VOTE. TUESDAY. NOV. 6
POLLS OPEN 6:30 A.M.
CLOSE AT 6:30 P.M.
VOL. 42—NO. 50
VOTE. TUESDAY. NOV. 6
POLLS OPEN 6:30 A.M.
CLOSE AT 6:30 P.M.
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
Ceremony Marks
Dedication Of
Gilmore Acreage
A gathering of 150 persons at
tended the dedication of Voit Gil
more’s ‘‘Circle G” Tree Farm
Tuesday as the 1,000th such tract
in North Carolina.
Local and state forestry leaders,
professional foresters, represen
tatives of forest products indus
tries throughout the State, land-
owners, businessmen and other in
terested persons were present to
honor the achievement at an out
door ceremony beside a lake that
has been constructed on the prop
erty. A sunny, windy afternoon
added to the pleasantness of the
occasion.
The visitors were there, too, to
talk and learn about the value of
tree farming as an investment—
value to the owner, the commu
nity, the state and the nation.
The “Circle G.’’ 460 acres south
of the Midland Road, between
Southern Pines and Pinehurst,
has been developed over the past
three years as a model tree farm,
with some 150,000 seedlings of
slash and loblolly pine planted
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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1962
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
PRICE: 10 CENTS
Local Horse Folks
Take In Show At
New York’s Garden
J. A. Thomas, Jr. a Connecticut
horseman who annually rides
with the Moore County Hounds
here, is president of the 1962 Nat
ional Horseshow which opened
Tuesday in New York’s Madison
Square Garden.
'Th.e Horseshow in the famous
exhibition hall annually attracts
crowds of interested spectators to
watch the top equestrians from
this and other countries putting
the finest performers through
their paces.
National Horseshow Week is
always packed, too, with gay and
glittering social activities. On the
entertainment committee for this
year’s show is Mrs. Charles
(Celeste) Harper, who, with her
husband, is a winter resident of
Southern Pines.
Gene Cunningham, an honor
ary whioper-in for the Moore
County Hounds, is showing his
“Cap ‘n Gown”, a hunter that has
won Green Conformation cham
pionships in the majority of shows
throughout the country.
Local horseman Beverley Grey
expocts to go to New York Sat
urday for the last days of the
show, which winds up Tuesday.
Dr. Hollister Named
By Surgeons' Group
Dr. William F. Hollister of Mid
land Road has been elected to
the board of governors of the
American College of Physicians
and Surgeons, as a representative
of the State of North Carolina,
it was announced this week.
Dr. Hollister, who is associated
with the Pinehurst Surgical Clin
ic at Pinehurst, is now serving
also as president of the North
Carolina Surgical Society.
CHAIRMAN— E. T. McKeithen of Aberdeen, chairman of the
Moore County Historical Association’s county history committee,
holds up the two volumes of the completed work. No. I by
Blackwell Robinson and No. II, just issued, by Manly Wade
Wellman. Mr. McKeithen is credited by both authors with
valuable assistance throughout the project. He is currently super
vising distribution of the books to purchasers and stores. A
longleaf pine bough decoration appears on the dust jacket of
each volume. (Pilot photo)
Chest X-Ray Check
Begins, Vass; Here
Friday, Saturday
A Moore County Chest X-Ray
survey got underway this week
and the mobile unit, in Vass to
day, wilL be- -at the corner of-
Pennsylvania Avenue and Ben
nett Street in Southern Pines
Friday and Saturday from 10 a.
m. to 4 p. m.
The free chest x-ray survey
visit is sponsored jointly by the
N. C. Board of Health, the North
Carolina T. B. Association and
the Moore County Tuberculosis
Association.
The public is urged to take ad
vantage of this service, in order
to help detect and check tubercu
losis and other abnormal chest
conditions.
The mobile unit will visit other
towns in the county on the fol
lowing dates:
Aberdeen, November 6-7; West
End, November 8; Eagle Springs,
November 9; Robbins, November
10, 13 and 14; and Carthage, No
vember 15, 16 and 17.
The sponsoring organizations
point out that it is not necessary
to undress to have the x-ray
made.
MEDALLION HOME ON VIEW
A n.ew “Gold Medallion” home
will be open to the public from
2 to 6 p. m. Saturday and Sunday
at the intersection of Arbutus
and Ridgeview Roads, in Wey
mouth Heights. Details and photo
‘ on other pages.
MOORE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
Young Man’s Manslaughter Case
Dismissed For Insufficient Evidence
’The manslaughter case against
Winston Elon Holder of Vass was
dismissed last Thursday in Moore
County Superior Court by Judge
William F. Copeland when the
State’s case proved to be insuf
ficient for a conviction.
Thursday was the final day of
the special term held to clear up
a backlog of cases in which in
dictments had already been hand
ed down in previous terms.
Young Holder had been indict
ed for careless and reckless driv
ing causing death when the
wrecking of his car near Summer
Hill Church last May 17 caused
the death of his passenger, Wil
liam John Muse of Vass.
Holder did not take the stand
in his own defense, and did not
have counsel until the case was
well under way. At the close of
testimony given by State Ti’ooper
W. R. Austin, Vance Derby who
was assigned as defense counsel
moved for dismissal on the
grounds of insufficient evidence.
In the absence of eye-witnesses,
and since under the law, findings
as to position and condition of
the car, skidmarks, etc., are not
accepted as evidence of high
speed or reckless driving, the mo
tion was granted.
Stiffest Sentence
Stiff-est sentence of the term
was seven-to 10 years handed operational there.
Wellman Volume
Finishes 2-Part
County History
The second volume of the
Moore County History, written
by Manly Wade Wellman of
Chapel Hill and. - covering the
years 1847-1947, was released to
the public this week by the spon
soring organization, the Moore
County Historical Society.
Simultaneously made available
was a new printing of the for
merly sold-out first volume of
the project, dealing with the
period 1747-1847. First published
in 1956, it is the work of Black-
well Robinson of Greensboro.
Both books, uniformly bound
in dark green cloth, with pale
green matching dust jackets, are
available in local bookstores or
directly from the Association,
through Norris Hodgkins, Jr., at
the Citizens Bank and Trust
Company.
The new volume is titled, “The
County of Moore. . . 1847-1947. . .
A North Carolina Region’s Sec
ond Hundred Years.” In his fore
word, Mr. Wellman, who lived for
several years at Pinebluff about
10 years ago, calls his task “a
labor of love” by reason of his
affection for this ansa. “By any
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Moore To Vote On
Bond Issues For
County Buildings
Two Moore County bond issues
will be presented to the voters
Tuesday—one for $175,000 for an
Agricultural Building, to include
also the Moore County Library,
and one for $75,000 for a Public
Wolfare Building.
The county commissioners, in
sponsoring the bond issues, have
stated that the agencies involved
can no longer adequately serve
the public in their present ac
commodations, nor can other
available space be suitably or
economically remodeled or adapt
ed for them.
The new buildings, to be erect
ed on sites already owned by the
county, will moan more efficient
and economical service, they say.
Public Welfare Building
The Public Welfare Building,
planned as a small modern struc
ture close to, and harmonizing
with, the Moore County Health
Center would be paid for com
pletely within a reasonable time
by rents accruing from state and
federal agencies which the de
partment serves. Such rent is not
paid for courthouse offices. It
would enable the public welfare
department to move out of
crowded, makeshift offices in the
courthouse basement, into ade
quate space, more accessible to
those who need it, and with room
for parking.
Agricultural Building
In having its own Agricultural
Building, Moore would be follow
ing the lead of many other North
Carolina counties in providing
adequate space for all its agricul
tural services. It would mean bet
ter coordination of these services,
which work together, and far
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Town Bond Issues
In Tuesday Voting
Separately from the election of
county, state and Congressional
officers on Tuesday, voters who
live within th.a Southern Pines
town limits will vote at town hall
on four proposed town bond is
sues.
A different registration book is
used in the town election, though
the town hall polling place for the
bond voting happens to be also
the polling place for South South
ern Pines pnecinct in the county,
state and Congressional election.
In the bond voting, town res
idents will be asked to vote “for”
or “against” each of the four
bond issues—$105,000 for the
water department; $280,000 for
the s>ewer department; $25,000 for
an addition and equipment at the
town-owned Southern Pines Li
brary; and $35,000 for a swim
ming pool that would be built in j
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County, Town Officials Meet
Koster Named CD Head
Frank Wood Yow of Carthage,
tried for the second-degree mur
der of June Sullivan, when at the
close of evidence the defendant
changed his plea to guilty of
manslaughter. The State accept
ed his plea. Details of the case
were reported in last week’s
Pilot.
Fail to Answer
Though the court worked at
high speed, only about half the 59
cases calendared could be clear
ed off. as further continuations
(Continued on Page 7)
Col. Alfred M. Koster of South
ern Pines was named Moore
County Director of Civil Defense
Tuesday night at a meeting at
Carthage called by the county
commissioners.
Attending were members of the
new Moore County Civil Defense
Council, mayors and other rep
resentatives of Moore County
communities, members of the uni
formed Robbins and Vass Rescue
Squads and other interested per
sons. The Council was appointed
by the commissioners in a special
meeting last Wednesday.
The group ’Tuesday night heard
a talk by L. L. Beckham, CD Di
rector of Lee County and San
ford, who outlined the plan now
one of the
highest-rated in the State.
Commissioner John Currie,
presiding in the absence of Chair
man L. R. Reynolds, who was ill,
explained the matter was con
sidered urgent in the '^Ight of the
Cuban crisis, and the' proximity
of this area to important military
installations.
Current Civil Defense policies,
he said have rendered plans made
years ago obsolete, and new plans
meeting changed needs and stand
ards must be submitted by each
county, for State and federal ap-
Congressman, Other Officials
To Be Elected Tuesday, Nov. 6
CHARLES R. JONAS
A. PAUL KITCHIN
Kitchin-Jonas Race Heads Ballot For
Congressman, Senator, State Officers
Moore County voters going to
the polls Tuesday to vote in the
8th District Congressional race
between A. Paul Kitchin of
Wadesboro, Democrat, and
Charles Raper Jonas of Lincoln-
ton, Republican, will find the two
candidates heading the list on an
18-inch-long ballot titled “Official
Ballot for U. S. Senator, State
Officers and Congressman.”
Most of the bulk of the ballot is
taken up with 22 Democratic can
didates for Superior Court judges,
none of whom has Republican op
position.
On the ballot, in addition to the
Kitchin-Jonas contest “For Mem
ber of Congress, Eighth Congres
sional District” are the follow
ing contested races:
For United States Senator—
Sam J. Ervin, Jr., Domocrat, vs.
Claude L. Greene, Jr., Republi
can.
For State Commissioner of In
surance—Edwin S. Lanier, Dem
ocrat, vs. Claude E. Billings, Jr.,
Republican.
For Chief Justice of the Su
preme Court—Emery B. Denny,
Democrat, vs. Lewis P. Hamlin,
Sr., Republican.
For Associate Justice of the Su
preme Court—Susie Sharp, Dem
ocrat, vs. Irvin B. Tucker, Jr., Re
publican.
In addition, there are on the
ballot, two unopposed Demo
cratic candidates for Associate
Justice of th.3 Supreme Court:
William B. Rodman, Jr., and Wil
liam H. Bobbitt.
Township Constables
To Be Elected Tuesday
Voters in nine Moore County
precincts will be given ballots for
election of four township con
stables, all unopposed, in next
Tuesday’s voting.
They are: Roy J. Brown, Demo
crat, Ritters Township; Ernest N.
Campbell, Democrat, McNeill
Township; O. R. Bailey, Republi
can, Mineral Springs Township;
and Lester Farrell Wood, Demo
crat, Greenwood Township.
Only voters in precincts which
include portions of each township
will vote. Township and precinct
lines do not always coincide.
County Candidates Listed
Following are the candidates who will be listed on the
ballot for Superior Court solicitor, state senators, member
of the state House of Representatives and County officers,
when Moore County citizens go to the polls Tuesday:
’si > *
COLONEL KOSTER
proval. Moore County, it has been
learned, is one of only 20 North
Carolina counties which have not
fulfilled this requirement.
Such approval is now neces
sary before equipment can be se
cured by local agencies imder the
Civil Defense program.
The gathering indicated strong
ly its feeling that immediate ac-
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Democrat
M. G. Boyette
Office
Solicitor
13th District
Republican
None
Robert B. Morgan
(Harnett County)
W. P. Saunders
(Moore County)
State Senator
12th District
(Moore, Hoke,
Harnett, Randolph
Counties)
R. Gayle Hussey
(Randolph County)
D. Vic Lee
(Harnett County)
H. Clifton Blue
•
Member, House of
Representatives
None
C. C. Kennedy
Clerk, Superior
Court
Arnold R. Gamer
W. Lament Brown
Prosecuting Attorney
Recorder’s Court
None
J. Vance Rowe
Judge, Recorder’s
Court
None
Wendell B. Kelly
Sheriff
Floyd T. Cole
Mrs. Audrey McCaskill
Register of Deeds
Mrs. Donna N. Spence
Paul S. Ward
Surveyor
None
County Commissioners
John M. Currie District 1
T. R. Monroe District 2
L. R. Reynolds District 3
James M. Pleasants District 4
W. Sidney Taylor District 5
None
Coy S. Lewis, Jr.
Howard T. McNeill
Wilfred E. Weldon
Wallace W. O’Neal
W. K. Carpenter,, Sr.
Coroner
William N. McDuffie
T. Roy Phillips
Mrs. John L. Frye
Roland H. Upchurch
Board of Education
District 1
District 2
District 3
None
Tilden G. Cheek
J. Carr Paschal
In the liv-eliest “off-year” elec
tion conducted in Moore County
in many years, voters will go to
the polls next Tuesday to help
choose:
An 8th District Congressman,
a U. S. Senator, State commission
er of insurance, chief justice of
the Supreme Court of the
State, three associate justices of
the Supreme Court and 22 Su-
periour Court judges.
On the county level, voters will
be helping pick: a 13th District
Superior Court solicitor, two state
senators from the 12th District;
member of the House of Repre-
sentativos, clerk of Superior
Court in Moore County, prosecu
ting attorney (solicitor) and judge
of Moore County Recorder’s
Court; and these other county of
fices: sheriff, register of deeds,
(Surveyor, five county commis
sioners, coroner, and five mem
bers of the county board of edu
cation.
At county, state and Congres
sional levels, all the offices are
now held by Democrats and near
ly all the Democratic candidates
are those now holding the office.
In addition, voters throughout
Moore County will be asked to
vote for or aginst two proposed
county bond issues (see another
story on this page) and five State
constitutional amendments which
have been approved by the Gen
eral Assembly and are put before
the people of the state for concur
rence or rejection.
The amendments, explained in
detail in The Pilot two weeks ago,
deal with court reform (which has
been additionally explained in a
series of three articles in The Pi
lot, the last of which appears in
today’s paper); reapportionment
of the Hoqse of Representktives;
the succession of state officers in
case of incapacity etc; residence
requirements of persons voting
for Presidential electors, regula
tion of the salary of certain state
officials; and uniform state-wide
classification and exemption of
property for taxation.
Southern Pines voters, as out
lined in another story today, will
(vote separately on four munici-
ipal bond issues.
I Republicans are making their
strongest bid in many years for
county, congressional and state
offices.
Of top interest in the county is
th.3 opposition of Congressman A.
Paul Kitchin, Democrat, and Con
gressman Charles R. Jonas, Re
publican, for the 8th District Con
gressional seat.
Jonas, formerly 10th District
Congressman, was pitted against
Kitchin by Congressional redis
tricting. Each has served several
terms in Congress and each is a
future gubernatorial prospect of
his party.
Most strongly contested of any
county race is the challenge of
Wallace O’Neal, Pinehurst Re
publican, to W. Sidney Taylor,
Aberdeen Democrat, for the coun
ty commissioner seat in District
5. O’Neal has campaigned with
a vigor hitherto unused by Re
publicans seeking county offices.
Taylor is running on his record
as a long-standing and experienc
ed member of the board.
Voting Times, Places
Polls will open at 6:30 a. m.
and close at 6:30 p. m. Tuesday at
Moore County’s 19 precinct poll
ing places in the first general
election the polling places have
been used since precinct lines
were redrawn, setting up two new
precincts in Southern Pines and
nearby area and eliminating the
small Spies precinct in upper
Moore, as well as establishing
definite boundary lines for pre-
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W. Howard Matthews
Jere N. McKeithen
District 4
District 5
None
Drewry E. Troutman
THE WEATHER
Maximum and minimum tem
peratures for each day of the past
week were recorded as follows at
the U. S. Weather Bureau obser
vation station at the W E E B
studios on Midland Road.
Max
October 25 61
October 26 53
October 27 57
October 28 71
October 29 76
October 30 76
October 31 51
Min
29
29
18
32
45
50
46