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VOL. 34—NO. 35
Qualifying Play
In Golf Tourney
Starts Saturday
Evenl To Exlend
Several Weeks;
Trophies Offered
Qualifying play in the annual
Moore County golf championship
tournaments for men and women
will beg;in at the Southern Pines
Country club Saturday.
Open to all residents of the
county, the two tournaments form
the outstanding golf event of the
summer in the Sandhills. Defend
ing champions are James Besley
in the men’s event and Mrs. Laura
Lee Menoher. Last year, when
tne tourney was run off at Pine-
hurst, there were 40 entries in
the men’s tournament and 16 in
the ladies’.
Qualifying rounds may be play-
ed at any time Saturday, July
18 through Friday, July 24. En
trants may make up their own
game for the qualifying round or
Victor D Elia at the Country Club
desk can arrange a game. Entry
may be made by telephoning the
club, 2-2551, or at the desk when
the qualifying round is played.
made Friday
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Credit Bureau
Now Operating
^ The credit bureau of the South
ern Pmes Chamber of Commerce
IS now in shape for full operation
and service to members and non
members, according to announce
ment by Earle B. Owen, chair
man.
Fees have been standardized
with others in the state, except
that, for members, an unlimited
number of one-trade reports is
permitted to Chamber members
without cost. For non-members,
the fee for each such report is 65
cents. 'They are available from
Miss Alice Baxter, secretary, at
the new Chamber office at 105
East Pennsylvania.
Reports giving in code form the
ratings of several firms on a par
ticular account are 50 cents for
members, $1 for non-members.
Full reports, containing addition
al types of information as desired,
are $1 for members, $1.75 for non
members.
Additional charge is made for
tong-distance calls or telegrams
if these are necessary, to get re
ports from bureaus in other
towns.
Full use of the credit bureau
can result in savings to merchants
of thousands of dollars in bad
bills annually. Chairman Owen
noted. This has been the experi
ence of other towns, many of
which have credit bureaus which
work on a reciprocal basis.
All information is coded and
confidential and the sources are
not revealed, other than thgt they
are brother merchants who have
made their account books avail- I
able for this purpose. ‘
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SIXTEEN PAGES
PRICE—TEN CENTS
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Council Plans Sell ABC^uilding^
Revise Law Code, Ask Zone Chani^es
Members Remain
Busy Later Than
Midnight Tuesday
WILD PONIES-Three “wild ponies” from
North Carolina’s outer banks on the coast are
shown here on the farm of J. T. Overton (stand-
ing at rear of photo) off Bethesda road near
Southern Pines. Dan Butler, son of Mr. and Mrs
Howard Butler, is pictured at left with the targ
et of the three animals. In center is Miss Jeanne
Overton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Over-
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Inequity In AUotting Building Funds
Is Charged By School Board Member
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ton, and at right is Dr. C. C. McLean. All the
animals pictured are males or “horse' colts”—
e largest 15 months old and the two little ones
about four and three months. Dr. McLean, Mr
Overton Howard Butler and Dan took part in
h penning” near Drum’s Inlet and
brought the colts to the Sandhills for pets. See
story elsewhere in today’s Pilot for more details.
(Pilot Staff Photo)
Cameron Says
Commissioners
Hiding Nothing
Grordon M. Cameron of Pine-
hurst, chairman of the board of
county cohimissioners, said this
week that the board “has nothing
to cover up” in its appropriation
of school building funds.
The county board of education
charges that the funds have not
been distributed fairly this year
or over the past 10 years, accord
ing to records they have produced
for publication.
“We do 'What we think is best
for the people and we try to make
the money go where it is most
needed,” (Chairman Cameron said.
“In planning school construction
we haven’t created a big bonded
indebtedness and we have used
our best judgment, right or
wrong.” f
No formal demand has been
made for a change in the budget,
Cameron said. He said he would
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Can't Remember Conversalion!
Iveses Meet Queen, Duke In Colorful
ion While Visiting In,Ulster
(This third letter received
Vfi hy The Pilot from Mrs. Eliz
abeth Ives tells how she and
her husband, Ernest L. Ives,
were presented to Queen
Elizabeth and the Duke of
Edinburgh recently in North-
®rn Ireland. The Iveses flew
from Rome to BeifaEt where
they were the guests of Prime
Minister Erookeborough and
Viscountess Cynthia whom
ihe Iveses had known when
Mr. Ives w4s U. S. Consul
General at Belfast before he
retired in 1939 and came to
SouthAm Pines.
The Prime Minister and his
w’lto, then Sir BasU Brogke
and Lady Cynthia, visited Mr.
and Mrs. Ives at Paint Hill
Farm near £ouihern Pines in
April. 1950.
Reference is made in the
letter to the destruction of '
the Ives' possessions in a
dock fire at Belfast after an
enemy bombing in World
War II. The letter follows.)
We sat in the twilight deep in
the heart of County Fermanagh,
lirtering to a radio broadcast The
Prime Minister of Northern Ire-
I land, Viscount Brookeborough’s
eyes ctong to the giant blooming
roses in the walled garden out
side the window. The B. B. C. an
nouncer said, “The Queen accom
panied by the Duke of Edinburgh
has arrived in London from
Northern Ireland and will pro
ceed to Windsor.” So there it was,
she was safe in England, a royal
visit, a historic Coronation visit
was over. The thousands of chil
dren who saw her will grow to
maturity telling of the Queen.
The old people I saw wipe tears
from their eyes as they, stood near
her as she passed slowly by, the
troops who marched before her,
the bag-pipers, the police who
guarded her, the disabled who
McKeithen Allecfes
Counly Syslexn Does
Not Get Its Share
Additional figures which, he
says, show inequity and injustice
m distribution of capital outlay
funds for school building con
struction in the proposed 1953-54
county budget were made public
this week by Jere N. McKeithen
cf Aberdeen, a member of the
county board of education.
With a total capital outlay ap
propriation of $500,000 in the new
budget, the county school system,
administered by the county board
of education, is slated to get $300,-
000, the Southern Pines district
to get $117,500 and the Pinehurst
district to get $82,500.
McKeithen points out that last
year’s enrollment shows 6,522 pu
pils in the conuty system, 1,060
pupils in the Southern Pines city
unit and 757 pupils in the Pine
hurst city unit.
This means, he noted, that the
county system will get $45.99 per
child enrolled, the Southern Pines
unit will get $110.84 per child
and the Pinehurst unit, $108.98
per child, using last year’s enroll
ment, admittedly not entirely ac
curate for the coming year, as a
basis for figuring.
’This is an even more striking
illustration of the injustice of the
distribution than were the fig
ures published last week,” Mc
Keithen said. “We on the board
of education feel that the public
ought to know more about this
situation.”
The new county budget shows a
capital outlay appropriation of
$505,000. McKeithen says his fig
ures are based on $500,000 be
cause the additional $5,000 is
money carried over from last
vear’s appropriation by the coun
ty bo^rd of education.
Last week McKeithen produced
figures to show that the county
school system, 78.2 per cent of the
total school enrollment in the
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Three Killed In
Recent Wrecks To
Raise Toll To 8
An almcst head-on collision of
two cars on Highway 27 three
miles west of Robbins Crossroads
Monday afternoon cost the lives
of both drivers, in Moore county’s
worst accident cf the year so far,
while an accident Saturday claim
ed the life of a Carthage Negro
near that community.
The Monday crash, which prac
tically demolished both cars,
caused the instant death of Giles’
Haywood Younger, 48, resident of
Burlington, while Raymond San
ders, 36, of Robbins,RFD, lived
only a few minutes after it oc
curred at 1;50 p. m.
Patrolman Johnnie Lowrimore
who investigated, said it was dif
ficult to determine from the
wreckage which car was travel
ing in which direction, or how
fast. He estimated, though, that
Younger had been driving east,
Sanders west, both at speeds “55
miles an hour or better.” Sanders’
1953 Chevrolet sedan spun com
pletely around after the impact
and overturned, landing on its
top. The motor of Younger’s 1950
Plymouth was stove in under the
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In a session that lasted until
well after midnight Tuesday, the
town council laid the groundwork
tor a number of important pro
jects to be undertaken by the new
council-manager form of govern
ment and clicked off some im
mediate actions of wide interest
in the community.
Highlights of the meeting in
clude decision to advertise for
sale to highest bidder the ABC
store-police station building on
New Hampshire avenue; approval
of a zoning board recommenda
tion to change both sides of Ben
nett street, between Pennsylvania
and New York avenues from resi
dential to business category and
agreement that the entire code of
town laws should be revised and
brought up to date.
Many actions, including work
on the 1953-’54 budget, were de
ferred until arrival cf City Man
ager T. E. Cunningham August
3. Absent for the first time in
many years of Southern Pines
town board meetings was former
Clerk Howard Burns whose know
ledge of the records and state of
the town’s business was missed
a number of times during the
meeting.
With Mayor L. T. Clark presi
ding, all council members were
present—W. E. Blue, Voit Gil
more, Joe O’Callaghan and C. S.
Patch, Jr. Pending arrival of Mr.
Cunningham, other town em
ployees are taking on additional
duties, including Miss Myrtle
Frye, secretary in the town of-
fipe, and Louis Scheipers, tax col
lector. Also present was W. La-
Fii emen Complain, Mayor Explains
Representing a “very disgrun
tled” volunteer fire department,
Chief Harold Fowler roasted
Mayor Lloyd Clark Tuesday night
for not letting the department
take the town’s big new fire truck
to the recent annual convention
of the Sandhills Firemen’s As
sociation at Wadesboro. Chief
Fowler was elected president of
the association during the con
vention.
Replying, the mayor explained
that insurance on the truck is not
valid outside the town limits and
said that, in holding the truck in
town, he was acting as he thought
the people of Southern Pines
would want him to do. He cited
the statement of one unnamed
citizen who said he would take
out an injunction against the town
if the mayor allowed the truck to
leave.
After hearing from the mayor
details of when and how the de
cision was made, about which
there had apparently been some
confusion, the chief told the
mayor. If that’s your conscien
tious feeling that your decision
was the will of the people, you
are to be commended.”
“Nobody appreciates the South
ern Pines Fire Department more
than the. mayor and council,” the
mayor said. “It is serving the peo
ple and doing a good job.”
Chief Fowler entered his com
plaint by reading g prepared
statement that said, among other
things, that the department was
'not a bunch of little boys, not to
be trusted with toys.”
The exchange of opinion ended
amicably, with the mayor, coun
cil and the chief discussing other
problems of the fire department.
'$7,000 LIFTED'
Charging that "7,000 was
lifted from what is by law a
sacred trust," Councilman
Voit Gilmore said at the town
council mieeting Tuesday
night that "we’d better point
out to the city manager when
hs arrives" that it would be
well to start budgeting back
into' the Mt. Hope cemetery
perpetual care trust fund the
sum that was taken from it.
The council agreed.
The money, it was learned,
was spent for land to expand
the cemetery, at which time,
it is understood, the town had
to buy more land than it
wanted at a price greater
than it wanted to pay, to get
adjoining property the ceme
tery needed for expansion.
Wbalever the reason for us
ing perpetual care ifunds,
council members agreed it
should not have been done
and that action would have to
be started as soon as possible
to pul the $7,000 back where
it belonged.
mont Brown, serving as acting
town attorney until a permanent
appointment is made.
Purchasers Interested
Having a report that a number
of purchasers are interested in
the old police station building, the
council decided to advertise it for
s.ale, as required by law. The ABC
store section of the building will
missed I be vacated within an estimated
two weeks to move to the O’Cal
laghan building. Council mem
bers expressed confidence that
suitable temporary quarters could
be found for ,! the police depart
ment. Also to be advertised for
public sale is the unused old jail
property on Bennett street, now
of no further use to Ihe town.
This action was taken against
the background of the council’s
long-range plan for a municipal
center on New York avenue, be
tween Broad and' Bennett, where
the towq has a number of options
and is attempting to get others.
Eventually, the police station
wculd be located at this center,
according to present plans.
The zoning change on Bennett
street came up at the request of J.
Vance Rowe, Jr., attorney, who
said he was appearing for a client,
whom he did not name, who was
“especially interested in the
South half of the block on the
West side cf the street.” Recom
mendation had already been made
by the zoning commission to
change the category and the town
board gave its approval, subject
to the required advertising of the
proposal and a public hearing. At
torney Brown was requested to
draw up the proper public adver
tisement.
The zoning commission was re
ported to think that the change
■would represent a logical direc
tion of movement for the busi
ness section. The change would
eventually require an amendment
to the town zoning ordinance.
Subject to the approval of the
zoning commission, it was suggest-
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Scheipers Named
Acting Registrar
Vital Statistics
ViX
Pioneer Cabin Moved To ShatvHom^Grmttids
Reconstruction wn c! rv I —
HEAT WAVE BROKEN
For nearly all the past week,
the Sandhills have enjoyed
weather with temperatures 10 de
grees or more under the preced
ing week’s over-90 heat wave.
Nights and mornings have been
exceptionally cool. Breezes have
been pleasant, but have helped
dry out farm land to such an ex
Reconstruction was proceeding
this week on the pioneer log cabin
moved from upper Moore county
to the Shaw House grounds under
direction of the Moore County
Historical association.
Although slowed by the diffi
culty of finding old and authentic
auxiliary materials to use in the
restoration, Roy Newton, contrac
tor on the job, has the walls of the
old building up and the shingle
roof on and will continue the work
as rapidly as possible.
The photo shows the shingling
job getting started this week. At
the extreme right and top of the
cabin roof can be seen an unfin
ished portion of the widely over
hanging eaves am the east end,
following the original construction
design and said to have been built
this way to prevent the rain from
washing out the soft clay in which
stones for the huge fireplace and
chimney were set. The stones are
on hand at the Shaw House site
and the fireplace will be built as
nearly as possible like the origi
nal. . ^
Walls are built of heart-pme
hewed timbers still sound after an
estimated 200 years in the open
Spaces between the logs, as shown
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whh D^an^wJsLtoftTnTchSe ‘^e scaffold.
Louis Scheipers, town tax col
lector with office at the town hall
is serving temporarily as registrar
of vital statistics for Southern
McNeill township.
Birth and death certificates should
be filed with him pending a per
manent appointment.
Mrs. Howard Bums who left
with her husband for Lake Wales,
1? la., last week, was serving as
registrar of vital statistics until
her departure which left the office
vacant. uxiice
meeting
Tuesday night. Mayor Pro Tern
Voit Gilmore, with approval of
T *®^^tatively appointed
manager
who has not yet arrived, to take
over the registrar’s duties in his
him'^^’Th suitable to
mm.. The appointment is one for
the mayor to make, but because
he frequently uses the-services oi
the registrar in his profession.
declined to
make the appointment, leaving
asking Mayor Pro
Tem Gilmore to take care of the
matter.
Because the council felt that, as
a matter of convenience, the reg
istrar should remain in town bail
they settled on the CunninghSn
appointment. .
registrar for
both the town and the township.
township appointment is
made by the county commission
ers who customarily appoint the
^ the town, so
The matter was left there Tues
day night. Designation of Scheip
ers to carry on the registrar’s du
ties was made informally by coun-
cil members Wednesday, foUowing
S Southern Pines by Mrs
^^^‘tlin of Raleigh, a state
official dealing with vital statis
tics, who told local officials that it
is necessary that some one be
designated immediately to carry
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Job Of Building
Inspector Open
. The town is asking for written
applications for the job of build-
ing inspector, stating the qualifi
cations of the applicant, accord
ing to a decision made by town
council Tuesday night. There has
been no inspector since' the recent
death of Everett V. Walker.
Bending appointment of an in
spector, Louis Scheipers, tax col-
lector, was authorized to issue
building permits.
Leland Daniels, Jr., appeared in
person at the council meeting to
apply for the post. Written or
verbal applications had also been
received from W. Q. White, Dom
inic Difatta and R. S. Parker
Mayor Clark revealed.
It was suggested that appheants
come to the town hall and read
in the code book the duties of a
building inspector so they would
have a better knowledge of the
job. The appointment wiU prob
ably be made at the August coun
cil meeting.