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VOL. 31—NO. 49
14 PAGES THIS WEEK
SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1950
14 PAGES THIS WE^K
TEN CENTS
General Palmer Leaves 82nd
Maj. Gen. W. B. Palmer, former commander of the 82nd Airborne
division, bids farewell as he leaves to assume his new command, the
Second Armored division at Fort Hood, Texas. He is shown with
Maj. Gen. John W. Leonard, right, new Fort Bragg commander. The
photpgraph was made at a review of 10,000 troops of the division.
(Army Photo)
Fashion Show,
Beauty Contest
Slated Thursday
■ A fashon show and beauty con
test \Vill be sponsored by the jun
ior class of the Southern Pines
High school at the school audito
rium Thursday evening, Novem
ber 2, at 8:15 o’clock, with three
‘ winners to be selected—Miss
Southern Pines (high school), Miss
Junior Southern Pines (from
grades five through eight) and
Little Miss Southern Pines (grades
one through four).
Seventy-eight entries were re
ported at deadline time Wednes
day, of which 43 are in the high
school division. All are being
sponsored by business firms or in
dividuals in town for the benefit
of the junior class’ main project
for the year—the Junior-Senior
prom. All proceeds of the show
will go toward financing this
event.
Miss Southern Pines, winner in
’ the high school group, will repre
sent this community at the Caro-
linas Carrousel festival to be held
at Charlotte November 16.
The show is an annual affair
and this will be the third year the
winner has gone to the Charlotte
erebration, from which a queen
will^ be chosen from among high
school beauties of towns in North
and South Carolina.
Chamber Sponsors
Window Contest
For Homecoming
Blue and white, colors of the
Southern Pines football team, will
be the color scheme of downtown
Southern Pines next week as
merchant? and businessmen deco
rate for the annual window dis
play contest held in conjunction
with the Homecoming Day game.
All downtown window-owners
are being asked to participate in
the traditional fashion, said Arch
F. Coleman, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, which
sponsors the yearly display. The
usual prizes are being offered—a
$10 grand prize and $5 prizes in
each of three classifications, food
stores, clothing stores and miscel
laneous businesses.
Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr., has
been named contest chairman and
will select out-of-town judges, to
judge the displays Tuesday after
noon or evening. He requests that
displays be prepared over the
weekend or early Monday morn
ing, to give as many people as
possible the opportunity of enjoy
ing them, to make ttie town fes
tive in preparation for the gamie
Wednesday and to serve as an ad
vertisement for it.
Prize winners will be announc
ed at the half during the game.
Homecoming Game
Slated Wednesday
With Red Springs
Undefeated Teams
Will Meet At
Memorial Field
Red Springs, one of the top six-
man football powers in the East
ern Conference this season, comes
here Wednesday for the Southern
Pines Homecoming game.
Little is known about the Red
Springs team, except that they
have the size, and Beck their run
ning star, running at tailback, is a
leading candidate for All State
honors. Tipping the scales at 205
pounds, standing six feet one inch
in his stocking feet. Beck has
scored 11 touchdowns in four
games which is very close to av
eraging three in each game lie has
played in. Unless all signs fail,
the Blue and White forward wall
Wednesday — Homecoming
Day game. Southern Pines vs.
Red Springs. High School
Memorial field, 3:30 p.m.
No More Legal Beer and Wine
Charred Timbers From Lee Building
Recall Bitter Winter Blaze of 1934
Leroy Lee, Carthage variety
store chain owner, this week re
solved in simplest fashion the di
lemma in which he found himself
in starting the remodeling of the
McBrayer building which he re
cently purchased here.
Instead of heading further into
the maze of whether or not he
could build on part of an alley to
which he has title, he secured his
permit for building on .the rest
TWO NEW STORES
The Tarlton Construction com
pany of Fayetteville has the gen
eral contjract for the new South-
I ern Pines Leroy Lee variety s^ore,
starting work this week.
They are also contractors for
another new store of the Leroy
Lee chain, at Aberdeen. ’This will
be an entirely new building, on
which work has already begun,
on the corner lot across from the
bank.
I. G. Wylie of Pinebluff is su-
oerintendent of construction on
both buildings for the Tarlton
comnany. Leon Wylie has the sub
contract on cement footings and
is at work on them.
!, Both buildings will be among
i the most modern of their type in
this area.
of the lot, leaving the alley open.
Work started on the foundations
for new construction at the back,
leaving a 16-foot jog—and work
men, tearing out the old building’s
interior, brought forth some re
minders of a memorable day in
the past.
Heavy floor timbers charred
coal-black piled alongside the
building told their story of a fire
which occurred February 20, 1934,
as the temperature stood at 18 de
grees above zero—one of the worst
fires in recent Southern Pines his
tory “and the most uncomfort
able,” recalls Fireman Frank H.
Kaylor.
Fire Chief L. V. O’Callaghan
also recalls that bitter day, when
the water froze , on the building
and froze on the firemen, garland
ing their hair with icicles. Called
out before 8 a. m., they worked
for three or four hours to control
the blaze which started in the
basement and fed stubbornly on^
great masses of documents stored
there by Dr. McBrayer. Thick
choking smoke poured from every
opening, complicating the fire
men’s prpblems as they Worked
with stiff hands and frozen faces.
'Mr. Jackman of Jacks Grill near
by brought great pots of steaming
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is going to be in for a busy after
noon.
The local high school has always
tried to select the best team on
their schedule for its Homecom
ing game. In 1945 it was Curry
High of Greensboro, with Hope
Valley of Durham coming here in
1946. It will be a long time be
fore grid fans forget the great
Lexington Orphanage tagm of
1947, the Blue and White’s Home
coming opponent before some
2,000 fans, including the Governor
of North Carolina. And last year
Badin High of the Western con
ference was here for the high
school’s special day.
Red Springs shouldibe another
good Homecoming team, losing
only one game last season, and at
the moment their record for 1950
is spotless with five wins. They
occupy top berth in Group 1, Dis
trict 4 of the Eastern conference.
Wednesday’s game is the cur
tain dropper on the home season
for the Blue and White, and the
last home game for seniors Bob
Stuart, Cliff Worsham, Coy Bow
ers, Dick Ray, Gene Poe, Richard
Newton, Gene Le.e, Bill Cook and
Marshall Palmer. JAP'
The ban on legal sales of beer
and wine, enforced on Moore
county by an election held August
26, went into effect at 11 p. m.
Wednesday, 60 days after the
“drys” won their dubious victory.
Local taverns were filled dur
ing the last couple of days, and
mourners remained until the last
minute Wednesday night though
by that time all the beer and wine
had been sold. Retailers, not wish
ing to be caught with large stocks
on their hands, parted with them
early, by the case. Many homqs
are stacked up with large
supplies, including some which
have customarily kept little or no
beer on hand.
Validity of the law is being
questioned by the control forces,
and a group of citizens has em
ployed legal counsel to take the
case to the Supreme Court, where
it will be argued November 22.
An opinion is due to be handed
down November 29, or if there is
delay, then on December 13, the
next “opinion day.”
Temporary Closing
Retailers in Southern Pines
were more fortunate than most, as
they closed their places for what
they felt would be only a vacation.
A petition is now going the rounds
to hold a municipal election here,
with anticipation that it will pass
easily, in view of the preponder
ant majority cast here for control
I August 26.
In the meantime, the situation
in regard to possession and trans
portation is obscure and not one
of several lawyers of whom The
Pilot made inquiries could say
anything about them other than,
“The North Carolina laws are in
a terrible tangle—nobody knows
what they mean.”
No Laws Found
Even one attorney who is a fore
most leader among the “drys,”
spearheading the campaign of the
Allied Church League, could, do
no other than opine, “There seem
to be no laws at all on the sub
ject—no limits to the amount th&t
can be transported or possessed,
unless for sale.”
The vote was only on legal sale
or possession for purposes of sale.
Sixty-nine retailers bought
Moore County licenses May 1 for
the sale of beer for on-premise
consumption, at $25 each; five for
off-premise consumption, at $5.
Eight bought licenses for -sale of
wine for on-premise- consumption
and 17 for off-premise—^both $25.
In addition to these, they paid
federal and state taxes and. in
municipalitiies. a city privilege
tax, the whole amounting to a
considerable sumi for each man.
No provision for a refund is made
by any of these authorities.
Southern Pines
Wins District Title
With Robbins Defeat
By BiU Welborn
The Blue and White had too
many susceptible ball carriers out
at Memorial field Wednesday af
ternoon and handily toppled Rob
bins by the score of 48 to 6.
Poe started things rolling with
a brilliant 60-yard return of the
opening kickoff for a touchdown.
The attempted conversion by
Richard “Newtie” Newton was
short of the mark and Southern
Pines led 6 to 0.
Farlow ran the return kickoff
back to his 32 but Robbins failed
to make a first down in four at
tempts, and the ball went over to
Southern Pines. On the first play
“Newtie,” on a handoff, went far
around his right end for 42 yards
and a first down on the 4-yard
line. Poe escorted him deep into
Robbins territory and executed
a beautiful and vital block. “New
tie”, then faded back on the ini
tial down and passed a spiral to
Roy Newton in the end zone, to
make the score 12 to 0. Newtie’s
try for the extra points was wide
and the score remained 12 to 0.
Robbins took the next kickoff,
and drove to the Southern Pines
3. On second down, Farlow, at
tempting to go around his own
left end, fumbled and “Newtie”
recovered on the 15-yard line as
the first quarter ended.
Second Quarter
The second quarter opened with
Poe passing to “Newtie” for 15
and then “Newtie” circling his
right end for 20 more and another
first down on Robbins 32. Spot
ting a receiver in the open, “New
tie” threw a short pass to Bowers
and he in turn lateralled to Poe
who scored standing up “Newtie”
converted and score moved up to
20 to 0.
Paul 'Williams set up the next
touchdown, recovering a
fumble deep in their
(Continued
Two Vass Men Brutally Attacked, One
Robbed In Daylight Hojdup Near Here
A hold-up committed in broad
daylight on a country road north
of here 'Wednesday afternoon left
two brothers injured, one of them
minus $353 in new-paid ’tobacco
money and a Negro hitch-hiker
■ -' — - I
NC Broadcaster^
Salute Gray In
State Hookup
The N. C. Broadcasters associa
tion meeting here and every
night-time radio station in the
state put together Tuesday night
for an unprecedented broadcast
honoring one man—a former
broadcaster who has made good
in other fields.
Linked together by FMI relay,
the statewide broadcast covered
the dial with talks by Earl Gluck,
of Charlotte, newly elected pres
ident of the N. C. Broadcasters as
sociation; Judge Justin Miller, of
Washington, D. C., president of
the National Broadcasters asso
ciation; and the honor guest, Gor
don Gray, newly inaiigurated
president of the Consolidated Uni
versity of North Carolina.
The broadcast, emanating from
the lounge of the Mid Pines club,
climaxxed the two-day fall meet
ing of the N. C. Broadcasters as
sociation.
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Saturday Is Last
Registration Day
Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last
day for Republicans and Demo
crats to register for the general
election of Tuesday, November 7,
if they are not already on the
county books.
So far the rush to register here
has been something less than
overwhelming, said Mrs. Grace
Kaylor, registrar. Since the pe
riod opened two weeks ago, four
people have registered.
Mrs. Kaylor is keeping the
Southern Pines precinct books at
the fire station.
Reports of slow registration in
the Aberdeen precinct are more
disturbing, since a new registra
tion has been ordered there and
persons not registered by the close
of business tomorrow will find
they cannot vote November 7.
A number of Southern Pines
voters, living south of the city
limits, are in the Aberdeen pre
cinct. J. V. Ferree is the new reg
istrar at Aberdeen, following the
resignation of Raymond Wicker
who had served for several years.
Mr. Ferree is keeping the books
at the Legion hall from 2 to 6 p.m.
through today (Friday).
Saturday, registration hours in
precincts are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
still at large.
Law enforcement officers of the
county, aided by the SBI, probed
clues till late Wednesday night
and continued their work Thurs
day to find the assailant of Walter
and Coley McIntosh, of the Union
section. He was described as five
feet six or eight inches high,
weighing about 160, light-skinned
a “mulatto type”—and clad in
overalls, black shirt and cap.
The victims foijesaw no brutal
assault as they acceded to the Ne
gro’s request for a ride after com
pleting their sale on the Aberdeen
tobacco market. They then went
to the bank to cash their checks.
As the yheaded north in the Mc-
Intoshes’ pickup truck, the man,
unknown to them both, offered to
pay them $3 to drive him out on
.a country road “to his uncle’s.” As
they neared the Moore-Hoke line,
the brothers related later, the man
seized the car crank and hit first
one, then the other, on the head,
continuing his blows as, dazed
and startled, they tried to defend
themselves.
Sought Help
Walter McIntosh jumped from
the truck and staggered away
seeking help as the Negro contin
ued to hit Coley and, it turned out
later, stole his wallet and cash. A
bottling truck stopped and took
Walter McIntosh to Highway 1,
where they went into Bill and
Dot’s Place to ask help.
W. C. Garner, proprietor, who
said later Walter McIntosh was
“dazed-looking and covered with
blood,” telephoned first to the
Southern Pines police station,
then on their instructions to the
Highway Patrol tower. He also
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Halloween Festivities
Ahead For Kids At Bi^
Rotary Party Tuesday
HALLOWEEN ART
Here's a Halloween contest
such as you've never seen be
fore—an art exhibit of Hal
loween scenes and signs to be
painted by the schoolkids on
downtown store windows Sat
urday.
They'll be busy from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. placing examples of
their art on view, in this most
original part so far of the
Rotary club's Halloween ob
servance. The winning pic
tures will be left in place over
the week end for all to see
and admire.
Judging of th^ pointings
will be made after 4 o'clock.
Don Moore, art teacher at the
Southern Pines school, is
school chairman for the event,
and in the Rotary club the
special events committee is
sponsoring it. Members are
E. J. Austin, 'Virgil Clark and
C. S. Patch, Jr,
Top Golfers In
North-South Open
Starting Monday
Defending champion Sammy
Snead, the year’s top money win
ner in professional golf, must
rank as the favorite to succeed
himself in the North & South In
vitation Open Golf Championship
to be played at the Pinehurst
Country club for fiye days start
ing Tuesday.
Snead, who last year won with
274, second lowest score ever set
in the 48 years of the North &
South Championship, will have
plenty of competition. Among in
vited players who do not have to
qualify, the following have al
ready sent in their acceptances:
Tommy Armour, Boca Raton,
Fla.; A1 Brosch, Garden City, N.
Y.; Edward A. Burke, New Haven,
Conn.; Arthur Doering, Char
lottesville, Va.; Clarence J. Doser,
Southern Pines; Claude Harmon,
Mamaroneck, N. Y.; Chandler
Harper, Portsmouth, Va. (PGA
champion); Joe Kirkwood, Jr,
Hollywood, Cal.; Johnny Palmer,
Badin; Skee Riegel, Tulsa, Okla.
(former national amateur cham
pion); Denny Shute, Akron, Ohio;
Horton Smith, Deti'oit, Mich.; Jim
Turnesa, Briarcliff, N. Y.; and
Mike Turnesa, 'White Plains, N. Y.
Amateurs
Among topflight amateurs who
are certain starters are Ted
Bishop, Weston, Mass., 1946 Na
tional Amateur champion; Dick
Chapman, Pinehurst; Frank
Stranahan, Toledo, Ohio, British
Amateur champion; Jimmy Mc-
Hale, Bethlehem, Pa. Walker Cup
internationalist, and William C.
Campbell, Huntington, W. Va.,
current North and South Amateur
champion.
The $7,500 tournament is an in-
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Insurance Commissioners Of
Eight States Are Meeting Here
Insurance commissioners and
department personnel of eight
states and the District of Colum
bia are meeting at the Highland
Pines Thursday and Friday of this
week, with the N. C. Department
of Insurance and the North Caro-
lilina insurance industry as hosts.
The occasion is a convention of
Zone 2 of the National Association
of Insurance Commissioners. N.
C. Commissioner Waldo C. Cheek
said the offices in Raleigh are
open for the handling of routine
matters, but key members of the
staff are in Southern Pines in con
ference with representatives of
Zone 2 on recent developments in
rate regulation and supervision of
the insurance business.
The meeting will end with a
banquet at the hotel tonight (Fri
day) at which Dr. R. L. House of
the Church of Wide Fellowship
will ask the invocation, and with
Mrs. House will be a banquet
guest. Except for a few other
especially invited guests the con
vention events are restricted to^
the Zone 2 representatives which
include the following, with their
department personnel:
Commissioner William J. Swain,
Delaware; Deputy Commissioner
Hazelton A. Joyce, Maryland;
Commissioner Waldo C. Cheek,
North Carolina; ' Commissioner
Walter A. Robinson, Ohio; Com
missioner Artemas C. Leslie,
Pennsylvania; Commissioner D.
D. Murphy, South Carolina; Com
missioner George A. Bowles, Vir
ginia; Commissioner Robert A.
Crichton, West Virginia. Com
missioner Charles F. J. Harring
ton of Massachusetts will be a
special guest. Hugh L. Tollack,
assistant secretary of the National
Association of Insurance Commis
sioners Central Office, Chicago,
will be present.
• Matters to be considered at the
business sessions include a deter
mination of the basis for the
granting of rate deviations to fire
and casualty companies; multiple
line underwriting; insurance ex-
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Ghosts, Goblins
Will Gather At
Dusk Downtown
Parade, Prizes'
Picture Show Planned
The ghosts and goblins will be
out in full force Tuesday night, as
the Rotary club sponsors its an
nual Halloween festival in the
roped-off block on West Broad
street between Pennsylvania and
Connecticut avenue.
The crowds will start gathering
as dusk closes in and instructions
for the parade and other events of
the evening will be given by loud
speaker. The parade will assem
ble on West New Hampshire be
side Patch’s store, and move past
the reviewing stand in the center
of the block.
After the parade there will be
contests, sideshows, games and
spectator events in wide variety—
none as yet to be announced, said
Harry Fullenwider, chairman, as
they are to be “surprises.” Suf
fice it to say that the Rotary com
mittees are working hard to give
Southern Pines youngsters the
best Halloween festival they have
ever had, with more different
kinds of fun.
Joe Warren, of WEEB, will have
the important position of master
of ceremonies for the evening. He
will direct events and entertain
with comments and recorded mu
sic throughout the evening. Chair
man Fullenwider said there will
be prizes in abundance, given by
the merchants or bought with cash
donated by them and by interest
ed individuals about town.
The festival will reach its cli
max about 10:30 p.m., with a mo
vie show, concerning which an
nouncement will be made in due
time. It’s all for the kids—and
all free.
Disirict Masons
Here Tonight
Southern Pines Lodge No. 484,
AF & AM, will be host to the an
nual meeting of the Twelfth Ma
sonic district here tonight (Fri
day). Supper will be served in
the school cafeteria at 6:3(1 o’clock
and the meeting will convene in
the auditoriupi at 7:30.
L. L. Woolley, of the host lodge,
district deputy grand master, will
preside over the meeting, at which
it is anticipated that some 150 Ma
sons will be in attendance.
Principal speaker will be Dr.
Wallace E. (5aldwell. of Chapel
Hill, Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of North Carolina. Other
grand lodge officers expected to
attend are Herbert N. Foy, of Mt.
Airy, deputy grand master; W. H.
White, Sanford, senior grand war
den; E. T. Howard, High Point,
junior grand warden; W. L. Mc-
'Ivier, Raleigh, gtand secretary;
and Emory B. Denny, Raleigh,
grand steward.
The district embraces lodges in
Aberdeen, West End, Raeford,
Laurinbur^, Rockingham; Ham
let and Southern Pines.
The local committee on ar-
angements includes M. G. McRae,
L. R. MbRae, Joe C. Thomas,
James I. Lawson, H. T. Hanson,
J. C. Cole, R. S. Trudell, S. T.
Dunn, Ed C. Cole and Ralph T.
Mills.
ONE-HOUR PARKING
Beginning Wednesday, No
vember 1, those "One-Hour
Parking" signs painted on the
curb on the 100 block of West
Pennsylvania avenue will
mean exactly what they say.
said Police Chief C. E. New
ton this week. Those who
fail to observe them run the
risk of getting a ticket and
paying a traffic fine.
Parking time limits are not
observed too closely here in
the summer, when traffic is
comparatively light. However,
"the season" is well under
way, through traffic isin
creasing daily and starting
next week all parking regula
tions will be tightened up.
warned the Chief.