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VOL. 38—NO. 20
SIXTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1958
SIXTEEN PAGES
PRICE 10 CENTS
FIELD OF SEVEN SEEN
Three More Announce For Sheriffs
Job; Two Still Sitting On Fence
J. W. SHEFFIELD
A. B. PARKER
Medical Society
Gives Support To
Red Cross Drive
The Moore County Medical So
ciety, got behind the lagging Red
Cross fund drive this week in
hopes that sufficient funds would
be raised to insure the establish
ment of a blood b^k program
here next fall.
Dr. Charles Phillips, president
of the society, said today that the
blood bank program is contingent
on raising sufficient funds to pay
for visits of the bloodmobile, an
amount estimated by local chapter
officials at approximately $2,300
per year.
The Red Cross drive, which has
been only half successful in rais
ing its quota this year, has been
carried over into April. Mrs. Au
drey Kennedy, executive secre
tary of the chapter, today urged
every person who has not contri
buted to do so if they possibly
could in the next few days.
ABC Report Shows
State, Uncle Sam
Get Biggest Chunk
Legal liquor sales in Moore
County’s two ABC stores for the
year ending March 31 ^ amounted
to $1,529,853, according to a re
port made Monday by L. J. Hin
son, manager of the ABC Board,
to the County^ Board of Commis
sioners. \
Hinson’s report also included
the amounts paid to Federal and
State Departments of Revenue.
The State, he said, had received
$151,952 in taxes during the year;
and a whopping $684,000 had gone
to the Federal government. Com
bined, the figures represent more
than 50 per cent of gross sales.
On the profit side of the led
ger, he added, the county has
received $170,000, which makes a
total of $2,723,500 remitted to the
county since the inauguration of
the board in 1937. The county’s
take is slightly more than 11 per
cent.
An additional $15,000 was turn
ed over April 1.
Sales during the past year
fell off from three to four thous
and dollars monthly, he told the
commissioners, and one month
the figure reach 24 thousand.
(Continued on page 8)
Three more candidates for elec
tion to the Sheriff’s job in Moore
County, subject, of course, to the
May primary, paid filing fees
this week bringing the field to
five who are definitely running.
The three were J. W. “Bunch”
Sheffield of Eastwood, Charlie
Stewart of Eureka community,
and Wendell B. Kelly of Carth
age. Previously filing were J.
Hubert McCaskill of Pinehurst
and A. B. Parker of Vass.
At least two more men are al
most definitely in the race,
though they have not filed. They
are present deputy A. F. Deese of
Aberdeen and Herman Grimm of
Carthage.
If the field has seven candi
dates, as most observers conceded
today it would, it would be the
largest in the past four decades.
Sheriff Charles McDonald, who
will have held the position 30
years when he steps down be-
cember 1, has had opposition at
each election, never had to face
more than four candidates.
Sheffield, who operates a gen
eral merchandise business in
Eastwood, has, been a candidate
before. A native of Carthage, he
is a veteran of World War 2
where he served in the Navy. He
is a member of the Pinehurst
School Board, the Moore County
chapter of the Red Cross, the
American Legion, Masonic Order,
and the Culdee Presbyterian
Church.
Married to the former Louise
Primm of Eureka, they have five
children.
In making his announcement,
Sheffield said;
“If nominated and elected, I
will try to continue the ,^same
fair and just law enforcement
service we have been enjoying,
and hope to become a memory in
the hearts of, our citizens com
parable to our present high sher
iff.”
Stewart, also a native of the
county, is a barber currently
practicing in the Village Shop in
Pinehurst. He is also the owner
of extensive farming property in
Eureka.
Kelly is a former State High
way Patrolman who now engages
in farming and running a general
merchandise store. He served on
the patrol for 21 years, almost
from its organization, retiring
four years ago with the rank of
technical sergeant.
He is a nephew of the late San-
ly Kelly who served as Sheriff
of the county in the mid 1800’s.
He was born and raised in the
county.
Married to the former Laura
Baker of Carthage, they have
two children, one in nurses’s
training in Charlotte and a son
with the Navy in Guam.
A Presbyterian, Kelly is a
member of Priest Hill Church.
In a statement issued this week
he said:
“My 21 years on the State
Highway Patrol has given me
valuable experience which would
be of use in carrying out the
duties of Sheriff. I havq also at
tended several sessions Of Law
Enforcement Officer’s school,
which gives me added experi
ence. If elected, I will do every
thing I can to carry out the duties
of the office.”
Last week A. B. Parker, Vass
meat dealer, announced for the
job; three weeks ago McCaskill
became the first candidate.
Parker, who is 31 years of age,
(Continued on Page 8)
Night Baseball To
Begin Tuesday As
Knights Meet Vass
Night baseball comes to South
ern Pines next week when the
Blue Knights, sporting a 2-2. rec
ord, meet Vass-Lakeview Tues
day night in the first of two con
tests.
Game time is 8 o’clock.
Thursday, the Blue Knights
play West End here, again at
night. Both games are Moore
County Conference affairs and
Southern Pines is favored to
win.
The locals play Aberdeen to
morrow at 3:30 there.
Sure Signs Spring Has Arrived
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JUST FISHING was Mr. R. W. Blue’s com
ment Tuesday afternoon when asked what he
was doing. What he really was doing, too, was
something that has been happening from time
immemorial: developing a fever (fishing varie
ty) that is common to most men and usually
comes on them at the first sign of spring. Mr.
Blue, incidentally, lives on the road between
Carthage and Southern Pines. His only catch
for the day was a few bass, nond more than five
inches, which he threw back for fattening up.
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Local School Needs
Placed At $484,000
That Much Is
Requested Over
Next 4 Years
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CHOOSIN’ UP SIDES, ready for a whole
springtime full of sandlot baseball, are these
youngsters who live in Carthage. Like the fish
erman above, these young fellows get out their
equipment at the first real sign of spring, which
they somehow manage to know is on us before
the weather man does. Left to right they are
Jimmy Moore, Garland Simpson, Penn Benner,
Charles Lewis and Richard Pate. (Pilot photos)
Three Carteret
Couuty Meu Held
lu $2,000 Break-iu
Officials of the Moore County
Sheriff’s department said this
week that three young men, all
residents of Route 1, Newport,
had been arrested in • connection
with a $2,000 burglary of Lowe’s
Shopping Center near Carthage
three weeks ago.
The three were identified as
Edwin N. Brown, Kenneth
Brown and Willie Brown. Two of
them—officers could not say
which two—are brothers; the oth
er is a cousin. They live near
Newport, which is in Carteret
County.
Admittance to the building, a
AVERAGED 119.4 PER DAY
Patient Care At Moore Memorial
Reaches All-Time High In March
March was the busiest month
in the history of Moore Memorial
Hospital, according to figures re
leased last week by Thomas
Howerton, administrator. An
average of 119.4 patients per day
was attained.
Previous high had been Febru
ary, with a daily average of 117.8,
and before that, in January,
1956 with the average of 115.8.
That figure was reached shortly
before the new building program
began.
Howerton announced the fig
ures to members of the hospital’s
combination jewelry and grocery finance committee, which was
store, was made by forcing a
back door. Officers said that
missing items included four box
es of shotgun shells, silverware,
a guitar, watches, rings, automo
bile tires, socks, and a fishing
tackle box. Part of it has been
recovered.
Local officials were at first sty-
meeting in Pinehurst to consider
additional avenues of income to
care for indigent patients.
The hospital, according to
Denison K. Bullins, charman of
the committee, has been Opera
ting in the red for the past sever
al years, primarily because of a
dicated that 50 per cent of the to
tal was from Negro patients, al
though only 20 per cent of the to
tal number Of patients cared for
in the hospital were Negroes.
The survey further indicated
that 74 per cent of such accounts
were from Moore County, 9.4 per
cent from Hoke County, 6.4 per
cent from Richmond County, and
the remaining 10.2 per cent from
other counties.
As a result of the analysis,
Bullens said, a representative
group from the finance commit
tee will appear before the Moore
County Board of Commissioners
in May to request sufficient funds,
to pay for care of the indigent
patients. Further, he said, spine
means of obtaining aid from
other counties will be investiga
ted.
Attending the meeting with
Bullens and Howerton were John
Currie of Carthage, Dr. E. M.
Medlin of Aberdeen, and Mrs,
,high percentage of uncollectable
mied in their efforts to identify accounts. A recent analysis of ac-1 Samuel G. Allen and Paul Dana
'(Continued on Page 8) counts declared uncollectable in- of Pinehurst.
The Southern Pines school
board this week requested appro-
propriation of slightly less than %
million dollars for new construc
tion of white and Negro school
facilities over the next four years.
The request was made of the
Moore County Board of Commis
sioners at the regular meeting
Monday.
A little later in the day mem
bers of the Pinehurst Board re
quested a total of $105,000 for the
next year, $85,000 of which would
be used to construct a gymnasium
at Academy Heights School.
Officials of both towns put lit
tle hope in getting all the funds
but based their requests on the
old axiom that “asking for a lot-
means you’ll get more than if you
asked for a little.”
For Southern Pines school, the
requests were made to cover cap
ital outlay expenses over the next
four years. In the school year
1958-59, a total of $194,300 was re
quested. It would be used for
construction of a fence around the
athletic field at West Southern
Pines school, improvements to the
cafeteria in East Southern Pines,
and a beginning of “Phase C” at
East Southern Pines, which in
cludes construction of classrooms
along New York Avenue. Also
included were requests for funds
for purchasing additional land for
the classrooms, and building a
covered walkway between the
two buildings.
For 1959-60, Amos Dawson and
John Howarth, chairman of the
board, asked for $190,000, with
$175,000 of that to be used for
construction of a new high school
in West Southern Pines. Some
$15,000 would be used to equip
the classrooms built, if money is
provided, in East Southern Pines.
For 1960-61, the request was
$100,000 for construction of an au
ditorium in west Southern Pines.
In 1961-62, school officials asked
for $40,000 to build more elemen
tary classrooms in West Southern
Pines.
It has been the policy of local
officials to let the County Com
missioners know at least four
years in advance the estimate of
needs. The figures given Tues
day were based on normal
growth, Dawson said.
For Pinehurst, $20,000 of the.
requested $105,000 would be used
to renovate the Pinehurst school
gymnasium into classrooms. Of
ficials of the board present report
ed that steel on a new gymnasium
is now going up and the building
would probably be ready for occu
pancy September 1.
The old gymnasium, officials
said, would be converted into a
library and commercial rooms.
Such renovation would provide
two additional classrooms and in
addition, improve the library and
commercial arrangement.
The County Commissioners are
now hearing requests from vari
ous agencies for the budget for
next year. They took no action
on either school request.
Council Will Hold
Public Hearing On
Parking Proposals
The Town Council, meeting
Tuesday night, gave its final
staunp of approval to a number of
changes in the town’s parking or
dinances, and called for a public
hearing to be held at tlje next
regular council meeting in May.
The changes, complete copies of
which can be found in an official
announcement elsewhere in to
day’s Pilot, were the result of a
study commission’s report pre
sented to the Council last month,
and several revisions made by the
Council itself.
Most notable change is one
making it illegal to park any
where in the business district
more than one hour. Previously
motorists could park two hours in
some areas, one hour in others,
and 15 minutes in still others.
Now, the only 15 minute areas
are in front of the post office and
in front of the ABC store.
The business district is compos-
(Continued on page 8)
CONTRACT SIGNING
Charles Mozur. president of
the Mbzur Laces, Inc., of
Trenton, N. J., is expected to
meet with local officials of
the Southern Pines Develop
ment Corporation here tomor
row (Friday) to sign final
contracts for the construction
of a $360,000 lace manufac
turing plant.
Robert Ewing, cheiirman of
the local corjmration, s^dd to
day that all but $1,800 of the
total of $180,000 pledged here
had been raised "and that will
be oj;^ hand by the time the
final contracts are signed,"
Construction of the plant,
which will employ approxi
mately 200 workers initially,
is expected to be started with
in a few weeks. The State
Highway Commission is ex
pected to besia work on an
access road to the site, just
north of Southern Pines on
US 1 bypass, in the next few
days and actual construction
of the plant will start soon
thereafter.
Here tomorrow will also be
state officials, probably from
the Department of Conserva
tion and Development, some
representing the Moore Coun
ty Industrial Development
Comnuttee, and some of Mo-
zur's assistants.
Proposed Changes
In State Judicial
System Explained
Justice, according to Senator
Spencer Bell of Charlotte, is a
“stupendous” business.
Here Monday to brief the
Moore County Bar Association
on changes in the state’s court
system which a committee he
heads will soon propose. Senator
Bell said that the changes were
long overdue and were necessi
tated by developments in our so
ciety.
A hundred years ago, he said.
North Carolina had a unified
systerri of courts—at least in the
rural areas—which could not be
bettered anywhere in the coun
try. But, he added. North Caro-
:lina, though still primarily a ru
ral state, has made giant steps in
the intervening time and for the
most part the court system has
not matched the progress made
in economic growth.
“What we need,” he said, “is a
system of dispensing justice that
is dignified and beyond re
proach.”
He was referring to one of the
two specific changes his commit
tee has made to date: a revision
in the Justice of the Peace sys
tem and other inferior courts
which would do away with the
autonomy presently held by those
courts.
His committee, which consists
of 15 lawyers and 15 laymen rep
resenting all sections of the state,
has already asked the legal pro
fession in the state its opinion
on a proposal to create a series
of district courts. Under that con
cept, he said, the judge would de
vote full tune to his pbsition and
not engage at aU in private prac
tice.
The committee envisions, he
let it be known, a type system
which would employ three judges
(Continued on Page 8)
Music Is Topic
For PTA Meeting
Music appreciation in the
schools will be the program topic
for the April meeting of the East
Southern Pines Parent-Teacher
Association, to be held in Weaver
Auditorium, Monday, April 14,
at 8 p. m.
Miss Mary Logan, local schools
supervisor, will explain how
music is taught. Children of the
elementary school will assist in
illustrating various teaching
methods.
Mrs. I. A. Woodell, PTA pres
ident, urges parents to attend
and invites others in the com
munity who are ipterested in
the program subject.