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Drive Carefully Waich Out For School Children LOT Drive Carefully Watch Out For School Children L. 32—NO. 43 16 PAGES THIS WEEK SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1951 ■I === 16 PAGES THIS WEEK PRICE—10 CENTS iwn Tax Rate ;mams $2.20; dget Approved ^mmittee Will ludy Possibilities or Swimming Fool uthern Pines’ tax rate of $2.20 $100 property valuation will lin unchanged during the 1951-52. is expected, however, to in revenue to meet a con- •ably expanded budget, larg^ n the town’s history, provi- for debt service and admin- tive, department and miscel- jus expenses totaling $131,- 6. e budget, adopted by the board in regular session at :ity hall Wednesday night, is on property evaluation of 3,283. This represents an in- e of $285,000 over last year ting from new construction ig the past year, imated department expenses in about the same, except for street department where a r sum is being set aside for ce connections and street im- sments and additions. A re fund of $3,000 for additional r connections was also set on suggestion of Town and Treasurer Howard F. s, “so that once we won’t to operate in the red on It seems that during the few years, demands for new r connections have far ex- d the amount set aside at tart of the year to pay for adopting the budget and set- Jthe tax rate, the board took a on recommendations of the ce committee following spe- neetings to work out details e financial program fqr the ig year. Several adjustments rious departments were sug- d by members of the board, detailed breakdown will be shed in The Pilot as soon as adjustments are made, cip^ Lake mmissioner C. S. Patch, Jr., :ht up the matter of the use creational funds for develop- . of a municipal swimming one of the main reasons for h the people last year voted (Continued on Page 5) CIRCUS COMING! Kids and grown-ups, the circus is coming—the first one in years for Southern Pines. Hunt Brothers circus, oldest in the world—59 consecutive years of shows—will give two performlances next Thursday on the tract adjoining the ball park. Showings will be at 3 p. m. andl again at 8, for the benefit of Magnolia Lodge, Order of the Eastern Star. According to J. S. Ramsey; of Southern Pines, Hunt Brothers representative here, the numerous attractions in clude . seven elephants, two seals, two dog acts, 50 head of assorted horses, mules and ponies—plus aerialists from Australia and Brazil: Joe Turner, the celebrated wire- walker and other artists of glamor and daring. SOS For Refusing To Accommodate Ryder Cup Crowd lool Bus Fleet irts Operations Tiptop Shape An SOS for listings of all poten tially available sleeping space in Southern Pines and Vicinity for the first weekend in November has been issued by Pinehurst, Inc., which is receiving a daily flood of inquiries from would-be spectators of the .Ryder Cup matches. Mrs. Roy L. Kelly, Pinehurst, Inc., has been appointed to keep a comprehensive list and Capt. George Shearwood, public rela tions director, asks that all hotels, motels, guest houses and house holders who will have private rooms or apartments available in form Mrs. Kelly at once. She would like a summary of information about the accommo dations—how many guests can be received, rates expected, whether or not meals will be served, how to get there (if the address does not make the location clear) and telephone number. The matches will, take place at Pinehurst No- I vember 2 and 4, and it is antici pated that most of the people who are coming will make a full week end of it. “We have already received in quiries from a number which would fill all Pinehurst hotels three times over,” Captain Shear- wood said, “and we’re not looking for the peak of interest until Oc tober.” The British team for the Ryder Cup matches has already been named. The American team will not be named until early next month. The announcement of which topflight Americans will (Continuted on Page 5) 86 school buses now serv- dl Moore districts constitute rgest school bus fleet in the ty’s history and all are in ab ly tiptop condition, it was ted this week by County ol Supt. H. Lee Thomas at lage. The fleet includes brand new buses, three of h just arrived this week. :hty-three buses, including lew ones, were given a thor- inspection before the open- if school by State Highway )lmen R. L. Apple and R. N. is, and each came through the rating “Condition good.” if the buses previously used comprehensive overhauling 5 county school garage during iimmer. the buses arg now in use. Iren transported last year av id 4,705 daily. Though more ! are being employed, the )er of children being carried :htly fewer on account of the ening of some of the routes, old conditions of overcrowd- ave been corrected with the f more buses. 'The new ones, with seats facing forward in- of running the length of the do not carry quite so many ren per bus. :h bus has a regular and an late driver, each of whom has pecial certificate in addition regular driver’s license. The iicates are given drivers who their physicals and complete required training including vork and road tests given by fety supervisor. 5 drivers include some half adults. The rest are high 1 boys and girls. The girls iw, only seven or eight, but include some of the best of :hool bus drivers, Mr. Thom- d. Portraits Are Presented At Special Memorial Term iiiii ■ill m i ilil* Leading figures taking part in the special term of court at Carthage last Friday night, at which a memorial presentation was made of the portraits of Judge James D. Mclver, Judge W. J. Adams and Judge H. F. Seawell. (See story on page 15). Left to right—J. Talbot Johnson, Aberdeen, president of the Moore County Bar association, which sponsored the event; Judge J. Vance Rowe, Aberdeen, of Moore recorders court; Judge F. Don Phillips, Rockingham, resident judge of the 13th judicial district; and Judge Johnson J. Hayes, Wilkesboro, of the U. S. Middle District court. Behind them is seen the portrait of Judge Adams, which hangs above the bench. *(Photos by R. W. Caviness.) Here’s Breakdown On Record County Budget For Year Six Home Games On Blue & White Football Schedule The Wednesday afternoon ganoe here with Candor this week open ed a seven-week football season for the Southern Pines High school’s Blue and White team, with games scheduled each Wed nesday at 3:30 p. m. Coach Irie Leonard this week announced the schedule, with op ponents for all except the Home coming game. A worthy foe is being sought for this special con test and seasonal highlight, which will be played at Memorial field October 17. All but two of the series are home games, promising a season full of entertainment for this com munity, which loves its football, especially the six-man variety which has been developed here to a high point of efficiency and skill. The schedule (after the Candor game): September 19, West End, here; 26, Badin, there; October 3, Aberdeen, here; 10, Robbins, there; 17, Homecoming; 24, Car thage, here; 31, Pinehurst, here. Squad roster: End—James Williams, Paul Wil liams, Carl Bowers, Dick Mat tocks, George Morrison, Jimmy Menzel, Paul Warren. Center—David Bailey, Harold McNeill, Bobby Renegar, Rod Whiting, James Sessoms,* Joe Steed, Donald Burney, Emery Smith. Backfield—Edgar Smith, BiUy Huntley, Joe Smith, Jerry Daeke, Tommy Ruggles, Charles Covell, David Woodruff, Garland Pierce, Paul Propst, Roy Newton, David Page. A Southern Pines family stands beneath the portrait of a notable ancestor: Mr. and Mrs. James M. Pleasants ,with their sons Julian (right) and Rodney. Above, the portrait of Judge James D. Mclver, grandfather of Mr. Pleasants, who is a member of the Moore County board of commissioners. Scottish Scholar And Daughter Will Participate In Sandhills Meetings This section of North Carolina will be host late this month to a distinguished Scottish minister and historian who is visiting Canada and the United States as a representative of the Free (Presbyterian) Church of Scot land. He is Rev. Donald Mac Kinnon, minister of Kennoway in Fife, Scotland, and an authority on both the ecclesiastical and sec ular history of the Scottish High land and Islands. He will be ac companied by his daughter. Miss Mairi MacKinnon, a 1947 gradu ate of the University of Edin- who for the past year has been senior cataloguer at the Redpath library, McGill university, in Can ada. Rev. Mr. MacKinnon will make at least four scheduled appear ances in this area: 1. An address to the Moore County Historical association and friends and guests of the associa tion at the Southern Pines libra ry, Friday evening, September 28. 2. Participation in a gathering of the MacKinnon clan at Pres byterian Junior college, Maxton, at a noon meeting Saturday, Sep tember 29. 3. An address to the student body of Flora Macdonald college. Red Springs, later that day, Sat urday, September 29. 4. Attendance and address at the annual Bethesda church near Aberdeen Sunday morning, Sep tember 30. Miss MacKinnon will accom pany her father during the se visits and will herself speak at the Old Bethesda Homecoming, during the afternoon portion of the program here. Link With Heroine Rev. Donald MacKinnon, 60 years of age, was bom in the par ish of the Applecross in the coun ty of Ross, Scotland. His father was a native of Skye and des cended from Lauchlan MacKin non whose wife was Margaret MacDonald, aunt of Allan Mac Donald, husband Of the celebrated Flora Macdonald for whom the college at Red Springs is named and who at one time lived in North Carolina. Mr. MacKinnon’s mother was Mary Kennedy, descended a few generations back from Ann Mc Queen, a near relative of the Rev. Donald MacQueen of Kilmuir, Skye, immortalized by Boswell in his “Tour of the Hebrides with Dr. Samuel Johnson” (1773). (Continued on page 13) Appropriations for the various departments of the county gov ernment and services are listed in a resolution by the county com missioners, approving a 1951-52 budget that set the county tax rate at $1.35 per $100 of property valuation and listed record-high requirements of $1,074,883. Appropriations for the various funds are itemized below. In some departments, like the welfare de partment and the farm and l^ome agepts, the appropriation does not represent total cost of operating the department, as state and fed eral funds are received by these departments to aid in their opera tion. Such state and federal funds do not appear in the county bud get, which lists only funds appro priated from taxes, ABC store profits and other sources. Appropriations by funds: General fund—$172,453. Health fund—$93,482. Welfare fund—$67,628. School fund—$691,462. Bond interest redemption and sinking fund—$3r,358. Poor fund—$18,500. Breakdown (Contkiued on Page 5) Army Couple’s Married Life Gets Going With Jolt A young couple married just be fore midnight by Justice of the Peace D. E. Bailey had a wreck within two minutes after they left his house last Saturday night. No body was hurt. ^ The honeymoon car, driven by Lieut. Stanley Linn, 27, of Fort Bragg, collided with one driven by another soldier, James Craig, of the 82nd Airborne division, at the corner of Wisconsin avenue and South Broad. Scene of the collision is less than two blocks from Judge Bailey’s house. With Lieutenant Linn was his bride, the former Harriet Boyd Ellis, 24, of Shreveport, La. The car, rented ' from a Fayetteville agency, was badly damaged and had to be hauled back to Fay etteville by wrecker. The other car also suffered damages. City police reported “no arrest” as set tlement was made between the two drivers. Following the new-married couple’s car were several others carrying Fort Bragg officers and their wives, friends who had come with them to witness the wedding ceremony. Time of the wedding had been originally set for 10 o’clock, but there was a delay on account of the bride’s plane schedule, bringing her from Lou isiana by air. Mass Attack By GIs On Moore Woman Revealed Le^al Beer and Wine Lose in Moore; Local Election Set Nov. 13 Southern Pines Petitioners Lose No Time As County Returns Show Dry Majorities I As anti-control forces were rejoicing in their victory in Tuesday’s countywide beer-wine election. Southern Pines res idents quietly circulated petitions on Wednesday for a muni cipal vote, for presentation to the town board in regular ses sion Wednesday night. After a check showed that the petitions contained well above the required number of qualified voters, making man datory the calling of the election by the governing body, the board set the date of Tuesday, November 13, for voting qn the sale of beer and | or wine within the Southern Pines corporate limits. The date allows time for the required 30 days’ advertising, and the opening of registration books on three successive Sat urdays starting October 20, with a fourth Saturday as Chal lenge day. ' — — '♦ The law says the petitions must be signed by 15 per cent of the qualified voters voting in the last municipal election. With 603 vot ing, 91 names were required. The petitions contained the signatures of 169 qualified voters, of whom 142 had actually voted in the mu nicipal election of last May. Two "Dry" Days Following the drying up of the county as a whole, dealers are al lowed by law to operate for 60 days, to allow time fqr them to get rid of their stocks. The 60 days will expire Saturday, November 10. If the local election okays beer and wine sales, only two “dry” days will elapse here before their resumption. The Southern Pines precinct vote of last Tuesday showed a dominant determination to pro tect the hospitality of this care fully nurtured resorf area. The precinct, however, takes in rural sections which will not be includ ed in the municipal vote. The precinct ballot count stood at 695 f6r the sale of beer, 206 against; 673 for the sale of wine, and 236 against. The proportion of better than three to one for beer, almost that lor wine, did not hold good any where else except in the sister re sort of Pinehurst. The control forces’ overall majority, however, was considerably less than that of the election of August 1950 (sub sequently invalidated by the State Suprerne court). Unofficial Totals Unofficial total returns, secured from S. C. Riddle ,chairman of thq Moore County board of elections, were: for beer, 2,697; against beer, 3,359; for wine, 2,596; against A mass carnal assault on a 30- year-old Moore County Negro woman by soldiers on mapeuvers during Exercise Southern Pine was reported last Friday at Car-J thage, 11 days after the giant war games ended in the North Caro lina Sandhills. Sheriff C. J. McDonald ^aid that the woman, identified as Lula Mae Artes, was leaped by six white soldiers on the night of August 15 four miles east of Carthage along Highway 15. Sheriff McDonald said that the_ news had not been released earlier because of Ideal cooperation with Army investigating authorities. Described by the sheriff as “one of the worst things I have heard of,” the attack was made at gun point by the soldiers, who came upon a group of Negroes return ing from church services about 11:30 p. m. The soldiers, riding in an Army- truck, were seven fn num ber. When the group wa^ accost ed, most of the Negroes fled, but two women and a boy of 18 were seized by the men. Sheriff Mc Donald said. One of the two women escaped, but tl^e other, a. native of Moore county and the mother of small children, was forced to submit to six of the soldiers at the point of a pistol, the officer stated. The Negro youth, Paul Wil-^ (Continued on Page 8) j (Continued on Page 8) ‘‘Big Show” Friday Night Will Reveal Local Talent At Its Sparkling Best A top talent show featuring,Pat Starnes and her Rhythmettes, ■with Dorothy Swisher doing her famous Hawaiian dance in orchid cellophane, -wfill be held at Weav er auditorium. Southern Pines, to night (Friday) at 8 o’clock.^ This Will be a first-time local public performance for most of the talent in the show, including Pat Starnes, former Radio City Music Hall Rockette; the six Rhythm ettes, whom she has trained to dance Rockette-style; Miss Swish er, national VFW beauty queen, whose Hawaiian dance was her “talent display” in the national contest; and Wanda Saylor, radio land’s “personality girl,” singer of favorite westerns and hill-billy ballads to her own sparkling ac cordion accompaniment, ^ud Harvey, as master of ceremonies and piano virtuoso, will also be making his first public appearance here. With these will appear some well-known and popular local fa vorites, ?uch as Tom Cordon, song soloist, with Emily Scheipers as accompanist, and Dot Choate, singer of romantic ballads, accom panied by Bob Miller and his elec tric guitar. Mrs. Scheipers will play for the dance numbers, with Bob Strouse at the drums. The show, brilliant opener of the fall season, is being sponsored by the John Boyd post VFW for the benefit of the school bus fund. Proceeds will go toward the pur chase of a new school activities bus for team and band transporta tion, and other uses for which the state-owned school buses cannot be employed. The dance numbers arp all beau tifully costumed and lighted, with novelty effects, such as in the “Manhattan Serenaders’” special ty dance, in which luminous “Blaze-O-Lite” is used under an infra-red spotlight. ' Lighting is in charge of Duke Whiting and Jimmy Lawson. The Rhythmettes include Bar bara Peterson, captain; Frances Cameron, Carolyn Chatfield, Bar bara Page, Billy Jean Addor and Dorothy Choate. For several participants, includ ing Miss Swisher, the show ,is their last chance to entertain the “home folks” in some time, as they are leaving immediately for college. The program as announced by Pat Starnes this week is as fol lows: , 1— “High Hat and Cane,” Man hattan Serenaders. 2— “Harlem Blues,” solo dance, Pat Starnes. 3— Songs by Tom Cordon. 4 — “Brahms, Beethoven and Barrelhouse” and “Boston Bar room Ballads,’’ Bud Harvey at the piano. , 5—Hawaiian War Chant, the Rhythmettes. 6— “Little Brown Gal,” solo dance, Dorothy Swisher. 7— Dot Choate, Song Stylist. 8— Egyptian Temple dance, solo, Pat Starnes. 9 — “High - Class Hill - Billy Songs,” Wanda Saylor. 10—Finale—Rockette Tap. Other numbers may be added by showtime.
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