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Hunt, Flaherty Winners In Moore
Parker Wins Over Two;
Hunt, Harbour Triumph
Jim Hunt
David Flaherty
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A. E. (Tony) Parker, Southern
Pines hardware merchant, won
the Democratic nomination for
county commissioner in a three-
way race on Tuesday.
Winning seats on the non
partisan Moore County Board of
Elections were Wanda Hunt of
Pinehurst and Incumbent Kent
Harbour of Clameron in two-way
races for each.
Parker polled a total of 2,777
votes for the District 4 (Southern
Pines) Democratic nomination.
He will face John Womack, who
was unopposed for the
Republican nomination, in the
November general election.
E. 0. Brogden, Jr., also of
Southern Pines, was second with
1,169, while Leaverne Maness of
Midland Road trailed with 879.
Maness won only in his home
precinct of Pinehurst, with 185 to
Parker’s 159 and Brogden’s 93,
and in Ritters Township, where
he had 36 votes, while Parker and
Brogden tied with 28 each.
In most of the oth^ precincts,
Parker was favored by wide
margins.
Advertising in this contest and
those for the county Board of
Education had filled the
newspaper columns and air
waves for the past two weeks, as
the candidates waged ever more
lively campaigns.
Much attention was drawn to
the Education Board contests, in
which four highly qualified and
well-liked contenders, including
one incumbent, made strong
appeals.
The incumbent, Kent Harbour,
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How Moore Voted
A.E. (Tony) Parker
Incumbents, McCollum
Apparent Judge Winners
Howard Lee
Harlan Boyles
N.C. Vote Results;
Hunt, Flaherty JVin
Jim Hunt asked for a mandate
and he got it, polling 53 percent of
the vote to capture the
Democratic nomination for
Governor in Tuesday’s primary.
David Flaherty apparently
also Avon the Republican
nomination for Governor, polling
50.1 percent of the total vote.
There Avill be a runoff election
in the Democratic primary on
Sept. 14 for Lieutenant Governor
betAveen frontrunner Howard
Lee, Avho 167,631 or 27.49 percent
and Jimmy Green who polled
161,913 or M.56 ^rcent.
Runoff elections are also
possible in tAvo other State
Democratic races~for Com
missioner of Labor between
front-runner Jessie Rae Scott
189,708 votes or 37.03 percent and
runner-up John Brooks Avho had
173,523 or 33.8 percent; and for
State Auditor between in
cumbent Henry Bridges who
received 248,073 or 46 percent
(Continued on Page 16A)
With returns in from four
counties, apparent Avinners in the
race for District Court Judge in
the 20th Judicial District were E.
Fetzer Mills, 10,029 votes; Ed
ward E. Crutchfield, 12,148;
Walter M. Lampley, 13,506 and
Joe P. McCollum Jr., 9,457.
Totals for counties were:
Moore County; Mills, 1,974;
Uttle, 2,487; and MUes, 911.
Crutchfield, 2,487; Baucom,
1,491. Lampley, 2,540; Griffin,
1,198. McCollum, 2,076 and
Hoffman, 1,799.
Anson County: Mills, 2,624,
Uttle, 1,180, MUes, 1,275. Crut
chfield, 3,273, Baucom, 2,199.
Lampley, 3,360, Griffin, 1,382.
McCoUum, 1,189, Hoffman, 2,685.
Richmond County: Mills, 2,336,
Uttle, 1,354, MUes, 1,269. Crut
chfield, 2,474, Baucom, 1,888.
Lampley, 4,108, Griffin, 1,034.
McCoUum, 1,420, Hoffman, 2,101.
Union County: MUls, 3,095,
UtOe, 1,906, MUes, 1,511. Crut
chfield, 3,914, Baucom, 2;273.
Lampley, 3,498, Griffin, 2,032.
McCollum, 4,772, Hoffman 1,699.
MUls, Crutchfield and Lam
pley are incumbents.
Tobacco Prices On Rise;
$113 Mark At Carthage
Drama Official Pleased
With Season Attendance
“The House In The Hor
seshoe,” Moore County’s outdoor
drama, closed for the 1976 season
on Saturday night Avith a total
attendance of 5,854.
The largest crowd of the
season came on the final night
with 670 in the audience.
Average attendance for the 23
performances was 254, which
Playwright Joseph Simmons,
who also served as general
manager, said exceeded his
expectations.
“AU of us were pleasantly
surprised,” Simmons said.
Plans are being tentatively
discussed to repeat the drama
next ye^, and Simmons said he
thinks it should be seriously
considered.
Produced by the Moore County
Historical Association, “The
House In The Horseshoe” is a
dramatization of events which
took place in the area 200 years
ago during the American
Revolution. The drama is
presented on the site of a
Revolutionary War skirmish at
the Alston House in northern
Tobacco prices shoAved a big
jump this week, Avith an average
of $113.29 per hundred being
recorded at the Carthage market
on Monday.
Aberdeen reported an average
of $105.73 per hundred on
Tuesday.
Better grades of tobacco being
offered for auction accounted for
the soaring averages, and Frank
Bryant, sales supervisor on the
Clarthage market, said he ex
pected the upward trend to
continue. Bryant said prices this
week are about $8 per hundred
above last week.
Aberdeen
Annexes
More Area
The top price paid at Carthage
on Monday was $1.20 per pound,
and Bryant is looking for a top of
$1.25 per pound at an early date.
Sales Monday at (^thage
were 369,891 pounds which sold
for $419,064, or an average of
$113.29 per hundred. One
w^ehouse reported that tobacco
going under government loan
because of bids under support
(Continued on Page 8-A)
Wanda Hunt
Man Dies
In Auto
Collision
James Edward Muse, Jr., 68,
of Robbins, a retired U.S. mail
carrier, became Moore County’s
sixth highway fatality of the year
when his car was in a head-on
collision with another during a
rainstorm Sunday night.
State Trooper Donald Baxley
said the accident occurred at 8
p.m. on NC 24-27, 3.2 miles west
of Carthage, when Muse, driving
toward Robbins, was struck by
an eastbound car driven by
Adam Matthew Whisnant, 37, of
Morganton, which veered across
the yellow line into the left iMe.
Muse was instantly killed, his
body crushed inside his car,
which was throAvn onto the
shoulder by the impact, Baxley
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Governor
(Democratic)
Hunt 2778
O'Herron 1359
Wood 690
Strickland 101
Barker 31
(Republican)
Flaherty 1695
Privette 309
Alexander 126
McCall 55
Lt. Governor
(Democratic)
Green 2100
Lee 1282
Jordan 528
Akins 399
McCracken 247
Hyde 206
Brown 95
Stephenson 41
(Republican)
Hiatt 872
Payne 496
Sec. of State
(Democratic)
Breece 2517
Eure 2227
(Republican)
Spaulding 950
Nanney 341
Treasurer
(Democratic)
Boyles 2477
Brown 1729
Jurney 227
(Republican)
Coble 830
McLeod 545
State Auditor
Bridges
Woo
Fuller
2097
1788
571
Com. Insurance
Ingram
Johnson
Waters
2892
1483
263
Com. Labor
Scott 2121
Brooks 1127
Dunnagan 680
McBride 382
Pub. Instruction
Phillips
Currin
2869
1603
District Judges
Mills 1974
Little 1282
Miles 911
Crutchfield 2487
Baucom 1491
Lampley 2540
Griffin 1198
McCollum 2076
Huffman 1799
Commissioner
Parker 2777
Brogden 1169
Maness 879
Bd. of Education
Hunt 3058
Carr 2862
Harbour 3187
Frye 2289
Congress
(Republican)
Eagle 943
Boger 539
New 18-hole Golf Course
Announced By Pinehurst
Man, 77, Pleads Guilty
In Gun Death At Door
(Continued on Page 8-A)
POLL WORKERS — These two young ladies-Kim
Brookshire (left) and Kim Wise, both of Southern
Pines-were promoting Jim Hunt for Governor outside
the South Southern Pines polling place Tuesday. They
and dozens of others were engaged in primary day
politicking for an assortment of candidates at Moore
County’s 21 voting precincts.—(Photo by Glenn M.
Sides).
The Aberdeen Town Board
annexed three more tracts of
land Monday night: a tract in
Hidden Valley where Weaver
Realty Company is building 50
apartments, a 60-foot road
behind Town and Country
Shopping Co., belonging to J. C.
Robbins and a tract in the
Crestview area OAvned by James
Wise.
The motion to annex was made
by Commissioner Singleton and
seconded by Hugh M. Styers. It
was carried.
The board accepted the
resignation of Commissioner
Robert Veasey because of
“expanded business and per
sonal responsibilities” with
regret.
Henry Hammill of Southern
Motor Parks was allowed to join
toe sewer system Avithin toe town
limits when toe sewer line is
completed, paying toe toAvn a
tap-on fee.
A “No Parking” ordinance on
toe west side of Poplar Street
was discussed and toe town
attorney was asked to notify the
state that an ordinance to this
effect had been adopted.
A motion by Commissioner
Blue to apply for federal funds
for police equipment was
seconded by Commissioner
Harris and was carried.
The water deposit required
was raised from 15 to $20.
Proper requirements for an
nexation were to be sent to toe
Berkley residents who desired it
by toe town attorney.
A sixth championship 18 hole
golf course at toe Pinehurst
Hotel & Country Club has been
designed and wiU be built by
internationally renowned golf
course architects George Fazio
and Tom Fazio of Tequesta, Fla.,
it was announced by William B.
Bru, president of Diamondhead
Corporation, owners of the
Pinehurst resort.
Ground-breaking on the
Pinehurst Number Six course,
which will be located
approximately three and a half
miles from the Pinehurst
Country Qub, Avill begin on
Se^mber 15. _
The new course will be at
Pinebrook, Avito access off US !&•
501 north of toe CSrcle at
Pinehurst.
It is expected this new layout
will be ready for play by
February 1, 1978.
“We have selected George and
Tom Fazio for this prestigious
undertaking,” notes Bru,
“because of toe unique style and
design of golf courses they have
produced in the past and are
capable of producing now and in
toe future. Their experience and
background in golf course
architecture has placed them
among the most soj^t after golf
course builders in toe world.”
Course Number Six avUI be
developed from virgin pineland
over rolling, sandhill terrain.
According to Tom Fazio: “If you
coidd pick My type of land on
which to build a golf course, this
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Eddie Gaines, of Jackson
Hamlet, who was 77 years old at
toe time of his arrest for murder
last Janua^ 31, was allowed to
plead guilty to involuntary
manslaughter last week in Moore
Superior Court.
Judge Hamilton Hobgood,
presiding, handed Gaines a
prison sentence of one year,
suspended on payment of costs
and of $403.80 for toe Kendrick
Funeral Home in West Southern
Pines, and toe balance of toe
funeral bill for Clayton Walters,
31, of Midway.
Gaines has been out under
$2,000 bond since his arrest
following toe shooting of Walters,
which occurred when he came
“pounding and banging” on toe
front door of Gaines’ home,
refusing to identify himself or to
(Continued on Page 8-A)
Moore County voters, in a light
turnout on Tuesday, foUoAved the
statewide trend by giving
majorities to toe Avinners in toe
race for Governor-Jim Hunt for
the Democrats and David
Flaherty for the Republicans.
In toe race for toe Democratic
nomination for Lieutenant
Governor, Jimmy Green was the
leader over statcAvide front
runner HoAvard Lee-Green
polling 2,100 votes in Moore to
1,282 for Lee.
(See Precinct Voting Tables
On Page 16-A and 12-A)
Jim Hunt, whose campaign for
Governor in Moore was managed
by Sara W. Hodgkins, Avas far
ahead of toe others when all of
toe votes from the county’s 21
precincts were counted early this
morning.
Hunt’s total Avas 2,778. In
second place Avas Edward
O’Herron Avito 1,359, followed by
George Wood with 690, Tom
Strickland Avith 101 and Andy
Barker Avito 31.
David Flaherty polled 1,695
votes in Moore to hold a com
manding lead over Coy R-ivette
who had 309, Jake Alexander
Avito 126, and Wallace McCall
Avito 55.
Hiatt was toe winner Avito 872
votes over Odell Payne for toe
Republican nomination for
Lieutenant Governor.
Other votes in the Democratic
race for Lieutenant Governor
were: Jordan, 528; Akins, 399;
McCracken, 247; Hyde, 206;
BroAvn, 95; and Stephenson, 41.
It Avas a light vote, Avito only 39
percent of the registered
Democrats and 32 percent of toe
(Continued on Page 16A)
Rain Helps
In Easing
Dry Spell
A .36 inch rain Sunday “helped
some, but not much,” Moore
County Forest Ranger Robert
Edwards said yesterday.
Only a trace of rain has been
recorded here in addition.
Soil moisture improved
slightly in toe State as a whole
during toe week but toe situation
was still critical in some places.
Since March 1, rainfall was
reported here at 24.15 inches,
high for toe Piedmont, but lower
than the coast, receiving
precipitation in toe wake of
BeUe.
For toe week ending August 14,
total rainfall in Moore County
was .03 inch. Soil moisture in
Moore and other counties con
tinued very short for toe area.
The Sunday rain is expected to
alleviate some stress on toe
crops. Tobacco harvest
remained toe principal activity.
Farmers also were haying and
cutting silage.
Two Young Men Drown In
Moore Ponds Over Weekend
THE
PILOT LIGHT
RUNOFF-The second
primary or runoff election Avill be
held exactly four weeks from toe
fM-imary on Tuesday, Sept. 14.
It appears that several
statewide as well as local runoff
elections will be held, and
election officials began
preparing for it as soon as toe
first primary results were
counted.
REPUBUCANS-Long before
the Republican National Con
vention convened in Kansas C5ty
this week plans were being made
for a post-convention gathering
of some Republican members to
discuss toe future of toe party
and the possibility of launching a
third party.
“There’s a feeling,” said one
North Carolina delegate, “that
toe Republicans are going toe
way of toe Whig party, and we’re
going to talk about toe future.”
At any rate, a sizeable number
of Republicans will be staying
over in Kansas CSty for a day or
two of more talks.
CARTER--A southside
Virginian was heard pronoun
cing toe name of toe Democratic
presidential nominee as
“Cyarter.” That’s the way they
used to talk about their si^tor
“Cyarter Glass.” Pronunciations
carry all across toe South and.
nation.
Loma Livengood of toe Moore
County Schools said that a few
nights ago she was watching toe
television show, “Welcome
Back, Kotter,” with her five-
(Continaed on Page 16A)
Two droAvnings in two days is
toe tragic record in Moore
County for toe past weekend,
when one young man droAwied
Saturday about 1 p.m. in
Thurlow’s Lake near Vass, and
another Sunday afternoon in a
farm pond near Robbins.
The body of Melvin Wade
Rakes, 22, of Neivport News, Va.,
who had arrived Friday for a
weekend visit with his father and
other family members near
Carthage, was not recovered
from toe lake at Vass until noon
Sunday, after many long hours of
searching by all eight of Moore
(Aunty’s rescue Squads.
Jimmy Lynn Hunsucker, 17, of
Robbins, a rising senior and
popular athlete at North Moore
Hi^ School, where he was on toe
basketball team, had gone
SAvimming Sunday afternoon at
Britts Pond, off NC 705 about four
miles north of Robbins, with two
younger boys, his brother Johnny
Allen HunMcker, and Thomas
Andy Britt, grandson of toe
pond’s OAvner.
The boys frollicked together
for some time m the small body
of water, some acre and a half in
extent, then about 3 p.m. started
paddling in inner tubes across
toe pond, with toe younger boys
going ahead of Jimmy. When
partly across they looked
aroimd, to see Jimmy’s tube
floating empty on top of toe
water.
(Continued on Page 11-A)
DROWNING SCENE — Eight of Moore County’s rescue squads are shown at
ThurloAV s Lake near Vass as they searched for the body of Melvin Wade Rakes,
who drowned in the lake Saturday afternoon.—(Photo by Valerie Nicholson)