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THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 27. 1953
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CABIN INTERIOR—Mrs. Katherine N. Mc-
Coll, seated at left, Mrs. Ernest L. Ives and
Norris Hodgkins, Jr., are shown in the restored
200-year-old cabin on the Shaw House grounds.
Mrs. Ives is president of the Moore County His
torical Association and Mrs. McColl and Mr.
Hodgkiiis are members of the restoration com
mittee for the cabin which will be opened to the
public for the first time Sunday afternoon when
tea will be served at the nearby Shaw House
from 2 to 6 p.m. The big fireplace, used for
cooking by pioneer families, features a crane
and various old utenjils which can be seen heffe
on the sand-covered hearth. Notable are the
ceiling beams and the hewn chinked logs of the
walls. At the other end of the room are the
loom, spinning wheel and other authentic ar
ticles. Mr. Hodgkins is standing behind an old
churn. At upper right corner of the photo is the
entrance to a loft where, it is related, children of
pioneer families slept on pallets 200 years ago.
(Pilot Staff Photo)
HOW WOULD you ESCAPE
IF FIRE STRUCK YOOR HOME T0NI6HT?
stab wounds were dressed by a
Carthage physician soon there
after.
Comiritied To Bulner
Dr. J. W. Willcox, GC'Unty health
officer, examined _the men and
ceitified them for commitment to
the Butner State mental hospital.
Their father, Lewis Kennedy, of
Robbins, Route 1, conferred with
Dr. Willcox and the sheriff Mon
day, agreeing to the commitment,
and the young men were taken to
Butner, where authorities referred
them to Dix Hill. Here admit
tance of the two was delayed
pending the issuance of an order
from a Superior Court judge.
They were admitted to the state
institution Wednesday by order of
Judge Don S. Phillips of Rocking
ham.
Both the young men have court
records for fighting and other of
fenses. The elder, Harvey, recent
ly returned home from serving a
.erm on the roads. The younger,
Franklin, is 'reported to be mar
ried, while Harvey_ is single. Re--
ports are that Franklin recently
•‘got religion” and has been
History of Area’s
iFirst 100 Years
Reported Complete
AssodaHon Hears
Manuscript To Be
Delivered Sunday
The first big step in the -writing
pf a history of Mcore county, for
which the Moore Coxmty Histori
cal association engaged an emi
nent historian last summer, has
been completed. Chairman E. T.
McKeithen reported at the as
sociation’s first meeting of the
Season, held at the Southern
Pines Library Tuesday night.
About 75 persons were present.
; Dr. Blackwell Robinson, of the
history department of the Uni
versity of North Carolina, will de
liver to him Sunday the manu-
jscript of the story of the first 100
years of the settlement of this
area, Mr. 'McKeithen revealed.
* “I use the term ‘this area’ ad
visedly, since Moore coimty was
not in existence uhtil 1829, the
iyear it was carved from Cumber-
(land county,” he added.
|Majoc Goal
i, The writing of the history was
lone of the major goals for which
ithe association was organized in
ll946. Decision to embark upon it
;this year was made last spring
jwhen it was found that Dr. Rob
linson was available. He spent the
isummer in the county doing origi
nal research and compiling and
lediting inaterial already gathered
by Mr. McKeithen, his co-chair-
:man R. E. Wicker of Pinehurst,
and others^
' Next step will be consideration
of ways and means and other de-
.taUs of publication. Mrs. Ernest
L. Ives, president, on Mr. Mc-
Keithen’s recommendation said
she would name a committee to
work with the co-chairmen on
these problems.
' She also asked that the mem
bership submit suggestions on
money-making projects to contin
ue with the financing of the work,
■which has already cost the associ
ation about $1,000. This has occa
sioned a deficit of about $400, re
ported Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr.,
treasurer.
Shaw House Reporls
Other reports concerned the re
opening of the Shaw House, the
association’s restoration project,
with a tea from 2 to 6 p. m., Sun
day, and the nearby Brittain San
ders cabin. Mrs. Katherine McColl
gave information regarding the
old cabin’s history.
Much new planting has been
done about the grounds of the
Shaw House and in the Ellen
Maurice Memorial Garden, to
which has been added a “laven
der walk” leading to the cabin,
reported Mrs. C. A. Smith,
grounds and gardens chairman.
Existing planting has been consid
erably rearranged to make the
setting more attractive, she said
She praised the work of Edward
York, sexton of Emmanuel Epis
copal church, who as part-time
gardener at the Shaw House has
done a “faithful and conscientious
job” all summer, saving the plant
ing from drought damage by fre
quent watering on. his own time.
Without his labor of love, said
Mrs. Smith, many of the plant-
inas would have died.
Alston House i
•niird goal of me association—
in addition to the Shaw House
restoration, and the Moore Coun
ty history—is the eventual restor-
Scout Fund Drive
Nears End Short
Of Planned Goal
In a statement released this
week by Brig. Gen. Pearson Men-
oher, chairman of the recent' Boy
Scout fund drive, request was
made that any donors not reached
during the drive but who are in
terested in contributing to the
Occoneechee Council, contact him
by the end of November.
In closing the 1953 drive. Gen
eral Menoher said, “We do not
wish to overlook any donors. As
it is desired that we more nearly
meet our share of the minimum
budget, I will appreciate any fur
ther contributions, which should
be sent to me in Southern Pines.”
One of the purposes of the ap
peal is to be able to retain in
Moore County its present execu
tive, rather than share him with
another county district. This
year’s one - day drive was not as
successful as the camapign in
1952.
Occoneechee Council has an in
crease this year of 31 per c^t
more Scouts than^' 1952, having
grown from 8,400 a year ago to
11,005 today.
Current Moore Countly receipts
frbm the October “one-day drive”
total only $4,270, some 25 per cent
less than last year’s figure.
“We do, however, anticipate
some additional funds,” General
Meno^r said.“A total of $6,139
has either been turned in or re
ported, toward the 12-county
Council goal of $105,000, which
yet lacks $20,000 of being reaclv
ed.”
On the local scene he indicated
that only Southern Pines and
Pinebluff have raised more than
:the 1952 figure, other than Cam
eron, Vass and Lakeview, which
were included this year for the
first time.
“It is hoped that the other com
munities will stage a final effort
before the accounts are closed out
on November' 30,” Menoher con
cluded.
Two Held Without
Bond For Beating
Of Noah Sheffield
Thanksgiving Dance
At Aberdeen
The Aberdeen Youth Council
and the Aberdeen High School
Student Council are sponsoring a
Thanksgiving Dance at the com
munity house on Saturday eve
ning November 28 from 8 to 12.
Music will be by the Aristocrats.
Small admission fees will be
charged. All ymmg people of the
community are invited.
Russell Horner and Charles
Kennedy, youths of the Robbins
Cross Roads community said to
be in their late teens, are being
held in Mcore County jail without
bond, pending outcome of the
condition of Noah Sheffield, an
other youth of the same section,
who is at Memorial Hospital,
Chapel Hill, with a compound
fracture of the skull and lacera
tion of the brain. The injuries
were allegedly inflicted by Hor
ner an dKennedy following an ar
gument at the home of Sheffield’s
uncle. Will Sheffield, last Sunday
afternoon. Noah She;ffield is said
to be in his early twenties.
Officers believe the weapons
used to beat Sheffield are a large
rusty iron stake, found with
bloodstains on it, and a wooden
stick.
Horner and Kennedy surrend
ered to Robbins Police Chief Irv
ing Morrison Tuesday. ThOy made
no statement as to their guilt or
innccence, officers said. They had
been sought by officers since Sun
day. .
According to information re-'
ceived frorri the office of Sheriff
C. J. McDonald, Horner and Ken
nedy were teasing Sheffield Sun
day afternoon, pretending that
they were going to carry away
with them a box Sheffield had
made in which to grow flowers.
Although no one knows exactly
what happened, this situation ap
parently led to violence.
Will Sheffield found his nephew
injured and bleeding not long
afterwards and took him to the
clinic of Dr. A. A. Vanore at Rob
bins. Seeing that brain surgery
was indicated, the physician had
him taken to the Chapel Hill hos
pital for treatment by a specialist.
Sheriff McDohald’s office v/as
notified by Chapel Hill Police to
whcm the Sheffield youth’s injur
ies had been reported by the hos
pital.
Sheffield was reported Wednes
day to be in a serious condition.
'Be preparep... pecjpe
A/OW ON YOUR FAM/iy'S
"EKIT PLAN"—BEFORE
F/RE comes!
compelling,” Mrs. Ives closed with ,
a stirring reminder to her audi
ence of the need to keep the ideal
of America strong, to preserve lib
erty and to keep alive the gener
ous warm spirit of understanding
and brotherhood which has moti
vated this country in its deal
ings with the world.
Mrs. Ives was introduced by
Mrs. Katherine N. McColl, follow
ing the Kiwanis lunch held at the
Hollywood Hctel.
MIDLAND ROAD
ation of the Alston House, ‘‘The
House in the Horseshoe,” with
perhaps its taking over by the
State as a historic landmark. The
frame farmhouse in northern
Moore was the scene of some dra
matic Revolutionary action. Mrs.
Ives, who waS recently appointed
by (jcvernor Um-stead to the State
Historic Sites Commission, said
she would attend her first meet
ing with this group at Raleigh
December 3, and hoped it would
give her opportunity to further
this project.
She read a letter from Eighth
District Highway Commissioner
Forrest Lockey, of Aberdeen,
promising replacement of the his
toric marker, of which the origi
nal is missing, at the Alston
House, also clearing of the site of
this marker and that of Governor
Williams’ tomb.
A color film, with sound, on
“Colonial Williamsburg” was
shewn, with Jerry Daeke at the
projector.
Mrs. Ives Speaks
At Kiwanis Lunch
“No one talks about war
abroad; they know too much
about it.”
With this and similar graphic
phrases descriptive of the politi
cal climate in Europe, Eliz-
beth Stevenson Ives, (Mrs. Ernest
Ives), gave the Sandhills Kiwanis
Club, at their luncheon meeting
Wednesday, a review of her im
pressions gained on a trip over
seas last summer.
Mrs. Ives, whose husband spent
most of his life in the diplomatic
service, had returned to Europe
for the first time in 15 years.
Everywhere she found politics be
ing talked. As she met people she
kept wondering: were you a Fas
cist or a Nazi, or are you a Com
munist? Politics was in the air,
communist and royalist slogans
chalked up on walls.
All this in the midst of Europe
beautiful with old ruins, tragic
with the devastation of the war
still showing, yet, as Mrs. Ives
put it, “alive with the spirit of
man, rebuilding, renewing, going
ahead.”
Opening her remarks with a
moving tribute to the charm Of
the Sandhills, “beauty always
(Continued from Page 1)
week because of inclement weath
er early Monday morning.
In addition to cooperating with
the power company on supervis
ing further trimming on Midland
Road, the Garden Club members
welcomed a suggestion of com
pany officials that they assign
some one to accompany trimming
crews when they are cutting in
town to help in preserving beauty
of trees as much as possible, in
view of the necessity to keep
wires cleared. ■
In most locations, trees are
trimmed about every two years,
but in some areas, such as Mid
land Road, which is termed a
highway beautification area, trim
ming is done oftener. Mr. Saun
ders represented the State at the
conference because the power
company and the State Highway
landscape men consult before
trimming in these special areas.
The recent trimming on Midland
Road followed such consultations,
although Mr. Saunders himself
did not take part in them.
Admitting that mistakes h^d
been made in portions of the Mid
land Road cutting, power com
pany officials answered several
questions asked by club members
about a possible solution to the
trimming problem there. They
said that a single cable type of
power transmission line is not
used by the company anywhere
in its system and would present
difficulties in connecting lead-in
wires to customers to such a
cable. Underground wires are
used by the company only in large
cities, it was stated. If the com
pany used them in some rural
areas, it would be obligated to use
them at all places they were re
quested. Initial cost of such wires
is five times that of overhead
wires and would raise power
rates, they said.
Discussing the difficulties of
pruning longleaf pine trees, Mr.
Story said they can’t be trimmed
so that they will grow up and
around the wires. Story said that
all tree-trim^iing crews are in
chsrge of one , man with at least
two years’ experience. All the
crews are provided by recognized
tree expert companies, he said.
It was also brought out by the
company that they usuaUy can’t
move their power poles because of
the road right of way on one side
and private property, running to
within 30 feet of the center of the
road, on the other side.
During the inspection trip, all
parties to the discussion agreed
that in places where large pines
were- growing up and have been
cut off flat under the wires, some
of the larger trees may soon have
to be removed. It was noted that
in some places seedling pines are
coming up naturally beneath the
big trees and would eliminate the
necessity of much more planting
in these areas, should the larger
trees be removed.
LETTER CARRIERS
Continued from Page 1)
in' the collection. The others are
Harry L. Klabbatz, president of
Local Branch 4316; Reid Bailey;
and Clyde Morrison, substitute
carrier.
Local quota is $400—^part of a
national quota set at $5 million.
Henderson said the carriers will
distribute envelopes Wednesday
to-each heme they serve. On Fri
day, they will re-walk their
routes, picking up the envelopes
containing contributions.
Announcements about the
collection will be given on Radio
Station WEEB.
Hundreds cl branches of the
National Association of Letter
Carriers (AFL) ]aave responded to
the organization’s president, Wil
liam C. Doherty, who has urged
all members to cooperate in the
“march.”
The drive is being conducted
under the auspices cl the Muscu
lar Dystrophy Associations of
America, Inc., William Mazer of
New York City, heads the organ
ization as its president.
To honor the letter carriers for
their contribution of time in re
walking their routes to make col
lections, a four-hour, coast-to-
coast radio and television show,
headed by comedians Dedn Mar
tin and Jerry Lewis, wUl be
broadcast over the ABC radio and
TV networks Thanksgiving Eve,
November 25. In th eir “Salute
to the Letter Carriers of Ameri
ca,” Martin and Lewis, members
of the board of the Muscular Dys
trophy Associations, will feature
the top stars of Hollywood and
Broadway.
preaching i occasionally in
church at or near Robbins.
'Epeuted Religion'
Throughout their long session
of demented behavior at the
drive-in grill, the brothers “^pout
ed religion” at the top of their
voices, taunting officers with
such challenges as "“Shoot! The
Lord won’t let the bullets hurt
us!” Officers said the brothers
threw themselves down on the
highway, halting passing motor
ists and urging them to drive the
cars over them, saying that the
Lord would protect them and
they would not be hurt.
Now and then, said eyewitness
es, one brother would shout to the
other. “Kneel!” and the other
would throw himself down and
grovel in the dust until told to
rise.
Attacked Officers
First officeh on the scene was
Patrolman Swarm who was man
handled by the pair and left for
Robbins to get help. Apparently
tne crazed men then left the vi--
cinity temporarily, because when
Burns, the proprietor whose liv
ing quarters are at the rear of
the restaurant, called the sheriff,
he told the sheriff the men had
left. Taking only Deputy Lambert
with him to investigate, the sher
iff thought, he later said, he Was
dealing only with a couple of
drunks who were probably on
their way home.
As Sheriff McDonald and Depu
ty Lambert drove up to the grill.
Burns came running out of the
building, carrying his automatic
shotgun which, he said later, he
had wrested from one of the men
who had found* it in his living
quarters wRich they also raided.
Burns cut around the corner of
the building and, said the sheriff,
the brothers never stepped but
came straight for the newly ar
rived officers, one flailing the
sheriff with blows and the other
taking on Deputy Lambert.
“They were hollering, praying
and spouting religion,” the Sher
iff said. “I’ve never heard men
make such noise. And they kept
it up all the time.”
Chqsed Bystander
The officers fehded off the men
as best they could. The sheriff
said he struck the one fighting
him three blows with a blackjack,
two light blows and one “a little
harder but not ss hard as I could,
because I didn’t want to hurt him^
badly.” The last blow, staggered
the assailant, but he recovered
and dazed, took off after a teen
age observer some distance away.
The boy made fast tracks and
the Kennedy youth did net chase
him beyond the range of light
from- the grill.
Both the young men, who made
no effort to run away, then be
came involved in other wild ac
tions, giving the officers and
Burns time to look for a rope. The
sheriff thought of this measure
as the only possible way to sub
due the men. Luckily, they found
a ^Dlock and tackle in an out
building, cut two ropes from it
and had another lucky break
when the young men jumped in
a car. There they were captured.'
Burns later told the sheriff that
he was watching from the dark
ness at the side of the grill, with
his shotgun ready, and would
have stepped in to protect the of
ficers if the young men had been
“getting the better of them.”
Sheriff McDonald said the
strength of the men was amazing.
He said their crazed condition
made them about twice their nor
mal strength, which is great. One
of them, it was reported, picked
up a coin-operated weighing ma
chine—the kind that gives a
printed “fortune” ticket—and
hurled it through the plate glass
window of the grill.
Sheriff McDonald said there
was no evidence that the Ken-
nedys had been drinking and that
hg doubted if they were dbped.
He said there is no explanation of
how they got in the condition
they were in. Apparently, he said,
they both simultaneously suffered
some kind of mental breakdown.
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CRAZED MEN
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Roped and Tied
The demented pair were subdu
ed only when they jumped in an
automobile and officers—the
sheriff on one side of the car
and Deputy Lambert on the other
—managed to slip rope nooses
around their necks. It took several
men to tie them up securely and
they were transported to the Car
thage jail in an ambulance from
Robbins.
Placed in separate cells, the
brothers continued to make a dis
turbance but had quieted down
by Saturday. One cf them, said
the sheriff, seemed to have re
turned somewhat to his senses
and it was decided to let them be
together in a detention cell so
that the quiet one could help
manage the other' brother.
Sunday night, however, the
sheriff and Deputy Lambert were
called to the jail and it was dis
covered that one of the men had
a knife he had secreted on his
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Mrs. C. W. Patterson of Carth
age, Route 3, was the winner of
a television set given away by
Jones Department Store of Carth
age Saturday afternoon, it was
announced by the store this week.
PET SHOW. GYMKHANA
The annual pet show and gjhn-
khana at the Carolina Hotel
riding ring in Pinehurst •will be
held Sunday afternoon, starting at
2 o’clock.
In North Carolina, Lloyd A.
Griffin has traveled nearly half
a million miles in the last 20 years
to teach Sunday School. His office
is in Raleigh and his Sunday
School class is in his old home of
Edenton, 144 miles away.
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Used Tear Gas
Fearing that one of the nien
might be injured or killed, the
officers called to them to come
out of the cell which has a solid
door with only a small hole in
it through which food can be
oassed. One stuck his arm through
the hole and was held fast there
by officers. Hearing a noise like
stabbing inside, the officers con
cluded they were dealing with
an emergency and shot tear gas
into the cell—the second time tear
gas has been used in Moore Coun
ty within Sheriff McDonald’s
memory. This subdued them both
and they emerged. It was found
then that one had stabbed him
self in the shoulder and arm and
once, lightly, in the chest. The
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