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VOL. 33—NO. 51
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SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14. 1952
EIGHTEEN PAGES
PRICE—TEN CENTS
Sewanee Faculty
Resigns, Bishops
Ponder Issues
Former Local
Rector In Thick
Of Touchy Situation
Episcopal bishops of 22 dioceses
of the South met in Atlanta yes
terday to take under discussion
the controversy which has devel
oped at the Theological School of
the University of the South at Se-
wanee, Tenn., over the admission
of Negroes to the seminary.
Headed by Bishop Edwin A. Pe-
nick, all members of the board are
also members of the 66-man board
of trustees of the university, hold
ing special jurisdiction over the
Theological school.
Stating that “anything we do
wUl be in the nature of a recom
mendation,” Bishop Penick said,
last week, that the controversy
had caused a great deal of con
cern among churchmen every
where. Last summer, he recalled,
the General Convention of the
Episcopal Church, meeting in Bos
ton, had passed a resolution di
rected at the situation, condemn
ing racial injustice.
FOOTBALL BANOUET
Plans are under Way for the
annual Elks Club football
banquet honoring this year's
Blue and White football
squad, with John S, Buggies
as chairman and Saturday,
December 6, set as the date.
The banquet is given by
Southern Pines members of
the Elios' lodge, who them
selves buy the tickets for pre
sentation to the honor guests
squad members, coaches,
cheerleaders and a few spe
cial guests. Other members of
the community will be allow
ed to buy tickets up to the
limit of dining room facilities.
An interesting program is
being prepared for the occa
sion, Chairman Buggies said
this week. The banquet will
be held at the Southern Pines
Country club, prepared and
served by the BPO Does.
Town BondElection Slated Tuesday
Possible Changes Idtizens Visit Board To Urge
KILLED OVERSEAS JuliuS BoTOS Day
Fund Completed,
Seen Combining
Town Facilities
Cardy Hunt Team
Retires Trophy
At National Show
Vernon G. Cardy’s hunt team,
wearing the Eglington Hunt Club
colours of this Toronto hunt, won
Deeply involved in the matter i Amory L. Haskell Trophy for
is the Rev. F. Craighill Brown, time in a sensational
dean of the seminary, and former j Pcrforitisnce at Madison Square
rector of Emmanuel Church here, i Garden last week.
Dean Brown heads the group of! Competing against twelve teams
seven faculty members who, with drawn from many parts of the
the chaplain of the school formal- United States, Times Square, rid-
ly submitted resignations which den by Vernon G. Cardy, MEH,
were accepted last week by Dr.
Edward M. McCrady, vice-chan
cellor of the university..
The protesting group had orig
inally stated that, while protest
ing the action of the trustees, they
would await the annual meeting
in June, for further discussion of
the matter. Last week’s sudden
action of the faculty was set off
by the methods of those in au
thority in that, according to the
statement released by the protest
ing group; “what gets discussed
at present Is Aot the issue itself
Gold Lode, ridden by Miss Helen
Ferguson, honorary whip, and
Kacormac, ridden by James
Pogue, professional whip, scored
a faultless round over ten, juirips.
In six years of competition in this
nt the Cardy team has a rec
ord of three seconds and three
; Tneir victory gave themi
outright possesesion of the Amory
L. Haskell Trophy.
Maple Leaf with Helen Fergus
on up, won second place in the
Working Hunter event and Full
K. O’War also was second in the $1,-
but the real or imagmed defects of ! non i., tiu t-
our character and the debatable |°°° f
points in our procedure.”
uo X • 1 J. [^“6 largest in the history of the
So great is our love for the j nation show this year, with fifteen
cause, continues the statement, , ^^^e entries in each class.
‘so great is cur concern that Se- mu ^ j 1.
wanee wrestle with this issue Pu^^^ horses were the only
manfully and objectively, that we stable competing at the Gar-
have come, after much agonizing week. However, Miss
searching of conscience, to the Walsh, of Stoneybrook
conclusion that we must resign.”
Dean Brown, who heads the
dissident group, went in 1949 to
Sewanee from Southern Pines,
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Youth Confesses
Looting Homes At
Vass, Chapel Hill
A 17-year-old Negro who has
admitted to looting three homes at
Vass October 31 faces superior
court trial not only for these dep
redations, but for several recent-
Iv committed at Chapel Hill, it
was learned this week from the
office of Sheriff C. J. McDonald.
Members of the sheriff’s de
partment aided by the SBI arrest
ed Henry Lee McCrimmon with
in 24 hours after the discovery
was made by Mrs. P. A. Wilson,
Stables, had the mount on several
occasions on Miss Eleanora Sears’
chestnut mare Reno. Miss Walsh
piloted Reno to several victories,
inning a^lso fifth in the^Working. and other fire fighting equipment.
Registered voters living within
the city limits of Southern Pines
will vote Tuesday on a four-way
plan for civic improvement. By
their vote they will approve or
reject issuance of bonds in the to
tal sum of $160,000.
Voting will be at the fire sta
tion, from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.,
with Mrs. Grace Kaylor as regis
trar.
The $160,000 total is presented
by the town board as an “outside
figure” for the four projects. The
likelihood is that they will not
cost this much, and bonds will be
issued only in the amount needed,
said Mayor C. N. Page.
He cited the case of the muni
cipal water plant, for which the
voters approved issuande of $275,-
000 in bonds, whereas $255,000
was all that was needbd and is
sued.
The four projects are to be vot
ed on separately. This means vot
ers may mark their ballots for
some, if they wish, and agaihst
others. There is no “straight
ticket” iri this election, and those
approving all four projects will
have to mark their X four times.
Since the town board meet
ing Wednesday night, the pos
sibility is seen that two of the
projects may be combined in
actual construction, if it is
found economical and practi
cal to do so. See town board
story in adjoining column.
The projects as advertised dur
ing the past few weeks are as fol
lows:
(1) Enlargement and extension
of the sanitary sewer system, $10,-
000.
(2) New, modern fire truck,
$20,000. (the LaFrance truck now
in use to be kept as a reserve.)
(3) Modern builditig to be used
as police station and jail, with fur-
nishings and equipment, $96,000
(This building, to be built ol
brick'and classified as fire-resist
ant, will also have space to house
the ABC store, with storage room,
also a courtroom for use in JP
trials and in the event of the set
ting up of a separate traffic court
here. It is planned to be built on
the site of the present police sta
tion).
(4) Remodeling of existing fire
station tp house the new truck
Changes In Bond Vote Projects
A last minute attempt by a^"
group cf citizens to obtain post-j daticm. This can legally be
ponement of the bond issue elec-! done, the town attorney said,
ticn, scheduled for next Tues-,
day, in order, to give time for . decided it wss more econ-
further study of the proposals in- proceed with the elec-
volved, went down to defeat at change the plans if de-
the town toard meeting held Wed- than to postpone the vote
nesday night. The board, of whom ?tter expenses in connection with
only three cornmissioners, Messrs. I already been incurred.
Blue, Brown and Clark, and! Gilmore, president of the
Mayor Page, were present, voted ^ Lumber Co. a nd past pres-1
to proceed with the election hr luent of the Sandhills Kiwanis
planned.
However, the board agreed
with several points made by
the group, notably that con
solidation of town facilities
might be better than the way
they have been plcuined. If
the bond issue passes, it is
likely they will make some
changes in the proposed, con
struction, in favor of consoli-
Farmers, Hunters
And Fire Fighters
Rejoice In Rain
Hunter class and second in the
Frank Melville Memorial Trophy
test for hunters ridden by ama
teurs.
Lariat, a horse seen here in the
hunting field when owned by
Cappy Smith, won the jumper
championship of the show. Linky
Smith, who has visited here, hunt
ing with the Moore County
Hounds, had the mount on Lariat.
provide storage for the town
trucks, with furnishings and
equipment, $34,000 (the town
trucks now being housed in a
wooden shed considered hazard
ous and inadequate).
The fire truck the board has in
mind, it has been previously an
nounced, is one on the order of
(Continued on page 8)
Rain falling Monday and
Tuesday on bone-dry forests and
fields broke the back cf a 32-day
drought and rejoiced the hearts of
farmers and fire fighters alike.
It was also welcomed by hunt-
;rs, as the state had clamped
down a ban on hunting only last
unday, for fear of more forest
fires. ’ri)is was lifted Tuesday as
the rain continued.
In the southern end of Moore
county, it began with a downpour
in the early hours of -Monday
morning. Though no downpour,
only light showers, were reported
in the upper part of the county.
Farm Agent E. H. (Garrison said,
“This is just what we wanted—
if it will only keep up.” It did—
in a two-day drizzle.
Pasture seeds planted a month
ago might now be expected to
germinate, and good winter pas
tures could still be expected if
conditions now remain normal.
gg ident of
club, and Jack Younts, owner and
manager of WEEB, were the
spokesmen for the group which
included: Ralph Chandler Jr.,
Graham Culbreth, Maxwell For
rest, J; T. Overton, John Pottle, A.
jR. McDaniel, Mrs. James Boyd,
D. S. Dorman.
Harry Fullenwider was present
as the town’s legal advisor.
Following the reading of the
minutes by Clerk Burns,the mayor
called on the delegation and Mr.
Younts handed around copies of
the questions on which the group
based their plea for delay of the
election. They were as follows:
(l)In view of the fact that
the town Requires additional
space for fire equipment, for
the police department, and
for a jail, would it not be
well at this time to consoli
date all these functions under
one roof, conducive to a more
efficient operation of the
town’s business through coor
dination of public services and
an ultimate lowering of costs
of operation?
(2) Is it proper to include
the construction of an Alco
holic Beverage Control Store
in a municipal bond issue?
(3) Would the town board
agree to a deferment of the
election, meanwhile allowing
the citizens’ ^roup to appoint
a selected number of interest
ed, capable, private citizens
to work with the Board on
this matter, in order to derive
greater benefit from this bond
issue and more adequately
satisfy public opinion?
Not Opposing
Proceding. .Mr. Younts made it
SjSGT. ALLISON FIELDS
Sgt. Fields Dies
In Plane Accident
Near English Base
the farm agent said. ■ ,
Crews of the N. C. Forest Serv-^ °P
ice and volunteer fire fighters, Question
who have been battling flames in ^ ® fuct that the improvements
•^he tinder-dry woods in Moore as were all necessary
in many other counties of the however, he said, have
state, are now taking a well-Pj®"® pro-
-’arned rest—with their fingers ?®-®®‘^'S^°^P
crossed.
It’s Official - Ike 5442, Adlai 5066;
Oddities In Moore Election Returns
Official returns in the general^' 1
election of Novembef 4, follow
ing the canvass of votes by the
board of elections last Thursday
Monroe ■’Chappeir and'EarrEer- "^o^ning, showed that Eisenhower
guson, of Vass, that their homes
had been broken into and rob
bed of numerous articles, small
and large, also some cash.
McCrimmon was found to be an
Orange (bounty Negro, who had
been visiting relatives in the Vass
neighborhood. Jailed in default of
$1,500 bond, he was soon visited
by. police from Chapel Hill and
admitted to them he had been re
sponsible for several home robber
ies in that town. They took him
back to Chapel Hill, and he point
ed out several homes he had rob
bed. At his home they also found
much of the loot.
M-c-st of the articles taken at
Vass were also returned, except
for the cash, which had been
spent. A gun and rod and reel
missing from the Ferguson home
were not located. A watch belong
ing to Mrs. Wilson was found, but
in damaged condition.
Whether McCrimmon, now back
in jail at Carthage, will face trial
first at the Orange County term
of criminal court in December, or
at the Moore County term at Car
thage in January, has not yet been
determined. Whichever county
tries him first, the other will get
him later.
won 5,442 votes in Moore county,
against 5,066 for Stevenson. These
were the largest votes ever cast
in the county for either a Repub
lican or a Democratic candidate.
'The presidential vote totaled
10,508, the largest number of
voters ever drawn to the polls by
an election in Moore. Records
were broken all alpng the line, in
the votes cast by both parties. It
was the first time since 1928 the
county voted for a Republican
REELECTED
C. B. Deane of Rockingham,
member of Congress from the
Eighth district, was reelected
rcording Secretary of the N.
C. Baptist State convention
at Winston-Salem Wednes-
'day.
1 This will be the 21ist year
Mr. Deane has served his
church in this capacity. He
has also served as a trustee of
Wake Forest college and a
m-emiber of the board of di
rectors of the Baptist hospital
at Winston-Salem.
The Rev. Archie Ellis, pas
tor of the First Baptist church
at Salisbury, was elected pres
ident of the Conveniioti.
president.
In the other offices the Dem
ocrats held firm with majorities
all down the line on both state and
county tickets. The Republican
vote, however, ran well over half
in each case—more than two-
thirds, in the gubernatorial vote.
While Umstead secured 6,116
votes for governor, his Republi
can opponent, H. F. SeaweU, Jr.,
of Carthage, received 4,348 votes
among his loyal “home folks.”
The Republican vote for lieu
tenant governor was also strong
—6,157 for Hodges (D) to 3,976
for Pritchard (R). That for Con
gressman was similar, with Deane
(D) getting 6,216 and Love (R) 3,-
989.
While Eisenhower captured the
vote in 10 precincts out of 17, only
six precincts—^Bensalem, High-
falls, Ritters, Robbins, Spencer-
ville and Spies went Republican
all the way.
Additional precincts won by the
Republican
Swett Gets 839
Write-In Votes,
Can’t Take Job
“First I’ve heard about it,” ex
claimed J. B. Swett of Southern
Pines when informed Tuesday
afternoon, one week after the No
vember 4 election, that he had
received 839 write-in, votes for
county surveyor.
No one had bothered to inform
Mr. Swett, a registered engineer,
of this unexpected vote, nor to
^sk him if he would take the
job—which he said he couldn’t
possibly do. “I certainly appre
ciate the tribute,” he added, “but
my private work keeps me too
busy.”
This was the largest write-in
vote of the election, possibly the
largest of all time, in Moore coun
ty, and apparently represented no
organized movement but a spon
taneous wish expressed by about
eight per cent of the electors. No
one had filed for surveyor on
either ticket.
Mr. Swett said it was the first
time any such thing had happened
to him since he found himseK
once, some years ago, on the Re
publican ticket for surveyor. A
good Democrat, and not after the
job anyhow, he bad his name re
moved.
One other write-in vote this
time. was interesting—that of H.
M. Tucker, whose name was writ-
candidate for presi'
dent were AberdcM, by just fwr'ten in 325 voters for county
commissioner on the Republican
t.°s f626-622): Pinebluff (236-
140), Southern Pines (985-767).
Remaining in the Democratic
ticket, opposing G. M. Cameron
in District 5. Mr. Tucker, who
column for Stevenson, were Cam-1 lives in West End, had previous-
eron (421-207); East Carthage, jly been taken off the ticket, as
341-160; West Carthage, 592-276;jhe had never announced or filed
Deep River, 93-61; Eurka, 157-36; as a candidate. His name, how-
Vass, 316-168, and West End, 306-1 ever, was employed in Republi-
(Continued on Page 8) ' can campaign advertising.
felt was inefficiency that result
ed in having the town’s services
so_ scattered, and spoke also of
the fact that valuable business
property in the center of town
was removed from taxation.
Mr. Younts said the committee
''"'lipved that putting the fire and
police departments, and the town
clerk’s office under one roof
would save countless footsteps,
and probably some labor costs as
well. As for the jail, which is a
Must, the present structure having
been long since condemned, he
asked if consideration had been
given to construction of a deten
tion room, instead of a full-scale
jail, for overnight detention of
Iccal offenders, a plan that would
he suggested, materially reduce
costs of construction.
ABC Store Question
Speaking of the ABC store and
the plan to incorporate it in the
proposed new building, he asked
if the legal aspect of this step had
been cleared, saying that he and
the group questioned whether it
was legal for a municipality tO'
build property for rent. He point
ed out that, under present rules,
the Alcoholic Control Board may
build its own stores, which was
not the case when the present ar
rangement was made.
Mr. Fullenwider gave his opin
ion that the arrangement is legal.
Voit Gilmore followed Mr
Ycunts, saying that the group
came not to criticize or as experts,
but simply as interested taxpay
ers-“who want to see the greatest
return from our tax dollars.” He
admitted that the action came
very late.
‘We have come at the eleventh
hour,” he said, “but feeling that it
is better to come now than to wait
until too late. We do- realize that
the board, may well be exaspera
ted at this last minute delay, but
there it is, and after all, $100,000
is a staggering sum to Southern
Pines. We hope that the best pos
sible thought may be brought to
(Continued mi page 8)
Staff Sgt. Alliscn E. Fields was
killed in an airplane accident in
England last Thursday night, hc-
cording to word received by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alec Fields
of Southern Pines. He would have
been 27 years old today (Novem
ber 14).
According to information re
ceived from the Defense Depart
ment, his, body is being flown
to this country, to arrive within
10 days to three weeks. PJans are
being made for his funerail and
burial here.
His wife knd four-year-old son,
Allison Edgar Fields, Jr., will ar
rive next week from their home
at Hunter Air Force Base, Savan
nah, Ga., to be with his parents
for the funeral.
According to available informa
tion, Sergeant Fields, a waist gun
ner, was one of an 11-man crew,
all of whom were killed when
their plane exploded at Great
Dunmow, near Bishopstorftford
England, as it was coming in for
a landing.
Sergeant Fields was born and
reared in Southern Pines and
graduated from high school here
in 1943. On graduation he was the
recipient of the Junior Chamber
of Commerce award for citizenship
and service. He was an Eagle
Scout of Troop 73, and an out
standing swimmer, serving as life
guard at Aberdeen lake and also
at Lakeview.
In the fall of 1943 he entered
Charleston Medical college as a
pharmacy student but in a short
while enlisted in the Air Force.
He was called early in 1944, and
in July of that year received his
gunner’s wings at Kingman field,
Arizona. Soon he was flying com
bat missions over Europe.
On his discharge soon after
World War 2 ended, he returned
to college at Charleston. In 1947
he was married to Miss Pansy
Janelle Johnson of Ridge Springs,
75 Entries x4re Ip
Community Event
Drawing Big Names
Of Golf And Press
The Julius Boros Day Tourna
ment committee has reached its
fund goal, and entries are pouring
in for the big community event
slated for next Sunday through
Tuesday, November 23-25, at the.
Mid-Pines club.
Announcement concerning the
fund achievement was made
Wednesday by Arch Coleman,
chairman of the citizens’ commit
tee heading up the community
project. The quota, to take care
of a $5,000 purse for professional
golfers and other expenses, had
been originally set at $6,700.
While he did not state the exact
amount which had been raised, it
is “within shooting distance” of
this amount.
Solicitation has ended, but ad
ditional contributions are still be
ing received at the Chamber of
Commerce office, to add to the
prizes for the amateurs.
From Miss Jean Cosgrove at the
Mid Pines, who is handling the
tournament entries, came word
this week that 75 professional and
amateur golfers have accepted in
vitation. A numl^r of others are
expected in to make up the field
limited to about 100 players.
Boros Will Play
Leading the list of entries is
Julius Boros himself, the 1952
“King of Golf,” a fairly obscure
pro at the Mid Pines Club and
minor tournament winner until
his phenomenal winning streak
opened up last June. In quick
succession he won the National
Open and the World Champion
ship for a total of $37,000 in prizes.
Boros will return Monday from
Chicago, where he Was honored
at a dinner given by the PGA and
made the recipient of the “Pro
fessional Golfer of the Year”
award, the topmost in his field.
'The local tournament, designed
to be held annually, is being spon
sored by Southern Pines and Pine-
hurst citizens in recognition of .
Boros’ fabulous achievement, and
the fine publicity which he has
brought to the Sandhills.
As a community project it wiU
be free to all spectators, and a
large gallery is expected to fol
low the host of golfing stars about
the Mid Pines course during the
three-day event.
Banquet
The banquet to be held in the
Mid Pines dining room Tuesday
night is also open to the public—
for a price. Plates are $10 and are
expected to be scarce at that. Only
about 40 or 50 are expected to be
available after all the guests—
golfers, golf officials and press—
have been taken care of.
Banquet tickets—as long as
they last—may be secured on ap
plication to Mrs. Mary Baxter,
S. C., a graduate of the Univer-, secretary of the tournament com
sity of South Carolina. He left mittee, at the Page-McDonald Mo-
college and returned to the Air
Force at that time.
From, his home base at Savan-
tor Co., Inc., in Southern Pines.
Invitations to play have been
issued to a long list of stars of the
nah he had been sent on a num^ pro and amateur worlds. Only
ber of training missions overseas,' four have been issued locally, so
in far, to Brig. Gen. William M.
and on the last one had been
England two months, o-n a mis
sion supposed to last only three.
Surviving are his wife, his son,
his parents and one brother, Alec
Fields, Jr., of Southern Pines.
Gross, commandant of USAFA-
GOS, a winner of numerous Air
Force and all-service tournaments
in various parts of the world; Jack
(Continued on page 5)
Mills Circus Draws Good Crowds;
Fire Adds Extra Excitement - Almost
Fast work prevented extra ex
citement, and perhaps tragedy, at
the afternoon performance of the
Mills Brothers circus on the town
showgrounds last Friday, when
fire sprang up about 20 feet from
the main tent.
Jack Mills, co-owner of the cir
cus, saw the blaze start up in dry
grass between the “big top” and
the animal tent. He grabbed off
his coat and started beating it out.
He was joined by four or five cir
cus employees with tarpaulins
and they had it out in about five
minutes. Altogether it burned
over about 250 square feet, almost
touching the edge of the animal
tent.
The band under the “big top,”
apprised of what was going on,
played vigorously to keep any
alarm from spreading. Among
Winn, and three grandchildren,
Jimmy, Kitty and Eileen. They
were on the reserved-seat grand
stand, which was closest to the
fire.
The town fire truck came over
from the garbage disposal field
across the road, where it had gone
to smother down some of the
smoke from a controlled pit fire.
The firemen, however, found the
fire at the circlus already out.
Several firemen remained on duty
throughout the rest of the after
noon, and for the night show also,
in view of the general dry con
ditions creating an unusual haz
ard.
The circus, sponsored here by
the Southern Pines Lions club,
drew a crowd at night almost
twice as large as that of the after-
the crowd of some 1,500 spectators ^ noon. General comments on the
sat Gen. George C. Marshall with!show were that it was clean and
his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Jack | (Continued on Page 8)