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SCHOOL BOND
ELECTION
TUESDAY
SCHOOL BOND
ELECTION
TUESDAY
VOL. 30—NO. 22
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
Southern Pines, N. C. Friday. April 22, 1949.
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
TEN CENTS
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Talk Of Candidates
Is Heard As Town
Voting Date Nears
Some Are Found
Receptive To Idea
With the town caucus just one
week off (Church of Wide Fel
lowship, 8 p. m. Friday, April 29)
and the municipal election com
ing only four days after that, talk
of candidates and potential can
didates began to be heard about
town this week.
The Pilot, listening hard and
checking with seversd of those
whose names were heard, reports
that there are no signs as yet of
any contest for mayor. Mayor C.
N. Page, who says he is willing
to take on the job again if he is
wanted, seems so far to have a
clear field.
The three present commission
ers who have signified their will
ingness to serve again also seem
to meet with general satisfaction
for reelection, though with sev
eral names popping up for the va
cancy, or vacancies, you never
can telL Incumbents are E. C.
Stevens, Joe N. Steed and for
mer mayor L. V. O’Callaghan.
Draft Blue?
Commissioner June Blue has
said definitely he prefers not»to
be reelected, as his work demands
more time than he has been able
to give it during his first, and
rather demanding, term. The only
World War 2 veteran on the
board, he has been well liked
and many have expressed the de
sire to see him reelected. “We’ll
just draft him,” some have said,
feeling that if the wish of the peo
ple is strongly evidenced he may
yield.
However, other World War 2
candidates are in the field and
one of them may, be found to take
his place. These include Lennox
Forsyth, who has the unofficial
endorsement of the local VFW
post, and also his former post
commander, C. S. Patch, Jr.
Suppox(ting Forsythe
Patch said this week he is sup
porting “Slim” Forsyth and not
campaigning for himself. How
ever, he is well liked, and has a
background of municipal history,
as his grandfather was a mayor of
the town, his father a long-time
commissioner. He is a native of
Southern Pines.
Another veteran of World War
2 prominently mentioned is Hoke
Pollock, who has also been asked
by friends if he would not con
sider running for mayor. Mr. Pol
lock, who does much of the
town’s legal work has said frank
ly that he would prefer to con
tinue in this capacity and will ac
cept no elective office at this
time.
Harry Fullenwider, another at
torney of the town, has reacted
to a proposal that he run for a
commissionership by saying that
he thought he should live here
much longer before aiming for
any office. Mr. Fullenwider has
been in Southern Pines less than
a year. Though he has made many
friends in that time, most of them
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Local Cancer Drive Quota Is $700
Harry Fullenwider, young attor
ney who hung out his shingle in
Southern Pines last summer, will
have his initiation as a campaign
worker and leader, as local chair
man of the cancer control drive,
during the coming month.
Mr. Fullenwider has undertaken
to raise the sum of $700, part of
the county quota of $2,500 hoped
for by the recently organized
Moore County Cancer society.
This will be the first campaign
since formation of the county unit,
with Mrs. J. L. McGraw of Car
thage as chairman. The posses
sion of such a unit, to administer
funds for cancer education and aid
to needy victims, will assure re
turn to the county of 40 per cent
of the campaign funds. Twenty
per cent will go to the North Car-
the National Cancer society, which
finances research into the causes
and control of cancer, as well as
a broad educational program.
Plans for the campaign were
made at a luncheon meeting last
Tuesday at the Carthage hotel, at
tended by officers of the county
unit and community campaign
leaders.
Mr. Fullenwider says he is plan
ning no high pressure campaign;
and that he hopes letters and coin
collectors in several stores will do
the work. Both radio station
WSTS and WEEB are helping. .
He is relying, he said, on the
sympathy of the public with the
well-known program of the Can
cer society, and the general knowl
edge of th e need for its work.
He asks that contributors mail
their checks to him at Box 25,
olina society, which works on a Southern Pines, or bring their gifts
statewide basis with laboratories ■ to his office on East Pennsylvania
and hospitals, and 40 per cent to I avenue.
Red Cross Barbecue Wednesday Night
A mammoth community barbe
cue will be held at Mile-Away
Farm Wednesday night, to help
the Red Cross past its local quota
in a final burst of speed, and to
provide everybody a wonderful
time in so doing.
Ozelle Moss, master of Mile-
Away Farrri, is not only lending
his famous facilities for outdoor
cooking and eating, but is per
sonally supervising all the oper
ations with the culinary assis
tance of Morris Johnson, chicken
frying specialist, and John Fer
guson, barbecue specialist..
Their artistic work in these
fields is well known locally, and
the word comes from A. B. Pat
terson, Red Cross campaign chair
man, that for your supper ticket
you will get all you can eat of
Chicken, or barbecue, or both,
\yith all the trimmings.
The supper will start at 6:30
p. m., and will be held “rain or
shine,” as the outdoor cooking
arrangements are roofed, and
there is also enough room under
cover for a large crowd.
The tickets are on sale at the
Red Cross chapter office, at sev
eral local hotels and are being
sold by a number of interested
citizens of the town.
Southern Pines is short about
$700 of meeting its $4,500 fund
drive .quota. The caihpaign is also
lagging in the county. This is the
first time, said Chairman Patter
son, that either the county or the
town has failed to more than
meet the quota and it is a matter
of community pride not to let the
Red Cross down.
Something over 70 per cent of
the campaign funds remain in
the county, to be spent on aid to
Moore County veterans in dis
tress and their families, and to
futther the first aid, home nurs
ing, water safety and other edu
cational programs for which the
Red Cross is so well known. In
case of a community disaster also,
the Red Cross stands by.
Local Delegation Goes To Governor’s
Bond Drive Dinner; Marshall Speaks
"Opportunity" Drive
Will Open May 16
Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Hodgkins,
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Overton, Miss
Blanche Sherman and J. C. Cole'
were among the guests at the
Governor’s dinner held at the Sir
Walter hotel, in Raleigh, Tues
day evening in furtherance of the
U. S. Savings Bond program.
County bond sale chairmen,
press and radio representatives
and volunteer bond sale workers
were honor guests at the dinner.
E. C. Stevens, Moore County
chairman, was unable to attend.
Gen. George C. Marshall and
Governor W. Kerr Scott headed
the list of distinguished speakers
who followed the lead of Presi
dent Truman in asking support
for the forthcoming Opportunity
Bond drive, which will be held
May 16-June 30. Governors’ din-
Much Fine Timber Destroyed As Fires
Ravage Country; Worst Loss This Year
This past week with the high
winds of April blowing, has been
a busy one for fire fighters and
a sad one for all those who love
the woods and vedue Moore Coun
ty’s timber crop.
The first fire started near the
Pinebluff dairy Tuesday, in a
patch of young pine. The lowner
had been burning off new ground
prior to spring planting and had
chosen a windy day on which to
do it. His loss was about 28 acres
of young pines, almost all of
which were killed by the hot fire
which raced through them.
The power wagon of the county
department turned out and the
fire was fought for a good two
hours, from 2 to 4 p. m. “Tough,”
was the grim comment of the
smoke-blackened crew, and
“tough” must have been the
word of the owner surveying his
charred trees.
Threaten Old Bethesda
“The Good Lord saved his
church!” was the way one on
looker put it of the fire that start
ed in the old Frank McClure land
near Old Bethesda 'Wednesday
afternoon. There seemed to be
no way to stop it, in the high
wind and thick underbrush along
the old road, but somehow, the
power wagon, crew, and many
volunteers, helped materially by
the fact that the flames were
checked as they reached the
branch allowing the fighters an
advantage, did the trick and the
church was saved.
Not so, however, the fine tim
ber in the 30 acres ravaged. One
of the best large stands in the
section was almost surely ruined
by the blaze. The fire threatened
the Paint Hill Farm timber of
Ernest Ives at one moment, as
well as some of the golf course
timber.
Origin of the fire was discover
ed to have been the act of a
small child, Sylvester Green,
playing with matches on his
father’s place, where the timber
was partially burned.
According to the opinion of
Woodrow Davis, county fire war
den, this week’s fires did more
damage than those of any other
time of the year. Reason for this
is the fact that right now is the
time the sap is running in the
pines and they are most vulner
able to destroying heat, Davis
said.
ners were held in all 48 states,
and President Truman spoke at a
dinner in Washington ,to give the
drive probably the finest send-
off any American campaign has
ever had.
500 Attended
Some 500 persons from all over
the state attended the Raleigh
dinner, at which I. M. Bailey,
well-known attorney who is state
Savings Bond chairman, presid
ed as toastmaster. The State Col
lege orchestra played.
General Marshall, in a brief
effective speech, praised the
North Atlantic pact as a long for
ward step toward the security of
all nations, and said that time,
patience and wisdom should
bring a solution for the prob
lems which now beset the 'UN.
Governor Scott, honorary
chairman of the State Savings
Bond committee, paid high trib
ute to the untiring efforts of vol
unteer workers in the sale of
bonds since 1941.
"Go Forward"
Urging support of aU North
Carolinians in supporting the
forthcoming drive by purchasing
extra U. S. Savings bonds. Gov
ernor Scott said, “This is your
and my opportunity to serve our
country, our state and our com
munity.
“And in this as in all other pro
grams in North Carolina,” the
Governor added, “let the word
be ‘Go Forward.’ ”
North Carolina’s E bond quota
in the drive has been set at $12,-
000,000.
“Eternal vigilance remains, as
always, the price of freedom, and
we are in for a long period of
necessary vigilance,” General
Marshall said in his address. “No
body can perceive just how long
it will be.
“However, the European Re
covery Plan has progresed much
more favorably than I think any
one here could realize without
having lived in Europe in that
period of poverty, fear and des
pondence which followed immed
iately after the failure of the
Moscow Conference in the spring
of 1947.
Musi Work Together
“Faced as we are with the nec
essity to strengthen our military
and economic defense against a
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REGISTERED?
If you plan to vote in the
municipal election of May 3,
you should make sure today
(Friday) or tomorrow that
your name is on the town
books
Having registered or voted
in the gubernatorial or school
bond .elections does not mean
you are registered for the
municipal vole. The town
books are separate from those
of precinct and school dis
trict.
If you did not vote in the
last election for mayor and
commissioners of Southern
Pines, see Hiram 'Westbrook,
registrar, at the town hall to
day or tomorrow—last days
of the municipal registration.
Assembly Passes
Law Enforcement
Act For Pinehurst
Public Poll Okays
Mail Delivery For
This Community
Postmaster Will
Submit Report To
Postal Department
Southern Pines wants and
needs city mail delivery service,
was the opinion overwhelmingly
registered in a poll taken all day
Saturday at the local post office
under auspices of the Chamber
of Commerce.
Beginning at 7 a. m. and con
tinuing without recess until 6 p.
m., ’ Chamber Manager Tom
White and his assistants invited
all comers to .register their
opinions on ballots at a table near
the front steps. These, with a few
ballots dribbling in by mail or
by hand during the next few
days, showed about 850 for the
delivery service, with only 23
against.
“An Act for the Better Enforce-#
ment of Law in Pinehurst, Moore
County, North Carolina,” intro
duced in the General Assembly by
Rep. H. Clifton Blue, received its
ratification at the hands of the
Senate last week.
The bill constitutes the village
of Pinehurst a municipal corpora
tion for specific purposes which it
sets forth; Authorizes the county
commissioners to appoint a chief
constable, and gives him some ex
traordinary powers. It authorizes
a jail for Pinehurst, and benefits
of tax moneys or refunds normally
enjoyed only by fully incorporated
municipalities.
The act follows: ,
SECTION 1. For all the pur
poses of this act, but only for such
pur^^p^ aU that terrjtpr^ within
Sn 'area one mhe distant Ini'aU' ifi-
rections from what is known and
designated as the General Offices
in the "Village of Pinehurst, in
Moore County, North Carolina,
shall be and constitute a munici
pal corporation to be known and
hereinafter referred to as Pine
hurst.
SECTION 2. After the ratifica
tion of this act it shall be the duty
of the Board of Commissioners of
Moore County to appoint a chief
constable for said municipality of
Pinehurst and such other con
stables as rrfay be deemed neces
sary by said Beard of Commis
sioners; and such chief constable
and other constables so apnointed
shall have, within the limits of
Pinehurst territory, as hereinbe
fore defined, for the enforcement
of law in said territory, all such
authority as the Sheriff of Moore
County possesses for the enforce
ment of law within the County of
Moore. .The term of office of said
chief constable and any other con
stables appointed by the Board of
Honsmissioners of Moore County
shall be for such time as said
board may designate in the order
of appointment, and before enter
ing uDon the duties of their of
fices. respectively, the said chief
constable and other constables
shall execute such official bond as
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Aiming at 1,000 names. Mana
ger White said these could easily
have been collected on the one
day, Saturday, if the cold weath
er had not forced the workers in
doors as evening came on. Post
master A. Garland Pierce, how
ever, said this week he thought
the number on hand would do
very well to show the postal de
partment a good cross-section of
public opinion, and that he plans
to submit a report shortly, re
questing the service. ’
Many Wait Long
About 40 people who said they
were against delivery service re
fused to sign ballots. Most of the
signers affixed their signatures
willingly, even eagerly, particu
larly those who have been on the.;
waiting list for post office boxes
for a.year or longer, without see
ing any chance of getting a. box.
Some of these wrote urgent;
notes on the ballots. One man
wrote, “Waited two years till I
gave it up in disgust.” Colored
people coming by early on their
way to work were almost path
etically eager to sign in the affir
mative. Many must walk a long
way to the post office, and must
get their mail at the general de
livery window.
Many elderly people were
made happy at the idea of hav-
ng their mail delivered, and one
lady took 15 ballots for those at
’ler boarding house to sign, re-
urning them to Manager White
■Monday and getting a dozen
nore. Several businessmen took
lallots for th eir employees.
Many citizens fortunate enough
to have boxes, but well aware of
the congested situation in the
post office, signed in the affirma
tive for the sake of others.
Like Seeing Friends
Most of those who were against
the service said they like meet
ing their friends at the post of-;
fice, and one lady said plaintive
ly, “It’s the only place I have to
go.” Some husbands were frank
ly against the service “because
I don’t want my wife seeing my
mail.”
Some who were against the de-
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School Bond Vote Set
Tuesday; 331 Register
EXHIBIT
William and Winifred
White, makers of satinstone
ware, will hold an exhibit of
their exclusively designed,
handcrafted decorator items in
'the Fine Arts room of the
Southern Pines library- from
Monday afternoon through
Saturday of next week.
They will show table tops,
including two "lazy susans,"
book ends, lamp bases and
wall tiles made of satihstone,
a hard glossy-finish marble-
like cement which lends itself
handsomely to coloring and to
the use of varicolored designs.
Their work is sold by decor
ators in New York Ci'ty, Flor
ida, Washington and North
Carolina eities, and is seen in
some of the handsomest homes
of the east coast. They re
cently held a successful ex
hibit at the Everglades club
in Florida. This is the first
showing of their work to be
held in 'their home town.
Baseball, Softball
Schedule Is Full
For Coming Week
A full week of baseball and soft-
ball events will be provided next
week by Southern , Pines high
school teams as the Blue and
■White boys cbntinue their (so far)
highly successful season, and the
girls step into the picture with a
softball team.
' The high school boys’ team wilh
meet Candor on the local field this
afternoon (Friday) and will play
Pinehurst, also here, Monday af
ternoon.
Next Wednesday, a varsity game
here with Jonesboro, will be pre
ceded by an unusual exhibition
game, as the Hi-Y boys take on tl\e
girls’ softball team, handicapping
themselves in various way so as
not to make it too tfugh for the
young ladies. ’ Word comes,
though, that they might do better
to play their best as the girls’
team is shaping up nicely and may
give the boys the licking of their
lives.
This double-header will start at
1 p. m. and will be held for the
benefit of the. band uniforms.
The girls opened their softball
season Thursday afternoon by
meeting the West End girls here,
and will play at Vass Tuesday and
at West End Thursday'. No re
port 'was in from yesterday’s game
at the time of going to press.
The boys’ baseball team won a
close victory over Aberdeen on the
local field Wednesday afternoon,
in a pitchers’ duel providing plen
ty of excitement and a final score
of 3 to 2. Smith for Aberdeen
and Baker for Southern Pines
both pitched fine games. Smith
struck out 11, Baker 10. No Aber
deen player got more than one
hit, with Southern Pines scoring
eight hits in all, Aberdeen three.
Dickerson made 3 for 4, Bowen 2
for 4 for Southern Pines.
Camp Mackall Lives A^ain As Troops,
Tanks, Guns Assemble For Maneuvers
Southern Pines will have
visitors from the maneuver
area Saturday, when 1,000 sol
diers will be on leave here
from noon till midnight, ac
cording to word received by
the police department from
the army authorities.'
By 'Valerie Nicholson
The tanks of war are rolling
again, the big guns are on the
move—^this time over the country
roads below Aberdeen, leading
from Fort Bragg to the neighbor
ing Camp Mackall reservation,
where army units have been as
sembling for four weeks for the
great war maneuvers. Exercise
Tar Heel.
All about Camp Mackall, once
again a scene of action after sev
eral desolate years, the roads
have been widened, graded and
marked ^ with military signs.
Country bridges have received
coverings—superimposed and re
inforced to bear the weight of the
tanks, artillery and truck convoys
which are now constantly pass
ing. ‘
The historic V Corps—^the 82nd
Airborne division and many sup
porting units—started moving
over from Fort Bragg Monday,
to take on a new name, “Task
Force Victor,” in the newest
chapter of the greatest war games
of history, extending to various
points in the nation and even to
the Caribbean.
This is a sequel to Exercise As
sembly held at Camp Campbell,
Ky., last year, when the 82nd
Airborne flew from Fort Bragg
to overrun and capture that stra
tegic air base; and to the Carib
bean exercises which recently in
volved marine and navy units.
Col. Sam Sloane, one of the
sharpest commanders on Uncle
Sam’s payroll, has brought his
famed “Aggressor Troops” to
Fort Bragg and it is agaiiftt these
that Task Force Victor will test
its mettle.
Situation Pretty Hot
The Aggressor Troops have
been specially trained at Fort
Riley, Kansas, to spot every
weakness in the “U. S. Forces”
they are opposing. According to
the thickening plot, after their
Caribbean defeat and the break
ing up of their submarine pens
off Puerto Rico, they have made
secret landings in this country.
Rumors have flown as to where
they might be. The nation is in a
state of undeclared war and the
Chief of Staff, viewing the situa
tion as pretty hot, has ordered
the assembling of a giant Task
Force, to be ready as soon as
needed.
Field Problems
Since March 20 this Task Force
has been assembling, and men of
the 82nd Airborne, based at Fort
Bragg until this week, with its
supporting units which have
come in by air, rail and truck
convoy from bases all over the
country have been working out
intensive field problems.
These have involved tactical
jumps, and cross-country maneu
vering from the DZ (drop zone)
to a prearranged rendezvous for
attack. Aggressor Forces have
harrassed them, making known
their presence in the area.
One unit of five paratroopers
missed their way a week or so
ago, and finally showed up in the
middle of a Boy Scout camping
expedition iii the vicinity. This
is not expected to happen very
often. 'With 65,000 acres at Camp
Mackall, and almost 10,000 be
longing to Fort Bragg, all the
maneuvers are expected to stay
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Maximum Figure
Assure Gymnasium,
Auditorium - Cafeteria
Voting in the $90,000 school
bond election for Southern Pines
will be held next Tuesday at the
city hall, where Harry Fullenwi
der, registrar, and Joe Monte-
santi, Jr., and C. S. Patch, Jr.,
judges, ■will be on the job from
6 a. m. to 6:30 p. m.
Final registration totaled 331
names of citizens who will decide,
by a simple majority, whether or
not plans may continue for the
new school gymnasium and audi
torium cafeteria.
The $90,000 figure is a maxi
mum one set by the school board
to assure having sufficient funds
on hand to complete the build
ings, and to see that they are ful
ly equipped if no funds come in
froip other sources. The county is
expected to lend some financial
assistance, but no commitment in
this regard can be made until
budget time in the summer.
■With luck, said Supt. P. J.
■Weaver, the new buildings can
be completed for town and school
use by next winter. The first
piece of luck, of course, involves
getting the money,,to add to funds
already on hand.
Modern' buildings, worthy of
the community, are planned
though a number of economies
have been effected in the original
plans to scale down costs.
Saturday (tomorrow) is Chal
lenge .day, when by law citizens
may challenge names of regis
trants believed unqualified.
New Credit Bureau
Soon To Operate
On Paying Basis
The Credit Rating Bureau of the
recently organized Southern Pines
Merchants association now has
about 1,000 names in its file and,
with inquiries coming in at the
irate of about 60 a month, is on the
verge of becoming self-supporting,
it was learned this week from Tom
White, executive secretary.
Most of the inquiries come from
out of tq-wn, through facilities of
the N. C. Merchants association of
which the local organization is a
member. The Hooper-Holmes
Credit Rating Bureau of Greens
boro and the O’Hanlon Bureau of
Charlotte are regular customers.
Single inquiries come daily from
Fayetteville, Sanford, Raleigh and
other North Carolina cities. Ser
vice on the inquiries is charged for
at the rate of 40 to 75 cents each,
depending on the type of inquiry
which is submitted.
No active drive for membership
has been pushed, pending the
building up of a fairly complete
file, but about 35 local business
firms and individuals (business
and professional men) have joined
and a number of them are making
use of the service, said Mr. White.
Aberdeen and Pinehurst are being
served when desired, along with
Southern Pines.
Members' are sending in their
ratings of credit customers rather
slowly, said Mr. White, adding
that the file will be far more com
plete and useful when all of these
are in and a complete credit pic
ture can be given of anyone in the
file, when an inquiry is haade.
AU the information in the file
is strictly confidential, for the use
of local and affiliated members
only, and no merchant’s name is
given as a source of the informa
tion;
Income of the association is de
rived from the membership dues
of $15 a year, entitling to a maxi
mum df four free inquiries per
month, and fees for extra and out-
of-town inquiries. Any toll
charges involved, when an imme
diate report is wanted, are extra.
Expenses of the association in
clude half the rent of the Chamber
of Commerce office in the Belve
dere hotel, and half the salary of
Mrs. James Prim, who has been
employed as a part-time secretary
for both the Chamber of Com
merce and the Merchants associa
tion. Mr. White’s services are not
charged for, as these are consider
ed part of his duties as manager
of the sponsoring Chamber of
Commetce.
Walter E. Blue is president of
the Merchants association, which
has also a board of local business
men as directors.