman Apple, who visited
the scene of the accident several
hours after it happened, said
thdre was evidence of speeding,
though rain in the meantime had
obliterated the skid marks.
Said Going Slowly
Richard Priest, who was on the
bus at the time of the accident,
estimated its speed at “about 12
or 14 miles an hour” as it made
the curve.
Ruth Priest, cousin of the injur
ed boy, who was also riding the
bus, recalled a previous accident
some weeks ago, on the same bus,
in which she had been knocked
unconscious and stayed so for sev
eral hours.
, , H. 'V. ChappeU, principal of the
the bus from time to time and j Carthage school, testified to Sha-
lourid^ it hard to steer, “bearing to ver^s good previous record as a
the right.” They said the bus had
lio regular driver*, as no boy
•would take it on account of its pe
culiar ways; that it had been in
volved in ‘“eight or 10 accidents”
and that the trouble had been
frequently reported to 'W. T. Car-
driver, saying he had not been
known to speed or to be careless
and reckless. Haywood Frye, sur
veyor* who presented a diagram
sho-viring the accident locale, also
testified to the boy’s good char
acter.
L. V. O’CaUaghan is chairman
of the new Democratic precinct
committee, with Mrs. Ruth
Swisher, Ernest "Wilson, Joe
Thomas and Mrs. L. L. Woolley
as the other members, elected
Saturday afternoon at the pre
cinct meeting held at the Com
munity building.
Besides O’Callaghan, officers
are Mrs. Swisher, vice chairman
and Mrs. Woolley, secretary,
chosen by the committee in exec
utive session following the meet
ing.
On motion of Shields Cameron,
unanimously carried by the half
himdred voters present, “all good
and loyal Democrats” of the
Southern Pines precinct were
made delegates to the county con
vention, to be held at 2:30 p. m.
tomorrow (Saturday) at the court
house in Carthage.
At the county meeting, dele
gates are to be elected to the state
Democratic meeting, and a new
chairman is also to be chosen, as
M. G. Boyette, chairman since
1932, has said he is not a candi
date for reelection.
At the precinct meeting, C. S.
Patch, Jr., presided in the ab
sence of both the chairman and
vice chairman, and Hoke Pollock
was named acting secretary for
the duration of the meeting. Se
lection of the new committee was
made by ballot from 10 nomi
nees.
The committee set-up of many
previous years’ standing here—
four men and one woman—was
shown by Pollock to be contrary
to by-laws of the Democratic or
ganization, which calls for a per
sonnel of three men and two
women on such committees. The
voting proceeded on this revised
basis.
The meeting was one of the
largest in years, with much inter
est shown.