VOL. 39—NO. 13
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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY,- FEBRUARY 19, 1959
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Former Sheriff Charles McDonald
Died Yesterday Of Heart Ailment
Death claimed one of the coun
ty’s most beloved residents yes
terday afternoon when Charles
J. McDonald, who retired only
last December after' 30 years as
high sheriff, died at Moore Me
morial Hospital. He was 66 years
of age.
His death climaxed a year’s
battle with heart trouble aggra
vated by arthritis. He had been
hospitalized last summer follow
ing a severe heart attack and was
never able to actively participate
in the affairs of his office after
that.
Sheriff McDonald, who was
first elected sheriff in 1928, an
nounced early in 1958 that he
would not seek the office again.
At the time of his retirement he;
had been in office longer than
any other sheriff in the state
with one exception; a sheriff "In
another county also had 30 years.
Perhaps the most influential
man in the county at election
time, he had been a leader of the
Democratic ticket in every race
he ever entered. His long service
was recognized by other sheriffs
in North Carolina by his elec
tion as president of the North
Carolina Sheriff’s Association
several years ago and by his long
tenure on that organization’s ex
ecutive board.
He was, at the time of his
death, president of the Moore
County Historical Association,
aln office to which he was re
elected last year.
A charter member and past
president of the Sandhills Ki-
wanis Club, he was the recip
ient of the club’s Builders Cup
in 1955 which recognized his un
selfish service to the area.
In December of last year he re
ceived a 40-year pin for his mem
bership in the Joseph G. Henson
Post 12 of the American Legion,
of which he had served as ad
jutant and commander.
Among ' his distinctions—and
they were many—he was the first
North Carolina sheriff to be se
lected as the Raleigh News and
Observer’s “Tar Heel of the
Week.”
Sheriff McDonald was employ
ed as a supervisor of state high
way forces before his decision in
1928 to run for sheriff.
As an indication of its respect
for him the Moore County Law
Enforcement Officer’s Associa
tion elected him the first pres
ident of the organization when
it was formed. He had taken an
active interest in the organiza
tion, once terming it “a good or
ganization which I believe can
bring more cooperation to the
various agencies in this county
than any other single thing I
know of.”
Two years ago the association
presented him an- ^ngraved pis
tol as a mark of respect; as he
had hoped at the time, he never
had to shoot it.
When Sheriff McDonald an
nounced his plans not to seek re-
election, he said: “There is no
doubt in my mind that I have
served the best citizenry in the
State. As a whole, the people of
Moore County' are for a good,
clean county, and will work to
keep it that way. Without their
help, and the excellent coopera
tion of law enforcement agencies
in the cowns and on county.
State and federal levels, I would
never have been able to achieve
CHARLES McDonald
whatever success has been mine.”
There was little doubt in most
people’s miftds that he had been
eminently successful in a job that
often is an unpopular one.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at Carthage Presbyterian
Church, of which he was an elder,
Friday at 3 p.m. by the pastor,
the Rev. B. E. Dotson, assisted
by a former pastor, the Rev. W.
S. Golden. Interment will be in
Cross Hill cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Ethel Dalrymple; three
daughters, Mrs. T. Edwin Ellis,
Asheboro; Mrs. Joseph H. Ben
nett, Greensboro, and Mrs. John
R. Baker, Jr., Elon College; two
sons,, Charles J. Jr. and M. Worth
McDonald, Carthage; live grand
children; two sisters, Mrs. W. V.
Fisher and Mrs. R. S. Boger, both
of near Carthage; three brothers,
Lee R., Frank and Earl B. Mc
Donald, Carthage.
Scottish Singer
To Present Varied
Program Monday
Nemoi]ie Balfour, a native of
Scotland who sings rare ballads
and accompanies herself on the
Celtic harp and lute, will pre
sent a concert here Monday eve
ning at 8 p. m. in the library.
The public is invited to the
program, sponsored by the
Moore County Historical Associ-
.ation.
Miss Balfour’s well-balanced
and delightful program will offer
a variety of moods and nation
alities. Her extensive repertoire
includes Elizabethan love songs,
Scottish and Irish ballads, airs
of the Renaissance, Celtic songs,
and verses sung in English,
Gaelic, Welsh, French, German
and Italian.
Born in Scotland in the heart
of the Sir Walter Scott country.
Miss Balfour was brought up
with an unusual, appreciation for
rpusic. The distinguished musi
cian, Sir George Henschel—who
won fame as the first conductor
of the Boston Symphony—-was
her childhood friend and first
singing teacher.
A -frequent visitor to her 'an
cestral home, Dawyck on the
Tweed, was her cousin, Sir Ar
thur Somervell, who dedicated
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An Editorial
A Devoted Public Servant
^ Moore County is sorrowing to
day for the death of Sheriff Mc
Donald.
Deeply respected, deeply be
loved, this fine citizen leaves his
people poorer With his passing
but with a legacy of which to be
ever proud. ■
He saw the county grow from
, the days when he first took over
the sheriff’s office and he es
tablished a system of law en
forcement which has grown
steadily unf’er his hands into one
of the mo. outstanding in th.<;
State. He saw the times change
from the early days of unbridled
violence, when he, as a young
sheriff, was called on to protect
a Negro prisoner from mob vio
lence. risking his life to do so,
to the orderly administration of
impartial justice. Over and over
again, Charles McDonald carried
out his duty as sheriff unflinch
ingly, accepting danger, suffer-
mg hurt and withstanding seri
ous injury in the service of the
people. During these past years
he has carried on, never sparing
himself, though ill and in se
vere pain.
And during it all, he ever
maintained his kindness, his tol
erance for human misfortune, so
that he held the trust and affec
tion as well as the respect of all
'b° oeonle whose welfare and
safety it was his duty to protect.
Charles J. McDonald, late
sheriff of Moore County, had the
blood of the indomitable Scottish
race in his veins; his character
also embodied those qualities of
kindness, of courtesy, of devo
tion to duty that we think of
I when we say “Southern gentle-
■ man.” His name ranks high in
the list of fine public servants
I of North Carolina.
ART SHOW
An exhibition of paint
ings by Joseph H. Cox, asso
ciate professor in the School
of Design of N. C. State Col
lege, will go on view in the
art , gallery here Sunday,
March 1.
Open house will be ob
served that day at 3 p. nu
for those wishing to he2u:
Mr, Cox describe his meth
ods and techniques.
Plans for the exhibit, one
of a continuing series spon
sored by the Library Art
Gallery Committee, were
made at a luncheon meeting
of the committee 'Wednesday
at Hamel's Restaurant
Attending the meeting
were Mrs. C. A. Smith, Mrs.
James Boyd, Mrs. Alwin
Folley, hbs. Emmanuel
Sontag, Mrs. Stanley Austin,
John Faulk and Bill Benson.
Gen. Marshall Is
Seriously Ill At
Ft. Bragg Hospital
Gen. George C- Marshall has
suffenad a second “more severe
stroke” in an Army Hospital at
Fort Bragg, and is regarded in
serious condition.
The Army issued a medical
bulletin this morning stating that
the 78-year-old retired soldier-
statesman experienced the latest
stroke Tuesday afternoon. His
first stroke came at his winter
home at Pinehurst January 15.
He was carried to Fort Bragg
the same day.
The m.edical bulletin also said
that the general had a “mild de
gree of pneumonia.” It added
that there had been no progres
sion of the second stroke, how
ever, and the pneumonia is not
complicating the stroke condi
tions.
Little hope is held for recovery
of the man who is credited with
being the architect of a plan to
save Greece and Turkey from i
Communism while serving as
Secretary of State and for whom
the famous Marshall Plan is nam
ed.
Mrs. Marshall, it is reported,
has occupied a room opposite her
husband on the ninth floor of the
hospital since his first stroke.
John Buchholz Is
Named Red Cross
Drive Chairman
Has Long Been
Associated With
Blood Projects
John F. Buchholz has been
named chairman of the 1959
membership and funds drive of
the Moore County chapter of the
American Red Cross, according
to Gen. R. B. Hill, chapter chair
man.
Buchholz, a Marine Corps vet
eran, has been active many years
in this county in blood donpr
programs. He has, for some time,
m.aintained a list of blood don
ors and has drawn repeated
commendations for his efforts.
A graduate of Landon School
for Boys and Georgetown Uni
versity, both in Washington, D.
C., Buchholz joined the Marine
Corps the day after Pearl Har
bor and remained with the corps
until 1946. He served on the Pa
cific islands of Guadalcanal,
New Guinea, Cape Gloucester,
New Zealand, and in Australia.
He was wounded in combat on
Peleliu Island and subsequently
lost a leg because of the wound.
Married to the former Helen
Hart of West Chester, Pa., he
and his family (s.even children)
have made their home here since
1948.
Dates for the drive will be an
nounced in a few days, Gen. Hill
said, along with community
committee chairmen and mem- i
bers.
Annual Hunter Trials Saturday
Draws Largest Field In History
Girl Scouts Plan
Art Exhibit In
Aberdeen 2 Days
KENJI KOBAYASHI
Music Association
Will Hear Little
Symphony Friday
The North Carolina Little
Symphony wiU play a concert at
Weaver Auditorium, Southern
Pines, Friday, February 27, at
7:30 p. m.
The concert is the third pro
gram of the 1958-’59 s-eason of
the Sandhills Music Association.
A buffet supper, starting at 6:30
p. m., will be served at the Hol
lywood Hotel, preceding the
concert. Reservations should be
made directly with the hotel, ac
cording to Norris Hodgkins, Jr.,
president of the Music Associa
tion.
At 10:30 a. m. on Februsuy 27,
at the Aberdeen High School
Auditorium, the Little Sym
phony, which is under the di
rection of Benjamin Swalin, will
T'lay the first of two free chil
dren’s concerts in the. Sandhills.
Selected groups of children from
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The Moore County Girl Scouts
I will hold a county wide art ex
hibit at Page Memorial Library,
Abefdeen, tomorrow from 3 to 5
p.m. and Saturday from 11 to 5
p.m.
The theme of the exhibit is
“Yourtown U. S. A.” and is in
keeping with the national theme
for the Girl Scouts of the U. S. A.
—“You can Count on Her To Be
Creative.” These exhibits are be
ing held throughout the nation as
a part qf the National Senior
Round Up to be held in Colorado
Springs in July 1959.
Aberdeen Troop 100, Pinebluff
Troop 81, Pinehurst Troop 69,
and Southern Pines Troop 82 will
serve as hostesses for the exhibit.
The public is invited to visit the
exhibit.
Judges for the exhibit will be
Mrs. George Houck, West End;
Mrs. Max jvon Schlegell, Pine
hurst; Mrs. Frank de Costa, Sou
thern Pines. The judges will
:hoose three pictures from each
program — Brownie, Intermed-
ite, Senior and one at large.
The ten chosen will compete
in the council exhibit to be held
March 8-14 at the Lee County
Library.
HORSES AND HOUNDS was the topic of conversation by
these three people prominent /n Sandhills equestrian life Sun
day as they watched the show in the Cetfolina Ring in Pinehurst.
Left to right they are Mrs. M. G. Walsh, Mrs. Q. A. Shaw Mc
Kean and Mrs. Winston Guest. Each has horses in the annual
Hunter Trials here Saturday. (Hemmer photo)
WINTER RESIDENT MANY YEARS
Wallace Irwin, Noted Humorist Of
Early Part Of This Century, Dies
Motorists Must
Display Town
Tags, Police Say
Fifteen people have been
charged with not displaying
town tags on their automobiles,
records in the police department
show, and those who have been
given hearings were required to
pay $8.75 in court costs.
The tags were supposed to
have been displayed by midnight
Tuesday, coinciding with the
deadline for display of state
tags.
Police warned other motorists
who have not purchased the tags,
or who have purchased them and
have not attached them to their
cars, that they are liable to arrest
and fines if convicted.
The police were notified this
morning that two hubcaps had
been stolen from the parked car
of Mrs. Jean Edson some time
last night. They have made no
arrests so far;
Hubcaps were also reported
stolen from the car of Jimmy
Eanes a few days ago.
Wallace Irwirf, 83, Southern
Pines author whose list of writ
ings span the first 40 years of the
century, died at Moore Memorial
Hospital last Friday after a long
illness.
Funeral services were held in
Louisville, Ky., Tuesday after
noon and burial was in CaVe Hill
cemetery in the family plot of his
widow, Mrs. Laetitia McDonald
Irwin. His body was flown to
Louisville Monday aboard 'a char
tered plane accom^panied by Mrs.
Irwin arid their two sons, Donald
and Wallace, Jr.
Mr. Irwin was anopular hu
morist in a great aS^f popular
humor. In the early years of this
century he was one of a now-
famous company who amused
millions of Ahnericans in syndi
cated newspaper columns and
popular magazines with satirical
comments ^on manners 'ef the
day.
Among writers like Finley
Peter Dunne, Don Marquis,
James Montague, Irvin S. Cobb,
Bert Leston Taylor and Franklin
Pierce Adams (F. P. A.), Mr.
Irwin’s name was not the least.
His fictitious character, Hashi-
mura Togo, author of the “Let
ters of a Japanese Schoolboy,” is
still remembered by oldtimers
from a long sefies of wry essays
in the old New York World and
other papers.
Mr. Irwin was bom in Oneida,
N. Y., on March 15, 1875. When
he was four, the family traveled
in a covered wagon to Cripple
Creek, Colo., where his father
prospected for silver ore. 'The
youth attended local schools ir
regularly, as his father shifted
operations about the state. He
did not graduate from Denver
High School until he was 20.
The younger Irwin next went
to Stanford University, whose
undergraduates worked off en
ergy in such pranks as coasting
railway, freight cars- from the
WALLACE IRWIN
Will, liked to boast that for his
own part in one such exploit in
his senior year, he became one of
Stanford’s early “graduates by
request.” In later years, however,
students and faculty always wel
comed him as a hero whenever
he went back.
Next he began to write for The
San Francisco Examiner and.did
free-lance work in light verse
and humorous sketches for va
rious magazines. His first suc
cess was a paperbook, ‘•Love
Sonnets of a Hoodlum,” publish
ed in 1902. It sold 100,000 copies.
For a year, Mr. Irwin was
editor of Overland Monthly mag
azine. Then he wrote revues for
the Republic Theatre ih San
Francisco. In 1904, he moved to
New York to write verse and hu
mor for The Globe.
By this tirr.e, Mr. Irwin’s older
brother. Will, also was a news
paper man in New York, and
making ^a name for himself on
campus siding down to the mah;
line or turning the hose L worked on Col-
litical rallies held on the univer-' • service over-
sity grounds. coinciding with
brother’s on the same maga-
Wallace Irwin, like his brother (Continued on page 8)
Six Classes Are
Entered For
Colorful Event
Entries of 50 horses will take
the field Saturday afternoon at
‘^cott’s Corners in what promises
to be one of the best Hunter
Trials on record.
This is the 28th running of the
trials, proclaimed by many to be
outstanding among such events.
There will be six classes, as us
ual and, again, Ozelle Moss, Mas
ter of Foxhounds of the Moore
County Hounds, will lead his
pack in a parade as an added at
traction.
The classes, all for hunters,
are thoroughbred, non-thorough
bred, first season, open, children,
and hunt teams.
The largest fields will be in
the thoroughbred and open
classes. Both have 21 entries as
of today.
In the hunt teams classifica
tion there are four teams enter
ed: Yadkin Road, Young’s Road,
Mile-Away, and the Moore
County Hounds. Each has three
horses.
Among the many who plan to
narticipate are Mrs. Warner At
kins of Pinehurst: Mrs. Q. A.
Shaw McKean also of Pine
hurst, Miss Bath Winbome and
Terry Reeves of Sanford; Mrs.
Msuy Doyle, Economy Farms,
Southern Pines; Joe Hale; Mrs.
Winston Guest; Robert Burke;
George Clarkson; Mile-Away
Farms; Mrs M. G. Walsh of
Stoney brook Stables; Caddell
tables of Southern Pines; Mrs.
Gardiner Fiske; Starland Stables
of Midland Road; and Lakelawn
Farms; Mrs. William Frantz, Jr.;
Mrs. Henry Stringer; Johnny
Bristow; Mrs. R. W. Tilt; Gay
Tate; A. C. Alexander; Mary
Swan Sprague, James McHenry,
and Mary Lou Landers and
Prancis Dwight.
Reserved parking space may
be obtained by calling Mrs.
Ozelle Moss at Oxford 2-7252.
General admission will also be
available. The traditional Hunt
Pall will be at the Southern
Pines Country Club that evening.
Soqtt’s Corner is just off
Young’s Road.
‘‘Playboy” Painter
To Sketch Annual
Hunter Trials
LeRoy Neiman, one of the na
tion’s outstanding painters of
urban life and regular contribu
tor to Playboy Magazine, arrived
here yesterday on a' special as
signment to sketch places
“which the young urban man
might wish to visit.”
He will ' paint the Moore
County Hounds Hunter Trials
on Saturday, the formal ball that
evening, and other activities, in
connection with this event, to
be published in a future issue of
Playboy, as part of the maga
zine’s ‘‘Man at His Leisure” fea
ture.
Neiman has his studio on
Chicago’s near North Side, the
city’s night club, district. An in
structor at Chicago’s Art Insti
tute, he has won a number of
top awards at some of the na
tion’s most distinguished art ex
hibitions. Some of these prize
winning paintings are now on
tour of European art galleries.
Scott Resigns
From Resort And
Advertising Group
The Southern Pines Resort
<md Advertising committee,
holding its bi-weekly meeting
Monday morning, accepted the
resignation of Joe Scott, one of
the five members of the commit
tee, because of his planned mov-
•ng to a house outside the town’s
corporate boundaries.
Scott has been in charge of
the committee’s convention pro
motion sub-committee and has
been a prime mover in the col
lection of subscriptions to carry
on the committee’s work.
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