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ILOT
^ Murphy Buie, S. Pines Auto Salesman,
Kidnaped, Robbed, Back Home Unhurt
Trio Who Stole Taxi
Sought; FBI Working
With Police On Case
Murphy Buie, about 35, of Vass,
^ an auto salesman with the South
's ern Pines Motor Co., expressed
himself as ‘‘thankful to be alive”
after a wild 14-mile ride Tues
day morning in which he was
kidnaped, robbed and put out of
his car, gagged and blindfolded,
25 miles below Columbia, S. C.
News of his ordeal by terror
came here first in a phone call to
his employers about 1 p. m. Wed
nesday, after he had squirmed
m free of his bonds and made his
' way to a telephone. The phone
call touched off a four-state alarm
for three young men, all armed,
in' a 1949 black Chevrolet four-
doer sedan belonging to the
r Southern Pines Motor Co. Road
blocks were set up in South Car
olina and Georgia but by Wed
nesday night neither the robbers
nor the car had been found.
Returning home by train Tues- j
■jf day night, Buie spent all day |
Wednesday closeted with repre
sentatives of the FBI, who, assist- |
ed by Police Chief C. E. Newton '
of Southern Pines, were probing '
all angles of the case. At least
three federal crimes appear to be
involved—two counts of trans
porting a stolen car over state
lines, and kidnaping across a state
line, along with the felony of
^ armed robbery.
* Buie, a married man with two
young sons, left Southern Pines
about 7 a. m.'Tuesday on a two-
day vacation trip to South Caro
lina, in the Chevrolet loaned by
his employers, A. A. Hewlett and
H. N. Cameren, partners in the
automobile concern.
I A few miles below Pinebluff
he began to feel sleepy and pull
ed up at the side of the road for
^ a quick nap.
The story as he phoned it to
Hewlett later, filled in with a
few details after his return, was
that three young men in a taxi
stopped, jumped into his car and
stole it—and himself—at pistO'l
point.
He did not, he said, get a clear
view of the men. Two of them
apparently jumped into the car
by the rear doprs, and as he woke
up slapped a cloth over his eyes
from behind. First, though, he
caught a glimpse of the taxi turn
ing off the road into the woods
just ahead. Prodded with guns,
he was placed by the men in the
back seat of the Chevrolet, his
head wrapped in a cloth which, he
found out later, was part of a
woman’s faded cotton dress.
They headed south and drove
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EIGHTEEN PAGES
PRICE—TEN CENTS
General Menoher
To Direct Moore
Scout Fund Drive
Local Chairmen In
Several Towns Named;
Advance Gifts Sought
Brig. Gen. Pearson Menoher of
Knollwcod will head this year’s
Boy Scout fund-raising drive in
Moore county, is was announced
this week by W. Lament Brown
of Southern Pines, Moore District
chairman.
General Menoher, retired
army officer who is active in
Sandhills civic affairs, has been
associated with Scouting for many
years and is vice-chairman of the
Moore County district.
While the general public appeal
in the annual finance drive will
not begin until Octbber, organi
zation of the campaign has start
ed and advance gifts will be
sought before the general drive
opens.
Leaders in the Moore District
(Continued on Page 5)
MR. MACAULEY
Charles Macauley,
Former Pilot Staff
Member, Succumbs
Longtime Resident
Had Keen Interest
In Town, Sandhills
Charles Macauley, a longtime
resident of Southern Pines, who
served for more than 20 years on
the Pilot staff, died Saturday
morning at the home of his
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Macau
ley, 600 Fifth avenue, Troy, N. Y.
Graveside services and burial
were held Wednesday at the fam
ily plot at the Cypress Hills ceme
tery, Long Island, N.' Y.
Surviving, besides his daugh
ter, are two sons, Charles, of
Larchment, N. Y., and George,
living in California, also four
grandchildren.
Mr. Macauley had been inactive
since an illness and operation in
(Continued on Page 8)
Schools To Open
Sept. 2; Faculty
Members Named
Southern Pines schools will
open Wednesday, September
A. C. Dawson, Jr., superintendent
announced this week.
Faculty members at the white
elementary school and high
school have been appointed, Mr^
Dawson said. They are:
Elementary—first grade. Miss
Florence Dawson and Miss Kath'
erine Boyette; second grade. Miss
aMe Delle Kennedy and Mrs. A,
C. Dawson, Jr.; third grade, Mrs
Edla B. Wicker and Mrs. Joseph
Bennett; fourth grade. Miss Bess
McIntyre and Mrs. Norman Cau
dle.
Also: fifth grade, Mrs. Mary
O. McDonald and Mrs. M. L. Far-
rior; sixth grade. Miss Cary Buice
and Mrs. Ted Barrow; seventh
grade. Miss Margaret Brewer;
seventh and eighth grades, J. W.
Moore; eighth grade, H. D. Hall.
High school — Irie Leonard,
principal and history; W. A.
Leonard, math; L. H. Ledden,
science and band; Miss Pauline
Miller, English and Latin; Miss
Bessie Williams, science; Mrs.
Ruth Swisher, commercial; Miss
Mary Anne Campbell, English
and Spanish; Mrs. Doris Warner,
home economics; Miss Nancy
Mackie, music; and Miss Aline
Todd, librarian.
Faculty for the Southern Pines
Negro schools is not yet available
for publication.
Boros-Cos^rove-Kirk
Ownership W ill Open
Pine Needles October
Agreement On
AT THE FOXHOLE of^ Pennsylvania avenue last week,
Broadus Smith, left, chairman of an Elks committee, with Police
Chief C. E .Newton, right, and B. C. Doyle, standing, Exalted
Ruler of the Elks lodge, explained bicycle traffic safety and
pasted free light-reflecting tape on the rear fenders of all bicycles
brought in by Southern Pines boys and girls. Between Smith
and the chief are Larry Holliday and Richard Combs who had the
smallest bike to which the tape was affixed.
Figures in the background were not identified. The Elks con
tinued their tape and. instruction program this week and will
wind it up with one more gathering for kids at the Foxhole next
Wednesday. (pijot Staff Photo)
AN EPITORIAL
Charles Macauley
In the aeath of Charles Macauley, the Pilot
records the loss of one who was for many years
a deeply valued member of the staff, and one
of the most loyal citizens Southern Pines ever
had.
Mr. Mac, as many called him, sold advertising
in town; he wrote news of the Fire Department
and handled the weather reports for the paper,
but the contributions for which he was most
noted v/ere his excellent feature articles dealing
witn the early history 'oi the Sandhills and of
Southern Pines. Charles Macauley was an ac
curate, painstaking student of the early days.
Intolerant of careless work, insistent always on
^ verifying every fact, he made exhaustive re
search into facts and figures and combed the
cour.rrysjde for the physical evidence to estab
lish his findings. His knowledge of old house-
sites, roads, cemeteries, family histories and
property lines could hardly be surpassed.
Mr. Macauley carried his resdsjrch back beyond
the confines of recoriled history to the days of
the Red Men. He was an authority on Indian
encampments in Moore County, testified to by
the numberless arrowheads and artifacts he
uncovered all over the county. His collection of
Indian relics, with the pamphlet on “Indians
of the Sandhills,” on view in the Southern Pines
Library, stands as a perpetual memorial to his
.distinguished research in this field.
Also in the Library is his collection of South-'
ern Pines historical material carefully codified,
embodying every phase of the establishment
and growth of the town he loved so well. The
Library itself, on whose board he served for
manyv years and of which he was for a time
president, is a tribute both to his interest in
bocks, of which he was an incessant and dis
criminating reader, and to his interest in the
cultural growth of this section.
All th.-ough his years here Charles Macauley
was a wfll-known figure as he stumped along
Broa.- street with his old pipe in his mouth, eyes
gleaming from under his shaggy eyebrows. His
gaze was keen, his frank appraisal of the life
he observed arcund him was sardonic; his dry
comments, freely bestowed, were caustic with
wii that may have caused some to shrink. But
tho.'-e to whom he gave his friendship knew
that, under the gruff exterior in the loud check
ed shirt and plaid ties he loved to wear, there
beat a heart that loved this town as did few of
its citizens. Merciless towards any he consider
ed fools or show-offs, often intolerant of those
whose \iews about what was best for Southern
Pines differed from his own, he was devotedly
loyal to the people and the ideas he believed
in, with the cause of the advancement of South
ern Pines always foremost in his mind.
Mr. Mac worked hard for the progress of this
town, but he regretted some of the things prog
ress had brought. He thought things had moved
too fast; he felt deeply the loss of the Town
Caucus, an institution he considered highly
valuable to our civic life; he felt things had
gotten too big, too new-fangled, he felt the
charm of the town was slipping away. Mr. Mac’s
ideas generally proved their v/orth and who is
to say there was not much wisdom in what he
fell.
Charles Macauley was an “Old Timer” iri the
grand style. In his death Southern Pines loses
a fine man of great individuality and strong
charac^e- and one of her most devoted citizens.
—KLB
Community Advisory Committee Of
15 Persons Appointed By Council
The town council launched one
of its major projects Wednesday
when it appointed a 15-member
Southern Pines Advisory Com
mittee on which the council will
depend for fact-finding and ad
vice during its coming two-year
term.
During a special session that
lasted two hours, the council drew
the names of appointees from a
much longer list of suggested per
sons living both in the town lim
its and in outlying areas of the
Southern Pines community,
Knollwood, Weymouth Heights,
Pinedene and the Country Club
area. All sections are represented
on the final list of appointees.
The 15 persons chosen were:
From within the city limits—■
Fred Brindley, Herbert Cameron,
Donald G. Case, William C. Dar
den, Dean S. Dorman, John Rug-
gles, Harry M. Vale, Sr., and the
West Southern Pines representa
tive, J. T. Saunders.
From outlying areas: Maj. Gen.
Julian F. Barnes, Knollwood;
James Boyd, Jr., and Howard But-
Cemetery Fund
Charge Brings ^
Reply By Page
A charge by Councilman Voit
Gilmore at last week’s meeting
of the town council that “$7,000
was lifted from what is by law
sacred trust”—the perpetual
care fund of the Mt. Hope ceme
tery—several >ears ago, was an
swered this week by Former
Mayor C. N. Page who said, “I do
not believe the people in South
ern Pines believe their past town
boards did anything wrong.” He
also suggested that the present
town board “quit looking over
their shoulder and start looking
forward.”
At last week’s meeting, Gilmore
said plans should be made to bud
get the $7,000 back into the per
petual care fund as soon as pos
sible.
The former mayor’s complete
statement follows:
“The expression ‘lifting the
money’ out of the cemetery fund
impels me to answer the iippli-
cations in this statement made
at the last town board meeting.
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ler, Weymouth Heights; L. F.
Garvin, Manly; Mrs. Gladys
Graves and Garland McPherson,
Country Club area; and Alton
Scott, Pinedene.
John - Ruggles was designated
chairman.
Officially, in the language of
the resolution by which it was
created, the Community Advisory
Committee’s purpose is “to study
and investigate and make recom
mendations to the town council
fer action on such community
problems as may be referred to it
by the council, with such author
ity and powers as may be vested
in it by the council.”
The project is designed to en
list, as one councilman put it,
‘•'some of the best brains in the
community to give thought and
advice on Southern Pines devel
opment.”
One problem with which the
committee may be called on to
deal is a study of the cost of serv
ices rendered by the town to areas
outside the town limits. While the
council plans to employ a pro
fessional accountant to dig into
this subject, to see whether the
town is charging too much or too
little for various services such as
fire protection and sewer and
water connections, the committee
is expected to be called on for
ideas on this subject.
All councilmen attended the
meeting—Mayor L. T. Clark, W.
E. Blue, Voit Gilmore, C. S. Patch,
Jr., and Joe O’Callaghan.
The council voted to defer their
regular August meeting one week
from Aufust 11 to August 18, be
cause of vacation schedules.
33 Young Folks
Play In Junior
Tennis Tourney
Richard Makepeace of Sanford,
seeded No. 1 in junior boys’ sin
gles, won his first-round match
easily against Brent Nash, 6-1,
6-2, in the Fifth Annual Junior
Sandhills Invitational Tennis
tournament which got under way,
despite showers, Wednesday
afternoon.
In other junior boys’ matches,
Kenneth Tew of Southern Pines
defeated Wayne Shore of Durham
6-1, 6-3 and Stamps Howard of
Tarboro defeated Carmon Huck-
abee of Durham 6-2, 6-2.
Two rounds were also played
in the boys’ singles, with Johnny
Watkins beating Jimmy Primi 6-1,
6-1, and Jim Thomasson beating
Claude Reams 6-1, 6-4. All are
from Southern Pines.
Girls’ events were to start
Thursday if weather permitted.
Seeded players in the competi
tion, sponsored by the Junior
Sandhills Tennis association, are:
Junior boys—Richard Make
peace, No. 1; Leroy Strickland,
No. 2, and Bobby Green, No. 3.
Strickland and Green, both from
GoldsborC', recently won the state
high school doubles champion
ship.
Boys (15 and under)—Bill Hol
loway, Kinston, No. 1; Joe De
Bruehl, Goldsboro, No. 2; Johnny
Watkins, Southern Pines, No. 3.
Junior girls—Gail Hobson,
Pinehurst, No. 1; Lillian Bullock,
Southern Pines, No. 2.
Girls—Lillian Bullock, No. 1,
and Frances Pearson, Southern
Pines, No. 2. Seedings in doubles
events will be made Thursday.
Entries for the tournament to
tal 33, somewhat disappointing its
young sponsors, who had antici
pated 60 or more. Seventy enter
ed the Moore County Schools
tournament held under the same
sponsorship in May. However,
many who had been expected to
enter are at camp or on other
summer trips. Of the 33 entries,
15 are from out of toWn, 18 local.
The visitors are guests at the
Southern Pines Cottages on US 1
South. •
Kenneth Tew is president of
the Junior Sandhills group. Mal
colm Clark, adviser from the
senior Sandhills Tennis associa
tion, is assisting the young peo
ple in the staging of their tour
nament. The senior group is, pro
viding trophies for winners and
runners-up in all events.
Dorman To Head
Revising Of Code
Dean S. Dorman, retired attor
ney of 550 E. Massachusetts Ave.,
has been appointed by Mayor L.
T. Clark to head a committee that'
will undertake revision and mod
ernization of the town’s code of
ordinances. Named to serve with
him were Councilman Voit GiL
more, who has pushed the revi
sion project, and Acting Town
i Attorney W. Lamont Brown.
Police Station
Change To Town
Hall Authorized
During a called meeting Wed
nesday afternoon, the town coun
cil authorized moving the police
station from its building on New
Hampshire avenue to the town
hall on Broad street.
No time was set for the move,
but the action was taken so that
Police Chief C. E. Newton could
make plans for the shift.
The police building, also con
taining present quarters of the
ABC store, will be advertised for
sale, according to action taken by
the council last week.
Mayor Clark estimated that
shifting the police station should
not cost more than $100, with
transfer of radio equipment as the
biggest part of the job. Council-
men noted that there would like
ly be a saving in fuel and electric
bills, with the station in the town
hall. Possibly the move wculd
save on insurance for the town
hall, since, with the police sta
tion there, it would be occupied
at all hours.
No Court To Be
Held Next Week
There will be no session of re
corders court at Carthage Monday,
Judge J. Vance Rowe has an
nounced. Solicitor W. Lamont
Brown and his family left this
week for a vacation trip to Flori
da and the solicitor will be away
Monday. Judge Rowe will not be
on vacation, but it was decided to
skip one day of court. The next
session will be held Monday, Au
gust 3.
$50,000 Sale
Reached Monday
Formal opening of the Pine
Needles golf course under the
ownership of a new corporation.
Pine Needles Country Club, Inc.,
headed by Julius Boros, Miss Mar
garet (Peggy) Kirk, Miss Jean
Cosgrove and Mr. and Mrs. Frank
E. Cosgrove, is slated for October,
it was learned this week from
Mrs. Cosgrove at Green Harbor,
Mass.
While all details of sale of the
course, for about $50,000, by St.
Joseph of the Pines, Inc., to the
new corporation are not yet
worked out, the sale was formally
authorized Monday during a meet
ing of the St. Joseph board of di
rectors, representatives of the
purchasers and others.
Renovation of the Pine Needles
clubhouse property, not included
in the sale but covered by a lease
agreement, will be undertaken
and the golf course will be put in
first class condition, Mrs. Cos
grove said.
Warren Bell, Miss Kirk’s fiance,,
will be manager and will arrive
here September 15 to supervise
preparatory operations.
None of the principal owners
and officers of the purchasing cor
poration were here for the con
ference Monday at St. Joseph of
the Pines hospital. Mr. Boros,
president, former U. S. Open
champion and Mid Pines profes
sional, is away for the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Cosgrove, co-mah-
agers of the Mid Pines club here,
who are secretary and treasurer
of the new corporation, and their
daughter. Miss Jeall Cosgrove, a
vice-president, are at Green Har
bor, Mass. Miss Kirk, woman golf
professional who won the North
and South championship at Pine
hurst as an amateur in 1949 and
who is a vice-president of the cor
poration, is from Findlay, Ohio,
and is on a summer golf tour.
After the Monday conference
Bishop Vincent S. Waters of the
Catholic diocese of Raleigh, who
is president of St. Joseph of the
Pines, Inc., authorized the state
ment that, while details remain to
be worked out, agreement was
reached as to the sale at a price
*of approximately $50,000.
Included in the agreement was
a five-year lease on the Pine
Needles clubhouse and a one-year
lease on The Golfery, a building
erected when the Air Force occu
pied the Pine Needles property
and which has been used as a dor
mitory for visitors playing goH on
the course.
Bishop Waters, who was present
at the conference, made his au
thorized statement to The Pilot
through Francis J. Heazel of Ashe
ville, a leading North Carolina
lawyer and Catholic layman, who
is attorney for the Catholic dio
cese of Raleigh.
In addition to Bishop Waters,
membem of the board of directors
of the selling corporation present
were the Rev. Peter M. Denges of
Southern Pines, treasurer of the
hospital; and John Ruggles of
Southern Pines and John D. Mc
Connell of Pinehurst, local lay
representatives on the board.
(Continued on page 5)
School Officials Here Stay
Silent On Fund Controversy
Unless the county board of ed- past 10 years. He based his con-
ucaticn makes a formal protest
to the county commissioners
about distribution of school cap
ital outlay funds in the 1953-’54
budget. Southern Pines school of
ficials are expected to maintain a
dignified but interested silence.
Last week and the week before,
Jere N. McKeithen cf Aberdeen,
a member of the county board of
education, charged ' the county
commissioners with unfairness
in appropriating funds for con
structing school buildings. He
cited figures to show that the
county, school system has suffered
at the hands of the conimission-
ers, to the benefit of the South
ern Pines and Pinehurst school
systems, not only in the new bud
get but as an average over the
elusions on the money appropri
ated per student in each school
system.
Southern Pines school trustees
at present see no reason to com
ment officially on this situation,
said Chairman John Howarth this
week. They look on the matter
as a controversy between the
county board of education and
the county commissioners. The
commissioners say how the avail
able money shall be distributed
among the three school - systems
each year.
If a formal protest that might
lead to a change in the new bud
get should be filed. Southern
Pines school officials ' will wheel
out ■ their artillery. ■ They indi
cate they are not without ammu
nition.