Jonathan Daniels
Authors Article
On Southern Pines
"My Favorite Town"
Illustrated With
Bye's Watercolors
Jonathan Daniels, editor-in-
chief of the Raleigh News and Ob
server, well-known author and a
leader'in state affairs, has taken
time off in his busy existence to
write a first-rate article, publish
ed in the December issue of Ford
Times, called “My Favorite Town
—Southern Pines.”
A copy of the slick-paper pock-
etsize magazine arrived in the
mail this week for Mrs. James
Boyd, editor of The Pilot, with a
note from Mr. Daniels, saying, “I
hope I didn’t do too badly by your
town in this piece.”
He has, as it happens, done most
handsomely by the town, in a # rru i • • " " —' ■' wiiitu lewaraea tnem^ tor
four-page article in warmly per- ° Thanksgiving mcrning; That’s MFH Moss in the c nter, calming them down a little
sonal vein, sketching the past,
the present and the personality
of Southern Pines with colorful
detail. »
The story is filled also with
yery real color, as it is illustrated
with five brilliant watercolor
paintings by Ranulph Bye. One
shows a pine-bordered road in the
Sandhills; another makes the
Southern Pines pharmacy, Mc
Neill’s Feed and Seed store and
the Masonic temple look most ar
tistic. Then there is a scene of
golfers on the Countrjr Club
course; horses at pasture at Mile-
Away Farm, and the railroad sta
tion, quaintly depicted in the days
B. R. (before remodeling).
Mr. Daniels accompanied
President Truman on his pre-elec
tion cross-country tour by train,
and his post-election holiday at
Key West.
Political prophets have him sla
ted for a high post in the admin
istration, possibly in President
Truman’s cabinet.
I. F. Chandler,
Lighting Pioneer,
Succumbs At 86
Came To Sandhills
In 1894, Was a
Builder Of Business
School Building Bids •
Far Exceed Estimates
TO WASHINGTON
The Moore County Hounds dive joyfully on th; meat which rewarded them for ,
hanksgiving mcrning; That’.s MFH Mnss 1 ^ood work
(Photo by Humphrey)
Chamber Offices
Are Moving To
Belvedere Hotel
Assault, Hold-up
Are Reported
Adrian Donnelly, maintenance
man at St. Joseph of the Pines
hospital, is in a serious condition
at the hospital, possibly with a
fractured skull, asjhe result of
an assault and robbery which he
reported took place Saturday
night on the Laurinburg road be
low Aberdeen.
Returning late at night from
Laurinburg to the hospital, where
he lives, Donnelly said he notfced
a car following him and endeav
ored to shake it off. However, the
car passed him at a lonely spot
and blocked the road, forcing him
to stop.
He said two men got into his
car and heat him to unconscious
ness. He came to in broad day
light Sunday morning, and man
aged to drive himself to the hos
pital, where it was said he show
ed evidences of having been beat
en severely about the face and
head.
His wallet and papers were
missing. The case has been turned
over to the sheriff’s department.
Thursday was moving day for
the Chamber of Commerce, which
started its move from the Com
munity building to the Belvedere
hotel, and expects to get 'straight
ened up over the weekend to con
tinue business with scarcely an in
terruption.
Tangible assets of the Cham
ber—a desk, a filing cabinet, mim
eograph machine, typewriter, a
ton or so of papers and litera
ture and Tom Wicker, secretary—
are to be housed in a large room
in the Belvedere lobby, formed
by partitioning off the rear half.
The room adjoins a smaller room
with lavatory facilities. Double
doors open onto a rear terrace.
Cabinets have been built in, and
the partition and other woodwork
have been freshly painted, while
the walls have been left papered.
E. L. Perkinson, contfaptor, did
the work.
Chamber of Commerce signs
pointing east on Pennsylvania
avenue are to be reversed, to point
west, and a sign will also be plac
ed outside the hotel to indicate to
the general public the Chamber’s
new downtown location.
Hoke Pollock, president, ap
pointed John S. Ruggles, chair
man, A. A. Howlett and L. T.
Clark to a committee to see that
the Community building, home of
the Chamber since its reorgani
zation in 1945, is turned back to
its owners, the Civic club, in as
good conditioft or better than
when it was taken over. The three
were all members of the old reor
ganization group.
The move is expected to effect
a saving to the Chamber, besides
giving it a more cdnvenient loca
tion. Operation cf the Community
building, with heat, light, janitor
service and upkeep, constituted
one of the largest budget items.
Rental of the new office will
amount to considerably less dur
ing the year, without extra opera
tional expense.
Thanksgiving Hunt Opens Season For
Moore County Hounds; 42 In Field
GARDEN FRESH!
Here's an item for Ripley—
or the Chamber of Commerce
—bearing witness to as fine
an Indian summer as ever the
Sandhills knew (and that's
saying a lot).
Charlie Patch had plenty
of cause for Thanksgiving,
when he went out to his vege
table garden Thanksgiving
day and gathered;
Cauliflower, brussels
sprouts, new potatoes, green
peppers, hot peppers, head
lettuce, collards, cabbage,
mustard greens, turnip
greens, spinach, broccoli,
white turnips, rutabagas, to
matoes, eggplant, radishes,
spring onions, endive.
Believe it or notl
CP&L Division
Offices Moving
To New Location
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BARBECUE—
More Than 200 Enjoy Fine Evening,
Plenteous Food At Mile-Away Farm
Fair weather, excellent cooks,
wonderful food and plenty of it
and more than 200 guests in happy
mood all combined to make one of
the finest events of the season of
the Chamber of Commerce barbe
cue'and chicken fry, held Wednes
day evening at Mile-Away Farm.
It was cool but not too cool- -
just enough to make attractive the
warmth of the fire in outdoor
grill and barbecue pit, and a
bright bonfire nearby. Crowds
started arriving at 6 on the dot,
and for two solid hours cooks and
serving lines were busy helping
the hosts live up to their promise
of “all you can eat.”
Many guests passed and re
passed along the serving line, re
ceiving generous helpings until—
almost—the very end. The barbe
cue gave out slightly in advance
of the guests’ appetites. Chicken
lasted as long as there was any
one able to eat.
John Ferguson had spent the
day barbecuing a whole pig to a
delicious turn. The cooks who
fried 100 chickens ifato golden
hunks included Mr. and Mrs. R.
C. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. W. O.
Moss, Jerry Ashton, Mrs. John
Ferguson, Mrs. Morris Johnson
(whose husband, slated to be head
cook, could not be there on ac
count of illness).
They also fried mounds of hush
puppies and corn dodgers, which
were most gratefully received.
Culinary talents ameng the res
taurateurs were brought into play
for other “trimmings” as R. A.
Hamel made the potato salad.
Chick Holliday the slaw. Chick
also bfought a huge pot of coffee
from his restaurant, and when
this gave out Leland Daniels, Jr.,
refilled the pot and made coffee
in the old-time way over the bon- x..t.xe are
firC’ lOT a total of 24 and a half some 35 employees altogether in
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Division offices of the Carolina
Power .and Light company are
moving this weekend from East
Broad street to their new home
in the former Scotties Tavern, on
Highway 1 south.
The remodeling of Scotties, one
of the south’s largest night clubs,
has been under way for the past
two months under supervision of
.^ton Scott, owner and lessor. The
result is one of the most unusual
of office buildings, cpmbining
space and good looks vwth an in
tricate design necessitated by the
shape of the building.
The large circular ballroom has
been halved with a partition, with
office space on one side, ware
house space on the other. On the
office side rooms for the various
department heads are inset about
the perimeter, each of them
vaguely wedge-shaped. The spa
cious section contains the ac
counting department.
Offices and other essential
rooms extend into the wings, con
nected by corridors in which, it
seems, one could, easily get lost,
and wander about for weeks just
as in the Pentagon.
The entire interior is newly
painted and fluorescently lit.
Floors have been sanded and re
finished. A large new oil furnace
has been installed, and some of
the offices have electrical units
for supplementary heating.
A nice feature is a room where
linemen may rest while awaiting
a call to duty, or when they come
in, out of snow or storm. The room
will have a shower, facilities for
coffee-making and other comforts
for the repair crews.
The CP&L has taken a 10-year
lease on the building, with option
of purchase or renewal. Mr. Scott
is maintaining his office and
workroom there for the present.
Division departments, serving
some 14 counties, which are mov
ing to the new location are the
line department, Joe N. Steed,
superinitendent; engineering, W.
F. Harper, engineer; sales, J. M.
Howarth, department head; per
sonnel, J. A. Phillips; 0. H. Raw-
linsoij, relay engineer. There are
Best Of Weather For
An Excellent Drag
The fairest of weather, climax
ing a succession of perfect fall
days, and a drag hunt rated as ex
cellent in every way opened the
season Thanksgiving Day morn
ing for the Moore County Hounds.
A field of 42 gathered at Pick-
ridge for the start of the hunt, and
followed the hounds over a course
of several miles wliich included
much new country.
A large group of children was
in the field. Many greetings were
exchanged as members of the hunt
had been arriving all during the
previous week, some only the day
before. The pack was keen and
ready to go, with youngsters ac
quitting themselves as veterans
after their weeks of training by
MFH Ozelle Moss and Honorary
Whip Mrs. Moss, of Mile-Away
Farm.
Drawing Adkins woods, hounds
found in the hollow beyond, circ
ling the Willis Young place and
crossing the Noel Laing field. All
new country lay beyond this—
through Grover McCrimirion’s
pasture lot, across Bob Walden
place and through the hunter
trial grounds, to kill at Scotts
Corner..
Following the hunt, the Mosses
and Charles Stitzer, Jr., were
hosts at breakfast at Highland
Pines Inn, where country ham and
other hearty viands met appetites
as hearty.
Rained out Saturday, the second
hunt took place Tuesday, again
with the finest of weather and an
excellent field.
They will be held . Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday of each
week through the winter season.
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I. F. Chandler, “the man who
brought light to the Sandhills,”
died at 2:30 a. m. Tuesday at Miss
Chase s convalescent heme, where
he had been a patient for several
months.
Funeral services were held at
3:30 p. m. Wednesday at the First
Baptist church, conducted by the
Rev. J. Fred Stiinson, of Ridge
crest. Bufial was in the family
plot in Mt. Hope cemetery.
Pallbearers were Herbert N.
Cameron, C. E. Holt, L. L. Wool-
ley and Robert McCormick, of
Southern Pines; •Davis Bruton, of
Chadburn, and Bruce Jenkins, of
Star.
^Ir. Chandler was 86 years old,
a native of Muskegon, Mich.,
whence he came to Southern
Pines December 16, 1894, to be
come one of the pioneers of this
cbmrdunity.
He built a small factory on the
corner of Wisconsin avenue and
South Bennett street for the man
ufacture of peach and berry crates
to accommodate the growing fruit
industry of the section, then in
December, 1897, used the surplus
power generated there for South
ern Pines’ first street lights.
These were 12 23-candle-power
lights placed on Page, Bennett
and Broad streets. They marked
the advent also of electricity for
ether uses here, as he then went
into the power business, purchas
ing sites on Little River and erec
ting three dams for the purpose.
Southern Pines, Aberdeen, Car-
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Plans For Separate
Auditorium, Gym
Must Be Revised
Soaring Costs Cause
Keen Disappointment
J. D. McConnell
McConnell Will
Go To Washington
As Broughton Aide
Sandhills Chapt er
DeMolay Awarded
Highest Honor
CHRISTMAS NOTES
Plans of the Chamber of
Commerce for Christmas-
ligbting of the downtown
district dwindled sharply as
it was found that hundreds of
outdoor bulbs would be need
ed. and 'that they just aren't
available in quantity. With
much cord left over fromi pre
war days, the Chamber felt it
TOuld not buy new cord to
fit the bulbs it can get—^but
can't get the ones it needs. So
it looks as though perhaps
just one tree, a large cedar
near the Seaboard station
will be lit
The Sandhills DeMblay chapter,
organized last spring, was award
ed a gavel for being “the out
standing chapter of the state,” at
the North Carolina DeMolay Con
clave held at Charlotte last Sat
urday and Sunday.
Joe Gulledge, of the local chap
ter, was elected state Junior
Councilor, and Herbert Dieten-
hofer, adviser, was appointed a
member of the state advisory
council.
Eleven boys of the Sandhills
chapter, with Mr. Dietenhofer, at
tended the Conejave, which in
cluded a banquet, at which Nat
White, U. S. Commissioner, was
the speaker; a dance Saturday
evening, a church service and bus
iness meeting Sunday.
Sandhills members present were
Reggie Hamel, Bobby Craft, Bob
McCormick, Jack Stancil, George
Hodgkins, David Atherton, Bill
Baker, James Marks, William' Robert Gorrell,
Marks and Joe Gulledge. two.
John D. McConnell, Southern
Pines attorney, has been appoint
ed by Senator-elect J. M. Brough
ton to serve as his administrative
assistant, it was announced by M-b.
Broughton at his office in Raleigh
Wednesday.
The $10,000-a-year post is the
top staff job of the senatorial of
fice, highest in his power to be
stow.
Mr. McConnell, who was ap
pointed in January, 1946, to the
post of assistant U. S. attorney for
the Middle district, said that he
will relinquish this office about
the middle of December, and plans
to take up his duties in Washing
ton, D. C., when Mr. Broughton is
sworn in by the 81st Congress.
He plans to maintain his home
in the Country Club section here,
coming back as frequently as his
duties will allow him.
The appointment is a signal
honor fer the young (38) attorney,
a native of Davidson and son of
the late J. Moore McConnell, dean
of the faculty of Davidson college
for many years.
He graduated from Davidson in
1932 and received his law degree
from Duke university in 1937. He
practiced law for five years in
Durham as partner of Victor S.
Bryant, now secretary of the
State Democratic Executive com
mittee. He left a growing law
practice to enter the U. S. Navy,
in which he served throughout
World War 2, emerging with the
rank of lieutenant commander.
On his appointment to the fed
eral court post two years ago, he
moved to Pinehurst, and opened
a law office in Southern Pines.
He bought his home here a year
ago.
He is married to the former
Margaret Gorrell of Winston-Sa
lem, and they have three chil
dren, John D., Jr., aged eight,
five, and MoUy,
Buckets of icy water were
thrown on Southern Pines’ aspira
tions for a new high school audi
torium-cafeteria and separate
gymnasium when bids for the two
buildings were opened at the high
school Tuesday morning.
With $195,000 to spend, school
representatives totaled the low
bids to find the sum well above
$300,000.
The exact total of low bids for
general contracts, plumbing and
heating came to $308,369, -more
then one-third higher than the
hoped-for cost.-
Present with the group of con
tractors submitting bids were Dr.
G. G. Herr, chairman of the school
board, John Howarth and N. L.
Hodgkins, members; Supt. P. j!
Weaver, and A. C. Dawson, Jr., of
the high school faculty; William
H. Deitrick, architect, who pre
sided, assisted by H. W. Moser, of
his Raleigh office.
S^IOO.OOO Question
As the bids were opened and
pencils got busy, faces fell and
smiles died away. Executive ses
sion which fcllowed the opening
centered about one question:
where to get another $100,000?
There were no answers to this
question.
Reluctatntly, the schoolfolk
faced a compromise which, in all
their planning, and with commun
ity support, they have rigorously
avoided: a combination gymnasi
um and auditorium.
For this, or for the auditorium
alone, including a cafeteria in the
basement, the county commission
ers granted $150,000. The addi
tional $45,000 accrued from a bond
issue- voted by the district, to
make possible a separate gymna
sium.
Only now, with inflation mak
ing previous estimates look puny,
this appeared to be no longer pos
sible.
Conference Asked
On advice of Mr. Deitrick, the
three low bidders were to be ask
ed to confer further regarding
specifications, to see how the com
bination could be most advanta
geously worked out, and econo-
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State YDC Meet
At Mid Pines
January 29
One Sandhills town will
glitter and sparkle, at any
ralte. Aberdeen Jaycees axB
undertaking a Christmas-
lighting project which will
coit several hundred dollars,
to set their town a-twinkling
for the shopping season.
ANN AND "JUNEBUG" ELOPE—
Casual Couple Strolling Here Were
Just Nation’s Best-Known Newlyweds
Word comes that Santa
Claus will visit Southern
Pines, stopping over at the
Elks lodge sometime in th©
week before Chris'tmas. As
soon as the date is definite
ly arranged with the old gen
tleman, public announcement
will be made and a general
invitation issued to all chil
dren to come to a Christmas
party in his honor.
A young couple driving north
stopped their car in Southern
Pines Monday morning about
10:30, bought gas and oil at
Brown & Clark’s, got out and
strolled up and down the street
while a minor repair was being
made.
Window-shopping at the South
ern Pines pharmacy, they met Tom
Cordon, who knew the young man
from old days in Blowing Rock.
They chatted a while and Tom
turned to the extremely person
able young lady in a leopardskin
coat, at his side. “Isn’t this little
Ann Cannon?” he said. “My, hon
ey, I haven’t seen you since you
were so high!”
The young man grinned shyly.
“This is my wife,” he said.
•‘Well, that’s nice. Congratula
tions!” said Tom, and went on his
way, feeling a nice sentimental
glow over two nice young folks.
That was just the way a lot
of other people felt, too, later oh.
Others were frankly curious, and
millions excited, as they are at
any story involving great wealth.
When combined with young ro
mance—that makes News, with
a capital N.
It wasn’t until some four hours
later that the story broke out of
Pinehurst that was to cover the
country’s front pages for the next
few days with stories and pictures
of a highly newsworthy young
pair. They were Lloyd Patrick
Tate, Jr., 22, of the riding Tate
family of Blowing Rock and Pine
hurst, and Ann Cannon Reynolds,
his childhood sweetheart, 18-year-
old offshoot of the great Cannon
and Reynolds families of North
Carolina.
Ann had come down to Pine
hurst from Duke university, where
she was a student, to spend
Thanksgiving with the Tates.
Monday morning she and “June-
jbug” slipped off to Bennettsville,
jS. C., and were married. They'
stopped here on their way back, to
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The annual meeting and ban
quet of the North Carolina Young
Democratic club will be held at
the Mid Pines Saturday January
29, it was announced this week by
H. Clifton Blue, of Aberdeen,
state YDC president.
The meeting, which is open also
to all members other than those
of the committee, annually draws
a gathering of from 100 to 200
Young Democrats from all over
the state, for a gathering in which
business is combined with social
pleasure. i
A number of leading Democrats
of the state are to be invited, in
cluding Governor W. Kerr Scott
and Senator J. M. Broughton. It
is hoped also to have some digni
taries from other states and there
is a strong possibility that among
these will be the governor of Ok
lahoma, said Mr. Blue.
The meeting will begin with a
business session lasting from 3:30
to 5:30 p.m. Dinner will be served
at 7:30 and will be followed by a
few breek speeches. The rest of the
evening will be devoted to fellow
ship among the, members and
guests, with the Moore County
YDC members acting as hosts.
It is anticipated that a large
number will stay overnight, for
golf and relaxation Sunday.
SANDPIPERS
The Sandpipers' touma-
meni, rained out last Sunday,
will be held next Sunday in
stead on the Pin© Needles
course, it was announced this
week. It will be bes4 ball of
four.