l-'J 27 Convicted As Special Court Sits; Other 17 Bootleg Trials September 23 Rowe Metes Out Stiff Sentences; Suspends Many Twenty-eight of 44 defendants charged with violation of the pro hibition laws were tried in a spe cial session of Moore County re corders court Tuesday. Judge J. Vance Rowe gave most of the offenders suspended sen tences and directed payments of fines that ranged from, $25 to $’00 One man was found not guilty. Remaining cases will be tried at another special term of record ers court on Tuesday, September 23, Solicitor W. Leland McKeithen announced at the end of . the long session this week. All 44 defendants, facing from one to four charges of illegal pos session and sale of beer, wine or whiskey, were arrested in a round-up of alleged bootleggers recently, after five months of in vestigation by ABC officers and their “undercover agents.” Three other persons arrested in the round-up will be tried in Fed eral court. One of the stiffest sentences meted out Tuesday by Judge Rowe was that of William Hughie Sheffield, 70-year-old white man, of Steeds, who was sentenced to eight months on the roads, to be assigned to work suitable to his age and physical condition, with sentence suspended if he pays a fine of $300 and the costs and does not violate the law for two years Unable to pay thd fine, Shef field remained in jail Tuesdajj; but an effort was begun to pay the fine and costs which amount ed to $404.80. The defendant walk ed shakily with a cane and was obviously in poOr physical condi-‘ tion. (Continued on Page 5) Schools Open With^ Good Atten< School enrollment day Wednesday in the t ern Pines schools was below last year’s record 820, superintendent A. son announced yesterday. The white school had a first-day enrollment of 517, as compared with 530 in 1951. Four hundred and sijc of these were in the ele mentary school, and 111 in the high school. Last year’s Ijreak- down was 407 and 123. West Southern Pines showed 294 pupils, 229 of those in the ele mentary school and 65 in the high school It is expected that this fig ure will go up considerably when needs on the farms permit. The schools operated on a half day schedule Wednesday and yes terday, and will go cn a full time basis today when the cafe teria will be open for’ the first time. The incomplete figures on the county schools, as reported by H Lee Thomas, superintendent of schools, are as follows: Cameron, 87 high school and 364 grammar school, total 451: Vass-Lakeview, 120 high school and 480 grammar school, total 600; Robbins, 187 high school and 722 grammar school, total 909; . High falls, 34 high school and 222 grammar school, total 286; Aber deen,-154 high school, 500 gram mar school, 654 total; Westmoore, 94 high school, 330 grammar school, total 424; Carthage, 191 high school, 487 grammar school, total 678; and Farm Life, 169 in the grammar school. The Negro Berkelev school had 68 in the high school. 307 in the grammar school, for a total of 375. OPEN HOUSE To give parents of school children an opportunity to meet the new teachers, the Student Council of Southern Pines High school will hold Open House at the Southern Pines Country club from 8 to 10 o'clock tonight (Friday). The affair will be strictly in formal, and all parents are urged to "come on out and get acquainted." The high school pupils will remain for dancing from 10 to 12. V One Killed, Four Hurt, When Auto Hits Parked Truck One person was killed and four injured when their automobile hit a parked truck on U. S. Highway 15 near Carthage at 4:30 last Sat urday morning. Raymond L. Mathis, 58, of Route 1, Hopewell, Va., died instantly in the crash. In critical condition at Moore County hospital is his wife, Mrs. Odell Mathis, 55, who- received a fractured pelvis, crushed chest and several fractured ribs. She also suffered a mild stroke. Miss Helen Mathis, 15, has a fractured left thighbone and lower left leg, but is not in, criti cal condition. Mrs. Ida Hughes, 55, also of injuries to her aild concussion, reported as Audrey Wius Agaiu Miss Audrey West Brown of Southern Pines garnered further tennis acclaim .Monday when she successfully defended her State women’s singles an& women’s doubles titles. She is pictured above with Frank Spears of Greenville, S. C., as the two received their awards for singles triumphs in the recent Sandhills Invita tional Tennis tournament. Audrey West Browu Adds To Net Laurels With Greeusbord Triumph Audrpy West Brown added to tennis laurels Monday with draight State women’s the tournament scored Sandhills Tobacco Marts Open Ahead Of Rest Of Belt Five Local Markets Get 4-Day Jump The chant of the tobacco auc tioneer was in full cry in five markets of the Sandhills Ware house association yesterday. Ab erdeen, Carthage, Ellerbe, Fu- quay-Varina and Sanford all op ened yesterday, four days ahead of the rest of the middle belt mar kets. The other middle belt marts, to open Monday, are Durham, Hen derson, Louisburg, Oxford and Warrenton. The Sandhills markets last year accounted for 60,642,351 pounds of the belt’s 186,419,891 pounds and of the state’s 1,059,852,257 pounds. Last year’s average price was $53.38 per hun^ired pounds. Aberdeen, which sold 6,058,234 pounds last year with two ware houses, opened yesterday with three, all built within the last few years, and each operating inde- : pendently. I The Planters Warehouse is own- |ed by Gene Maynard and operat- ] ed by Mr. Maynard and Bill Maur- j er. The Planters Warehause is lo- [cated near the intersection of the Raeford and Laurinburg high ways on the Raeford road. The New Aberdeen Warehouse this year is operated by John Mur ray, Bernard Morris and Clyde- Morris. The New Aberdeen Ware house stands where the old brick warehouse was located between U.S. Highway 1 and the Seaboard railroad. Aberdeen’s newest, and third warehouse is the Bass Warehouse, being operated by Taft M. Bass of Clinton, and is located just south of Aberdeen on Highway 1 to- (Continued on page 5) County Board Approves Moore’s Larj^est Budget * Tax Rate $1.35 Value V anBenschoten Buys Chandler- Holt Business RE-ROUTED Those extra whistles screaming through the middle of town this, week belonged to Norfolk and Southern trains re-routed fromi their normal Star-to-Raleigh run by high water. Hurricane - inspired ifluiods between Star and Colon, a small town north, of Sanford, caused the N & S officials to arrange for use of Seaboard tracks from Aberdeen to Colon. Trains from Star are now running through Pine- hurst to Aberdeen, and over SAL tracks to Colon, where they pick up the regular route to Raleigh again. Lt -Gov. H. Patrick Taylor told the Young Democrats of the Eighth-District Saturday night at Lakeview that “the one thought, one hope, one prayer of the Dem ocratic Party is that we can find and lead the way, eventually, to a just and lasting peace in the world.” The lieutenant-governor was given a standing ovation by the more than 100 present at the rally at the end of his keynote address. “Under the present policies of the Democratic Party and with the overwhelming support of the people, our country has chosen the only road to eventual peace,” he stated. Presiding over the district rally was Nelson Gibson, chairman of the Eighth District YDC. Eight of the district’s counties were, repre sented at the rally, under the di rection of W. Lamont Brown, Southern Pines attorney and sol icitor-elect. Others taking part in the pro- gram' included W. W. Staton of Sanford, state YDC president; John Lang, secretary to Con gressman C. B. Deane; and Rep. H. Clifton Blue of Aberdeen. The meeting “commended” Miss Edith Marsh, YDC national com7 mitteewoman, for her outstanding work during the past two years, and heard a report from Henry H, Wilson of Monroe, Eighth District organizer. J.- Douglas David, re cently-elected president of the Moore County YDC, announced a rally scheduled for Aberdeen on Octbber 11, with gubernatorial nominee William B. Umstead as the principal speaker. Among others who spoke brief ly were Mrs. Ruth Wi. Swisher of Southern Pines, an alternate to the Democratic convention in Chicago; Bedford W. Black of Kannapolis, candidate for state YDC president; former Senator Oscar Richardson; C. H. Causey, Richmond County party chair man; Paler Nicholson, Richmond County commissioner; Rep. R. C. Kiser of Laurinburg; Senator J. Benton Thomas of Raeford; Sol icitor MC. G. Boyette of Carthage; Senator J. H. Poole of West End; and Jeff B. Wilson of Biscoe and Raleigh. sweep weather when the mixed doub slate was washed out. She was entered with her brother, Harry IKE RALLY An Eisenhower-Nixon meet ing will be held at the South ern Pines Country club (Elks club) next Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock, Charles S. (Bus ter) Patch, Jr., announced this week. The meeting is being called for the purpose of electing an executive committee to meet state Eisenhower-Nixon or- in the near future with the ' ganization. Lee Brown, Jr. Miss Brown staged a great re covery to cop the singles title, turning back the very serious challenge of Greensboro’s Ann Carlson, the State junior cham- 7-5, 6-0. Miss Carlson threat- dethrone the defending a great start. Brown in the ...ational Announcement is made this Biic defeated of ^he purchase from Carl E Mary Johnson of Wilmington, 6-2,1^^°^^ of the Chandler-Holt Ice and 6-1. Fuel plant by Chester VanBen- — schoten, who recently moved to Southern Pines from Stanford- 1 real in store r or vnie, N. Y. Nathan H. Adams, T> /"V Tr • I ^ T\ brother-in-law of the new owner Boys Un ivias JJay and for eight years in the employ t of The Pilot, Inc., will be affilia- There s a great treat m store ted with the new owner at the for the younger .boys of Moore pjgj^t county. National Kids’ Day is to No'changes in the policy of this Op long-established business are con- September 27 with the United templated, it is said, and every .states Air Force their h^osts. effort will be made to continue When Herbert F. Seawell, Jr., sent along his' official campaign picture, he noted that “most news papers in North Carolina don’t publish a picture of a Republican unless he has been shot at, as saulted, or in some way humili ated to the great advantage of pointing out the purity and glory of the word Democrat. Please put this m the official file of your photos. Nobody can tell what might happen these days.” “Chub” hasn’t been shot at, as saulted or' etc., but he has swung his campaign as Republi can candidate for Governor into high gear with his recent speech es. Seawell Deeries “Ring Politicians •Herbert F. Seawell, Jr., of Car thage, GOP nominee for Gover nor of North Carolina, will speak in Roanoke Rapids tonight. The address will be Mr. Seawell’s 47th of the campaign, which began soon after his nomination in Char lotte last March and has carried him into 56 of the state’s 100 counties. Last Saturday, the gubernato rial candidate told the Piedmont Republican Club at a rally at High Point that the North Carolina GOP must unite to “rid the gov ernment of hide-bound ring poli- ticians, or else North Carolina Southern Pines, through the will ^ always be a second-rate Chamber of Commerce, put out its best welcome mat for over 50 Mr. Seawell charged that the members of the Forestry Division Per i Meeting at Carthage Tuesday, instead of Monday because of the Labor Day holiday, Moore county cpmmissioners set their formal ap proval on the biggest budget in the county’s history, calling for expenditures of $1,111,863 during the fiscal year from July 1, 1952, through June 30, 1953. The budget, which sets a tax rate of $1.35 per $100 of property valuation, had been tentatively approved several weeks ago and had remained open to public in spection, but was not formally adopted until this week. The tax rate is based on a prop erty valuation of $37,000,000 for the entire county. Allowing for commissions, uncollectab|e taxes and discounts, this rate is expect ed to bring the county $440,795 from the tax levy. The remaining amount of estimated income, $671,069, will be raised from ABC store profits and other sources. Road Requests Road petitions, which have been numbering a half dozen or more each month, eased off and only two were presented to the com missioners Tuesday. ' One petition asked for stabiliz ing and surface treating of 450 feet on Forrest Drive, running north from the Aberdeen city lim its. The road serves five homes and, the petition said, the Town of Aberdeen is surfacing the street up to the city lim'its. The Resort Investment Co. of Carthage, operated by N. W. Phil lips and T. Roy Phillips, asked State maintenance on Valley road, running between Morganton road and Hill road for .7 miles in the company’s real estate develop ment on some of the former Southern Pines Country club property just out of Southern Pines. The petition says the com pany built the road and that five homes are completed on it and more planned. The two petitions were approv ed and passed on to the State. State Foresters Acclaim Welcome Extended Here There’ll be exciting movies, thrill ing talks about the adventure of fighter pilots, models of planes-for the same efficient service to the Sandhills. The business was first estab- Kiwanians Hear them to see, and each boy present listed by Tom Kelley, and in will be presented with a glossy, inin t u photograph of a jet fighter. ■ ! came the owner. In 1943 Mr. Holt National Kids’ Day is sponsored bought a half interest, and three ' throughout the country by Ki- years later became sole owner. Talk On Education international and the Na-!He gives ill health as his reason tional Kids Day Foundation, of for selling “The Bigness of Education in Hollywood Calif. And at | ! Our State” was impressed upon its meeting on Wedimsday at toe Yont* members of the Sandhills Kiwanis lakeview hotel, the^ Sandhills Ki-j^Ct i OUC oCaSOU club at their meeting on Wednes- m • z •«- - " Air Force invitation for an “Open I co-«7- T irz-no House” at the Air Ground Oper- i-ilOUS ations school in Southern Pines, and give the boys of this area. day in the Lakeview hotel. 'The speaker was J. E. Miller, assistant superintendent of the North Car olina Department of Public In struction. those ranging from nine years old Kiwanians, there were some 40, 000 children in the public schools of the state. Today there are over 900-,000. There were 30 high' scliools then, 958 now, and in them in 1902 were 2,000 seniors as against last year’s 30,973. North Carolina had-1,190 one- room log schools when Governor Aycock launched the state on its campaign for universal education. Toda ythere are none. The aver age value of a school plant in those days was $158.65; today it is $64,000. There are more than 30,- 000 teachers today, as compared Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week are “Season Ticket Days” for members of the South ern Pines Lions club, who are put- n- v! „ 117 T 1 ^ c ii. ^ special selling campaign Dr. Bruce Warhek, of Southern foj. the benefit of the athletic Pines, was named chairman of program of the local high school, the committee on arrangements ^hich is said to be beginning the ruction. jrv-axo UXCl A half century ago, he told the I high school seniors, an oppor- ; ; .1 tunity to enjoy a rare treat. for the occasion, and serving with him will, be J. Hawley Poole West End; J. B. Edwards, Aber- deeh; B. U. Richardson, Pinehurst, Roy Phillips, Carthage, and Harry Pethick, Paul Butler and Dr. J W. Willcox, Southern Pines. Superintendents and principals of all schools in the county will be contacted and given the infor mation about the Kids’ Day pro gram, and asked to ascertain how with 3,320 in 1902, and their aver- many boys will be coming to the •arrck c-o1«-i'TT y-.-P uui, aiiu uuusi, [lie the Kiwanis club plans to serve Blue and White to a victorious refreshments to the boys. I season. Jim Besley Cops County Golf Title Jim Besley, of Southern Pines, a former city golf champion of Rome, N. Y., defeated Barney Avery, also of Southern Pines, 2 up, for the Moore County Golf championship in the final round over the No. 1 course at the Pine hurst Country club this week. The match, which saw many pars, some birdies and one eagle started with Avery taking the first two holes, the second with an'eagle two. Besley evened the match with pars on the third and fourth. They halved the fifth in pars. Besley went ahead for the first time on the short sixth, holing a 30-foot putt for his par. They both parred the seventh, and then Avery evened thC nigitch with a 3 on the short eighth. The ninth was halved, and they made .the turn all even, Avery out in bne- over-par 36, Besley in 38. Avery won the tenth for a short-lived lead when Besley missed a short putt. But the lat ter came back on the eleventh with a birdie two, dropping a long putt. Besley won the twelth, but Avery fired a birdie and they were all even again at the end of thirteen. They halved the next two holes. (Continued on page 5) of the state department of conser vation and development, here for a four-day convention iast week at the Southland hotel. A 12-number floor show Wed nesday night in the decorated main room of the Southland was arranged by the Chamber of Com merce, with the cooperation of many talented local performers. Miss Dorothy Ann Swisher, for mer beauty queen of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and a Miss North Carolina finalist, presented the Hawaiian dance number which she performed in the state beauty pageant. Miss Martha Aden and Pat Starnes did several dance numbers as well. Bobby Speller and Doris Hamor of Pinehurst performed a charac ter danice, and Jimmy Larsen gave an electric organ recital. Bob “Buster” Doyle performed on his electric guitar, while Harold Mc Allister, president of the Cham ber of Commerce, emceed the show, lauded by the Rangers as the finest reception they have had in their conventions throughout the state over the past years. H. M. Sears, an official of the U. S. Forest Service from Atlanta, Ga., told the group of North Caro lina’s fine record with forest fires, pointing out that while the South as a whole had an average of 450 fires per million acres, this state has had only 193. A field trip to Hoffman Wed nesday afternoon was included on the program, but cost the group the services of one speaker. Ar nold Bosswell, a state forestry of ficial, was bitten by a rattlesnake and had to be taken to Moore County hospital for treatment. Other Ideal and state officials who spoke during the convention included: George Ross of Raleigh, Mayor Chan Page, Postmaster Garland A. Pierce, state repre sentative H. Clifton Blue of Aber deen, county commissioner Gor don Cameron of Pinehurst, and state senator J. Hawley Poole of West End.