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REGISTERED?
VOTE NOV. 4
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REGISTERED?
VOTE NOV. 4
SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 24. 1952
Bond Election
Projects Aired;
Few At Meeting
Tax Ratfe Not
To Be Affected,
Says Mayor Page
bCHOOL, IS A CIRCUS—or it was, the other
day, to these youngsters of Miss Maedelle Ken
nedy’s second grade, who chose a circus theme
for their participation in the school’s Book Fair.
The room was decorated in circus style, the chil
dren put on a real show and books about the Big
Top had a big place in the general scheme of
things.
Clowns and circus stars shown above are, from
left, Dianne Fields, Ann Giauque, James Cam
eron, Andrea Lee House, Sally Atkinson, Nancy
Wiggs, Sandra Woodell and Mike 'Tullett.
Teachers, pupils and the librarian. Miss Aline
Todd, cooperate in staging the Book Fair, bring
ing to life the stories and book-people beloved of
boys and girls. (Photo by H. H. Turner)
For story, and more pictures, turn to Page 18.
Two County Political Rallies Slated Here Next Week
IKEites Meet Thursday Night, Democrats Saturday
Thad Eure, Others
Will Plug Straight
Democratic Ticket
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Moore County Democrats, con
vinced they haye the finest
•■‘down-the-line” ticket in years,
will held a pre-election rally Sat
urday, November 1, at 8 p. m. at
Weaver auditorium in Southern
Pines.
The rally is being sponsored by
members of the local precinct
committee. Young Democrats and
others in furtherance of the Ste-
venson-Sparkman ticket in the
nation, Umstead and Hodges in
the State, Deane for Congress and
all county candidates.
Thad Eure, Secretary of State
since 1936, one of North Caro
lina’s outstanding party leaders,
has been secured as principal
speaker, according to the an
nouncement from Joe Garzik and
Lloyd T. Clark local co-chairmen,
co-chairmen.
Other party leaders of the
county and state are expected to
be present, and entertainment de
tails are being prepared, for an
nouncement next week.
The rally may have a feature
unique among party events in the
State, perhaps in the nation. A
2^ REGISTRATIONS
Two registrations for voting
will be under way here this
weekend, and local voters
are asked not to confuse the
two.
Saturday is the last day for
registration of new voters of
the Southern Pines precinct
for the general election of
November 4. No registration
will be made after 6:30 p. m...
according to word from Mrs.
Grace Kaylor, registrar.
Today,. Friday, is the first
day for registration of new
voters living in the Southern
Pines city limits, for the mun
icipal bond election of No
vember 18. This will contin
ue every day through Friday,
October 31, from 9 a. m. to 5
p. mt daily until 9 p. m. Sat
urday.
for Moore county, may be a part
of the program. It will be
brought by Mrs. James Boyd, a
member cf the Southern Pines
precinct committee and a friend
of Governor Stevenson, who is
traveling this week on the cam
paign train.
The rally will be countywide
in scope. W. A. Leland McKeith-
en, chairman of the Moore
Buffet Supper At
Ike-Nixon Meet;
McDermott Speaks
All Moore County citizens are
invited to attend a county wide!
If the number of people who
turned out for the public meeting
about the bond issue Wednesday
night is any sign, mighty few lo
cal people are concerned.
Only 20 showed up in response
to Mayor Page’s invitation to come
and ask questions about the civic
improvement projects which, if
the vote is affirmative, will cost
the town in the neighborhood of
$160,000.
That is the amount—an outside
figure. Mayor Page explained—
for which it is proposed that city
bonds be issued, for purchase of
a new fire truck and expansion
and remodeling of the fire station;
construction of a building to house
the police headquartets, jail, a
courtroom and the ABC store; and
extension of the sanitary svstem
Those who did come appeared
most concerned over the effect on
the town tax rate, which, the
Mayor said, was not likely to rise
but rather, in a few years, should
be decreased.
At the opening of the meeting
he took a minute to comment, with
some disappointment, on the
smallness of the gathering. Our
American liberties are precious,
he declared, and a lack of interest
in public affairs is no way to
safeguard them.
Several married couples were in
the audience, which was made up
largely of retired home-owners,
though a number of businessmen
were present also. Four citizens
of West Southern Pines were lis
teners.
Tax Situation
In answer to a direct question
as to whether the bond issue
would raise the tax rates, the
Mayor said he anticipated rio rise,
and gave the following reasons;
Pilot Editor On Stevenson Train
Impressed By Crowds Reception
Special Correspondent^
The Pilot has the honqf and distinction this'week of being
perhaps the only weekly paper in the nation to have its own
special correspondent aboard a presidential campaign train.
From this focal point of the nation’s attention, a special com
munication arrived for The Pilot Wednesday night from Mrs.
James Boyd, its publisher and editor, who is a member of Gover
nor Adlai Stevenson’s party on his tour through Illinois, Ohio,
New England and New York.
Stories by Mrs. Boyd from the Stevenson train as the cam
paign heads into its final, and climactic stage are appearing in
the Raleigh News and Observer and the Greensboro Daily News.
Her story for The Pilot, however, printed in an adjoining column,
is exclusive to her own paper.
Mrs. Boyd joined the party on invitation of Mrs. Ernest Ives,
her longtime friend and a Southern Pines winter resident, the
sister of the Democratic presidential nominee.
Entirely aside from ties of friendship, Mrs. Boyd’s participation
in the campaign is singularly appropriate. Her father, Daniel
Lament, and the first Adlai Ewing Stevenson, grandfather of the
Illinois Governor, were in President Grover Cleveland’s cabinet
together. Lament as Secretary of War while Stevenson was Vice-
President. Mr. and Mrs. Lament lived at the White House for a
time and Mrs. Lament served as President Cleveland’s hostess
until his marriage to Miss Frances Folsom.
Lament was a leader in the Democratic party in New York
State, serving for some years as chairman of the state’s Demo
cratic Executive committee. Following her marriage to the late
distinguished novelist James Boyd, which brought her to North
Carolina and the Sandhills to live, Mrs. Boyd has meiintained the
family party tradition with a will. She is currently serving as a
member of the local precinct committee, and has taken part in
numerous other party activities.
Mrs. Boyd Has
Thrilling Close-up
of Campaign
By KATHARINE BOYD
No payment will be due On the
West End Youth
Fatally Injured
As Car Hits Tree
Henry Fay Caddell, 19, son of
Mr. and Mrs. LaVerne Caddell of
West End Rt. 1, is dead, and an
other Moore Coiinty youth, Eu
gene Wilson of Candor RFD, also
19, is a patient in Moore County
hospital with serious injuries as
the result of an automobile acci
dent which took place about 7;15
political rally next Thursday eve
ning, it was announced this week
by Charles S. Patch, Jr., chairman
of the Moore County Eisenhewer-
Nixon club, which is sponsoring
the get-together. Mr. Patch said
“We want to emphasize that this
is not an ‘Old Time’ rally. We
want to have a meeting to discuss
America’s future, not her past.”
bonds for two years, during which
time $70,000 of old indebtedness
(Continued on page 5)
p..m. Friday on NO; 211,’ midway
between Pihehurst and West End
Bloodmobile Will
Come Wednesday
The visit
Bloodmobile
of the Red Cross
to Southern Pines
The rally will be held at the
Southern Pines High School audi
torium at 8 p. m. Thursday, Octo
ber 30. The program will feature
nificance at this time. With the
Another fa^ality early Monday
with a Negro man, Leroy Thomas,
as victim brought Moore county’s
toll of highway deaths for the
year to the grim total of 14. (See
story elsewhere on this page.) In
vestigating patrolmen attribute
both deaths to high speed.
The two white youths, both
North & South
Seniors Tourney
All Next Week
ABOARD THE STEVENSON
CAMPAIGN TRAIN, Oct. 22—We
^’re in Toledo now, and I’m stay
ing aboard the train to get this
niece off to The Pilot. They’re
having a motorcade and rally in
town and I hate to miss it, but
T’d rather feel that you people at
home are getting a share of this
with me.
Because it is something pretty
exciting. I keen wondering: are
all campaigns like this? Is there
the same enthusiasm, the same
really deep affection for the can
didate that all these people on the
train (including the 60-scme re
porters, as far as I can tell from
their talk) feel for Adlai Steven
son? It’s so new to me, all this. I
don’t know, but I doubt it, and
the reporters say no. They say
Stevenson’s spirit, his own en
thusiasm and humor, his straight-
from-the-shoulder attack on the
issues and what he wants to do
about them, has awakened an ad
miration and enthusiasm here that
is something different.
It’s different from the spirit on
the Ike train, the reporters say,
where the idea seems to be to
“beat the Democrats” rather than
to elect Ike. Here, the feeling is
for the future; there, for the past,
The new North and South Invi-r
tation Seniors Golf Championship, J now about the Sandhills
to be played over the courses o| here, Ernest and Elizabeth
the Pinehurst Country club Mon- I doing a grand job,
day through Saturday of nexti^®'^*^ o* them. They are in the
week, has drawn an entry listi^'^Toartment next to mine, and
which already assures that the | the car ahead of the
new tournament will match in j Goyernor’s. People are constantlv
popularity the other North and Passing my door to stop and talk
South events which have for half '"’ith the candidate’s sister. She is
Wednesday takes on a special sig- members of the Moore Countv
■Ml-Pi MOI-k Mrx rk4- 4-1% j n ,>i^
stepping up of the fighting in Ko
rea, it has ben announced that all
Hammond organ music and blood taken here on that day
dances by the popular Martha
Aden chorus. The principal speak
er, Dr; Malcolm McDermott, pro-
transcribed message from Adlai'County Democratic Executive
Stevenson, Democratic presiden- committee, is cooperating in mak-
tial nominee, prepared especially ing the plans.
Politics A-Bilin’, Registration Up;
Boom Here Is Foreseen If Adlai Wins
fessor of law at the Duke Univer
sity law school, will be introduced
by Mayor C. N. Page as an out-
■^tanding Southern Democrat for
Eisenhower.
Another feature of Moore coun
ty’s big Ike night will be a buf
fet supper served in the Southern
Pines High School cafeteria, be
low the auditorium, prior to the
rally. The supper will be served
starting at 6:30 p. m. with the
following committee in charge:
nia for immediate transfer to Ko
rea.
Mrs. Ira T. Wyche of Pinehurst
is general chairman of the 50-odd
Red Cross volunteers who will as
sist the Bloodmobile staff. Scene
of the visit will be the Southern
Pines school gymnasium, where
blood donations will be taken
from 11 a. m. to 4:30 p. m..
Many donors will be ‘‘repeat-
as this is the Bloodmobile’s
fifth ■visit to Moore county and
there are' a number of faithful
battery, N. C. National Guard,
were said to have been hurrying
to attend the weekly drill session
at Southern Pines. Patrolman E.
G. Shomaker said their car at
tempted to dodge an approaching
car driven by a West End Negro
named Mayhue, got off the road
on a curve and never straightened
out. It shot down a slight em
bankment 220 feet into the woods.
a century made this North Caro- j charming and friendly to them all,
lina resort the winter capital of come awav with haopv
American golf | “xpressions. often chucWling. Sb°
Headed by Tom Robbins, of i sense of fun in all
New York, United States Seniors excitement cf this campaign
champion, around 225 entries hadi®^® wa^yes gaily, shouts “Hello!”
been receiyed ten days before the ‘ “Hi!” and jokes with those
tournament is due to start, accord- ' crowd close around the train
of
ing to Eric Nelson, manager
the Pinehurst club.
Robbins will get keen competi
tion from such stars as Paul H.
Hyde, Buffalo, N. Y., who was
runner-up in the United States
Seniors eyent; former winner J.
M. Wells, Newell, W. Va.; Col. M.
S. Lindgrove, Morristown, N. J.,
another former winner, and such
noted entrants from the ranks of
the nation’s Senior players as Al
fred Ulmer, Jacksonyille, Fla.,
Harrison Smith, Oklahoma City;
the famed former national ama-
“ A™ open champion, Ch.rlci
ones who show up regularly to do
G. Spencer, Carthage; H.
Registration on the general
election books has been increas
ed by about 150 names in the reg
istration period which ends Sat
urday, it w^ learned from Mrs.
Grace Kaylor, registrar of the
Southern Pines precinct. Most of
these registered as Democrats.
Whether these plan to vote the
Democratic ticket or are part of
the “Democrats for Eisenhower”
movement is, of course not
known. The only thing certain
now, politics is boiling now as
never before.
The Eisenhower-Nixon club,
composed of members cf both
parties and independents, has
been active since its formation in
the spring. Whether the club and
its chairman, C. S. Patch, Jr., are
responsible or not a definite “Ike”
movement is evident here.
Most vociferous portion of the
movement consists of grade-
school youngsters, in a youthful
fervor which, from all accounts,
has swept the land. Their shrill
cries of “I like Ike” are apparent
ly being heard all over.
There are plenty of dyed-in
the-wool Democrats, however,
who are plugging away for the
full party ticket and some experi
enced observers are predicting a
decisive victory for Stevenson and
Sparkman. Others have their
doubts and there are even some
instances of Ike supporters bet
ting that Stevenson will win, with
Stevenson supporters placing
money the other way. One man,
working hard for Ike, has his
money on Stevenson, and it is
quite likely that many have two-
way bets—it’s that close.
One observer noted astutely—
“It’s going to be very close, or
—there’ll be a landslide one
way or the other.”
Both factions are planning
countywide rallies for next week,
to be held in Southern Pines. (See
stories elsewhere on this page.)
With the undecided element still
large, there will be some voters
attending both rallies.
Entirely aside from the politi
cal asnects. one man spoke up,
(Continued on page 5)
W. Doub, Aberdeen; E. H. Mills,
Pinebluff; Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Wright, Pinehurst; Mrs; H. W
Chatfield, C. S. Patch, Jr., South
ern Pines, and A. H. Trotter. Rob
bins. Services of W. B. “Chick”
Holliday have been engaged to
procure one of his famous suppers,
with a charge made only to defray
expenses. Those desiring reser-
(Contlnued on Page 5)
D9NT OVERPARK
Visitors and residents alike
are reminded by Chief C. E.
Newton this week to observe
the do^wntown parking signs,
or risk receiving a ticket.
Police are resuming strict
ehforcemexit of local traffic
rules this week, following the
summer let-down. Seasonal
traffic has increased to the
point where this is necessary
for the common good, said
the Chief.
Two-hour parking is in effect
in most places downtown,
shortened to 15 minutes at the
post office, and on parts of
East and West New Hamp
shire avenue just off Broad.
The ticket for overparking
calls for paiymient of $1 at the
police station. If the ticket is
ignored, or offenses repeated,
a larger fine and full court
costs may be imposed.
their part in answering this vital
appeal. However, there are not
nearly enough of these to make
-n d-v’<! ouota of 300 pints
and the call is being sent out all
over the county to bring in new
donors. Everyone who can pcs
sibly give blood at this time is
urged to do so.
To insure distribution through
the day, and minimize waiting,
donors are asked to register in ad
vance, via cards available from
recruiters throughout the county,
or from the Red Cross office. If
you have not been able to sign up
in advance, however, come any
way—you will ]^e welcomed.
Donors should be persons in
good health, between the ages of
18 and 60. Those under 21 must
have evidence of permission from
their parents.
The highly specialized staff in
cludes several nurses and a doc
tor, who make sure that no blood
is taken from one who cannot
spare it, or which is unsuitable.
No undressing is required, and the
help cimole process takes only a
short time.
After donation of blood. Red
Cross volunteers serve free re
freshments —. coffee or a soft
drink, with cookies and sandwich
Many donors state, with some sur
prise, that they “leave feeling bet
ter than when they came.”
They certainly feel better in
side.
and crashing against a tree. Both
boys were thrp^wn out.
They were rushed to Moore
County hospital in an ambulance
summoned from Southern Pines
by County Coroner Ralph G.
Steed of Robbins, who happened
(Continued on page 5)
"Chick” Evans, Chicago, Ill.;
Frank L. English, St. Louis, Mo.;
C. W. Braughton, Indianapolis,
Ind., 1949 Western Seniors title-
holder; Barren C. “Pete” Jarboe,
Cochituate, Mass., perennial win
ner of the New England Seniors
(Continued on Page 5)
whenever we stop. She looks a bit
but too tired, and her
spirits are high.
So are the Governor’s. He
cracks jckes with the crowd, ad
bba during bis speeches, and they
love it. Today, at Notre Dame,
a bab^'’- bowled incessantly until
(Continued on page 5)
Negro Pedestrian
Killed By Car;
Local Man Held
Coming Events
Saturday. October 25—Final registration for November election.
Saturday. Sunday. October 25-26—N. C. Skeet Championships.
Pinehurst Gun club.
Wednesday, October 29—Red Cross Bloodmobile visit. Southern
Pines gym. 11 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Thursday. October 30-r-Eisenhower-Nixon Rally, Weaver audito
rium. 8 p,m.; buffet supper at cafeteria, 6:30 p.m,
Friday. October 31—Halloween CarnivaL West Broad street, all
evening.
Monday through Saturday, October 27-November 1 North &
South Seniors Golf tournament, Pinehurst Country club.
Saturday, November 1—Democratic Rally, auditorium, 8 p. m.
North & South Seniors tournament, Pinehurst (!k>untry club.
Tuesday. November 4—Election Day. Voting 6:30 - 8:30.
Friday, November 7—Mills Brothers circtis. sponsored by Lions
club, afternoon and night shows.
Saturday, November 8—Officers Wives Fashion show, benefit Girl
Scouts, Southern Pines Country club. 8:15 p.m.
Sunday. November 9—Frederick Stanley Smith, organ concert.
Emmanuel Episcopal church, 3:30 p.m.
Friday, November 14—Boy Scout District annual dinner and
meeting, tentative; plans to be announced.
Tuesday, November 18—Bond election for civic improvements.
Sunday. Monday, Tuesday. November 23-25—Julius Boros $5,000
Golf Tournament, Mid Pines club.
Thursday; November 27—Thanksgiving Day,
Friday, December 13—Robert Shaw Chorale, concert, auditorium.
8:30 p.m.
JanuarY {datd to be set later)—Charlotte Opera company in Sig
mund Romberg's "Desert Song." auditorium. 8:30 p. m.
Friday, March 6—Lucille Cummings, concert, auditorium. 8:30
Friday, March 27——Madrigal Singers, concert, auditorium, 8:30.
Thursday, April 23—N. C. Symphony orchestra, auditorium, af
ternoon and evening concerts.
A Negro pedestrian, Leroy
Thomas, about 30, of the Midway
section of Aberdeen, was instant
ly killed when struck by a car on
NC 211 near the sandpit, between
Aberdeen and Pinehurst, aboul
'2:45 a. -m. Monday. He was a
mechanic employed by the Mc-
Donald-Page Motor Co. of South
ern Pines.
Patrolman C. G. Wimberly said
Thomas was hit by a car driven
by Sylvester Dixon, Negro, of
Southern Pines, reporting that his
body was caught on the front of
the car and dragged 163 feet, and
that after it fell off the ear went
on for 233 more feet before stop
ping.
Two men were with Dixon in
his car. One jumped and ran as
the patrolman approached, but
was later picked up by Southern
Pines police and both are under
bond as material ■witnesses.
Police gave their names as John
Jones and Alton J. Hill, of West
Southern Pines.
Coroner Ralph G. Steed set an
inquest to be held Thursday night
at Southern Pines, placing Dixon
under $1,500 bond for his appear
ance.
Thomas lived with his grand
mother, Mrs. Florence Thomas, in
the Midway community. His wife
has been living in Augusta, Ga.
Other survivors are his mother,
Mrs. Gertrude Thomas of Phila-.
delphia and a brother, Fred
Thomas, of Boston, Mass.
Funeral services were scheduled
for Wednesday afternoon at the
Second Baptist church in the Mid
way community, pending arrival
of the brother from Boston.