TOWN CAUCUS
TUESDAY NIGHT
® AT AUDITORIUM
VOL. 34—NO. 22
TOWN CAUCUS
TUESDAY NIGHT
AT AUDITORIUM
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ge Group
Wins Picquet Cup
T” Choral Contest
Five High School
Glee Clubs Heard
In Kiwanis Event
The Carthage High School glee
club, singing with spirit, feeling
and fine tonal qualities, won the
Picquet Cup in the eighth annual
Moore County Glee Club contest,
held Wednesday evening at Weav
er auditorium.
NO LONGER OUTLAWS, the last of the
eight men charged with the murder of Chief
Bunn Cameron are locked up in Moore county
jail. From left are shown Sheriff C. J. McDon
ald, “Junebug” Morrison, “Scotty” Harris and
J. C. Dowd, Jr. Dowd and Harris were brought
back to Moore county from West Virginia by
McDonald and McCallum Saturday night.
(Pilot Staff Photo)
Schoolkids Will
Hear Symphony
* Concert Tuesday
Children cf the Southern Pines
schools, with those of Aberdeen
and Pmehurst as their invited
guests, will hear a free program
of n-.usic by the N. C. Symphony
orchestra at Weaver auditorium
Tuesday at 2 p. m.
Children of other schools will
be aamittad up to the capacity of
® the auditcrium, if their transpor
tation can be arranged. ■
The conc'ert is sponsored by the
Sandhills Music association, in
conjunction with that to be given
at the auditorium Monday eve
ning, April 27, as part of the as
sociation’s 1952-53 series. Usually
the schoclchildren’s free concert
and the evening concert are held
on the same date. This time, on
account c® a conflict in engage
ments, the orchestra will come
twice to Southern Pines so that
the children will not miss their
treat. Dr. Benjamih Swalin will
direct both concerts. Tickets for
the April 27 concert are available
at the Barnum Realty office.
As is its custom, the orchestra
has sent out advance material for
the schoolchildren to study in con
nection with the concert, so they
will enjoy it to the fuUest, with
informed appreciation of what
goes on on the stage.
The program for the youngsters’
concert will include the follow
ing; Semper Fidelis March, by
John Philip Sousa; Prayer, from
Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gret-
el; Military Symphony, bv
Haydn; Wedding Day at Trold-
haugen, by Grieg; Entrance of the
Little Fauns, by Pierne; Flight of
% the Bumblebee, by Rimsky-Kors-
akoff; The School Bus, by Hem-
mer, and Espana, by Chabrier.
The children wiU join the or
chestra in singing Haydn’s The
Emperor’s Hymn; an American
Folksong, “Shanghai Chicken”;
and “My Darling Clementine,” by
Montrose.
I’arflimg Search For Outlaws Ends
vVithout Violence; Dowd, Harris Jailed
Two young Negro men who had»
been declared outlaws
brought back to Moore
Saturday night by Sheriff C. J.
McDonald and County ABC Offi
cer C. A. McCallum.
The officers went to West Vir
ginia to get one of the wanted
men, and returned with both.
This completed the roster of eight
now in Moore County jail charged
with the murder of C&rthage
Chief Bunn Cameron Sunday.
March 15, with two miore in jail,
two out on bond, charged with ac
cessory after the fact of murder.
^ The last two, J. C. Dowd and
“Scotty” Harris, also known as
“Scotty” Richards, were the ob-
jects of the most widespread man-
wer6 I u A
county originate in Moore
county, covering all the Sandhills
area and stretching
states.
Rotary Banquet,
Dance Will Honor
Basketball Squads
Officer Baker
■Resigns From
Police Force
The resignation of Edward R.
Brker fro’-- th^ Southern Pine':
police department was announced
this week by Chief C. E. Newton.
Officer Baker resigned last
week from the department, of
which he had been a member
i since September 1948. He did not
disclnse JiJs nla^.s other than to
say he was leaving law enforce
ment work.
He is a native of South Caro
lina who grew up in Pinebluff
and graduated from Aberdeen
High school. He married Miss
Juanita Kirk, of ' the Roseland
community, and they have one
child, Linda, two and a half.
Mr. Baker is a veteran of three
iyears’ service with the U.S. Navy.
He came to the local position
shortly after his discharge. The
family has been living at 165 East
Indiana avenue.
The Southern Pines Rotary
club will entertain members of
the boys’ and girls’ high school
basketball teams at their ninth
aMusl Basketball Banquet, com
bined with Ladies Night, at the
Southern Pines Country club at
7 o’clock tonight (Friday).
Invited guests of the Rotarians
will be the 60-some squad mem
bers, cheerleaders, the coaches
and their wives, Supt. and Mrs. A.
C. Dawson, a few citizens who
have made special contributions
to the basketball program, and
of course—the Rctary-Anns.
Others may attend on a dutch
basis, and are advised to contact
Harry Fullenwider, ticket chair
man, as soon as possible for res
ervations, as the capacity of the
dinmg-room is limited.
The program will be notable for
the fact that there will be none.
No speeches, that is. Team and
individual awards will be made,
and the evening will wind up
with a dance-to which all high
.'•chool boys and girls are invited,
free of charge, starting at 9
o’clock.
Garland Pierce, general Chair
man of the event, will serve as
naster of ceremonies,
ighlights cf the evening:
Dinner starting with baked
turkey, winding up with pie a la
mode, with sumptuous accessories
n keeping.
Awards—letters and stars to
team members; the runner-uo
phy in the Moore County tour
nament, to the girls’ team; the
trophies for most improved play
ers (boy and girl), given by ,the
schcol; and, as grand climax, the
coveted VFW trophies for most
ahioble nlayers, boy and girl,
presented by C. S. Patch, Jr., in
behalf of the John Boyd post.
Dancing — both round and. anu me oan
square, with music by the Major |°^ outlawry had led to the belief
Marshall trio; figure calling *^sht to the death might
Lloyd M. Tate, champion figure
-'aller cf the Appalachians; soft] On the contrary, said the Sher-
drinks on the house. i (Continued on page 13)
While leads were being follow
ed in Moore and ether places dur-
mg the past four weeks. Sheriff
McDonald had secured a list of
every known relative of the two
men, and had written to the sher
iff of every county, or the police
chief of every tewn, where these
relatives were known to be liv
ing. He sent each one a “Want
ed” poster with the men’s pic
tures on it.
One of these letters reached
Sheriff Paul Goode of Wyoming
county. West Virginia, ana
through it the long search was
ended.
At Uncle's Home
Harris has an uncle living in
the small country village of Sa
bine, in Wyoming county. It was
to this uncle’s home that the fugi
tives had made their way, after
they had eluded officers who
were close on their trail at Star.
Ihe uncle, who did not know they
were in trouble, let them stay at
nis heme while they hunted jobs.
It was there that Harris, mak
ing no denial of his identity, was
apprehended by a deputy sheriff
last Wednesday. Dowd, out back
of the house, heard the deputy’s
voice and slipped away, “hid out”
for a couple of days, then was
arrested Saturday morning as he
stepped off a bus at Princeton, W.
Va.
Maintaining a fictitious iden
tity as “Floyd Edward Cox,” for
which he had secured ^ Social Se
curity card in Beckwith, W. Va.,
Dowd was driven by deputies’
back to the county seat of Pine-
ville. On the way they passed a
car with a North Carolina license.
It contained the Moore County
officers on their way to get Har
ris. “There’s Sheriff McDonald
and Mr. McCallum from Carth
age,” Dowd remarked to his cap-
tors, “If you know who they are,
you must be the man we want,”
they said. Dowd then admitted.
‘Yes, I am.”
He said later he “knew it was
all over” when he saw the offi
cers from “home.”
Wilhoul Violence
Sheriff McDonald and some of
the others who assisted in the
hunt—which included practically
every law enforcement officer,
town and county, in Moore, also
the state highway patrolmen
said this week that the best thing
about the arrests was that they
were accomplished without any
additional bloodshed. The crucial
plight of the men, their former
free use of firearms and the ban
Most Incumbents
Would ServeAgain;
Mayor Stands Pat
Not one member of the incum
bent town board, excepting only
^ the Mayor, expressed himself fol-
The audience applauded warm- , l°wmg Wednesday’s election as i
ly, and the 40 talented boys and I “^'^li^ing to serve again,
girls from the county seat broke Two, L. V. O’Callaghan and I
into gleeful shouts at their first- T. Clark, said they had yet
ime win, as their slim, attractive | made up their minds.
stepped fOTward'^to'^IceivrTheiand' W E^^^’lu^'’ vi
handsome trophy. L. B Creath h, ^ definitely
president of the sponsoring Sand- ^
hills Kiwanis club, made the nre +u the o'^onle ^vant
■mentation. ^ .Commissioner Patch
Stated that, if a race for mayor is
to be held, he definitely wants to I
declare for that office. He has i
served on the board for the past
yea'rs-
Mayor Page reiterated his in
tention, expressed several times
in the pgst two years, of retiring
from town government at this
time, the conclusion of his eighth
year of service. He has b°en
commissioner for one term, and
mayor for three.
Commissioner Clark, who Jed
the fight for the council-manager
plan almost single-handed, while
People Approve Couiicil-Manaj^er
f'oriii t)f Miiiiieipal (ioverii merit
By Vote Of More Thau Two to One
^Caucus Tuesday
Announcing the choice was the
lone judge. Miss Sarah Holroyd,
■ director of music of Woman’s col-
jlege, Greensboro. Miss Holroyd
highly praised the singing of all
the five participating groups,
which she described as “w^ll
above average.” She had only
one criticism to make, which she
. i’l ■'-ai-'ing measure
to aR—faulty diction, with em
phasis on vowel sounds.
First Public Contest
Taking part in the competition
were glee clubs from Vass-La.^e-
view, Carthage, Aberdeen, South
ern Pines and 'Pinehurst
W. D. CAMPBELL
High Honors Paid
i o Bill Campbell
At Regional Event
^ wxoc high , ■; s'-'v'cj.iiiiikj
schools, in that order. It was the either opposed it or “sa+ on
1. -1 1 tVtOlT' 1 s -
Mi^veiy scout and scouter in Re- '
s .ould get down on his I
tiiank God Almighty ’
ciiijiuai Bingie-nanaea, while , like Bill Camp- 1
other members of the governing scouting.
AI+'U.-k-M .1 tA ll TT7-00 4-1-..-.
first time it had been held as a
into many event, in the evening. In
former years it has been held as a
Sandhills Kiwanis luncheon pro
gram.
The auditorium was well filled
with some 200 glee club members
and 400 or more other listeners,
including Kiwanians and their
wives.
Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr., was
chairman for the event, and T.
Roy Phillips, program chairman,
presided.
Mrs. Picquei Present
Mr. Phillips read a letter from
I Charles W. Picquet, Southern
I Pines theatre owner, who founded
the trophy in 1946, in which Mr.
[Picquet expressed his regrets at
being unable to attend. He said
however, that Mrs. Picquet, “as
interested in music and the
growth of the contest as I am,”
was present as his representative.
There were no printed pro
grams. The directors announced
the numbers as they were sung.
The winning club presented as
its three selections a patriotic
number, “Bom To Be Free”; a
hymn, “Hear My Prayer,” and a
spiritual, “Sit Down Servant.” In
the last. Bill Sabiston and Bill
Flinchum were soloists. The Car
thage Glee club, a comparatively
young group, has entered the co-n-
n'’tition e-iv ---f.- ’--fr, "
Womack has been its director only
(Continued on page 8)
their hands,” said he felt he had
accomplished his main mission,
and should get out.
He said, “It is time now for oth
ers to take over. I have no w’sh
for further public office.” He
added, though, “Before I commit
myself, I want to make sure there
will be candidates from among
those who favored the council-
manager plan from the start, and
worked to achieve it. This is al
from all over the nation.
most an essential if it is’to woVkihiJ'-® tribute of Mr. Richardson,
as it should ” I ™™ediate predecessor in the
,, „ ^ 'Office of regknal chairman, was
repeated his view Must one among many paid to the
that the council-manager plan is Southern Pines man, who started
a good form of government and “I a dedicated existence—dedicated
have never been against it, only j to Boy Scouting—five or six
against the manner in which it j mars ago.
was done. I hate to see things An event of the meeting was
rushed along.” | the awErd of the Lorillard-Spen-
cer trophy for th e region rated
was the tribute paid to '
- Ca.rpbdl of Southern i
- nos i st Friday night by Smith '
-achardson of Greensboro, on the j ■
ccaiion of Bill’s reelection for-a'
-ird term as chairman of the I
: ur-state Region Six, Boy Scouts
a America. I,
J he election took place at the i change of municipal
nnuEl regional meeting arid ban-i has no
- t at Atlanta, Ga., attended bv information at this time. It
outsta-ding leaders in scouting'it however, that au-
from all over the nation. I ^horitative information will be
variable by the time the caucus
Will Pave Way
With Nominations
. cuoi.ern P.nss voters resound-
t.ly p^ roved the adoption of
cou ;cil-n anager form of mu-
-c a. goverm; ent by a batter
than two-to-one vote in Wednes-
a., s s ecial election.
-- h-tal of 730 persons, cut of
"g tr; tion of 1,217, trooped to
oLs to vote as follows: for
the statutory f:rm, “Plan D,” of
city government, 489; for reten-
.. the . resent form, 228.
! vot E were defaced or
incorrectly marked, and had to
be thrown out.
-;doption cf t e new fo’-m will
bv eff ct've at the municipal elec
tion to be held Tuesday, May 5.
Registreiion for the bien-
ri:’l election ivill start Sat
urday and continue through
the next Saturday, April 25.
the books will be open at the
fire station on both Satur-
davs from. 9 a. m. to 9 p. m,.
and on^ Monday, Tuesday,
’"esday, Thursday and
Friday from 9 a. m, to 5 p. m.
Mrs. Grace Kavlor, registreir,
win be in charge.
The town caucus, for the
purpose of noirination of can
didates, will be held Tues
day at 8 p. m. at Weaver au
ditorium. All townspeople
may attend the caucus, nom
inate and vote.
As tc. the nomination procedure
be followed, in view of the
omm.Psioner
Patch saidi , - . - . °v.
• : u.r, for the coun-' nation, won this
cil-manager plan, that it has many i Region Six and received
excellent points and that its adop- j Chairman Campbell on behalf
tion represents a real challenge to region.
4-U^ t _ 1. • . . .. ^ t Pill
the coming administrationr to! spoke sincerely in appre-
make it as effective as possible. — ' -
? 'r. Brown said, “I have served
o the best of my ability under
’ V pld form, and will dc. the
under the new if elected.”
^ - — ***
elation, claiming little credit for
himself, lauding his co-workers
and outlining the challenge of the
future.
More District sccuters accom
panying him to the meeting were
Mr. Blue e|Xpressed thanks to'^^ t a'^-nt Brown of Southern
! who had put him in office,. J. C. Greer, Jr., and
Mystery Victim
Sbught In Wreck
Of Stolen Car
Members of the sheriff’s depart
ment are looking for a car thief
who received injuries, perhaps se
rious ones, in a wreck sometime
Tuesday night, but who managed
to make hi.s ensuing disappear
ance complete.
A 1950 Dodge sedan belonging
to Corbitt Alexander, of Pine-
hin-st, was stolen sometime Tues
day night and found the next
morning in a totally demolished
condition.
The car, traveling along the
Pinehurst-Airport road, had over
turned “at least three times,” of
ficers said, between the Meyer
and Tate farms, It tore up the
ground, mowed down several
small trees and landed on its top,
nothing better than a pile of junk.
A small amount of blood was
found on one of the doors. Deputy
Sheriff A. F. Dees, assigned to the
case by Sheriff McDonald and as
sisted by an SBI special agent,
traced footprints from there
through the woods to the high
way about three-quarters of a
mile away. There, they assumed,
have been given a ride.
A check of all doctors and hos
pitals in the county has revealed
no patient fitting the circum
stances of the case.
‘hese who had put him in office,
ad'^ing, “I want them to know
'■ E r predate their confidence.”
Both men, aUo Mr. Clark, went
on the board during 1949 to fill
out unexpired terms cf members
who had resigned. They were
--bR°nuently elected in 1951.
Whether or not the sizeable
vote for the plan represents the
pecnle’s vri^h for a comnlete, or
only partial, change, locql political
observers had not been able to
determine so soon. Several names
of citizens who have not hitherto
held municipal office were being
suggested Thursday, as good po
tential members of the new coun
cil.
No neophyte, however, had giv
en voice to his intention to be
come a candidate, that The Pilot
could find out.
Concerning these and other
questions of immediate public
concern, the . caucus to be held
Tuesday night should furnish
some answers.
Tom McKenzie, Pinehurst; Dr.
J. D. Ives, Pinebluff, and Jimmv
Wilson, Southern Pines, ■ district
executive.
is held.
The caucus, a heritage from
Scuthern Pines’ New England-
born founders, legalized by spec-
cial act in 1949, serves another
useful purpose It is traditionally
an occasion for any and all to
".neak their minds on matters of
civic interest.
In view of the interest aroused
by this week’s election, and the
many and varied opiniens freely
expresed on both sides, it is an
ticipated that there will be a
good many people who have
things to say.
Some views on potential modi
fications of “Plan D” will, likely
be expressed, such as whether or
net they wish to have provision
•^ade to elect a mayor. A number
of towns adopting the council-
r-.rT.3f.pr form have modified it in
this fashion.
Other municinalities, however,
have retained the “Plan D” pro
vision for election only cf a five-
pian council, which then elects its
own chairman, or mavor. from its
membership. This is the proce-
PBOMOTED
Jiiciiiucisinp. inis IS tlie uronp-
well-known in county gov-
stationed at Fort Bragg and lives
in Southern Pines, was promoted
to that rank from captain last Fri
day. The previous day he receiv
ed orders to leave for duty in
Bremerhaven, Germany, the first
of August. If tentative plans
work out. Major Parshley will be
joined in Germany next fall by
his wife and their son Richard.
■rnment, in which the five coun-
t” commissicners are elected, then
"hnose their chairman.
Various modifications of the
nlan may be made, to suit special
conditions in/ the municipality.
These may be'effected bv special
ect when the General Assembly
‘s in session, or by vote of the
eorle at any time.
Library Will Seek New Members
In Campaign To Be Held Next Week
A rlTlXrO T - ..
FLOWER DISPLAY
Spring has come indoors
this week at the Southern
Pines library, where the
Southern Pines Garden club
is presenting an exhibit of
flower arrangements.
Garden flowers, blooming
shrubs and bulbs of all sorts
are being shown in a colorful
and charming display. This is
the second season such an ex
hibit has been offered by the
club.
A drive for new members will
be put on by the Southern Pines
Library Association, it was an
nounced this week by the new
president, George H. Leonard.
Mr. Leonard said the date set
for the start of the drive was
April 20 and plans called for
winding it up within ten days.
Fcrmer members, whose member
ships have been allowed to lapse
during the past few years, will be
contacted by mail, while members
of the association, with Mrs. Reid
Healy as chairman, will man a
table at the library to sign up new
members.
Plans for the drive were made
at a trustees meeting held at the
library Friday. Present were Mrs.
Healy, Mrs. James Boyd, Louis
Bowman, treasurer of the associa
tion, Thomas Darst, newly elected
trustees, and Mr. Leonard.
Mr. Leonard described the state
of the present membership which
showed, he said, that “dues pay
able” reminders have not been is
sued for several years. As a re
sult many have not paid and the
treasuiv has suffered. On the
other side of the picture is a story
of rising costs in the price of '
books, upkeep cf the building, and
other current expenses. The in
come from memberships (inclu
ding the Town and County sub
sidies) does not make up what is
needed to carry on the work; fur
thermore increases in salaries may
be anticipated.
The president appointed a com
mittee consisting of Messrs. Darst
Bowman, and J. A. Phillips, Miss
Birdilia Bair and Miss Laura Kel
sey to revise the by-laws of the
constitution dealing with mem
bership classifications and map
plans for the coming drive.