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BACK YOUR HOME TEAM — ATTEND TONIGHT'S GAME □UfllC - -r ■ Uiqh roll! RoIrl'iNS Giendon ^nqrearKl Caf^qz ^ Cameron pf)! , , Vife^bid Loksvisj^'Vass r IJlcrba BACK YOUR HOME TEAM — ATTEND TONIGHT'S GAME VOL. 35—NO. 46 SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1954 EIGHTEEN PAGES PRICE—TEN CENTS Commissioners Favor Use Other Boarding Homes Excessive Cost of Conversion Seen At Moore County Home Two problems that have occu pied the attention of the county commissioners for several months —the fate of the county home and school financing—took up a large portion of the officials’ time dur ing their regular meeting at the courthouse in Carthage Monday. Checking over their figures on the cost of renovating the county home so that it would be accept able to the State Welfare depart ment as a boarding home, the board came up with the same con- clusion'that followed their special meeting about the county home last week: the cost will run so high they don’t think they can convert it ^ith the amount ap propriated in this year’s budget. The solution, which Chairman Gordon Cameron explained could not be listed as something final until all details are wopnd up, would be to move present inmates of the county home to privately operated boarding homes else where in the county. Negotia tions for operation of these homes and all details for the transfer of inmates remain incomplete. There is $15,000 in the budget for the county home this year, of which presumably some portion has been spent, since three months of the fiscal year have already gone by. Necessary renovations at the home would cost about $7,000. The remainder. Chairman Cameron said, would probably not be enough to finance the county’s part in paying the upkeep of resi dents in the home if operated as a boarding home. This, said Mr. Cameron, is the reason all of this year’s appropria tion for the county home could not be used for renovations. Un der the boarding home system, the county will have to pay out considerable cash money for .up keep of charity inmates—as Fed eral and State old age assistance money does not take care of this item completely. The amount paid out, of- course, would vary with the number of persons being cared for at such a boarding home. Chairman Cameron emphasized that all details of the board’s ten tative plan are by no means set tled. He said expenses have been figured very closely and that the board will do only what it can do and remain within the budget. If the plan to put county home inmates in private boarding homes materializes, the county home property would be left un occupied, at least temporarily. Chairman Cahieron reported to the board that Mr. and Mrs. Har dy Barber, county employees who now operate the county home, had offered to continue to "ve on the home property and keep in it re- (Continued on Page 8) fl <91- m Mi Nr*’ ;27 Hundreds Expected To Attend First Contest Under Outdoor Lights , J ‘ ^ I . 7 « \ \Wr i ^ I ’ .. .. BLUE KNIGHTS SQUAD—Here are the Blue Knights of Southern Pines High School, with their coaches, ready for to night’s homecoming six-man football game with Bladenboro High School, at Memorial Field. Front row, left to right. Coach Irie Leonard, Bobby Cline, James Humphrey, Garland Pierce, Tony Parker, Bill Marley, John Ray, Bill Cox, Johnny Watkins, As^t. Coach W. A. Leonard. Second row, same order: Joe McDonald, Charles Watkins, Lynn Van Benschoten, Jimmy Bowers, Bill Kessler, Kenneth Creech, Joe Diggs, Roger Verhoeff, Don Walter. Top row, same order: Manager Jimmy Weatherspoon, James Morrison, Billy Hamel, Bobby Parker, John Van Benschoten, Gib Hobart, Andy Patterson, Bill McDonald, David McCallum, Charles Weatherspoon. (Photo by Humphrey) Democrats To Rally At Sanford Tuesday Bth District Event Will Begin At 2:15, Barbecue At 5 p.m. Moore County Democrats will join delegates from the 11 other counties of the 8th Congressional District Tuesday afternoon cl next week, October 12, in a pre election rally at the Lee County courthouse in Sanfora. The gathering is set for 2:15 p. m. W. Lamont Brown of Southern Pines, chairman cf the Moore Couijty Democratic Executive committee, this week urged all Democrats in the county to plan Moore Demos Plan Banquet, Speaking Program, Carthage Moore County Young Demo crats will join with senior mem bers of the party for a banquet and rally at Carthage Tuesday, October 26, it was announced this week by Voit Gilmore of South ern Pines, county YDC president and recently elected YDC nation al committeeman from North Carolina. The program calls for a dinner at the Carthage Hotel at 6:30 p. m., followed by a rally in the court room at the courthouse at 8 p. m. All party members are being invited to bring a young person not now affiliated with a Demo cratic organization, said Gilmore, stressing the county YDC’s cur rent drive to bring younger men and women into active party par ticipation. Lt. Gov. Luther Hodges and Eighth District Congressman C. B. Deane were announced as main speakers at the rally. Invited also, Gihnore said, are The second annual ladies night'members of the Council of State 9 Lions Clubs Of County Plan Joint Meeting banquet of the Moore County Lions Clubs will be held at the Southern Pines Country Club, Friday night, October 22. There are nine Lions clubs in Mcore County. The meeting is being held under the general di rection of E. P. Hinson, deputy district Lions governor of West End. Lions clubs in the county are: Aberdeen, Pinebluff, Pinehurst, West End, Robbins, Carthage, Cameron, Vass and Southern Pines. A meeting was held in Aber deen last Friday night following the regular meeting of the Aber deen club at which time plans for the county-wide banquet were outlined. Another and final plan ning meeting will be held Tues day night, October 19, in Vass, at the close of that club’s reg ular meeting. and State leaders of the senior party and Young Democrats. The local man urged county Democrats to plan to attend. OPEN SUNDAY The Sandhill Drug Co. will be open Sunday. This information was inadvertently omitted from the company’s advertisement on page 15 of today’s Pilot. Pierce To Attend NAP Convention Postmaster Ciarland A. Pierce and Mrs. Pierce left Tuesday for a trip through New England be fore attending the 50th annual convention of the National As sociation of Postmasters at Phil adelphia, Sunday through Thurs day of next week. Mr. Pierce, president of the North Carolina chapter of the As sociation, will lead a delegation of about 65 postmasters from this state. The .local man will serve on the committee that will choose the time, and place for next year’s convention of the Association. Other postmasters from this area expected to go to Philadel phia are Miss Edna Maurer of Aberdeen, Mrs. Annie Lou Scott of Sanford and W. E. Cox of Rae- ford. to attend and said he hoped the county would have a good crowd at the rally. Brc'wn said he received a let ter this week urging that Demo cratic nominees for all county of fices be present at the rally. Each will be recognized, he said. Two Sanford attorn-eys. Former State Senator J. C. Pittman and W. W. Staton, former State Pres ident cf the Young Democrats, plan to have a barbecue .supper for delegates and visitors at 5 p. m., following the rally. Brown reported. The local man asked those who expect to be at the supper to let him know immedi ately, so that he can report an ap proximate Moore County attend ance to the Sanford hosts. The rally is one of a series be ing held in all 12 Congressional Districts of the State, with high- ranking state and party officials taking part. Rep. C. B. Deane cf Rockingham will attend the San ford gathering. Normally, Gov. William B. Um- stead would head the list of dig nitaries on the campaign caravan, but the Governor is in Watts Hos pital at Durham for rest and re cuperation from recent activities. Officials expecting to be pres ent for most of the Congressional District rallies include: Senators Alton Lennon and Sam J. Ervin, Jr., senate nominee W. Kerr Scott, State Democratic Executive Cemmittee Chairman John D. Larkins, jr.. Party Vice-Chair man Mrs. Mary Laurens Richard son. National Committeeman B. Everett Jordan, National Commit teewoman Mrs. B. B. Everett and Party Secretary Herman Moore. Other State officials on the tour include Lieutenant Governor Luther H. Hodges, Secretary of State Thad Eure, Treasurer Ed win Gill, Insurance Commissioner Charles Gold, Agriculture Com missioner L. Y. Ballentine, Audi tor Henry L. Bridegs, Labor Com missioner Frank Crane, Superin tendent of Public Instruction Charles F. Carroll and Attorney General Harry McMullan. Congressmen, local office hold ers and candidates, and party leaders are joining with rank and file Democrats in an all-out effort to stimulate interest in the Dem ocratic ticket and encourage a big vote turnout on election day. First of the District meetings was held in Hendersonville Tuesday of this week. The campaigners are expected (Continued on Page 8) HEAT BREAKS The unseasonable heat that sent temperatures into the high nineties early this week was broken Wednesday night by a strong wind brought a drop of more than 20 degrees in Thursday's daytime temperature — but the rain thett is desperately needed throughout this area, was still missing Thursday. Light showers fell in this sec tion as the wind rose Wed nesday night, but no real re- licif from the drought was re ceived. Cemetery Policy To Be Discussed Discussion of the town’s policy for Mount Hope Cemetery will be continued at the regular meeting of the town council Tuesday at 8 p.m., in town hall. Up lor decision is whether the town will raise the price of ceme tery lots, thereby making the cem etery more nearly self-sustaining and removing at least a portion of the upkeep cost from the taxpay ers, all of whom do not benefit from cemetery facilities. The proposal, recommended by City Manager Tom E. Cunning ham who made a study of ceme tery financing at the request of the council, has been before the council for long debate at two previous meetings. Legion Post Will Meet Tuesday Night The Sandhill Post 134 of the American Legion will meet Tues day evening at the Legion Hut on East Vermont Avenue. All mem bers, and others interested in join ing the Legion, are urged to be present at 8 p.m. Renewal of memberships and preparations lor sponsorship of the presentation of “Don Pas- quale,” a comic opera, on Novem ber 19, will be included. Refresh ments will be served. Postal Receipts For 3rd Quarter Increase Receipts at the Southern Pines post office for the quarter ending September 30 were 6.23 per cent over the corresponding quarter last year, it was announced this week by Postmaster Garland Pierce. Total receipts lor the quarter were $14,530.15. This is $853.29 more than the same quarter in 1953. Postal receipts are consid ered a good index of business ac tivity. James Cox, 20, Killed In Wreck Saturday Night Samuel Frye, Jr., 23, Injured; Coroner Will Call Hearing A one-car automobile accident, in Kncllwood last Saturday night, that took the hie of James Cox, 20, of West End, will be the sub ject of a hearing to be called by Coroner Ralph Steed of Robbins as soon as Samuel Frye, Jr., 23, cf Carthage, who was injured in the wreck, is able to attend. The coroner set a bond of $2,500 for Frye this week, to be posted when he leaves St. Joseph of the Pines hospital where he has been a patient with head injuries. It was expected that Frye could leave the hospital late this week. Officer H. V. Chandler, Jr., who investigated the Knollwood accident, said that the car went out of control on a curve east of St. Joseph’s hospital, on the road from Midland road toward Car thage. Measurements made by of ficers at the scene showed that the car was apparently out of control for a total distance of 338 feet. In the course of this dis tance, officers reported, the car traveled 57 feet without touch ing the ground, broke off a tele phone pole, apparently was go ing backwards for 100 feet and ended up against a tree. Cox suffered head wounds and never regained consciousness be fore he died Sunday. The car invplvqd was a 1954 Chevrolet Owned by Frye, a mar ried man who recently was dis charged from the Army. He was believed to have been the driver and a warrant charging careless and reckless driving, resulting in property damage and personal in jury, was served on him in the hospital prior to Cox’s death. (Continued on page 8) Ceremonies To Precede Game; Band To Play Adding interest to the High School’s Homecoming football game with Bladenboro tonight (Friday*) will be a ceremony in which the new field lights will be accepted by A. C. Dawson, Jr., superintendent of schools and half-time activities that will fea ture entertainment by the school band, awarding of prizes for busi ness window decorations on the homecoming game theme and also awarding of a television set to some game ticket purchaser. National Guard Warrant Offi cer Lennox Forsyth is in charge of the pre-game ceremony which is expected to get started by 7:45 p. m., perhaps a little earlier. Be cause of early darkness, the new lights will already be turned on. Things will get started when the band marches on the field and goes through formations. An automobile driven by Newland Phillips will then appear with the following as passengers: Johnnie A. Hall, president of the Rotary Club which made a $1,500 contri bution to the lighting fund; Bry an Poe, exalted ruler of the Southern Pines Elks lodge which gave $2,000 for the lights; W. B. (Chick) Holliday, general chair man of the lighting project for the Cha;mber of Commerce; C. N. Page, “general” of the army of workers who worked in the cam paign; and Carl E. Holt, chairman of pledges in the drive and chair- SPHS Faces ( Bladenboro Here Tonight Southern Pines High completed heavy workouts Thursday for their Homecoming Game with Bladenboro (tonight) Friday, and Coach Irie Leonard pronounced the Blue Knights ready for the big game. On Thursday the locals ran through a light signal drill, prac ticed running back kickoffs and had punting drills with Watkins and Cox doing the kicking. Fol lowing that, a round of calisthen ics and the squad was dismissed. Bladenboro High was expected early Friday afternoon for a brief workout. Kickoff is scheduled at 8 p.m. Not too much is known about this year’s Bladenboro team. A check of their squad shows some big boys and the starting lineup as announced by Coach Atkinson figures to be about the same weight average as that of the lo cals. The feeling around here gives the edge to the Blue Knights by as much as two touchdowns, but the Southern Pines coaching staff are not that optimistic. They look for a hard-fought game, and, like all of the coaching fraternity, dis like for their team to be cast in the favorite role. However, the odds makers will spot two touch downs on the locals, since after a scoreless slow start against Max- ton, the Blue Knights have run over West End, Rowland, and Red Springs. It’s no secret that the Southern man of game ticket sales for the Pines squad is better balanced Rotary Club. With Forsyth at the micro phone of a public address system. than it was last year—with James Humphrey the payoff runner. Humphrey is the slickest thing seep in these parts for years. Not these men wiU ah be recognized far UiAd him is Johnny at tailback and Watkins is so closely followed by Billy Cox that the coaches have not definitely decided on which one will get the down the field. Acceptance of the lights by Mr. Dawson wiU follow. Coaches and players of the lo- starting call. COUNTY FARM NEWS IN SPOTLIGHT ^Nickels^ Election Set Friday; 1 Problems More Acute Than ^34 Moore County users of feed and fertilizer will vote at 19 polling places in the “Nickels for Know- How” election Friday of next week, October 15. Eligible to vote are persons en gaged in the production of farm commodities, who use feed and fertilizer or both, and their hus bands and wives. Future Farm ers, 4-H Club members and other farm youths may vote, if they In dependently use feed and fertil izer on the farm. The question before the voters is whether or not they will con tribute five cents per ton of feed and fertilizer they buy to support an agricultural research and edu cational program in North Caro lina, continuing a program that was first approved by farmers with a 9-1 majority three years ago. (Continued on Page 8) cal and visiting teams will then be introduced—the players taking their playing positions in a line up as each on6’s name is called. Half-Time Features During the half, the high school band will perform, planning a performance that is said to be spectacular — provided certain equipment that has been ordered arrives by tonight. In any case, the band will perform at this time. A $10 first prize and $5 second prize, provided by the Chamber of Commerce, will then be pre sented to the winner and runner- up in judging of more than 50 window exhibits that are being placed by local merchants and businesses in connection with the homecoming game—a local tradi tion that has received fine coop eration from business firms this year. George H. Leonard, Jr., is in charge of this project for the Chamber of Commerce. Five of the windows were decorated by high school students and the re mainder by the owners of the businesses. Speaking before the annual membership kick-off dinner of the Moore County Farm Bureau held at the Carthage Hotel in Carthage Tuesday night. Repre sentative Alonzo Edwards of Hookerton told Moore County farm leaders that the problems facing them now are more acute than the problems they faced in 1934. Recounting the 20 years of ^ agricultural prosperity, he told the group that now “our condi tions have changed tremendous ly.” Citing the fact that farmers income was down 17 per cent in 1953 as compared with 1952, he said that, “We have lost ground in Washington.” He said that the Federal gov ernment had given to industry $1 billion, $216 million in tax write-offs and subsidies last year (Continued on Page 8) $2,000 Received In Scout Drive Residents of Southern Pines had given close to $2,000 by Thursday in the Occoneechee Council Boy Scout fund drive that opened here and throughout the county Tuesday under the general direction of Brig. Gen. Pearson Menoher. Thomas C. Darst, Jr., local chairman, presided at a breakfast in the Southland Hotel Tuesday morning, opening the campaign which is using a large numbe- of canvassers here. Mr. Darst urges that all those who have not re turned pledge cards get them in as soon as possible. Partial reports from only a few of the other communities in the county had been received Thurs day at the Moore District Boy Scout office, making it impossible to give a picture of the drive’s progress in the county as a whole. Stocky Bobby Cline, signal call er, also clears the way for Wat kins, Humphrey and Cox. Walter Creech and Charles Watkins are capable backfield reserves. Given just a streak of daylight or night- light as the case may be, and Wal ter is gone like a flash. Creech blocks viciously and is the hardest tackier on the squad, and with line blocking up front, all of these boys can go. Bladenboro Coach Atkinson and Coach Leonard announced prob able starting line-ups as foUows: Bladenboro Sou. Pines Hester, H left end Parker, T Avant center Pierce Collier right end Marley Causey blockingback Cline Armstrong wingback Humphrey Grimsley tailbgck Watkins or Cox —JAP. Wife of Crash Victim Listed As Local Resident This area was shocked Wednes day by news of the crash of a C-119 “Flying Bcxcar” at Fort Bragg, killing the pilot and co pilot and injuring 12 persons, in cluding two civilians. The dead co-pilot, Lt. S. N. Ful ton, was listed as the husband of Mrs. Rhoda Fulton of Southern Pines, but a check by The Pilot failed to reveal Mrs. Fulton’s place of residence here. All sources normally having records of persons who are living in Southern Pines reported no rec ord of Lt. and Mrs. Fulton. Scene of the crash was an area under construction that will be the new home of the 82nd Air borne Division—^less than a mile from the Smoke Bomb Hill area where a Flying Bex car crashed March 30, killing seven persons. The dead pilot was Lt. W. L. Wiatt, husband of Mrs. Helen T. W!iatt of Fort Bragg. He was cred ited with saving lives by directing the falling plane, with an engine afire, as best he could to keep it from hitting where men were workingj.