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SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 23. 1956
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PRICE TEN CENTS
JURY DEADLOCKED 11-1
Judge Phillips Rules Mistrial In
Key Case; Lawyers Will Seek Bond
Jack Key, 22-year-old former"^
Marine accused of raping Martha
Sue Robinson, 21-year-old school
teacher from Robbins, was still in
Moore County jail today, five days
after Judge F. Don Phillips de
clared a mistrial in the sensation
al case that packed the courtroom
for four days running.
Key’s attorneys, W. D. Sabiston,
and H. F. (Chub) Seawell, Jr., said
this morning that no formal action
had been taken as yet in their ef
forts io free the State College stu
dent under bond.
“We expect to go through with
our efforts to petition another Su
perior Court judge to set bond for
Key,” Sabiston said, adding that
a writ of habeas corpus might be
filed with the court.
Solicitor M. G. Boyette said ear
lier this week that he doubted an
other Superior Court judge would
set bond for Key since Judge Phil
lips had heard the case and had
ordered him- held without bond.
And Judge W. A. Leland McKeith-
en of Pinehurst, who presided at
a preliminary hearing for Key
about two weeks after he alleged
ly raped Miss Robinson May 26,
also refused to set bond at that
time.
The only other judge in the
state who could set a bond and
free Key is Judge Walter Criss-
man of High Point, who will pre
side at the next term of Superior
Court in Moore County, scheduled
for early November.
Solicitor Boyette has not com
pletely ruled out the possibility of
a special term in which to try the
Key case again, but defense attor
neys aren’t putting much stock in
to the fact that he might. For one
thing, a number of terms of court
are scheduled for this judicial dis
trict between now and the regular
term in November, including a
civil term in September in Moore.
Key, it was learned, has been
doing the same things in jail he
was doing before the trial—read
ing magazines, studying textbooks
(he’s a junior in engineering at N.
C. State College) and occasionally
seeing visitors from his home
town of Robbins.
It was learned after the trial
ended Saturday morning, follow
ing three days of testimony and
after the jury had been out more
than 10 hours, that the jury had
deadlocked at 11 for conviction
of assault on a female with intent
to commit rape and one for con
viction of rape with a recommen
dation for life imprisonment
The development was a surprise
to the hundreds of people who
witnessed the sensational trial.
Almost everyone who had talked
about the case had expressed the
opinion that the 11-1 verdict
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County Still Free
Of Polio; Shots
Urged By Butler
According to a report this
morning by Paul Butler, presi
dent of the Moore County Chap
ter of the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis, there has
not been a single case of polio re
ported to date anywhere in 4he
county this summer.
Officials had thought last week
that a case might have occured
but inA)estigation proved the
stricken child was in Hoke
County. Butler said he had been
advised the case was a mild one.
He urged again today that all
parents take their children to one
of the several, clinics being con
ducted in the county to give
children the free Salk vaccine
shots.
“Statistics prove that very few
children who take these shots
contract polio,” he said, “and the
very, very few that have been
stricken have been diagnosed as
naving mild cases.
“There are not many clinics
left in the county and if all par
ents make a conscientious effort
to have their children immunized
and carry through with the pro
gram, which amounts to three
shots, I beleive that we can
stamp out this dread disease.”
'The clinics are being held at
various spots in the county, with
regular county health nurses on
duty. Parents who cannot get to
one of the clinics may take their
children to the Health Center in
Carthage at any time during the
week, Butler said.
Aberdeen Court
Started Friday;
Wilson Is Judge
The new Aberdeen recorders
court opened last Friday morning
at the Aberdeen Community
House, which will be used as a
courtroom pending construction of
a new town hall.
Sworn in by Justice of the
Peace J. G. Farrell, who has been
appointed clerk of court, were the
new judge, P. H. Wilson, Aber
deen attorney, and the solicitor,
Robert N. Page HI. Unable to at
tend for swearing-in at this time
was W. S. Taylor, vice recorder.
Making brief addresses at the
opening ceremony were Mayor E.
M. Medlin and Judge J. Vance
Rowe and Solicitor W. Lamont
Brown of the Moore County re
corders court, also J. Talbot John
son of the firm of Johnson and
Johnson, Aberdeen town attor
neys. Presiding over the cere
mony was L. M. Johnson, junior
partner of the firm.
Congratulations were extended
on the high type of personnel ap
pointed to get the new court un
der way, and the excellent service
to the community and its immedi
ate area foreseen in establishment
of a court in southern Moore.
The new court has jurisdiction
within a five-mile radius of Aber
deen, exclusive of municipalities.
This means that Southern Pines
and Pinehurst are excluded. Ses
sions will be held every Friday at
9:30 a.m. Police Chief Bob Yates
serves as high bailiff. Some 30
cases were on the initial docket.
Judge Wilson, assuming the
bench, set policies for the new
court which, he said, would follow
the guidance of the Moore record
ers court, “which 1 believe is the
finest recorders court 1 have ever
seen.” .
Saturday Is Last Day To Register
For Vote On School Amendments
Not Very Much
EISENHOWER AND NIXON! delegates to the Republican Na
tional Convention shouted last night, and Eisenhower and Nixon
it was as the victorious team of 1952 won re-nomination as stand
ard bearers for 1956. A “Stop Nixon” campaign, fired up by
Harold Stassen more than a month ago, hardly got off the ground
as delegates to the San Francisco convention voiced satisfaction
at the way President Eisenhower and Vice-President Nixon had
carried out the functions of their office. The two are scheduled
to address the convention tonight in acceptance speeches, al
though there has been some doubt that Vice-President Nixon
would be able to be there due to the illness of his father in Whit
tier, some 400 miles from San Francisco.
Football Practice
Continues On Wet
Field For Knights
Twenty eight boys, raring to
go, turned out for the first foot
ball practice of the season last
week as Coach Irie Leonard ini
tiated an intensive three-week
schedule of workouts in prepara
tion for the season’s opener Sep
tember 7 against Carthage.
The Blue Knights, defending
state six-man champs, have been
hampered somewhat this week by
wet weather but have been get
ting in two sessions daily and
Coach Leonard indicated yester
day that rough edges are rapidly
being rouded off.
“We don’t know yet whether
we’ll have as strong a team as
last year or not,” he said Wed
nesday. “We have a nucleus of
five lettermen from last year’s
No cases will be discussed with team' but that’s not really enough
. J i y , rnake any flat predictions, al
though I think we’ll hold our
own for the eight-game sched
ule.”
Last year the Blue Knights
were undefeated in 12 games and
successfully defended the six-
man crown they had won the
year before. Going into this sea
son the Blue Knights have amas
sed a record of 23 straight wins
under Leonard and his assistant,
W. A. Leonard.
Reporting for initial practice
last Thursday were Lynn Van
Benschoten, Tony Parker, Roger
Verhoeff, Billy Hamel, Bobby
Parker, Charles Watkins, Ken
neth Creech. James Bowers, John
Van Benschoten, Don Walter,
Jimmy Tollison, Jesse Williford,
Dickie Mclnnis, Steve Smith,
Bobby Watkins, Larry McDonald,
Jimmy Carter, Bill Seymour, Mel
ba Hall, Jimmy Caldwell Den
nis Morgan, Richard Lockey,
Kenny Reid, A1 Cupello, James
Morrison, Bob McIntosh, Sammy
Self and Donald Cornett.
Still away on summer vacations
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the defendants outside of court, no
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Pearsall Plan To
Be Explained At
Meeting Tuesday
Robert Giles, assistant attorney
general of North Carolina, will
speak to the Moore County Asso
ciation of District School Boards
on the Pearsall Plan Tuesday
night in the Carthage High School
auditorium.
The meeting, announced by H.
Lee Thomas, superintendent of
Moore County schools, will begin
at 8 p.m. and is open to the pub
lic.
Giles will explain the proposed
constitutional amendments and
implementing acts relating to pub
lic education in the state, which
were recently passed by the Gen
eral Assembly, and will be pre
pared to answer any questions.
Thomas urged the public to at
tend the meeting.
Monkey Captured
Here After Being
Lured By Banana
Not much news in this but
there’s been very much of a run
ning story in Southern Pines this
week.
Started out last Sunday when
police received a call that a bunch
of dogs were barking their heads
off down on West Pennsylvania
Ave., worrying people in the area
almost to distraction.
Sgt. Malcolm Stout, answering
the call, found, to his complete
amazement, that three ’coon dogs
had treed a monkey, complete
with collar and chain. Dozens of
people were on hand to witness
the fearless capture but, because
the monkey was in a tree that
wasn’t easy to climb, neither Sgt.
Stout nor the ’coon dogs could get
to him. The monkey, tired of the
whole business, took off, heading
South and dragging his chain with
him.
Nothing more happened until
Tuesday.
Then, while Mr. and Mrs. Ger
ald Braddock, who live in an
apartment house on Bennett St.,
were eating supper, they were
Interest Noted,
Registrar Says
Saturday is the last day to reg
ister new voters for the school
amendment referendum to be held
throughout the state September 8,
it was announced today by Sam
C. Riddle, chairman of the county
Board of Elections.
Riddle said that persons regis
tering now will also be eligible to
vote in the general elections in
November. The present registra
tion is primarily for new voters to
get their proper registration on
the books for the September 8
state election to amend the state
constitution.
Persons whose names are al
ready on the registration books
need not register again in order to
be able to vote September 8, Rid
dle pointed out.
Registration for the Southern
Pines precinct will be held at
the Fire House. Mrs. Frank
Kaylor, registrar, said this
morning that only about 35 peo
ple had registered so far. She
added that general conversation
had indicated that most people
were registering to vote in No
vember.
The registration books are
open Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6
p.m. In addition, Mrs. Kaylor
said, she will take registrations
any time until then.
She reminded voters in Man
ly and Niagara that their reg
istering place was the Fire
House in Southern Pines.
Governor Hodges, the state’s
number one backer of the Pearsall
Plan for public education, has
voiced the hope that at least a
million voters will go to the polls
in September.
Though there is some opposi
tion, and in high placesi, to the
Pearsall Plan, most observers in
the state were sure of its passage,
and by a tremendous margin.
The public school ballot will al
low properly registered persons to
cast ballots for or against a con
stitutional amendment which, if
adopted, would allow local option
units to close their schools if con
ditions become “intolerable,” and
THIS BEDRAGGLED looking .pigeon has lived on a window
sill of the Ralph Kleinspehns’ home on New York Avenue for
the past four weeks, since shortly after the Kleinspehns left for a
trip to New York State. It appeared to-Jiave lost its tailfeathers
and could not fly, and at first sympathetic neighbors gave it
crumbs. As time went on the feathers grew out and the neigh
bors tried to make it leave. But there it sits, occasionally moving
to another windowsill, dr the air-conditioner protruding from a
window, or it visits the back of the house to drink rainwater from
a bucket. Kleinspehn painted his house a beautiful white shortly
before leaving. The pigeon has also been doing some decorating,
and the effect is surely going to surprise the Kleinspehns.
(Photo by V. Nicholson)
Umstaedter Defeats Daniel To Cop
4th Sandhill Tennis Title In Row
startled to discover, with nose the use of state and local
pressed to the window pane and
gazing wistfully at the food, the
monkey, still dressed in collar and
chain.
Mr. Braddock, non-plussed,
rushed downstairs and told the
news to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
Wright. “I’ve just seen the darn-
dest thing, but I’ll swear I saw it,”
he said. “A real, live, honest-to-
goodness monkey, staring right
through the window!”
Twice more the monkey showed
up in the neighborhood and, on
two occasions, was persuaded to
take a banana by Mrs. Niles D.
Maroney, who also lives in the
apartment house.
Yesterday Mrs. Maroney and
Mrs. Wright, sisters, decided to
catch the monkey.
They opened the garage door
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FOOTBALL PRACTICE for some 28 players
at Southern Pines High School was in full swing
this week as Coach Irie Leonard started round
ing his charges into shape for the opening game
September 7 against Carthage. The Blue
Knights, defending North Carolina six-man
champions, have been hampered somewhat by
wet weather this week but have been holding
two workouts daily Euiyhow. Coach' Leonard is
shown here demonstrating to the second team
the makings of what might be a touchdown play.
(Pilot photo)
funds for education expense
grants.
Under the Pearsall Plan, either
the school board of a local option
unit or 15 per cent of the qualified
voters in that unit could call an
election to close the schools.
Governor Hodges has termed
the proposed constitutional
amendment “safety-valve” or
“stop-gap” legislation to be used
only when and if voluntary segre
gation and the 1955 Pupil Assign
ment Act fail to work.
Last week the Southern Pines
School Board published a legal
notice of adoption of the recom
mendations of the Pupil Assign
ment Act. Under that act the
school board, prior to the opening
of the school year, assigns each
pupil to a' particular school.
'The Governor has said he hopes
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Pet Dog Discovers
Missing Boy After
All-Night Search
Carl Thomas Scott, a youngster
wbo lives on Route 2, Cameron,
apparently has been treating his
collie well.
Last Saturday Carl’s parents
became frightened when the
youngster failed to return home
at the appointed hour. 'They sum
moned officers who, joined by
scores of neighbors, started an in
tensive search that lasted all
night. Bloodhounds were also
called in, but no trace of little
Carl could be found.
Sunday morning the Scott dog
refused to eat. Finally, he started
off towards the woods and offi
cers, hoping for anything that
might lead them to the boy, fol
lowed.
'The dog led them almost in a
straight line to Carl, about two
miles from the house. The young
ster, apparently weary and fright
ened, had picked himself a spot in
a clearing and was sound asleep.
The dog, it was reported, has
been eating regularly since.
Steak, no doubt.
First Rounds Of
Golf Tournament
End This Sunday
Six of the eight matches in the
championship flight of the Moore
County Golf Tournament have
been played so far, it was an
nounced this morning.
With seven flights, composed of
65 qualifiers, the tournament looks
to be one of the best played in re
cent years.
Carlos Fry and P. J. Boatright,
who hails from Pinehurst, shared
medalist honors with 74’s. The
scores of the rest of the flight
soared high as the'players found
the course, recently given a face
lifting to make it tougher, more
difficult to master.
In the first round matches some
players have solved the course a
little but are still finding it a li^
tie more hard on par than it was
last year. Boatwright has had the
best medal score to date, shooting
a 70 to defeat Harry Davis of Car
thage, tournament chairman, 4-3
earlier this week.
Other first round results: Joe
Carter defeated Bob Page of Ab
erdeen, 6-5; J2unes CoUins defeat
ed Perry Fry, 6-5; O. T. Parks de
feated Bill Sledge of Pinehurst,
2-1; Carlos Fry defeated Hubert
McCaskill of Pinehurst, 2-1; and
Jack Carter defeated Jere Mc-
Keithen of Aberdeen, 5-4.
Matches still to be played pit
Bill Woodard against M. C. Huf-
fard, and Max Forrest against H.
G. Crissman.
Players defeated in the cham
pionship flight will make up the
first flight, tourney officials an
nounced.
There have been a number of
other matches in the lower flights
already played. Complete results
will be announced next week.
I
BLUE KNIGHTS
The bocird of directors of Blue
Knights Boosters will meet to
night (Thursday) at 8 p,mi. at
Holliday’s Restaurant to plan a
barbecue and membership drive
to kick off the 1956 football sea
son, it was announced earlier
this week by J. B. Perkinson,
president. All board members
are requested to be at the meet
ing.
• Defending champion Bill Um
staedter, sixth ranking tennis
player in the S'outh, defeated
Sam Daniel, rankd eighth, in
straight sets here
Sunday to take
the annual Sand
hill Invitational
Tournament
Umstaedter won
6-3, 7-5, and 6-3.
He now has
won the title the .
past four years’
in succession, the-jap.,.-,^ 4
last three times '
from Daniel. Umstaedter
Umstaedter had breezed by
Ken Wagstaff of Fort Bragg in
the semi-finals, 7-5 and 5-1,
before Wagstaff
Idefaiilted in the
third set because
of illness. Daniel
gained a finals
berth by defeat
ing Don Thomp
son of New York,
seeded No. 1 at
the University of
North Carolina,
2-6, 6-2 and 6-1.
Umstaedter, from Abbeville,
S. Cl., has been champion of the
South Carolina Open 10 times,
and has won the Palmetto
closed tournament a 'number of
times. His trophies also include
the North Carolina Open and a
number of other top-ranked Sou
thern tourneys.
Daniel, who is formerly of Co
lumbia, S. C., but now plays out
of Gastonia, is also a veteran of
the South Carolina circuit and
has won a number of th larger
tournaments in the South. He
finished behind Umstaedter here
in 1954 and 1955.
Daniel teamed with Jack Worn-
rath of Greensboro to capture
the men’s doubles title from John
Tapley and Bill Lee, both of
Chapel Hill, 6-2, 6-2, and 6-2.
In the Women’s division, fin
ished Saturday, Shra Walters of
Charlotte defeated Julia Ann
Holt, also of Charlotte, 6-1, 6-4,
for the title.
Mary Lou Jones of Sanford
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Daniel
JAYCEE MEETING
The Board of Directors of the
Southern Pines Junior Chamber
of Commerce will meet Tuesday
night at 8 pm. at Barnum Realty
and Insurance Company, it was
announced today by Jim Baird,
president.