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VOL. 31—NO. 2
20 PAGES THIS WEEK
Southern Pines, N. C.
Friday, December 2, 1949
20 PAGES THIS WEEK
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Ground Broken For Carthage Industry
Ross Will Aid in Restoration
Flack May Face
Additional Charges
Of Robbery Here
George Ross, director of the
state department of conservation
and development, speaking before
the Moore County Historical so-
.iety at the Southern Pines libra
ry Tuesday night, said there is a
gcod chance the\ state may take
over the pre-Revolutionary Philip
Alston home near here, the
‘House in the Horseshoe,” and
ievelop it as a historic shrine.
He said he had conferred with
Glenn Hancock, present owner of
the property, and that Mr. Han
cock seemed favorably disposed
toward making an arrangement
with the state if it could be work
ed out.
The house, located “at the head
of Little River” in Sandhills
township, figured prominently in
Tuerilla warfare between the
Whigs and Tories after Cornwal
lis marched through this section
•n 1780 and 1781. It was the scene
of a battle between a band of
Whigs under Colonel Alston,
using his own home as a fort, and
David Fanning leading a party of
Tories. Facts of the battle are
well documented, many graphic
stories concerning it have come
down through the years, and for
proof—if proof were needed—^the
bullets of the battle are still em
bedded in the walls of the house.
Home of Governor
It was later the home of Ben
jamin Williams, governor of
North Carolina frpm 1800 to 1802.
After that it passed through va
rious hands. From 1912 to 1937
it was the home of John Willcox,
present Moore clerk of court.
It has of late years been used
as a tenant home on the Hancock
place, its historic connotations
largely forgotten until they were
resurrected by the Moore County
Historical society. Under the
(Continued on Page 18)
Awards Honor Services to State of
James Boyd, Mrs. Ives, the Busbees
Top photo shows bulldozers and giant tractors breaking ground
for th» "t.OOO square feet of floor space for the Carthage Fabrics
Corporation. The plant is scheduled to be ready for occupancy by
June. 1950. Lower photo shows Newland Phillips, left, secretary-
treasurer of the investment corporation, presenting the first pot of
earth from the site to Herman Chopak, chairman of the fabrics
corporation and president of Chopf k Fabrics, New York. State Sena
tor W. H. Currie, master of ceremonies, is shown directly behind
'^'hopak. (Photos by Staff Photographer R. W. Stephens.)
Story on Page 18. (Photos courtesy Raleigh News and Observer.)
Wildlife Club Must Aid Protection,
Stevens Tells Group at Mile-A way
The first meeting cf the Sand
hills Wildlife club since its organ
ization attracted a group of 50 or
Home Destroyed
In Thursday Fire,
W. Southern Pines
The first really destructive fire
of the year in Southern Pines
took place Thursday morning,
when the two-story frame home
of Mary Buchanan, in West South
ern Pines, was totally destroyed.
It was believed to have caught
from a flue.
Members of the volunteer fire
department and truck, responding
JO to Mile-Aaway Farm Wednes
aay evening, to enjoy an old-fash
ioned fish fry and to Team more
about the four-year-old wildlife
movement in the state.
Ross Stevens, of Raleigh, exec
utive secretary of the N. C. Wild
life Federation, Inc., explained in
£n informal talk that this is es
sentially a program of intelligent
conservation, to enhance enjoy
ment of all forms of hunting and
fishing and insure their continu
ance.
‘"Since the first club was form
ed at Raleigh in 1945, almost 100
loqal clubs Have been formed,
with about 15,000 members,” he
said. “The first major objective
was achieved with the passage
of the law setting up the N. C.
Harry Flack, 21, held in Moore
Gcunty jail since last Wednesday
night on en armed robbery
charge, is believed by police to
have been guilty of at least two
other crimes m addition to the
two for which probable cause was
found in a hearing Thanksgiving
day.
He was identified at a hearing
held last week by victims of two
holdups, Mrs. Joe Thomas and
Mrs. Lloyd Prime, held up near
Southern Pines the previous Mon
day, and D. B. Breneman and
Irma Lee France, held up in Aber
deen one night earlier.
Chief C. E. Newton said he an
swers exactly the description of
the man who held up Halbert
Blue, of Aberdeen, near the local
taxi stand Tuesday night of last
week. This robbery, too, was com
mitted at rifle’s point, as Blue
stepped from his car. It netted the
robber about $9 in cash. Blue is
away and has not had opportunity
to confront Flack personally, for
identification purposes, the chief
said.
Of two handbags found in
Flack’s car when he was picked
up by Pinehurst police, one was
Mrs. Thomas’ and the other was
identified later as that of Miss
Maggie Edwards, believed taken
from her car when she stopped
to get her mail at the Southern
Pines post office. This occurred
Wednesday night, the same night
Flack was later arrested. She was
in the post office only a minute
or two. Miss Edwards said. She
did not miss her bag until she
reached home. When found, it
contained only a nail file and one
or two other small items. The
cash—about $20—billfold, driver’s
license, fountain pen and a num
ber of other things were gone.
The theft of Miss Edwards’
purse resembles thft by which
(Continued on Page 8)
MEMORIAL
The P. A. Wilson Mtemorial
trophy will be established as
a tournament aweird of the
Sandhills Tennis association,
according to Frank de Costa,
president.
It will honor Paul Ahnold
Wilson, of Vass, who helped
organize the association last
sununer and served on the
first board of directors. Mr.
Wilson died Tuesday after
several weeks of illness.
He was a former USC ten
nis star, and a lifelong en
thusiast. Though he lived at
'Vass, he was a familiar figure
on Southern Pines courts and
member of the local tennis
group. He assisted in promo
tion of several tennis events
which started the Sandhills
association off on its cereer in
August and September. '
Vandal Returns to
Wreak Destruction
On Awnings, Car
Events Highlight
Raleigh Meetings
Christmas Lights To
Go On Next Week As
Santa*s Visit Nears
Parade, Party on List of Coming Events;
Everybody Helping in Community Projects
Christmas lights turned on next week, Santa Claus arriv
ing Saturday, December 10, and Santa appearing again, load
ed -with gifts for all the little ones, at the Elks party Decem
ber 21, are a few .of the sparkling highlights forecast by this
week’s announcements.
The Chamber of Commerce has secured Christmas
lights, to brighten the streets for the first time since before
the war, with colored bulbs strung from Pennsylvania to
Connecticut avenues on both sides of Broad. They may be
turned on Thursday—earlier, if the committees can get the
work done in time, said Jack "founts, chairman of the Cham
ber’s (Christmas committee.
Under their leadership, the Christmas lighting will be a
true community project, with everybody helping.
Elks Will Honor
State Cliampions
At Grid Banquet
Police Car Will
Be Radio-Equipped
promptly to the alarm at 7:151 Wildlife
a. m., found the house, on West'
Illinois avenue, wrapped in flames
when they arrived. It was more
than two hours before the fire
was out.
Members of the family were
able to save a few items of fur
niture, but almost everything was
lost.
Some delay was caused when
the hose had to be hooked up a
block and a half away, where the
nearest hydrant was located.
When the new water mains are
in, for which the recently approv
ed bond issue was voted, the sec
tion where the fire occurred will
have much better protection.
The ruins smouldered for some
time after the flames had died
down, and firemen remained un
til almost noon in close atten
dance.
• As they were fighting the
flames they also put in consider
able work protecting another
frame house close by. This was
undamaged.
Resources Commission
in 1947. The other two are con
tinuing ones; local conservation
projects within the clubs, and
support of the state program as
a whole.” This is necessary, he
said, because the state, limited
in personnel and finances, cannot
do the whole job nor even a very
large part of it alone; it requires
the active aid of sports lovers
everywhere, to put the program
across.
As to what local clubs are do
ing, he cited everything from
field trials and fishing rodeos to
the setting up of fish rearing
pools for which the state fur
nishes fingerling fish for the clubs
to raise and release in public
waters—and also the organize
tion of Junior Wildlife clubs, en
listing the aid and interest of the
young folks.
The state program includes
promoting the passage of bene
ficial laws and their enforcement,
and annlication of general conser-
(Continued on page 8)
The Southern Pines police de
partment is to be radio-equipped,
it was decided by the town board
in special session at the city hall
Monday. Authorization was given
for the immediate purchase and
installation cf a Motorola system,
providing twq-wqy communica
tion between the station and the
police car.
Consideration of this move has
been under way by the board for
some time, as more and more
cities about the nation have pro
vided their police departments
with radio systems and reports
are they have proved worth many
times their original cost, in the
catching of criminals and the
stopping of crime at its source.
Decision to make the move at
this time came following a discus
sion of a recent outbreak of crime
unusual to this community, in
cluding armed robbery, vandal
ism and the rifling of cars.
The board had two contracts
on low bids at this meeting, one
on supplying a new police car
(trading in the old) which went
to the Southern Pines Motor com
pany, and the other on painting
the building housing the police
station and the ABC stoi*e. This
went to the Shaw Paint and Wall
paper company.
Low-grade vandals went to
work here again sometime Sun
day night, slashing the awnings
of 10 business places. The awning
at a private home, that of Col.
and Mrs. S. T. Wallis, was also
found to be cut or torn. Chief C.
E. Newton said.
“I don’t know what type of
creature it is who gets pleasure
out of this sort of thing,” he add
ed. “It’s hard to understand how
anyone with any sense at all can
be so mean. He must have a de
finitely substandard mentality. ”
Gashed with a sharp blade were
awnings at the Sandhill Sport
shop. Style Mart, Mack’s Five and
Ten—three long slits; Tots Tog
gery, where just the fringe was
cut; Franjeans, Patch’s Depart
ment store. Baker’s Food store,
the Midland shop, all on West
Broad street; and, across on East
Broad, Brown’s Auto Supply,
with five slits, and the Coffee
shop, where the marquee was cut
cn each side.
Several of those were victims
in the earlier cutting of awnings,
about three weeks ago, when a
half dozen of these acts of van
dalism were committed on Broad
street. Repeat visits were paid
the Sandhill Sport shop, Mack’s
and Patch’s. Six new cuts appear
ed on Patch’s awnings, which had
iust been mended after the last
time.
Monday night, the convertible-
top vandal got loose again, after
damaging four cars here and five
at Pinehurst early in November.
The top of a convertible belong
ing to a guest at the Southland
hotel and parked in front of it on
West New Hampshire avenue,
just a short distance from the po
lice station, was gashed.
Surveying the costly destruc
tion, dismayed owners declared
themselves at a loss to understand
the type of mind, or motive, be
hind it.
Chief Newton said he and his
men are being as vigilant as pos
sible, ‘but this is the sort of thing
it is mighty hard to predict.”
Some of the gashes are about
Three awards of especial inter
est here were made Wednesday
and Thursday at meetings of the
state’s cultural societies being
held at Raleigh.
James Boyd, Jr., received an
award for his late father, the nov
elist and poet, who was first vice
president of the N. C. Society for
the Preservation of Antiquities
when it was organized 10 years
ago. The award, made by Mrs.
Charles A. Cannon, president, at
the society’s annual- meeting,
Thursday night, recognized not
only James Boyd’s services to the
Society but also his own research
into and love for the history of
this state which he immortalized
in several books.
Mrs. Ernest L. Ives, of Southern
Pines was the recipient at this
meeting of the silver cup in rec
ognition of distinguished service
to North Carolina histor^ during
the year.
■ Mrs. Ives’ recognition came for
her major share in the Shaw
House restoration of the Moore
County Historical society here, a
task of which she has been chair
man from the start, through her
labors has culminated in one of
the finest restorations of the
State.
Miniature Is Given
The Cannon silver trophy is re
tained on display, while owners
are given miniature duplicates for
their personal possession. The two
presentations were made by Dr.
Archibald Handeirson, professor
emeritus of the University and
noted biographer of George Ber
nard Shaw.
A large group of Southern
Pines people were planning to at
tend the meeting, including Mrs.
Katherine McColl, Mr. and Mrs.
W. D. Campbell, Mrs. L. T. Avery,
Miss Martha Langston, Mrs. P. P.
McCain, J. Talbot Johnson (presi
dent of the Moore County Histor
ical society) and others.
Busbee Award
■Wednesdiay, at a luncheon
meeting of the N. C. Art society,
Mrs. Jacques Busbee of Jugtown
received an award honoring her
(Continued on Page 8)
The .Fourth Annual Football
banquet to be given by the Elks
club at the close of the Southern
Pines football season will be held
next Thursday night (December
8) at the Highland Pines Inn, it
was announced this week by Ex
alted Ruler D. L. Madigan.
Members of the football squad,
their coaches and others connect
ed with the squad’s doings of the
season just past will be guests of
the Elks at the banquet, which
will also be open' to the general
public as long as tickets last.
Dancing for the young people in
the ballroom will follow until 11
p. m.
■While all the banquets have
been brilliant affairs, this will be
different from the others in that
the team to be feted will be the
state champions, their title won
through sanctioned conference
play. The team of 1947 carried an
unofficial title of state champion,
but six-man football had not then
come under regulations of the N.
C. High School Athletic associa
tion. The team of 1948 won its
way to conference championship
in its first year of official play.
Gold footballs, suitably inscrib
ed, will be awarded the lettermen
by the Elks lodge, and medallions
will be given to others of the
squad, including the Junior Var-
(Continued on Page 5)
"Members of the Chamber were
scheduled to meet at Brown and
Clark’s Thursday and Friday eve
nings to assemble the strings with
their 1,200 25-watt bulbs. Em
ployees of the Carolina Power and
Light company and the Central
Carolina Telephone company will
set up guy wires and string the
lights from the street poles. Mem
bers of both Boy Scout troops,
with Warden E. W. Davis and his
fire truck are combing the woods
today and tomorrow for small
trees to be sprayed with silver
and fastened to the street poles.
Joe Garzik is supervising the sil
vering job, assisted by the volun
teer firemen.
Rotary Tree
The Southern Pines Rotary
club has contributed $50 toward
meeting the considerable expense
of the lighting, and a tree wlil be
deccrated in their name. Harry
Fullenwider, Chamber of Com
merce president, expressed the
hope that other civic organiza
tions about town will do the same,
helping the Chamber out on the
costs. The merchants are not be
ing asked to pay for the lights.
Their shar& in the Yule celebra-
ticn, he said, is to arrange as
pretty window displays as pos
sible, for the Chamber’s window
display contest, and also to light
up their store fronts to add to the
general sparkle of Christmas.
Original uses of Christmas
lights on all the store fronts will
make the town a jeweled dream,
beautiful and thrilling to see.
Santa Claus Parade
Next Saturday morning at 10:30
(Continued on Page 8)
SQUARE DANCE
The Sandhills post, Ameri
can Legion, is having another
of its old-time square dances
Friday night at the Legion
hut—this time a Christmas
Benefit dance, a good starter
for the season.
DanT Fry and his Scottish
Fiddlers, of Moore county,
will play. Ladies will be ad
mitted free while gentlemen
will pay a small fee at the
door, said Shields Cameron,
chairman.
The "old-time fiddling"
events held by the Legion
naires during the past year
or two have drawn some fine
crowds, and the folks—young
and old—really shake a foot.
PGA Has Calniy Busy Visit Here
Southern Pines—or rather, the
Mid Pines club—has been the golf
capital of the nation during the
past five days, while 100 or more
officials and delegates of the Pro
fessional Golfers’ association have
been holding their annual meet
ing there.
Manufacturers’ representatives
of golf-related industry have also
been present in considerable num
bers, many of them staying at
the Highland Pines Inn and at
tending sessions at the Mid Pines.
Some 200 were present at the
Presidenjt’s dinner held at the
Mid Pines Monday evening, at
which Sam Snead, 1949 top win
ner, was awarded a plaque as
“best golfer of the year.” Thurs^
dpv, Sam conducted a clinic on
“How to Play Golf.”
Business sessions held during
eight feet above the sidewalk,
leading to the conclusion that
either a very tall person is to
blame, or that a blade on a stick
"was used.
GEORGE C. BURNS
Late Bulletin: George C.
Burns, former army colonel
and prominenil real estate
dealer of Southern Pines,
died suddenly at his home on
Country Club drive Thurs
day at 5:15 p. m.
National Aviation
Is Investor in
Resort Airlines
most of the convention days con
cerned matters of golf policy and
dealt with problems of the year.
Though a number of controversial
subjects were scheduled to come
up, a good many of these were by
passed and other tackled in serenej
fashion disappointing to those
who looked for ajoattle.
All was calm' and much was
accomplished. Ken Alyta, Associ
ated Press writer, has kept those
Southern-Pines-dateline stories
flowing over the top wires to
sports pages all over the country.
■Wives of a number of those at
tending the convention have been
given a social whirl under the
friendly eye of ladies of the Mid
Pines staff, headed by Miss
Jeanne Cosgrove.
And in between and among all
the events which followed in
swift succession—every now and
then some of the folks got a
chance to play golf.
This is the first time the PGA
has met in the Sandhills.
A “considerable block” of stock
of Resort Airlines, Inc., of Pine
hurst and Southern Pines has
ben bought by the National Avia
tion corporation, according to an
announcement made in the Wall
Street journal for November 28.
The amount was not specified.
Additional stock amounting to a
half million dollars’ worth was
recently offered by Resort, whose
skycruises, now titled “sun-
cruises,” will start sometime this
month.
National Aviation, an invest
ment trust listed on the New York
Stock Exchange, ordinarily buys
only" securities of long-established
airlines and aviation manufactur
ing companies.
Investment by such a conserva
tive concern in Resort Airlines,
a young company with new ideas,
is in the nature of a big pat on
the back. “Naturally, we are
very much pleased at the re
sponse,” said L. C. Burwell, Jr.,
of Pinehurst, president, when
queried by The Pilot Thursday.
He said the suncruises, low-cost
packaged air vacations to resort
areas of this hemisphere, are now
being readied for the Caribbean
and Latin America, with others
to Canada and Alaska planned
for next summer.
Mr. Burwell said Resort’s ap
plication is also pending for Eu
ropean cruises.