Drag Racing Near Here Gets Fines For Three Boys; County’s First Case Patrolman Unable To Identify One Who Started Race The first recorded incidence of “drag racing” in Moore County was brought to hght in Moore Re corder’s Court Monday when three 17-year-oki youths, Paul Muse of Aberdeen, and Jim McCall and John Leon Seymour of Southern Pines, faced charges of participat ing in the new “sport.” Following lengthy testimony Muse and McCall were convicted and drew fines and suspended sentences. Seymour was acquit ted of the drag racing charges but was convicted of following too closely. According to testimony the rac ing—described by a witness as “starting from a dead standstill and stopping, the object of which is to determine which car has the greatest acceleration” — occurred Saturday night, June 16. Patrolman C. G. Wimberly, the , arresting officer, testified he was parked on Dogwood Drive, near the intersection with old US High way 1 between Aberdeen and Southern Pines, and saw two cars lined up abreast and another close behind. Someone, he said, shout ed, “One, two, three—go!” and all three cars took off down the straight stretch. Wimberly said he was there be cause of numerous complaints from) people in the area that had been made for at least 30 days. All, he said, had complained of the racing, most of which was con fined to the late hours at night. After thq cars started Wimber ly said he followed behind them with siren going full blast. After getting them all stopped he ar rested the drivers of the three cars —^Muse, McCall and Seymour. Muse, he said, was in the lead car and “apparently had won the race, if they were having one, and I thmk they were.” There were passengers in each car, Wimberly said. On the stand Muse and McCall both said it was their first time at (Continued on page 5) Large Still Near Cameron Captured Over Past Weekend One of the largest stills to be seized in this area in some time was a 150-gallon submarine-type copper outfit destroyed Saturday morning by Moore County offi cers, assisted by an ATU special agent, in a wooded section be tween Cameron and Vass. The officers, after locating the still Friday, returned early Sat urday morning to catch it'in full operation. They arrested on the site an operator, Julius Browder, 49, and later a second operator, Neill Morris ,45, also Joe Morris, 21, termed a part owner and supplier of the illicit distillery business. The three men, all of whom live on Cameron, Route 1— within a few hundred yards of the still—made bond of $500 each before U. S. Commissioner J. A Lang at Carthage, for their ap pearance at the September term of Federal Court in Rockingham. Destroyed along with the still were three barrels of fresh mash, six empty barrels, also tubs, pails and other equipment, along with eight gallons of new-made whis key just run into a washtub. Taking part in the raid were Moore County ABC Officers C. A. McCallum, John K. Sharpe and Kieth Marks, also Constable Les ter F. Woods of Cameron and ATU special agent Nifong of the Rockingham office. PRICE TEN CENTS Services Held For Mrs, Brown, Wife Of Former Rector j Trials Set For Four Servicemen On Rape Charges Military trials for four Negro servicemen, charged with raping a IS-year-old West Southern Pines girl at gimpoint Alay 21, will begin Friday, it was learned here today. Three of the soldiers, para troopers stationed at Fort Bragg, were arrested shortly after the alleged offenses took place and have been in the stockade at Fort Bragg since; the other one, an airman, has been in custody at Pope Air Force Base. The girl, along with an aunt with whom she lived, and a local doctor who examined her after police had started their investi gation, has been subpoenaed for the military court martials. In formed sources said the trial of the three soldiers would be start ed Friday; the airman’s trial will begin Monday. According to a statement the girl made to Southern Pines po lice, the offense, which is a cap ital crime and could result in the death penalty if guilt is establish ed, occurred on the Fort Bragg military reservation Monday night. May 2L She said that one of the paratroopers had accosted her in a West Southern Pines eat ing place and had asked to take her homie. Instead of taking her home, she related, the soldier, along with three others who were in the car at the time, took her to the reser vation after driving around sev eral towns in this area. There, she said, they all raped her at gunpoint and threatened to kill her if she ever told anyone of what had taken place. No names have ever been re leased by the Army or the Air Force. It was learned, however that the servicemen’s names are Campbell, Martin, Moorsby, and Gordon. None are from this area. Army and Air Force investiga ting units have made a number of trips to Southern Pines, talking with law officials and with the girl. Tragedy struck the home of the Rev. Dr. F. Craighill Brown of New Haven, Conn., this past weekend, bringing sorrow to all Sandhills friends. On Saturday, Helen Walker Brown, his wife, took her own life, apparently despondent as the result of a long and wearing ill ness. Dr. Brown was rector of Em manuel Episcopal Church in Southern Pines for almost 19 years,' 1930-1949. He is now on the faculty of the Berkley Divin ity School at New Haven. Adding to the tragedy was the fact that Dr. Brown was away, having gone to New Hampshire with two other clergymen to visit a close friend and former mem ber of his teaching staff. The outing had been planned for some time, according to infor mation received from Dr. Brown, but Mrs. Brown’s ill health pre vented her going. She urged her husband to go without her and he consented. It was the first time in their married life, he said, that he had left on a pleasure trip without her. The death was discovered by Dr. Brown’s comipanions on the trip—^the Rev. Dr. Lansing Hicks, a fellow faculty member at the divinity school, and the Rev. Dr, Richard Wilmer. chaplain of Yale University at New Haven. Returning from the trip Sun day evening, the day before Dr, Brown was to return, they called the Brown home but received no answer. 'When there was still no lanswer Monday morning,, they became alarmed, went to the home and found it securely lock ed. Entrance, with the aid of a police officer, confirmed their worst fears. There was evidence that care ful preparations had been made A note to her husband and other details showed that Mrs. Brown had done everything possible to ease the shock of discovery. The time of death was established as (Continued on Page 5) .. ..'A COUNTY AGENT Fleet Allen talks to Thomas Hall, newly appointed assistant agent, on the outlook for agriculture in Moore Coimty. Allen succeeded E. H. Garrison, who recently resigned after more than a quarter century work with farmers in the county. He had been assistant agent for a number of years and had been instrumental in the development of the broiler industry in the county, now amounting to some 16 million dollars annual ly. Hall, who graduated from N. C. State College this spring, is a specialist in horticulture and agronomy. He foresees tremen dous potential for fruit production in the county. (Pilot photo) Jaycees FormaUy Organized; To Hold Charter Night Here July 13 “Charter Night” for the newly- organized Southern Pines Junior Chamber of Commerce wiU be held at the Country Club Friday night, July 13, it was announced today following a meeting of the Temperature Goes Up, Up, Up; High Of 98 On Monday Highest official tempera ture recorded this week was 98 Monday but unofficial re ports have put the tempera ture at well over 100 in some parts of the Sandhills. At WEEB, where the US Weather Bureau maintains an official recording station, the temperature soared to 98 Monday, 95 Tuesday, and 97 Wednesday. The readings were mlade at 5 p. m. Unofficially, it was report ed by one downtown mer chant in Southern Pines that the mercury reached 104 Monday and was over 100 Tuesday and Wednesday, all readings in the middle of the afternoon. Even if the merchant's thermometers were slightly off, it would be hard to dis agree with the fact that it's been mighty hot. ELECTED Mrs. Delemar Mann of South- Pines has been elected secretary- treasurer of the Women’s Auxil iary of the North Carolina Chiro pody Association. The election was held at the annual chiropody convention held in Raleigh Mon day and Tuesday of this week, which Mrs. Mann attended. board of directors. The duo, which already hjis a membership of about 35, was for mally organized and officers elected at a meeting last Friday night in the high school library. A number of Jaycee officials from Aberdeen attended along with Tuck Gudger of Charlotte, vice- president of district four, the dis trict that Southern Pines will be come a part of. Jim Baird, who had be6n serv ing as temporary president, was elected president. Other officers include Austin Sauls, first vice-president, Dave Drexel, second vice-president, ■Vance Derby, secretary, and Grady Wright, treasurer. The five man board of directurs is composed of G<eorge Wilcox, Lynn Ledden, John Langford, Jim Pruett and Bill Shore. At the charter night program it is expected that a number of state officials of the Jaycees will join various civic leaders in Southern Pines for the program. Young men between the ages of 21 and 36 who are interested in joining the club are ask»d to contact any of the above named officers prior to the charter night program. I Negro Drowns In [Farm Pond Near Robbins Sunday A 30-year-old Negro farmer. Holly Smith, drowned in Vaugh an’s Pond, midway between Pine- hurst and Robbins on the Mt. Car mel Road, early Sunday after noon. It was the first incident of death due to drowning in the county this year. Coroner Ralph G. Steed official ly listed the death as due to acci dental drowning. Steed said he was called to the pond between 12:30 and 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon and was at first under the impression that the man had been pulled from the pond and needed artifical resusci tation. When he arrived at the pond a few minutes later with the resuscitator, however, he discov ered the man had been under wa ter for some time. Volunteer firemen from South ern Pines used grappling hooks and searched for the body for about three hours. Steed finally called in Hoyt Greene of Robbins, a textile worker who had had some experience as a professional diver. Greene located the body on the bottom of the lake in about 12 feet ot water. He said the dead man had a firm grip on a root at the time. Steed said his investigation re vealed that Smith had gone swim- mimg with several others. One member of the swimming party | Furman University, wiU join the Plaiming Board Makes ‘No Business* Proposal For Zoning Of Bypass MISS JEANNE SAUNDERS Miss Saunders To Assume Duties At Baptist Church Miss Jeanne Saunders of Besse mer City, a recent graduate of later said that Smith “couldn’t swim good.” The body was located about 6:30 p.m. Steed said that Smith worked on the farm where the pond is lo cated. He lived just a few hun dred yards away. Ivey Hall Wins Second Place In Poster Contest Ivey HaU, Jr., 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ivey Hall of Southern Pines, has been award ed second place in the statewide Poppy Poster” contest sponsor ed by the American Legion Aux iliary, it was announced this week. Ivey, who recently completed the sixth grade at Southern Pines Elementary School, won the con test held here in April. His poster wiU be entered in the national contest in Los An geles this falL Ray Schilling Captures County Tennis Tourney Ray Schilling retained his title as county tennis champion, while a newcomer, Mrs. Helen Feer, won the championship in women’s singles, in finals of the Moore County Championships played off this week. Runner-up in men’s singles, as in 1955, was Kenneth Tew, whom SchiUing beat 6-2, 6-3. Tew came out, however, with two winners’ trophies as weU as that of singles runner-up. With his partner. Page Choate, he de feated SchiUing and Frank de Costa 6-4, 7-5, in the men’s dou bles finals. He teamed with Mil dred Gruebl inj mixed doubles to eke out a tough win over Marion de Costa and Ray SchiUing, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. Mrs. Feer defeated Shirley Dana of Pinehurst 6-2, 6-1 to win the women’s singles. In women’s doubles, Mrs. de Costa and Miss Gruebl defeated Mrs. Feer and Mrs. Danny Devins 6-1, 6-3. 'The tournament started last Wednesday and reached the finals Saturday but these were strung out over two or three nights. Rained out Saturday night, they were caUed off Sunday night as the male participants had to play in an Eastern CaroUna League team match that afternoon (they beat Kinston 5-4). Monday night, rsdn interrupted the proceedings again. The final match, that of mixed doubles, was reeled off ear ly Tuesday evening. Though individual entries to taled only 20, the tournament was rated one of the best in the his- (Continued on Page 5) No Increase In County Taxes Seen Though nothing official has been announced, the Moore Coun ty tax rate for 1957 will probably remain the same, $1.35 per $100 property valuation. The County Board of Commis sioners, wrestling with numerous requests that far exceed the amount expected to be taken in during the year, has been whit tling at the budget lor almost two months now and will probably adopt the 1957 budget at its reg ular monthly meeting Monday. In addition to the $1.35 rate, which is basic for the county. Southern Pines residents pay an added 50 cents for schools, Aber deen and Pinehurst residents pay 30 cents, also for schools, and West End residents pay 10 cents for fire protection. All rates are based on $100 property valuations. If the commissioners do not adopt the budget Monday it is ex pected they will call a special meeting later in the week. staff of the First Baptist Church here July 1 as Director of Music and Christian Education, it was announced today by the Rev. Hoke Coon, pastor of the church. Miss -Saunders, a cum laude graduate, majored in music and minored in religious education at Furman. In addition to being an honor student, she was elected to Six-Poini Program For Long Range Development Urged A six-point program for zoning along the new US Highway 1 by pass was informally recommended to the Town Council by Don Case, chairman of the planning board, at a special joint meeting of the Council and the board Thursday night. The meeting, held in the libra ry, was attended by a large crowd. The planning board’s recom mendations would not allow any business to be located anywhere along the two-mile stretch of the five-mile bypass that falls within the city limits. 'That, apparently, was the strongest point of the en tire recommendation, which Case said had come as the result of long and careful consideration. He outlined the recommenda tions as follows: (1) No business from city limit to city limit. (2) Rigid control by the town of signs and sign locations along the bypass. (3) Push a beautification pro gram in cooperation with state of ficials. (4) A good lighting system along the bypass, particularly at the several interchanges. (5) Establishment of an infor mation booth at gome point along the bypass. (6) No picnicking to be allow ed on the bypass except where ad jacent property owners agree. A meeting 'of the planning board Monday night produced a formal recommendation of the program. At last week’s council meeting Who’s Who in American Col- Case was called on by Mayor Gil leges and Universities,” was chos en the outstanding, girl student at Furman in her senior year, and held many student postg. At recent commencement exer cises, she yras awarded the cov eted Sullivan Award. During her senior year, Miss Saunders conducted three choirs in the First Baptist Church of Greenville, S. C. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Saunders of Bessemer City. Emmanuel Church Has New Air-Conditioner Installation of an air-condition ing system in Emmanuel Episco pal Church was completed this morning and will be ready for use Sunday, it was announced to day by church officials. ■rhe system, first in any Sand hill church was approved by the Board of Vestry last week. The parish house is not included m something that was already there the new system. «„ ... Carthage To Celebrate 4th more to make a brief review of the board’s thinking on the bypass to date. The request. Mayor Gil more said, was being made be cause of an apparent misunder standing that the board had al ready, at a past date, made recom mendations to the effect that cer tain portions of the bypass should be zoned lor business. (Such a recommendation had been made several months ago and was pub lished in the paper, but was with drawn after Council had consid ered the recommendations and de cided to await further work on the bypass before making any final decisions as to ultimate zon ing regulations). Case said that the present zon-= ing setup for the property along the bypass faUs into three areas- Residential I, Residential II, and Residential III. The Residential III zoning, he pointed out, was made to accommodate Mid-Pines C:iub when it was taken into the city and merely served to zone The business section of Car thage has been decked out in flags and patriotic bunting in prepara tion for the eighteenth annual Fourth of July celebration, spon sored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce there. Featured attraction for the all day celebration will be the second running of the Soap Box Derby, Which has attracted a record 22 entries. The first place winner will win a trip to Charlotte next year lor the races there and other prizes. According to the Jaycee com mittee in charge, interest among the youngsters is running high. They have spent long weeks building their own cars; many are making test runs on Carthage side streets as final preparations. Edwin Caddell of Carthage, winner of the ’55 race, is in Char lotte this week competing in the state races. Should he come out on top, he would win a trip to Akron, Ohio, for the' national races. Taking part in the Derby from Southern Pines are Kenneth Mor ten, sponsored by Southern Pines Motor Company, and Kenneth Holliday and Norman McKenzie, both sponsored by the Elks Club. The Derby in Carthage wiU be held from 9:30 to 12. Another attraction of the day will be the grand parade, which will feature this year a musical group from Donaldson Air Force Base at Greenville, S. C. The pa rade route wiU run from the grad ed school to the high school grounds. A number of commercial • and individual floats have been enter ed in the parade and every effort is being made to make it the big highlight of the celebration. At the end of the parade the an nual selection of “Miss Moore County” wiU be held in the Car- 12 RoViS TTrt Fn**!-*^ thageHigh School gymnasium. 1.0 1..amp Clinton Campbell, chairman of the After Case made his recommen dations, outlined in the six-point program, he said it was the feel ing of the other members of the board that such recommendations served as a means of “not burning bridges behind us.” That meant, he said, that if the board zoned for business now, the town would find it impossible in the future to ever zone the prop- (Continued on Page S) Elks Club Sending event, has lined up a large num ber of contestants for the honor. Last year’s winner. Miss Jimmie Ann Garner of Robbins, will be on hand. The winner and runner- up will be presented prizes. The Farm Hands, well-known hillbiUy personalities, will present a talent show and musical at 7:30 in the high school auditorium. All who plan to enter the talent show have been requested to contact Ed Cockman, the chairman, and should be at the auditorium not later than 7 p.m. Following the talent show the Farm Hands wiU play for a square dance a.t McConnell’s Warehouse until 1 a.m. Another dance at the Moore County fair grounds will be held simultaneously, featuring music by Rudy Lamone and his orches tra of Fayetteville. Highlight of the dance will be the crowning of “Miss Moore County” by Mayor Archie Barnes. There is room for six or seven more boys in the Southern Pines contingent leaving for a two- weeks camping session at the Elks Club Camp in Henderson ville the last week in July, it was announced today by Law rence J. Ryder, chairman of the Elks camp committee. 'The local Elks Club annually sends a group of 12 boys to the camp. This year, Ryder said, the six or seven other boys may be able to go providing sufficient funds are available. “It costs $40 to send a boy to the camp for two weeks,” he pointed out,, adding that the Elks (Rub pays for 12 boys. If anyone would like to help send more boys they may do so by forwarding a check to the Camp Fund of the Southern Pines Elks Club. The camp wiU be held two weeks, the last week in July and the first week in August

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