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VOL. 30 NO. 8 16 PAGES THIS WEEK Southern Pines. N. G. Friday. January 14, 1949. Town Board Bans •^Sunday Beer^Sale In Public Places Southern Pines High Sehool Band In New Uniforms Recommendation Of Law And Order Committee Followed M The Sunday sale of beer in pub- • lie places within the corporate limits of Southern Pines was end ed by the town board in regular sessiqA Wednesday night by a vote jof five to one. The ordinance, to be adopted effective immediately, forbids such sale in any public place be tween the hours of 11:30 p. m. Saturday and 7 a. m. Monday. The vote followed a recommen- .|| dation for such action reported from the law and order commit tee, to which the question was handed at the board’s December meeting. At that time a citizens’ petition for the banning of Sun day beer and wine was present ed. Discussion was limited as only three commissioners were present and these expressed theniselves as feeling'that action on a matter of so many angles should be taken j^with the full board present. • All \vere on hand this time, and the discussion covered all phases of the question very thoroughly. The lone dissenter was Charles S. Patch, who read a 1 vigorously worded prepared speech upholding his views. Voting affirmatively were Mayor C. N. Page, L. V. O’Callag han, Joe N. Steed and the mem bers of the law and order commit- ^cee, D. A. Blue, Jr., and E. C. ”Stevens. , Discussion revealed that it was not the petition in itself which had brought about the action. It had, however, served effectively to bring the matter to the board’s attoition at a time when sweral Jfck th4*?f}enlter:r wS^Ji^l^ng con^ jf'cem about the situation he r .Blue Heads Elections Body As Assembly Opens Introduces Bill To Permit School Election Here Gag Rule Changes Prove Confusing Wearing their new uniforms above are, left to right, the four drum majorettes, Rosemary Dun- das, Catherine Sitteijson, Dolores Merrill and Jeanne Overton; Band Director J. G. Womble at the ex treme right, first roW, standing; and the follov^ng members of the Southern Pines High School band: First row—PenniV Fuller, bell lyra; Jimmy ^tch. Jay Childs, William Cook, trumpets; Jambs Menzel, James Collfns, Sieger Herr, Garland FMnk Pierce, clarinets. Second row—Edward Menefee, David BaileJPeter Grinnell, James Assad, trumpets; Margaret here. ^Building Permits For 1948 Total Quarter Million The year 1948 was another quarter-of-a-million-dollar year in building and construction in Southern Pines, or very close to j||it, it was revealed by figures re leased this week by Elmer Davis, city building inspector. Building permits for the last six months of 1948 totaled $151,500, he said. Those previously report ed for the first six months were for $99,200, for a total for the year of $248,700. Comparing these figures with those of the year before, it is seen that, in 1947, building permits to- Wialed $249,900. In that year a per mit for $120,000 for the new ele mentary school pushed the con struction figure far above the av erage expectation. Slightly less than $130,000 went for new con struction, outside of the school, in 1947. The building highlight of 1948 was the remodeling of the Sea board Air Line passenger station, ilfoT which a permit was issued for $53,000. Next largest permit was for the Aiken office building, $25,000, with that for the John son-Brown Furniture store, still under construction, coming in third with $15,000. Rising costs of materials have in many cases made the final cost of the projects exceed the origi nal estimate, for which the per- ^nit was issued. T From July through December, residential construction totaled $46,800, non-residential $104,700. Alteration and remodeling as weU as new building are on the list of 25 permits, which went to the fol lowing: Residential—Charles S. Patch, Preston Matthews, M. D. McCal- lum, J. D. Arey, T. T. Ward (two permits), John Hall (three per- ^|inits), James Livingston, Sam Burman, Jesse Graham, Dorthea Griffin, Mattie Burch, Mac Mc Coy, Clara Hancock, John Dray- I don, Grace King and Bessie Webb. Non-residential—Blue and Wor sham (for Holliday’s Coffee shop), John C. Parrish, Seaboard' Air Line Railroad company, E. j Aiken, R. C. Johnson, Veterans! of Foriegn Wars. ^ Permits issued in West South ern Pines totaled $26,600, practi cally all for residential building. Butler, Dorothy Newton, David Page, clarinet Third row—Tommy Ruggles, Temple Gri, Womble, clarinetJ Johnsie Ferguson, mellophoi , Fourth row-j^Alec McLeod, trombone; Ja er, mellophone; jilickie Mattocks, saxophone; Back row-^George McDonald, trombon mer Andrews, bWitone; La Verne Tyner,^ob inets.''"'* " "-iJ Others belonging to ette, Stanley Allen and Jane^ Hamel, James Pr: Haynesworth, Bobby 111, trombones; Bobby Tew, trumpet; Joseph Everett |3en Shepherd, clarinet. korenson, drum; Mary Cameron, clarinet; Billy Walk- RVoyles, mellophone. |5 L. Worsham, saxophone; Joe Cameron, drums; El- aaft, saxophones: Eugene Brown^Jaeje Rug^s.^lar- |>and, but not in the picture, are, with unif .^rms, Faye Caddell, drum major- lald Burney; without uniforms, Donald Fobes, Ann Craft, Phyllis Faircloth, I Bobby Renegar, Billy Od )m, Bob Ferguson, Coy Bowers, Eugene Lee„ Harry , James Humphrey, Kennath McCrimmon, Anne Pearson. (Photo by Emerson Humphrey) Yeomans Honored At Library M - The annual meeting of the Southern Pines Library associa tion took place at the Library Tuesday afternoon. Combining business with pleasure, the trus tees heard reports of the year’s work, elected officers, kpsi then entertained themselves mem bers of the association h a tea honoring their re-elected presi dent, A. B. Yeomans. Thirteen trustees were present Mrs. L. T. Avery, Miss Birdilia Bair, Mrs. James Boyd, tie Rev. Craighill Brown, Mrs. Howard Butler, Clyde Council, Mis. Wal lace Irwin, Miss Laura Kelsey, Mrs. James B. Swett, Phillip Weaver, and A. B. Yeomans. Two new trustees were welcoued to the board: Mrs. W. E. McCord, and Mrs.. J. H. Tpwne, t^ng the places of Mr. and Mrs. druthers Burt, who were unan:mously (Continued on Page 5) PARKING One way to collect a ticket and pay a fine is to park over time by the Seaboard station. Now th2Lt the remodeling of the station is over, and the parking place alongside Ibe new shed cleared, the police are back in earnest at their work of enforcing the 30-min ute ordinance there, good 24 hours a day. ' New signs have been put up, and new lines, painted, to. mark the Seaboard property, which is primarily for rail road business but which may be used by others—but not too long. Parking there to attend a movie, or to go on extended business or shop ping trips is costing motorists every day. Chief Newton said. He also reminded local citi zens who peurk their cars on Broad street, while they are at work, 'that this practice does their town harm. The city parking lot is for their free use. Norman Cordon Will Sing Here For Uniform Fund A concert will be given here some time in February by Norman Cordon, noted North Carolinian bass-baritone, for the benefit of the fund for the Southern Pines High school band uniforms, ac cording to announcement made yesterday by J. G. Womble, direc tor of the band. Mr. Cordon, a former Metropol itan Opera star, now associated with the extension division of the University of Norh Carolina, is giving , the concert purely as a friendly gesture toward the town. He has numerous professional en- gagenients, besides his work with the university, and has had . to establish a policy of “no benefit performances.” Whether it is because he has friends and relatives here, and (Continued on Page 5) Polio Drive Spa-ked By Crucial Need; Butler Reelelted Chapter Chairman REELECTED BUTLER A supper meeting of chairmen and workers in the 1949 polio fund-raising campaign, held last Friday night at the Blue Mirror with Campaign Chairman H. Clifton Blue as host, served as a starter for the two-week drive— Janaury 14-31—in which part payment of Moore county’s trem endous debt to the National In fantile Paralysis Foundation will be made. With almost $75,000 spent in Moore in 1948 in answer to de mands of the polio epidemic, the county’s quota for the year has been set at only $7,360. This is I double the amount of last year’s quota of $3,680 and considerably greater than the amount actually raised last January—$6,581.69. Yet it is such a small fraction of the funds poured into Moore from other counties in North Car olina and the nation, in relief of its greatest epidernic disaster, that (Continued on Page'5) Woman Critically Burned,Saves Baby Christine Lloyd, 20, wife of Is aac Lloyd of West Southern Pines, was critically burned Thursday morning when her clothing caught fire from a wood stove. She v/as holding her baby but managed to protect it from burns. At the Moore county hospital, where she was taken imliediate- ly, it was reported that IJr burns were third degree, and nature. No damage was report' home, across from the church, to which both fire trucks rushed cn receipt of the alarm at 9:05 a. m. According tp Chi^f O’Callaghan, a neighbor said the blaze resulted from kerosene thrown on the kitchen Vfire to make it catch up. This was the departmejnt’s sec ond alarm of the week, ailid of the year 1949. Both trucks ’i'ent out gt 6:55 p. m. in answe^ alarm from the Gentry in the Arcade building' circuit in the wiring o', trie stove had caused sion, but r.o damage In House appointments made by Speaker Kerr Craige Ramsay Monday night, Moore county’s epresentative H. Clifton Blue, now in his second term in the General Assembly, oame off with the chairmanship of the impor- j tant Elections and Election Laws committee and with memberships on eight other committees. It looks like a busy term ahead fer Blue, especially since one of his committees is that on appro priations, headed by Taylor of Wayne as chairman and expected to have some of the General As sembly’s weightiest matters in its care. This is one of the two big money committees, the other be ing that cn finance. Besides membership on the ap propriations committee. Blue was named member of committees on agriculture, conservation and de velopment, constitutional amend ments, mental institutions, a'oads, printing and public buildings and grounds. Thomas' Appoiiiftmenls J. Benton Thomas of Raeford, neophyte senator from the 12th senatorial district, which includes Moore county, was appointed by Lieut. Gov. H. Pat Taylor to the chairmanship cf the senate com mittee on congressional districts, and to membership on five other senate committees—banks and cvreucy, .corpprationjs,.. courts and judicial districts, justices of the peace, pensions and soldiers' home, and wildlife resources. Thomas was sworn in late, as certification of his election by a special vote January 3 caused a delay. He succeeds Ryan Mc- Bryde, who resigned as senator- elect on account of illness. Bond Issue Bill Representative Blue started off his legislative career last Fri day, the day after the General Asserribly’s opening, by introduc ing a bill to permit a bond issue for school buildings in the special (Continued on Page 5) Truman Sees Marshall On Sandhills Visit BUS STATION The town board Wednesday night gave its blessing to the project of a reputable Moore County citizen who wishes to build a bus station on the cor ner of Page street and Penn sylvania avenue. Negotiations have been un der way between the citizen and the coach company, it was reported, and the com pany is willing to give him a long term contract on re ceipt of a letter of approval from the Town. Clerk Howard F. Burns was instructed to write the letter immediately, as the commissioners express ed their pleasure in the pros pect of seeing a suitable bus station built here at last. Plans call for a cinder block building with separate white and colored waiting rooms and toilet facilities, also a snack bar. It is to be used as the regular stopping place for all buses passing through the town. More details will be given when arrangements are farther along. The site was recently brought into the business area by petition of a majority of property owners of the neigh borhood. Youthful Negro Fugitive Killed On Highway 1 Town Thrilled As President Drives By Visit Surprise To All Trash Dump May Yield To New Disposal Method to the oliness to It looks as though Southern Pines’ garbage dump is on the way out—and no’oody will mind saying goodbye. Even though the funds set aside some time ago for an incinerator are still insufficient, who cares? Incinerators are old fashioned anyhow. New methods of garbage dis posal have been developed lately which are better and more easily affordable, it seems, and Mayor C. N. Page at the town board meeting Wednesday night gave it as his opinion that they should be looked into without delay. The garbage dump, he said, is a dis grace. Polio and other diseases may well spring from it. Rats and flies are nourished by it, and what’s more it doesn’t do the work—after the garbage is burn ed it must still be raked through, for removal of unburnable matter to yet another dump. Methods being adopted else where include the land fill dis posal, and also disposal in a bull dozer-built ditch which is covered up as fast as refuse matter is dumped in. In the latter process, the same tract of land can be used over and over. Both methods bury the garbage cleanly, pre venting germ spread and pest at traction. A number of North Caro lina ‘towns are using these pro cesses, and some who have incin erators have abandoned them in favor of the newer methods. Mayor Page was authorized by the board to get in correspondence with the authorities in these towns to find out more, for a re port at the next board meeting, with the purchase of a tract of land and necessary equipment, and possibly a new, more capa cious garbage truck as the next step. A 14-year-old fugitive from the Morrison Training school at Hoff man, apparently heading for his home at Sanford after leaving the school sometime after 8 p. m. Sunday, met a violent death on U. S. Highway 1, near Vass, early Monday morning. The body of the Negro youth, identified as Floyd Lee McLeod, was found by a passing motorist about 5:30 a. m., lying in the cen ter of the highway about 90 feet north of the Seaboard underpass. The motorist woke the owner of a nearby service station to keep watch while he secured an ambu lance from Southern Pines. The body was found,Hof-be in a badly mangled.-^ifedition, with fractures of the skull, both legs and the left arm, also bruises on the back of the head. There were no skidmarks, broken glass or other signs such as are ordinari ly left in the case of a collision of a body with a motor vehicle. The boy’s cap was lying near the underpass, 80 feet away. He had two lumps of coal in his pocket. Coroner Hugh P. Kelly, ren dering a simple verdict of "acci dental. death,” confessed himself puzzled by the circumstances and reluctant to score it as a hit-run Occident. ,He accepted as reason- (Continued on Page 5) You never can tell who’s riding through town, visiting in the Sandhills these days—it might be the President of the United States. Wednesday afternoon, it was, as Harry S. Truman paid a surprise visit to Secretary of State George C. Marshall, at Pinehurst, driving through Southern Pines from Fort Bragg where his plane, “The Dewdrop,” landed at 2:28. A few radio listeners had a brief warning, as the Associated Press flashed the news to Jack Younts, of local station WEEB, asking for coverage, and Manager Younts immediately put it on the air. They barely had lime to rush from their radios to the street, be fore the procession of three army cars, one before and two behind, convoying the President in his army Packard, entered town by the Fort Bragg road. Several dozen people in town had a glimpse of their Chief Executive as he was driven along Connecti cut avenue and out along the Midland road. Waves to Child He returned an hour later by the same route, and this time there were larger crowds out to hail him. In a pause at the stop light at Connecticut and May, the President had time to look about him, glance and wave at the turn out of townsfolk—with a special wave for little Pat Patch, daugh ter of the C. S. Patches who was there with her dad—and to ap pear heartily amused at the sight of a carful of j oung gi--.s unload ing with squeals and swoons. At Pinehurst, it was related that the visit was as much of a sur- ‘ prise to Secretary Marshall as to anyone else. Mrs. Marshall had had a tip-off, with request to keep it dark, and she played up. As a result, the Secretary of State, who is recovering from a serious operation performed at Walter Reed hospital last month, had gone to bed on his return from a short walk. The President caught him in his pajamas. They chatted in the bedroom for a while, then the Secretary put on a bathrobe and they repaired to the living room, where Mrs. Marshall served tea and cakes. In Presidential Party With the President were his press secretary, Charlie B. Ross; his Air Force aide, Brig. Gen. Robert Landry; General Mar shall’s former aide in the state department, Brig. Gen. Marshall Carper, and Eben Ayers, assistant to Ross. The visit was “‘purely personal,” it was later reported, and not for the purpose of discussing state af fairs. General Marshall has re- (Continued on Page 5) Campbell Gives “Go Forward” Program For Moore District At Scooters’ Meet A two-hour session of the Scoutmasters Round Table, timed to the minute and attended by a record 33 scouters, featured an ex cellent dinner at the Carthage hotel Monday evening followed by a full and rewarding program. The monthly meeting, planned and conducted by L. Lewie Hall man, of Aberdeen, new Moore District commissioner, was call ed the best Round Table held yet, promising well for a progress-fill ed 1949. Highlight of the meeting was a presentation by Bill Campbell, new district commissioner, of ob jectives for 1949 as developed by the district committee at its first meeting of the year on January 3. ^ Presenting plans of each of. the district chairmen, Mr. Campbell offered these goals to solidify present gains and insure further ones: Organization* and extension, (Voit Gilmore, chairman), an in crease of 150 Boy Scouts, with in creases of Senior and Cub Scouts wherever possible. Emphasis is to be placed on increasing member ship of units already established rather than starting new ones, as 'they failed of normal growth through several months of polio restrictions. Advancement (A. L. Burney, chairman), material reduction in the number of Tenderfoot scouts (now 50 per "tent of total mem bership) through encouragement to advance to higher ranks, with some 15 per cent advancement each quarter as the goal. Training and learedship (E. C. Stevens, chairman), a series of leader training courses, with a trained leader for every unit, in stead of only about one-third, as goal. Camping and activities (Paul C. Butler, chairman), two weeks of camping next summer for at least 50 per cent of the boys, instead of about one-third as heretofore. Plans for summer camping should be begun now. Finance (Norris L. Hodgkins, chairman), achievement of the 1948 campaign quota by every community where there is scout ing. With good results in most communities, some have as yet not given their share. Health and safety (Dr. R. M. McMillan, chairman), two pro jects are being planned and are to be presented by Dr. McMillan at the February Round Table. Commissioner ^_^rvic^^ (L^
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