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Weather ' ^Ltn Sunny skies will be accompanied by 70 degree weather today and tomorrow, although Thursday there is a 20 percent chance of rain. //// I pCr^ ml '■li -is., LOT Index /A Kf^ntblu rdoa Books, 2-B; Church Calendar, 3-B; Classified Ads, 7>11*C; Editorials, 1-B; Entertainment, 4-5-C; Obituaries, 7*A; Pinehurst News, 1-3-C; Social News, 2^A; Sports 8-9-A. Vol. 56, Number 17 40 Pages Southern Pines, North Carolina Wednesday, February 25, 1976 40 Pages Price 10 Cents Two Are Tied As Choices Of Democrats With 10 out of 21 Precincts reporting, six delegates to the Democratic County Convention March 6 in the courthouse are conunitted to Carter and six to Wallace, returns showed today. Other candidates receiving presidential commitments are Humphrey and Jackson, two each; Harris, one, and Udall, one. All the six Wallace commitments came from the West Aberdeen Precinct. They included H. Clifton Blue, C.W. Harvey, E.O. Freeman, Alvin Garner, William L. Styers, and Ranell J. Thompson. Carter votes were from West Carthage and Pinedene (Southern Pines) with three each. They were Dr. H. David Bruton, John A. McPhaul and Thomas T. Williams of Pinedene and, from West Carthage, Jonathan R. Hill, Roy L. Lucas, and Woodrow Wilhoit. Humphrey’s two votes came from the Vass Precinct (Margaret O’Neal) and Bensalem (Harold Blue). Jackson’s two were from James (Continued on Page 12-A) Bike Race Planned Here; Coimty Fluids Requested Plans for a KKknile Moore County bicycle ri^ce to be held in conhection with the statewide World-United States Bike Race in June were announced this week. A total of $2,500 in savings bonds as prizes will be awarded for the Moore County race on June 16. David Drexel, chairman of what he calls the “Tour de Moore,’’ said it is estimated the race will take five hours. A route has been mapped out in cooperation with the State High way Patrol. Starting point will be the Weymouth Woods Nature Museum and the route will then proceed to Lobelia and Lake Surf, then north to the House in the Horseshoe, across the top of Water System Proposal Heard By County Board An initial report on the possibility of a regional water system for Moore County, on the order of the regional sewer system which is now under construction, was presented to the county commissioners Thursday in special session by Les Hall, project engineer with the Charlotte engineering firm of Henningson, Durham & Richardson. With charts and in con siderable detail. Hall told the board that the county’s 22 water systems, of varying sizes and sources, could be joined together in a number of different ways to provide water udiich would be sufficient for the next 20 years. TTie “sytems’’-so termed if they serve as many as 10 or more customers-range from those at schools, mobile home parks and other small types up to the domestic municipal-type systems, which he analyzed one by one. Though Moore is fortunate to have toth surface water and ground water in good supply. Hall said his firm’s deter mination was that the use of ground water (deep wells) over a long period of time would not be feasible. He showed charts outlining the (Continued on Page 9-A) Economy Rises Across Sandhills New Voters Are Added To Lists A total of 212 young voters were added to the voter lists in a special registration drive conducted last week at the three high schools and at Sandhills Conununity College by the Moore County Board of Elections. Registrars were sent to the schools, and the results were better this year than with similar experiences in the past. At Sandhills Community College 67 were registered, at Pinecrest High School there were 57, at Union Pines 55 and at North Moore 33. Mrs. Doris Fuquay, executive secretary of the Board of Elections, said that new voter registration has been fairly heavy all over the county in recent days. (Continued on Page 7-A) ■ : M . * BICENTENfflAL HORSE SHOW — Jumping the old-time mule-drawn wagon at the Bicentennial Horse Show at the Carthage Prison Camp on Saturday is Amy Sadler Riley, riding Battle Umber, a seven-year-old stallion she raised from a colt. The jump was part of a full scale show for the inmates.—(Photo by Mildred Allen). Horse Show Entertains Inmates the county to Spies, down to Jackson Springs, by Foxfire and Aberdeen and oiA Beffiesda Road to Weymouth'Woo®. Voit Gilmore said a meeting was held Monday morning to coordinate plans for the big take race stopover here on June 15. Southern Pines has been designated as a rest stop and the participants in World-U.S. race will be here for 36 hours. Gilmore said several other events beside the Moore County race are planned, with a variety of festivities scheduled before, during and after the bike riders stopover. Among those sponsoring the event here is the Sandhills Area Chamber of Commerce and two (Continued on Page 7-A) BY MILDRED ALLEN A parade of flag-bearers, horses — all kinds, including the All-American mule and a donkey-riders in their hunt clothes and riders in their western garb, the old-time country wagon and a family of country-dressed folks, a clown and marching music began the Bicentennial Horse SOiow at the Carthage Prison Unit on Saturday afternoon. It was all patriotic fanfare and a lot of fun-fare for the inmates of the Carthage unit udio enjoyed the show of fun and games and skilled sportsmanship, in termingled with a sober and patriotic Bicentennial theme, by clapping, laughter and with loud shouts of encouragement for the Sales Tax For County Distributed A total of $264,718.16 has been distributed in Moore County from the one percent local sales tax collected during the quarter ending last Dec. 31. Secretary J. Howard Coble of the State Department of Revenue made his report this week. The total collected was $266,992.94, but from this was subtracted $2,274.78 as the cost of collection. The amounts distributed to county and municipalities in Moore on a per capita basis, with population figures were as follows: Moore County (41,700 (Continued on Page 12-A) Council Meet A proposed bond issue for Southern Pines will be discussed at a si^cial meeting of the Town Council tonight (Wednesday) at 8 o’clock. The meeting was called by Mayor E.J, Austin. Other matters on the agenda include reviewing of bids on two drainage projects and of renovation of the old Our Lady of Victory School building. participants. The show began as a family affair, planned by Harold Sadler, assign^ from Sandhills Com munity College as a teacher at the unit, and his wife and six children, but the idea caught on and friends — most of them young people—joined in to make it an extravagant and exciting show. It began with a parade, led by the Boy Scouts of Troop 223 of Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church, and the presentation of six Bicentennial Flags. Julian Long, director of the Sandhills Arts Council, was on hand to lead in the singing of The Star Spangled Banner and the event was underway for two (Continued on Page 12-A) Man Charged With Rape Of Samarkand Runaway Two 13-year-old girls who walked off Sunday evening from Samarkand Manor, the state juvoiile correctional school near Eagle Springs, said they hitched a ride with a man in a pickiq> truck who raped one of the girls at knifepoint, whUe the other escaped and ran to get help. aieriff C. G. Wimberly said Larry E. Saunders, 27, of Biscoe Rt. 1, was arrested later that night with cooperation of the Montgomery County sheriff’s department, and has been lodged in Moore County Jail, pending arraignment later this week on a charge of first-degree rape. The two juveniles said they had left Samaiicand Manor about 0:30 p.m., Sunday, and walked through the woods to Highway 211 where they hitchdiiked a ride into Montgomery County, later hitch-hiking another ride with Saunders, who was driving a pick-up truck. After picking them up, he stopped for gas in Biscoe and the girls asked if he would take them to Lumberton. Saunders said he would and started east on Highway 24-27 toward Carthage. After crossing (Continued on Page 12-A) Symposiiun Slated Here On Southern Experience Sandhills Community College and the Moore County Bicen tennial Committee are cospon soring a special symposium on “The Southern Experience’’ highlighting the history of southern states and the changes brought about in family, urban ization, politics, private rights and traditions. The lectures and discussions will be held Thursday evenings beginning at 7 o’clock March 11, 18 and 25, at the Boyd House in Southern Pines. The series has been made possible by a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Committee and the programs are free to the public. Dr. Raymond Gavins, assistant prctfessor of history at Duke University, will be the lecturer for the March 11 program. Panel members for the discussion will be Milton Sills, Mrs. Ben Owens and Tony Parker. The author of many scholarly articles, his latest publication will be released soon, a book entitled The Perils and Prospects of Southern Black Leadership 1884-1970. “The Southern Society Today’’ will be the topic of the program for the March 18 meeting. The speakers will be Dr. William Havard, department of political science, Virginia Polytechnical Institute, and Dr. Molli Abernathy, department of history. Queens College, Charlotte. Dr. Havard is dean of the college of arts and science and is vice chairman of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy. Dr. Abernathy is chairman of the department of history at Queens and her special teaching interests are social history, women’s history and the recent (Continued on Page 9-A) BY MARJORIE RAGAN “Everything is gearing up.” This was the statement of a spokesman for a construction company, and reflected the feeling of most construction men. Savings and Loan Associations, and many motels in this resort area which apparently is recovering from last year’s slump. The Pinehurst Hotel & Country Qub in North Carolina received a record number of phone calls and reservations during the first 45 days of 1976, it was announced by William C. Brent, president of Pinehurst, Inc. The 4,306 calls during the period covering January 1 through February 14, which resulted in 3,723 bookings, marked the greatest 45-day period for both figures in the resort’s 81-year existence. In addition, a single day standard of 230 calls and 204 reservations was established on Monday, February 9. Commenting on this increased interest in the famed North Carolina resort, Brent said: “A number of factors have con tributed to the growth in i^one inquiries and reservations by agents and individuals. We have expanded and improved our recreational facilities and ac commodations while at the same time maintaining the traditional ambience and heritage of the resort. We are definitely (Continued on Page 12-A) Jaycees Will Hold Meet Here Some 500 Jaycees are expected here March 6-7 for the East Carolina Spring Regional meeting at The Holiday Inn under chairmanship of Gregg Allen. Registration will begin at 10 a.m. March 6. A regional speak- up competition will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. A social hour will be held at poolside from 3 to 4:40 p.m., with a tour from 3 until 5 p.m. for the ladies of the Golf Hall of Fame in Pinehurst. President’s Hospitality for local (Continued on Page 12-A) Equipment Bids Bids will be let next week on some $150,000 worth of equip ment for communications bet ween Moore County Rescue Squads, law enforcement of ficers and other emergency resources by the Pee Dee Council of Governments. Bids have been received from RCA and Motorola on the equipment, which is to be paid "for by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. A. B. Parker is chairman for Region H, which includes Moore County, for the emergency service and W. S. Taylor is chairman of the Council. iwm' Little Is Named To Secretary Job George W. Little of Southern Pines, deputy secretary of the Department of Natural and Economic Resources for the past three years, was named today by Governor Jim Holshouser to the post of department secretary. Little, 33, will succeed James E. Harrington in the cabinet-level post. Harrington has resigned, effective March 1, to enter private business. A Southern Pines native. Little has been deputy secret^ of NER since January 10, 1973, the same day Harrington took office as secretary. He will assume his new duties Monday after taking the oath of office in an 11 a.m., ceremony in the Department of Cultural Resources Auditorium. Prior to coming to state government. Little was an insurance consultant with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in Southern Pines. For four years, he was a member of the Metropolitan Million-Dollar Club in insurance sales. Prominent in civic activities. Little has been a leader of the (NJ George W. Little Jaycees on both the local and state level. He is a former president of the Southern Pines Jaycees and a former vice president of the North Carolina Jaycees. He also has served as administrative national director of the state organization. At present, he is a member of (Continued on Page 12-A) Police Chief Sees Link In Fire And Vandalism Officers investigating the havoc wreaked by vandals in the old Presbyterian Cemetery in Carthage, and the fire of unknown origin which destroyed a landmark building close by~both probably about the same time, early on the morning of Friday the 13th-see a definite link between the two. Carthage Police Chief Allan Benner, who is being assisted by the SBI and the sheriff’s department in both investigatons, said he could not now pinpoint a link between the two, but “we feel it highly likely that the same people were responsible for both.” He is putting just about full time on the investigations, during which dozens inter rogations have been conducted and numerous leads followed, and he said this week that there are two “very strong suspects.” He asks that members of the public who might be able to provide leads let him know, and (Continued on Page 7-A) Arts Council Fund Drive Gets Under Way In Area The Sandhills Arts Council announced its first annual fund drive at a meeting Monday night at the Southern Pines Town Hall, attended by representatives from area communities. The purpose of the meeting was to begin advance ticket sales for the coming 1976-1977 season. Memberships purchased now will entitle their holders to attend events remaining in the current season plus next year’s events as well. The price of the individual membership remains five dollars. The meeting was called to order by President George Garrett, who introduced Execu tive Director Julian Long. Long outlined the present program of the Sandhills Arts Council, stressing public service programs initiated in the past year, such as the summer youth theater program begun in 1975 and the new programs in string and dance instruction begun by “Third Century Artists,” Loretta McNulty and Teri Woodard. Long noted that the Arts Council will, at the close of the current fiscal year, have brought $25,000 into this area to be spent for the arts and is engaged in projects which will, if successful, bring in a like amount in the next half year. However, he noted further, the Arts Council if it is to grow and remain in a good position to compete for grants in the future, must develop a broad base of local support. Long then (Continued on Page 12-A) tf THE PILOT LIGHT CANDIDATE AT ABERDEEN — Edward O'Herron, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor, is shown above at a gathering at the Legion Hut in Aberdeen Friday night. Left to right are Don Davis, Charles Watkins, Sam Jordan, Charles Dunn, O'Herron’s campaign manager, O’Herron, and Cliff Blue, Jr. I I SEA WELL - H.F. (Chub) Seawell of Carthage has changed back to a Republican. He told friends that he was changing his registration so that he could vote for Ronald Reagan in the Republican presidential preference primary on March 23. At one time Seawell, well known attorney and noted raconteur, was a statewide leader in the Republican party. He was the party’s candidate for Governor in 1952, and when Dwight Eisenhower was elected president that year Seawell expected to be appointed district attorney for the Middle District. However, a statement he made aroused the ire of Herbert Brownell, who was Eisenhower’s attorney general, and Seawell was passed over from then on for any Republican appointment. Seawell said that he was “in limbo.” It was sometime afterward that he changed his registration from Republican to Democratic. His old Carthage precinct registration book shows him registered as a Democrat in May, 1962. LEE - Howard Lee, the former Chapel Hill mayor, will make his formal announcement that he is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor in Raleigh on March 2. Lee was in Moore County last Friday, speaking to the Southern Pines Rotary Club and at Sandhills Community College. He was escored around the area by Felton Capel and John Sledge. He said that questions asked at gatherings about the state are about the economy, utility regulations, and occasionally about liquor-by-the drink, (Continued on Page 12-A) ... . . • DEER HITS CAR — This collision with a deer on N.C. 5, two miles north of Aberdeen, had an unusual twist to it. Ordinarily, the car hits the, deer, but this time a small deer struck a 1975 Pacer, driven by Riley Decatur Richardson, 540 N. Saylor Street, running into the side of his car and causing $225 in damages. State Patrolman Myron Gay is shown above with the victim.—(Photo by Glenn M. Sides).