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VOL. 36—NO. 52
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES. N. C.. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 17. 1955
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
PRICE TEN CENTS
Man Who Shot Sheriff
Found Guilty By Jury
William Gentry Maxwell, 72,
was found “guilty as charged” by
a jury Wednesday afternoon, in
the firing of a shotgun blast Sat
urday, October 8, which hit Sher
iff C. J. McDonald in the face and
just rjiissed two other officers.
The jury rendered its verdict
with a recommendation that
mercy be shown in the punish
ment, presumably on account of
EXECUTIVE TELLS CLUB
Amerotron, Inc.
‘Pleased, Proud’
To Be In Area
Amerotron, Inc. is pleased and
proud to be located in the Sand
hills, an(^ although its plants in
this locality are not as yet oper
ating on a profitable basis, they
“will be made profitable,” R. M.
Cushman, executive vice presi
dent of the corporation, told the
Sandhills Kiwanis Club on Wed
nesday.
The parent-comp any, Textron
American, which controls the
merged American Woolen Mills,
Textron Corp. and the Robbins
Mills, is, on the other hand, high
ly profitable. Sales of $130,530,-
000 during the first nine months
of 1955 returned a net profit of
$5,840,000, or $1.44 per share • of
common stock after preferred
dividends, Mr. Cushman said.
Sales during the third quarter of
1955 totaled $48,215,000, returning
a profit of $2,482,000.
Mr. Cushman talked on “Amer
otron—What It Is and What
We’re Trying to Do,” at the
club’s luncheon meeting in the
Hollywood Hotel. Amerotron is
now operating 19 plants, with 8,-
000 employed in making cotton
fabrics, synthetics, worsteds and
woolen goods. The manufacturing
and accounting headquarters of
the corporation are in the Aber
deen plant. “You have been very
kind to us in the Sandhills,” he
said.
He discussed the importance
of company-employe relations.
“Reputation depends upon re
sponsibility to our employes.
They pass on the word to the
public. That they are satisfied is
evidenced by our low turnover,”
he stated. The company lays great
stress on its industrial relations
and training programs.
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; the man’s age and physical condi-
jtion. Thougn Judge F. Don Phil
lips deferred sentence, adjourn
ing court immediately after the
jury report a long prison term
was indicated.
Cases Consolidated
Consolidated for the trial—
which took a day and a half of
this week’s criminal term of Su
perior Court—were three charges
involving the three officers sep
arately, of “malicious assault
with a deadly weapon, in a secret
manner, with intent to kill,” add
ing, as to Sheriff McDonald, “in
flicting serious injuries.”
■The defense belabored the
phrase ‘‘in a secret manner,”
which raised the assault charge’s
seriousness, first making a mo
tion to strike, which was denied,
then returning to it from time to
time in an effort to convince the
jury that a lesser charge would
be in order. It was about all de
fense counsel H. F. Seaw’ell had
to work on, as Maxwell’s unsup
ported word against that of the
three officers was unconvincing.
He claimed the officers “hol
lered” outside his house but he
did not know who they were or
what they were there for; that
they started breaking in the door
while he was dressing after a
bath; that he called back, “I’ll be
there as soon as I get my clothes
on,” and that they started firing
immediately through the door
and bathroom walls, whereupon
he responded with a shotgun
blast through the glass doorpane.
Shot Through Door
Sheriff McDonald, Deputy
Sheriff A. W. Lambert and ABC
Officer C. A. McCallum all testi
fied that McDonald had called,
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Tank For Guard
Company Arrives
On Local Siding
Members of the' local National
Guard company were planning to
unload from its railroad flat car
today a M-47 medium gun tank
which arrived from the Red
River Arsenal in Texas Wednes
day afternoon, assigned perma
nently to the unit here.
The flat car, bearing a 95,000-
pound load consisting of the tank
and its crated machine guns, ra
dio and spare parts, was shunted
to a siding at the intersection of
N. E. Broad St. and Vermont Ave.
It immediately attracted interest,
especially from boys who soon
were climbing over it to see what
they could see. A National Guard
unit member said the freight bill
for its shipment from Texas,
which is' paid by the government,
is reported to be $3,700.
After the tank is driven to the
National Guard g^lrag’'e off Mor-
ganton Road, it will be fully as
sembled and tested. 'When in
working order, an open house
event is planned to let the public
examine it and see it in opera
tion. The tank is similar to one
from Fort Bragg displayed here
by the National Guard several
months ago.
Warrant Officer Elbert Stutts
of Raeford, former Southern
Pines resident who is now Na
tional Guard battalion mainte
nance officer, was to come here
today to supervise the unloading
and placing the tank in working
order so that it can be driven to
the National Guard garage and
. armory site.
Judge McKeithen
To Preside Over
First Moore Term
Judge W. A. Leland McKeithen
of Pinehurst will soon preside
over his first court term in his
native county since his appoint
ment to the superior court bench
in February, 1954. He will be in
Carthage to preside over a special
term for civil cases due to open
Monday, December 5.
Judge McKeithen was first ap
pointed by the late Governor W.
B. Umstead as a special judge,
then last July was one of -four
special judges reappointed by
Governor Luther H. Hodges.
The Superior Court term now
under way was designated for
trial of both criminal and civil
cases. However, on account of the
cVowded condition of the criminal
docket, criminal cases only were
calendared for the full week, with
the special term set in December
for the civil calendar.
■
GREETING TO AUTHORS—“Miss Dove” and Daniel Boone
met here, via their respective historians, when (Carolina author
FANNY GRAY PATTON and Moore County’s GEORGE MAUR
ICE were honored Tuesday at an Open House at the Country
Bookshop. The author of “Good Morning, Miss Dove” autograph
ed copies of her new book, “A Piece of Luck,” for the eager gath
ering; Mr. Maurice, while insisting that he “hadn’t written a book
at all,” added intriguing comments to the details of his search for
information about the great pioneer and Lohg Hunter, during the
twenty years Boone lived in North Carolina. The historical
sketch, published by the William Byrd Press, contains striking
Photographs, as well as maps by R. E. Wicker, historian, of Pine
hurst. Adding to the local crowd in the bookshop were the school
supervisors whose conference was being held here that day, who
filled the shop to bursting, enthusing over authors, books, and re
freshments; not forgetting the large bowl of orchids on the table,
the congratulatory gift of Mrs. Karl A. Bridges of the Carolina
Orchid Growers. (Photo by V. Nicholson)
Proposed Phone
Rates Lower Than
Other Area Towns’
Monthly rates proposed in a
schedule that would permit “'ex
tended area” or toll-free tele
phone service between Southern
Pines and Pinehurst are lower
than rates charged, for local serv
ice in several central North Car
olina towns, according to a com
parative listing prepared by the
United Telephone Company of
the Carolinas. '
The proposed rate schedule and
plans for instituting extended
area service between Southern
Pines and Pinehurst wiU prob
ably be submitted to the State
Utilities Commission Friday, E.
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Thanksgiving Is
Opening Day For
Moore Co. Hounds
Thanksgiving Day morning will
be Opening Day for the Moore
County Hounds.
The meet will be at 10 a.m., as
usual, with the place of meeting
not yet determined. Perhaps the
kennels; perhaps elsewhere along
Youngs Road, southern edge of
most of the hunting country.
Full announcement will be car
ried in next-week’s Pilot, off the
press Wednesday.
Announcement of Opening Day
was made to hunt members sev
eral weeks ago in the annual in
vitation, and officially this week
by Mrs. W. O. Moss, secretary,
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Bulk Of College Endowment Fund
Must Come From Local Business
Church Service
To Open Holiday
Here Next Week
The annual community church
service, to be held at Brownson
Memorial Presbyterian Church
Wednesday at 8 p. m., will open
observance of the Thanksgiving
holiday in Southern Pines.
Dr. W. C. Timmons, pastor of
the Church of Wide Fellowship,
will preach and three other pas
tors wiU have parts in the serv
ice. They are the Rev. C. K.
Ligon of the host church, the Rev.
Hoke Coon of the First Baptist
Church and the Rev. R. L. Bame
of the Southern Pines Methodist
Church.
An offering to be taken will be
for the Christian Rural Overseas
Program (CROP).
The service is' rotated from
church to church each year and
pastors take turns in leading the
service. Emmanuel Epispopal
Church is at present without a
rector.
Schools Out Wednesday
Schools in East and West
Southern Pines will close at noon
Wednesday, with students out for
a holiday, that will last until the
following Monday morning.
Closings General
There will be a general closing
of business establishments and
offices on Thursday, Thanksgiv-
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PILOT PLANS BE
OUT WEDNESDAY
The Pilot is planning to
publish next week's edition
on Wednesday so that the
staff can have a holiday on
Thanksgiving Thursday, reg
ular publication date.
Advertisers and correspond
ents are asked to have their
material in early. Deadline
for classifieds will be 10:30
a.m. Wednesday. Photos for
next week's paper must reach
The Pilot office not later than
nqon Monday.^
STOP THAT RUMOR!
Misconceptionsi seem to'
have arisen about the finan
cial aspect of the proposal to
establish the new Presbyte
rian College here. The rumor
goes that it will raise taxes
because the town will have to
put in water and sewers.
Probably the story started
because other towns have
made mucii of the fact that
they are furnishing such facil
ities.
Actually one of Southern
Pines' main assets, in this pro
ject, is the fact that it does
not have to put in such facili
ties. The reason is: they are
already there. The site offer
ed is reached by both water
and sewer lines. They run
right to the property; all. that
will be needed is for the col
lege to make its laps, just like
anyone else.
Committee Is
Planning See
All Merchants
The bulk of the $200,000 endow
ment fund goal of the Presbyte
rian College committee must come
from the Southern Pines business
district, it was decided by a busi
ness advisory committee meeting
Tuesday afternoon at the home of
Donald Kennedy, chairman.
Mr. Kennedy said that the $81,-
000 already pledged represented
“most” of what can be expected
from advance donors, leaving the
rest to be pledged in Southern
Early Blaze Summons
Local Fire Force
The wail of the siren at 8:35
this morning broke up the break
fast hour for many a fireman,
sending the volunteer force full
tilt for the fire house where the
regulars were ready to go.
Both trucks turned out for the
fire, a fierce blaze in the house
of John Gillis, at 935 Gaines
Street. Two rooms were largely
wrecked before the blaze was
brought under control. It was
thought that the fire had started
from an oil heater in one of the
rooms.
BEAT CLARKTON 44-22 IN REGIONAL CONTEST
Blue Knights To Play For Eastern Title Friday
Playing for the Eastern six-man
football championship and, a
chance at the State finals, the
Southern Pines Blue Knights face
an unbeaten Clayton High School
squad here Friday night.
Kickoff at Memorial Field will
be at 8 p.m. Fans are asked to
use the new parking lot at which
lighting has been installed this
week. Special ticket prices — $1
for adults and 50 cents for chil
dren—will prevail.
The Blue Knights won their
right to play in the Eastern finals
by defeating Clarkton, 44-22, in a
tough game at Rowland last Fri
day night. The victory gave
Southern Pines the Regional
championship and moved them up
to the Eastern finals.
If the Blue Knights win Friday,
the State championship contest
against the 'Western winner will
be played here. Head Coach Irie
Leonard s%id this week. If Clay
ton wins, the State finals will be
played at Clayton.
The visiting team Friday night
won its right to play in the East
ern title game by defeating Pitts-
boro, 60-32, last week. Clayton
has averaged 60 points per game
this season and ;; a big team phy
sically. They oi tweigh Southern
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c
‘FOUR HORSEMEN READY’—Ready for Fri
day night’s Eastern Six-man football champion
ship game at Memorial Field are these four sen
ior squad members who have been the backfield
mainstays of the Blue Knights for the oast three
years. Left to right: Quarterback Bobby Cline,
Wingback Jim Humphrey, Tailback Johnny
Watkins and Tailback Billy Cox. Cline and
Humphrey have recovered from injuries of the
past few weeks and the squad is at full strength
for the test against Clayton High School Friday
*i^Sht. (Photo by Humphrey)
Community Has
Big Obligation
Toward Industry
\
Community obligations toward
industry—regional, state and na
tional, as well as in the communi
ty itself—are great, and their ful
filment brings rich rewards, said
Elmer J. Mc'Yey, of Boston, Mass.,
vice-president in charge of sales
of the Saco-Lowell corporation,
as guest speaker Wednesday
night at the annual banquet of
the Southern Pines Chamber of
Commerce.
Speaking specifically of the
textile industry — Saco-Lowell
manufactures textile machinery
— he told the gathering of some
75 persons that they should influ
ence more young men to enter
it. “All too few of the young en
gineers and technicians gradua
ting from our colleges are coming
to us and we fell it is because
they are unaware of the oppor
tunities which are offered,” he
said.
Also, local Chambers of Com
merce should recognize the
threat to the economy in
cheap foreign-made goods, and
spread the gospel of “Buy Amer
ica.” Then, he added, they should
remember always the value of
community acceptance to any in
dustry, and maintain a welcom
ing attitude, not only toward new
industry but to that already in
their midst or nearby.
“We are completely satisfied
with our Sanford operation,” Mr.
McVey said, “and with all our
southern relatibnships.” He re
vealed that at the Sanford plant,
some revolutionary new process
es are being worked out, two ma
chinery units in particular which
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Mrs. Audrey K. Kennedy,
co-vice-chairman of the col
lege endowment fund com
mittee, said this morning that
pledges within the past 24
hours have raised the total
pledged here to $92,870.
Pines and surrounding towns,
most of whom have gone on rec
ord as supporting the move to lo
cate the' college here.
The committee, made up largely
of local businessmen and business
women, agreed that the Southern
Pines business area stood to real
ize the greatest direct benefit,
should the college be located here,
and an organization of subcom
mittee chairmen—with a few oth
ers to be added—was set up to in
terview businesses in selected cat-,
egories. Claude Reams, chairman
of a previously organized indus
trial committee, was present and
told of plans and progress in so
liciting various industrial firms.
Where businesses could be di
vided into specific categories, they
were turned over to chairmen
I from their numbers, such as
George Pottle, hotfels and motels;
W. B. HoUiday, restaurants; Joe
Montesanti, Jr., drug stores and
doctors; Johnnie A. HaU and J. B.
Perkinson, optical shops and jew
elry stores; Hoke Pollock, attor
neys; John S. Ruggles, real estate
and insurance; Kitty "Wiley, wom
en’s dress shops and other special
ty shops of predominantly femi
nine interest; Dr. R. B. Warlick,
dentists; 'Virgil P. Clark, service
stations; J. D. Hobbs, food stores,
and N. L. Hodgkins, Jr., financial
institutions.
Others, such as A. L. Burney
and Garland McPherson, chose
businesses which, being “one of a
kind,” do not fit into a category.
The chairmen are meeting this
afternoon to evaluate the need,
and the relative pledges to be sug
gested for businesses of different
sizes and types; then they will
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460 Students In
Guidance Program
About 460 juniors and seniors
from 11 high schools in Moore
County this morning took part in
the annual Vocational Guidance
Day program sponsored by the
Sandhills Kiwanis Club.
More than 30 business and pro
fessional persons spoke to the stu
dents in small groups as they cir
culated during three discussion
periods. The adults advised stu
dents about the professions, in hn
effort to help guide them into a
future vocation they will enjoy.
The vocational guidance com
mittee of the club is headed by the
Rev. C. K. Ligon of Southern
Pines. L. B. Creath of Pinehurst
presided at the general assembly
that opened the program in Weav
er Auditorium.
Representatives of about a doz
en educational institutions also
were ptesent at the high school to
counsel students about continuing
their studies in college.
POLICEMAN RESIGNS
Officer Drake Rogers of the
Southern Pines police department
submitted his resignation this
week. City Manager Tom E. Cun
ningham said today. Applications
on file are being screened, said
the manager, but other applica
tions for the post will be wel
come.
The Masques To Give
'Stars In Their Eyes'
“Stars In Their Eyes,” first pro
duction of the school year by The
Masques, the newly designated
dramatic club of Southern Pines
High School, will be presented
Tuesday at 8 p. m. in Weaver Au
ditorium. There will be a small
admission charge to cover ex
penses.
Students in the cast of the farce
comedy about a Hollywood fam
ily are: Ginger Aden, Arden
Fobes, Joan Howarth, Gail Given,
Anzy Sherman, Julian Pleasants,
Lucy McDaniel, Ann Morgan,
Jacque Davenport, B. G. Patter
son, Jimmy McDonald, Claude
Reams, John Chappell, David
Prim and James Prim.
PTA TONIGHT
The White House Confer
ence on Education, which
opens in Washington, D. C.,
November 27, will be dis
cussed by the Soulhernr Pines
Parent-Teacher Association
at its regular meeting tonight
(Thutsday) at 8 o'clock in
Weaver Auditorium.
PTA members who were
present at a preliminary
State district mating in Fay
etteville September 23 will'
make informal reports on
White House Conference top
ics discussed at that meeting.
Local PTA officers believe
the program to be of wide in-
te!rest and urge all members
to attend. All interested i>er-
sons are invited.