12 PAGES THIS WEEK SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1951
irthage Concern
ices Charges In
;deral Hearing
Moore County Hunt Opens At Brewster Stables
engthy Testimony
aken On Alleged
abor Law Violations
federal hearing against th^
;hage Fabrics corporation O'
•ges of violation of the Nation
labor Relations act conclude^
Carthage this week after sever
I days of testimony-taking, o
:h the final day was 14 hour
ending about 1 a. m., Wed-
lay. Trial examiner was Hor
rles W. Schneider, of Wash
on, D. C.
le charges were brought b-
U. S. Government following
stigation of complaints filed
the National Labor Relations
'd by the Textile Workers
in of America (CIO), that
;ers employed by the plant
been discriminated against,
ffered with and coerced in
attempts to organize, in vio-
n of their rights as guaran-
by Section 7 of the Act.
lain prosecution witnesses
I 13 former employees who
been discharged from
t ill the period between Febru-
6 and September 3. j.,ie
JA claimed they were dis-
ged for no valid reason, but
because of their union mem-
liip and activities. The hear-
)egan October 3, was recessed
• two days and resumed Wed-
ay, November 14. Testimony
le 13 dischargees, other plant
oyees (some on each side) and
officials, with dissertations
egal representatives, filled .a
script of some 2,000 pages,
will be used by the trial ex-
ler as the basis of his report,
h will be handed down some
:s or months hence,
le hearing was complicated by
Pact that the case of each
:er-witness was different from
)thers. Some were based on!
ght dscharge, which plant of-
s said was for inefficiency,
rs claimed conditions were
le so hard for them” they had
forced to quit. The records
ich case had to be minutely
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McAllister Named
C of C President;
Drive Is Planned
Campaign For
200 Memberships
Opens Thursday
, iabl-52 season of the Moore c-uuiuy i-ioun..,s toox piace Inan^vsgiving moi'ning,
with hounds meeting on the grounds of Joint Master William J. Brewster. Field Master for the day was
A T1 w"'?" t Mle-Away pasture, and the run that followed,
bringng them back to Winkelmans, was acclaimed “perfect from start to finish.” The field of 30 had
high praise for the hounds, and Mrs. Moss, first whip, said, “They really ran well, and the drag was as
good as any I can remember.” A large number of cars followed the hunt. (Photo by Humphrey)
J. W. Atkinson,
Local Merchant,
Passes Sunday
ristmas Seals
tiled In Moore
TB Association
lusands of Christmas seals,
picturing a jolly Santa Claus,
eing mailed this week to res-
of every town and rural
J. W. Atkinson, prominent in
the home furnishings business
here for many years, died at his
home Sunday morning of compli
cations folowing a stroke suffer
ed two weeks earlier. He was 72
years of age. \
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon at the Brownson
Memorial Presbyterian church, of
which he had been a founding
member. The Rev. Cheves K. Li-
gon, minister of the church, con
ducted the service there. Burial
with Masonic graveside service
followed at the family plot in the
Cameron cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Ralph
Chandler, Jr., of Southern Pines
and the following nephews: E. B.
Keith, Jr., Raleigh; Harold
Thompson, Jacksonville; Linwood
Keith, Sanford; John C. Calhoun,
Clio, S. C., and Earl Moore, Dil
lon, S. C.
Honorary pallbegrers were W.
E. Blue and R. L. Chandler; M. H.
Folley and Dr. J. P. Bowen, Aber
deen; E. B. Keith, Raleigh, and
members of the Southern Pines
Masonic lodge.
There was a general closing of
local business places during the
funeral hour.
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Local Lions’ Club Bringing Pinehurst
Minstrel Show Next Saturday Night
PINEHURST VOTE
Pinehurst, with a 14-to-l
vote, did even better than
Southern Pines' decisive four-
to-one in restoring the legal
sale of beer and wine last
Tuesday.
In the resort village's first
town election, voters favored
the legal sale of beer 238 to
17, and of wine 235 to 21.
Balloting was heavy, with
257 voting out of 373 register
ed.
lunity in Moore county, op-
the. 45th annual seal sale to
finance the fight against tu-
losis.
;h each envelope of seals goes
ST signed by Nelson C. Hyde,
y sale chairman, and the va
rious community
Fight TB chairmen, in
which it is point
ed out that “we
are showing
wonderfful pro
gress in this war
against a disease
which may strike
any of us.” He
asks continued
support of the
campaign against
tuberculosis, as
can be no more gratifying,
itisfying donation than when
nows the inroads his dollars
aking in this fight.”
loore county during the past
the letter points out, seal
unds have provided finan-
d for 14 patients in the State
rium and for five emergen-
es in private institutions,
cases of tuberculosis were
;d from 16 in Moore county
0 to seven, through October
year, the letter states. Seal
made possible 167 X-
nd 672 fluoroscope examina-
as preventive measures to
:ontrol the disease, it is
Mrs. P. H. Beck,
Pioneer Resident,
Dies At Age 82
Mrs. Florence E. Beck, resident
of Southern Pines since 1896, died
Wednesday afternoon at the home
of her son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kelly, after a
The Pinehurst Lions Minstrel
Revue, which filled the Pinehurst
theatre with laughing crowds last
Wednesday and Thursday eve
nings, will be presented at Weaver
auditorium here next Saturday,
December 1, at 8:30 p. m., under
auspices of the Southern Pines
Lions club.
The show is being “re-vamped”
to fit the larger auditorium, and to
localize the skits, so that practi
cally a whole new show is in the
making for this community, it was
reported. However, local show-
goers will see unchanged the
sparkling dance routines, with
some notable precision work by 16
pretty “Minstrelettes”; the hand
some costumes, of which each
member of the cast
wears at least two; and two origi
nal and colorful backdrops, paint
ed by Maurice Dey, noted artist of
Pinebluff.
The Southern Pines Lions are
selling tickets with a will, in an
endeavor to fiU the 700-seat audi
torium. Their share of the pro
ceeds will be used for the benefit
Harold McAllister, local food
tore merchant, was elected presi
dent of the Southern Pines Cham-
jer of Commerce for 19ol-52 at
he first meeting of the new board
)f directors, held at the Chamber
iffice Monday evening.
Other officers elected were Mrs.
Bernice Harrington, first vice-
president; Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr.,
second vice-president, and John
Pottle, secretaryrtreasurer.
Next Thursday, Noveniber 29,
was set as the date for a breakfast
to be held at Hamel’s restaurant
at 8 a. m. as the kickoff for the
fall membership drive, with 200
rpemberships as the goal.
Each director will bring with
him another member as his guest
at the “dutch” breakfast, to be his
team partner in seeking both new
memberships and renewals. “This
is not just our Chamber of Com
merce,” President McAllister told
his board. “It is everybody’s. To
do good work, we< have to have
cooperation from all. Our activi
ties benefit everyone with busi
ness interests here, and the more
complete is our membership, the
more we will be able to do.”
First project on schedule is the
putting up of the Christmas lights,
to take place in a week or two.
Retiring President Arch Cole
man, conducting the meeting until
the new president was elected, ex
plained the Chamber activities,
budget and debts. He explained
also that he was retaining the
franchise for the sale of auto li
censes (which must be contracted
for by an individual, not a group)
until receipts equal some $500 in
lebte left over from his adminis
tration. Then, he said he would
happily turn over the franchise to
Public Takes Look At
County Health Center,
Now Open At Carthage
HISTORIAN
Modern, Efficient
Building Dedicated
To Health Services
Dr. Davidson Will
Address Historical
Society Tuesday
Dr. Chalmers G. Davidson,
member of the Davidson College
faculty, author and historian, will
be guest speaker before the Moore
County Historical association at
the Southern Pines library Tues
day evening at 8 o’clock.
The architecture and traditions
of antebellum North Carolina, es
pecially in the Piedmont section,
are a major interest of Dr, David
son’s and it is on this subject he
will speak.
^ ^ ^ The meeting is expected to be
(50 people) whomever the new regime would outstanding one on the associ-
1 two origi- designate. ation s callendar for the year and
He had himself, he said, inher- Ives, president, is
ited $600 in debts when elected. a ^11 attendance of the
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brief illness. She was 82 years of school activities fund. The
Pinehurst Lions are devoting
age.
Memorial service was held
Thursday afternoon at Emmanuel
Episcopal church, of which she
was a member, conducted by the
Boy
iBHuSook
Col. C. A. Smith
Injured In Crash
On Wet Highway
munity quotas were an-
5d this week by Chairman
as follows: Aberdeen, $950;
on, $60; Carthage $500; Ea-
rings $60; Jackson Springs
anly and Niagara $20; Pine-
1185; Pinehurst $1,800; Rob-
500; Samarcand Manor $20;
irn Pines $1,500; Vass $170;
ew $60; Westmoore $25;
ills $60; and Eureka $60.
Col. Clifford A. Smith, 58, USA
retired, of 380 Pennsylvania ave-
nus was seriously injured last
Thursday about 5:30 p. m. in
ollision which took place just
south of Lakeview on a wet road,
in the premature dark of a rainy,
foggy evening.
At first believed critically hint,
he was reported after a week to be
making splendid progress at
Moore County hospital.
Driving south on US 1, Colonel
Smith’s car was struck by one
driven by James Walker, Negro,
of Vass, which came skidding up
the highway at an angle.
According to the report of the
State Highway Patrol, Walker had
attempted to stop when a car just
-bead of him Stopped to make a
left turn into the old US 1 high
way. Both were headed north. As
his car went into a skid Walker
avoided the car ahead but col
lided violently in the left lane
with Colonel Smith’s.
Walker’s car was thrown from
the road by the impact. The front
of the Smith car was Crushed, and
its steering wheel was broken, in
flicting severe injury on the col
onel’s chest.
Besides the chest injuries. Colo
nel Smith suffered head injuries
and remained unconscious several
days. Walker sustained a broken
arm and minor lacerations of the
arm. Released from Moore Coun
ty hospital Sunday, he was in
dicted on an open charge of reck
less driving.
rector, the Rev. C. V. CoveU. Fun- ™
ernl s^rvir-f* anH ^O^g With
theirs to their fund for the blind,
so that the performahce here will
aid two good causes.
Catchy Music
Many Southern Pines folks are
eral service and burial will be
held at Roulette, Pa.
Mrs. Beck,' a native of Potter
county, Pennsylvania, came here
as a bride in the early days of this
community. Her husband, Peter
H. Beck, entered the real estate
business here, and became a lead
er in civic affairs. He was a mem
ber of the town board and a
founder and first vice-president
of the town’s first banking insti
tution, which grew into the Citi
zens Bank and Trust company of
a today.
Mr. Beck became weather ob
server here, as a hobby, in 1896.
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aU the
memoers of the Pinehurst Lions
club, except those in production
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General Fisher
Home On Visit
State Beer Tax
Checks For Moore
Total 124,000
Brigadier General William P.
Fisher will arrive today (Friday)
for his first visit to his mother,
and his old home town, since re
ceiving the star of a general offi
cer.
The commander of the 36th Air
division at Davis-Monthan AFB,
Tucson, Ariz., will arrive by air
for a post-Thanksgiving visit with
his mother, Mrs, Elinor P. Fisher,
and old friends here. He will stay
at the Southland until his depar
ture sometime Sunday.
The newly activated 36th Air
division, composed of two bomb
wings, is the largest Air Force
unit ever established in Arizona.
General Fisher, known to most
folks hereabouts as “Bill,” is a
product of Southern Pines schools.
State college and 17 distinguished
years in the Air Force. His new
rank, confirmed by the Senate in
October, came just two months
after his 40th birthday, niaking
him one of Uncle Sam’s youngest
generals, if not the youngest.
The last checks for beer and
wine sales taxes Moore county
and its local government units
wiU get—except for Southern
Pines and Pinehurst—were mail
ed this week by the State Depart
ment of Revenue.
They totaled $24,703.13, out of
more than $2 million divided
among some 290 counties and
towns as their 50 per cent share
of beverage taxes collected for
the fiscal year which ended Sep
tember 30. Distribution is made
on a population basis, with the
1950 census figures used this year
for the first time.
Contrary to belief held by some
in the county. Southern Pines and
Pinehurst will not profit by the
fact that the rest of the county
has now “dried up.” The total will
continue to be divided on a state
wide basis among all units where
legal control is operative.
The revenue loss to Moore will
be all of that which has formerly
accrued to the county govern-
rrent and eligible local units other
than those of the two resort towns
—a total this year of $20,612.63.
This week’s distribution of
funds is as follows: County of
Moore, $16,498.70; Aberdeen, $1,-
‘^08.47; Carthage, H!871.05; Pine-
bluff. $433.48: Robbins. $844.78:
Southern Pines, !63.220.58: Vass
*570.69; Jackson Springs, $185.46;
Pinehurst, $870.72.
1st Piano Quartet,
Of National Fame,
Plays Here Dec. 4
Tickets for the concert of the
membership, and also extends a
cordial invitation to other inter
ested persons to hear Dr., David
son.
He is the author of two books
\vhich, have reached wide popu
larity—“Cloud Over Catawba,” a
historical novel of North Caro
lina published about two years
ago, and “Piedmont Partisan,!’
published this fall, a biography of
Gen. William Lee Davidson of
First Piano Quartet,” which* wiU Revolutionary fame. It was after
he bplri — Hjreneral Davidson, an ancestor of
Moore county’s beautiful new
Health Center at Carthage, mod
ern to the last detail, was official
ly dedicated to the service of the
public at an. “open house” held
Tuesday afternoon.
A large number of guests called
during the afternoon to admire
the spacious, efficient new home
of the county health department,
set on a wide green campus about
1 block from the courthouse, with
parking area adjoining. Among
the guests were several doctors
and health department staff mem
bers from other Counties of the
section.
Hosts were members of the
board of county commissioners and
the county board of health, also
the health department personnel
headed by Dr. J. . Willcox, health
officer. Public health nurses serv
ed punch and cookies in the recep
tion room, and members of the
department took turns conducting
‘guided tours” through the build
ing.
The Center, built of cinderblock
with dark red brick veneer air-
celled between for insulation, has
two wings, approximately in an
L-shape. The large reception
room gives the visitor his initial
glimpse of the soft colors which
brighten the entire interior. The
ceiling is yeUow; two walls are
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Car License Tags
Will Go On Sale
Here December 3
be held at Weaver auditorium ^
Tuesday evening, December 4, are I author s, that both Davidson
on sale at the Barnum Realty of- 3*^*1 Davidson college were
flop ninntf 4.- named.
fice, along with season tickets
priced at a reduction for the re
mainder of the 1951-52 concert se
ries.
Since one of the five concerts of
the Sandhills Music Association
series, that of the U. S. Navy
Band, has already taken place, the
season tickets for the remaining
four are proportionately lower in
price.
The First Piano Quartet, a
world-famous ensemble, would
alone be worth the full price of
the season ticket, declared Voit
Gilmore, association president. It
is a group without comparison to
day, a pioneer in the field of four-
piano work, widely known
through its concerts given once a
week, sometimes oftener, over the
NBC network.
Since composers have never
written for four pianos, the artists
composing the ensemble—Adam
Garner, Frank Mittler, Glauco D’-
Attili and Edward Edson—do all
of their own arranging. Their
repertory covers practically every
phase of music ever written, from
early primitive French and Italian
composers to the most modern.
Garner is from Poland, Mittler
from Austria, D’Attili from the
United States. It took America,
however, to fuse their talents into
one group, truly a “United i Na
tions” ensemble.
Each was a well-known soloist
before they were gathered togeth
er in 1940 under the inspiration
and guidance of Edward Fadiman,
their manager and producer, him
self a well-known radio perform
er. How well the combination has
worked is now musical history, as
the First Piano Quartet has cap
tured the imagination and won
the applause of millions in their
broadcasting,' recording and con
cert work.
“Piedmont Partisan” was writ
ten as Dr. Davidson’s Ph. D. dis
sertation. Quite young for the
honors and distinctions he has
won. Dr. Davidson served as a
gunnery officer in the Navy dur
ing World War 2. He is a gradu
ate, summa cum laude, of David
son college, and did graduate
work at Harvard university.
“Linen Corner”
Opens Next Week
The Linen Corner, a new spe
cialty shop, will open next Friday,
November 30, in the Barnum
Building arcade with a colorful
stock of accessories for the home
—bed linens, table linens draper
ies and curtains of many kinds.
Partners in the enterprise are
Mrs. Paul T. Barnum and Miss
Birdillia Bair. Miss Bair will be
the active manager.
The shop, formerly occupied by
the Artizans Guild, has been com-
oletely redecorated. The walls of
Williamsburg green are comple
mented by touches of rose inside
the cabinets and shelving of
American walnut. The floor is of
forest-green marbled composition
tile. Wide windows with ruffled
white curtains, a quaint bay win
dow and ornamental fireplace
give an attractive homey look.
In this pleasant place the pro
prietors have assembled an array
of linens in the ever-popular con
servative styles plus many smart
new fashions for the home. Many
of the items, such as towels,
bridge sets, sheets and pillowcases
(white and colored) and richly
hued blankets are gift-boxed for
Christmas shoppers.
Southern Pines will be the
headquarters for this area for the
sale of 1952 motor vehicle license
tags, which are renewable
throughout the state December 1.
The tags may be purchased here
at the Southern Pines Chamber of
Commerce office, located on North
West Broad street opposite the
Seaboard passenger station.
Actually, the sale will not open
here until Monday, December 3,
as the office is closed on Satur
days. This is also the case at the
state office at Raleigh and a num
ber of branches.
Franchise was secured last
March for the sale of tags here.
While a modest number have been
sold through the year, the big sea
son is in December and January
when plates for all cars and trucks
must be renewed.
The local staff is braced for the
rush, which is expected to reach
a total of 10,000 plates for the year
by the time the renewal period
runs out. Mrs. Emily Scheipers,
Chamber of Commerce secretary,
took a training course at Raleigh
in the sale and transfer of licenses
before selling was instituted here
March 1. Her new assistant, Mrs.
Helen Redding, went to Raleigh
last week to become qualified in
this rather exacting work.
The local tag sale bureau serves
most of Moore and Hoke counties.
While all motor vehicle owners
have the privilege of buying
where they please, most prefer to
attend to this chore near home.
This is the first time Sandhills
owners have had a sales bureau in
their own territory.
"C. B." ON VISIT
Congmssman C. B. Deane,
home now at Rockingham,
spent this morning at Carth
age and will be at Aberdeen
next Friday to see any and all
Moore citizens having matters
to lay before him.
He will speak next Friday
evening before the Aberdeen
Lions club.
"C. B." is spending a part of
his vacation between the ad
journment of the 82nd Con
gress and convening of the
83rd next January 3 visiting
each county of the Eighth dis
trict, to help citizens with
their problems and to ascer
tain their opinions on mat
ters of their concern.