Friday. April 27. 1951
the PILOT—Southern Pines. North CuroUna
Unlicensed Seller of Magazines
Gise Heads Recorders Court
V's FOR VACATION
The trial of Miss Thelma Flau-
nagan, of Charlotte, a professional
seller of religious literature issu
ed by the Seventh Day Adventist
denomination, has been continued
to Monday, April 30. Represented
by two Charlotte attorneys in
Moore County recorders court on
Monday of this week, she pled
not guilty to charges of “selling
and offering to sell to the public
periodicals without first obtain
ing a license as required by law.”
Miss Flannagan was arrested in
Southern Pines April 9.
Judge J. Vance Rowe, presi
ding at the regular weekly session
of the court at Carthage, contin
ued the case to April 30 to allow
attofney's for the defense, as well
as the court’s solicitor, to file
briefs. A decision is to be render-
Monday, Judge Rowe said.
According to evidence present
ed in court Monday, the organi
zation by which Miss Flannagan
is employed had a state-wide li
cense to sell periodicals that ex
pired March 1. Since Miss Flan-
nagan’s arrest, the license has
been renewed. Because of the re- Piplf
ligious nature of the material sold SCnOOimeil JTICK.
by Miss Flannagan and because
was the first Southern
The Pilot's news editor,
Valerie Nicholson, is off on a
vacation this week, spending
part of it with her daughter
Mickey at Appalachian State
Teachers' College and part of
it visiting friends here and
there, with a wind-up in Kin
ston where her husband, Si
las, has his sales headquarters.
Meanwhile notes, typed
scrawls, rumors and reports of
her flying progress are drift
ing back to her old stand. Sat
urday night she spent in
Greensboro with the John
Hardins, seeing, among oth
ers, William Polk, editor of
the Greensboro Daily News,
and his wife, Marion.
Charlotte has also had a
flying glimpse of the travel
ler, as well as, doubtless, hun
dreds of other localities.
When the Pilot's assistant
editor says "vacation," she
means VACATION.
Pinebluff Voters To
Choose Three From Five,
Mayor Mills Unopposed
End of filing time last Saturday
for candidates in the Pinebluff
municipal election May 8 found
TOWN CAUCUS
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The act drawn up to legalize the
town caucus, outlining the provi
sions for electing the board and
mayor, was read by Hoke Pollock,
town attorney, following which S.
five candidates running for three Richardson was elected chair
j. V»Tr o «r» i
town commissioner seats and
Mayor E. H. Mills unopposed.
Two of the seven caucus-nomi
nated candidates for town com
missioner withdrew before the
April 21 deadline by filing re
quests in writing with Town Clerk
Manly Wellman. They are Wal
ter Alpert, a member of the pres
ent board who was appointed in
1949 to fill the vacancy caused by
resignation of Commissioner
George W. Moger, and C. O.
Combs who served on the board
several years ago as an appointee
filling out an unexpired term.
The five candidates left in the
race are W. K. Carpenter, Jr., Gor
don Keith, Harvey Lathan, Clay
Parker and M. C. Pickier.
Lathan and Parker are members
of the present board. Parker was
elected two years ago for his first
term, leading the ticket. Lathan
is filling out the unexpired term
of Commissioner Harry Howie
who resigned when he was called
to active duty with the Air Force.
All candidates were nominated
at a town caucus April 9.
the case
Pines test of the state-wide law
involved, there was unusual in
terest in the outcome.
John D. McConnell, law partner
of Solicitor Leland McKeithen,
prosecuted the docket Monday,
as substitute for the solicitor who
could not be present.
A routine docket of traffic,
liquor, assault and non-support
cases was heard.
Here is a summary of cases
tried, listing defendant, charge,
plea and disposition of case:
Rufus Ritter, Robbins—assault
with a deadly weapon (knife),
pled not guilty; found guilty,
three months on the roads, sus
pended on payment of $100 fine
and costs.
Doyle Jackson, Pinehurst—as
sault with a deadly weapon; pled
not guilty; found guilty of simple
assault; judgment continued on
payment of the costs.
Addison Barnes, West End—
failure to provide adequate sup
port for children; pled guilty;
three months on roads, suspend
ed on payment of costs and $25
to welfare department toward
support of wife and four children
—then $10 per week to welfare
department for support of the
family.
Kinley McLaughlin and Jesse
James McLaughlin, both of High-
falls, Larry Simms of Robbins
and James Foushee of Glendon—
violation of prohibition laws, with
Jesse James McLaughlin also
charged with driving after license
was revoked. All were found guil
ty as charged. Jesse James Mc
Laughlin drew 60 days on roads,
suspended on payment of $200
fine and costs and the others 30
days on roads suspended on pay
ment of $10 fine each, with the
fine remitted as to Larry Simms.
Johnie McNeill, Vass—drunken
driving, careless and reckless
driving, driving without license
and leaving the scene of an acci
dent; pled guilty to all charges
but drunken driving; found guilty
of careless and reckless driving
and driving without license; two
months on roads, suspended on
payment of $50 fine and costs and
directed not to operate motor ve
hicle until license is obtained.
Robert Hunt, West End—drunk
en driving and careless and reck
less driving; pled not guilty;
found guilty; 60 days on roads,
suspended on payment of $100
fine and costs; driver’s license re
voked for 12 months; appeal to
Superior court entered; bond set
at $300. ■
Mabel Robinson and Thomas
Malloy, Pinehurst—each charged
with disturbing peace and cursing
and Malloy charged with carrying
a concealed weapon; both pled
guilty; former given 30 days in
jail suspended on payment of $25
fine and costs; latter 60 days on
roads, suspended on payment $50
fine and costs; razor ordered des
troyed. ■
Henry Nicholson, Aberdeen,
driving after license revoked;
case continued to April 30; bond
set at $200.
Walter Johnson, Vass—unlaw
ful possession illicit whiskey for
sale; pled guilty unlawful posses
sion but not for sale; found guil
ty as pleaded; 60 days on the
roads, suspended on payment of
$25 fine and costs and not to vio
late the prohibition laws in next
two years.
Ronnie McNeill Walker, Vass
^unlawful possession and trans
porting illicit whiskey; pled not
guilty; found guilty of transport
ing, not of possession. In associa
ted cases Charles J. Honeycutt,
Southern Pines and Joseph H. Mc
Rae, Carthage, were charged with
public drunkenness and possession
of illicit whiskey; both pled guilty
to public drunkenness but were
found guilty as charged; each of
three defendants was sentenced
Committeemen For
District School
Delayed Draft Brings
Respite For Inductee^
District school committeemen
for local districts of the Moore
county system were appointed by
the board of education meeting at
Carthage Monday. Committeemen
who were named will serve three-
year terms ending April 1, 1954.
Each school district committee
is composed of five members
whose terms are staggered. Some
districts had one term expiring
this year, some more than one. In
some districts, there had been
resignations, creating vacancies to
be filled.
The full board of education at
tended the Monday meeting — J.
A. Culbertson of Robbins, chair
man; T. Roy Phillips of Carthage;
G. H. Purvis of Route 1, Robbins;
T. L. Blue of Eureka community;
and Jere N. McKeithen of Aber
deen.
The appointments were:
Aberdeen district—J. D. Arey,
Jr., to succeed W. S. Taylor, re
signed.
Vass-Lakeview district — Alton
Matthews, reappointed.
Cameron district — Mrs. Alton
Shaw and P. R. McKinney, reap
pointed.
Farm Life district—Paul Green,
replacing S. Turner Fields, re
signed.
West End district—John Robert
Mclnnis, replacing H. M. Tucker,
resigned.
Carthage district — J. Q. Rey
nolds, reappointed.
Highfalls district—Grady Mash-
burn, reappointed.
Westmoore district—Charles A.
Hussey, replacing Curtis Garner,
resigned.
Robbins district—Howard Sum-
erford and Earl Hicks, both reap
pointed.
The Moore County Selective
Service Board has been informed
by State draft headquarters that
no pre-induction call or induction
call will be issued to this county
for the month of May, Mrs Harry
Davis, clerk, reported this week.
No official reason was given for
the decision, Mrs. Davis said.
An “induction call” is for men
who have been accepted and are
to be inducted. A “pre-induction
call” is for men to undergo phy
sical and mental examinations to
determine their fitness for mili
tary service.
Moore County now has a back
log of 74 young men who have
been examined and who have
been accepted for duty in the
armed forces, the clerk of the
board noted. Some of these men
were accepted as long ago as the
early part of February and were
expecting to be inducted in May,
should a call for men be issued to
this county. They can now Count
on not having to go in May, Mrs.
Davis said.
Since the first induction call
was issued to Moore County last
September, 162 men from this
county have been inducted, the
clerk stated. Enlistments from the
county in a similar period run to
180 men.
VOCATIONAL CLINIC
to 30 days in prison, the two men
on the roads, with sentence sus
pended for the two men on pay
ment of $10 fine each and one-
third of the costs each, and for
Ronnie Walker (female) on pay
ment of one-third of the costs.
James Wade Duncan, Sanford—
speeding 70 miles per hour; pled
guilty; $25 line and costs.
Halbert J. Blue, Aberdeen
drunken driving; continued .to
April 30.
Bruce Garrison, Pinehurst
speeding 65 miles per hour; pled
guilty; $15 and costs.
James DeWitt Warner, Carth
age—drunken driving and care
less and reckless driving; 60 days
on roads, suspended on payment
of $100 fine and costs; license re
voked for 12 months.
James Lewis Caddell, Carthage
■public drunkenness; pled guil
ty; 30 days on roads, suspended
on payment of costs.
Joseph Russell Garner, Robbins
■careless and reckless driving
resulting in accident; pled guilty;
$25 and costs (nobody’s car in
jured except defendant’s).
Mrs. Eunice Jones, Savannah,
Ga., speeding 70 miles per hour;
pled guilty, $25 and costs.
(Continuea from Page 1)
tion: Amos Dawson, J. W. Bow
man.
Secretarial and Civil Service:
W. P. Saunders, Earl Pierce.
Colleges: Representatives from
8 institutions.
Dentistry: Dr. Warlick, Dr. B.
J. Durham.
Home Economics: Mrs. L. T.
Hall.
Hotel Management: John and
George Pottle.
Law: Judge Rowe, Leland Mc
Keithen, Hoke Pollock.
Animal Husbandry: Drs. Neal
and McLean.
Accounting: Paul Dana, Boyd
Creath, N. L. Hodgkins, Garland
McPherson.
Journalism: Cadwallader Bene
dict, Mrs. James Boyd, Bud Har
vey, Miss Virginia Simpkins.
Music: Mrs. N. L. Hodgkins,
Mrs. Roscoe Prince, Mrs. Jack
Younts.
Pharmacy: J. T. Overton.
Engineering: Jack Taylor, John
Ponzer.
Real Estate: Harry Menzel, E. C.
Stevens.
SAFE DRIVER
REVIVAL SERVICES
Revival services at the Metho
dist church in Vass are being well
attended and many favorable
comments on the ministry of the
guiest preadheh, the Rev. Troy
Barrett of Broadway, are being
heard. There will be a service to
night (Friday) at 7:30, a service
conducted by the pastor, the Rev.
T. J. Whitehead, at 11 a. m. Sun
day morning, and the series will
close with a Sunday night serv
ice at 7:30 with Mr. Barrett as
speaker. There wiU be no Satur
day night service.
Emery C. Smith, Jr., clerk-
Tehicleman of the local Rail
way Express agency, has been
awarded a one-year SAFE
DRIVERS CERTIFICATE and
also a cap badge indicating
his meritorious service while
daily operating a motor ve
hicle in Southern Pine&
The awards were made by
Railway Express agent M.
F. Beasley, as part of the
agency's cooperative effort in
support of the nationwide
campaign for safe driving, di
rected by the National Slafe-
ty Council.
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man of the caucus by acclaim,
with Howard Burns, secretary,
aided by Harry Menzel, black
board scribe.
Taking the gavel, the chairman
evoked loud applause with his
opening sentence: “Old mayors
never die . . . !” Continuing: “It’s
on old custom in Southern Pines
caucuses to dust off an old mayor
and put him to work,’’former-
mayor Richardson outlined the
procedure to be followed and urg
ed full audience participation.
“Remember,” he said, “this is the
only time within the next two
years that you folks will have a
chance to air your grievances.
Speak up now, and make your
wishes felt!”
With nominations in order, J.
A. Phillips nominated C. N. Page
for re-election as mayor, seconded
by L .V. O’Callaghan. Garland
Pierce was nominated by John
Kline but declined the honor as
unable to serve. Jerry Healy then
placed in nomination the names
of the present five commissioners,
following Which, J. R. Funder
burk and Ralph Chandler, Jr.,
were nominated.
What They Had To Say
Prefaced by a tribute to Com
missioner O’Callaghan, as “the
man who has served the town
well and faithfully for many
years: the oldest in service on the
board,” Chairman Richardson in
troduced the commissioner.
L. V. O'Callaghan said: “Sam
was mayor when I went on the
board; that must have been in
1926 or ’27. Since that time I am
sure that I have given at least two
hours a day of my time to work
ing for the town . . . we have
worked in close cooperation . . .
I will be glad to serve as long as
it’s in my capacity to do so.”
Lloyd Clark, following, took up
the matter of zoning and express
ed himself at length on this sub
ject. “We certainly ran into a hot
bed of something there,” he said,
“but I feel those people didn’t im-
derstand. . . This caucus is a fine
thing . . . there must be matters
you people are interested in and
this is a fine chance to express
yourselves ... As a member of
your board I have done the best
I can and will continue to do so
if you people keep me on.”
Walter E. Blue, who spoke next,
said “The board always keeps in
mind that this is your town and
your board; your criticisms and
suggestions are always welcome.
We try to satisfy your desires pro
vided they do not interfere with
the progress of the town ... Come
to the board meetings and' find
out what goes on . . . Belong to
the construction crew and not the
wrecking gang.”
H. i,. Brown, saying that he had
been on the board only a few
months, felt he had a lot to learn,
“but I sincerely echo what the
other commissioners have said.”
Charles Patch, Jr., stressed the
difficulties of the job of town
commissioner: “There is niuch to
learn, and many problems involv
ing 1,ots of people and great sums
of money . . . the town is suffer
ing growing pains and it is a com
plicated business . . .” He ex
pressed thanks to his colleagues
on the board for their cooperation.
J. R. Funderburk, first of the
two new candidates nominated for
election to the board, said that he
was proud of being a citizen “of
this splendid town ... I have
spent fifteen years here, years
with no regrets ... I represent
what is commonly called a minor
ity group, but we are all citizens
of our great land, America ... I
want to assure you, Mr. Chair
man, and these citizens that this
effort for representation on the
board is not bom of any thought
of strife or friction. We come as
members of this community . . .
If I have the privilege to serve on
this honorabe board, 1 shall do
my best. . . I appreciate the op
portunity to be here tonight.” The
candidate said that he realized
one of his race could not be elect
ed without white support and ask
ed for the help of all forward-
looking people of the community,
that all elements in town might
have equal representation in its
government.
Ralph Chandler, Jr., whose
name was seventh on the list, said
the nomination had come as a sur
prise: “If you people elect me,” he
said, “I will try hard to do the
best I can.”
Applause greeted the remarks
of each candidate, prolonged in
the case of the eloquent appeal of
Dr. Funderburk.
Town Affairs Questioned
Discussion of the UNC town
planning project, with questions
asked by "Voit Gilmore and an
swered by Howard Bums and
the mayor, was followed by the ap
pearance on the floor of Dr. Dan
iels, greeted with cheers, to regis
ter a complaint of the lack of foot
paths on railroad crossings and
ing problem, it was finally mov
ed by Hoke Pollock, and passed,
after comment by Harry Fullen-
wider. Lament Brown, Voit Gil
more and Lloyd Clark, ISiat the
meeting go on record as favoring
the creation of a committee made
up of the town zoning board and
six out-of-town members to study
the whole question and draw up a
bill to be presented to the next
legislature, if they decided zoning
was advisable.
.Questions as to how long town
facilities could be supplied in the
event town limits were extended,
asked by Mr. Fullenwider,
brought the reply from Mayor
Page: “I think we could do it in
12 months.” Replying further, the
mayor said that everyone was now
obliged to pay the cost of install
ing facilities, regardless of wheth
er nor not he profited by them.
This was objected to by Mr.
O’Callaghan who said he did not
think it fair for those without
town services to be forced to pay
for them for other's, and suggested
a reduction with the tax prorated.
The chairman closed the mee^
ing saying that: “These town
meetings are fine things; we ought
to have more of them,” and stated
that the next step was the election
of five commissioners, of the
seven nominated, and the mayor
who is unopposed. He urged ev
eryone to make sure that he was
registered to vote on May 8. The
books, he said, will be
registrations through Sa
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