iff
Town Roused By
Near Strangling
Of Local Woman
Mrs. Parker's Screams
Wake Neighborhood
As Assailant Flees
&
The quiet of Sunday evening
was rudely shattered, this week,
when a man concealed in the back
of her ear attempted to strEingle
Mrs. R. S. Parker as she was driv
ing home from church.
Mrs. Parker’s screams, as the
car edged along, put of control,
up Bennett street from New York
avenue, roused the neighborhood,
a fact responsible for her escape,
according to all accounts of the
affair.
Police were immediately mobil
ized, but, today, the answer to
questions was still “nothing to re
port” on the outcome of the
search for the culprit.
Stating that all efforts were be
ing concentrated on the case, Pd-
licechief Ed Newton corroborated
reports that the SBI, as well as
county officers headed by Sheriff
McDonald, were supplementing
the efforts of the local force.
“Everything possible is being done
to catch the man,” the Chief said,
“the difficulty is; we have so lit
tle to go on.”
Meantime, Mrs. Parker, resting
at her home at 555 North Ashe
street, as she recovers from the
shock of the, experience, express
ed herself as anxious ito have the
facts clearly known.
“I think about the thing so
much,” she said, “it really does
me good and relieves the tension
to talk about it. And something
NEW LIGHTS
Southern Pines' White Way
has been in action long
enough for everyone to ad
mire at^ exclaim- Not that it
took long. Enthusiastic com
ments are heard on every side
and the proud strutting that
goes on under the gaily
beaming street lamps with
their glistening reflector
shades is something to see.
And of course you can see
it. . . that's the point. As well
as the dark comers and shad
owy crossings that might have
created a hazard for those
strutters up and down our
Broad Street.
There are 44 lights already
up and eight more to come.
That completes the job. Bows
to the CP&L and the Town
Board for good work and a
wise investment!
October lo. 1952
Author Gives Glowing Report
Of Volunteers For Stevenson
“Yes, I saw Buffie and Ernest.
They were cordial and charming
and are doing a wonderful job.”
Sd said Inglis Fletcher on her
return from the Volunteers For
Stevenson conference in Spring-
field last week. In an exclusive
interview accorded The Pilot, Mrs.
Fletcher gave unstinted praise to
more than 200 volunteers to at
tend the Springfield conference
She returned to the state Sunday
and the next morning early we
Were able to get in touch to hear
all about it.
Asked what was her first im
pression, Mrs. Fletcher paused
> and then gave a laugh: “Well, ac
Town Board Calls
Meeting To Survey
Bond Issue Matter
Mr. and ^s. Ives, Southern Pines’ tuaUy, I think the first thing that
close links with the campaign to struck rne was how many Repub-
Committees Are
Named For Event
Honoring Boros
Many Top Golfers
Expected Here For
Three-Day Event
Plans lor the Julius Boros Invi
tation Open Golf tournament to
be played on the Mid Pines course
November 23, 24 and 25 are rap
idly being com.pleted, and follow
ing a meeting Monday night of
the general chairman and steering
committee with Dugan Aycock,
president of the PGA, Miss
Jeanne Cosgrove and Mrs. Ber
nice Harrington, the following di
visions of work for the event were
announced:
elect Governor Stevenson presi
dent.
“Buffie is making speeches,”
Mrs. Fletcher said, “and with her
natural political insight is giving
valuable assistance to her broth
er, the Governor. And Ernest, out
of his long experience in the dip
lomatic world, here and abroad,
is a strong right arm to Adlai.”
North Carolina’s leading histor
ical novelist, who has often visit-
ed here, was one of a group of
licans were there. Everybody kept
going around saying: I’ve always
voted Republican, but not this
year!’
“But I ought not to have been
surprised, of course,” Mrs. Fletch
er continued, “Because I was say
ing the same thing myself. This
year will be the first time that I
shall vote the Democratic ticket.”
Asked why shp decided to
switch, Mrs. Fletcher gave as her
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Will Tell Voters
Facts In Decision
To Seek More Funds
Registration For General Election
November 4 Begins This Saturday
Registration for the November'*'
general election—when citizens: 'CTDr'
will vote on candidates for coun-| ■* IxiE
ty, state and national offices— A midnight fire—largest in Ab-
will begin Saturday of this week, erdeen since the old school build-
October 11, 'and will run through ing burned in 1949—completely
Saturday, October 25, it was destroyed the Aberdeen lumber
pointed out this week by Sam C | company’s planer mill there early
Riddle of Carthage, chairman of Wednesday morning,
the Mcore County board of elec-' R. 3. McMillan, half-owner and
tions.
I manager of the plant, estimated
at $50,000 which he said was
, Committee: Arch F. Coleman,
might come out that would help.”!general chairman; Mary Baxter
<i_ c V secretary-treasurer; Charles S
On Sunday Evening
Mrs. Parker told The Pilot that
on Sunday evening she had gone
to. .the Baptist church, where Dp,
Woodson of Flora Macdonald col-j ley Jackson
Patch, Jr., assistant secretary.
Committee Depeurtments
e-John y. Qlark and Nol-
lege had made a most interesting
address.
“I stayed on to the service af
terwards,” Mrs. Parker said, “and
lingered to speak to a few friends
when I came out. I suppose it was
around 8:45 when I went to my
car and got in.”
Mrs. Parker said that, as a rule,
she made it a practice to look in
the back of her car before starting
off, but this night she didn’t.
“I suppose I was still thinking
of the service,” she said. “But just
before driving off, I did glance
over my shoulder into the back
I noticed something light-colpred
on the floor. It was dark and I
couldn’t see clearly and I remem
ber thinking: ‘why I must have
left the packages there last time
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T State T urned Down
By R, I. Governor
In Banigan Case
Invitations—Dugan Aycock and
Jeanne Cosgrove.
Prizes and Awards—Charles S.
Patch, Jr., and Dugan Aycock.
Tournament Direction — Chief
marshal, Richard S. Tufts; assist
ant marshals, James E. Besley
William Snow and B. C. Avery;
staff, the Pine Dodgers and the
Silver Foils.
Scoring—Pete Mitchell and
Hermann Grover
Motor Traffic Control—Charles
S. Patch, Jr.
Press and Publication—Robert
E. Harlow.
Entertainment—Dr. D. W
Whitehead and Bernice Harring
ton.
Reservations—Jeanne Cosgrove.
Banquet—Mrs. Frank Cosgrove.
The committee announced a
$5,000 purse for golfers.
places on the three Saturdays of | about half covered by insurance
the registration period-October I All the plant’s machinery and
II October 25. At about a carload of lumber in the
other'times they may be reached shed was a total loss
at their homes or places of busi-
ness. Names and addresses of alll^| I ~~
Moore County registrars are giv- GliaillDer SpOnSOFS
en below.
A new registration is not re
quired in Moore county, but all
persons are advised to. be sure
they are properly registered in the
precinct in which they now re
side. Registrars have information
Window Contest
For Annual Game
Window shopping will take on
on registration and election laws!added interest in Southern Pines
and persons who have moved this weekend as merchants knit
from one precinct to another their brows and come forth with
from one county to another or in- bright ideas for outdoing their
to the State are advised to see competitors in boosting the Blue
the registrars to determine their Und White team to victory in next
proper procedure in registering Wednesday’s Homecoming game
The Town Board designated
Wednesday, October 22, as the
date for a public meeting for pre-'
sentation to the people of the is
sues behind the forthcoming bond
election.
The detision was reached at the
regular monthly meeting held at
the' town hall Wednesday night.
Present were Mayor C. N. Page,
Town Clerk Howard F. Burns,
and Commissioners Lloyd Clark
W. E. Blue, H. L. Brown, and
Charles S. Patch, Jr., L. V. O’Cal
laghan being absent.
The plan to hold the public
meeting was decided on unani
mously, with little delay. “The
board is firmly convinced of the
need for the improvements we
have in mind,” Mayor Page stated,
“but we want the people to un
derstand all the details and why
we feel as we do. The voters
should be fully informed and a
town meeting is the best way to;
do it.” \
The open meeting will be heldj
at Weaver Auditorium at 8 p. m
All are urged to attend. The
mayor and board will be there, to'
answer all questions, equipped
with facts and figures. These will
include the present prop
erty valuation of the town, of $5,-
516,162, the gross debt, $688,-
000, and the net debt, $323,7881
(these figures include the propos-i
ed bond issue.) It was stated at!
the meeting that the board felt
fear of a possible raise in taxes
was groundless.
Commissioner Lloyd Clark ex-
nressed the feeling of otl?ers when!
he said: “The way I see it, the
taxes are more apt to be raised if
the bond issue is not .passed than
if it is passed. Because some of
these items are absolute necessi
ties.”
Hear Several Citizens
Most of Wednesday evening’s
meeting was taken up with mat-
Party Leaders To Speak
At Democratic Rally
In Carthage Saturday
RALLY SPEAKERS Music To Vie
With Politics In
Event’s Excitement
C. B. DEANE
and voting.
Servicemen Voting Heavily
Because of the hotly contested
national Presidential race, addi
tional registration is expected to
be heavy. Chairman Riddle said
through means of window dis
plays.
For several years the Chamber
of Commerce has offered cash
prizes for the best decorated win-
u ■ I dows in (1) food stores, (2) apparel
that absentee voting by service- stores, and (3) miscellaneouj and
men is running ve^ heavy. Early each year business men and wom-
his week, he said he had received en have cooperated fully, arrang-
112 applications for absentee bal-jing displays that were most at
lots from members of the armed tractive
forces and that he had 19 ballots
Commissioners
Okay Tax Sale,
ters brought before the board by,
various citizens present, with! Rnorl
town lighting, paving, and traffic I llUctn 1 ICdO
hazards, as usual to the fore. The
dangerous intersection at Country
Moore County democrats old
and young are expected to turn
out in large numbers tomorrow
(Saturday) night for the big rally
to be held at the court house in
Carthage, according to J. Doug
las David, president of the Moore
County Young Democratic club,
which is sponsoring the event. Top
party leaders of the State plus
one of the leading string bands of
North Carolina will feature the
program, Mr. David announces.
William B. Umstead, Demo
cratic nominee for governor, will
deliver the < main address, with
Congressman C. B. Deane of this
district given next place on the
speaking program.
The rally will get underway at
7 p. m. with a half-hour program
by Homer A. Briarhopper’s “Fa
mous Dixie Dudes,” stars of radio,
stage and recordings, who are
Radio Station
WNAG in Raleigh. Following the
speaking the Dixie Dudes will per
form for another 30 minutes. ,
Among the “top brass” Demo
cratic party leadership, in addi
tion to Mr. Umstead and Con
gressman Deane, who have ac
cepted invitations to attend are:
Thad Eure, secretary of State;
Henry L. Bridges, State auditor;
Forrest H. Shuford, commissioner
of labor; Waldo Cheek, commis
sioner of insurance; Harry Mc-
Mullan, attorney general; L. Y
(Stag) Ballentine, commissioner
of agriculture; Henry W. Jordan,
I chairiMan State Highway and
Public Works commission; George
R. Ross, director of conservation
and development; Jesse Helms
administrative assistant to Sena
tor Willis Smith; Mrs. B. B.
Everett, Democratic national
committeewoman; Mrs. Mary L
Richardson, vice chairman of the
State Democratic executive com-^
reittee; Billy Harrison, State YDC
president, and others.
The Moore County commission-
Mr. David stated that all the
xm,ersecuon at i_oumryiers at thaiv iv/r a County, district and state Demo-
Club road and Indiana Avenue ’ ‘ ® leaders have been invited
came in for survey, with a circle I ^ chance to look
ooMidered . ..fety LSlS “d’’/rS S™
While the rally is being spon
sored by the YDC, Mr. David em-
This is the first time since 1907 civilians.
back already. He also said he had
number of applications from
, Rhode Island took the ball away
from N«rtk Carolina last week in
the controversial case of Mrs. J.
J. Banigam.
’The governor has refused extra
dition from his state of the former
Southern Pines real estate agent,
thus tnrning down the request
that she be returned to North
Carolina to stand trial here.
According to W. D. Sabistbn,
Carthage attorney who is, with
Arch T. AUen of Raleigh, in
charge of the case, the Rhode Is
land governor based his action on
a legal technicality. Th^ governor
stated that the original civil suit
against Mrs. Banigan was brought
against her as agent for the Elks
Home and also as head of the
Banigan real estate agency and
he ruled this was a technical er
ror. He said she could not be
sued in both capacities and there
fore denied extradition in the
case.
The governor’s decision cannot
be appealed but it is understood
those in charge of the suit will not
cease their efforts. Other means
it is felt, will be found to let
North Carolina justice have its
day in court against those who are
accused of breaking North Caro
lina’s laws.
While the Boring suit involving
the Elks Home was the original
action against Mrs. Banigan, and
the one on which the extradition
request was based, since then
charges have been filed against
the missing real estate agent by
citizens of this locality amounting
to several thousand dollars.
that a local golfer has captured
the National Open, so with Julius
Boros of “The Golf Capital of the
World” holding both national and
world titles, not only Sandhills
golfers but friends from through
out the country seem eager to
honor him. President Aycock told
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Servicemen vote by requesting
an absentee ballot on a special
card available to them: at their
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being
measure
The pressing need to clean up
some of the lots in this area was
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Royal Danish Air
Force Officers
Visit USAFAGOS
Book Fair Planned
For October 16 At
Elementary School
As usual, judging will be done
Tuesday night, and the winners
will be announced at Memorial
Field Wednesday atfernoon.
Sponsors are not announcing
the amount of the prizes this year
In a postscript to their letters
about the contest they say;
“There’ll be three prizes; the first
will be one and a half times the
second; the second will be one-
third of the first, and the third
will be one-half the second.”
Gas Station And
Car Burn, Truck
Wrecks, At Vass
Southern Pines is honored this
week with the visit of five officers
from the Royal l5anish Air Force
who are taking the Indoctrination
course offered by the USAF Air
Ground Operations school.
Major General Tage Anderson
and his party of Royal Danish Air
Force officers. Col. Aage Emil
Klem, Lt. Col. E. C. T. Jensen, Lt
Col. Hans Jorgen Pagh, and Major
Paul (Jscar Stilling, are visiting
the United States for the purpose
of seeing the maximum utilization
of Mutual Security Act benefits,
of material anl equipment furnish
ed under the provisions of this
Act.
By personal indoctrination with
USAF methods as pertains to or
ganization equipment, training
and operations procedures, they
will return to Denmark with a
better understanding of the meth
ods and training procedures used
in the United States.
Brigadier General William M.
Gross, the Air Force commandant
of the school in Southern Pines,
welcomed them upon their arrival
They are escorted by Colonel Wil
liam T. Bolt, USAF Headquarters,
Washington, D. C.
Next week wiU be Fair Week
not only in Raleigh, but in South
ern Pines, also, for on Thursday
afternoon from 3:30 to 5:30, at the
elementary school, a Book Fair
will be held, to which teachers of
the county, patrons of the schools,
and parents are especially invited.
There will bb no admission
charge.
Miss Mary Logan and Mrs. Beu
lah McPherson, Moore County
School supervisors, started the
project and Miss Aline Todd is
serving as chairman, with Harry
Lee Brown, Jr., assisting and all
of the elementary teachers and
pupils cooperating. ,
“Reading Is Fun,” the Book
Week slogan of the year, has been
adopted as the theme of the fair
Visitors are asked to visit the
elenaentary library and school
rooms first, before going to the
cafeteria, where they will be in
vited to see and examine books
and other reading materials which
publishers and book sellers will
have on display.
What kind of books do children
like. What are the best books for
children? Displays in the library
and various projects in the class
rooms will' help to answer these
questions.
The first grade rooms will fea
ture nursery rhyme pictures; the
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8th District Rally
Reported Best Yet
It was the best rally we’ve
ever had. . . and Bob Doughton
stole the show!”
A building reduced to ashes, a
Ford automobile wiped out by
fire, and a lumber-loaded trailer
toppled over on its side, com
pletely blocking traffic on High
way 1, were the net total of hap
penings that occurred in swift
succession at the southern lim
its of the To'wn of Vass Tuesday
night. No one was injured.
Ray McNeill, a Vass youth, was
advertising and sale of
on which 1951 taxes have not*been
paid. Advertising will be done ^ em-
four weeks in November and thelphasized that the’rally is for all
sale will be held the first Monday!Democrats, young and old and
in December, which will be the! that the public is cordially invited
first day of the month. to attend and hear the party lead-
■ IX petitions for road work' ers - give their views On the
were made at this meeting and all
were approved to be passed on to
the Sixth Division highway office,
where it will be determined if and
cur
rent .campaign. Entertainment by
the Dixie DudeS) he stressed, is
free.
when the work will be done. One Will
petition, however, was not left at "*■ OlirC3ll W ill
the meeting, in order that more
signatures could be obtaine’d.
Two Sandhill township road re
quests were made. One was for
State maintenance on a road run
ning one-half mile south from the
former Lincoln Park School build
ing near Adder to the home of
I. G. Wylie, with the State asked
to take oyer and stabilize the
Stage 5th Annual
Barbecue Oct. 17
proceeding north on the Highway other, which was taken
That was the story told by
Sandhillers attending the Eighth
District Rally at Wilkesboro Wed
nesday. According to. W. Lament
Brown, Moore County’s Solicitor,,
who was there, more than 500 en
thusiastic Democrats were there
to hear their party leaders in the
state tell of the present campaign
under its great national leader.
Governor Adlai Stevenson, and
hear the two candidates for gov
ernor, the winner, WiUiam B. Um
stead, and his respected opponent
in the rate, Hubert Olive, speak
for the Democratic traditions in
which each one believes.
But best of all was Represen
tative Doughton,” Mr. Brown said
‘He made one of the most inspir
ing talks I’ve ever heard.” Mr.
Doughton is retiring at the age
of 89 after representing the Ninth
District for 42 years.
Among others attending the
rally from Moore County were'
Mr. and Mrs. John Ruggles, John'
McConnell, W. A. Leland Mc-
Keithen, A1 Cruce, Representa
tive H. Clifton Blue, and W H
McNeill, Jr.
around 8:30 when he ran into
dense smoke, which cut off his
vision, although, according to the
back for more names on the peti
tion, was for State maintenance
on a road running from Pineblutf
report, he did not see flames. He S^ttenfield and WiU
reduced his speed and in a matter property to- the Jackson
of seconds, while in the smoke
zone was struck from the rear by
a Sandhill Lumber Company
truck, which turned his Ford onto
its side, continued a short distance
and jackknifed, with the trailer
landing on its side diagonally
across the highway where it pass
es under the railroad, effectively
closing the space to other traffic.
Dougald Cameron, also of Vass
was the driver.
Meanwhile, McNeiU was
scrambling out of the skyward
side of his car, which was already
ablaze.
The Vass firemen responded to
the call when sounded, but the
service station was then a mass of
flames which they had no chance
of combatting as no hydrant or
other source of water was near,
the station being just outside the
town limits.
The station was owned by F. L
Taylor of Pinehurst and Vass and
was rented to T. L. Rosser of Vass,
who was in a hospital at the time.
Springs road and the Johnson
farm, known as the old Jackson
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Occupants Jump
To Safety Before
Train Strikes Car
One of the big events of the
year for Moore County farm fam
ilies will take place Friday night,
October 17, at the Victory ware
house in Carthage when the Farm
Bureau will stage its fifth annual
barbecue and entertainment pro
gram. Festivities are expected to
get started at 6:30 p. m.
Frank Jeter, agricultural editor
at '^tate college, will speak during
the program and there will be a
square dance later in the evening.
About 1,000 persons are expect
ed to attend—an estimate based
on past attendance at the popular
event.
of
Melvin Williams, Negro,
Philadelphia, Pa., and his grand
daughter, Irene Jolly, jumped to
safety Sunday evening just before
a freight train hit the rear of Wil
liams’ stalled automobile and
knocked it clear of the tracks at
the Vermont Street crossing in
Southern Pines. The accident oc
curred around 7:50. p. m.
Williams; it is believed, failed
to notice the warning signal and
upon seeing the approaching train
became excited and stalled the
Kiwanis Club
Endorses Lockey
The Sandhills Kiwanis club
meeting at the Carolina hotel in
Pinehurst Wednesday, unani
mously endorsed Forrest Lockey
of Aberdeen for the post of Sixth
District Highway commissioner,
for appointment in January. Mr.
Lockey had previously been en
dorsed by other civic organiza
tions in the Sandhills.
The club took a secret ballot on
the presidential election, with the
Origin of the fire is not known.
uci-aiiic excnea ana Stalled the following result" Stevpn<!nn ir-
engine just before the car had Eisenhower 4a 1®’
thf n® .®™"smg. Damage tol Mrs. Jack Younts added to the
$400^^^^ ® estimated at pleasure of the Kiwanians with
^ ■ organ selections.
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