VOL. 29 NO. 36
12 PAGES THIS WEEK
Southern Pines. N. C.,
Merchants’ Association Is Formed,
Board Named, Credit Burean Planned
Blue, Hodgkins Head
Temporary Directors
Lester Rose Speaks
Organization of the Southern
Pines Merchants association,, with
election of a temporary board of
directors, was effected at a meet
ing of local business and profes
sional men held at the Communi
ty building Tuesday night.
Choosing Walter E. Blue and
N. L. Hodgkins as their co-chair
men, the temporary board an-
jnounced pllans for a directors’
meeting to be held within the
next few days, to plan the setting
up of a credit bureau and other
features of the organization,
preparatory to getting down to
real work in the fall.
Other directors named were L.
V. O’Callaghan, C. S. Patch. Jr.,
L. T. Clark, A. A. Hewlett, Col.
Wallace Simpson, Mrs. Jean Ed-
son and Herbert Cameron. Elec
tion was by secret ballot from 25
nominations made from the full
membership list of the Chamber
of Commerce.
Another feature of the meet
ing, which was held under aus
pices of the Chamber of Com
merce, was a talk by Lester Rose,
executive secretary of the Ra
leigh Chamber of Commerce who
serves in the same capacity for
the U. S. Highway No. 1 associa
tion. He spoke on the work of the
association and the advantages
of membership.
26 Attend
John S. Ruggles, president of
the Chamber of Commerce, led
the meeting, which was attended
by a representative crowd of 26.
Many had attended the meeting
held the week before at Scottie’s,
at which W. L. Dowell of Ra
leigh, executive vice president of
the North Carolina Merchants as-
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THURMOND?
Foresters Meet
Here Aug. 17-18
If you want to help in the
movement to get J. Strom
Thurmond's name on the bal
lot for election to the Pres
idency of the United States,
you'll have the opportunity
very soon.
Mrs. Ruth Swisher has un
dertaken to circulate a peti
tion here, on request of Da
vid Clark,'of Charlotte, co-
chairman of the States'
Rights Democrats in North
Carolina.
Speed is essential, as pe
titions containing 10.000
names must be handed to the
state board of elections by
micinight of August 3 to get
the States' Rights party on
the ballot.
There is no organization
here as such to promote the
candidacy of South Carolina's
Governor Thurmond and his
running male, Mississippi's
Governor Fielding Wright,
Mrs. Swisher said. However,
she feels that there is suffi
cient interest to warrant the
petition.
’Thurmond and Wright
represent the Democratic
"chip off the old block"—
chipped off at the recent na
tional convention by Tru
man's civil rights program.
The “fogging” truck in Aberdeen. (Cut courtesy Sandhill Citizen)
Southern Pines Is ^^Fogged’^
Boxing Show
Will Bring Stars
Saturday Night
A training meeting will be held
at Southern Pines Tuesday and
Wednesday, August 17 and 18,
for personnel of the North Caro
lina division of forestry and
parks from a dozen counties of
this section of the state.
The meeting will be similar to
one held here last August, with
busines sessions at the Ameri
can Legion hut and demonstra
tions at the town Horse Show
grounds.
9o well adapted were these
grounds found to be, for the dem
onstrations of new methods of
fire fighting which are part of
the training course, and also so
hospitable were the people here,
■according to District Forester J.
A. Pippin of Rockingham, that
it was decided to hold this year’s
meeting at the same place. The
demonstrations are to be open
to the public.
Last year it was hoped to show
Moore county’s brand new fire
fighting truck in action, but it
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The boxing show to be sponsor
ed here by the John Boyd post,
VFW, which was announced for
Friday night, will be held Satur
day evening instead, beginning
at 8 o’clock, at the High School
Memorial park.
Some outstanding fighters
well known in boxing circles in
this and other states, have been
secured through efforts of Ray
Backlund, post chairman for the
event, and should put on an ex
cellent show.
They include two from Char
lotte, Heavyweight Mai Wallace
and Welterweight Golden Glover
Bobby Heathfer, also Ben Maceil,
lightweight, of Denver, Colo.,
and Ramon Ancho, of Hawaii,
both now stationed at Fort
Bragg with the 82nd Airborne di
vision.
A good crowd is expected to
turn out for this, the first local
spprts event of the summer ex
cept the baseball games and
Lakeview boat races in June,,and
a full evening’s entertainment is
anticipated.
The standard of fighting
should be wpll up to that gener
ally seen only in the larger cities,
according to Chairman Back
lund, who has had a good deal of
experience in this field, both as
a former amateur boxer and box
ing instructor.
Red Cross Decides Against Purchase
Of Building; Radio Station Surprised
A decision on the part of the
Red Cross board of directors not
to go through with the purchase
of the WSTS radio station build
ing here was made known Wed
nesday to the press of the county,
in a prepared release by Col. G.
P. Hawes, Jr., chapter chairman.
The reason, as stated for the
chapter membership, were as fol
lows: “Time. . . was short and,
due to the amount of detail re
quired, it has been impossible to
complete the necessary forms,
have the necessary legal details
arranged, and investigations nec
essary by the National Headquar
ters ma^ in time to take up the
option on the WSTS building. So
your chapter now finds it neces
sary to forego the purchase of
this particular building.”
In a telephone conversation
with the Pilot Colonel Hawes re
peated this insubstance, saying
that some new laws of National
Red Cross applicable to this area
would mean that over a month
would have to be consumed in
investigations, and that the
option on the building, extended
once, expired this week.
The purchase was announcejl
by the chapter two weeks ago as
completed. No option was men
tioned.
Robert Buchanan, manager of
WSTS, on inquiry by the Pilot
concerning the option, said that
this was the first he had heard
of the sale’s not going through on
schedule, and that in fact a meet
ing had been arranged for Thurs
day for the signing of the deed.
Request by the chapter’s attorney
for an extension of the option
had been granted Saturday, he
said, with no time limit specified.
No limit was set, he said, in
view of the fact of the meeting
this week, and that he had asked
definite confirmation of the in
tention to purchase so construction
could proceed of the studios to
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Clouds of snow-white mist
pouring from a jeep-type truck
covered Southern Pines, street
by street and alley by alley, Mon
day and Tuesday of this week as
the town was thoroughly and
completely '“fogged” with DDT.
The “fogging” was sponsored
by the Town of Southern Pines to
kill insect pests and, indirectly,
to aid in checking the spread of
polio and other insect-borne dis
eases.
It was done by William Capel
of Candor, using 30 per cent DDT
from the Taylor Chemical com
pany in Aberdeen. The Capel
concern is the same which re
cently did the job for Charlotte,
and more recently in Moore
county has “fogged” Carthage
and Aberdeen.
In Carthage the Junior Cham
ber of Commerce footed the bill,
and in Aberdeen the Lions club.
The fogging has been supplemen
tary to the DDT-handspraying of
homes and grounds by teams in
these towns and also in Pinehurst
and Pinebluff.
The spray team working in
Southern Pines last week com
pleted its work in West South
ern Pines, and started in South
ern Pines, visiting each home in
turn. The spraying, which is ex
pected to cover the entire coun
ty, is being financed by a fund
made available by the county
commissioners to the Moore
County chapter of the National
Infantile Paralysis Foundation.
Results of the combined hand
spraying and fogging were
noticeable in Southern Pines this
v/eek, where not a fly was to be
found and where, at the height of
the peach season, the gnats gen
erally so prevalent at this time
disappeared completely.
Besides checking up and down
all streets several times over, t}ie
highly maneuverable small truck
sallied in behin% business places
and homes wherever possible,
and also on Tuesday evening
gave an intensive fogging to the
swampy section lying between
the town and West Southern
Pines.
State Softball
Tournament Here
Set For Aug. 20
10 Teams To Play
20-Game Series
In Five Days
Business Building And Remodeling
Give New Look To Robbins, Aberdeen
New Belk Store
Will Open At
Robbins In August
has not
develop-
The summer season
slowed down business
ment in Moore County towns, and
from two. in particular. Robbins
and Aberdeen, come reports of
several interesting developments.
At , Robbins, in a building now
being completed, the county
first Belk store is expected to
open qbout the middle of August.
The handsome modern structure
of two stories,' is one of several
in a block being built by Bran
son Williams in which two busi
nesses—one new and one old—
are already imder way.
' The new business, which open
ed last Saturday, is the Western
Auto Associate store, owned and
managed by Colon Cheek. These
home - owned, home - managed
stores sell well-known lines of
automobile supplies and parts,
home appliances of all sorts,, tools,
toys in season and such other
standard items as lawn mowers,
bicycles, radios, etc.
Mr. Cheek, a native of High
Falls, is now living at Vass, but
said he plans to move his wife
and son to Robbins when he can
find a home for them. He was
employed by the Burlington mills
before entering business at Rob
bins.
Feed Store To Expand '
The old business.in a new home
IS the Robbins Feed and Seed
store, dealing in seed, feed and
fertilizer, established five years
ago by W. H. Jackson. The small
frame building it formerly occu
pied was torn down to make way
for the new Belk store, and the
feed store is now in a modern
brick home, considerably larger
than the old. Mr. Jackson said
he plans expansion of his whole
business in the fall to fit the new
accommodations, adding new
lines to his stock and probably
hiring some new employees.
Mr. Jackson, a Pitt county na
tive, came to Robbins 10 years
ago for his health and remained
to become an active member of
its business life. His wife is a
teacher in the elementary school.
Al Aberdeen
At Aberdeen, ground was brok
en last week for a new depart-
REAL SERVICE
It's real service on local
mail you're getting over al
the post office, folks, as a
ruling for first class post of
fices has gone into effect for
putting up such mail ip the
boxes every half hour.
Heretofore, said Acting
Postmaster A. Garland
Pierce, local mail has been
put up four or five limes a
day. Now it's 29 times be
tween 7 a. m. and 10 p. m. In
fact, he says, with 1,000
pieces of local mail a day the
operation is practically con
tinuous, taking almost all of
one employee's time and
costing the post office more
than the one-cent postage.
Each half hour the time
stamp on the postmark ils
changed again, and the job
Starts over. So continuous
is the service that two local
I>ersons. if they were so
minded, could answer each
other's notes more than a
dozen times in one day.
ment store for H. L. Ruluick,
owner of the Quality Shops at
Fayetteville. A one-story, two-
room building, 40 by 70 feet, is
to be built by the Player Con
struction company at an estima
ted cost of $14,000.
The McDonald Feed store, of
which C. A. McDonald is owner
and manager, has been expanded
and remodeled. The size has been
increased from 20 by 60 to 20 by
100 feet, and a new front, ■with
new floors and plastering, gives
the place a much improved look
inside and out.
The showroom of the Martin
Motor company, of which R. S.
(iwyn is proprietor, is being en
larged to 31 by 42 feet. The front
is being modernized and other re
modeling is under way, to be
completed in about a month. K.
M. Garner is the contractor.
The Pilot Servi9e station is al
so undergoing remodeling Tknd
modernization, and when the
work is done will face a different
direction. The old front has been
closed in with the building of a
washing and* lubrication room.
The office is being considerably
expanded.
Softball will be the big news in
Southern Pines for five busy days
starting Friday, August 20, when
the High. School Memorial Ball
park v/ill be the scene of the
North Carolina Amateur Softball
tournament, an annual event to
be held here for the first time.
The state tournament will have
spots for 10 teams, which are now
being selected through sectional
eliminations all over the state.
The only one definitely named so
far as a tournament entry is the
Mooresville Moors, 1947 cham
pions.
The date of August 20 has been
tentatively set barring weather
complications, polio or schedule
changes in elimination play.
C of C Is Sponsor
The series is being sponsored
here by the Chamber of Com
merce, through arrangements
made by Tom Wicker, executive
secretary, with Smith Barrier, of
Greensboro, Daily News sports
editor who is commissioner of the
state association.
The necessary guarantee has
been pledged by the Chamber
members, and season tickets will
be on sale at prices in line with
those lor baseball games here.
A 20-game double elimination
tournament will be held, with
both morning and afternoon ses
sions, and no session providing
fewer than tw:o games except
possibly the finals, Mr. Wicker
said.
Finals August 25
It is expected that the finals
will be played Wednesday after
noon, August 26, provided rain
or other factors do not cause a
shift in the tight schedule.
Fifteen or more players will
probably be here with each
squad. In the pre-tournament
play are entries from as far as
Wilmington on the east, Asheville
on the west and many points be
tween. The winner here will ad
vance to the regional tournament
to be held at St. Petersburg, Fla.
Most of the teams are expected
to drive here for their day of
play, returning home at night,
though a few may play on two
or more days and may stay over
night.
Two New Polio Cases Noted In Moore
As First Case Is Reported From Hoke
donated
An auction sale of
goods—“anything and every
thing salable”—for the benefit of
the new Central Carolina Polio
hospital now a-building at
Greensboro, will be held on the
public square at Carthage be
tween 6 and 8 o’clock tonight
(Friday) under auspices of the
Carthage Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
The Jaycees have planned the
sale as a countywide event and
hope to amass a • considerable
number of dollars as a Moore
County contribution to the hospi
tal, planned as a permanent cen
ter for the care of polio victims
from central Carolina counties,
including Moore.
Goods to be auctioned are be
ing received at the Carthage
Food store of which Jaycee Wal
ter Spivey is proprietor, and by
any and all other members of
the organization.
This is just a part of the Jay
cees’ participation in the fight
against polio, as last week they
paid the bill for the “fogging”
of their town with DDT by the
ground method.
Dr. Lide Will Go
To Bowman Gray
As Instructor
Dr. Thomas N. Lide, pathologist
at the Moore County hospital
since January, 1947, has resigned
Burns Purchases
Business Building
The building at 134 West Broad
street, northern wing of the Citi
zens Bank and Trust Company Philadelphia and was made a fel-
position as instructor in pathol
ogy for the Bo-wman Gray Medi
cal college at Winston-Salem. He
will also serve as pathologist for
the Baptist hospital there.
During his year and a half
here. Dr. Lide has served the N.
C. Sanatorium at McCain as well
as the Moore County hospital.
He is a member of the Moore
County Medical society, and also
of the Sandhills Kiwanis club.
Just a few months ago Dr. and
Mrs. Lide bought a home on
South Ashe street here, which
they say they do not plan to sell
any time soon. , Mrs. Lide and
their two young children will re
main in Southern Pines until a
suitable home u found in Win
ston-Salem, which may take sev
eral months.
Dr. Lide, a native of Anderson,
S. C., and graduate of Clemson
college, graduated in 1938 from
the Duke school of medicine, in
terned at Germantown hospital in
Doctors Confer
With Polio Team
Local Decline Definite
The polio decline in Moore
county this week seemed to be
definite, with just two new cases
reported.
By a miracle no case has yet
occurred within the city limits of
Southern Pines, largest town in
the county, though it has touched
practically every other Moore
commtmity for a present total of
53 cases since the first of the
year, 52 in the past three months.
One case was from just outside
the city limits, on the Old Beth-
esda road.
’This week’s cases include the
oldest victim yet reported, Fletch
er Lloyd Dockery 24, of Eagle
Springs, Rt. 1, unmarried Negro.
He was taken Saturday to the
Kate Bitting Reynolds hospital at
Winston-Salem, suffering with
what Dr. Willcox said appeared
to be rather a severe case.
Betty Sue Gamer, aged four,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Garner of Robbins, Rt. 4, was
carried to Rex hospital at Raleigh
Wednesday.
Hoke's First '
Dr. Willcox, who is serving as
health officer for Hoke county al
so, said that Hoke’s first case was
reported Sunday^—a McPhaul
child, four years old, from the
Antioch section, who was taken
to Duke hospital that night.
Though he feels confident that
the worst is over for Moore, Dr.
Willcox said the quarantine will
remain in effect as before. The
incidence is still mounting in the
state, and in some counties it is
just beginning. “If they have ahy-
.. . . , thing like we did to go through,
effective August 15, to accept aj bad times are still ahead,” he de
clared.
Polio Team
The polio team, sent by the
National Infantile Paralysis
Foundation to confer with doctors
at Raleigh and Wilmington and
give demonstrations of polio care,
could not in the brief time at
their disposal, accept the invita
tion of the Moore County Medi
cal society to visit here.
A telephone call from Dr. Jes
sie Wright, head of the team, ex
pressed her desire to bring the
team here and regretted the im
possibility of doing so.
Dr. R. M. McMillan, president
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OPEN MEETING
quadrangle, was sold this week
by R. Clifton Johnson to George
C. Burns for an undisclosed sum.
It is occupied at present by
Theodota’s Gift shop, on a 10-
year lease of the lower floor
which has eight years to run. Up
stairs, the front apartment is oc
cupied by Clarence Thompson
and his interior decoration busi
ness. Mr. Johnson and his fam
ily occupy the rear apartment.
They will be succeeded there by
thie Burns family when the build
ing is turned over to its new own
er early in September.
This is the only change plan
ned at present, according to Mr.
Burns, who returned to town this
week for a few days from Ocean
City, N. J., to complete the trans
action.
The building is one of a three-
unit group which has added at
tractiveness to Southern Pines’
business district since it was
built by the Citizens Bank and
Trust company in 1926.
Aymar. Embury 2nd was the
architect. With the bank set back
in the center facing a grassy rec
tangle, on which open also the
wings” joined to the bank build
ing by breezeways, it presents a
distinguished and pleasing ap-
pearaiice.
The northern wing was sold by
the bank in 1928 to the Southern
Pines ‘Realty company. Since
then it has had a succession of
owners until its purchase by Mr.
Johnson in 1947.
The southern wing is owned by
the P. T. Barnum company.
low in pathology at the Pennsyl
vania hospital there. He entered
the army at the outset of the war,
and served almost three years
overseas, in station and general
hospitals.
On his return he spent 14
months as pathologist at Duke
hospital, from which he came to
Moore county.
An open meeting of the
Southern Pines chapter.
Alcoholics Anonymous, will
be held this evening (Friday)
at 8 o'clock sit the clubroom
in the Arcade building.
Dr. John C. Greer, Jr., will
be the guest speaker, on the
subject "Neuro-Phychiatry in
the Treatment of Alcohol
ism."
All interested persons are
invited to attend, according
to the word which reached
us this week—whether they
axe interested for them
selves, for someone else or
in a general way.
Moore Doctor Brings News
From World Polio Meeting
Dr. Myron W. Marr, of Pine
hurst, was one of more than 1,000
medical men and health leaders
from many states and 33 foreign
countries to attend the First Inter
national Poliomyelitis Conference,
held July 12-17 at the Waldorf-
Astoria hotel. New York City,
under the sponsorship of the Na
tional Infantile Paralysis Founda
tion.
Dr. Marr, who has been inter
ested in polio for many years,
was sent by the Moore County
hospital as its staff representa
tive at the instance of Paul C.
Butler, chairman of the Moore
County Foundation chapter, and
Philip S. Randolph, of Chapel
Hill, head of the state organiza
tion of the Foundation. He is be
lieved to have been the only rep
resentative of a North Carolina
hospital at the conference.
The conference, planned for
many months, by chance coincid
ed with the serious outbreak -in
this state and county, and it was
believed, Mr. Butler said, that it
would be of inestimable value to
have a local representative at
tend.
Local Conferences
It has already proved so. Since
his return Dr. Marr has confer
red at the Moore County hospital
with practically every doctor in
the county. The polio convales
cent center has also had the ad
vantage of this concentrated ex
perience. He spoke last Friday
on special invitation before the
Southern Pines Rotary club, in
an informative program on polio
in which Mr. Butler also took
part. Monday night, he talked in
formally with members of the
Moore County Medical associa
tion, before which he is expect
ed to give a detailed report at a
later date.
In informal conversation soon
after his return Dr. Marr reveal-
el that he is more than ever con
vinced that physicians are on the
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