SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18. 1950
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
TEN CENTS
Town Board Meeting—~
Tax Rate Unchanged; Broad Street
Business District To Be Extended;
Garvin Appointed To School Board
The town board in a busy three-and-a-half-hour session Wed
nesday night set the 1950-51 tax rate, approved an extension of the
business district, reappointed one old member and appointed a new
one to the school board and took other steps important to the town.
Mayor C. N. Page presided over the meeting. Fqur commission
ers were present, with only Commissioner E. C. Stevens being away.
THE TAX RATE was unchanged from last year, $2.20 per
$100 property valuation, on recommendation made in a report
by the finance committee read by Secretary Howard F. Burns.
Adoption of a budget tentatively drawn up was postponed until
the full board could be present.
Official reports on Tuesday’s special election were read by Mr.
Burns. “It is gratifying to see such a good vote,” said the Mayor,
“It shows interest in town affairs. It is better for people to vote
against a project than not to vote at all.” The board expressed satis
faction that both measures—the recreation levy and civic promo
tion fund—passed so well. I
A. C. DAWSON, JR., pinch-hitting for Chamber of Commerce
President Harry Fullenwider, who had been called out of town,
headed a delegation of Chamber directors to ask resumption of
the $100 monthly grant, paid last year by the Town to the Cham
ber for advertising purposes. Renewal of the payments had not
been authorized since the end of the fiscal year. The commis
sioners voted to make payments for July, August and September,
then to consider the matter again after hearing a report from
President Fullenwider on last year's accomplishments and next
year's plans.
Included in the delegation were Virgil P. Clark and Jack S.
Younts.
Dante Montesanti and his father, Angelo Montesanti, appeared
to ask that their lot at the corner of Massachusetts and West Broad
'streets be zoned for business, and permission given for the erection
of a Shell Oil Service station, which could include a bus station if
desired. A picture and blueprints of the proposed building, a hand
some modern structure to cost $15-$20,000, were shown.
Since an ordinance prohibits the building of a service station in
the business district. Mayor Page said he would call a special meet
ing of the board with Town Attorney Hoke Pollock, to study the
: matter.
Eventful Program
For Vets’ V-J Day
ReunionTomorrow
Historical Marker Is Placed Here
DR. L. M. DANIELS was present to answer protests which
had been made to the Mayor by two neighbors, against his plac
ing of an army barracks building on the rear of the Blue Mirror
lot, which he owns, on South East Broad. It was to be used as a
warehouse, to store personal belongings and building materials,
he said, and when he had it completed, with weatherboarding,
guttering and paint, would "look as nice as any building on the
block." He had secured a permit from City Building Inspector
Elmer Davis, he said, and, since that block is classified as^ "in
dustrial" rather than business, local building restrictions do not
prevail.
A similar problem had come up some years ago, commented
Former Mayor (now Commissioner) O’Callaghan, adding, “We should
have settled it then once for all. We went to sleep on the job.”
Mayor Page said he thought the state fire code, under which South
ern Pines operates, probably covers the case.
On motion of Commissioner W. E. Blue, it was decided to check
with the town attorney to see if there were any illegality involved,
and if so to ask removal of the structure.
' SOUTH BROAD STREET is classified as "business" from
Pennsylvania lo Massachusetts avenues, then as "residential" to
Wisconsin. The final block, extending to the city limits, is "in
dustrial" on both sides.
The commissioners decided to ask the town attorney to draw
up an ordinance classifying the entire west side of South Broad
as "business," also the east side of the last block, below where
the railroad turns off. This places all of South Broad west of the
Seaboard tracks under business building restrictions.
They decided also that all building permits are to be cleared
through the city office before being okayed by Inspector Davis. In
cases of doubt as to the fire safety or suitability of a building to its
district, the permit must receive the town board’s approval.
ON INFORMATION that two of the school board members'
terms had expired May 1, the board reappointed one of them,
N. L. Hodgkins, to serve another three-year term.
L. F. Garvin, of Manly, was appointed for a three-year term
as representative of the out-of-town school patrons, as the com
missioners expressed themselves as feeling strongly that this
group should be represented on the board. L. L. Woolley, origi
nally appointed to the board to fill this need, moved from Manly
to Southern Pines several years ago.
Mr. Garvin succeeds Mrs. J. M. Milliken, a school board
member for many years. The board requested Secretary Burns to
express to Mrs. Milliken by letter its gratitude for her long and
faithful service.
A letter from James Boyd, Jr., with diagram by J. B. Swett,
revealed the discovery of a culvert on a Weymouth Heights road
near his property line, offering possibilities for a drainage plan which
would help in a bad erosion situation. The letter was read by Com
missioner O’Callaghan, whose recommendation that the board look
into the matter at once was approved.
IT WAS DECIDED to grant a request of the BPO Does,
also suggested by the Sandhill Tennis association, to move the
drinking fountain presented to tlje town by the Does last spring
* lo a better location in the town park. In a letter written by Mrs.
Vera Sillerson, secretary, the organization declared its willing
ness to fool the bill if the changes were made.
Mr. Burns said it could be done at little cost, and was au
thorized to have the town crew perform the job as soon as they
had lime, installing the fountain between the playground and the
tennis courts in accord with the Does' suggestion.
Water Carnival, Ball
Game, Fish Fry;
Deane Will Speak
The Moore County Veterans V-J
Day reunion, to be held tomorrow
(Saturday) at Aberdeen, will offer
a sequence of pleasures during
the afternoon and evening to the
county’s veterans of all wars and
their families.
Highlights of the program! as
announced by General Chairman
Charlie Carpenter, of Aberdeen,
include a baseball game and water
carnival, talks by Congressman C.
B. Deane and Judge F. Don Phil
lips, a “super” fish fry at the
Lakeside kitchen and a Victory
square dance at Planters ware
house.
The Aberdeen post of the Amer
ican Legion will be the host, with
other sponsors being the Legion
posts of Southern Pines, Carth
age, Cameron, Pinehurst and
Robbing, the John Boyd pjo'Slt,
VFW, and their auxiliaries, and
the Sandhill Veterans association.
The program will open at 1:30
with an assembly beside the lake.
At 2 o’clock a baseball game
will be held on the high school
field, pitting an Aberdeen-South
ern Pines team against Cameron-
Moore bounty.
At 4 o’clock, the water carnival
will open with a Jifesaving exhi
bition put on by the Moore Coun
ty chapter American Red Cross,
nd presenting some of the highly
accomplished swimmers and
divers heading up its water safe
ty program.
■ A high diving competition and
swimming contests will follow,
arranged with the help of A. C.
Dawson, Jr., Southern Pines high
school coach and summer recre
ation director. Among the contests
will be the 100-yard free style,
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Distinguished Tennis
Players Are Here for
4-Day Tournament
TO JAIL
Highway safety law viola
tors convicted before Judge
William T. Hatch are apt to,
find out what the inside of
a jail is like, even though
they draw a suspended sen
tence.
Presiding over criminal
court at Carthage, Special
Judge Hatch of Raleigh ^n-
teiiced one such case, "Thirty
days on the roads, suspended
on payment of costs, and," he
added, "five days in jail."
Sentences for two ypuths
convicted in a hit-run case
Were 18 mionths each, sus
pended on conditions "and 10
days in jail."
"In this day of bloodshed
and lawlessness on our high
ways," said the judge, "we
have got to do more than
we're doing. The certainty of
going to jail might be the
very deterrent we're looking
for." He wouldn't say wheth
er he intended to make a
practice of it—"I try not to'
fall into a pattern. But I
think it's worth trying, and
it may wake some folks up."
Sandhills Event
To Continue Through
Saturday Evening
The State of North Carolina has placed one of its handsome
historical markers on May street at Vermont avenue, indicating the
nearby homeplace of the late James Boyd, noted Southern Pines
author and poet.
Not the least of James Boyd’s many distinctions was that he
was, for the three years preceding his death, the owner and pub
lisher of The Pilot.
'The marker was placed under the combined auspices of the
N. C. Department of Archives, Conservation and Development and
Henry Bradford
Missing In Action
Since July II
The Second Annual Sandhills
Open Tennis tournament start
ed late Wednesday afternoon des
pite occasional showers. Thursday
morning, the sun came out and
soon the event was in full swing,
with men’s and women’s singles
being reeled off and doubles due
to start in the afternoon.
The preliminaries gave an in
terested gallery their first look at
some of the distinguished entries.
The tournament opened with a
glamorous list, and some un
knowns yet to show their mettle.
Play will continue daily from
10 a. m. through the evenings on
the four lighted municipal courts,
with' finals set for Saturday eve
ning, to continue through Sunday
in case of more bad weather.
Seedings announced by Harry
Lee Brown, Jr., tournament chair
man of the sponsoring Sandhills
Tennis association, gave the No. 1
position to Whit Cobb, of Dur
ham, 1950 Davidson graduate and
student body president. Southern
Conference doubles champion and
Athlete of the Year, who copped
the ECTA championship at Wil
mington last weekend.
No. 2 by a coin’s flip is Lieut.
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Picnic Thursday
Will Terminate
Summer Program
Highway Commission, which have the joint responsibility of select- I
ing noteworthy landmarks for this honor throughout the state.
The Moore County Historical society recommended the placing
of the marker here, through its marker committee of which E. T.
McKeithen is chairman. (Photo by Henry H. Turner)
Two-to-One Vote Approves Both Civic
Issues In Special Election Tuesday
FOOTBALL CLINIC
The eight-week summer recre
ation program'—the last to be fin
anced by private contributions—
will come to an end next week,
with a picnic on Thursday and a
dance Thursday or Friday eve-
laing.
The regular schedule of events
will be adhered to next week
with two exceptions. The story
hour and cooking class will not
be held, said Director A. C. Daw
son, Jr.
Next week’s picnic will prob
ably be held at Aberdeen lake
as part of the final swimming
session, with all boys and girls
who have taken part in any of
the events, through the summer
invited. Definite announcements
concerning the picnic and dance
will be made at “the Foxhole’
the first of next week.
The year’s program has been
the most successful ever held j
here, was the expressed opinion
of Director Dawson-, who has
headed the annual event each
summer since it started in 1946.
A hundred to 150 young people
have taken part, with more en-
Ithusiastic participation in all
events seen from the start. The
program has grown perceptibly
each year in attendance and inter
est, as well as in scope.
similar results are reported in
West Southern Pines, where the
program has also been eventfully
under way.
As it drew to a close, Paul C.
Butler, fund campaign chairman,
announced that contributions
which have been sought all sum-
met- l\ave “just about” topped
the goal, just m'eeting expenses.
Since Southern Pines citizens
approved a town recreation levy
in Tuesday’s two-to-one vote, this
will be the last summer program
to be dependent on “hand-outs”
of a few generous donors. The
expense will be spread among all
the citizens via the tax route, and
a broader and better planned pro
gram for all the young people,
both white and Negro, is antici
pated as a result.
The N. C. High Softool Ath
letic association has accepted
the invitation of the Southem
Pines school to hold its first
six-man football clinic here
September 8 and 9, it was
learned this week.
Invited to attend will be the
principals and coaches of the
41 high schools in the state
having six-man football pro
grams, also a number of oth
ers interested in,establishing
such programs. Study sessions
covering all phases of the
game will be held. For the
clinic sessions demonstrating
various plays, the Southern
Pines players are likely lo
be used as "guinea pigs."
Another team may be im
ported to meet the local grid-
ders in a demonstration game.
Recreation Levy,
Advertising Fund
Win Decisively
2,000 New Names
On Books For
Beer-Wine Vote
' Namles listed on the county
books rose from a total of about
10,000 to approximately 12,000
durng the registration period for
the August 26 beer and wine ref
erendum, which closed last Satur-
Almost 300 people trooped to
the polls in Southern Pines Tues
day to pass two measures for civic
progress by a vote of approxi
mately two to one.
Results of the voting were as
follows:
Levy for recreation program
and facilities: for, 183; against, 92.
, Appropriation for civic adver
tising and promotion: for, 195,
against, 97.
The slightly greater pumber
voting for the civic advertising
fund was attributed to the fact
that the regular municipal books
were used for this election, while
the recreation levy called for a
special registration. A number
were already on the municipal
books who for some reason failed
to register for the recreation vote
Mayor C. N. Page expressed
himself as gratified by the de
cisive victory for both issues,
though regretting that a third of
the voters showed up as opposed
to them. “1 knew there was
some opposition, but had faith in
the support of the majority of the
people,” he said. “I, sincerely feel
that before very long those who
are against these measures now
will see that they are for the ben
efit of the town, and will be glad
that they passed. I am convinced
that these are progressive steps
for Southern Pines, and that it
Cpl. Henry Bradford has beerl
missing in action in Korea since
July 11, according to a War De
partment telegram received
Thursday morning by his wife.
He is Southern Pines’ first cas
ualty of the Korean war, the sec
ond for Moore county.
Corporal Bradford saw extend
ed service with the infantry be
fore and during World War 2. He
participated in the invasion of
North Africa and the ensuing
bitter campaigns across the face
of Europe. Following his dis
charge, he served for about a
year on the Southern Pines police
force, then drove a taxi here for
several months. He reenlisted in
the Army about two years ago.
He w;as stationed for most of
that tim'e at Fort Bragg, maintain
ing his home in Southern Pines.
Corporal Bradford was trans
ferred to Camp Stoneman, Cal.,
last May and embarked for Japan
on June 13. He was transferred
to Korea early in July and saw
only a few days’ action there.
He js a native of Illinois. His pa
rents are not living. His wife, the
former Miss Cleecie Renegar of
Southern Pines, and two little
girls, aged eight and two, live at
710 South Bennett street.
Draft Board Has
Office and Clerk;
All Set To Go
The Moore County draft board
is now set up and ready to oper
ate, it was learned this week from
Maxwell G. Rush, of Southern
Pines, acting chairman.
An office has been secured on
the second floor of the Carthage
Production Credit association at
the county seat. Mrs. Harry Davis
of Carthage has been employed
clerk. The files of the Moore
County board were returned Sat
urday evening from Rockingham
where they have been stored since
since the board was inactived in
January, 1949.
A meeting of the board will
probably be held within a few
days ,said Mr. Rush, who accept
ed the chairmanship on a tempor
ary basis following the resigna
tion of the original Carthage
member, Eugene Stewart. Offi
cers will be elected at the meet
ing and the likelihood is that the
newly appointed member, W. W.
Dairymple, will be named chair
man, as state Selective Service
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Tally Trial Opens In Superior Court;
Oscar McCormick Goes Back To Prison
day.
Mrs. Grace Kaylor, local regis- is. right that the-cost should be
trar, reported for the Southern shared by all.
Pines precinct that 168 names
were added to the books, for a to
tal of 1,775.
Heaviest registration was re
ported to be in the Cameron and
Robbns precincts.
The registration increased con
siderably during the county and
senatorial prirrtaries of May and
.June, otherwise it is believed the
present registration would have
been somewhat larger.
Heaviest vote remembered in
the county w^s 5,560 cast for
sheriff last May.
In this way no one will pay
more than a little, and those who
do not benefit directly themselves
will benefit through the good that
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BASEBALL!
Southern Pines vs. Cape
Fear Dodgers, Sunday 3 p. mu
Southern Pines Memorial
field; sponsored by Sandhills
Merchants asoeation. This is
a return engagement—they're
coming with blood in their
eye.
The three-year-old manslaugh
ter case against Cameron C. Tally,
formerly of Sanford, now of Flint,
Mich., finally came to trial in
criminal court at Carthage this
wteek after eight continuajtions
from previous terms.
The trial occupied almost all
of Wednesday and lawyers’ ar
guments were still going on
'ThiH'sday morning, too close to
■rhe Pilot’s presstime for the re
sult to be secured.
The case arose from an automo
bile accident in which “Budi’ Cot-
ten, one of a party of young men
riding in Tally’s car, was killed
near Cameron on a Saturday
night in August, 1947. The car
was one of' two headed toward
Sanford, taking home a gay group
which had attended a fish fry at
Lakeview. Steadfast denials by
Tally and others of the party that
there had been any dr^king go
ing on took on a new light late
Wednesday afternoon when one
witness admitted that “'there was
a pint bottle of whiskey on the
supper table,”
Gavin and Gavin of Sanford
and H. F. Seawell, Jr., of Carth
age were defense attorneys.
Judge Hatch Presiding
Presiding over the term is Spe
cial judge William T. Hatch of
Raleigh, appointed by Governor
Scott to serve for Judge H. Hoyle
Sink of Lexington when Judge
Sink found conflicts on his sched
ule. This is Judge Hatch’s first
official visit to Moore county. His
courteous handling of defendants,
witnesses and lawyers, unruffled
poise and considered judgments
made a deep impression from the
opening day of court.
Typical of several unorthodox
sentences handed down were
those given Roy Edward Fry and
Raymond Ritter, of the Eastwood
section, convicted Tuesday, in a
hit-run case. Giving them sen
tences of 18 months on the roads,
suspended on various conditions.
Judge Hatch added for each 10
days in jail. '
The charge against Ritter was
careless and reckless driving, that
against Fry for aiding and abetting
in a felony. The charges failed to
picture the nature of the case,
and even less did the plea of reck
less driving, which each defen
dant tendered before the evidence
began and which was accepted by
the state. ' ,
Car Hidden In Woods
The judge listened intently as
Patrolman Apple’s testimony re
vealed the hit-run crime with at-
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