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THE Pg*OT flontliam Bbies. Norik Carotiaa
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 4, 1953
C of C Winding
Up Year ‘On Less
Than Shoestring’
The Chamber of Commerce is
winding up its year of activity on
something less than a shoestring,
it was revealed in the report of
Treasurer E. C. Small at the di
rectors’ meeting Tuesday night.
He reported assets of $42.57 in
the bank, (exclusive of the special
fund for Christmas lights) and
bills due and payable amounting
to '$132.08, Salary commitments
and other operating expenses dxir-
ing December will add ah addi
tional $118.
The Chamber also owes $150 on
the electric mimeographing ma
chine it purchased second-hand in
September.
Extra Help
An expense over and above nor
mal operating costs is having to
be incurred this month in the em
ployment of full-time, additional
help for the auto license sales
bureau. Miss Ruth Brown is help
ing Miss Alice Baxter, secretary,
during the two-month rush sea
son.
Hie license sales rush is earn
ing money for the Chamber which
will not be received until Janu
ary. After some probing of pos
sible ways and means, several of
the directors said they would ad
vance funds against these earn
ings, to be credited on their 1954
memberships. Mr. Smail was au
thorized to call upon them for this
help when necessary.
The action was regretfully tak
en as the Chamber had hoped to
close the books December 31 even
with the world and perhaps with
a surplus. However, this was not
to be.
New Election Plan
They felt, though, that for the
new board of directors, to be in
stalled in January, the situation
would be somewhat easier than in
the past. A backlog of old bills
totaling almost $700 has been
wiped out during the year, also
Kampage Of Brothers Still A Mystery;
insurance Doesn’t Cover Wreeked Cafe
Pure Chance Played
Big Part In Attack
On Bums Restaurant
The r^ecent rampage of two
brothers of near RoDoms—^How
ard Aennedy, 23, and Franklin
ivennedy, 20—remains a mystery,
said Sheriff, C. J. McDonald this
week.
Ihe young men were accepted
at Dix Hid ;5tate mental hospital
last week after they had wrecked
the drive-in restaurant of A. C.
Burns, between Robbins and Rob
bins Cross Roads the previous Fri
day night, attacking the proprie
tor, bysteinders and officers who
attempted to subdue them.
It was learned from the sheriff
that Burns had “every kind of in
surance except the kind he need
ed—^that is, for malicious destruc
tion.’’ Damage to the restaurant
building and its equipment was
estimated at between $2,000 and
$3,000.
/apparently suffering from a re
ligious mania of some sort, the
brothers had repeatedly shouted
that the Lord told them to clean
up the Burns establishment. Sher
iff McDonald said this didn’t
make sense as the restaurant was,
he said a “very nice place” and
he had never had a complaint
against it.
From sources in Robbins it was
learned that it was apparently
pure chance that the Burns res
taurant bore the brunt of the
young men’s violence. They had
been at the home of a Robbins
man earlier that day and evening,
it was reported, engaging in some
violence and destruction. The
home owner finally persuaded
Patch Featured
As Speaker At
GOP Gathering
Charles S. Patch, Jr., Southern
Pines merchant arid town council
member, will use the subject,
“Why I Changed My Party Affili
ation to The Republican Party,”
when he appears tonight (Fi'iday)
as the featured speaker at a 10-
county Republican meeting in the
Durham County courthouse at
Durham. "The meeting is set for
7:30 p. m.
An Eisenhower Democrat who
has decided to be a Republican,
Mr. Patch is considering be<’om-
ing a candidate for Congress frorii
the Eighth District. He has been
endorsed for the candidacy by a
number of State GOP leaders.
At the Durham meeting, an ef
fort will be launched to bring the
1954 Republican convention to
that city.
BIRTHS
Births at Moore County Hospi
tal:
November 6—Mr. and Mrs. L.
C. Crane, Carthage, a girl; Mr.
and Mrs. W. M. Curtis, Vass, a
boy.
November 7 — Mr. and Mrs.
Hoover Mabe, Jackson Springs, a
girl.
November 8—^Mr. and Mrs. ’The
odore Gardner, Robbins, a boy;
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Poole, Rae-
ford, a girl.
November 9—^Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. McCaskill, Carthage, a boy.
November 10—^Mr. and Mrs. J.
them to get in his car and let him
take them home. On the way, they Mrs. Bobby Ray Preslar, Car-
asked to stop for something to thap, a boy.
eat at the Burns restaurant and ' November 11 Mr. ^d Mrs.
almost immediately began their T^E^Cobler
overhead has been reduced' destructive rampage wluch last- ^ gij.^
ed over an hour before they were . Ro^^^rngh^^^, ^^g_
tS"^kltyXr“if7 McSd Young, Hoffman, a girl,
and Deputy A. W. Lambert.
The sheriff *said he has been
told that the young men “had
been reading the Bible and talk
ing religion for more than a
through a move which brought
the rent down from $75 to $25 a
month. Income has been increas
ed through expansion of member
ship (from 63 to 118) and growing
revenue from auto license sales.
New directors will be elected
by the membership from a com
plete list of all members, sent week” before the outbreak that
them by mail, according to a plan sent them to jail and then to Dix
presented by Earle B. »Owen as HilL
one successfiilly employed in oth-1 A wide-spread report that the
er towns. Sixteen names will be ] brothers were under the influence
checked for a slate of nominees' of narcotics was discounted by
from which, again by mail, seven Sheriff McDonald who said this
will be diosen. The secret-ballot story got around after a physician
vote is expected to be completed said they acted in the manner of
by the first of tiie year. Mr. ‘
Owen was named chairman of a
special committee to supervise the
election, assisted by J. Graves
Vaxm, Jr.
Hie Tuesday night meeting was
the last regular one for 1953, as it
was decided not to hold one dur
ing the Christmas season unless a
special meeting should be neces
sary.
Dinan Starts As
Assistant Farm
Agent For County
John Dinrin began work Tues
day as assistant .Moore County
farm agent, succeeding the late
W. G. Caldwell on the staff of the
office headed by E. H. Garrison
of Carthage.
A native of Warren County and
a 1952 graduate of State College,
Mr. Dinan was recently separated
from the armed forces after serv
ice in Korea He and his wife are
moving to Carthage from Raleigh
and have an apartment at the
heme of Miss Mary Currie.
Mr. Dinan will supervise 4-H
Club activities as part of his Ex
tension Service duties in Moore
Coimty, Mr. Garrison said this
week, and will also help with the
general work of the office. He is
an animal husbandry graduate
and his services in this line will
be of value to the dairy and beef
cattle raisers of the county, it
was pointed out.
Appointment of Mr. Dinan by
the county commissioners brings
to its full quota of three the staff
of the Moore County farm agent’s
office Fleet Allen, a poultry spe
cialist, is the other assistant agent,
also helping with the general
work of the office.
PILOT ADVERTISING PAYS
November 13 — Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Hendrix, Raeford, a boy.
November 14 — Mr. and Mrs.
Roderick Innis, Pinehurst, a girl;
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Richardson, El-
lerbe ,a boy.
November 15 — Mr. and Mrs.
Charles CaddeU, Aberdeen, a boy;
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Oldham,
Carthage, a girl.
November 16.—Dr. and Mrs. D.
W. Whitehead, Southern Pines, a
boy; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cameron,
Vass, a boy.
November 17 — Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Welch, Robbins, a girl.
November 23 — Mr. and Mrs.
Carson Cockman, Robbins, a boy;
Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Tate, West
End, a girl; Mr. and Mrs. Alton V.
Phillips, Raeford, a girl.
November 26 — Mr. and Mrs.
John M. Davis, Carthage, a girl.
November 28—Mr. and Mrs. Ed
win Boulton, West End, a boy.
November 29—^Mr. and Mrs. J.
L. Whitehead, Robbins, a girl; Mr.
and Mrs. Willie Page, Robbins, a
boy; Mr. and Mrs. Morris DeWitt,
Candor, a boy.
November 30 — Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Kennedy, Robbins, a
boy.
December 1—Mr. and Mrs. H.
persons who had been using nar
cotics. He cited the fact that the
outbreaks of violence and irra-
lional talk continued off and on
for almost a week after they were
arrested, during which time the
effects of narcotics would have
worn off.
122 New License
Tags Sold First
Day of ’54 Sale
A total of 122 license plates—
108 for autos and 14 for'trucks—
were sold at the Chamber of b. Foster, Aberdeen, a girl; Mr.
Commerce office Tuesday, first and Mrs. H. P. Shaw, Rocking-
day of the 1954 sale, reported ham, a boy.
Robert F. Cameron, auto license
bureau chairman.
This was a gain of more than
25 per cent over last year’s open
ing day, when 95 were sold—79
for autos, 13 for trucks and three
for trailers.
In addition to the 1954 lags
placed on sale for the first time,
a considerable number of 1953
plates were sold. Available now
for a nominal sum and good until
January 31, these w;ent mostly
to out-of-state vehicle owners
temporarily located here. •
Sale of 1953 licenses has been
good rigltt up to the new sale sea
son, said Miss Alice Baxter,
Chamber secretary. Many of these
have gone to new owners who
did not wish to be witliout use
of their new cars even for a few
days.
The auto license bureau is open
at 105 East Pennsylvania avenue
(rear) from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
daily except Wednesday and Sat
urday, when it closes at noon.
The all farm, products index of
prices received by North Carolina
farmers at local markets dropped
,3 .1^ 1-''’''’—!+ d”ring the month end
ing Octtriier IS. ^
Grandmother of
Mrs. Vann Dies
Funeral services were held at
Baltimore, Md., for Mrs. Lillie E,
Diggs, 79, who died at Pinebluft
Sanitarium November 18. Mrs.
Diggs was the grandmother of
Mrs. J. Graves Vann of Southern
Pines.
Mrs. Diggs had lived in Raleigh
before coming to the Sandhills.
She was at the Pinehurst Conval
escent Home for about a year be
fore going to Pinebluff.
Survivors’^e a daughter, Mrs
J. Harold Lampe of Raleigh whe
is the mother of Mrs. Vann; three
grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
CLOW’S GIFT SHOP
Harvard Bldg.—Opposite A&P—^PINEHURST
JEWELRY
DELICIOUSLY DIFFERENT SOUTHERN CANDY
WEST SOUTHERN PINES
SCHOOL NEWS
The West Southern Pines Yel-
lowjackets will open their basket
ball season ^gainst a strong quin
tet from Dudley High of Greens
boro tenight (Friday) in the
school gymnasium at 7:30 p. ha.
A P. T. A. meeting will be con-
''’ucted in the West Southern
Pines School auditorium Monday
night, December 7, at 8 p. m. All
parents are urged to attend.
(More West Southern Pines
School News on page 6)
CHILDREN’S DOLLS
Wide selection
GIFT WRAPPINGS
CHRISTMAS CARDS
Gibson and Hallmark
Boxed Cards
The Great Dismal Swamp in
North Carolina is 12 to 15 feet
higher than surrounding settle
ments, which are saved from be-
i ing flooded by a conic rim around
cart of the swamp and a system
of drainage canals.
Fall is the best season to trans
plant shrubs and trees.
Quality
Printing
TICKCTS
FOLDERS
BLOTTERS
BOOKLETS
HANDBILLS
ENVELOPES
BILL HEADS
STATEMENTS
LETTERHEADS
LEGAL BLANKS
WINDOW CARDS
BUSINESS CARDS
PAY ENVELOPES
CHARGE TICKETS
SOCIAL STATIONERY
WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENTS
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