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Holliday’s Restaurant Burned Out As
Stubborn Blaze Gives Firemen Battle
Lightning Blamed
For Wednesday Fire
Tenants Awake In Time
Holliday’s Coffee shop on East
Broad street was badly damaged
Wednesday morning by a stub
born blaze which, starting in the
basement, broke out shortly after
4 o’clock after having apparently
smouldered for hours.
Summoned by the alarm at
4:20 a. m., the fire department
did not quit work until about
7:30, when assembled onlookers
viewed a sad scene of blackened
wreckage where one of the
town’s favorite restaurants had
been.
Only slight damage was done
to apartments upstairs occupied
by five families which, had cir
cumstances been only slightly
different, might have been vic
tims of a tragic disaster.
Damage High
No estimate of the damage has
been made pending visits of in
surance adjusters Friday, but ob
servers figured it would run into
some thousands of dollars. The
flooring and inside wall of the
coffee shop were badly burned.
Firemen had to do considerable
chopping to locate the deeply im
bedded fire, and thick smoke and
soot, washed down with thous
ands of gallons of water, made
a shambles of the restaurant.
Considerable remodeling had
recently been completed there,
with installation of new booths,
and, only two weeks ago, an air
conditioning system.
Whether insurance on the furn
ishings and fixtures would cover
the cost of the new improve
ments, W. B. (Chick) Holliday,
restaurant proprietor, said he
could not guess. Walter E. Blue
and C. L. Worsham, owners of
the building, said they, too, were
highly uncertain as to whether
insurance would cover the cost
of the damage.
Origin of the blaze was not im
mediately determined. An early
theory that it began in compres
sor motors in the basement, used
for refrigeration in the restau
rant and apartments, was dis
carded when it was found that
the motors were unharmed. The
idea that it began with overload
ed wirjng or in the fuses received
a knockout blow when inspection
showed two basement switch-
boxes, 15 feet apart, to be in
equally badly burned condition.
Trouble in both switches at the
same time was thought to be too
much of a coincidence.
Lightning Blamed
Fire Chief L. V. ^’Callaghan,
inspecting the building Wednes
day afternoon, suggested that the
fire might have been started by
lightning which played about dur
ing the midnight hours, which
could have entered the basement
by an unknown conductor and
swept through both switches,
short-circuiting the wires.
The switches carry the wiring
also for Shaw’s Paint and Wall
paper company and Roth’s Barber
shop, which are in the same
building. Lighting of all three
business places was knocked out.
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Attention,
Fire Chasers
Chief O’CJallaghan and
members of the Southern
Pines Fire department this
week called the public’s at
tention again to Section 15
of the Town Code of Ordi
nances:
"WHEN FIRE ALARM
SOUNDS VEHICLES MUST
STOP. When the fire alarm
sounds,' every automobile,
truck pr other vehicle is re
quired to comp immediately
to a full slop at the curb un
til the fire truck has passed,
and pedestrians are required
'to clear the street at once."
Reminder was made that the
second truck often arrives a few
minutes later than the first be
cause of having to wait for
enough men to operate the equip
ment. It is important that the
streets be kept open until both
trucks have reached the fire.
Matters have reached the point.
Wicker .Challenges march to aid stricken children
Policies Of U.S.
Commerce Body
Directors, Deane
Support Stand On
Misrepresentation
Tom G. Wicker, Southern Pines
Chamber of Commerce secretary,
with the support of his board of
directors, this week challenged in
a letter which had wide circula
tion certain well-known policies
of the U. S. Chamber of Com
merce.
He protested to the National
Chamber; to representatives in
the Senate and House and to ex
ecutive secretaries of all North
Carolina Chambers of Commerce,
the national organization’s atti
tude in legislative affairs, which
is claimed to represent that of all
member Chambers.
The specific issue was the Taft-
Ellender-Wagner housing bill,
now before the House banking
committee, which the U. S.
Chamber is attempting to have de
feated, but which Wicker
said is favored here. . Ha
said that material sent to the lo
To many of us the March of Dimes of last winter may
have seemed “just another campaign,” to be given to per
functorily, without much thought of its aims.
Today, with a dozen young polio victims from Moore in.
doctors’ care, all of us have reason to be glad of those
gifts; to be grateful to bur fellow citizens who worked in
freeze and snow to collect them, and to wish that we had
given much, much more.
Paul C. Butler, county chapter chairman, is according
each case his personal attention, disbursing those funds
without red tape to insure their proper care. One child
died, despite all that could be done; the others stand a good
chance of recovery and a return to normal living.
So we say “Thanks!” to Mr. Butler and his hard-working
committee; to H. Clifton Blue, campaign chairman; and to
the volunteer workers who collected a total of $6,481.69,
far surpassing the $3,680 goal.
it was reported, that the police cal Chamber on the subject was
department has been asked to see
that the law as given above is
rigidly enforced. The cooperation
of the public in obeying the ordi
nance will be greatly apprecia
ted, Chief O’Callaghan said, and
may also save the embarrassment
of arrest and fine.
Swoope Installed
As Commander
Of Legion Post
Charles W. Swoope, of Pine-
hurst, is the new commander of
the Sandhills Legion post, instal
led at the regular meeting at the
Legion hut Tuesday night.
Also installed were A. D. Hurst,
first vice commander; F. M.
Dwight, second vice commander;
Jerry Healy, finance officer;
Jack Reid, sergeant-at-arms;
Hoke Pollock, advocate; L. L.
Woolley, chaplain; Charlton Ross,
adjutant; J. W. Dickerson, ath
letic officer.
The last two offices are ap
pointive (Dickerson’s a reap
poinment) and further appoint
ments are to be made later by
Commander Swoope.
Discussion was held of the
Junior Legibn baseball program,
which is presenting financial dif
ficulties, though the program as
a whole was considered a suc
cess, and much improvement was
noted in the team. .
Though the Monday night’s 11-
innjng game at Monroe was a
loser, 6-5, the boys showed up
splendidly in this, their toughest
game of the season, it v/as declar
ed. They were the only team to
hav scored any runs yet against
Monroe, one of the best in the
state. The Moore County boys put
up a real scrap before going
down by just one point. •
“Lizzie” Has Had Glamor Treatment;
New Fords Unveiled To Public Today
Friday morning at 8 o’clock,
,the coverings will come down
from the Jackson Motor com
pany’s windows, along with those
of Ford dealers all over the coun
try, to reveal the new Fords in
all their glory.
Following a privileged pre
view, your reporter declares her
self to be a little breathless at
the sight—and to be able to re
port quite definitely that the lit
tle old Ford ain’t what she used
to be. Not by a long sight!
She’s all dressed up and ready
to go to town, gliding along on
her new “hydra-coil” (fore) and
“paraflex” (aft) springs, with not
a bump in a carload. Maybe the
wheels bump, but the passengers,
swung amidships like a suspen
sion bridge, do not.
Two Fords Here
We had tcf take Nolley, Jackson’s
word for that, as the two hew
Fords he has on hand—an eight-
cylinder Fordor in Midland Ma
roon Metallic and a .six-cylinder
in Colony Blue—have yet to take
tlieir maiden trip. But we had to
take no one’s word for the gor
geous looks, spaciousness and
comfort of these superb vehicles,
•nor the smooth power of their
mighty mechanism.
Smooth is the word—and as
for that spaciousness, it must be
done with mirrors. How they can
have that much extra room for
people dnd luggage is a triumph
of designing. Also, the Ford en
gineers have overcome all the
awkwardness of getting in and
out. By some sleight of hand,
they’ve turned this to an easy,
graceful stunt.
Ford has been bound up close
ly with the history and develop
ment not only of the automobile
industry, but with the history of
the country in the past half hun-
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biased and untrue, and that in
claiming to represent this Cham
ber in the matter, the national
group is off on the wrong track.
Reactions Vary
The letter, sent out last week
end, has already stirred up. inter
esting repercussions.
Congressman C. B. Deane gave
it to the Associated Press which
carried excerpts along with
Deane’s unqualified support of its
statements. “The Southern Pines
Chamber of Commerce takes
stand that’s needed,” Deane is
quoted as saying. “Others ought
to know what is behind this con
certed effort to defeat housing
legislation.”
Deane said he was placing the
letter in full in the Congressional
Record.
Senator Umstead also, in his
reply, gave support to Wicker’;
stand, though Hoey was non
committal.
Letters received from several
North Carolina scretaries were
“blistering” and one or two
“downright insulting,” Wicker
said, as it appears they hold an
opposite view. Only one of a half
dozen received so far supported
him, but, he said, he saw no rea
son to alter his views on this ac
count.
Referendum
Those opposing him declared
that the U. S. Chamber “always
takes a referendum” on subjects
of national legislation, and se
cures a representative, if not
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County Cleanup To Halt Polio Is
Opened At Robbins; 12 Cases
Cooperation Asked
Of All As Two More
Children Stricken
Patuxent Retains
Larger Part Of
Knollwood Lands
Previously published reports
that sale of the Pine Needles
hotel and grounds to Bishop Vin
cent S. Waters included 531.75
acres of land were in error. The
Pilot learned this week from
George T. Dunlap, Jr., president
of the Patuxent Development
company, former owners. As
matter of fact, only a portion of
the large Patuxent holding has
been sold, amounting to probably
less than 100 acres.
The mistake was a natural one,
said Mr. Dunlap, as in the mort
gage recorded at Carthage all
acreage was listed as included in
the sale, with some lots excepted.
It so happened that these lots
comprised more than four-fifths
of the entire property. The re
cording was made thus to avoid
additional — and unnecessary
surveying.
Involved in the sale, he made
clear, were the hotel building,
clubhouse, barn, barracks and
other structures comprising the
physical plant; the golf course,
and about 10 lots and some wood
lands abutting it.
The Patuxent company will
continue to exist with its present
officers, for the development of
the Knollwood section. A num
ber of lots have bden sold, and
many homes built. About 315 lots
A message on Ihe polio sit
uation vnll be broadcast over
WEE;B at 7 p. m. Saturday,
with Dr. J. W. Willcox and
Paul C. Butler speaking.
Dr. Willcox said it is im
portant that all county resi
dents, especially pcirents, dial
1360 at that time.
Two more Moore County chil
dren, four-year-old Jack McCal-
lum of Carthage and five-year-
old Raymond Garner of Robbins
RFD, were stricken with polio
last weekend, according to Dr. J.
W. Willcox, county health officer,
and noting them as cases No. 11
and 12 in this county’s incidence
of the past few weeks, he called;
for voluntary quarantine and the
exercise of ail common-sense
rules of health and sanitation on
the part of Moore County pa
rents.
Both children were taken ill
last Friday night, and were taken
to Rex hospital, Raleigh, where
diagnosis of polio was confirmed.
He added that both cases were
apparently light.
Jack is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Duncan McCallum, and Raymond
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Garner, of the Howards MiU com
munity north of Robbins.
At Robbins, in and around
which most of the county’s cases
have occurred, state and county
health authorities held two meet
ings last week with the town of
ficials and inaugurated a “clean
up spray-up” campaign which Dr.
Willcox said he'feels is bound to
do some good.
Problems .A.re Studied
Mayor W. P. Saunders and all
the town councilmen were pres
ent at both meetings, as was Dr.
Willcox. At the first meeting,
Philip S. Randolph, of Chapel
Hill, state representative of the
National Infantile Paralysis
Negro Youth Dies
By Drowning At
Oakland Park
Henry McCrimmon, 20-year-
old Negro, drowned Sunday af
ternoon in the lake' at Oakland
Park, new Negro recreation cen
ter and picnic ground near Lake-
view.
According to reports of the
tragedy, Henry, who coqld not
swim, somehow got beyond his
depth in the lake, and disappear
ed beneath the water about 4
’clock. Intensive search was
made but it was around 8 o’clock
before his body was recovered.
An ambulance had been sum
moned from the Powell Funeral
home here and, while artificial
respiration was being given, a
call was sent to Dr. Mobbs at
Aberdeen, who came out and pro
nounced the lad dead.
The day had been a busy one
at Oakland Park, with many
svifimmers and picnickers on
hand, and a Igrge crowd was
present to assist with the search
and to aid with recovery efforts.
“Accidental drowning” was the
verdict of Coroner Hugh P. Kelly.
This was Moore ofourlty’s first
death by drowning this year.
McCrimmon made his home
with an uncle, James Johnson,
near Vass. Funeral services were
remain in the possession of Pa- held Wednesday afternoon at
tuxent. I Ashley Heights.
Foundation, and Paul C. Butler,
of Southern Pines, county chap
ter chairman of the Foundation,
were in attendance. At the sec
ond meeting, conferring with the
local authorities were Dr. Gavin,
health officer for Lee, Chatham,
Person and Orange counties; Dr.
C. P. Stevick, epidemiologist of
the state board of health, and
CharlesWhite, the state board’s
director , of malarial control.
Problems facing the county,
and its northwestern section in
particular, were studied in the
light of recent recommendations
of state and national public
health authorities, and procedure
approved by them was agreed
upon.
As a result, the strict quaran
tine regulations formerly clamp?
ed down upon the population in
times of polio outbreak were by
passed for the present, and two
trained crews directed by County
Sanitarian O. D. Fulp and James
Canada, of Fayetteville, district
sanitarian, are cleaning up the
town.
Spraying Whole Town
They are going from place to
place, from home to home, all
over the community, spraying
with DDT for insect control, and
eliminating bacteria breeding
places as far as possible.
The campaign is being conduct
ed under auspices of the county
health office and chapter of the
Natio(nal Infantile Paralysis
Foundation, which is paying the
bills at present.
It is planned to carry the cam
paign over the entire county, if
payment of the rather consider
able cost can be managed. In the
meantime, householders are askd
to participate voluntarily by
cleaning Up their own premises,
spraying the DDT according to
directions and eliminating insect
pests as far as possible.
"While little is known of what
causes polio, and such a cam
paign may not stop its spread
entirely, it is bound to help raise
the whole health level of the
county, thus making it harder
not only for polio but for other
diseases to gain a foothold.
Flies have not been identified
as the criminals in the spread of
polio, but the virus has been
found on them, both inside and
outside, it was reported. Get rid
of the fly, and you get rid of a
vary real menace.
Protect Your Child
Both Dr. Willcox and Chair
man Butler emphasized the ap
plication of the common-sense
rules for child protection which
all parents surely know by now.
They stressed that children
should not be taken into crowd
ed places; they should not be al
lowed to become fatigued (a tired
child is the easiest victim); they
should have simple, nourishing
foods and balanced diet, and
should have a doctor’s attention
they should become nauseated
or show other signs of illness.
Plolio is decej^ive, Butler
warned. At its onset it often
seems to be no more than a little
cold. A bit of fever, a headache,
a stomach upset may not appear
alarming even to the most vigi
lant parent. Yet this is the way
the dread disease usually begins.
Splendid cooperation has been
found in the town of Robbins,
Dr. Willcox said, and all are
working together to stop the
polio if possible. Since it started
early in Moore, there is every
reason to hope the outbreak will
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New Gym, Auditorium Assured Here
As $45,000 Bond Issue Is Affirmed
THANKS, SAL!
Three new automalih sig-
nalls, installed by the Sea
board Air Line during the
past few weeks, went into
operation this week along
Broad slredt. flashilcig their
lights and ringing their bells
to warn of approaching
trains.
They are at the Massach
usetts, Pennsylvanila and
Connecticut Avenue cross
ings. With the fourth, in op
eration for some time at
New Hahnpehlre avenue, a
pedestrian or driver would
have 'to be blind, deaf or very
dumb indeed, to get in front
of a train.
In fact, the sound of their
bells joins in a harmonious
song up and down street
every time a train comes
along—and the theme of the
song is "Safety."
The signals were promised,
on request of the town board,
more than a year ago. but
were delayed through short
age of materials. The closing
of 'other railroad crossings
in the downtown area, ac
cording to the town's agree-
men, is waiting action by the
board.
Young Folks Busy
As Recreation
Gets Under Way
Softball, Swimming,
Story Hour Scheduled
With the Teen Agers using the
High School club (former Men’s
Club building) as headquarters,
Amos Dawson, summer recrea
tion director, said that plans for
them and for the younger folks
are going along nicely, following
the start of the program Monday.
The interior of the High School
club has been painted and the
young people have undertaken
considerable more work to bring
it nearer to their heart’s desire
in looks and usefulness. All are
invited to come, express their
ideas and lend a hand. At the
club, ping pong, badminton, cro
quet and other games, go on, with
the young folks finding their own
partners and getting up their own
games during the program hours
Swimming parties are being
held ’Tuesday and Thursday after
noons, with the bus leaving the
Civic Club building at 2:30 for
Aberdeen lake.
A story hour for the younger
folks is to be held next week,
to be continued if there is a good
response. The first will be in the
high school library next Thurs
day at 10 a. m., with Miss Ethel
Blue Britt, volunteer leader, in
charge. The story hour, held in
response to requests, will thus
begin as the Bible schools are
ending.
Main activity of the past week
has been centered about the
younger boys, ^who are playing
softball in a big way. Asked if
he had trouble getting up a team,
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Citizens' Committee
Works Hard Before,
During Election
Satisfaction Expressed
A total of 4^ out of 503 regis-
terde voters went to the polls at
the Conumunity building Tues
day, and 416 of them voted for
issuance of $45,000 in bonds by
the Southern Pines school district
to help finance two new build
ings for the school.
With 15 voting against the
bonds, and 72 failing to vote at
all, for a total of 87 negatives,
the issue passed by a majority
of 344, or 4-to-l.
The official canvass and report
on the vote will be made at Car
thage Saturday, when Tom G.
Wicker, registrar, and Hoke Pol
lock, legal representative, will
meet with the county board of
elections. Until the vote is certi
fied, the record above remains
unofficial.
Joe Montesanti, Jr., and C. S.
Patch, Jr., assisted by Slim For
sythe, acted as election judges,
and unofficial but invaluable aids
in the election’s smooth progress
were members of the citizen’s
committee of local businessmen.
Rounded Up Voters
Headed by E. C. Stevens, chair
man, committee members re
minded registered voters by post
card that the voting day was at
hand, rounded them up relent-
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Speedboat Races
At Crystal Lake
Sunday, June 27
More of the thrilling speedboat
faces inaugurated at Lakeview
last summer are promised for this
summer by Jimmie Allen, Crystal
Lake proprietor, with the first
event set for Sunday, June 27.
Responsa to last summen’a
series, first ever to be held here,
and many requests since have
decided him to continue with the
program, Allen said. Good crowds
came out each time last year
and the lake became widely
known, not only among specta
tors but among the racers them
selves, as an ideal location for
this exciting sport.
Many of the drivers who ap
peared in the races last year will
return Sunday and at subsequent
race events, to whip their small
speedy craft about the mile-long
course in a swift sequence of
races.
Drivers last year included a
number of well known North Car
olina winners in spectacular
events at Charlotte and other
places, and also some from other
States, attracted by the course
and the interesting stakes.
While motorboats have been
banned at the lake this year in
the interest of the fishermen, an
exception is to be made fh the
case of the race events. A local
organization as sponsor for the
June 27 program is to be an
nounced next week, Allen said.
Political Camps’ Calm Looks Deceive;
Contest May Hinge On Farmers’ Vote
With the second primary and
gubernatorial run-off little more
than a week away (June 26),
“politicking” appeared to be at
a low ebb around these parts this
week—but that was just the way
it appeared.
Indications are that a good deal
of missionary work is being car
ried on by the faithful of both
sides, with each presenting a de
ceptively calm appearance.
From the Johnson camp comes
word that all the former Albright
followers are not lining up for
Scott by any means. A “spot
check” by The Pilot revealed that
Mayne’s men were in general do
ing as Mayne did: taking little
part in the contest other than
preparing to cast their own votes.
While the former Albright man
ager, Joe Garzik, has come out
strongly for Scott and some of
his followers have done the same,
others, however, have gone over
to Johnson and still others ’’don’t
know—and don’t care very
much.”
Clark For ScoM
Named by Scott-for-Govemor
headquarters as a county colman-
ager along with T. C. Auman, and
Garzik was Lloyd T. Clark, of
Southern Pines, a former Oscar
Barker man. Clark, an old friend
of Barker’s said he couldn’t go
along with his man on the swing
to Johnson, but wasn’t planning
to do much active work for the
second primary other than cast
his own vote.
Leland McKeithen, co-manager
for Johnson along with Lament
Brown, this week expressed con
fidence that the strength which
piled up a small but consistent
majority for the State Treasurer
would hold good, proportionately,
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