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Friday. August 1. 1951
County Officers
Nab Speeding Car
With Liquor Load
Two Arrested
After Fast Pursuit »
In Northern Moore
A chase which at times reached
95 miles per hour ended in the ap
prehension of two young Moore
county men, with five gallons of
“white likker” in their car, by of
ficers of the law last Saturday
morning
Arrested after failing to elude
their pursuers were Barley Lee-
ton Williamson, 24, of Robbins Rt.
2, and Edward Norman Brown, 18
of Carthage Rt. 2.
Taken into custody was their
1940 Ford 'coupe, which, the offi
cers said, led them a chase along
NC Highway 27 in northern Moore
at speeds ranging between 80 and
95 miles per hour.
Participating ip the pursuit and
final capture were ABC Officers
C. A. McCallum and John K.
Sharpe, Deputy Sheriff A. W.
Lambert and Robbins Constable
W. H. Hester.
Also seized was the- “stump
hole,” in 10 half-gallon jars, which
Williamson, who owned the car,
said was his, not Brown’s. The
officers figured this was a matter
for federal authorities to decide.
They brought Williamson and
Brown to Carthage and turned
them over to ATU Agents Bill
Tickten and George Yutzy, who
carried them before U. S. Com
missioner J. A. Lang. Probable
cause was found, and bond for
each was set at $500 for their ap
pearance at the September term
of Middle District court at Rock
ingham.
THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina
Retiring After 39 Years All-Star Aberdeeu-Raeford Team In
Little League Playoff Opener Tuesday
BEAM'S 86
Kentucky Whiskey
RALPH LELAND CHANDLER
Ralph L. Chandler Retiring Today
\fter 39 Years With Power Services
Big Turnout Seen
For Baseball Event
At Raeford
Alexander Foster
Passes At Hospital
Alexander Foster, 76, of Vass,
First game of the District 5 Lit
tle League playoff will be Tues
day at Raeford, it was announced, iv., ui vass,
by officials of the Aberdeen-Rae-^^®° Saturday afternon in Moore
ford league. » County hospital after, several
Taking part will be an all-star illness,
team chosen from the four teams Surviving are six daughters,
of the Aberdeen-Raeford league, Mrs. Alex Jones of High Point,
facing the Norwood all-stars. A Mrs. Gilbert Wallace of High
of a coin decided where the P°irit, Mrs. Herbert Smith, Mrs. A.
B. Blue, Mrs. D. H. Smith and Mrs.
C. E. Blue, all of Vass; three sons,
Richard, Charlie and Greer Foster,
all of Vass; a sister, Mrs. Jim Old
Coming Events
Wednesday through Sunday. July 30-August 2—Junior Sand
hills Invitational Tennis Tournament.
Wednesday through Sunday, August 20-24—Sandhills Invitation
al Tennis Tournament.
Friday, August 22—Summer recreation program ends.
Monday, September 1—Labor Day. General holiday.
Tuesday, September 2—County schools open.
Wednesday, September 3—Southern Pines schools open.
Long And Useful
Career All Spent
In One Community
A BLEND
86
PROOF
67.5%
groin
noufral
tpirih
Clear Spring
Distilling Co.,
Clermont Kentucky
$350 $220
FIFTH
PINT
Drs. Neal and McLean
VETERINARIANS
Southern Pines. N. C.
Ralph Leland Chandler, mana
ger here for the Carolina Power
and Lffeht company, and the son
of the. man who first brought elec
tricity to the Sandhill sectipn of
North Carolina, is retiring today
after 39 years in the power busi
ness. W. Ward HilJ, who has been
assistant district manager in Ashe
ville, is succeeding Mr. Chandler
effective today, August 1.
Ralph Chandler holds the
unique distinction of having serv
ed his entire electrical career in
one town.
He joined his father’s power
company in 1913, stayed on when
the Sandhills Power company
bought the business August 1.
1920, and remained in the busi
ness when Carolina Power &
Light company acquired the Sand
hills properties July 10,1924.
He and his wife, the former
Sammie Horne of Cordele, Ga.,
are looking forward to the com-
narative relaxation and freedom
from the clock that retirement
’^Wngs. N^t th^t it will mean com
plete relaxation, because Mrs.
Chandler has already mapped out
a pretty good schedule of cleaning
up, arranging, planting and
vard-tending about their new
home in Weymouth Heights.
. Mr. Chandler is also planning to
'^elp their son, Ralph, Jr., with
the Purol distributorship in
Southern Pines.
He was born in Michigan. The
family moved to Southern Pines
in December, 1894, when his fath-
I. F. Chandler, became inter
ested in the fledgling resort cen
ter through an advertisment in
serted in a northern newspaper
by the Seaboard Air Line railroad
Then, as now, the railroad was
trying to promote new business
on its main line.
The elder Chandler built and
operated a small factory to make
woodep baskets for berries,
peaches and grapes, which Sand
hill farmers were beginning to
grow on a large scale.
The tremendous amount of
waste in this lumber operation
prompted the owner to establish
about 1900, a steam plant for the
making of electricity. Waste lum
ber was sufficient fuel to light
the homes of Southern Pines for
a few hours at night. Before long,
neighboring towns were enjoying
the novelty of electric lights, and
expansion soon included electric
ity all day Monday so that people
could do their ironing.
By the time I. F. Chandler sold
his business to the Sandhills
Power company in 1920, he had
built three small hydro plants to'
meet the needs of the customers.
The Sandhills company served
customers in Southern Pines,
Aberdeen, Pinebluff, Lakeview
Vass, Cameron, Carthage, Rae
ford, Siler City, Bonlee, Goldston,
and Liberty. Generating facilities
included hydro plants at Carbon-
ton on Deep River, and Lobelia
Plant and Lower Plant on Little
River. A steam plant was located
near the coal mine at Gulf.
Ralph Chandler came to his
father’s power business in 1913
after working fifteen years with
the Seaboard railroad. He began
his railroad career , in Southern
Pines September 1, 1898, as a
clerk. He was the agent there from
1905 until 1908. The last five
years of his Seaboard service were
spent in Southern Georgia, where
he met and married Mrs. Chand
ler.
Mr. Chandler is active in the re
ligious and civic life of the com
munity. He is treasurer of the
First Baptist church and a past
president of the Sandhills Kiwan-
is club, of which he is one of the
first 25-year members in Southern
Pines.
As a Mlason, he has served some
25 years as treasurer of all York
Rite bodies with headquarters
here. These are Southern Pines
Lodge No. 484, AF & AM; South
ern Pines Chapter No. 16, Royal
Arch Masons; Southern Pines
Council No. 14, Royal and Select
Masters, and Southern Pines
Commandery No. 16 of Knights
Templar.
He has also served in the past
as presiding officer for all of
these, has held several state Ma
sonic offices and been presiding
officer of two of the state organi
zations.
Besides their son Ralph, Jr.,
who recently built a new home'
flip
game would be played. All partic
ipants in Little League baseball
are in the 8-12 age group.
Hundreds of fans from Aber
deen, Raeford, Norwood and this
area are expected to attend. The
Raeford Chamber of Commerce is
cooperating with officials of Rob
bins Mills (N. C.), Inc., and town
officials to make it a big day for
the visiting boys and fans. Stores
in Raeford will be closed during
the game and pre-game cereption
ies. 'The Aberdeen-Raeford teams
are sponsored by Robbins Mills
and were fully equipped by the
textile corporation.
Taking part on the pre-game
program will be W. P. Saunders,
Robbins president; Mayor Forrest
Lockey of Aberdeen, Mayor W. L
Poole of Raeford; Neill A. Mc
Donald, president of the Raeford
chamber of commerce; and J. P
Bell, league president at Raeford
There will be a flag-raising cer
emony, speeches of welcome and
other features. Efforts are ‘ being
made to obtain a good band for the
occasion.
Following the game the Raeford
Chamber of Commerce will enter
tain all the boys, league officials
and town officials at a supper
after which a trophy will be pre
sented, to the winning team, and
individual player awards in the
Aberdeen-Raeford league will
also be made.
Winner of the opening tourna
ment game between the Aber
deen-Raeford all-stars and the
Norwood team will play the win
ners of a playoff among three
Durham Little League organiza
tions in District 5.
Presumably, if the Aberdeen-
Raeford team wins August 5, the
game with the Durham team
would be played at Aberdeen.
(ham of Glendon;.a brother, Henry
Foster of Glendon.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at Cool
Springs Methodist church with
burial in the church cemetery.
ADEN SCHOOL OF DANCE
N. E. Broad St.. Straka Bldg.
Old VFW Clubroom
Ballet :
: Tap : Acrobatic
Ballroom
Phone 2-8224
Auto Dealers Will
Offer Free Rides
On Eleetion Day
Free transportation to the polls
will be offered voters in this
year’s presidential election by new
car dealers in nearly every com
munity in America, in a non-par
tisan effort to turn out a record-
breaking vote, it was announced
here by F. H. Brown, area chair
man of the North Carolina Au
tomobile Dealers association. .
Underlining the project’s non
partisan nature will be the slo
gan: “Vote as you please—but
vote!”
The project is sponsored na
tionally by the National Automo
bile Dealers association with
which the North Carolina organ
ization is affiliated.
near his parents’, .the Chandlers
have a daughter, Mrs. Richard
Tarlton of Fayetteville.
PILOT ADVERTISING PAYS
A conference of hurley tobacco
workers will be held near Wtaynes-
ville, August 20-22.
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