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SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. AUGUST 21. 1953
EIGHTEEN PAGES
Tobacco Markets
To Open Aug. 27
In Moore County
Warehouses Ready At
Aberdeen, Carthage
For Auctioning Leaf
Moore county’s two tobacco
markets, Aberdeen and Carthage,
will start their selling season
Thursday of next week, August
27.
Sales at these two markets and
at three other markets associated
with the Sandhill Warenouse as
sociation will begin ahead of op
ening of the Middle Belt with
. which the five Sandhill markets
'#were formerly associated. Other
markets in the Sandhill group are
at Sanford, Fuquay-Varina and
EllerbCj
The August 27 opening will give
the Sandhill markets four selling
days—Thursday and Friday of
next week and Monday and Tues
day of the following week—before
Middle Belt markets open.
For several years the Sandhill
markets have opened earlier than
• the Middle Belt in support of their
contention that tobacco in areas
served by the Sandhill markets is
ready for market before leaf in
the sections served by Middle Belt
markets.
Outlook for the market open
ings in Moore county indicates
plenty of floor space and full sets
of buyers with all major compa
nies represented. Doors of Aber-
’3 deen and Carthage warehouses
will open early next week to ac
commodate tobacco for the first
day’s sales on Thursday.
Two of Aberdeen’s three ware
houses are in readiness for the
opening. Planters warehouse,
operated by Gene Maynard and
Bill Maurer, and the Bass ware
house, operated by Taft Bass.
It was not known today if the
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.•jft —
Hopes Rise For
Exchange Soon
Of Cpl. Bradford
The release of Pfc. Daniel L.
Wheless in the Korean prisoner-
of-war exchange, reported Thurs-
#day, is another boost to the hopes
of friends of Cpl. Henry Bradford
of Southern Pines that his name
will soon come up on the ex
change list.
Corporal Bradford wrote his
wife that a number of other
North Carolinians were in the
communist POW camp with-him.
He gave no names, apparently not
being permitted to do so, but
^^mentioned that one was a “red-
<headed boy,” the son of a former
policeman at Rocky Mount.
Through other sources, Mrs.
Bradford learned that this boy
was named Wheless.
The Thursday report said that
Camp No. 1 at Chongsang had
been cleared out. Sgt. James S.
Martin, who phoned Mrs. Brad
ford earlier this week from Ala
bama also wrote to her. His letter
:^arriving Wednesday told her that
Camp No. 3, where Corpofal
Bradford is located, is 12 miles
from Camp No. 1. It should be in
process of clearing-out now. The
two camps seem to be closely con
nected and have the same mail
address.
PRICE—TEN CENTS
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“PATCH’S OF THE FUTURE”—An architect’s drawing of how
Patch’s Department Store and The Tog Shop will look when a
current modernization and expansion program is completed—is
pictured here. At left is Broad street; at right New Hampshire
avenue, with the proposed new Tog Shop building, located where
the old Western Union office building was, at the extreme end
of the remodeled Patch building. The Broad Street front will be
faced with Colonial type brick, as will a section of the New
Hampshire avenue side and the new adjoining Tog Shop build
ing. The plain high facade on New Hampshire will have a stucco
finish. The large lobby entrance, with glass doors, can be en
tered from both New Hampshire and Broad. An eight-foot per
manent marquee will extend over the sidewalk on both sides.
The remodeled building is designed by Hayes and Marshall, local
architects.
McDuffie freed
First of Moore county'.'
three known prisoners of war
in Korea was exchanged by
the Communists this week.
Private First Class Arthur R.
McDuffie of Biscoe, Route 1,
was one of two North Caro
lina prisoners exchanged
Tuesday. When captured he
was with Company C, 5th
Regimental Combat Team^
24th division.
Despite the McDuf|ie fam
ily's mail address, their home
is in Moore county. The other
two known prisoners of the
Communists are Cpl. Henry
Bradford of Southern Pines
and Sgt. 1-c Gentry T. Frye
of near Carthage.
McDuffie was listed as
missing in action April 25,
1951. In December of that
year, his name appeared on
the Red list of U. S. prisoners
and his family subsequently
received a letter and snapshot
from him.
Grand Jury Finds
No True Bill In
One Murder Case
Mrs. Julia D. Banigan, former
Southern Pines real estate dealer,
was called twice in Moore su
perior court Wednesday — once
for each of the embezzlement
counts standing against her—but
there was no reply.
On one of the counts, Mrs. Ban
igan has paid off the money; on
the other, she is due to pay $5,-
100 at this term or go to prison
for two concurrent terms of three
to five years each.
Judge J. C. Rudisill ordered the
issuance, of capias instanter for
Mrs. Banigan, and sci fa on
bondsman. Until recently, it was
learned, Mrs. Banigan and her
husband were in Poughkeepsie,
N. Y. Now they have gone, leav
ing no address.
Both other cases on the com
pliance docket for this term—
Hurley McBride and Bill and
Juanita Walker, both convicted
of liquor law violations—were
shown to have reported as re
quired.
No True Bill
One of the two murder cases
on the calendar vanished as the
grand jury, reporting late Tues
day afternoon, found no true bill
against Gloria Lee Wrencher, who
shct her husband at the home of
the “other woman” near Carth
age in June.
The other murder case', more
than one year old, against Wil
liam McGregor, Cameron Negro,
was consolidated for trial with a
case against James Blue, charged
with assault with deadly weapon
with intent to kill, inflicting seri
ous injury.
McGregor pleaded not guilty of
murder in the second degree, in
the fatal shooting of Shelton Blue
at McRae’s store near Cameron
July 4, 1952. James Blue, brother
of Shelton, also asked a jury trial
in his case, in which McCJregor
was the person shot, also at Mc
Rae’s store, last December 28.
McGregor and Blue, freely ad
mitting the shootings, gave no
reason or explanation for them.
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Patch’s Starts Remodeling Program,
Planning To Finish Work In Stages
Elevator, Heating
To Be Installed;
Exterior Next Year
Enlargement and modernization
of Patch’s Department Store, to
take place under a gradual pro
gram of construction beginning
immediately, was announced to
day by Charles S. Patch, Sr.,
president of the owner corpora
tion.
The program foresees many in
terior and exterior improvements
for the building now housing
Southern Pines’ oldest business
establishment at the corner of
Broad street and New Hampshire
avenue. Also planned is construc
tion of a new two-story building
adjoining on New Hampshire ave
nue fcr The Tog Shop, a men’s
apparel and sporting goods store
operated independently by
Charles S. Patch, Jr.
Because the planning phase of
the Patch’s development program
took longer than expected, work
will be done in limited stages,
said Earle B. Owen, general man
ager of the department store, with
a special view to not incon
veniencing the store’s customers
during the 1953 year-end holiday
shopping season.
Work on the exterior and con
struction of the New Tog Shop
building will not be undertaken
this year.
Work to be done immediately
calls for installation of an eleva
tor serving the two upper floors
and a basement section that will
be opened up under the Tog Shop
, (Continued on Page 8)
PROGRAM ENDS
The Southern Pines sum
mer recreation program ends
today (Friday), points out Irie
Leonard, director of the pro
gram which has sponsored a
variety of activities since it
began June 15. 0
Highlight of the final week
of the program was the an
nual picnic and swimming
party Thursday at the South
ern Pines lake.
The Rev. E. L. Barber, Former Pastor
Here, Secured For N. Carolina Post
The Rev. Ernest L. Barber of
Moultrie, Ga., former pastor of
Bethesda Presbyterian church,
Aberdeen, and Brownson Mem
orial Presbyterian church here,
has been secured as executive sec
retary of Granville Presbytery in
North Carolina, effective Septem
ber 15. The announcement was
made by the Rev. Edward J.
Agsten, minister of the West Ra
leigh Presbyterian church and
chairman of the steering commit
tee of the Presbytery.
Rev. Mr. Barber is now execu
tive secretary of the Presbytery
of Southwest Georgia, a position
he has held since 1948. In Georgia
he has served as chairman of
Synod’s Church Extension and
also as chairman of the Synod’s
Council.
A native of York, S. C., the pas
tor is a graduate of Presbyterian
college of South Carolina and
Union Theological Seminary,
Richmond, Va. He is married to
the former Miss Louise Dendy of
Seneca, S. C. They have two
¥
daughters, Mrs. Joe W. McLaney,
Jr., of Charlotte and Mrs. Thomas
B. Haller of Richmond.
Mr. Barber was the first pastor
of Brownson Memorial Presbyte
rian church and is well known
throughout this area.
Police Dept. Now
Established 2nd
Floor Town Hall
Established cn the second floor
of the town hall on Broad street,
the Southern Pines police de
partment was carrying on busi
ness as usual in more spacious
quarters this week.
Chief C. E. Newton supervised
moving of the department, in
cluding radio equipment that
needed federal approval for a
transfer, to the new quarters last
week, from the former police sta-
tion-ABC store building on New
Hampshire avenue.
On a temporarj^ basis, replacing
H. B. Fowler who has been ill for
the past two weeks, Mrs. Cornelia
B. 'Vann began work at the police
department Monday as day desk
clerk and radio operator. Frank
'Viall remains the temporary clerk
and operator on the night shift.
License Examiner
D. A. Clark, state driver’s li
cense examiner, who visits the
police station each Friday, has
been allotted a room on the same
floor with the police department.
Also given a room is the repre
sentative of the Employment Se
curity Commission of North Car
olina who is in Southern Pines
each Thursday, arriving about 10
a. m.
The entire second floor of the
town hall has been allotted to
the police department, but all the
rooms are not being used.
Umsteader, Cobb,
Spears, Del Sylvia
Here For Tourney
Southern Fines is the tennis
center of the state this weekend,
as matches of the Sandhill Invita
tional tournament are reeled off
on the municipal courts.
The last-minute entry of Bill
Umsteader, one of the southeast’s
outstanding players, in a field
which already included Del Syl
via, Frank Spears and 'Whit Cobb,
assured the tournament of its
most star-studded field in history.
First-round matches got under
way 'Wednesday evening, delayed
several hours by showers during
the day. They are expected to
reach the semifinals stage by Fri
day, and finals are slated for Sat
urday and Sunday. Play is going
on by night as well as by day.
Del Sylvia, Southern Confer
ence champion this year and last,
is topseeded in men’s singles. Um
steader, whose most recent vic
tory was in the Crackerland
Championships at Athens, Ga., is
in No. 2 spot and Defending
Champion Frank Spears of Green
ville, S. C.; now a naval air cadet
at Saufley AFB, Pensacola, Fla.,
is No. 3.
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$2.20 Tax Rate Set
To Balance Budget
In Face Of Deficit
Expenses Cut
In Finaneing
For New Year
A budget planned to liquidate
an estimated $10,000 deficit in the
town’s finances, reduce expendi
tures and meet general fund ex
penses was adopted by the town
council Tuesday night, setting the
tax rate at $2.20 per $100 of prop
erty valuation—the same rate that
has prevailed lor the past six
years.
In the new budget, prepared by
City Manager Tom Cunningham
since his arrival early this month,
YDC Kallj Slated
At Country Club;
Lennon To Speak
First appearance in this area of
Senator Alton A. Lennon, the
Wilmington lawyer who was ap
pointed by Gov. William B. Um-
stead to fill the unexpired term
of the late Senator Willis Smilh,
will take place Saturday nig'i^
September 5, when he is scht ^
uled to address the annual Eigh pjjjg jg
District Young Democratic ra tjje
at the Southern Pines Count, reach,
.es can
A1 Cruce of Aberdeen, Eigh all.
District YDC chairman, has se
invitations to YDC and par ^
leaders throughout the distri-laR
and state. A large delegation ‘^^5’
Moore County resideijts is expe' ®
ed to attend. ® pray-
W. Lamont Brown of Southei'
Pines, arrangements chairman,
handling sale of dinner ticket.®*
The dinner is scheduled for
o’clock after a social hour fron
5:30 to 6:30. Tuesday, Septembe
1, is the deadline for obtainin'
tickets.
Football Practice
To Start Monday;
Lineup Wide Open
Positions on the 1953 Southern
Pines High School football team
are “wide open,” Coach Irie
Leonard said this week in an
nouncing that practice will begin
Monday afternoon, August 24, at
4:30 o’clock.
The entire 1952 Blue and White
first team was in this year’s grad
uating class, the coach recalled.
All boys in high school are invi
ted to turn out ior practice, inclu
ding members of the new fresh-
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'ec,. —
Zoning Proposal
On Bennett Street
Killed By Protest
Petition Presented
To Town Council At
Meeting This Week
The proposal for re-zoning of
the Bennett street block, between
Pennsylvania and New York ave
nues, from residential to business
was killed Tuesday night by pro
tests of residents and property
owners of the neighborhood, made
to the town council.
A delegation attended the coun
cil meeting and presented a peti
tion, which was quickly ascer
tained to contain a sufficient num
ber of signatures to end the move.
Only 20 per cent of property own
ers protesting such a change is re
quired.
The delegation told the council
that they did not wish to “stand
the way of progress,” and if
they could be assured some digni
fied and desirable type of business
wished to come in • there, they
might go along, but they did not
wish indiscriminate business de
velopment on the block.
iic"e'dVfattaert:'iA9V;''S''mrt£;
general fund and debt service ex
penditures for the coming year
are estimated at $143,724. This is
a reduction of approximately $24,-
204 from last year, Mr. Cunning
ham told the council in his mes
sage accompanying the budget
presentation.
This $143,724, along with the es
timated deficit of $10,000, requires
a total income of $153,724, to fi
nance the new budget which cov
ers the fiscal year July 1, 1953
through June 30, 1954.
In view of the deficit at the end
of the fiscal year, a reduction of
the tax rate, which the council
had hoped for, will not be possible
in the 1953-54 budget.
“We will plan our begt to op
erate this year in such a way that
we can cut taxes next year,”
Mayor L. T. Clark said.
Significant factors called to the
attention of the council by Mr.
Cunningham in pijesenting his
budget include:
Reduction is made in the Street
Department appropriation by
about $13,000 in labor, materials
and equipment, with recommen
dation that street maintenance
work be accomplished with Pow
ell Bill funds already available to
the town and funds anticipated
for the coming year.
No general salary increases for
town employees are planned, with
$2,500 included for salary in
creases for meritorius employees.
Recommendation on salaries will
be made by the manager later, he
said.
The budget covers only general
fund income. A water fund bud
get and a street improvement
(Powell bill) budget are being pre
pared by Mr. Cunningham for
presentation at the next council
meeting, if possible.
Appropriations
General fund appropriations
made in the new budget include
$119,044 for current expenses and
$24,679.50 for debt service, a total
of $143,723.50. .
A break-down of expenses in
cludes: general administration,
$18,819; sanitary department, $12,-
070; fire department, $6,930; po-
the
t some
elves.
Mrs. W. B. Whitman, Hiram West
brook, Mrs. Joseph F. Morris, Mrs.
C. L. Hayes, Mrs. E. V. Walker, C.
E. Holt and Mrs. W. H. Chatfield.
In addition, a telegram had been
received by J. 'Vance Rowe, Jr.,
attorney, requesting the change,
from Winthrop Haynes, owner of
the New England House, and Miss
Louise Haynes. The Haynes
property covers almost all the
area involved on the western side
of the block.
His clients requesting the
change, said Mr. Rowe, were A.
Montesanti and Russell Monroe.
He said he did not know what
type of business development they
had in mind. The request had
been made at first for only half
of the western side of the block,
and the remaining portion of the
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Mid-week
7:15 p. m.
service, Wednesday.
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Tag Sales Bureau
Closed One Week
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The auto tag sales bureau
the Southern Pines Chamber
Commerce office on Pennsyl- pray-
vania is closed for one week, P
August 20 through August 26, )
while Miss Alice Baxter, secre-
i spir-
i
tary in the C. of C. office, is on
vacation. The office will open and ^
auto tag sales will be resumed
Thursday morning, August 27, at 9
a. m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
New Hampshire Ave., So. Pines
Sunday Service, 11 a. m.
Sunday School, 11 a. m.
Wednesday Service, 8 p. m.
Reading Room in Church Build
ing open Wednesday 3-5 p. m.
CHURCH OF WIDE
FELLOWSHIP
Royal G. Davis, ad interim pastor
Church School 9:45 at the high
school. Morning worship 11 at the
church. Nursery for young chil
dren of parents wishing to attend
church, 11 at the parsonage. "Twi-
no summer meetings.
Scout Iroop 224, Tuesv
p. m.; midweek worship, '\\[ew..ris-
day 7:30 p. m.; choir practice
Wednesday 8:15 p. m.
Missionary meeting, first and
third Tuesdays, 8 p. m. Ghurch
and family suppers, second Thurs
days, 7 p. m.
MANLY PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
Grover C. Currie, Minister
Sunday School 10 a. m.
Worship Service, 2nd and 3rd
Sunday evenings, 7:30. Fourth
Sunday morning, 11 a. m.
Women of the Church meeting,
8 p.m. second Tuesday.
Mid-week service Thursday at 8
p.m.
maintenance, $3,742; buildings,
parks, grounds, $4,916; publicity,
$800; sewerage treatment plant,
$2,532; streets and sewer depart
ment, $34,974; miscellaneous ex
penses, $8,361; and debt service,
$24,679.
Income
Of the estimated income of
$153,875, taxes will provide $126,-
191; licenses, $1,800; fees, rents
and sewer charges, $3,61?; income
from other jurisdictions, $20,2^'n
and sundry revenue and ref' *
$2,030. ,.ui)
The annual town aiK
gun by representative
Muse, Sanford a-j^nion, 8 a.m. (10 a.
on Monday and^ Sundays.)
pected next v'
ham pc’j'imily Service and Morning
of a delayer, 10 a.m.
in his 0
that thf
ST. ANTHONYS
(Catholic)
Vermont Ave. at Ashe
Father Peter M. Denges
Sunday masses 8 and 10:30 a.
m.; Holy Day masses and 9 a.
m.; weekday mass at & a. m. Con
fessions heard on Saturday be
tween 5-6 and 7:30-8:30 p. m.
OUR LADY OF VICTORY
West Pennsylvania at Hardin
Fr. Donald Fearom C. SS. R»
Sunday Mass, 10 a. m.; Holy
Day Mass, 9 a. m. Confessions are
heard before Mass.
light hour,
—This Space Donated in the Interest of the Churches by—•
JACK'S GRILL & RESTAURANT
SANDHILL AWNING CO
Ca-ARK & BRADSHAW
SANDHILL DRUG CO.
THE VALET
SHAW PAINT 8e WALLPAPER CO.
CLARK'S NEW FUNERAL HOME
CHARLES W. PICQUET
MODERN MARKET
W. E. Blue
HOLLIDAY'S RESTAURANT &
COFFEE SHOP
CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO.
CITIZENS BANK & TRUST CO.
CENTRAL CAROLINA
T^EPHONECO.
JACKSON MOTORS, Inc.
Your Ford Dealer
McNEILL'S SERVICE STATION
Gulf Service
PERKINSON'S. Inc.
Jeweler
SOUTHERN PINES MOTOR CO.
THE PILOT
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