o FRIDAY. DECEMBER 4. 1953 Mrs. Hackney Sues For 125,000 In Local Accident Mrs. Georgia Hackney of South ern Pines filed suit in Moore su perior court this week against Bradford Ritter of West End, route 1, seeking $25,000 for inju ries which she claims were sus tained when she was knocked down by Ritter’s car last July 25. The accident occurred on East Breed street in Southern Pines as Mrs. Hackney was walking across the street at the Pensylvania Ave nue interseertion. She was in the safety lane, she states, when the car hit her, knocking her against a wooden post on the railroad right of way. Mrs. Hackney states she sus tained a gash over her right eye and a deep wound in the hip, also that several front teeth were knocked out. She said she has paid $678.75 in doctor and hospi tal bills to dat^, and that she has been “seriously and permanently injured.” PILOT ADVERTISING PAYS •■i’s NiW LAW? You owe it to yourself to find out how the new Safety Re sponsibility Law will affect you as a motorist if you have an ac cident after Jan. 1, 1954 and cannot pay for it. For complete / details see or telephone JOHN S. RUGGLES PAUL T. BARNUM. Inc. Phone 2-5151 Southern Pines. N. C. DAGGER DANCE—Members of the Don Cossack Chorus are shown here with Gabriel Soloduhin, center, in an episode from the exciting dagger dance he does during the program of the group to be presented here December 12. Dagger Dance By Soloduhin Is Exciting Interlude In Program Of Don Cossacks ^ Music Association Sponsors Appearance Of Group Dec. 12 Gabriel Soloduhin is the in trepid Cossack, whose hair-rais ing dagger dance is one of the most exciting interludes in the program of the Platoff DOn Cos sack singers and dancers to^ be presented Saturday, December 12, in the Weaver Auditorium, in Southern Pines, under the aus pices of the Sandhills Music As sociation. Soloduhin came to America a decade ago with the Platoff Cos sacks and after their debut at the San Francisco World’s Fair, be came a regular member of the company of Colonel Tim McCoy, the Wild West motion picture star. I He has made many motion pic tures and is summoned to Holly wood whenever tliere is a call for a colorful Cossack in a movie. During the war, Soloduhin re turned to his band of fellow Cos sacks for their overseas tours to entertain American troops and has been with them ever since. In the current program of the Cossacks, Soloduhin is featured in the Lezginka, a barbaric Cau- casion dance which begins on the sad lilt of a peasant song and oncludes in a wild dance of jubi lation. Also, he performs the tra ditional dance with .daggers with the entire chorus providing the vocal background. The Chorus presents a varied, colorful program, offering the ‘hallowed anthems of the Greek Orthodox Church, haunting folk- OpeningHimt Meet Thanksgiving Day Draws Large Field The Opening hunt of the Moore County Heunds took place accord ing to the time-honored custom, on Thanksgiving .Day. Hounds m.et at the McBride Farm on Young’s Road at 10 of the bright sunny morning, with Ozelle Moss, joint-master and huntsman at their heads, and his two whips, Mrs. Ginny Mess, and Jack Goodwin, manager of the William J. Brewster Stables. Mr. Brewster is joint master with Mr. Moss. The field numbered 41, large for so early in the season, with many turned out in pink in honor of the opening event. Among these in the saddle were: Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Tompkins, and Miss Judy Tompkins, spending the holiday weekend at their horne in Manly; Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Winkelman and Dwight Jr., and their guests, Mr. and Mrs. Pfeifer. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Randolph of Robbins were out as was also Corbett Alexander and Mr. and sengs, boisterous regimental songs and gay peasant dances. Further programs to be pre sented during the winter by the Music Association will be Mrs. Janet Spicer, violinist, January 12; Nelson & Neal, Duo-Piano team, February 12; Vienna String Orchestra, March 12; The North Carolina Symphony, April 12; a concert by the Madrigal Society; and the Annual Young Musicians Concert. Season tickets are still available at Barnum Realty Co. in Southern Pines. Everyone in terested in bringing good music to the Sandhills is urged to be come a member of the Associa tion. Mrs. Lloyd Tate, Jr., of Pinehurst .and a Southern Pines contingent, 'Miss Page Blackmcre, the Ed Daniels, Michael Walsh and his daughters, J. T. Overton and his daughter, Jeanne. Mrs. John Richardson of Virginia, formerly Miss Peggy Ewing of Pinehurst, was out, as was also Mrs. Mary Doyle, now living in Southern Pines. Mr. and Mrs. Dooly Adams, of racing fame, were on hand to take part in the first*'drag of the year, while a quartet of hunting men had converged on the ;scene from varying parts: Earl Hoy, from New York, Taylce Comipton from Savannah, Louis Prince from Cin cinnati, and Arthur Newman from Pittsburgh. With the morning an ideal one for hunting, barring the dryness 'that still persists, hounds ran, ex- ' ceedingly well, a line that was in teresting and fast enough to please the thrusters, with plenty of checks to give everybody a breather. Following the morning’s run a hunt breakfast was given at the heme of Mr. and Mrs Winkelman on Massachusetts Avenue. The schedule for the coming season calls for three days a week: fox hunts on Tuesdays and Thursdays and drags on Satur days. Hounds generally meet at the kennels. Vr-’ ARMY STRENGTH TRIPLES From a June 30, 1950, personnel strength of 591,487, the U. S. army has increased to a force of 1,- 694,532, serving in 20 divisions, 18 regimental combat teams, and m.ore than 100 anti-aircraft bat talions. The pre-Korea army spent 4-billion dollars annually, while army expenditures at the end of 1952 were at the rate of $17,600,- 000,000.