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TOWN OFFICIALS were routed from their
desks early this morning and forced into jail
cells after being charged by Mountainian
troops with failure to cooperate in the liberation
of the town. A sergeant of the paratrooper unit
which landed shortly after dawn on the north
ern outskirts of town stands guard over Chief
Officials To Be
Tried By Military
Court For Treason
Because of their unwarranted
resistance to the liberation of this
town by Mountainia this morning,
three public officials have been
jailed and will face charges of
treason as soon as military courts
can be established.
■ According to an official an
nouncement made shortly before
noon by General Felix Desperate,
leader of the liberation forces,
the three officials, whom he
identified as Mayor Robert Ewing,
Town Manager Louis Scheipers,
Jr., and Chief of Police C. E. New
ton, will have no authority in the
future ^md all citizens requesting
services formerly provided by
their offices have been directed
to the office of Military Affairs
in the Town Hall building.
Ewing was specifically charged
with failure to turn over his of
fice when requested, using pro
fane language, and resistance to
signing official papers of Moun
tainian forces. Scheipers is charg
ed with conspiracy to spirit of
ficial records of the town to a
small band of North Saladians
who managed to escape, during
heavy fighting, and was reported
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of Police C. E. Newton, Mayor Robert Ewing,
and Town Manager Louis Scheipers, Jr. The
officials will be confined to the jail, Mountain
ian officials said, “until they willingly extend
their cooperation in matters we deem neces-
sery.” (Photos by Emerspn Humphrey)
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Misled Citizens
Challenge Troops;
Many Arrested
Townspeople of Southern Pines
have been Quick to seize the op
portunity to'join with the brave
Mountainian forces in their ef
forts to liberate this misguided
country. However, incidents of
stupidity and outrageous stubbor-
ness have taken place and been
quickly suppressed by the ad
vancing forces.
The ridiculous displays of re
sistance have aroused only laugh
ter among the troops but strong
measures have been taken to
avoid further outbreaks.
In keeping with the Mountain
ian rule against employing any
secrecy in their operations, a re
port to the people _ of Southern
Pines is made as follows:
ARRESTS; 52. Men armed with
bowie-knives, squirrel guns,
Deschardt rifles, and pea-shoot
ers taken into custody after short
but fierce engagement.
129 B-B guns removed from the
hands of bands of small hooligans
hiding behind trees.
14 store-keepers routed out from
behind barricades of cans of on
ion soup, chop suey, and sour
pickles and put under arrest.
Large stores of ammunition (hub-
bard squash, yams, ripe tomatoes
and eggs) confiscated. Also onion
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SEARCH FOR WEAPONS reportedly carried by town officials
was conducted by a Mountainian trooper in one of the rooms at
the Town Hall this morning. Mayor Robert Ewing consents to
search while Manager Louis Scheipers, Jr., and Chief of Police
C. E. Newton await their turns.
PROCLAMATION
TO THE PEOPLE OF SOUTHERN PINES
WI^EREAS, in liberating the Bramac Strip from
illegal occupation by the capitalist satellite government
of North Salada it has become necessary for Peoples
Volunteer Forces of Mountainia and Mounlainia Volun
teer Brigade under my command to occupy the city of
Southern Pines, and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of Peoples Volunteer
Forces acting in the interest of Mudlin solidarity to ex
tirpate the capitalist-sponsored government of North
Salada from the Bramac Strip and restore that territory
to its Motherland. Mountainia. and
WHEREAS, in order to reorient the currently pre-^
vailing decadent philosophy inspired by foreign capital
ist elements toward vigorous and progressive material
ism consistent with the dynamic teachings of the great
Aggressor Leader and head of the International Circle
Trigon Party, and
^ WHEREAS, to establish law and order and to pro
vide security of my troops it is necessary to establish
Military Government in the occupied territory. Now
therefore I. Felix Desperate. General of Brigade. Gen
eral Officer Commanding the Mountainian Volunteer
Brigade and Military Governor of the territory occupied
by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Su
preme Leader of the Mountainian Peoples Volunteers,
do hereby proclaim as follows:
I
All power of government and jurisdiction in the oc
cupied territory and over its inhabitants, and final ad
ministrative responsibility are vested in me as General
Officer Ck)mmanding and Military Governor, and the of
fice of Military Government is established to exercise
these powers under my direction.
II
All persons in the occupied territory will obey
promptly all orders given by me or under my authority
and must refrain from all acts hostile to the troops under
niy command or helpful to our enemies, from all of
violence, and from any act calculated fo disturb public
order in any way.
III
Your existing laws will remain in force and effect
except in so far as it may be necessary to change or sup
ersede them by proclamation or order issued by me or
under my authority.
IV
All Southern Pines civil and criminal counts and
educational establishments will be closed until further
orders of the office of the MUitary Government.
V
All administrative and judicial officials of the city
of Southern Pines and all other government and polit
ical functionaries and employees of federal, state and
municipal government(s) residing in occupied territory
will present themselves at the Office of Military Gov
ernment located in the Southern Pines Municipal Cen
ter within twenty-four (24) hours after publication of
this proclamation.
VI
Further proclamations, orders, regulations and no
tices issued by me or linder my authority from time to
time, will specify what is further required of you. and
wnat you are forbidden to do. and these will be display
ed in the Courthouse. Police station. Post office, or other
prominent public places.
VII
So long as you remain peaceable and comply with
my orders, you will be subjected to no greater interfer-
ence than may be inevifable in view of military and
political exigencies. , ‘ •
I Signed:
Felix Desperato
General of Brigade
The Military Governor
SOUTHERN PINES
May 28. 1959
Mountainian troops took pos
session of Southern Pines a few
hours ago and immediately put
the town under full military con
trol.
The Mountainians, members of
infantry and paratrooper units,
are under the command of Gen
eral of the Brigade Felix Despe
rato, a veteran of many years
military and public service in
Mountainia. The troops are a part
of the First Battalion of Moun
tainian Volunteers and have wag
ed half a dozen successful cam
paigns on the northern front since
the struggle to liberate North
Salada started earlier this week.
Actual seizure of the town was
at 10 o’clock when heavily armed
Mountainian troops ran up their
flag on the pole at the Town Hall.
Several thousand enthusiastic
townspeople watched the cere
mony and cheered wildly during
the parade through the streets
that preceded it. The few who
booed were quickly suppressed.
About 8 o’clock this morning
a highly trained bpnd of Moun
tainian troops numbering 150 foot
I soldiers and paratroopers engaged
North Saladian troops in heavy
battle on the Veterans of Foreign
Wars property just north of the
business section. Details of the
battle are still cloaked, necessar
ily, in military secrecy, but it was
reported that the North Saladians
put up light resistance in the
skirinish, which was fought most
ly with small arms and light ar
tillery. No report on casualties is
available.
The troops from Mountainia in
filtrated outlying areas last night.
Flanks were extended in East and
West directions from town mak
ing it impossible for North Salad
ian units to hold back the main
force.
After their arrival shortly after
8 o’clock the troops' liberated the
water plant on Carthage Road,
the Town Hall, some warehouses,
the police and fire department,
the WEEB radio transmitter on
Midland Road and the studios on
New Hampshire Avenue, and The
Pilot, despite some spirited op
position put up by town officials
and the proprietors of private
businesses.
Those facilities will remain un
der control of the Mountainians,
General Desperato announced,
until it is determined whether or
not they are needed for military
purposes or until officials agree
to cooperate with the Mountain
ians.
During the parade this morning
a truck carrying a public address
unit made repeated broadcasts of
a recording by General Despera
to in which he pointed out to cit
izens of this town and others in
North Salada that they should
feel lucky to be out from the ty
rannical rule of the old leaders.
The broadcast drew repeated
cheers from the hundreds that
lined the streets to watch the pa
rade.
Thousands of leaflets outlining
punishments that would be meted
out to those who failed to coop-
NOTICE OF CURFEW
Until further notice no person
within the town limits of South
ern Pines will be permitted to
circulate on the streets or outside
the limits of their prenuses with
out a permit of Military Govern
ment authorities between the
hours of 1800 and 0500.
Application for circulation per
mits may be made at the Munici
pal Center of Southern Pines be
tween the hours of 0800 and 1400.
Any person found in the streets
without such permit between
established curfew hours will be
severely punished.
All persons are further warned
that military g^erds are instruct
ed to shoot any person seen out
side the limits of ■ his premises
after curfew attempting to hide
or escape. /
FELIX DESPERATO
GENERAL OF BRIGADE
Peoples Volunteer Forces
of Mountainia
crate were also dropped from low-
flying planes.
The same forces that are now
in control of this town have been
successful in seizing control and
liberating other points in the
“Bramac Strip,” the center of a
controversy between North Sa
lada and Mountainia for some
time. (Officials have pointed out
numerous times that the contro
versy stems from action following
World War 1 when the League of
Nations put the strip, long a part
of Mountainia, under the rule of
North Salada. Citizens of the area
have been unhappy about the ac
tion since and repeated efforts to
return it to Mountainia as an inte
grated part of that country have
failed.
EDITORIAL
MAYOR RC)BERT EWING was grim faced this morning as he
sign^ over his authority to Mountainian officials. He is shown
at his desk m the Council Chamber putting his signature to a
piwlamation issued by General of the Brigade Felix Desperato
while Mountainian trooper looks on.
This news^per advises ||[m cooperation with the mi
occupiers of the town. Do m| listen to their propaganda; do
believe What they say. HIHHHIHHiil attempts to
I you to collaborate with their Pl^ns.
We believe that Pilot readers, accustomed to plenty of
argument and controversy, will ever maintain their indepen
dence under all conditions, no matter how -
Remember your heritage. Pilot readers! Work ceaseless
ly to the enemy’s plans. Be ready to help
Remember that as citizens of a great country, we must uphold
the
(Will finish when we get out of the pokey—KLB)
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POLICE CHIEF C. E. NEWTON was forced at gunpoint earlier
this morning to broadcast a proclamation to the people of South
ern Pines of General of the Brigade Felix Desperato. who has
assumed full control of the government. Chief Newton, who fail-
^ lo cooperate with the Mountainian troops now in control of
the Town Hall, has been lodged in jail awaiting trial.