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25 Men Called
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First Moore
Draftees Enter
Army October 20
‘ Twenty-live of the 36 Moore
County young men who passed
their draft physical examination
September 12 will be inducted in
to the army, at Fayetteville Octo
ber 20, it was announced this
week by the Moore County Selec-
■ tive Service board.
Mrs. Harry Davis, clerk to the
board, sent out notices to the 25
men this week notifying them to
appear October 20. The men range
in age from' 25 o 22. The two 22-
• year-olds in the group were born
January 2 and aJnuary 9, 1928,
meaning that this age group was
barely tapped by the first induc
tion call the Moore County board
has received since the sepped-up
draft program began.
Mrs. pavis said that the board
has not been informed to What
army post the inductees will be
sent atfer they are sworn in. The
clerk added that she has no way
of knowing about further induc
tion calls.
Call for Physicalss
Meanwhile, the board has re
ceived orders to send 56 men to
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APPEAL
Present prospects are that
the State Supreme court will
not hear the appeal on the
Moore beer-wine election un
til some time in November,
it was learned this week from
one of the attorneys involved.
He said the court has re
cessed for a couple of weeks
and it will not be known just
when the appeal can be heard
until it reconvenes. However,
there has been no indication
the case will be hef*d early.
Beer and wine outlets in
the county are due to dose
October 26, as the result of
the victory of the dry forces
in the August 26 vote.
Officers Destroy
Large Distillery
Near Carthage
Opening Held For $100,000 A & P Supermarket
Fall Season At Hand;
Resort Inns Opening,
Conventions Schednled
Duke Ensemble
Will Open Concert
Series Nov. 10
A concert by the Duke Univer
sity ensemble, to be presented Fri
day, November 10, at the school
auditorium will lead off the array
of five concerts to be sponsored
by the Sandhills Music associa
tion this year.
Dates for three of these were
announced this week by Voit Gil
more, president, following a plan
ning meeting held at the library.
Besides the November concert,
the Robert Shaw Chorale will ap
pear March 10 and the N. C. Sym
phony orchestra will pay a return
engagement April 10.
The two other concerts are to
be annohnced later, and season
tickets will soon be available for
the series of five. >
Contrary to usual custom, and
because of the large number of
seasonal visitors here, single-con
cert tickets will be sold through
out the series. However, the sea
son tickets will be offered at a
considerable saving, with the ex
pectation that music lovers who
will be here from fall through
spring will buy them early. This
will give the Association a reserve
fund, and help greatly in comple
tion of plans for the series, Mr.
Gilmore said.
W. E. Cox, Jr., has been ap
pointed publicity director, Mrs. J.
W. Causey is secretary, W. F. Hen
derson treasurer and Dr. W. F.
Hollister membership chairman.
Law enforcement officers raid
ed and destroyed one of the big
gest distillery set-ups they have
ever found in Moore county Sun
day afternoon, about two miles
from Carthage on the George Ma-
ness place near Hillcrest.
No one was home when the raid
was made. Maness came to Car
thage early Monday and volun
tarily gave himself up, posting
$750 bond as set by U. S. Commis
sioner J. A. Lang. He will be
tried at the March term of federal
court.
Three stills, two of them in good
working order, and more than 200
gallons of mash, with equipment
to accommodate plenty more,
were found in an enclosure walled
in on its sides by roofing of vari
ous sorts, adjoining a dog lot on
the Maness farm. The officers
broke up the equipment Sunday,
then dynamited it Monday morn
ing as the best way of disposing
of the mess. Besides being one of
the biggest, it was “the filthiest I
have ever seen,” commented
County ABC Officer McCallum.
If some folks could see what we
saw, they would never drink'
moonshine again. The place was
a sinkhole of mud, filth and mag
gots.”
Assisting McCallum in the raid
were Deputy Sheriff A. W. Lam
bert and Carthage Chief Bernice
Cameron.
The law had had its eye on Ma
ness for about two years, McCal
lum said, suspecting him of selling
liquor in and around Carthage,
especially in the Negro section.
They had been out to his place
looking for a still time and again,
but had passed up the dog lot,
which contains 50 or 60 hunting
dogs, as an unlikely place for hid
ing the apparatus. The walled en
closure appeared to be only a
windbreak for the dogs. On their
visit Sunday, though, their noses
served as guides, drawing them
along a well-beaten path straight
to the dog lot.
Early that morning, McCallum
and Chief Cameron had gbserved
Maness through some woods as he
neared the Negro section of Car
thage. Maness apparently spied
the mi too, for he threw away
half-gallon jar of liquor and ran,
later throwing aside a sack con
taining six more half-gallon jars.
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The new A & P supermarket on West Pennslvania avenue has a slightly colonial look on the front,
with its Williamsburg-style old brick and many-paned windows. Inside, though, everything is strictly
modern. Company officials call it the “Store of Tomorrow.” (Photo by. Enierson Humphrey)
Chamber Elects
New Directors,
Hears Colclough
Crowds Throng A & P Supermarket At
“Open House” Held Wednesday Night
All Hotels Will Be Open By
October 17; N. C. Florists'
Meet Will Bring 500 Guests
The fall season is right around the corner in Scjuthern Pines,
with one resort hotel already open, another opening next week
and two the week after. As of October 17 all the hotels in
town will be open, and arrivals will be coming in for the first
large convention of the year, that of the N. C. Florists associ
ation which is expected to turn out 500 strong.
^ ~ ~ The Jefferson’Inn opened Wed
nesday of last week, with Mr. and
Freedom Crusade
Opens This Week;
Chairmen Listed
Blue & White Downs Carthage 20-12 •
In Exciting Game On Memorial Field
A fired-up, underdog Carthage
High team almost scaled the diz
zying heights of an upset that
would have shocked state six-man
football circles before succumbing
to Southern Pines 20 to 12 Wed
nesday afternoon at Memorial
field.
The game was played under a
sizzling sun that took a lot out of
both teams, and the heat may
have been responsible for a ple
thora df fumbles by both.
Southern Pines scored midway
of the first quarter following an
exchange of fumbles, by covering
a free ball on their 38. Richard
Newton, back to pass, couldn’t
find a receiver and picking his
way down the sidelines, he got to
the Carthage 20 before' being
knocked out of bounds. Palmer
threw a pass to Worsham who lat-
eraled to Newtie, and Newtie
made it a first down on the 5.
After being held for no gain at
center, Newtie slashed around left
end for the touchdown and then
converted to make the score 8-0.
Just before the period ended.
New Chamber of Commerce di
rectors elected Tuesday night at
the atmual membership meeting'
held at the Southern Pines Coun
try club were Mrs. Mary Baxter,
Arch Coleman, Mrs. Bernice Har
rington, Harold McAllister, Gar
land Pierce, John Von Schlegell
and N. L. Hodgkins, Jr.
Elected to serve two-year terms,
they will join eight hold-over
members on the 1950-51 board,
which will hold its first meeting
at the Chamber of Commerce of
fice at 8 p. m. Tuesday. At this
time a president will be elected.
A determined effort on the part
of several members to induce
Harry Fullenwider, retiring pres
ident, to become a candidate again
met with Mr. Fullenwider’s ap
preciative but firm refusal. The
organization’s constitution does
not permit a board member to
succeed himself, once his two-year
term is completed. Proponents for
his reelection had a good talking
point, in that Mr. Fullenwider
was appointed to fill out an nn-
expired term, and did not serve
quite two full years. However, he
said, “the constitutional amend-
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Miss Patch Hurt
As Car Overturns
On Ft. Bragg Road
National Guard
Battery May Get
Building Soon
McDonald for Carthage fumbled
and Worsham recovered on the
Carthage 11.
On the first play of the second
period Newtie went over, but his
conversion try was blocked and
the score was 14-0.
Carthage Scores
Carthage scored their first
touchdown after a punt exchange
and recovery of a Southern Pines
free ball on the locals’ 24. Baker
passed to McDonald for 2 and
added 8 more on a reverse. Bak
er’s pass to Maness was broken up
by Roy Newton but Southern
Pines was detected in the act of
sinning and drew a 5-yard defen
sive holding penalty. ,
Baker lost 2 yards as he was hit
by Worsham and Stuart, but next
tossed to Maness for 13 yards
down on the Blue and White 1.
McDonald lost 2 and Baker, on a
jump pass over the center of the
line, threw to Maness in the end
zone for the score. Baker’s drop-
kick conversion was blocked and
the score was 14 to 6 at the half.
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Hazel (“Sissy”) Patch, 17-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. S.
Patch, was seriously hurt when
the car she was driving struck
sand and went out of control on
a Fort Bragg road Wednesday
afternoon, and turned over two or
three times, pinning her beneath.
Joanne Harriss, 16, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Barrett Harriss, who
was in the car, was slightly hurt.
The wreck was discovered by MPs
on the post, who lifted the car
from Sissy’s body and took both
girls to the Fort Bragg Station
hospital.
As a military hospital it could
not admit them, though emergen-’
cy treamenlt was administerec^.
Joanne was sent home and the
MPs carried Sissy to Highsmith
hospital at Fayetteville, where
her parents found her on receiv
ing word of the wreck.
They had her brought by am-
Col. John W. Foreman of the N.
C. National Guard inspected and
approved a site for a motor garage
for the Moore County battery,
while on a visit he’fe- this week.
The site is on town-owned land
on the Old Southern Pines-Pine-
hurst road, between the High
School Memorial field and the
town horse show grounds. The
colonel was accompanied on his
inspection tour by Mayor C. N.
Page, who said he would present
the matter of a transfer before
the town board at its next meet
ing.
The colonel expressed the opin
ion that construction could begin
at once, if the transfer is approv
ed,.
The town board has in the past
discused with favor the donation
of land for the building of a home
for the National Guard battery,
and it is not anticipated that there
will be any hitch unless some
other use for this particular site
is foreseen.
The land would become a site
not only for the garage, which
would serve also as a temporary
drill hall and administration
building, but for the Armory
which it is anticipated may be
built within the next year or two.
This will give the battery a home
equal to any in the state, also a
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Beauty, Convenience,
Variety of Foods
Win Admiration
Hundreds of persons from
Southern Pines and surrounding
towns attended the “open house”
held Wednesday evening at the
new A & P supermarket on West
Pennsylvania avenue, marking
the opening of one of the most
beautiful, modern and completely
stocked stores in the state.
They were served coffee and a
variety of cakes, of well-known
A & P brands. They wandered at
will about-the capacious air-con
ditioned store, admiring the seem
ingly endless counters piled high
with foods; the refrigerated sec
tions for produce, frozen foods,
meats, seafood and dairy products;
the self-service features; the bril
liant “streamlined” fluorescent
lighting which made the interior
of the store like day; and the in
viting color scheme of pastel
green and white with touches of
black, scarlet and stainless steel.
Golf Champs On
Mid Pines Staff;
Boros Is Pro
The Crusade for Freedom, na
tion-wide good-will gesture to
ward the peoples behind the Iron
Curtain, will start in Moorfe coun
ty this week with the distribution
of scrolls to the various county
communities, for the collection of
1,250 friendship signatures of
Moore County citizens.
Arch Coleman, of Southern
Pines, county chairman for the
Crusade, has selected his com
munity chairmen as follows: Pine-
bluff, Miss Viola Wylie; Aberdeen,
John G. Sloan; Pinehurst, James
Hobbs; Carthage, Colin G. Spen
cer, Jr.; Cameron, Mrs. Clark
Kelly; Robbins, Carl Scoggin;
West End, John Von Canon; Vass,
Mrs. F. X. Credle; Manly, L. F.
Garvin; West Southern Pines,
Floyd McDonald.
A chairman for Southern Pines
is to be selected.
The chairmen will be asked to
set up a table at some central spot
such as the post office or a prom
inent local store, to secure the
signatures on the scrolls. The
places will be marked, as will
numerous other spots throughout
the county, by official proclama
tions stating me aims of the Cru
sade of Freedom. These have been
signed by the mayors of several
of the communities.
Freedom Shrine
The scrolls will be added to
They took “shopping buggies”, —; —
from the serried ranks at the front! others being collected all over the
of the store and laid in large sup- nation during October, for per-
plies of groceries as they enjoyed
the party.
Visiting Officials
They received greetings from a
number of A & P officials on hand
for the opening, who broke their
receiving line early to mingle in
formally with the crowds and
show them about. These included
R. C. Hughes, of Raleigh, eastern
North Carolina superintendent; J.
L. (preed, Fayetteville, assistant
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Two Stores Will
Make Debut In
New Locations
manent inclusion in a shrine to
be built by the free nations of the .stairs halls have also been paper
, , -n * nnH rmiph rininf.irip' has heer
world in Berlin. The shrine will
center about a Freedom Bell, sym
bolic of the voice of freedotn. The
Freedom Bell, and bells in all the
free countries, will be rung on
October 28, to be celebrated
everyw'here as United Nations
day, the date of the dedication of
the shrine.
Gen. Lucius Clay is American
chairman for the Crusade for
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The Mid Pines staff this season
includes its usual array of golf
champions,, two who were here
last year and one new one,
it was learned from Mrs.
Frank Cosgrove.
Returning are Mae Murray,
Vermont state champion, who was
finalist in the National Amateur
at Atlanta this summer, and Pat
O’Sullivan, Connecticut state
champion. The addition is Mary
, , , /I 4. Agnes Wall, state champion of
balance later to Moore County | replacing Ruth Wood-
hospital, where X-rays revealed
on the hotel staff.
that she had sustained severe’
body injuries, including a broken
pelvis and hip, broken right leg
and fractures of the shoulder
blades. She was considerably
bruised but there were no in
juries reported to her face and
head.
Both girls are third year stu
dents at Notre Dame academy.
The accident (Occurred about
All the girls have added many
new laurels to old ones during the
past few months. They are ama
teurs and are employed by the ho
tel in a non-golfing capacity.
Julius Boros will be the Mid
Pines pro this year.
Besides Mr. and Mrs. Cosgrove,
the staff includes their three
daughters, Mrs. Julius Boros, Mrs.
5:30 p. m. about three miles eastlWilford Weldon and Miss Jean
of Pope field as the girls were re-1 Cosgrove; also a new chef ^ and
turning home after a trip to the kitchen drew brought here in its
airfield. The car, a 1950 Oldsmo-
bile, was considerably damaged.
entirety from the Oyster Harbors
club at Osterville, Mass.
This is the debut season in
Southern Pines, with the new
A&P store making its debut on
West Pennsylvania Wednesday
night and two Broad street busi
ness establishments preparing to
open in new locations and entirely
new dress, alter weeks of prepar^
ation.
These are Mrs. Hayes’ shop,
which has moved into the back
part of Tots Toggery, and the
Sandhill Drug store, which is
moving two doors up to the old
Mrs. Hayes Shop location.
Both y^ere open “after a fash
ion” this week. That is, if cus
tomers were determined to buy
they were accommodated, but
work was going on all around and
the proprietors were saying,
“Come by and see it when it’s fin
ished.”
Mrs. Hayes' Shop
A large space has been opened
in the Tots Toggery building and
E. J. Austin, contractor-designer,
has remodeled it into a smart
small shop for line feminine ap
parel, worthy of Fifth or Madison
avenue.
All is in oval lines—curving
dress compartments, ceiling lix-
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Mrs. J. J. Banigan of Rhode Island
as the new managers. They are
also acting in a supervisory capa
city for the Southern Pines Coun
try club, which is under the same
ownership.
At Mid Pines
The Mid Pines club will open
October 12. Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Cosgrove, managers for a number
of years, are again on the job,
ready to greet their first visitors,
executives of the Libby-Owens
Glass company on a golfing par
ty. They will fill the club lor the
first two days, after which it
will • be open to welcome
other guests.
On October 15-16 the N. C. Neu
rological society will be enter
tained at the Mid Finds, on Octo
ber 19-20-21 the executives of the
Burlington Mills holding their an
nual meeting and golf party, and
on October 23-24 the N. C. Broad
casters association.
More Meetings
The Hollywood hotel and High
land Pines Inn will open October
17, with the advent of the N. C.
Florists, whd will stay three days.
The Hollywood will also receive
the Region'5 convention of the
American Association of Medical
Social Workers October 21-22, and
the mid-year Council of N. C.
Business and Professional Women
in November.
During the summer most of the
local hotels, both the resort inns
and those which stay open all
year, have put on a thorough ren
ovation program, painting, paper
ing and bringing things generally
up to date.
At the Southland, the lobby has
been beautified with wallpaper of
pastel green with silvery flowers,
and easy chairs covered in pastel
plastic make a colorful effect. Up-
ed'and much painting has been
done. At the Hollywood, the lob
by and halls have been renovated
and new kitchen equipment in
stalled.
No information has been secur
ed on plans for the Highland Pines
Inn, as Charles Stitzer, proprietor,
has not returned to town. He is
expected to arrive Monday to pre
pare for the reopening of the ho
tel.
October Is Fire Prevention Month;
Local Fire Fighters Plan Campaign
October is Fire Prevention
month, and starting next week a
safety campaign designed to re
duce fire hazards of all types will
be held here through cooperation
of the Southern Pines Volunteer
Fire department, the fire fighting
crew of the N. C. Forest Service
headed by County Warden E. W.
Davis and the Southern Pines
Safety Council.
It will be headed by a commit
tee of which Harold B. Fowler,
assistant local fire chief, is chair
man. Other members, all belong
ing to the departrhent, are Frank
H. Kaylor, Richard Kaylor, E. W.
Davis and John O’Callaghan.
Through posters and other re
minders, to be planned at a meet
ing this week end, the populace
will be reminded of the dangers
and waste resulting from fire
carelessness, and prevention
measures possible to anyone.
Farms, homes and businesses all
have their distinctive fire hazards.
Chairman Fowler reminded this
week. Alertness to the danger
and the taking of all possible pre
cautions is the duty of every citi
zen. During Fire Prevention
month every citizen should check
his property, both building and
grounds, for possible fire hazards.
If he is in doubt as to what consti
tutes a hazard, he should seek in
formation from the fire depart
ment.
An open letter to the people
from state and local leaders inter
ested in fire prevention is the
campaign’s opening gun this
week. Signed by Waldo C. Cheek,
state commissioner of insurance;
Sherwood Brockwell, state fire
marshal; L. V. O’Callaghan,
Southern Pines fire chief, and
Frank H. Kaylor, resident fire
man, the letter contains many
helpful suggestions:
To the People of North Carolina.
Greetings:
A place to live is a fundamental
requirement of an American fam
ily. Suppose your home were to
catch on fire tonight (and thous
ands will throughout the United
States) and suppose you are for
tunate and all your loved ones
escape without injury, your home,
due to fine work by the fire de
partment, is only partially de
stroyed and that covered by in
surance.
You would, under these circum
stances, indeed be fortunate, but
where would you and your family
live while repairs are being made?
There are exceedingly few houses^
for sale or rent and apartments
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