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Friday, September 2, 1949.
Jurymen Called
From Moore For
Charlotte Trial
THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
One hundred and twenty-five
residents of Moore County were
rounded up Tuesday and sent in
two buses to Charlotte Wednes-'
day morning. They made up a
special venire from which 12
jurors were selected to decide the
fate of Monroe Medlin, the 23-
year-old Negro charged with first
degree murder in the shotgun
slaying August 1 of Mrs. E. O.
Anderson, Sr., prominent Char
lotte woman.
Superior Court Judge William
H. Bobbitt ordered the special
venire—one of the largest on rec
ord—because he said it would be
practically impossible to find un
prejudiced jurors in Mecklen
burg county where the murder
took place. Moore County depu
ties were hard put to find the 125-
man vinire in 12 hours, but work
ing from dawn until dusk, they
succeeded in filling the buses on
schedule.
Following a night session at
Charlotte, eight jurors were an
nounced .Thursday morning;
Henry Parker, T. C. Evans, Adam
Garner, Haywood Andrews, T. W.
Robertson, W. H. Oldham, J. W.
Childress and J. B. Ritter, the
last a Negro.
Twenty-five of the viniremen
were Negroes. The choice of
jurors proceeded slowly as both
prosecution and defense took
every precaution to select only
persons who had not hitherto
formed an opinion on the case.
On August 1, th e shot-riddled
body of Mrs. E. O. Anderson, Sr.,
68-year-old wife of an automobile
executive, was found in the bed
room of her Myers Park home.
In the servants’ quarters, at the
back of the house, the Negro but
ler, Wilford Randleman, was
found badly beaten, and with his
throat gashed. Medlin, a former
employe of the Andersens’ was
immediately arrested and charg
ed with both crimes.
Blue Mold, Wet Weather Blamed For
Light Opening Oh Sandhills Markets
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An official average of $48.82]
per 100 pounds was recorded for
opening day sales on the five Mid
dle Belt flue-cured markets which
launched their auction sedson
Monday.
The Federal-State Market News
Service reported that gross sales
on the markets amounted to 1,
909,080 pounds. Known as the
Sandhills Warehouse association,
the five markets that opened Mon
day were Aberdeen, Carthage, Fu-
quay-Varina, Sanford^ andl EUer-
be.
The remaining five markets of
the Middle Belt opened Thursday
morning. They are Durham, Ox
ford, Henderson, Louisburg and
Warrenton.
EUerbe, which tried to open
with the Border Belt this year and
was forced to close down because
of lack of Government graders, .be
gan its second test toward estab
iishring a tobacco market.
Rep. C. B. Deane, instrumental
in getting United States Depart
ment of Agriculture recognition
necessary for EUerbe to seek to es
tablish a tobacco market, made a
radio talk 15 minutes prior to ini
tial sales. Government graders
were on hand, Ellerbe’s two ware
houses had a full quota of tobacco,
and several buying companies
were on hand. Reynolds Tobacco
company, a major purchaser, and
the Piedmont Tobacco company, a
large independent firm, bought
the bulk of the tobacco.
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STREET MARKERS
Deane Wings Way
To Paeific Area
On House Mission
Congressman C. B. Deane of the
Eighth district is a member of a
House committee especiaUy sel
ected by Speaker Sam Rayburn
which left Washington, D. C., by
^ air Tuesday for an inspection trip
of U. S. Pacific bases and the Far
East.
The committee will investigate
phases of the occupation program,
expenditures of U. S. Government
funds on rehabilitation and war
damage and the needs or pros
pects for further U. S. invest
ment in the Far Eastern areas.
They will make a detailed report
to Congress on their return,
which will be within three to five
weeks.
The tour, which is being made
in an Army C-54, will take the
group first to Alaska, then to
Japan, Korea, the Philippines, the
Dutch East Indies, Singapore,
Bangkok, Rangoon and possibly
into India for one stop. The re-
! turn trip wiU be made through
the Mandated islands and Hawaii,
into San Francisco.
Other Committee Members
Other Democratic members of
the committee are Walter B. Hu
ber of Ohio and M. G. Burnside
of West Virginia. Republican
members are R. Walter Riehlman
of New York, Harold O. Louvre
of South Dakota and Alvin E.
O’Konski of Wisconsin. They rep
resent a number of House com
mittees.
According to a report received
this week from Congressman
Deane, a major point to be con
sidered will be feasibility of in
vesting U. S. money for develop
ment of backward areas, as con
templated in President Truman’s
now famous Point Pour proposal.
Committee members want to
have a look at U. S. military and
naval operations and activities in
Alaska. They plan to talk with
General MacArthur,' Supreme
Allied Commander in Japan to
learn at first hand his views on
far eastern development and the
situation in China. Intensive in
quiry will be made into restora
tion of Japanese industry and
progress of the economic stabili
zation and occupation program.
Particular attention will be given
to the problem of re-opening
some of the light industries and
getting the manufacturing facili
ties going so that the Japanese
may be able to exchange their
manufactured products for food
products.
Value Of V. S. Aid.
The value of the Economic Co
operation Administration pro
gram in Korea will be discussed
with Koreans and with the Mili
tary Advisory group there. At
tempts will be made to determine
the, value of the U. S. financial
aid and t he advisability of con
tinuing or strengthening it as a
deterrent to further Russian ex-
Conf routed with two major
handicaps during the growing
season—blue mold and rain—far
mers served by the Sandhills
Warehouse association produced a
tobacco crop that was under the
quality of that grown last year
and this was reflected in the av
erage as opening-day sades pro
gressed.
Fine lemon lugs, like those sold
on the Border and Eastern Belts,
brought prices all day that rang
ed from $50 to $64, with good or
ange lugs ranging in price from
$45 to $55.
Fair low lugs averaged $26 per
hundred under the price-support
program and low orange primings
had a support price of $18 per
hundred.
Nondescript Offerings
There waS a heavy offering of
leaf grades throughout the day,
but a large quantity of nonde
cript, that ranged from $2 to $9
per hundred pounds, kept the av-
cwrage down on all .five markets.
Many farmers selling tobacco on
the Sandhills Warehouse associa-
.tion said they had taken much of
their better tobacco to another
Belt to get money to meet cur
rent expenses. This kept much
good tobacco off the market at
opening time.
While there were scattered of
ferings of low grade nondescript
not supported by the Govern
ment’s grading system, the Stabil
ization Corporation took from five
to seven per cent of the total.of
ferings.
Generally, the opening-day
break of tobacco for the five mar
kets was regarded as fair and
there were no block sales on any
of the markets. Some of the ware
houses cleared their floors for the
next sale before the lunch hour.
British Purchases
With $90,000,000 to spend for to
bacco to supply a curtailed Brit
ish market, the Imperial Tobacco
Company was purchasing its share
of good tobacco to go into Brit
ish cigarettes. Most of the Imper
ial purchases were good orange
leaf, fair low green leaf, fair lem
on leaf and fair orange leaf.
There was only one warehouse
in the Sandhills association that
didn’t begin auctions on schedule
yesterday. This was one at Fu
quay-Varina which has a sign
reading, “Sale Every Day.” When
the tail of the hurricane moved
through the area on Sunday, the
floor of the warehouse was sub
merged with water and business
had to go to other warehouses for
yesterday. Owners said they hop
ed the warehouse would be ready
for auctions this morning.
No farmer would say his crop
was better than last year. These
in the Fuquay-Varina, Sanford
and Carthage area blamed the
quality of the crop on blue mold,
while those in the Aberdeen and
EUerbe regions said that too much
rain caused the cro'p to be about
three weeks behind schedule.
Steel forms have been bor
rowed from the City of San-
ford and are ready for the
pouring of the cement' for
Southern Pinies' new street
markers, as soon as the steel
rods to reinforce the markers
arrive.
These have been ordered
from Charlotte and should be
here within a few days, says
Howard F. Burns, town clerk
and superintendent of streets.
The seven-foot, six-inch
markers, to be set in concrete,
will be here for use at 60 in
tersections, mostly in West
Southern Pines. They are of
a type now in more general
use than' the metal street
signs, and will probably cost
less.
The adlequate marking of
streets is a requirement for
the installation of city mail
delivery service, and the town
is cooperating in this respect
in promotion of such service
here.
Good Attendance
Only Way To Get
More Teachers
an hold one of the two top offi
cers in a YDC club.
Other officers are Ray McDon
ald, president, who conducted the
meeting; and Leo V. O’Callaghan,
Jr., secretary-treasurer.
Page Five
The group planned a full attehd-
ance at the county convention to
be held at Carthage at 8 tonight
(Friday) and also to have repre
sentation at the stqte convention
at New Bern later jin the month.
Paj., umer w imams' brown and
white spotted pointer, is still
missing after two weeks, though
a number of clues have come in
as to his whereabouts. He is said
to have been seen near Manly.
Pat is 16 yeqrs old—doesn’t hear
and see too well. “I thipk he has
gone to the woods to die,” said
his master sadly.
Pat is not only one of the Sand
hills’ most famous bird dogs but
a real movie actor. He appeared
in two Grantland Rice Sport-
lights, 1940 and 1944. This picture
was made by Mr. Williams in the
yard of his home on East Ver
mont avenue about a month ago.
A message to parents from John
McCrummen, who is returning
this year to his old post as prin
cipal of the Vass-Lakeview school,
is applicable to many school in
Moore county.
With September 7, opening day
of school, less, than a week off,
Mr. McCrimmon has issued the
following appeal;
“I urge all parents to enter
‘heir children THE FIRST DAY
OF SCHOOL and keep them there
each day, so that we may be
granted more tdachers for the
school.
“As you know, the number of
teachers is determined by the av
erage daily attendance. You know
that our school needs more teach
ers, to alleviate crowded class
rooms and combination grades. So
if you do not wish your child to
be in a crowded classroom or a
combination grade, please, lend us
your full cooperation by seeing
that every child enters on time
and continues to be present.
“Then we can be assured of a
greater teaching force. It is the
only way by which this can be
had.”
Fund Raising Drive For $150,000 For
Hospital Annex Starts September 22
The fund raising drive for the
Moore County hospital addition
will begin Monday, September 22,
it was announced this week by
Maj. Gen. L. T. Wyche, of Pine-
hurst, chairman.
Objectives of the campaign and
the plan for its accomplishment.
Vets Get Plenty
Help In Filing
Application Forms
Though Moore County veterans
did not make the anticipated rush
to fill out their applications for
insurance dividends last week, it
was estimated this week that pos
sibly one-third of them had filed.
They had plenty of help last
week, as veterans’ posts stationed
volunteer helpers at spots all over
the county to lend assistance,
both daytime and evening, in fill
ing out the two forms—one for
the insurance, the other for gen
eral information for the Veterans
Administration.
Some of the volunteers had a
busy time of it, while others, es
pecially those who had scheduled
evening hours, had only a few
“customers.” Mrs. Louise W.
Clarke, veterans service officer,
said some 400 forms have been
returned to her and “we have a
good many more to hear from.”
There are 2,500 veterans in Moore
county, and all have insurance.
After this week, veterans mak
ing application will have to do
so at Mrs. Clarke’s office in Car
thage.
Busy Place
One of the busiest spots was
the Southern Pines post office,
where Walter S. Topping and
John Buchholz, of the John Boyd
post, VFW, alternated in serving
a constant stream of veterans.
Total—about 250.
Volunteers working during the
first work included, in Southern
Pines, Walter S. Topping and
John Buchholz, at the post office
and the VFW home; Charles
Swoope and Charlie Ross at the
Legion hut evenings.
At Carthage—Bill Muse, Jack
Williams, John G. Riddle and
Phil Cole, of the Legion post, at
the courthouse evenings; at Cam
eron, Neill McDonald; at Pine-
bluff, Dan Mangum at night, Mrs.
Mangum at the post office during
working hours.
At Pinehurst, Dan Lewis with
W. M. Chriscoe and sons, Edgar
Lewis at the fire station evenings;
Robbins, C. J. Dutton (VFW) and
Stacy Brewer (American Legion);
West End, William Johnson and
Paul Auman; Aberdeen, Law
rence Farrell and Jeer McKeith-
through offering opportunity to
each citizen to contribute, were
expressed in a statement issued
this week by General Wyche, as
follows:
Although the contract for the
new construction has been lost
and the work begun, it will be
necessary to collect $150,000 for
its completion. When the con
struction is completed the hospi
tal will have a capacity of 112
beds, and, by rearranging of the
present setup, will offer adequate
facilities for the study of out-pa
tients, including space for x-ray
and clinical laboratories; wiU pro
vide additional space for the ob
stetrical patients; dining room
and kitchen facilities will be en
larged; an office for the staff doc
tors will be provided; the record
Medical Center
The Moore County hospital is
in the center of an area surround
ed by such medical centers as
those of Charlotte, Greensboro
and Raleigh, whose distances war
rant a medical center in this
county. In order to have such a
center the capacity of the hospi
tal should be sufficient to provide
for internship, and for the train
ing of nurses. The American Med
ical association and the American
College of Surgeons will not rec
ognize hospitals for these pur
poses if they are of less than 100-
bed capacity with adequate fa
cilities. It seems to be generally
admitted that the Moore County
Hospital at present is highly re
garded throughout a great part
of the State. The Moore County
hospital has made a good start
toward the goal of establishing a
Medical Center in this vicinity. It
should certainly be to the advan
tage of every citizen of Moore
county to have the best possible
Medical Center, so conveniently
located.
YD Club Keeps
Old Offieers,
Adds New One
Members of the Southern Pines
YDC club, meeting Ftiday night
at The Southland, decided to
postpone election of officers until
a meeting to be held in the fall,
probably a chicken fry or fish fry
conabining pleasure with business.
A new officer, however, was
added, causing a slight change in
the lineup. Mrs. Ruth W. Swish
er was unanimously elected first
vice president. Hoke PoUock, for
merly vice president, became sec
ond vice president.
This was in obedience to a con
stitutional mandate that a worn-
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committee will meet with
U. S. and Philippine officials to
discuss the Pacific pact and Phil
ippine trade and economic pros
pects. Discussions are scheduled
on the Philippine military posi
tion and strength and need for
further arms and development.
VA Program in hPilippines
The U. S. Veterans Administra
tion spends approximately $45,-
000,000 annually on Fhlipinos and
Americans, or their dependents,
now residing in the Islands, who
fought the Japanese in the last
war. The program has never be
fore been subjected to Congres
sional scrutiny. This complex
problem arose from promises
made by the Army to the Fili
pinos that if they would fight the
Japanese, they would be taken
care of just the same as our Own
troops.
The value of the Pacific Pact
proposal will be discussed in de
tail with Siamese and Burmese
officials. Economic prospects for
southern Asia will be discussed
and attempts will be made to de
termine if U. S. money can be
spent to advantage in fighting
Communism in those areas. In
dustrial, agricultural, and com
mercial potentials will be care
fully considered by the group.
Inspection trips will be made
to view U. S. Pacific bases and
discuss various problems with
the military personnel.
Campaign Plan
A committee headed by Maj.
Gen. I. T. Wyche has been work
ing on a plan for the execution of
this drive for several months. It
was felt by the board of directors
and by the committee that if
every citizen of Moore county
could feel that he was part own
er in the hospital, it would have
a beneficial, effect. It was there
fore decided that the plan should
include giving every citizen of
Moore county an opportunity to
contribute as much as he could
afford. In addition to individual
contributors, appeals will be'made
to business and industry, to those
who desire to establish memor
ials, and the winter residents of
the county.
For the purpose of soliciting
the individuals the county has
been divided into seven areas with
appropriate assignment of rural
areas, generally taking in town
ships. These areas fare as fol
lows:
1. Aberdeen — that part of
Sandhill township East of the line:
Horse’s creek, as far South as the
Roseland-Aberdeen road, thence a
line southeast excluding Pine-
bluff and Addor, extending to the
Hoke County line.
2. Pinebluff—that part of
Sandhill township west of thq
above mentioned line.
3. Pinehurst—Mineral Springs
township.
4. Southern Pines — McNeill
township, exclusive of Lakeview,
as far North as Little River.
5. Vass-Lakeview and that
part of McNeill township North
of Little River and Greenwood
towpship.
7. Robbins-Sheffield, Ritters,
and Deep River townships. I
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