CLEAN UP
PAINT UP
FIXUP
{lue& White Is
V^ictor In First
lonf erence Game
Downs West End
6n Local Field
With Score 52-19
Southern Pines began defense
if its state six-man football title
lere Wednesday afternoon at
iigh School Memorial field by
•oiling over West End High 52
o 19.
It was a much better game than
he score would indicate. This
Vest End team, under a new
:oach and a new system, had sev-
;ral scoring plays’ backfire. And
vhile Southern Pines made
mough errors of omission and
:ommission to cause Coach Daw
son literally to smooth out the
splinters on the bench sliding
iround. West End obligingly went
ihe Blue and White bette'r.
But before the leaves are off
the trees, and the nip of frost is
in the air, these West End Wild-
:ats are going to be heard from.
They are a big and rangy lot; they
tackle hard, they like the game,
and Coach Tucker, their new
mentor, has the ability to pro
duce.
First Half ^ *
Southern Pines scored four
times in the first half, the spec
tators scarcely being seated when
Poe, out in the left flat, took a
pass from Richard Newton to
iace 30 yards for the first touch
down. Richard (Newtie) then
pilacekicked fo)r the two extra
points, to make the score 8 to 0.
West End came right back fol
lowing the kick-off to score, re
covering Roy Newton’s fumble on
the Southern. Pines 5. Bobby
•Smith at center picked up a yard,
and Patterson trying the same
spot added another. On the next
play Patterson, leaping high into
the air, shot a bullet pass over
the center of the line to Monroe
in the end zone for a West End
touchdown.
' Blue’s conversion attempt was
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DRY COMMITTEES
The Allied Church League
meeting at Carthage Sunday,
set up an "enforcement com
mittee" which, it was an
nounced, "will act as an en
couragement to and cooper
ate with officers of the county
in carrying out the law
against ..sales ..of beer ..and
wine, scheduled to go into
effect October 2S."
Members are the Rev. T.
J. Whitehead. Aberdeen,
chairman: Miss Lucille Eifort,
West End; Ferrell H. Brown,
Aberdeen: Dr. W. C. Holland,
W. E. Kivette, Southern
Pines; A. B. Atkins. L. M.
Dixon, Cameron; C. T. Hen
son, Pine Deese, H. F. Sea-
well. Carthage; Clarence Gor
don. Bethlehem section; Ed
Willcox, Deep River; C. M.
Ritter. Robbins; B. D. Teague.
Joseph Price, Robbins. Rt. 1.
The League's executive of
ficers were named to an "ed
ucation committee," to confer
with the superintendent of
schools in regard tO setting
up a program of education on
the evils of beverage alcohol.
Church League
Leaders State
Stand On Maness
Moore Boy Scouts Enjoy Camporee At Pinehluff Lake
w ■
Civil Defense Siren
Signal W ill Sound In
Southern Pines Today
Mpre than 100 scouts and their leaders attended the annual camporee last week end.
boated, fished in beautiful Pinebluff lake.
They swam.
36 Moore Men
Pass Tests, Await
Call To Induction
Officers of the Allied Church
League clarified their position this
week in regard to Clifford B. Ma
ness, identified in a story in tlm
state papers and The Pilot la-t
week as an “itinerant preachei "
Mr. Maness was arrested on boot
legging charges.
In a statement published below,
they disclaim Maness’ activities in
regard to those of the League,
which sponsored the recent “drv‘
election in Moore cduhty;
Since the arrest of Clifford B
Maness on a bootlegging char;.!!'
a number of unfounded rumor-J
have been circulated throughout
Moore County with reference to
the.relationship of-the said Man
ess to the ministry, and to tlio
work of the Allied Chui c ii
League.
The Allied Church League feels
therefore that it is entirely with
in its jurisdiction to clarify the is
sue.
The President of the Allied
Church League, Rev. Bennie L.
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A CLEAN TOWN
Southern Pines' "Paini-Up.
Clean-Up, Fix-Up" week will
last through Saturday. Sep
tember 30, President Harry
Fullenwider of the Chamber
of Commerce reminded each
citizen this week.
The Town is cooperating
with the Chamber in spon
sorship of the annual event,
in which a concerted effort is
being made to "red things up
for fall." During this time
trash and refuse of all sorts,
in all quantities, in and out of
containers, is being picked up
by the town garbage trucks.
Wood trim on a number of
business offices and stores i^
being painted, and work "in
side and out" is being done, or
authoriaed, by householders
and property owners.
Remember .— . "A ..Clean
Town is a Safer Town"—join
in this good work
Child Hurt On
Highway As He
Runs To Get Bike
Building Permit
Fee Scale Set;
Arey Is Inspector
Thirty-six Moore county men,
out of 56 who made the trip, pass
ed their pre-induction tests at
Fayetteville last Tuesday and are
awaiting their call for induction
into the armed services.
Mrs. Harry Davis, draft board
clerk, said that 69 were called to
fill the order for 64 men, the first
di-aft call issued to Moore county
under the new peacetime selective
service. Of the dozen called who
did not go, all were found to have
legitimate reasons. Three had
been called by error, it was found,
as they had previously been re
jected. None is now delinquent,
Mrs. Davis reported.
Of those who passed the tests 26
are white, 11 Negroes, from 26
down to 22 years of age. No ad
dresses were given for any of
them in the list reported as fol
lows:
Edmund Cotton, Charles Vin
cent Kennedy, James Herman
Williamson, Duncan Harold Mcln-
nis, Arthur Ray McDuffie, Wil
liam King ,Jr., Thomas Jefferson
Boggs, Nolan Preston Brown, Rob
ert Jonathan Person, Billy Joe
Durham, Robert Lee Addison,
Carson Frye.
Arthur Linton Purvis, Alton
Ray Purvis, Frank Eugene Martin,
Cecil Clarence Nickens, Wilbern
Grier Scott, Donald William Mor
rison, William Graham Garner,
Daniel Garrett McKenzie, Ray
mond Preston Caddell, Jarhes Lee
? Welch, Bill Hershel Garner, Ful
ler Thomas Motsinger.
Lindsey Lane Brower, Herman
Obert Seawell, Martin Luther
Johnson, Joseph Alexander Mc
Neill, Charles Wilson Kelly, Jesse
Raymond Doby, Grover Alton Rit--
ter, O. C. Cole, Paul Lawrence
Dowdy, Henry Cook Davis, Ernest
Garfield Moore, William Roger
Nall.
In the group taking tests were
also three transfers from other
boards, of whom two passed, Har
rington Richardson and James
Lloyd Hancock.
Leland McKeithen
Elected Chairman
Moore Democrats
Mrs. Hugh Keith pins the Eagle badge on Hugh Keith, Jr., of the
I Pinebluff troop at the court of honor held at the camporee Saturday
(Photos by Emerson Humphrey)
W. A. Leland McKeithen, Pine-
hurst attorney, was elected chair
man of the Moore County Demo
cratic Executive committee by a
close vote at a called meeting of
precinct chairmen held at the
courthouse at Carthage Friday
afternoon.
With 13 of the county’s 17 pre
cinct chairmen present and vot
ing, County Solicitor McKeithen
won with seven votes over six
cast for Hubert McCaskill, also of
Pinehurst.
The extra vote settled the ques
tion of who would succeed M. G.
Boyette, of Carthage, chairman
since 1932, who called the meet
ing with the avowed purpose of
Resigning and seeing another
chairman in the job before the
fall campaign gets under way.
Mr. Boyette had attempted sever
al times in the past to resign, as
he declared he had held the office
long enough. He stated this most
firmly last May, but was persua
ded again to remain until echoes
of the spring primary should die
down.
In his electiop to the chairmam
ship, McKeithen follows in the
footsteps of his predecessor, who
served also as county solicitor be
fore attaining to his present post
of solicitor of the 13th judicial dis
trict.
Chairman McKeithen, a gradu
ate of Davidson college and of
the Duke University Law school,
has been serving as precinct
chairman at Pinehurst. He is g
past president of the Moore Coun
ty Young Democratic club, and
was state YDC organizer in 1947-
48. He is a member of Phi Beta
Kappa.
PROBLEMS BEFORE TOWN BOARD
Lee’s Alley Compromise Is Soi^ht;
Hearing Set On Garage Law Change
Nine - year - old Michael Leroy
Hendrick, struck by a car on US
1 south about 1:30 p. m. Tuesday,
was rushed unconscious to Moore
County hospital, where his moth
er had been adrnitted the night
before.
Mrs. Hendrick was, discharged
Wednesday bu4-]yiike remained,
semi-conscious but said by doctors
to be in '‘satisfactory’’ condition.
I X-rays showed no bones broken.
Gaithel Baird Barker, 34, of
Sanford, driver of the northbound
car which struck the child was
absolved of blame by the investi
gating State Highway Patrol. The
accident occurred in front of
Hendrick’s Service station, own
ed and operated by A. L. Hen
drick, Mike’s father.
For Mike, it was the second
trip to the hospital this month
—and therein lies' the tale. On
Labor day he fell off his bike and
hit his head. He hadn’t ridden his
bike since.
When his mother had to return
to Moore County hospital for
treatment following the birth of a
fourth child, now s6ven weeks
'Old, Mr. Hendricks brought the
other youngsters up from Hamlet,
to which the family recently mov-
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Two cases of unusual public in
terest, both involving proposed
actions within the business dis
trict, and objections which have
been registered thereto, came be
fore the town board in called ses
sion Wednesday night.
In one, the hearing ended with
all parties perhaps on the way to
compromise solution; in the other,
the town board took a definite
Hurst Baby Is
lOth Polio Victim;
At Rex Hospital
Albert Donald Hurst, Jr., five-
month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A
D. Hurst, was taken to Rex hosp-
tal, Raleigh, Tuesday afternoon
as Moore county’s 10th polio vic
tim for the year and Southern
Pines’ third.
He is also the youngest here
and in the county, so far this year.
The case is believed to be a mild
one.
Most of Moore’s polio cases
this year have been of a very
light variety, leaving slight after
effects, if any. There has been
only one which approached a crit
ical stage. This was little Martha
Ann Johnson, whose parents, Mr.
I and Mrs. Jambs Johnson, live
[between Southern Pines i and
Aberdeen. Martha Ann is the
only one still being hqspitalized,
except for the week’s new little
entrant. The little girl, who is two
and a half, is still at Rex hospi
tal and is reported to be spme-
what better this week.
step—which may, or may not, lead
to another later.
Interested parties in both cases
filled the city office to overflow
ing. The proceedings were con
ducted amicably, with due hearing
given all sides.
Mr .and Mrs. Leroy Lee of Car
thage were present, with W. A.
Leland McKeithen, Pinehurst at
torney, who said he came as “a
volunteer spokesman” in view of
his previous knowledge of prop
erty recently purchased here by
Lee. He had had occasion to
search the title of the McBrayer
building for insurance purposes
for its former owner, and felt that
the fact that part of the building
rests on a 16-foot public alley,
covering the alley’s front end en
tirely, had never been completely
understood by the purchaser.
Proposed Extension
Lee’s proposed extension of the
building to the back line of his
lot would cover the rest of the
alley—the basis of an objection
filed by seven owners of neighbor
ing business property.
That this was an unfortunate
state, McKeithen agreed; but fail
ed to agree that it would work a
serious hardship in that part of
the alley is already closed any
way. He felt it would be detri
mental to the town if Lee’s plails
for a large, modern store building
were hindered by the withholding
of a building permit as had been
requested.
Hoke Pollock, town attorney,
gave the law in the matter—^that
the town did, iit fact, have the
right to ask that the part of the
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Homecoming At
Bethesda Sunday
First—Maybe Last—
Practice Blasts
A| 3 and 3:20
When yf)u hear a strange,
prolonged blast of the South
ern Pines fire siren at 3 p. m.
today (Friday), don’t start
wondering where the fire is.
Just stay where you are, and
listen—impress that wailing
sound on your mind and heart,
so that you would recognize it
at any -time in the future, day
or night, this year or the next
or five years from now, for
ust exactly what it is intended
to be: a warning of impending
danger by enemy action from
tllG sklGS
The air raici warning “alert”
will sound for three minutes.
'Twenty minutes later will
come another siren signal,
lasting for one minute. This
will be the “all-clear.”
Volunteer firemen have been
instructed not to respond to these
particular siren calls.
They are practice blasts, the
first public sign of the commun
ity’s preparedness for war.
Notices were read in local
churches Sunday, and informa
tion given in the schools this
week, concerning the signals and
their relation to a local civil de
fense program, to go into effect
only if war comes to the civilian
areas. “Once the signals are
sounded, to let the people know
just how they sound, they niay
never be heard again,” said Civil
Defense Director D. L. Madigan.
“I hope they will not.” In secur
ing the town board’s approval of
the action, he made it plain that
his program as tentatively set up
does not call for repeated prac
tice of the whole or any part, as
“ I do not believe this does any
good, and serves only to alarm the
people. Once they know what we
have in mind—that should be
enough for' a long, long time.”
The town board concurred,
however, in his feeling that
the signals should be sound
ed just once, then probably
no more until the distant day
—^perhaps never to arrive—
when actual danger threatens.
The entire local civil de
fense program is no'w in the
hands of the town commis
sioners, for study and possible
revisions, before being sub
mitted to E. Z. Jones, state
director of civil defense, for
incorporation in the state pro-
gramu
It is also being reviewed by
Hoke Pollock, town attorney, on
The town board in special ses
sion 'Wednesday night adopted a
sliding scale of building permit
fees, and employed a building in
spector who will not only issue
the permits but will keep an ex
perienced eye on all new con
struction while it is in progress,
to see that it complies in all res
pects with the North Carolina
building code.
J. D. Arey appeared before the
town board on special invitation,
and accepted the position as of
October 1.
He will supervise all new build
ing, both residential and busi
ness, from the time the building
lines are marked out, giving regu
lar inspections during construc
tion, with especial attention to
health, safety and fire regulations,
and to seeing that contract speci
fications are fully carried out.
Protects Owner
Such inspection “will be a pro
tection to both the owner and the
town,” Mayor C. N. Page pointed
out, besides keeping the growing
community abreast pf modern
practice along these lines.
The sliding scale of permit fees
was adopted after Town Clerk
Howard Burns read those in ef
fect in several leading towns of
the state, which he had secured — <<*
on request of the commissioners ] request of Director Madigan, to
following a discussion at their make sure that all its provisions
(Continued on Page 5) I are entirely legal.”
The call has been sent out to
‘the clan” to converge on Old
Bethesda church Sunday for the
annual Homecoming and reunion
of the 160-year-old congregation
Hundreds of members, former
members, kinsmen and ifriends
of the church are expected to
come from near and far to en
joy the day on the historic church
grounds, granted in 1766 by King
George III to one John Patterson.
The church was founded in 1790;
the building now standing on the
old site, maintained now as a
shrine, dates back to antebellum
days.
The morning sermon, at 11
o’clock, will be delivered by a son
of the church, the Rev. William
Gaston of Johns, S. C., who was
born while his late beloved father
was pastor at Bethesda. Following
a generous picnic dinner spread
under the trees, the Hon. Willis
Briggs, of Raleigh, well known
attorney and historian, will make
an address beginning at 2 o’clock.
J. Talbot Johnson is chairman
for the eveni as he has been each
year for more than a quarter of a
century. He has been assisted by
committees of the congregation,
which now worships at its modern
church building in Aberdeen but
comes back each year to the an
cient and well-loved site like At
las returning to earth to replenish
his strength.
AU Can Share In “Freedom Crusade”;
Arch Coleman Will Be Moore Leader
The “Crusade for Freedom” will tain with American good will.
— J..1V/rr«A-r>A Qc •HIT' n
be conducted in Moore county, as
in the nation, starting October 1,
with Arch Coleman of Southern
Pines named as county chairman,
to enlist the personal aid of every
citizen in' piercing the Iron Cur-
UN FLAGS
Modern Betsy Reuses ■who
will be making their own
United Nations Hag to
fly on United Nations day.
October 24, may find out just
how to go about it Monday
. afternoon at 2 o'clock, when
a demonstration will be held
in the home dietnonstralion
office at Carthage.
Home demonslraCtion club
women, 4-H club girls and
members of other groups will
^ be making the flags, for pro
grams to be held on United
Nations day. also for display
at homes, in stores and at
schools and churches.
The flag making project
has been endorsed by veter
ans groups, also by farm, la
bor. educational and religious
organizations throughout the
land. It is being led in North
Carolina' by the Extension
Service of the 'll. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Mr. Coleman was named to the
position last week by Edwin L.
Jones, of Charlotte, state chair
man, and will set up a county or
ganization to win 100 per cent
participation in Moore.
In the weeks preceding October
24, United Nations day, millions
of signatures of Americans are
to be secured, to become a perma
nent part of a United Nation
shrine to be dedicated in Berlini
on that day.
Freedom Bell
The shrine will center around
a Freedom Bell, which will peal
out in token of the freedom which
Americans are sure can and will
win out against communistic on
slaughts. As it rings out over the
communist-dominated zone of
Germany, bells all over America
will peal.
Gen. Lucius D. Clay, head of
U. S. occupation forces in Ger
many, is honorary chairman of
the Crusade for Freedom, which
is headed in this country by Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Along with the signatures,
money gifts as small as a dollar
will be accepted, to help finance
Radio Free Europe, by^which the
voice of freedom speaks to the
peoples behind the Iron Curtain.