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VOL. 36—NO.
Unusual Will Of
Former Resident
Reveals Bequest
Mrs. Dwight Hoskins
To Receive Half of
$30,000 Estate
Mrs. Algene Edson Hoskins
said today she was “overwhelm
ed” by news that Calvert Wilson,
49, who died recently in a desert
disaster in California, had be
queathed her half of his estate,
adding also that she found it
“rather upsetting” and would
prefer not to say anything about
it until she knew more details.
A Burbank, Qalif., attorney
phoned her, with meager infor
mation, several days ago follow
ing the death of Calvert Wilson,
formerly of Southern Pines. He
told her details would follow, but
they haven’t arrived. An Associ
ated Press dispatch today said
Mrs. Hoskins had been bequeath
ed half of his estate valued at
some $30,000, and had been made
executrix of his will. The other
half of his estate was left to his
two young daughters, with only
“30 pieces of silver”—$3—to go
to his divorced wife.
Tribute In Will
Concerning Mrs. Hoskins—^who
says she hadn’t seen him in 30
yea's, till he came to Southern
Pines last fall during a critical
illness of his mother—Wilson in
cluded in his will a personal trib
ute. He made the bequest to her,
he said, “for a love and a faith
which has lived undiminished for
40 years—and because-* she has
been my inspiration and encour
agement in most of the worth
while things I have accomplished,
in this life,” the Ac jociated Press
reported. 'The will referred to her
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SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JULYi7, 1955
SIXTEEN PAGES
Record-Breaking 16 Injured When
Migrant W orker Truck Overturns
JIMMIE ANN GARNER of Robbins—No. 6
in photo above—receives her crown in the
Fourth of Jidy beauty contest at Carthage from
Jacque Davenport of Southern Pines, 1954 win-
ner. No. 15 is Barbara Lewis of Robbins, second
place winner; No. 2, Carlotta Maples oi Car
thage, third place. (Photo by V. Nicholson)
Council To Face
17-Item Docket
At Tuesday Meet
A 17-item docket has been
drawn up for the regular meeting
of the Southern Pines council at
town hall Tuesday of next week
at 8- p.m. Other items may be
added before the meeting.
A report by Town Manager
Tom E. Ctmningham will be made
on the. estimated minimum bond
ing needs of the town for the next
10 years, including items in the
sewer and water departments and
for a town haR, jail, police station
and fire house combined building.
The manager said this week that
he does not feel that there is now
justification for including street
needs in the estimated expendi
tures th^t may call for bond is
sues. * i
The report was requested by the
council to guide consideration of
a recommendation by the Recrea
tion' Advisory Committee that the
council caU a $250,000 bond elec
tion for construction of swimming
pools, bath houses and recreation
centers in East and West South
ern Pines.
The board wiU also consider:
Authorizing engineering serv
ices in connection with proposed
sewer department work.
A request of the Southern Pines
school trustees that building per-
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J. B. Perkinson
Installed As New
Rotary President
Jair.es B. Perkinson was install
ed as president of the Rotary
Club at the Country Club last
Friday night, during a ladies
night gathering when the club
also played host to Arnold Schiff-
man of Greensboro, Rotary dis
trict governor.
Other officers installed in the
“inauguration night” ceremony
were Johnnie A. Hall, re
tiring president who becomes
vice-president for the coming
year under the Rotary plan of or
ganization; Harry Chatfield, sec
retary; and Ed Smail, treasurer.
Four new directors, who head
committees dealing with various
Rotary activities, are: Dr. Philip
P. Green, club service; James
Hartshorne, vocational service;
Carl E. Holt, community service;
and Harry Lee Brown, interna
tional service.
Mr. Schiffman, owner of
Schiffman’s jewelry store and a
civic leader at Greensboro, was
introduced by Mr. Perkinson who
by coincidence is proprietor of a
jewelry store here.
In his talk to the club, the dis
trict governor stressed the inter
national aspect of Rotary which
is a world-wide organization of
service clubs.
He related experiences at Lake
Placid, N. Y., wher^ district gov
ernors of Rotary gather fo a 10-
day conference. Overseas, he said,
Rotary is placed “more on a ped-
astal” than in the United States,
from^ his observations. Rotarians
shew that they are ready to make
real sacrifices for visiting mem
bers of their organization.
Mr. Schiffman cited examples
of Rotarians in South America
giving up full days to serve as
guides for himself and his daugh
ter.
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MISS GARNER WINS BEAUTY CROWN
Scott Blisters GOP Farm Program
As Hundreds Enjoy July 4 Events
Champion^ Runner-up
In Soap Box Derby
Both From S. Pines
U. S. Senator Kerr Scott, guest
speaker at the Fourth of July cel
ebration at Carthage, tore into
what he termed the administra
tion’s “do-nothing” farm policies
and charged the Department of
Agriculture with active hostili
ty toward measures to help get
Lions To Install
Officers Friday,
New officers wiU be installed
by the Southern Pines Lions Club
during a ladies night meeting to
be held Friday evening at the
Country Club.
District Governor Henry Price
of Kannapolis wiU be among the
guests at the informal meeting.
The new officers are: WilUam
A. Benson, president; Willis B.
Rush, secretary; William O.
Spence, treasurer; Donald F.
Traylor, Charles S. Patch, Jr., and
S. B. Richardson, first, second and
third vice-presidents; Ranell J.
Thompson, lion tamer; Joseph P.
Marley,. tail twister; Henry A.
Clayton and Charles P. Cole, di
rectors for one year; and the Rev.
Robert L. Bame and Broadus S.
Caudle, directors for two years.
The Rev. Mr. Bame is chairman
of the committee planning the la
dies night occasion.
farmers back on their feet.
Calling the farm surpluses “the
nation’s Number One farm prob
lem today,” he said the Depart
ment and its “flexible Secretly
Benson” are blocking all solutions
to the problem in a game of in
ternational politics.
“Instead of serving the farmer,
they want to make him produce
less and less, and get poorer and
poorer, instead of developing new
outlets, seeking new markets and
stepping up consumption in line
with the expanding economy
which has made us great,” Scott
told his audience of some 1,50'0
persons standing in the blistering
sun on the courthouse square.
He said. “The founding fath
ers gave us the tools to make this
the greatest nation in the world,
and the Fourth of July is a good
time to take stock and see what
we’re doing with them. Since the
Pilgrims first landed, this coun
try has thrived on teamwork, but
this has broken down now as far
as cur farm economy is concern
ed.”
Cuts Speech Short
An advance on his speech had
been sent to all newspapers of the
State, but Scott departed widely
from the script and finally quit
in the middle, remarking, “I know
you-all are hot out there, and
I’mi hot too.” From the bunting-
draped, roofed flatbed truck
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25 Occupants
Thrown To Road
Near Cameron
A wreck believed to be without
parallel in the number of injured,
in the history of Moore county,
occurred early today near Cam
eron, with 16 persons injured,
two or three of them critically.
Patrolman E. G. Shomaker said
a 1946 Ford truck—an old stake-
type truck, with open body—
overturned completely at the bot
tom of a; slope on US Highway 1
a mile south of Cameron, strevr-
ing some 25 Negro itinerant crop-
workers along the road. The acci
dent occurred, about 3 a. m.
Two ambulances were summon
ed from Southern Pines, two from
Sanford and there were also re
ported to be one or two others
helping pick up and transport the
injured. Patrolmen from both
counties were on the scene.
Shomaker said the truck be
longed to H. L. Lingle, of Sodus,
N. Y. It had picked up the crop-
workers—who included both men
and women—in t’londa to carfy
them to New York State. The
driver, David Lee Tillmon, of
Quincy, Fla., Negrb, 21, was un-:
hurt. TiUmon said at first his
^‘brakes locked on him” as he
Tvas going down hiU but, the pa
trolman said, admitted later he
“might have dropped off to sleep.”
He was taken to Carthage and
jailed pending a hearing pn
charges of careless and reckless
driving causing an accident and
injuries.
Tillmon and a woman riding
with him in the cab, Jessie Mc
Nair, were the only ones not
thrown clear of the wreck as the
truck swerved to the left, jumped
a culvert and somersaulted, with
the entire rear axle pulled almost
off as the rear wheels struck the
side of the ditch.
Listed as most critically hurt
were a youth, Johnny Jordan, and
an 18-year-old girl whose name
was given as Alfred Kinnard.
Both were taken to Moore County
hospital, aS were the foUowing,
with assorted lacerations, abra-
Miss Jenkins Ends
Long Service; Mrs.
Wicker Takes Post
The resignation of Miss Maida
Jenkins, who has been Moore
County accountant and tax su
pervisor for the past 28 years,
was accepted with regret by the
county commissioners at the
board’s regular meeting in Car
thage Tuesday.
The commissioners immediate
ly appointed Mrs. W. G. Wicker of
Hillcrest, who has been assistant
in the office for an equal number
of years, to succeed Miss Jenkins
in the important courthouse post.
Mrs. Dot Bryant of Carthage,
who has been employed in the
tax collector’s office for the past
five years, will move into the ac
countant’s office as assistant.
Resignation of Miss Jenkins was
revealed in a letter to the com
missioners which was read to the
board by Chairman Gordon Cam
eron. She expressed her regret
and her regard for the board and
explained the move was due to
the poor health of her brother,
Charles P. Jenkins, with whom
she makes her home in the family
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Nair, 55; Albert Johnson, 28*
Charles Cobb, 32; David Harper,
38; Alice Burgess, 36; Henry
Isaacs, 25, and Clarence Howell,
age not learned.
Taken to Lee County hospital
whre the following, said to be
less seriously hurt, with the prob
ability that aU or most might be
released this afternoon; Emory
Giddens, 46; Mary Frances Ross,
21; Simon Perkins aUas Ernest
Howard, 52; Sylvester WilUams,
47; Carl Moorhead, 42; Amos
Black, 60, and a five-year-old
child, John Burgess, Jr.
Addresses of all were given as
Sanford, Fla., except Giddens,
said to be from' Whitman, Ga. The
sions, and fractures: Jessie Me- truck was rated a total loss.
Methodist Pastors Reappointed
REV. ROBERT L. BAME
Moore Presbyterians Expected
To Back College Merger Plan
Southern Pines and Moore
County Presbyterians attending
the annual Synod meeting next
week at Barium Springs are ex
pected to support the move to
ward consolidation of three Pres
byterian colleges, and advocate
in any way open to them the con
sideration of Southern Pines as a
site.
Acceptance or rejection of the
consolidation proposal will be the
main business of the Synod dur
ing its three-day meeting, starting
Wednesday. If the recommenda
tion is accepted, it is expected
that Synod will set up a board of
trustees for the consolidated col
lege, with the task of choosing a
site.
Attending wiU be A. L. Burney,
cjiairman. Mayor Voit Gilmore,
W. Lament Brown and W. E.
Blue, members of a loca^ commit
tee set up to promote the choice
of Southern Pines as a site. All
are members of Brownson Memo
rial Presbyterian Church.
Official delegates of the Brown-
son Memorial Church wiU be the
Rev. C. K. Ligon and M. L. Far-
rior. Others of Moore county
who are expected to support the
local effort in aU ways at their
command are the Presbyterian
ministers. Laymen H. Clifton Blue
of Aberdeen, W. H. Currie of Car
thage, J. F. Sinclair of West End,
and others.
It is not anticipated that a full
presentation of the advantages of
any town will be considered at
this time, or before the new con
solidated board is organized.
However, assurance of a whole
hearted welcome, with presenta
tion of certain special advantages,
might help in the reaching of
some important decisions at Ba
rium Springs, Chairman Burney
said.
Tentative Moore
Budget Continues
Tax Rate At $1.35
A tentative county budget set
ting a tax rate of $1.35 per $100
of property valuation was adopted
by the county commissioners in
their regular monthly meeting at
Carthage Tuesday. The tax rate
is Ijhe same as last year, but total
property valuation of the county
is estimated at $42,000,000 — two
miUion higher than last year’s
estimated valuation which later
proved to be lower than the ac
tual value.
The board met Tuesday because
of the Fourth of July holiday on
their regular Monday meeting
date. All members were present:
Chairman Gordon M. Cameron of
Pinehurst, John M. Currie of Car
thage, Tom Monroe of Robbins, J.
M. Pleasants of Southern Pines
and L. R. Reynolds of Leaman
community.
By law, the budget is open to
inspection at the courthouse for
20 days. If no revisions are ask
ed or made in it, final adoption
is expected at a special meeting
of the commissioners July 28.
The tentative budget approved
Tuesday lists total requirements
of $1,106,284.
Of this amount, it is estimated
that taxes will bring in $509,072
(Rowing for uncollectible taxes,
discounts and commissions on col
lections amounting to $56,563),
and that $597,212 ■will come from
revenue other than the tax levy—
chiefly ABC sfore profits and
fines and forfeitures in the courts.
Schools again take the lion’s
share of the county revenue—
$761,433, as compared with $344,-
851 for other expenses including
general fund, health, welfare and
debt service.
Of the total money for schools,
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The Rev. Robert L. Bame, pas
tor of the Southern Pines Meth
odist'Church, was reappointed to
the church here during last
week’s session of the North Caro
lina Conference at Fayetteville,
as were other ministers serving
Methodist churches of this area.
The conference was the fix-st
held under a new system which
sets the annual gathering in the
summer. The last previous confer
ence was held last fall when the
annual meetings had formerly
been held.
Appointments last week to
other churches of the FayetteviUe
District in this area included:
Aberdeen, the Rev. W. A. Tew
Pinebluff, the Rev. James w!
Hamilton who was formally ad
mitted to the CO'iiference during
the meeting; Vass, Walter C.
Smith; and West End, P. H. Lay-
field. Jr.
The Rev. Mr. Bame was ap
pointed district director, Christian
Vocations, and the Rev. Mr. Tew
at Aberdeen was named Confer
ence secretary of Town and Coun
try Work.
Appointments in this area to
churches of the Burlington Dis
trict include the Rev. M. C. Hen
derson, with the Rev. John Cline,
former pastor, as associate, Car
thage; the Rev. C. J. Andrews,
Robbins; and the Rev. J. H. Par
rish, Robbins circuit.
EDWIN CADDELL, left, beat his first cousin
Alec Fields, Jr., in Moore County’s first soap
box derby, held at the 4th of July celebration
at Carthage. Above, winner and runner-up
shake hands just after their racers had come to
a stop after the final heat. Edwin’s blue racer
flashed over the finish line just two lengths
ahead of his cousin’s snappy red-and-black job.
(Photo by V. Nicholson)
Here It Is: Ladies To
Stage Softball Game!
Ladies who have been practic
ing softbaU daily at the elemen
tary school playground will form
two teams next Tuesday night for
their first public exhibition of
skill on^ the diamond—the mar
ried women, led by Mrs. Ike
Woodell (the “Mrs.’s”) versus the
unmarried women, led by Miss
Saradee Davis (the “Misses”).
The game is slated for 7 p.m.
as a preliminary to two of the
regular men’s Adult Softball
League contests.
Women wishing to play or
wanting further information are
< asked to call the team leaders.
Yonts Appointed
Police Officer
Robert Thdhnan Yonts, 23, will
go on duty at 6 p.m. today as a
new Southern Pines J)olice officer,
increasing the persoimel of the’
department to seven, as authoriz
ed by the town council in the
1955-56 budget which went into
effect July 1.
Appointment of Yonts to the
police force was announced by
Chief C. E. Newton this morning.
The new officer served with the
Military Police at Fort Bragg un
til leaving the armed forces re
cently. His wife is the former
Evelyn Snipes of Niagara and
they have a young daughter.
Yonts is a native of McRoberts,
Ky. He is familiar with Southern
Pines and this area, as he lived at
Niagara for some time while sta^
tioned at Fort Bragg.
Personnel of the police 'depart
ment now are: Chief Newton, Sgt.
H. y. Chandler, Jr., Sgt. Lamar
Smith, Drake Rogers, Malcolm’
Stout, Jerry Wright and Yonts.
ADULT SOFTBALL
LEAGUE RESULTS
June 30 Games
CP&L Co. 22, Lions 9.
Laymen 17, Col. Fufn. 5.
STANDINGS
Team w. L,
USAF Air-Gr. School 3 0
N. C. Cath. Laymen 3 0
Car. Pow. & Light 2 1
Holliday’s Chicks 1 i
Hilltop Jokers 1 2
Colonial Furniture 0 2
So. Pines Lions Club 0 3
COMING GAMES
No games this week
Tuesday, July 12
7:00—Special women’s game.
7:30—^Lions vs. Jokers.
9:30—Colonial Fum. •vs. CP&L
Thursday, July 14
7:30—^Holliday’s vs. Colon. Fur.
9:30—USAFAGOS vs. Laymen