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VOL. 88—NO. 17
9 Antique Show Said
To Be Successful;
Sixteen Exhibiting
Dealers Showing
Huge Collection
Of Varied Wares
With visitors coming from many
miles away and dealers happy
with the amount of purchases be
ing made, the first annual An
tique Show sponsored in the Na
tional Guard Armory by the
Moore County Historical Society
was termed today a “tremendous
success.”
More than 400 people, many of
them from out of the state, have
already visited the show and
more are expected before closing
time tonight. Sixteen dealers
’from North and South Carolina
and several other states ru:e ex
hibiting thousands of pieces, rang
ing in price from fifty cents to
$12,000.
Mrs. Lawrence McN. Johnson
of Aberdeen, general chairman of
the show, said yesterday that she
was pleased with the large num
ber of visitors and the quality of
merchandise being shown. “We
have exhibitors from as far away
as Syracuse,” she said, “and I
have heard only good comments
about the calibre of the antiques.”
Assisting Mrs. Johnson are Mrs.
W. F. Hollister of Southern Pines
as co-chairman, with committee
members Mrs. Toin C. Darst, Mrs.
Ernest L. Ives and Miss Allie Mc
Intosh, all also of Southern Pines.
Proceeds from the show will be
used for various projects of the
Historical Association, of which
Mrs. Ives recently commented,
“there are many things we can do,
and a show af this nature will, we
hope, provide us with some of the
funds that will be necessary to do
them.”
Along with the standard items
one usually finds in such a show
—copper, brass, pine and Victo
rian furniture—^there are a num
ber of oil paintings by the English
artist, William Hogarth, being ex
hibit^ by a Georgetown, Wash
ington, firm. The firm also has
several oils by Francesco Guardi,
Venetian landscape and architec
tural painter, and some exquisite
miniatures representing the best
that comes from Sweden.
Elsewhere in the show, there
are pieces of Wedgwood, Bohemi
an glass, samplers, pewter, fine
antique jewelry, early American
tin and brass, and cut glass.
One exhibitor, busily showing
her wares to a group of visitors
from New York who are staying
in Pinehurst, said the show, as far
as she was concerned, was “even
better than the one held annually
in New York City. The atmos
phere here is so happy and re
laxed,” she explained!
Through yesterday bad weath
er had failed to cut down on the
crowd, and some people working
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STARTING GATES are something that frisky
two year olds have to get used to and this one,
named The Sharper, is taking his leSsons from
owner Billy Franz, at left, and M. G. “Mickey”
SANDHILLS CUP FEATURED
Biggest Field In History Expected
For Stoneybrook Races On Saturday
Attracting the best field since | the one-day session benefits the
thoroughbred racing returned, Ladies AuxiUaries of the SL Jo-
Walsh. The horse will race in the two-year-old
trials at the Stoneybrook Steeplechase here Sat
urday afternoon. (Photo by Humphrey)
Chub Seawell
Easing Toward
Democrat Vote
Herbert F. “Chub” Seawell, a
self-described “ex - Republican,”
said this week that he was going
to register to vote in the Demo
cratic primary in May, a state
ment construed by those present
that he had definitely changed his'
allegiance.
Seawell, who polled more votes
than any other Republican in the
state in modem times when he
ran for Governor against William
B. Umstead in 1952, has been in
creasingly critical of the Republi
can party in recent months (see
a letter this week on the editorial
page) but has steadfastly refused
to say whether he would join the
Democrats.
“I have gone underground,”
was all he would say until this
week.
W. Lament Brown of Southern
Pines, chairman of the county’s
Democratic Executive Commit
tee, notified of Seawell’s inten
tions, said he was delighted to of
fer him a welcome into the party.
“We are always glad,” he said,
“to welcome lost souls into the
ranks of the righteous.”
Seawell, who ranks high on the
public speaking circuit, said he
had been invited to speak in Al
bany, N. Y., next October. “Mr.
Tom Dewey, who lives there, will
know that I’ve been around,” he
commented.
here 11 years ago, Saturday af
ternoon’s program sponsored by
the Stoneybrook Himt Racing
Association looms as one of this
area’s major spring sports event.
Featuring the 11th running of
the Sandhills Cup, the diversified
seven-race program starts at 2
p. m, on the thoroughbred train
ing grounds owned by M. G.
(Mickey) Walsh. All entrances to
the race coiurse are off old route
one and general admission ($1.50)
may be obtained at the gate.
Operating for charity this year.
Rain Cancels N&S
Qualifying Rounds
Yesterday Morning
Postponed yesterday because of
rain, the 57th annual North and
South women’s amateur golf tour
nament got underway this morn
ing with a field of 59 contestants
jockeying for the medal won last
year by Marge Burns of Greens
boro.
By a process of playing two
rounds Saturday instead of the
one originally scheduled, the
tournament will end Monday as
planned. Weather for the week
end is predicted as “good.”
Yesterday’s postponement was
the second in the past three years
for the tournament. At tee off
time, the rain, reduced to a driz
zle, was accompanied by a 39-de
gree temperature and a chilly
wind. Many spectators showed up
to foEow their favorites but offi
cials decided to hold off on the
qualifying rounds until today.
The low 32, comprising the
championship division, move into
match play Friday. 'The next 32
will make up the Vice-President’s
division, and the defeated 16 in
the first round of match play in
the championship bracket will
comprise the President’s division.
Barbara Meintire of Lake Park,
Fla., and Toledo, Ohio, seeks to
become the first defending cham
pion to repeat since the 1950-51
sweep by Pat O’Sullivan of Or
ange, Conn. Previously, back to
back victories were achieved by
such great golfing names as Doro
thy Campbell Hurd, Glenna Col
lett, Maureen Orcutt and Estelle
Lawson Page.
Curtis Cup
Four members of the 1956 U. S.
Curtis Cup team that lost to Brit
ain’s best are in the field. They
are Polly Riley of Fort Worth,
Tex.; Mary Ann Downey of Bal
timore; Mrs. Barbara Romack
Porter of Sacramento, Calif., and
Mrs. Philip Cudone of West Cald
well, N. J.
Mrs. Adam Casey Jonstone of
Mason City, Iowa, 3 and 2 loser
to Miss Meintire in last year’s
finals, is on hand as are the losing
semifinalists of a year ago. Miss
Downey and Anne Richardson of
Columbus^ Ohio.
seph-of-the-Pines and Moore
Memorial Hospitals.
Carrying a $1,000 purse, with a
$500 assist from the United
Hunts Racing Association, the
Sandhills Cup is contested over
two and one-quarter miles. Lur
ing the finest field since its in
ception, the feature has 10 nom
inees, including Mrs. Henry
Obre’s Coup-de-Vite, last year’s
timber racing champion. A win
ner of three important timber
fixtures last year and placing in
other events, the ’chaser from
Monkton, Md., won the United
Hunts Racing Association’s $1,000
timber division award. Trained
by John Bosley, 3rd, Coup-de-
Vite will be ridden by Kenneth
Field who rode him in all of his
winning races last year.
Sternest competition in the
classic is promised from Grand
Chal, owned by Alfred R. Smith,
Upper Marlboro, Md. In training
here for the past two weeks.
Grand Chal also scored a trio of
timber victories last year and re
ceived the UHRA’s second timber
award of $600. Trained by Joseph
ANNIVERSARY
This week marks the first
anniversary of the announce
ment by the A. & M. Karag-
heusian Company that it had
prirchased the mill in Aber
deen formerly operated by
Amerotron Corporation.
The company, one of the
nation's top manufacturers of
fine carpeting, is considerably
beyond expectations in its
first year of operation, ac
cording to J. Cecil Beith,
plant manager. Currently em
ploying slightly more than
300 people, the company Is
approaching its top produc
tion mark and only needs a
few more pieces of machin
ery, which will be added dur
ing this year, to make the
original plans complete.
Beith has said publicly on
many occasions that his firm
Wets "sold" on the area and is
more than pleased with its
operation to dsde.
Democrats Propose
Change In Method
Of Picking Senator
Municipal Center
Bond Proposal Is
Rejected 298 -159
Less Than 25
Per Cent of
Voters Turn Out
A proposed bond issue of $100,-
000 to complete the new "rown
Hall was turned down here Sat
urday by a vote of 298-159, almost
two to one. Less than 25 per
cent of the registered voters par
ticipated in the special election.
The issue had been proposed
earlier this year to secure funds
for completion of the building as
it was originally designed by
Thomas T. Hayes, local architect.
Included in the $100,000 would
have been funds for a firewing,
cells in the jail area, air condi
tioning throughout the single
story structure, and several minor
items.
Louis Scheipers, Jr., town man
ager, said after the election that
work now underway would be
completed, hopefully by the mid
dle of summer. He added that,
contrary to impressions held by
some people, the building would
not be left uncompleted on the
outside. “The contracts now in
effect were carefully planned,” he
said, “and on behalf of the Coun
cil I would like to assure the pub
lic that the building will have a
completely finished appearance
both inside and out.”
What defeated the issue?
There’s a variety of reasons,
some say almost as many as there
were people voting. One of the
Contract For Building
Of Lace Plant Readied
1111,000 Turned
In On Pledges;
HUBERT McCASKILL
Hubert McCaskill
Files For Sheriff
J. Hubert McCaskill of Pine
hurst this week became the first
person to officially annoimce his
candidacy for Sheriff of Moore
County in the May 31 Democrat
ic primary.
McCaskill is well-known
throughout the county and has
long been active in the Demo
cratic party. For the past few
years he has served as a member
$60,000 Needed
Approximately $111,000 had
been collected at noon today on
the $180,000 pledged through lo
cal subscription towards con
struction of a $350,000 lace plant
here, according to members of
the Southern Fdnes Development
Corporation.
The funds, which represent
about 62 per cent of the total
pledged, came from 99 of the 195
original subscribers.'
Robert Ewing, president of the
corporation, said that bids on the
general contract for the building
would be opened next Thursday
in the Durham offices of John
Latimer, architect for the build
ing.
“We would of course like to
have all the pledges in by that
time,” Ewing said, “and certainly
not later than one or two days
after the contracts are let. We
understand that the building will
get underway as soon as possible
after the bids are in and contracts
signed, but that will not be pos
sible unless we in Southern Pines
have our money ready at that
time. ’The sooner the funds are
all collected, the sooner we have
the building and the payroll that
goes with it.”
For the past week and a half,
members of the development cor
poration have been visiting in
dividual subscribers urging them
to effect their pledges. They
have found that some funds came
and secretary of the Moore
biggest reasons given toi date, County Board of Elections, de-
however, centered around the dis- clining another term a ^ few
pleasure held by a large segment weeks ago when he became inter-
over the location of the building ested in the sheriff’s race.
and the type, architecture Also, j For the past 25 years he has from people who'di^r^orpielg;
some suggest, the possibihty of a been in the administration de-, orieinallv and one liannUv
tax increase in the near future in partment of Pinehurst, Inc. For'Sed out ^veral neonle
caused manv no votes. ' as treas^er of the Pinehurst with the “shrink-out” that is
School Board, and for 25 sure to come in fund raising of
that nature, due usuaUy to sick-
caused many “no” votes.
Scheipers told the Council sev
eral months ago that a tax in
crease might be forthcoming in
the next few yeairs. At the time,
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Members of the Moore County
Democratic Executive Commit
tee have* approved a resolution
L. Aitcheson of Laurel, Md., the; calling for a better tenure of of-
fleet ’chaser will be ridden by fice for State Senators from this
the trainer’s son, Joseph Aitche
son, Jr., a winner of 14 races over
obstacles in 1957.
Local interest in the timber
test will center on Mrs. M. G.
Walsh’s Mummer’s Knot, a 6-
year-old mare slated to make her
debut over stern obstacles. Train
ed by the famous conditioner M.
G. (Mickey) Walsh, the mare will
be ridden by Thomas Walsh, a
nephew of the owner and trainer.
Riding his first full year as a
jockey, young Walsh rode 16 win
ners over jumps last year to be
the nation’s' second leading
steeplechase pilot.
Aside from the mentioned trio,
others named for the Sandhills
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district.
The resolution, adopted within
the past few days, would do
away 'with, a practice that has
been in existence for many
years which, in effect, is . a
“swap-off” between the four
counties in the 12th Senatorial
District, composed of Moore,
Hoke, Randolph and Harnett. Un
der such a practice. Senators
were elected from two of the
counties (Moore has one at the
same time as Harnett) and then
in the next election, the two oth
er counties would have the Sen
ators.
Many people have long com
plained that such a practice did
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Capacity Audience
Attends Opening
‘Scandals’ Show
An enthusiastic audience turn
ed out last night in the Pinehmst
school auditorium for the open
ing performance of “Scandals of
the Sandhills,” an amateur stage
show being presented for the
benefit of the village’s recreation
field.
With a cast composed almost
exclusively of residents of the
area, the show will play again
tonight (Thursday) and tomor
row night. V
In rehearsals for three weeks,
the show is considered by those
who saw the opening perform-
he has been a member of the
Pinehurst Volunteer Fire Depart
ment. He was the main organizer
of the Pinehurst Lions club sev
eral years ago.
ness or other hardships encoun
tered by those who pledged orig
inally, the committee voiced a
great deal of satisfaction in the
A lifelong Presbyterian, he is | number of people who had in-
a member of the Pinehurst Com-1 creased the amount of funds they
muntiy Church, has served as Will put into the construction of
Sunday School superintendent
and is now president of the Men’s
Bible Class. He has been active in
Boy Scout work in Pinehiust and
, Moore County, and served as
chairman of the Moore District
Boy Scout Executive Committee.
In the Democratic party he has
been secretary and. president of
the Moore County Young Demo
cratic Club, and later as secre
tary and then as chairman of the
8th district YDC. At the present
time he is a member of ’the 8th
District Democratic Congressional
Committee from Moore County.
He is married to the' former
Miss Neva Carter and they have
three children: Jimmie, now in
the U. S. Army stationed in Ger-
ance better than last year The,^ ^Otty of the
skits are new, dances different ,
and the costumes are more color
ful .. . and plentiful.
One of the most unusual ideas
this year was the introduction of
home.
In making his announcement
for Sheriff, McCaskill said:
“If the citizens of Moore Coun-
a six-foot champagne glass with ty see fit to nominate and • elect
me their Sheriff, I assure them
that I will attempt to discharge
living bubbles and “Sputnik,” a
space ship that mysteriously ap
pears
the duties of the office in a fair.
Two-Footed Vie With Four-Footed
In Stratton Exhibition Now On View
Appearing in the show are' diligent and impartial manner
Pat Starnes of Southern Pines, a | which has characterized the pf-
former Radio Ctiy “Rockette,” i fice under the direction of Sher-
Nancy Spencer, also of Southern iff McDonald. Win or lose, I shall
Pines, who does a Calypso num-1 continue working for good gov-
ber, Jean Bushby of Southern' ernment and will support the
Pines, ballet, Sheila Riley of nominees of the Democratic
Time for the race meet each
year means time for the exhibi
tion of horse portraits and hunt
ing scenes that Patricia Herring
Stratton, (Mrs. W. J. Stratton) is
always so busily at work on out
there at her studio near Niagara.
This painter of horses and dogs,
of hounds and foxes and country
scenes, whom the Sandhills hap
pily claims among its leading eu:-
tists, has this year added a third
dimension to her show now on
view at the Library Gallery. Or
perhaps it should be a fourth di
mension.
Not only are there horses and
dogs hanging on the walls, but
houses, and, most importantly,
people. During recent years, Mrs.
Stratton has included portraits—
portraits of humans—along with
her studies of the animal king
dom and, in this exhibit, she has
chosen to feature some of these
and to confine her other show
ings to photographs of the many
animal portraits she has done.
It must be noted that this part
of the exhibition is indeed im
pressive. And doubtless it covers
nought but a fraction of the many
canvases the artist has executed
along this line of riding and hunt
ing sport. The portraits shown in
the photographs date back to the
days when her husband, W. J.
Stratton, lived in Princeton and
was whip to the Stonybrook Hunt
there, to hunting days in Mill-
brook and on to last yeab’s fine
painting, a human portrait this
time, of the Sandhills’ Dooley
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Carthage, tapdancer. Dr. Bruce
Warlick and his “sagebrush quar
tette,” and Nick Crotty, master
of ceremonies.
Others are Dr. and Mrs.
(^Iharles Phillips, Helen Alexan
der, Charlie Garrett, Martha Cur
rie, Libbie McKenzie, George
Mahoney, Walter Allen, Sallie
Coles, Tirza Ison, Barbara Elliott,
party.”
the modern building.
Ewing said the door was still
not closed on'those who wanted
to make pledges. ■’’We must have
the funds in this drive if we ever
expect to get other plants to lo
cate here,” he said. “It’s the best
way I know of to indicate to
companies of good reputation
that we are desirous of industry
in this area.”
Cost of the building has been
estimated at approximately $350,-
000, of which the North Carolina
Business Development Corpora
tion has put up $175,000. It will
be operated by Southern Laces,
Inc., of which Charles Mozpr of
Trenton, N. J. is president. He is
also president of a lace company
in Trenton.
Several people from Trenton
who will come here to get the
plant into operation have already
visited the area looking over the
housing situation.
COUNTRY SHOW
Company “D” of the National
Guard will sponsor the “Ozark
Country Show” for one night
only, Friday, March 21, in the
armory on Morganton Road. Sev
eral television stars and radio
personalities will appear in the
two hour presentation, beginning
at 7:30 p. m.
WEEKLY POLITICAL REPORT
McCaskilVs Filing Could
Cause Interest To Pick Up
It shouldn’t take long for
Margaret Frye, Dora Wedlock, things to start shaping up polit-
Wendell Wathen, James and ically in the county now that Hu-
Helen Picou, Delamar Mann, hert McCaskill of Pinehurst
Pinehurst Police Chief J. T. definitely placed himself in the
Sheppard, Mary Rucker, Veta position of running ^ for sheriff.
Gorman, Reva Marie Tonnele, That office, some think, wiU be
Gertrude Page, Frances White, the one most sought after and the
Betty Howe, Frances Conlm,!®^® that ^will bring more jieo^e
Helen Vail, Florence O’Brien,
Caroline Battley, Christine Page,
and Nancy Sweet-Escott.
In charge of scenery designing
to the polls than any other come
the Democratic primary in May.
McCaskill had indicated about
a month ago toat he was serious
are Dorothy Sneed, Nancy Boat- ly thinking of making the race
Wright and Tom Gameau, Wil-.but had never said so publicly,
liam Latta is directing the show. Now, with Archie Dees out feel
ing around and Herman Grimm
doing the same, McCaskill is im-
doubtedly going to start politick
ing in a hurry.
Why haven’t more people filed?
is a question going around in va
rious places where political spec
ulators congregate. Sam Riddle,
chairman of the elections board,
asked the question this week, re
plied that, quite the contrary, he
was surprised, of sorts, that so
many people had filed this early.
“Usually the candidates wait
until the new elections board is
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