Page Twelve
THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina
Friday, November 28. 1952
Public Welfare
Group Attends
State Institute
Town Studying Fire Alarm System
For West Side, Mayor Tells Meeting
Mrs. Walter B. Cole, Moore
County superintendent of public
welfare, and four members of the
welfare department staff attended
the Thirty-Third Annual N. C.
Public Welfare Institute held at
the Sir Walter hotel, Raleigh, No
vember 13-14, with the theme
“The Meaning of Public'Welfare
in North Carolina.”
Dr. Ellen Winston, State Com
missioner of Public Welfare, pre
sided, and talks were made by
Dr. Clyde Linville of the Univer-
(isity of Tennessee; Brandon
Hodges, state treasurer; Albert S.
Coates, director of the N. C; In
stitute of Government; Dr. Don
ald Howard, dean of the School
of Social Welfare of the Univer
sity of North Carolina; and the
Rt. Rev. Edwin A. Penick, bishop
of the Episcopal diocese of North
Carolina.
Round table and panel discus
sions of various phases of public
welfare work were conducted by
several county and state officials,
social workers and teachers.
Accompanying Mrs. Cole to the
Institute were Mrs. Myrtle D. Mc-
Callum, Mrs. lola King, Mrs. Mary
McKeithen Clawson and Mrs.
Anne B. Russell, of the county
welfare staff.
The town board is working with*
the Central Carolina Telephone'
company to develop a fire alarm
system for West Southern Pines,
looking toward installation of a
branch of the volunteer fire de
partment, with a fire truck and
a place to house it.
This was disclosed by Mayor
C. N. Page to an interested audi
ence of between 200 and 250 citi
zens, meeting Monday night, No
vember 17, in the West Southern
Pines school auditorium.
“I can’t promise anything at this
stage, but I believe you should
have improved fire protection and
INQUEST
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he has been held without privilege
of bond since the finding of Mrs.
McLaughlin’s body. He will face
the grand jury at the January
term.
The coroner^s' jury was compos
ed of Henry Williams and Stacy
Brewer, Jr., of Robbins, P. B. Par
rish, Hughes Bradshaw, J. E. Mc
Keithen and Leo Arey of Aber
deen.
— - State’s witnesses included Lou-
I "will devote'my best efforts to- j ise McLaughlin’s mother, Mrs. El-
ward seeing that you get it,” the! la Mae Dowd; her 12-year-old sis-
Mayor told the group. A good'ter, Patricia Angela Dowd, and
alarm system, and a small truck!her brother, James (Buck) Dowd;
to use quickly, in those first im- Southern Pines Police Chief C. E
portant minutes while the big! Newton, Officer Lamar Smith and
truck is getting there, should do Deputy Sheriff A. F. E^es, Wor-
the work, he said.
horn. I asked Melvin how it got
there and he said he had cut his
finger. He showed me a cut place
on, his finger.
Took a Trip
“He said he was sorry he kept
the car so long but he had to drive
home to get some more money to
pay for his car. The gas tank was
almost empty, and later on he told
me he had taken a trip to carry
someone to Linden road, Pine-
hurst. He said he made $2 and
he gave me the $2 to pay Tor my
gas.
“After I left his house that day
I found more blood in the car—
specks on the veltilator, and spots
on the back seat.”
Morrison, who, police say, has
steadfastly denied any knowledge
of Louise’s death, did not take the
stand.
The occasion was a public meet
ing held on the eve of the recent
municipal bond election for civic
improvements. In contrast to a
similar meeting held in Southern
Pines, which drew fewer than 20
people, a large and interested
audience appeared, with many
questions to ask.
T. R. Goins was chairman, and
the Rev. J. R. Funderburk served
as moderator. The questions and
answers covered not only the im-
Subsoil samples are no longer mediate issues of the bond elec-
necessary in taking soil samples ition but many phases of munici
for analysis by the State Depart-'
ment of Agriculture soil sampling
laboratory.
thy Lee Morgan, white. Price Aus
tin and Bill Hancock, Negroes, of
Southern Pines; and Dr. Owens.
While Mrs. Dowd said she had
known of no trouble between her
daughter and Morrison, who had
dated her frequently for about a
FIRST HUNT
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and secretary of the hunt, is hard
at work schooling a youngster.
And why all these sounds and
this great activity? Well, actually,
something like that is going on
most of the time out there on
the hill beyong Manly, but it has
been stepped up to lever pitch
year, Patricia Angela told of see- i this week because of Opening
ing Morrison snatch her sister out
of a car in front of their house,
knock her down and “stomp” her
on a date which she set, somewhat
uncertainly, as October 26.
Seen Together
Chief Newton said Morrison,
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D. A. Blue. Jr.
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Hunt Day. This is the day when
the Moore County Hounds go out
for the first official hunt of the
season, accompanied by staff and
field in lull panoply of scarlet and
buck, when the shine on top-hats,
boot-tops and all polishable metal
is so bright you can’t look at it
without winking.
picked up by police for question
pal government—taxation, water'ing after the girl was reported
and sewer lines, hard surfacing! missing November 11, had said
of streets and—a major concern ini he had not seen her since Novem-
that community of many small iber 5. Yet her mother said he
frame home—fire protection. i had come by to see her on the
Mayor Page explained that the evening of November 6, when _ , .
hardsurfacing of streets is pro- Louise told him at the door to “go,and keen and, by £
well thanks to the Pow- on” as she didn’t wish to speak to'that’s just what they
gressing well, thanks to the Pow
ell. Bill funds, and that before
many years have gone by, all
streets within the city limits
should be surfaced.
He outlined economies effect
ed by the Town in investing a
considerable portion of the Powell
Bill money in street building and
maintenance equipment, meaning
that after the initial investment
is made mere work can be done,
faster, and cheaper, than on pri
vate contract.
Cubbing Has Started
We took a look at hounds and
horses Monday and have to report
that all are in top form for. the
coming season. Hounds look line
all reports,
are. Two
him; Price Austin said he saw
them meet at the railroad station
and get in a car the morning of
the day of her disappearance, and
Hancock, an employee of
Knowles’ grocery store across
from the station, said he saw them
drive together from the station up
Connecticut avenue.
James Dowd said he had been
with Morrison twice to the woods
behind the Linen White plant
where his sister’s body was later
found, once alone with Morrison
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Mrs. J. F. Williams
Proprietor
Breakfast Served
1090 S. Bennett St.
and Route 1
Southern Pines, N. C.
Phone 2-5745
ARTHRITIS?
I have been wonderfully blessed
in being restored to active life
after being crippled in nearly
every joint in my body and with
muscular soreness from head to
foot. I had Rheumatoid Arthritis
and other forms of Rheumatism,
hands deformed and my ankles
were set.
Limited space prohibits telling
you more here* but if you will
write me I will reply at once and
tell you how I received this won
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2805 Arbor Hills Drive
P. O. Box 3122
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West Southern Pines in
The news was less good con
cerning extension of sewer lines,
with which West Southern Pines
is inadequately served. It would
take a bond issue of $150,000 to
$200,000 to see that all the homes
are connected, and this appears
now to be a somewhat distant
dream.
“I am of the belief that water
and sewer lines in a town should
be paid for by those who have
them, while tax adjustments of
some sort should be made for
those who do not,” Mayor Page
said.
The meeting was one of good
will throughout, and the general
conclusion was that the citizens
are getting a good return in serv
ices for the taxes they pay, with
a good outlook for better.
Kiwanis Seeking
Funds In Support
Of Hospital Bed •
The Sandhills Kiwanis club has
begun its annual drive to raise
funds to support a bed at the
Moore County hospital for the use
of underprivileged children of
Moore county.
The fund-raising effort is the
special project of the Under-priv
ileged Children’s committee of the
Kiwanis club, whose chairman is
the Rev. Dr. Adam Weir Craig, of
Pinehurst. Other members of the
committee, who are serving as
fund chairmen in their own com
munities, are: N. L. Hodgkins, Jr.,
Southern Pines; J. B. Edwards,
Aberdeen, assisted by Benjamin
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A check for the amount raised
will be presented Friday evening,
December 5, at the annual Ladies’
Night banquet of the Kiwanis
club at the Pinehurst Country
club, to Thomas W. Howerton,
hospital administrator. All per
sons wishing to share in this an
nual club project are invited to
give their contribution to any of
the community chairmen listed
above.
JAYCEE BANQUET
Annual Ladies Night of the Car
thage Junior Chamber of Com
merce will be held tonight (Fri
day) at the Village Inn. The state
Jaycee president will be a special
guest and speaker.
Savings bonds valued at $700
nave been awarded to six 4-H’ers
and Future Farmers—winners in
the State Junior Tobacco Shows
and Sales.
where Louise and me come to
have our fun.” The second time,
he said, they went with his sister
and another girl.
The officers reported briefly on
the search for the missing girl, the
finding of the body and the ques
tioning and later arrest of Morri
son. ,
Morgan's Testimony
Most telling ■ witness was Wor
thy Lee Morgan, like Morrison an
employee of the Robbins Mills on
the third shift (midnight to 8 a.m.)
He was accustomed, he said, to
having Morgan drive him back
and forth from work. When asked
if the Negro ever “mentioned
Louise,” he replied, “He was all
the time talking about her.”
On November 4, which he re
membered as Election Day, he
said he went with Morrison into
the woods near Aberdeen to have
a drink the Negro offered him, of
homemade wine. This was three
days before the girl’s disappear
ance.
“He told me he had a hole dug
in the woods there and had decid
ed to kill Louise and took her
down there, but she pleaded so
hard for her life he let her go.
400 Steps A-way
Pointing out where the hole
was, he held out his arm in the
direction where, it later turned
out, the girl was buried—perhaps
alive. “When I heard where she
was found, I went down and
measured the distance,” Morgan
said. “The grave was just 400
steps away from where we had
parked.
He said when they drove home
in his car from work Friday
morning, November 7, Morrison
asked if he could drive back to
Aberdeen and see if his own car,
which was in the shop- at Mid-
South Motors for repairs, was
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ready. Morgan agreed, and went
along too, to get his check from
the Robbins Mill. The car turned
out not to be ready yet, and Mor
rison, bringing Morgan back again
to his home in Southern Pines,
asked if he could borrow the car
“for 45 minutes” to keep a date
with a girl at the railroad station.
"He Was Jumpy'
Morgan said he went to sleep,
and his wife woke him about 1:30
p.m. Some company came and he
asked them to take him to Morri
son’s house to get his car. He ad
mitted to being somewhat angry
that it had not been returned.
They found the car in the back
yard of the house on Leake street
where Morrison stayed. Asked if
Melvin acted or looked at all odd
ly, Morgan said, “Well, he was
jumpy. And there were ,some
specks on his face. I didn’t pay
any attention then. I guess I 'was
kind of mad about the car. But I
thought about them later. They
looked like blood.
“I got in the car and I found
blood all over the steering wheel.
It was on the gear shift and the
spanking rims on red foxes l£st
week attest to their good condi
tion and eagerness.
Ginny Moss took the old dog
pack out early last week, and
they had a grand run of close on
an hour, almost too much for
horses and men not yet fit for
strenuous going. The next day
the bitches and young hounds
went out with the Master as
huntsman and ran a red for an
hour and a half before he went
to ground.
As to horses, the story is still
to be told, for many of them. The
Moss stable is full of young ones,
this fall. They come from all over
the country: from the far west,
where many were picked up at
former army remount stations,
from: Virginia and Maryland and
the middle states. All show their
owners’ flair for good conforma
tion and good sense. Then there
are some we recall from last year:
the big heavy chestnut, the mas
ter’s favorite ride, named Extorn-
ry, (Winnie the Pooh’s version of
Extraordinary.) And extraordin
arily good he looks. Mr. Moss is
planning to ride him opening day.
Mrs. Moss will probably take out
her favorite, too, the dark chest
nut stud, Battlewick, who stands
at Mile-Away. Unusually quiet
and gentle for a stallion, Battle
wick has lovely manners, is a fine
jumper and has turned into a
good whip’s horse under the ex
pert handling of his owner. He is
by the Man O’War-bred Battle
ship, who got his schooling in the
Sandhills under the late Noel
Laing.
Mile-Aivay's Co'wboy
A yearling colt sired by Battle
wick is now perhaps the prize
possession of the stable. We
watched him come back from his
exerciser, ridden by Bob Hendrix
of El Reno, Oklahoma. Hendrix
came east with a carload of west
ern horses early in the summer
and stayed on at Mile-Away to
help with the schooling. A top-
hand and breaker of colts for the
Fort Reno remount station, until
it was abandoned by the army,
Hendrix rides a stock saddle and
handles his colts entirely with a
hackamore. The colt, called Bat
tle Wings, out of a mare by Bad
Bill, is tall for a yearling, with
much quality, carrying a high
alert head like his daddy and
granddady. He looks to have the
same good disposition.
We looked in on Shawnee, the!
dark liver-colored chestnut with’
the white blaze, who will prob
ably be his mistress’ second string
during the coming season. But we
looked in vain for one good old
friend. Dark Victory, of fond
memory and faultless perform
ance, hunted since his babyhood
by Mrs. Moss, was put to sleep
this summer, in his 17th year, fol
lowing an injury when he was out
at pasture.
On The Brewster Hilltop
Across the green fields, studded
with jumps, and white riding-
rings, we drove to the big white
barn and outbuildings owned by
W. J. Brewster of Pinehurst, joint
master with Ozelle Moss, and na
tionally known road builder. To
those who may not be aware of it:
Mr. Brewster is largely respon
sible fo'r cutting four or five hours
off the driving time down here
from the North by his newly built
highway to the East of Route 1.
Besides roads Mr. Brewster
Climbed to this second love in a
really big way, purchasing per
haps the most famous, and, t’is
said, the most expensive, animal
of the hunter show classes. This
is My Bill, now occupying the
best stall at the Brewster Stables
and due to be ridden by his mas
ter on opening day.
My Bill is a chestnut, a big
horse. It goes without saying that
h^ is just about faultless as to
conformation, for he seems to
have won every conformation
class he ever entered. Bred and
raised by Cappy Smith of Middle-
burg, he started his show career
as 3-year-old champion of the
Upperville Colt Show, most fa
mous hunter shew of the Virginia
circuit. Today, at eleven, he is
still doing it. Bought by Mr.
Brewster from his former owner,
H. J. O’Connell, of Hyannis, Mass.,
in early October, he took six out
of eight champic-nships at the
Harrisburg Show, * next to the
Garden the country’s largest show.
My Bill finished up with the $2000
stake and the champion confor
mation hunter trophy, winning by
32 points.
Hunters And A Spptted Pony
Other outstanding show horses
the string are: Corvee,
green hunter champion at Harris
burg and young hunter champion
at Devon and Oxridge; North
Slope, reserve young hunter
champion at the Sandhills spring
show and reserve to Corvee at
Devon; Friar’s Delight, conforma
tion hunter champion at Sedge-
field and Devon and reserve at
Warrenton; and Why Not, the
strong chestnut who will be re
called for his fine steady going
here last spring and who, later in
the summer, was working hunter
champion at Greenwich.
With other attractive young
horses looking out over stall
doors in the Brewster barn, last
but not least is the shooting pony
that belongs to Mr. Brewster’s son,
George. His name is Piasano and
he is an Appaloosh, or spotted
pony, an Indign pony breed, kept
for chiefs of the tribe. Standing
about 15 hands, he is white with
roan spots of every size and
shape, but distinguished particu
larly by the five marks, ^ like the
finger prints of a big hand, on his
near flank.
“That’s where the chief’s hand
slapped him,” said Jack Goodwin.
Which seems to be the first
mention we have made of -the
manager of the Brewster Stables,
and trainer and show rider, also
second whip to the Moore County
Hounds, who kindly showed us
around. We ended up with the
gayest show of all: the big stock
saddle, leather-tooled and silver
mounted, that he got for George
Brewster and his painted pony
out in Quincy, California, where
Piashno came from. There is a
silver medallion on the horn and
back on the cantle is a silver
plaque that reads: “Chief Many
Trucks” in honor of the owner,
who is manager of his father’s big
fleet of construction trucks. The
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