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■1 n GIVE TO THE MARCH OF DIMES r; FIGHT POLIO! LOT GIVE TO THE MARCH OF DIMES FIGHT POLIO! VOL. 30—NO. 12 14 PAGES THIS WEEK Town Board Plans Adoption Of New Disposal Method Acl Will Release Incinerator Funds For Equipment The town bohrd will seek pas sage of an enabling act in the General Assembly, through Rep. H. Clifton Blue, to allow the use of a portion of the town funds earmarked for an incinerator, to be used for purchase of modern equipment for disposal by the “sanitary fill” process. The equipment, consisting of a tractor with bull clam and a com pactor collection truck, will cost about half of the $30,000 which has been held on reserve lor sev- earl years awaiting more favor able prices on incinerators. The enabling act will be word ed to permit use of the remaining funds for necessary sewer im provements in town. An opinion recently sought by the town board on this move has been favorably given by Attorney General Harry S. McMullan, Town Clerk Howard Burns told the bown board in regular session at the city haU Wednesday evening. Present were W. D. Page, con sulting engineer of the North Car olina Equipment company at Ra leigh, and W. L. Powell, sales rep resentative, to descri^)e in detail the “sanitary fill” procedure, and their equipment, especially made for it. The tractor digs a trench, the compactor truck dumps into it the refuse collected and mechan ically packed inside, the tractor runs over it to pack it still more and then, with the bull clam at tachment,, replaces the soil remov ed from the trench. All garbage coUected in a day is covered up by nightfall, and as an area is used up it can be sown to grass, or kept neat in other ways for later use as a building site, farm land or in any other way the town or a pur chaser may want to utilize it. Among the advantages describ ed were the total elimination of (Continuea on Page 5) Senator From Oklahoma Speaks At YDC Banquet Here Senator Robert S. Kerr, former governor of Oklahoma, shown with characteristic expression as he speaks at the midwinter banquet session of the state YDC at the Mid Pines Saturday night. Left to right, seated, W. Lament • Brown, president of the host (Moore County) club; H. Clifton Blue'' state YDC president; the Hon. Capus Waynick, and Mrs. Waynick. (Photo by Emerson Humphrey) YDC Meeting And Banquet Bring Many Distinguished Guests To SandhiUs Welcome, Honeymooners! Scout Displays Noted; Services End Observance The local observance of Boy Scout week, part of the national celebraton of the 39th anniversary of scouting, will be climaxed here Sunday with two church services to be attended by all scouts, cubs and their leaders. Members of Cub Pack 73 and & Troop 224 will' go to the First Baptist church, and Troop 73 and Senior Scout Outfit 73 to Emman-< uel Episcopal church. These serv ices will be at the regular hour of 11 a.m. Another big event of the week was the Cub Scout banquet, held Thursday evening at the Brown- son Memorial Presbyterian church. Window displays all over the county have attracted much at tention, and Paul C. Butler, dis trict chairman of camping and ac tivities, will lead a committee of judges from town to town today (Friday) to examine the exhibits and choose those to be ranked in first, second and third place. Vass Dinner At Vass, the Vass Lions club, at its Tuesday night dinner at the ^ Hotel Charmella, gave special rec- o^ition to 12 boys who have sig nified their interest in becoming scouts. The boys and three mem bers of the Lion-sponsored Vass troop were guests at the dinner, at which Voit Gilmore, district chairman of organization and ex tension, was a speaker. The Lions voted to pay the troop registration fee for all 12 boys. A. G. Edwards. Jr., scoutmaster, is to be assisted ^ by Scouts Bobby Klingenschmidt and Bobby Crabtree in carrying the program forward. On Display Mere Window displays in Southern Pines have been those of Troon 73 in Hayes’ window, and the local cub pack at the Sandhills Drug store. Troop 224, pitching four pup tents on the city park, have throughout the week given a prac tical demonstration of camping and outdoor activity. Troop 73’s display presents a (Continued on Page 5) Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kyne, of Cincinnati, Ohio, will be wel comed at Resort airport this af ternoon (Friday) on their arrival at 3:40 by Piedmont plane, and will be whirled off' on a busy three days for a memorable honey moon in the Sandhills. They will be taken to Highland Pines Inn, where they will be guests until they take the Pied mont plane for-home on Monday. Saturday night, they will be the guests of the Blue Mirror, where they will be honored at a Valen; tine dinner and dance, and later of the Pine Valley Inn; Sunday night, at Holliday’s Coffee shop, where the Melody Trio will no doubt strike up “Here Comes the Bride.” In fact, they are apt to hear this ancient tune a good many times during their stay here—-for they are the winners of a “honeymoon in Southern Pines” offered as a orize on a radio broadcast recent ly held by the Scripps-Howard station, WCPO, in Cincinnati Like Riding, Golf Advance information is to the effect that the young husband is 22, the wife 21. Hoyr long they have been married is not knoWn. It is reliably reported that they like to ride and golf. Arrangements will be made for them to ride if they wish to, and also to attend the gymkhana at the Southern Pines Country club beginning at 2:30 p.m., Sunday. They will have the courtesy of the greens at the Pine Needles course. They will be honored with gift of flowers from the Carolina Gardens, probably to be sent their room before arrival. Station WEEB will transcribe an inter view with them, for later broad cast. ^ Tljie Chamber of Commerce is cooperating with Charles Stitzer proprietor of the Highland Pines Inn, in arrangements for their en- (Continued on Page 5) Oklahoma Senator Addresses Democrats At Mid Pines Club Business Facing Test, Says Neal At Chamber Banquet Winston Banker Is Speaker Tuesday At Highland Pines “The year 1949 will present a real challenge, as readjustment to normal conditions calls on all of the judgment, experience and re sources business can offer,” Wil liam H. Neal, guest speaker at the mnual Southern Pines Chamber 5f Commerce banquet, told more han 100 men and women in his ludience at the Highland Pines nn Tuesday night. The judgment and experience of s seasoned businessman were both sxemplified in the straight talk handed out by Mr. Neal, senior vice president of the Wachovia Bank and Trust company and a former president of the North Carolina Bankers association. Speaking briskly and forcefully, lightening his talk with many an anecdote, he drew a realist’s pic ture, of the immediate economic future. It is the American way, he said, to judge each year’s performance by the standards of the year im mediately preceding, with higher quotas set. This cannot be done, he said,.in 1949, when the trend is downward from the “boom and expansion, the feverish inflation” of the war and postwar eras, when anything would sell and custom ers far outnumbered products. Normal Times Returning In those days businessmen sighed for a return to normal (Continued on Page 5) $90,000 Bond Vote Seen To Snpplement School Bnildin;^ Fnnd CEASE FIRE! At Fine Arts Room The exhibition of drawings, woodcuts and paintings and litho graphs by Glen Rounds opened at the Southern Pines Library Tues day morning. Hung in the new Fine Arts room, this first show of the year is already attracting wide attention. Qn one wall are the series of woodblock prints, with the block, from which they were made, be low them. This exhibit, interest ing to the art student as well as to the general public, shows the ar tist’s work in process, from one phase to the next. Nearby are the stirring draw ings of steers, horses, and cow boys which have been such a part of this artist’s life until he came here; while the three narrow pan els of hounds and horses, testify to his interest in the local scene. On another wall hang a series of lithographs for a book of Aesop’s Fables which Rounds is illustrat ing. Charming small studies of animals: the fox and the grapes; the frog, the group of peering mice and many others, they are proving a strong attraction to the young fry as well as to those who see in their skillful drawing and imaginative conception the sign of a real artist. This exhibit, which will con tinue through February 19, is the first in a series Which will include the paintings of several local ar tists. Lost — One Schoolhouse The total disappearance of a Negro school, complete with fur nishings, from its site of some 20 years in the Putnam community, was brought to light this week in a civil action filed by the county board of education against T. R. Brady, seeking $1,000 for payment ^or the school building allegedly spirited away. Soon after the opening of the ccunty schools in the fall, accord ing to H. Lee Thomas, superin tendent, when some Negro class rooms were found to need m.ore desks, he bethought him of 32 of them, with a teacher’s desk, in the Putnam school, unused for the past two or three years. He sent Martin Wicker, rnainte- nance superintendent, to get them and Mr. Wicker returned in per plexity to say that not only hi d the desks and stove vanished, but the school building itself. Inquiries about the neighbor hood revealed that a dweller near by had bought the building from Mr. Brady, who allegedly claimed authority to sell; had hauled ;t off and set it back up sgain on his place. He had seen nothing, he said, of the desks and stove. Mr. Thomas reported that letters to Mr. Brady had gone unanswer ed and the board had taken re course to the civil law to secure payment. In actuality, he said, the build ing would cost considerably more th^n $1,000 to erect today. A one The midwinter executive com mittee meeting of the North Car olina Young D^HiOcratic clubs, held Saturday afternoon and eve ning, brought to the SandhiUs a distinguished gathering, including state officials, senior party and YDC leaders from all over the state. The registration of 180 included YDC members from nine of the state’s 12 districts, representing counties from the coast to the mountains. The largest delegation, naturally, was from Moore, whose YDC membership and county of ficials rallied almost to a man (and woman) in support of, and enjoyment of, the meeting. While many came for the busi^ ness meeting, held in the sun room beginning about 3:30, and for the social hour which follow ed, the star attraction was the banquet with its eminent speaker, U. S. Senator Robert S. Kerr, of Oklahoma, former governor of that great state. H. Clifton Blue, of Aberdeen, state YDC president, presided over the business session, and W. Lament Brown, of Pinebluff, pres ident of the host club, over the banquet session. Tribute From Waynick Senator Kerr was introduced by the Hon. Capus Waynick, of Ra leigh, in lieu of North Carolina’s junior senator, J. M. Broughton, who had been instrumental in se curing the speaker but at the last rninute had found that congres sional duties prevented his own attendance. Mr. Waynick, as usual, did the honors with superlative (Continued on Page 5) Local Race Event Draws Inquiries Southern Pines Polio Campaign Doubles Quota Southern Pines has doubled its $1,700 quota in the polio cam- paign, it was s-nnouncGd, this wG6k by Chairman Paul C. Butler on the basis of returns still not entirely completed. Several anticipated contribu tions are still due, he said, and these should see the community well past the doubled goal. He expressed his deep appreci ation for the cordial response the campaign met, and those who had assisted in its success. Gifts of the students and entire faculty of the Southern Pines school totaled $465.14, which he termed a truly admirable achieve ment. The Beta club sponsored the drive in the school. Trespassers with .22 rifles have been making a menace of themselves lately, accord ing to District Game Pro tector Alex Fields. He says he is going to take steps, to the full extent of his author ity, to end their random shooting in the woods. His authority extends pretty far. He can not only confiscate any rifle used un lawfully or out of season (and all shooting is out of season at present) but can al so prosecute the offender. This he says he will do if necessary. "Boys with rifles they want to shoot seem to think if they go out into the woods to do it they won't hurt anybody." said Mr. Fields. "Maybe they don't know a .22 can shoot more than a mile. Someone might be • killed any day by one of these random bullets." A number of horseback riders, also people walking in the woods, have been badly frightened lately by having bullets whistle past their ears. "It's got to stop," warn ed Mr. Fields. Six Cars Inwlved In Monday Crashes No Grave Injuries Revision Of Plans Brings Costs Nearer Amount On Hand Equipment Included Three automobile collisions at various points in the county Mon day morning badly damaged aR six of the vehicles involved and sent four men to the hospital, while four others escaped with no injuries, or only minor ones. All accidents were investigated by highway patrolmen, who were on the job within a short time in each case. One driver was arrest ed, another probably wiU be. The earliest wreck, which oc curred about 1:30 a.m., happened on a slight curve on Highway 1 just south of the Carolina Pines near Cameron, when C. A. Reit- zell, of Lilesville, owner and driv er of a 1940 Ford pickup truck headed south, failed to make the curve. His car crossed the center line to the left and smashed head- on into a 1946 Ford driven by Pvt. Henry Olive, of Fort Bragg. Both vehicles were flung completely about, practically demolished, their occupants injured and bleed- He had equal commendation for [ ing. the achievement of the We^t | Three Unconscious Southern Pines school, where | Knocked unconscious were $119.24 was contributed. Gifts .James W. Seagraves, of Vass, Rt. from the rest q,f the West South- 2, owner of the car driven by Pri- Plans for the races, to take place on the Walsh track February 20, took a big boost forward with the news, this week, that inquiries had come in from several leading horsemen. From Durham came word that Mts. George Watts Hill is inter ested and would like to send down one of her string which includes several youngsters headed for the big time tracks, as well as show prospects. Another asking about the racing card is Carter Brown of Tryon who is thinking of entering five horses. Mr. Brown has often room frame, structure, solidly, hunted here. Third to make in built, 24 by 36 feet in dimensions,'quiries is Michael Roche of New it was considered “a pretty good York. school building” and better than j The card, still tentative, calls some still in use in other parts of. for one brush race, one over tim- the county. |ber, and three flat races; one for It was abandoned when a school \ ladies, one open and one for chil- teacher could not be retained forjdren’s ponies. The bugle will it, and the classes were consoli-; blow at 2 p.m. The benefit event dated with those of a larger school I is sponsored by the Chamber of nearby. Commerce. ern Pines community brought the total to $137.25. Collections at the Carolina the ater, which has cooperated in ev ery March of Dimes drive since the beginning, amounted to $222.66. The Sunrise theater, where spe cial permission to make collections had to be secured from the chain headquarters, made a belated en- trv but collected $175 for the local drive. vate Olive; Reitzell, and his com panion, A. J. Dutton, also of Liles ville. Private Olive was able to make his way to a nearby house to seek help. Passersby, and also an am bulance from Sanford, assisted all to the Lee county hospital at San ford, where the soldier and Sea- graves were treated for severe lacerations, and released. Reit zell, who had a broken ankle and (Continued on Page 5) A bond issue of $90,000 will be sought in the Southern Pines school district, in an election to be scheduled shortly, for an addi tional supplement for construction and equipment of the long-await ed school gymnasium and audi- torium-cafgteria., The amount was fixed by the school board this week after an appeal to the county commission ers for funds, for equipping the cafeteria and auditorium, had met with sympathy but no money. This year’s budget is set, the com missioners said at their Monday meeting in Carthage, and they could not speak this far' in ad- vahee for next year’s budget. With time pressing if the build ings are to be in use, as desired, by next winter the board then fix ed $90,000 as an outside figure, with the reservation that, if the county commissioners can see their way clear toward appropri ating equipment funds, only the bonds actually needed will be is sued. Breakdown Breakdown of the $90,000 was reported by Supt. P. J. Weaver as follows: for completion of build ing contracts, $44,250; architect’s fee (five per cent of the total for the two buildings), $12,000,-.cafe teria equipment, $10,000; audi torium equipment, $13,750; gym nasium equipment, $10,000. Estimates of the needed equip ment were reached after an ex haustive survey of the field and represent good standard-grade products in adequate supply, modern and durable. Even at the prices listed, they are by no means the costliest but then, according to Supt. P. J. Weaver, neither are they the cheapest. They will measure up in all ways to what is expected of a modern and well- (Continued on Page 5) Here’s Help In Filing Federal Tax Returns Pull That Whistle Cordl Those who read the letter of Todd Baxter published in this newspaper in which he asked the Seaboard Airline Railroad to do something about passenger trains stopping on the wrong track in town, will be interested to learn that the very day after Mr. Bax ter’s letter was received the situa tion was remedied. Trains which are to stop here are now all routed onto the track next to the station platform. The Pilot takes pleasure in printing below the correspondence between Baxter and C. E. Bell, General Passenger Traffic Mana ger of the Seaboard Airline Rail road Company. Mr. Bell’s letter is in reply to the first communication from Mr. Baxter, published last week, in which he called the attention of the railroad official to the incon venience and possible danger to many caused by the stopping of passenger trains on the track farthest from the platform. The promptness of Mr. Bell’s reply. and the even more speedy action of the railroad in sending three of its leading division men down here to look into the situation, and, finally, their irhmediate ac tion to remedy it, strikes us as an outstanding example of coop eration between all parties. In fact, we feel that this whole episode is worthy of special com ment, and special applause. On three counts. First you have direct citizen ac tion on something that needs to be. done. Todd Baxter did not form a committee, he did not go to the Chamber of Commerce with a complaint, he did mot try to get the town board to take it up: he simply sat down and wrote a let ter to the railroad. The Seaboard did not shilly shally either. Here was a letter that seemed to make sense. If the writer was correct, something needed to be done. Mr. Bell did not waste time in excuses, he sent his men right down here to see (Continued on Page 5) “That man is here again—” or rather, he will be, to lend you aid in filling out your income tax re turn against the Ides of March. With just a little more than a month before the date of March 15, time for filing federal income tax returns, deputy collectors of internal revenue of the Southern Pines office have announced their schedule for the next four and a half weeks. Southern Pines has been allot ted the dates of Friday, March 4, and the following Monday and Tuesday, March 7 and 8, also the last three working days of the fil ing period, March 11, 14 and 15. Beginning next Monday, the deputy collectors will be at the Robbins mill, at Robbins, Febru ary 14, 15, 16; at the Aberdeen mill February 17 and 18; the courthouse at Carthage February 21 and 2^; the Pinehurst post of fice February 24 and the N. C. Sanatorium February 25. They wiU return to Robbins February 28, to spend th e day at the town hall there. March 1, 2 and 3, they may be seen at the Hoke County courthouse at Raeford; March 4, 7 and 8, at their office in the base ment of the Post Office building (entrance on New York avenue) in Southern Pines; March 9 and 10, again at Raeford; March 11, 14 and 15, back to Southern Pines, i The deputy collectors, Julian Tadlock and David B. Mallon, say that at these times they are at your service, and will be glad to help you with any of your prob lems. However, they remind that it is a case of first come, first served and that in general the closing hours bring them more customers than can possibly be handled in their limited time. They warn against the ancient habit of waiting until the last minute, declaring that if every one needing their help or advice will come as early as he possibly can, they probably can get around to all.
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