VOL. 39—NO. 21
EIGHTEEN PAGES
Perfect Weather
Lures Big Crowd
For Carden Tour
Eighl Homes And
Gardens Visited
By About 1,000
The weather, not always kind
to Southern Pines on .the day of
the annual homes and gardens
tour, smiled its best yesterday
and, as a result, the largest crowd
ever to take in the tour was on
hand.
An estimate of the number of
people taking the tour was placed
at something more them a thous
and.
They visited homes in Southern
Pines and Pinehurst especially
selected for the tour because of
their beauty and the beauty of
the gardens surrounding them.
Mrs. James S. Milliken, tour
chairman, said she was particular
ly gratified with the large turn
out and the cooperation display
ed by those who served as hos
tesses at the various houses.
Those people, she said, were
the following:
At Shaw House: Mrs. Norris
Hodgkins, Mrs. L. T. Avery, Mm.
Lyman Miller; at Cushman resi
dence, Mrs. Charles Crowell,
Mrs. R. B. Hill, Mrs. Robert Van-
derVoort, Mrs. R. F. Hoke Pol
lock, Mrs. Grace McBride; at Ew
ing residence, Mrs. George Leon
ard, Mrs. Claude Reams, Mrs. Al-
win FoUey and Mrs. Ewing’s aunt,
Mrs. C. S. Acheson; at Bullens
residence, Mrs. R. E. Rhodes, Mrs.
R. M. McMillan, Mrs. Alan T.
Preyer, Mrs. Charles Phillips and
Mrs. Reynold Tucker.
At E. A. Regan residence, Mrs.
Marion Brawley, Mrs. E. Nolley
Jackson, Mrs. Lamont Brown,
Mrs. Henry Graves; at Safford
home (Midland Farms), Mrs.
Clarence von Tackey, Mrs. W. F.
Hollister, Mrs. Joe Hiatt, Mrs.
Clement Monroe, Mrs. Norris
Hodgkins, Jr.
In Pinehurst, at the Wyatt resi
dence, Mrs. A. V. Arnold, Mrs.
D. K. Bullens, Mrs. Harold Col
lins, Mrs. John Reeves of Pine
hurst, Mrs. J. S. Milliken, Mrs. M.
B. Wyatt, Jr., Mrs. M. B. Gentpr,
and Mrs. Eric Nelson; at Atkins
residence, Mrs. Eugene Stevens,
Mrs. Thomas Darst, Mrs. Stuart
Cutler, and Mrs. Charles Jones;
it Octave Blake residence, Mrs.
John Ostrom, Mrs. Benjamin
Kraffert. I
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1959
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PRICE: 19 CENTS
BEING HELD FOR GRAND JURY
Triple Murder In Pitt G)unty Four
Years Ago Confessed By Vass Negro
Freddie Forrest Jones, 27-year-'*'
old Negro of near Vass, managed
for almost four years to stay out
of the clutches of the law for the
murder of three members of a
Pitt County family and burning
down their home, a crime that
netted him approximately $40.
Last week Jones, who has liv
ed in this county about three
years, confessed to the crime. It
marked the beginning of the end
for an investigation that had
been pursued vigorously by
Moore County’s law officers since
a tiny rumor was whispered to
ore of them last January.
John K. Sharpe, night officer
at Vass and a former member of
the Southern Pines police de
partment, was told, in veiled
terms, of the murder last Janu
ary and was informed that Jones
was involved.
He checked with Pitt authori
ties through an intermediary to
determine if the crime had in
deed been committed and, when
told it had, he continued his in
vestigation. He asked other offi
cers to help him, and they did.
Before it was over, many of
Moore County’s officers were
working on the case from time to
time and fitting pieces of infor
mation together.
The Sheriff of Pitt County re
lated the details to them: June
Crawford, 34, of near Winters-
ville, and his wife and year old
son had been found in the black
ened ruins of their fire destroy
ed home. The only evidence that
a crime had been committed
the discovery of a bloodstained
axe nearby.
He said his officers kept the
case open, however, and ques
tioned dozens of people.
The tip from Moore County
was immediately snapped up and
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Young Mus^icians
Concert Will Be
* Held In Pinehurst
The outstanding young music
ians in Moore County schools
have been invited to participate
in the 10th annual Young Music
ians Concert to be .staged in Pine
hurst, it was announced today by
Mps. William,^ F. Hollister and
Mrs. Norris Hodgkins, Jr., co-
chairmen of the event.
C* The concert will be held at the
Pinehurst Country Club at 8:30
p.m.. May 2. Admission is free.
The co-chairmen said that some
20 teachers in white schools in
the county had been contacted
and requested to enter one stu
dent in the concert, which is
sponsored by the Sandhills Music
Association.
Names of the students wiU be
^ announced in a few days, Mrs.
Hodgkins said.
SOFTBALL MEETING
The initial meeting for the
formation of a softball league
as part of the summer recre
ation program here will be
held next 'Wednesday night
at the Town HalL according
to Irie Leonard, director of
the summer recreation pro
gram, ...
All players 'and managers
who expect tb form teams are
requested to attend the meet
ing, which will get underway
at 7:30.
The softball league, which
generally has six teams, is
one of the more important
phases of the program. Leon
ard said he hoped to see six
teams enter again this year.
AT THE GALLERY
This town may be proud of
the calibre of artists whose
work has been shown in the
Library Gallery. They in
clude men on the art staffs
of leading universities, paint
ers whose work has been
shown far and wide.
John Brzidy and Phillip
Moose, Carolinians repre
sented in the current show,
are high in their profession,
both well-known in and be
yond the borders 6i the
state. Mr. Moose has studied
from Maine to Mexico to
Munich. Germany, euid his
paintings have been shown
in New York's Metropolitan
Museum and tlie Corcoran
Gallery in Washington. His
partner in this show, Mr.
Brady, has his own art
school at Blowing Rock.
And the paintings now on
view? What are they like?
Vivid, arresting, interesting.
And they say something to
you that you can understand.
(That one of Venice, now. . .
lovely!)
Will Have Float
In ‘‘See North
Carolina” Parade
Southern Pines will havef a
float featuring golf, horses and
tennis in a parade next Friday to
be held in Raleigh kicking off
“See North Carolina Month,” be
ing observed in May.
The float, mounted on a flat
bed truck, is being made by Mrs.
Morris Johnson and Mrs. Joe
Matthews.
Portions of the parade will
form in several areas of the state,
with Southern Pines taking part
in the one forming in Charlotte
on 'Thursday. It will move to
Rockingham from Charlotte, then
to Southern Pines and on to
Raleigh.
Friday morning those taking
part will parade through Raleigh,
showing what their towns have
to offer by way of tourist attrac
tions, then meet with the Gen
eral Assembly.
The town’s Advertising Com
mittee is in charge of the local
participation,
dal
JESSE WILUFOHD
Local Senior Gets
$400 Grant From
Pfeiffer College
Jesse Williford, a senior at
Southern Pines High School, has
been awarded a $400 scholarship
to Pfeiffer College in Misenheim-
er, according to officials of the
school.
’The award represented the
maximum given in the “prospec
tive teachers” category. Willi
ford, one of the top students
scholastically at the high school
here, plans to become a' teacher
of mathematics.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Williford of Niagara, he has been
active in athletics at the school—
playing football, baseball and
basketball—while maintaining an
excellent scholastic rating.
He is a member of both the
Beta Club and the Hi-Y Club.
The $400 scholarship is for one
year and is renewable if the
holder maintains satisfactory
grades.
Chapman Defends
Title In North And
South Tournament
Amateurs Flock
To Pinehurst
For Monday Start
The 59th annual North and
South Invitation amateur golf
championship gets underway at
the Pinehurst Country Club
Monday and continues through
Saturday, April 25.
One of the oldest consecutive
tourneys in the country, the event
will present a star-studded field
expected to reach peak size with
140 acceptances received to date.
The group includes four former
N&S Champions as well as many
present and former stete and sec
tional titleholders, and already
numbers 54 of last year’s quali
fiers for. the championship divi
sion.
Pinehurst’s Richard D. Chap
man, former British and United
States Champion will defend the
title which, until last year, elu
ded him for nearly a quarter of
a century. Herb Durham of Dal
las, Texas, 1958 runner-up, will
be back to make another strong
bid as will three time winner
William C. Campbell of Hunting-
ton, W. Va.
Scene of the week-long match
play will be the 7,000-yard, par
72 No. 2 course, rated one o^ the
toughest tests of golfing skill in
the country.
Play will open with a medal
play qualifying round on Mon
day, April 20, with the sixty-four
low scorers going into match
play beginning Tuesday, when
one round will be played.
Two rounds are set for Wed
nesday, quarter-finals on Thurs
day, semi-finals on Friday, and
finals—only round at 36 holes—
on Saturday.
A fine array of amateur talent,
19 of whom were among the
qualifiers for 1958, make up the
field.
Seven Beat Deadline, File For
Council; Primary Set April 27
13 In Race Now;
Twelve In Race
For Seats On
Aberdeen Board
An even dozen people, includ
ing six who were nominated at
a caucus two weeks ago, are run
ning for the five seats on Aber
deen’s Town Board.
Candidates who filed prior to
the deadline 'Tuesday night were
Robert Farrell, Leo Arey, Mrs.
E. R. Graham, H. W. Doub, H. M.
Styers and Alton D. McLean.
Nominated at the caucus were
incumbents J. B. Edwards, George
B. Anderson, John J. Grier and
E. O. Freeman, plus Vann Clark
and Glenn Caviness. Town Clerk.
Bob Yates said there were no
withdrawals among those nom
inated at the caucus which means
the field of 12 will all have their
names on the ballot for the May
5 election.
Mayor E. M. Medlin, who was
drafted to run again for that job,
is the only candidate.
Aberdeen’s registration books
open Saturday at the town Hall
and remain open through Satur
day, April 25. Mrs. Lee Buchan
is registrar.
REGISTRATION
Registration oi new voters
who wish to participate in the
municipal elections here this
year begins Saturday, ac
cording to Mrs. Grace Kaylor.
registrar.
In order to be able to reg
ister. she said, a person must
have been a North Carolina
resident at least 12 months,
a resident of Southern Pines
for 30 days, at least 21 years
of age.
The registration period be
gins Saturday morning at 9
o'clock. Books will be open
on that day until 9 pan., and
on the next Saturday. April
25. from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Dur
ing the week. Sunday exclud
ed. the books are open from
9 to 5.
Registration is at the fire
house on East New Hamp
shire Avenue.
Those already registered
are. of course, not required
to register but. if there is 'any
doubt, it would be wise to
check by the firehouse to
make sure.
GEN. MARSHALL'S CAR WAS TARGET
Wave Of Thefts In Pinehurst Area
Solved With Arrest Of 17-Year Old
The arrest of a 17-year-old
Pinehurst Negro, John McArthur
Glenp, who was apprehended last
week in South Carolina, is believ
ed to have brought an end to a
one-man crime wave which has
been plaguing Pinehurst officers
for several months.
Glenn faces trial in Moore Re-
Council Approves
Parking In Some
Residential Areas
A request to amend a portion
of the town’s zoning ordinance
to allow public parking in a resi
dential area adjacent to a, busi
ness area under certain condi
tions has been acted on favorably
by the Town Council.
Tbs action, taken at the Coun
cil’s regular monthly meeting
Tuesday night, payed the way
for the eventual construction of
a building near the Shaw House
by Roy Purser of Raleigh.
Mr. Purser, it is understood,
owns several buildings in this
state which house supermarkets
but has not yet said definitely
what the building he proposes to
build here will be used for.
W. Harry Fullenwider, Mr.
Purser’s attorney, said he under
stood that Mr. Purser had inten
tions of beginning the .construc
tion some time this year.
Under the new change, being
advertised for a public hearing
after receiving approval of both
the Board of Zoning Adjustment
and the Town Council, property
in residential areas adjacent to
business areas may be re-zoned
for parking purposes if the need
is justified.
(Ilouncilmen were of the opin
ion that such a change would be
a healthy one in that it would
promote more off street parking
for businesses patronized by the
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corder’s Court Monday on several
warrants, all charging various de
grees of breaking and entering,
larceny and receiving, and one
count of possession of stolen
goods.
The warrants, issued for var
ious dates in February and March,
came as the result of intensive
investigation by Pinehurst police
with assistance from the State
Bureau of Investigation.
Five are breaking and entering
residences, one for possession of
stolen goods, and one for larceny
of goods from the automobile of
Gen. George C. Marshall, a win
ter resident of Pinehurst but who
is now at "Walter Reed Hospital
in Washington.
Stolen from Gen. Marshall’s
car were a traveling case filled
with men’s clothing and a case of
men’s jewelry which officers said
belonged to Sgt. William J. Heff
ner, an aide to Gen. Marshall.
Heffner, officers said, was in
Pinehurst at the time of the theft
looking after the Marshall prop
erty.
Largest larceny listed is that of
approximately $1,500 worth of
antique jewelry and foreign coins
from HoUy Point Cottage, home
of Mr. and Mrs. Prank K. Stev
ens. At Cedar Crest Cottage, home
of Mrs. Charles Satterwhite,
where the intruder made himself
at home by pulling out blankets
and spending the night, only food
was taken.
According to the officers, Glenn
was seen on several occasions,
and on at least one of them he
was frightened away by persons
who saw him. and shouted.
The officers said also that his
usual method of entry was by
breaking out glass in a door of
window.
■ Chief J. T. Shepherd said that
when he was apprehended April
8 he admitted all the incidents.
Brought before Judge J. 'Vance
Rowe Monday he pleaded not
guilty> however, and the case was
continued until Monday So that
State witnesses could be on hand.
Mills Unopposed
For Election As
Pinebluff Mayor
E. H. Mills, mayor of Pinebluff
for the past 10 years, has receiv
ed the unoppcteed nomination for
that job for another two years.
His nomination accompanied
that of six others for the seats on
the three man board, all made
at the town’s caucus last week.
Walter Davenport, a former
editor of Collier’s Magazine and
one of this country's most out
standing writers a few years ago,
was nominated along with Mrs.
Timothy Cleary, J. B. 'Tulloch,
Vernon Davis, Ralph Foushee
and Robert T. Brock.
Mrs. Cleary, Tulloch and Davis
are incumbents.
The elections in Pinebluff, as
in other towns in Moore County,
will be held May 5.
Mr. Davenport went to live in
Pinebluff several years ago. Now
semi-retired, he is working on a
book about the history of maga
zines in this country.
Duo-Pianists And
Soprano On Final
Program Of Forum
The closing program on the
Pinehurst Forum’s current series
is scheduled for tonight (Thurs
day) when Miss Majorie Law
rence, dramatic soprano, and
Nelson and Neal, duo-pianists, ap
pear in a joint recital.
The program gets underway at
8:45.
Miss Lawrence, former prima
donna of the Metropolitan Opera
Company and the Paris Opera
Houses, stands today at the peak
of her vocal and interpretive
powers. During the past year she
has appeared in concerts from
coast to coast.
Nelson and Neal have been ac
claimed as today’s finest young
two-piano team. They have play
ed more than 600 concerts on two
continents in the past seven years,
many of them return engage
ments.
In private life they are man
and wife and make' their home
in a rambling old restored South
ern mansion in Paris, Tenn. For
their professional lives, however,
they take to the road in a custom
built bus that contains two con
cert pianos and their two children.
The bus pulled into Southern
Pines late yesterday afternoon
and ckused considerable comment
along Broad Street.
The concert tonight is preced
ed by the usual Country Club
buffet, for which advance reser
vations are required.
John P. McConnell
Files For Post Of
Court Solicitor
John D. McConnell filed his
candidacy for Solicitor of the
Southern Pines Recorder’s Court
two hours before the deadlme
yesterday to become the third
candidate in the race for the job.
Others are Howard Broughton,
who practices with the firm of
Johnson and Johnson in Aber
deen, and Arthur Rowe, who is
in practice here with his father.
Judge J. Vance Rowe, and broth
er, J. Vance Rowe, Jr.
McConnell, who served as ad
ministrative assistant to Senators
J. Melville Broughton and Dr.
Frank Graham, has been living
in Moore County since 1946. He
practiced with the late Judge W.
A. Leland McKeithen in Pine
hurst from 1951 until Judge Mc-
'Keithen’s death in 1957.
A native of Davidson, he is the
son of Joseph M. McConnell, for
many years Dean of Davidson
College, and Elizav Riggs McCon
nell. He attended Davidson pub
lic schools, preparatory school at
Woodberxy Forest, Virginia, and
graduated from Davidson College
in 1932. He was a member of Phi
Beta Kappa, and also took part
in the school’s athletic and social
activities. He was a member of
Davidson’s football team for sev
eral years.
Mr. McConnell taught in the
Episcopal High School in Alex
andria, Va., after bis graduation
from Davidson. He entered Duke
University Law School in 1933
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Arthur Rowe, UNC
Graduate, Seeks
Solicitor’s Job
Arthur R. Rowe, a member of
the local law firm of Rowe and
Rowe, filed his candidacy this
week for the post of Solicitor of
the town’s Recorder’s Court. He
was the second to file for the
office, which now has three can
didates: Howard Broughton, who
practices with Johnson and John
son in Aberdeen was the first,
and John D. McConnell filed yes
terday.
Rowe, 27, is a native of Aber-
dfeen. He attended public schools
there and received his A. B. and
LL. B degrees from the Univer
sity of North Carolina. He was
licensed to practice last August.
He served two years in the
Army.
He has served as chairman of
the Christmas Seal campaign in
Southern Pines and also served
as chairman of the March of
Dimes program in Aberdeen.
An Eagle Scout, he is Scout
master of Troop 68 and a recipi
ent of the Storey Cup Award for
having the outstanding troop in
the county last year.
He is a member of Page Mem
orial Church in Aberdeen.
Court Officers
Also In Primary
A last minute rash of filing
late yesterday afternoon brought
out six candidates for seats on
the Town cduncil and assured
a primary for April 27.
The six yesterday made a total
of 13 who are looking for the
five available seats. Three of
them will be eliminated in the
primary and the remaining 10
will run again in the elections
May 5.
Primaries were also assured
for the offices of Recorder’s
Court Judge and Solicitor. Three
candidates have filed for each of
those offices.
Here is the complete line-up
of candidates:
For Council: John Ruggles,
Dante Montesanti, George Tyner,
James D. Hobbs, Robert Ewing,
Felton Capel, Tom O’Neil, Don
ald Madigan, Harry Pethick,
Georg.3 Leonard, Mrs. Alwin
Folley,-Mrs. Joseph Steed and
Niel Bailey.
For Recorder’s Court Judge: D.
E. Bailev, 'WiUiam I. Barbour
and W. Harry Fullenwider.
For Solicitor of the Court:
Howard Broughton, Arthur Rowe
and John D. McConnell.
In the raoa for the Recorder’s
Court offices one person will be
eliminated in each category and
the two remaining will run in
the municipal election.
The seekers of the Council
seats have varied ■ backgrounds
and at least four of them,
Hobbs, Ewing, Ruggles and Peth
ick, have served on the Council
before. Hobbs and Ewing, both
filling, the un.expired terms of
Councilmen who had been reg
ularly elected, are incumbents.
Mr. Pethick served on the last
Council, and Mr. Ruggles served
several years ago.
Ruggles is an insurance man
and head of Barnum Insurance
and Realty Company. Montesanti
is operator of Dante’s Restaurant,
and Tyner operates a painting
concern. Hobbs is president of
Resort Insurance Company;
Ewing is publisher of the Moore
County News; Capel represents
a metal products company in the
Southeast; O’Neil publishes the
Psychic Obseryer; Madigan is
news director of radio ‘station
WEEB; Pethick is a retired ex
ecutive of Standard Oil Com
pany; Leonard is president of Re
sort Realty Company; Mrs. Fol-
ley, though not in business, has
been active in many civic affairs;
Mrs. Steed operates the Steed
Realty Company; and Bailey is
employed at Mayor Walter Blue’s
Modern Market.
Most of the candidates have, at
one time or anoth^er, taken part
in the town’s civic activities in
varied roles.
Separate stories have appear
ed concerning the candidates for
Recorder’s Court offices.
Four Schools Will
I
Compete NextWeek
For Picquet Cup
Four high schools in this coun
ty have entered competition for
the Charles W. Picquet Cup, giv
en annually to the school which
has the best glee club.
The cup, presented in memory
of the late Mr. Picquet, a charter
member of the sponsoring Sand
hills Kiwanis Club, and a long
time lover of choral music, has
gone to Aberdeen High School,
one of this year’s entries, for the
past several years.
The contest this year will be
held next Thursday night, April
23, in the Pinehurst school aud
itorium. The schools, in addition
to Aberdeen, who are entered
are Southern Pines, Pinehurst
and Highfalls.
The public is invited to attend
the program which begins at 8
o’clock.