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Index
Books, 2-B; Church Calendar, 3-B;
Classified Ads, 8-11-C; Editorials, 1-B;
Entertainment, 4-5-C; Obituaries, 7-A;
Pinehurst news, 1-3-C; Social News,
2-6-A; Southern Pines Shopping Guide,
16-B; Sports, 10-11-A.
Vol. 55-No. 29
40 Pages
Southern Pines, North Carolina Wednesday, May 21, 1975
40 Pages.
Price 10 Cents
NOTHING COULD BE FINER — Governor and Mrs. James E. Holshouser Jr.,
open the annual North Carolina Symphony Ball to the tune of ‘‘Nothing Could Be
Finer Than To Be In Carolina” at the Country Club of North Carolina on Saturday
night. (Story on Page 3-A).—(Photo by Emerson Humphrey).
DA Says No Law Broken
In Deputy Gun Escapade
The District Attorney plans no
action against a Moore County
deputy sheriff who had been
charged with accompanying an
armed man to the home of a
citizen and standing by while the
man harassed and intimidated
the occupants.
“Based on what the SBI told
me there was no violation of the
law,” District Attorney Carroll
R. Lowder said yesterday after
noon from Tiis office in Monroe.
Deputy Sheriff Bill Nicely had
been charged by Mrs. Eleanor
Williams with driving Charles
Duncraig Type Measure
Gets Approval of House
Legislation which stemmed
from the Duncraig Manor con
troversy here was approved by
the House in the North Carolina
General Assembly last week.
The bill is aimed at easing
restrictions so that group care
homes can operate in residential
neighborhoods.
It does not affect legal action
now pending in the Duncraig
Manor case, in which the Town of
Southern Pines is contending
that the children’s treatment
center at Duncraig Manor on
East Connecticut Avenue Ex
tension is in violation of its
zoning ordinances. That case is
now in Superior Court of Moore
County.
The bill passed by the House is
(Continued on Page 12-A)
School Children Raise
Over $2,500 Zoo Fiind
The students in the schools of
Moore County have completed
their drive for a zoo animal. They
have raised over $2,500 in the 19
public and three private schools
participating in the county.
The i’ive was sponsored by the
Southern Pines Junior Woman’s
SPEAKER — Dr. J. Earl
Danieley, former presi
dent and dean of Elon
College and now a pro
fessor of chemistry there,
will be the speaker for the
Sandhills Community Col
lege commencement cere
mony Friday evening.
Club under the direction of Mrs.
Ed Fitchett.
It was approved by the Board
of Education. Robert Lee, super
intendent of the Moore County
Schools, appointed Larry Mark
er, principal of the Southern
Pines Elementary School, to
work with the drive along with
Henry Hood, principal of the
Vass-Lakeview School, and
Jerry Haywood, principal of
Westmoore Elementary l^hool.
Dr. Clement Monroe, retired
surgeon, on the North Carolina
Zoo Board, presented a slide
presentation of zoos around the
world with the assistance of
Marker and Mrs. Fitchett in the
elementary schools to Grades
K-6 and to student government
leaders and ecology groups in the
secondary schools.
This took about two months as
there are approximately 10,000
students in the Moore County
school system. After the presen
tation the students in each school
were given two weeks to help
raise money for their animal.
They were allowed to do fund
raising projects or merely
contribute their snack money,
allowances, or whatever they
wished to the drive. Some
students sold doughnuts each
(Continued on Page l^A)
Samarkand Abuses Charged
In Report By State Agent
A report charging “cruel and
unusual forms of punishment”
initiated and encouraged by
James Leathers, director of
Samarkand Manor, is on file in
Raleigh following a special
investigation by a State agent in
late February.
The investigation was prompt
ed by reports published in TTie
Pilot last February 19 on types of
punishment practiced at the
State training school at Eagle
Transfer
Bill OK’d
By House
A bill calling for the transfer of
the State’s training schools, such
as those at Samarkand Manor
and Morrison, was approved by
the State House last week by a
71-vote margin.
The bill is now in the Senate
and a committee on state govern
ment operations was scheduled
to take it up today. If approved
by the conunittee the bill could
come to a vote in the Senate later
this week.
Introduced by Rep. Qaude
Debruhl of Buncombe, the mea
sure would transfer the schools
from the Department of Correc
tions, headed by Secretary David
Jones, to the Department of
Human Resources, headed by
Secretary David Flaherty. Prac
tically all other state services for
children are in the Department
of Human Resources. In addition
the bill would establish a com
mission on youth development.
(Continued on Pagd 12-A)
Springs.
Interviews with students and
staff members were made at
Samarkand Manor and Morrison
Training School at Hoffman, and
the investigator concluded his
seven page report with these
comments:
“There is reasonably strong
evidence that a punitive staff
attitude has begun to permeate
the institutional environment at
Samarkand. Mr. Leathers has
Initiated and encouraged rather
cruel and unusual forms of
punishment for the male popula
tion. The ‘treatment’ called on
the floor is uncommon among the
female population.
“The forestering of punitive
attitudes among staff is definite
ly not what the Division had
hoped wollld emerge through
populatiM shifts and co-educa
tion which resulted in establish
ing a center for younger children
at Samarkand. 'The scars caused
by the modes of treatment
endorsed by Mr. Leathers and
many of his staff will do much to
harden the juveniles that we had
hoped would have the best
chance at rehabilitation. It is
true that we have some tough
juveniles in Youth Development
institutions, however, cruel and
inhumane treatment of these
children who are committed to us
for training and rehabilitation is
not the answer to their problems
or ours.
“Mr. Leather is known to have
intimidated girtS with a baseball
bat, defied the Central Office by
using a dog to track run aways,
shown a far greater interest in
chasing run away^ than in
developing programs to prevent
(Continued on Page 8-A)
McCaskill of the Skyline com
munity to her home. McCaskill
carried a gun, she said.
When magistrates refused to
swear out warrants against the
two men she took her complaint
to the Moore County chapter of
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People.
The NAACP held a meeting,
which was attended by Sheriff
C.G. Wimberly, at which the
charges were aired. Sheriff
Wimberly was quoted as saying
the deputy’s action was “stupid”
and that he had reprimanded the
officer.
Neither the sheriff nor the
district attorney would divulge
what was told them by the SBI,
although both said they had
talked with SBI Agent Bill
Dowdy.
Lowder repeatedly said that
going on what was told him by
Dowdy “the officer did not
violate the law...There is no
evidence that any law was
violated by either the deputy or
the man.”
He did say, however, that “if
(Continued on Page 12-A)
Aberdeen
Proposes
Budget
A budget of $505,350 for the
Aberdeen town government for
the 1975-76 fiscal year, coupled
with an ad valorem tax of $1 per
$100 valuation, was proposed this
week for public consideration.
The tentative budget will be
available for inspection until
July 9, when a public hearing will
be held prior to final action by
the town council.
The ad valorem tax is expected
(Continued pn Page 12-A)
Sales Tax
Sales tax collections continued
at a high level in Moore County
during April.
A report today from Secretary
J. Howard Coble of the State
Department of Revenue showed
that one percent sales tax collec
tion for Moore was $85,332.03.
Local option tax collections in
neighboring counties were:
Hoke, $17,922.81; Lee, $77,106.83;
Montgomery, $27,165.09; Rich
mond, $79,764.99.
Sewerage System
Now On Schedule
Moore County’s regional sewer
system, one of the earliest to be
approved as a “201 Planning
Facility” two years ago, last
Wednesday became the first of
100 or more such projects now
under way in North Carolina to
gain state-federal approval on its
construction plans.
This means that, while the
financial award for this, the third
and final phase, has yet to be
made, the project is on schedule
and everything looks good for
contracts to be let in August, the
engineers said.
The news highlighted a dinner
meeting of county and municipal
officials held at the Sheraton Inn
(Continued on Page 12-A)
All-Day Sidewalk Sale
Slated Here Saturday
An all-day Sidewalk Sale with
special bargains and free gifts
will be staged on Saturday, May
24, by Downtown Southern Pines
merchants.
In addition there will be a
special art show, with Deanne
Belinoff, artist-in-residence at
Sandhills Community College, in
charge.
The idea for the Sidewalk Sale
came from Jean Price, who with
the help of the Sandhills Area
Chamber of Commerce has en
listed the cooperation of 18 mer
chants in the downtown shopping
district.
Each store and shop will have
a display of goods and wares
outside their shops, with the sale
going on from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Each shop will also give away a
gift item by a drawing at the end
of the day.
The impromptu “Springburst”
will include a Walk-Through Art
Gallery, an Ara Souk and a Cory-
banti Caper in the alley between
the Jellison Press and the Flea
(Continued on Page 12-A)
THE
PILOT LIGHT
GOVERNORS — A Governor
and four former governors were
among visitors to the Sandhills
this past weeked.
Governor James Holshouser
was here to host the Symphony
Ball, which was also attended by
former Governor and now
Supreme Court Justice Dan K.
Moore. Former Governors Terry
Sanford and Bob Scott of North
Carolina, and former Governor
Phillip Hoff of Vermont were
here for a meeting of the Citizens
Committee to Nominate Terry
Sanford Friday night.
Also the widow of a former
Governor, Mrs. Luther H.
Hodges of Chapel Hill, was
among those attending the
Symphony Ball at the Country
Club of North Carolina on
Saturday night.
MORGAN — Senator Robert
Morgan, who was in Southern
Pines for the Sanford fund
raising event on Friday night,
was in a philosophical mood but
concerned about the way Con
gress functions.
“I sometimes wonder if our
system is not breaking down,”
Morgan said, declaring that he
was disturbed at how few U.S.
Senators participated in really
important decisions.
“There will be a vote on a very
important measure, something
affecting the lives of every
American, and there will be only
seven or eight Senators on the
floor and voting,” he said.
Closed conunittee meetings
not only keep the public out but
also keep other Senators in the
dark, Morgan declared.
SANFORD — Terry Sanford
(Continued on Page 12-A).
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CANDIDATE AND BACKERS — Presidential candidate Terry Sanford poses
with former Governor Robert Scott (left) and former Governor Phillip Hoff of
Vermont at the Country Club of North Carolina here. Governor Hoff is national
chairman of the Citizens Committee to Nominate Terry Sanford. ^ (Photo by
Glenn M. Sides).
Sanford Campaign Opened
At Backers Meeting Here
Terry Sanford launched his
campaign for President here last
Friday night.
The Laurinburg native who
served as Governor of North
Carolina from 1961-65 will make
his formal announcement as a
candidate for the Democratic
nomination in a few weeks, but
here on Friday night he talked of
his aims and goals in brief
remarks to a gathering of
supporters at the Country Club of
North Carolina.
His national campaign direct
or, former Governor Phillip Hoff
of Vermont, told the group of
between 50 and 75 persons that
Terry Sanford is “the best
qualified man of these times for
Resident.”
Among those at the gathering
were former Governor and Mrs.
Robert Scott and U.S. Senator
and Mrs. Robert Morgan.
It was primarily a fund
raising event, which was spon
sored by Voit Gilmore and Mr.
and Mrs. Warren Bell of
Southern Pines, and Mr. and
Mrs. James Poyner of Raleigh.
Governor Hoff told the group
that much depends upon North
Law Day
Feed Set
Fot Sunday
Law Enforcement Day will be
observed in Moore County on
Sunday, May 25.
The annual Chicken Fry of the
Moore County Law Enforcement
Association will be held at the
association club house near
Carthage beginning at 11:30 a.m.
and continuing to 7:30 p.m. on
Sunday.
This is the association’s only
major fund-raising event of the
year.
Several of the police depart
ments and the sheriff’s depart
ment plan to have displays on
exhibition during the day.
There will be skydiving exhi
bitions at 12 noon, 3 p.m. and 6
(Continued on Page 12-A)
Memorial Day
Next Monday may be Memor
ial Day on the calendar, but it
will just be May 26 to most
residents of Moore County.
Only Moore County govern
ment offices, including the courts
and library, the Carthage town
offices and the Southern Pines
Library will be closed.
Business houses, stores, banks,
schools and town offices in other
communities will be open as
usual.
Carolinians, but he declared “if
you can give us two months lead
time we can do the rest and we
can win.”
Among those present were W.
Lament Brown, Mr. and Mrs.
Norris Hodgkins Jr., Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Hayes, Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Poole, Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Ragan, Mrs. Maxwell Morrison,
Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Austin,
Micajah Wyatt, Warren Bell,
Voit Gilmore, Rep. T. Clyde
Auman, and Bill Bost, all of
Moore County, Senator Russell
Walker and Sam Burrow of
Asheboro, Mr. and Mrs. Poyner,
(Continued on Page 12-A)
Hearing On Annexation
Scheduled Monday Night
The Southern Pines Town
Council will hold a public hearing
at 8 p.m. Monday on the an
nexation of three areas.
They are: (1) two sections,
across the street from each
other, on South Ridge St. Ex
tension, with another nearby on
the south side of Morganton
Road, between Ridge and May;
(2) part of the Knoll wood
Judge Gavin
At Catch-Up
Special Judge Robert L. Gavin
of Rnehurst will preside over a
catch-up term of Moore Superior
Court for the trial of criminal
cases, to open Tuesday following
the Memorial Day recess.
There is no warrant docket and
the grand jury will not convene,
as, with 111 cases calendared for
the first three days-leaving
Fairways development con
taining single-family residences,
at the intersection of Pee Dee
and Midland Roads; and (3) part
of the Pinedene section south of
town, between Broad St. Ex
tension and an area west of the
bypass, between the Lutheran
Church and JFR Barn.
Town Clerk Mildred McDonald
(Continued on Page 12-A)
To Preside
Court Term
Friday open for cases not
reached before that date-the
court will have all it can do to
carve off even a portion of the
considerable backlog.
Some cases date back to last
October or November, or even
before. These include that of
Gary D. McRae of Southern
(Continued on Page 12-A)
Dr. Jenkins To Address
Graduates At Pinecrest
Dr. Leo W. Jenkins, Chancellor
of East Carolina University at
Greenville, will be the com
mencement speaker for the
Pinecrest High School gradua
tion exercises on Tuesday, June
3.
The baccalaureate address
will be on June 1 at Pinecrest
with the Rev. J. Ricgard Wood
ward, assistant pastor of Trinity
A.M.E. Zion Church in Greens
boro, as the speaker.
Chancellor Jenkins, a native of
New Jersey, joined the faculty of
East Carolina University as dean
in 1947 and served in that post
until appointed president in 1960.
His title was changed to Chan
cellor in 1972.
He has served on several state
and national educational com
mittees and commissions and is
on the board of directors of
several business corporations.
He served as a major with the
U.S. Marine Corps during World
War II.
The Rev. Mr. Woodward is an
ordained minister in the African
Methodist Episcopal Zion church
and has served as pastor of
churches in Durham, Pollocks-
ville, Henderson, Bear Creek in
(Continued on Page 12-A)
Dr. Leo W. Jenkins