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