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Governor Joins YDCs in Honoring Blue In Surprise Event at Mile-Away Farm Secret Well Kept; Big Crowd Attends Gala Chicken Fry Winds Up in Stable Moore County Young Democrats held a unique surprise party Tues day evening honoring H. Clifton Blue, of Aberdeen, their past president and now retiring state YDC president, attended by some 200 of his friends including Gov ernor W. Kerr Scott. The party was held in the form of an old-fashioned chicken fry on the W. O. Mosses’ beautiful Mile-Away Farm, home of the famed Moore County Hoimds, on Highway 1 north. All-day rain let up for a while in the party’s early stages but during the after supper program it started coming down again, driving the crowd to shelter in an enormous 12-stall stable. The speakers’ platform was moved into the stable and the party went right on. Blooded hun ters and jumpers thrust their noses from their stalls in curiosity, and joined the applause after each speech with loud appreciative whinnies. The highly bred hounds mingled in friendly fashion with the crowd, wagging their tails in pleasure at these strhnge goings- on. Governor Scott seemed right at home. “Shucks, I was raised in a barn,” grinned the state’s Chief Executive. So, for that matter, was “Cliff” Blue, the guest of honor, who from simple beginn ings on a farm in Hoke county (from which he moved to Moore as a young man) has risen to the state’s highest'YDC post, Moore’s representative in the General As sembly and secretary of the N. C. (Continued on Page 5) TENNIS MATCH POSTMASTER ‘‘Laughing Papa” Draws Life Term In Second Trial H MACK CALLAHAN this week received notice of his appoint ment by President Truman to the postmastership at Vass, following confirmation by the Senate last week. He will be sworn in soon by a representative of the Postal department. Deane’s Efforts Win; Mackall Is Returned to State Tennis spectators are due for another full evening of pleasure, when a team from the Raleigh Teiyiis club meets a local team of four on the lighted municipal courts tomorrow (Saturday) at 8 p. m. Members of the local team will be Junior Montesanti, Harry Lee Brown. Page Chc^e and Robert Barefield, of Aberdeen, all finalists or semi-finalist^ in last week's Moore County Tennis tourna ment. Four singles and two doubles will be played—just about all the tennis that can be crowded onto two courts in one evening. The visitors will stay over night as guests of the local players. The match was ar ranged by Tom White. Cham ber of Commerce manager. Interior Secretary J. A. Krug on Tuesday signed a deed which gave the State of North Carolina title to 54,165 acres of land— which had been part of Camp Mackall during World War 2— to be used for conservation of wildlife. The tract—in Richmond, Scot land and Moore counties—is one of the largest conveyed in mod ern times to a state agency. Trans fer was made under a law passed by the 80th Congress which per mits land no longer needed by a federal agency to be transferred to a state agency on condition that the property shall continue to be used for wildlife conserva tion. Before the war this area was administered by the State of North Carolina for wildlife con servation uses under a long-term lease, with general supervisory control by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. During the war the lease was cancelled and the land became part of Camp Mac- kail military reservation. In 1948, the property was returned to the Department of the Inter ior. ' The transfer to the state, a move sponsored by Representa tive Charles B. Deane of Rock- (Continued on Page 5) All-Male Jury Clears Higlifalls Man of Capital Charge While there’s life there’s hope, may have been the theme song sung by Jack Fowler, alias Jimmy Davis, alias Happy Jack, alias Laughing Papa, as he was taken back to State Prison and life im prisonment following his re-trial Wednesday afternoon in Moore superior court. / I'owler, convicted of first de gree murder at the January term and sentenced to die in the gas chamber, was granted a new trial oft technical errors. Returning to Moore at the term of criminal court being held this week ’ at Carthage, the Negro submitted a plea of guilty of acqessory after the fact, which was accepted by the court. Since this time a jury did not have to be convinced, few of the details of the axe slaying of Ma mie Wilkerson, Negro woman- of Vass, in November, 1947, were re hashed. W. D. Sabis^on, Jr., serv ed as Fowler’s attorney, a post to which he was appointed under the statute for paupers. Acquitted of Rape Another defendant in a capi tal case was acquitted at this week’s term. Willis Brady, young married man of Highfalls, walk ed out of the courtroom a free man, as a charge of rape brought by a Highfalls schoolgirl failed to stick. H. F. Seawell, Jr., was at torney in the case, longest of the current term, for which a special all-male venire was drawn. The trial started early Tuesday and continued until Wednesday. Judge Allen H. Gwyn, of Reids- ville is presiding judge at this term of court, which opened Mon day at 10 a. m. Aberdeen Theft Case Prison terms were handed four Negroes, two men and two wom en, arrested following the theft of a considerable quantity of cloth ing from Johnson’s Department store at Aberdeen in the spring. James Kelly Robinson, of Aberdeen and Winston-Salem, was sentenced to two years in prison for receiving, and Willie Robinson received’ a sentence of not less than three, nor more than five for larceny. For breaking and entering and larceny, James was given a sev en-year prison sentence suspend ed for eight years, and for break ing and entering, Willie got five years in prison, also suspended. Conditions of the suspended sen tences were unusual. Both are to return to Moore couunty after their non-suspended prison terms are done, secure employment and remain in the county until C. J. (Continued on page 8) Tennis Association Planned Town Board Maps Out Areas To Be Annexed The success of last week’s tennis tournament and the interest shown during five nights of play has encouraged local supporters of the game to plan the organiza tion of a Southern Pines Tennis association, for sponsorship of more tournaments and general promotion of the game here. Non-players are more important to such an association than play ers, according to Angelo Monte santi, Jr., a spokesman for the group which is pushing the plans. Players get out there and play tennis—the non-playing members lend interest and support behind the scenes, exercising their plan ning abilities to create more (Op portunities for them to play. Such an association is seen as important to the sporting life of the Sandhills, opening an entirely new field of interest—or rather one which has lain fallow for a good many years. An organization meeting will be held Monday at 8 o’clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank'de Costa, Southern , Pines Cottages, Highway 1. All who are interested in such an enterprise are invited to attend, said Mr. Montesanti. Officers will be elected and the likelihood is that a project wil be offered them, right away—another tournament, open to all Sandhills (Continued on Page 5) COMMISSIONER Moore County Fair Set Sept. 19-24; Carthage JC’s Building Cattle Barn PARKING METERS? Mobile X-Ray Unit Will Visit Your Community Soon This is one of the mobile X-ray units of the s tate health department which will pay visits to all communities and rural areas in Moore county August 26-October 6, to give aU citizens a free chest X-ray. A small proportion of all the population h as tuberculosis in its early stages, which if detected early can be dealt with more easily than later.. T he survey is of greatest value when it is 100 per cent—so make your plans now to visit the mobile unit when it is stationed near your home. Everyone has something to say on the subject of parking meters—and Tuesday night you'll have a chance to say it where it will do some good. A public meeting on the matter will be held at the Church of Wide Fellowship at 8 p. m. Tuesday. The town board, requested to consider installation of th e meters/here, has turned the matter over to the Chamber of Commerce for an expres sion of public opinion. The meeting is their way of get ting it, Hoke Pollock, Chamber of Commerce president, said that members of the Chamber and of the Merchants associa tion are being especially re quested to attend, and that all other interested persons will be welcomed. Harry Lee Brown, Montesanti Win Tennis Trophies The smooth game of Harry Lee Brown and smashing strokes of “Junior” Montesanti won for them last Friday night the doubles championship and trophy of the First Annual Moore County Clos ed Tennis tournament, with score of 6-3, 6-4 against a well-matched pair of opponents, A. C. Dawson, Jr., and Page Choate. Brown : singles championship in a fast match played with Choate earlier in the evening, by a coincidence to the same score—6-3, 6-4. All the games were close and playing was consistently fine, with probably only the fact that the winners had about a 10 years’ edge on their opponents in age deciding the scores in their favor. Mayor C. N. Page presented the trophies. Brown is a graduate of the University of North Carolina. Montesanti is a student at State college, where he is a member of the varsity tennis team. Both are war veterans in their early 20s. Interest Mounts They had a real war on their hands from the start of the tour nament Monday, as 20 players en tered for singles, and 20 for dou bles—26 in aill, as a number enter ed for both. Playing was of con sistently high level, and local pride mounted along with the in- (Continued on Page 8) "Bigger and Better" Than Ever; Premium List Out This Week Plans for the Second Annual Moore Cpunty Agricultural fair are under way under sponsorship Tlurtlan of the Carthage Jaycees, who have JAppuiIiieu set the dates of September 19-24 for this “bigger and better” event. Premium books were being printed this week offering ap proximately $1,000 in prizes in a wide field of exhibits open to everyone in the county. The fair grounds on the Carthage-Sanford highway, about a mile and a half north of Carthage, are being fenc ed in and a cattle barn is being built to make possible a real cattle exhibit, lasting all week. Last year animal exhibits could be held only one day on account of the lack of facilities for their housing. It is hoped that accom modations will be ready next year for week-long exhibits of pigs and poultry, said Dave Ginsburg, chairman, this week. Two large tents of exhibits will be shown this year, instead of one small and one large, and twice the number of exhibitors are expect ed to display their produce and handicrafts. In one class, crochet work, the winning entry will be entered in a national contest off ering $2,500 in cash awards. Booths are now being signed for and an interesting variety is ex pected, said Mr. Ginsburg. Penn Premier shows, greatly expanded'^ since last year, will be the mid way attraction, with free acts nightly and one world famed aerial act. An advisory board of promin ent citizens from all parts of the W. J. DUNLAP Commissioner to Succeed Jackson William J. Dunlap, Robbins jeweler, was appointed as county commissioner last week to fill the unexpired term of William H. Jackson, (Tr., also of Robbins, who died August 5. The responsibility of making such an appointment is that of the clerk of superior court. In appointing Mr. Dunlap, Clerk of Court John Willcox followed a precedent set 10 years ago. In March, 1939, when D. G. Mc- Crimmon resigned from the county commission, Mr. Willcox named Mr. Dunlap to fill out the unexpired term. Mr. Dunlap then ran for the office in 1940, 1942 and 1944 and was reelected each time. In 1946, he declined to offer for reelection and Mr. Jackson took his place on the slate and was elected, then reelected in 1948. With the swearing-in of Mr Dunlap the county commission will function as a five-man board again, for the first time in a con siderable length of time. Mr. Jackson had not been active dur ing several months of his final illness. He had not been able to attend a meeting since his re- election last November. Weymoulh. I^hedene, Portion of Country Club Are Included Seen As Necessary To Growth of Town Mr. Dunlap is a native of Shef- county has been selected to assist ‘ field township, where he was with details of the fair, and will be announced next week, along with Jaycee committees, premium lists, etc. Plans will be furthered by the Jaycees at a meeting to be held toninght. raised on a farm’ He is 58 years old. He has been active in the Dem ocratic party since he was 21, and has always taken an active in terest in community and county affairs. More Kids Had More Fun Than Ever in Summer Program, Closing This Week The summer recreation pro gram is closing here this week after a 10-week series of events, in which an estimated total of 175 different children have taken part. Chief events of the final week are a wiener roast for all the kids held Thursday afternoon at Lakeview, and dance for the teen agers this evening (Friday) from 8:30 to 11:30 at the High School. A. C. Dawson, Jr., director of Grid Practice Starts Monday Some 20 high school footballers are expected to report Monday morning at High School Memor ial field to begin fall grid pract ice, and preparing for their open ing game with Candor High here, September 14. For the first week the squad will be under the direction of sup erintendent Weaver filling in for Coach Dawson, who will be tak ing a short vacation. But the boys and Mr. Weaver are no strangers to one another in football, the superintendent of schools for the past several years volunteering as line coach for the Blue and White. Football coaches are notorious blues singers” and Weaver and Dawson, never too loquacious, are not disloyal adherents to the theme song of their fraternity of “admitting nothing”. But it does n’t require a savant or an admiss ion of' the coaches to reveal an already discernible fact, and that is this year’s Blue and White gridiron edition will be an un known qnantiity. Monday’s roll call will show that. Lettermen Missing Among the missing will be Freddy Arnette, Gary Mattocks, Richard Kaylor, Bobby Culler, Joe Bennett, and Dillon Short, Arnette, Mattocks, and Kaylor were varsity lettermen, and Cul ler, Biennett ,and Short letter re serves. Finding replacements for Ar nette, Mattocks and Kaylor will be the No. 1 problem of the coach- (Continued on Page 5) the program for the four succes sive summers of its existence, said that this one “was the most successful ever held here and cer tainly the most well-balanced.” He gave much credit to. the vol unteers who have helped him with the various activities. Good Attendance He said there was no really ac curate way of “counting noses” of aU the young people who took part. While some came regularly, others came and went. He esti mated ' that the twice-a-week swimming sessions at Lakeview were attended each time by an average of 45 children. Teen agers flocked to the Friday night special events. Thirty-five boys between eight and 14 took part in the baseball program. Other sports drew varying numbers and the High School club with its pingpong tables was in constant use. The inclusion of cooking, sew ing, art and a story hour gave the local program elements many big-city programs do not offer. There was something for every one, no matter what his age or (interest, fro mthe pre-school youngsters right on up. Volunteers Director Dawson expressed deep appreciation to the volun teers who worked with him on these and other phases of the pro- (Continued on page 8) The town board in special ses sion at the city hall Friday night found itself of unanimous opinion that the city limits should be ex tended. • The town is suffering “growing pains,” they said, which will grow constantly more painful if it remains restricted within the present close-confining bounds. They mapped out areas propos ed for inclusion in the city lim its, and turned over the project to Paul Van Camp for a sur'O'ey, to estimate costs of extending town utilities to these areas; also to J. D. Arey for a listing of all property owners in the areas and their property evaluations. Property owners in the areas will be duly notified, with time allowed for discussion and pro test. When all information is in a date will be set for a public hearing, according to law, said Mayor C. N. Page. If at this meeting a petition containing the names of 15 per cent of the property owners, who are also qualified voters, is pre- spted with request for an elec tion, a vote of these property own ers will be held. This is according to a statute passed by the 1947 General As sembly, which substitutes the me thod of extension by popular will, where it is desired, for the olci CContinuea on Page 5) National Guard Inducting 17 at Meeting Tonight Seventeen men are expected to be sworn in tonight (Friday) as members of the new Moore Cotm- ty unit of the National Guard, in a ceremony to be held at the VFW club on East Broad street at 8 o’clock. Capt. Clifford Carpenter, com manding officer, said he has ask ed that the 12 who have already been sworn in also be present at the ceremony at which consider able information concerning acti vities and duties of the National Guard will be given. A Technicolor film will also be shown. However, said Captain Carpenter, the meeting will be kept brief. Anyone interested may attend and the men taking part are all asked to bring friends and relatives if they wish. Total of membership a,t the close of ceremony will be 29 men, tw(> officers, leaving a minmlum of just one more member needed before federal inspection can be made for approval of the local unit. Four New Applicants Five new applicants accepted this week, in addition to those previously announced, are Lav- ernB Tyner and Matthew Poe, Jr., of Southern Pines, William Riley of Aberdeen and Richard Frye and Henson Williams of Manly, Recruiting has been under way five weeks. Among the recruits are men from several towqs of Moore county, both veterans and non-veterans. Among the veterans, who repre sent all branches of the service, are several non-coms who will enter the unit with their former rank, drawing slightly more than the $2.50 federal pay per drill session for privates. Won't Be Long Drill pay and other benefits will begin as soon as the unit is ap proved and activated, which in turn is dependent on the secur ing of the minimum of 30 mem bers. This should not be long, said Captain Carpenter. An information and recruitment table is set up at the post office each Saturday morning, and ap plication may be made (luring the week to Captain Carpenter, at 5725; C, S. Patch, Jr., platoon commander, at the Tog shop, or the VFW home on New York avenue.
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