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
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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
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.. ..'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-
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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-
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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