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TETOHSDAY, JUNE 30. 1955
THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina
PAGE THIRTEEN
DRIVE CAREFULLY—SAVE A UFE
MRS. BUTTRY WISHES TO ANNOUNCE
THE 5 O'CLOCK CLUB
WILL BE CLOSED FOR VACATION UNTIL
FRIDAY. JULY 15
330
JULY
0^arimee
SALE!
STARTS THURSDAY. JUNE 30
ENTIRE STOCK IS ON SALE I ! Now. at vacation
time, it will pay you to come and buy our spring and
summer merchandise. You will be amazed at how rea
sonably you can buy NATIONALLY ADVERTISED
lines.
DRESSES
JONATHAN LOGAN summer sheers,
$16.95 values, now $10.95
$10.95 values, now $6.95
LYNNBROOK spring dresses and summer sheers,
$10.95 values, now $6.95
$8.95 values, now $5.95
OTHER beautiful sheer dresses, $5.95 values, $3.95; $4.95
values, $2.95
JANTZEN and RUGBY bathing suits, shorts, pedal
pushers, shirts, blouses, all on sale.
MEN’S slacks, MIRROR TEST and GRIFFON
clothes, VAN HEUSEN dress and sport shirts,
DOBBS straw hats, EMPIRE hats, bathing suits,
walking shorts, and items too numerous to mention.
A tremendous buy in SHOES. You'll find real values
in our new shoe department, recently added to our big
store, which is AIR CONDITIONED FOR YOUR COM
FORT.
No matter what the distance it will certainly
pay you to come and see these values.
Israel Mann
"In Raeford Since 1925"
RAEFORD. N. C.
Seven Years Old
KENTUCKY STRAI6HT
BOURBON WHISKEY
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$030
$
Pint
R. J. Hugh es Leases About 1,700 Acres In Moore For
Prospecting, But Doesn’t Know Yet What He’ll Find
Veteran Mining
Engineer Plans To
Get Further Leases
If there’s gold, uranium or
whatever in them thar Sandhills,
you can bet R. J. Hughes will
have it under lease.
For the past few months the lo
cal hotelman has gone quietly
about the business of putting some
1,700 acres of Moore County land
under lease for mining purposes.
He said this week he is aiming for
about 10,000 acres in all.
Considerable comment was stir
red when he recently filed several
of the lease agreements at Car
thage, giving him the ■ right to
prospect -for, mine and develop
“substances such as Gold, Silver,
Lead, Zinc, Copper, Minerals for
Atomic Energy, Rare Earths, Coal,
Oil, Gas, etc., in their diverse
forms, deemed mineable and mer
chantable, on or from beneath the
surface of all lands hereinafter
described.” Other such agree
ments are in preparation and he
said, there will be more, as “I plan
to blanket the area.”
The agreements call for only
the small cash outlay of $1 per
year per tract, paid seven years
in advance, with some of the
tracts running 150 acres or more.
Any expense incurred in the pros
pecting or developing of minerals,
however, is to be paid by Hughes,
and, if any mineral is mined or
sold, the owners are to receive a
royalty.
The leases, he declared, are only
a necessary first step toward any
prospecting or mining, and he
hasn’t the vaguest notion what he
might find, if anything.
Rumors Called Untrue
He dubbed “strictly untrue” any
wild rumors that he has sighted
KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON • 86 PROOF • OLD CHARTER DISTILLERY CO., LOUISVILLE, KY.
John D. Sanders
Arrested Again
On Liquor Charge
John D. Sanders, 28, of Eagle
Springs, Route 1, already under
bond on a liquor manufacturing
charge, was arrested last Thurs
day for the second time within
two months at the site of another
still which he allegedly was oper
ating within about a half mile of
the one which was raided before.
Before Federal Commissioner
John Lang of Carthage, a bond of
$500 was set for the second time,
pending trial of Sanders in Fed
eral court at Rockingham.
Another man made his getaway
from the still site near Spies last
week, officers reported. When
Sanders was arrested May 4, offi
cers also captured his cousin, Ray
Sanders, and Robert Bruce who
rbmain under bond awaiting trial.
The 200-gallon submarine type
stiU was in operation when offi
cers staged the raid. There were
four and a half gaUons of whiskey
on hand and about 150 gallons of
mash in the stiU.
Taking part in the raid were C.
A. McCallum, chief ABC officer;
ABC officers Kieth Marks and
John Sharpe; and Deputy Sheriffs
D. B. Cranford and A. W. Lam
bert.
oil, or found anything to get a
Geiger counter clicking.
Hughes, a mining engineer who
has prospected in many states, and
enjoys it, declared, “Earth every
where contains many treasures. I
am tired of people believing that
western North Carolina is the
only part of this State with any
thing interesting in the soil. It is
just as likely that valuable min
erals can be found here in mine
able quantity as anywhere — if
you only know what to look for.
“When I go fishing, I hope for
luck. If I hook a big fish, that’s
fine. If 1 get just a little fish, or
no fish, at least I will have had
the sport.”
Asked if he had run into any
good clues, he replied, “That aU
depends. Geology is like detective
work. Small clues can mean a
lot, if you find further clues to
substantiate them. If you don’t
find the others, the first ones
don’t mean a thing.”
Has Own Laboratory
His Moore County prospecting
has been on quite a small scale so
far, pending the securing of the
lease agreements which will give
him a wide area in which to work.
He has a miniature laboratory of
his own to run preliminary tests.
For further information, he uses
the standard government agen
cies.
The country people looked on
him with suspicion at first and he
had some difficulty in getting the
early leases. Now, though, they
are viewing him with growing fa
vor, listening more receptively to
his odd proposition. But he dis
courages any wild dreams of sud
den—or even eventual—riches.
But, he persuades them, what
have they to lose? The lease
doesnt affect any use of the land
for home, farming, pasture or any
such thing. While the farmer
works, Hughes may be over in the
corner of the lot puttering around
in the dirt, that’s all. Of course,
if he finds anything, an oil der
rick may spring up, or a mine
shaft be thrust down. The agree
ment says so. But it doesn’t guar
antee it.
Some Owners Listed
Lands which he already has un
der lease are mostly in Carthage,
Mineral Springs and Bensalem
townships. Some of the owners
are Tracy J. Seawell, Mrs. Zora
Lee Jackson, Tom Jackson, Lewis
Harris and Mis. W. W. Harris. A
good deal of time has been taken
up with title searches, which
Hughes does himself. He also
writes his own lease agreements.
A native of southern Indiana,
he lived pretty much all over the
country before tales of old gold
mines brought him to North Caro
lina. He became the owner of a
building at Siler City, which he
swapped five years ago for one in
Southern Pines. This building,
formerly the Patterson Funeral
Home, he converted to a small ho
tel, which he and his wife have
operated since June 1950.
NOTICE
To Members of
Hernando’s Hideaway Supper Club:
Will be open Monday, July 4; also
having special entertainment Tues
day the 5th and Wednesday the 6th.
New addition now open
F. A. TUTHILL
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Men's
DENIM PANTS
11.99 $2.99
LINEN PANTS
a99
Ladies'
DRESSES
Special Rack, $3.98
(Complete assortment)
SWIM SUITS SHORTS
PEDAL PUSHERS
1/2 PRICE
The Quality Shop
Poplar St.
ABERDEEN. N. C.
Jugtown Pottery
To Be Shown In
Europe, Far East
Jugtown pottery, made in
Moore county, has been selected
as one of the items to be featured
in an “America at Home” exhibit
to be shown at international fairs
in Europe and the Far East in the
late summer and early fall. '
The exhibit will consist of a
prefabricated house containing
furnishings and ornaments typi
cal of the best in American cul
ture, yet within reach of the ave
rage family. It will be sponsored
by the State Department in co
operation with House Beautiful
and three national housing organ
izations.
Mrs. Jacques Busbee, who with
her husband founded Jugtown in
upper Moore county more tlian
30 years ago, and has continued
it since his death in 1947, said
that pottery to be used ^ in the
exhibit will be from a permanent
collection which has been in the
hands of friends in New York
City.
Miss Sarah Little, of the edito
rial staff of House Beautiful, vis
ited Mrs. Busbee at her home
early this month, to secure back
ground for a story about the Jug
town ware. Special publicity
about Jugtown and the beautiful,
unusual items made there—by
hand, using a potter’s wheel, bak
ed in a hand-fired kiln, in the
old-time way—will be prepared
for House Beautiful by one of the
nation’s top advertising firms.
The exhibit will be shown in
Bari, Italy; Barcelona, Paris,
Bangkok and other great cities
of the world where fairs are to
be held this year.
Oollins
Week E]x\d.
All Ladies
BATHING SUITS
Values to $10.95
now on
ly $5.00
Children's
BATHING SUITS
Values to $4.95
Now only two prices—
$1.44 and $2.44
Boys'
NYLON SPORT SHIRTS
Sizes 4 to 14
88c each
Boys'
PLAY SHORTS
Sizes 3-6; a large selection
4 pair for $1.00
Children's SUN SUITS
Values to $4.19
Now only—
49c and 69c ea.
Boys'
BATHING TRUNKS
49c ea.
One Counter Ladies' Plisse
Half Slips and Brassieres
59c
Make Your Selection Early as They
Won't Last Long At These Prices!
A HOT SPECIAL
BOYS' and GIRLS'
$39 BICYCLES—only
$2.5.00
'Yes, it's true—^you didn't steal
them"
Men's New Fall All Wool
FLANNEL SUITS
Long and regular models
only $29.95
USE OUR
LAY-AWAY PLAN
Collins Department Store
ABERDEEN. N. C.