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LEAD TO ABERDEEN Paved highways from seven different directions and railroads from four directions lead to Aberdeen—the trading center of the Sandhills ‘AND YE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND N. C. MARKET REPORTS COTTON, Middling 1-inch. 34.90 EGGS, A large _. 40-42 BROILERS _ 23 HOGS .. 22.50 . THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE’ Volume 51; Number 41 Aberdeen, North Carolina, Thursday, June 17, 1954 2 SECTIONS - 12 PAGES 10c Per Copy; $3.00 Per Year ► I > t SANDHILL MUSINGS "A Chiel’s Amang Ye * Talcin' Notes, and Faith He’ll Prent It.”—Burns. LANDMARK REMOVED—The old wooden water tank on the SAL near the Gulf Distributing depot heer was torn down on Tuesday. With the diesels com- j pletely replacing the old iron j horses the tank was no longer j needed. In tearing down the! tank a steel rope was tied around the posts and the other end hitched to a diesel engine and tumbling down came the old water tank. F. L. McNeill, local Railway Express agent says that quite a few fish were in the tank. POTAMATOE—Last week The Citizen published a picture of J. O. Spears and several others showing Spears with an Irish potato bush whicli had tomato looking balls on top of the vines. To this Buck McGill says its nothing new—“just seed,” he said. And Rev. F. B. Bishop says he has grown them before. In The Charlotte Observer today there appeared a picture with Carl Willis of Belmont holding a similar bush which the article I referred to as a geunine "pota matoe” plant. BOB SAUNDERS — Robert R. (Bob i Saunders, prominent Rockingham citizen and brother ! of W. P. Saunders of Moore County suffered a severe cere bral hemorrhage on Wednesday morning of last week and re mained in a coma until Monday morning. On yesterday (Wed nesday) he was reported much Vnproved though still seriously, III. FALLS — James A. Thomas, one-legged Vass Negro who walks with the aid of a crutch, slipped In Lees store here Satur ' day and cut his wrist on the glass stands on the counter. He i was carried to the Moore Coun was sewed up, and then released. . SHORT STORY—Then there J, ' was the farmer who was ap , 1 proached by an eager young , salesman - and asked to buy a set of books on “How To Farm Successfully.” The farmer lis tened to the sales talk, then said, “Son, I don’t need those books. I ain’t farming half as well now as I know how.” JOHN E. FARRIOR—John E. Farrior, who taught In the Aberdeen High School about ten years ago was awarded his Ph.D. at the graduating exercises of the University at Chapel Hill, June 7. He is now teaching on the staff of Memphis State Col lege, Memphis, Tenn., in the English department. He was married to Dr. Lillian Walker in 1948 of Asheville. She teaches as a member of the staff of the Medical School of the Univer sity of Tennessee. Dr. John Far rior is brother to M- L. Farrior, teacher of Agriculture in Aber _ deen high school. ROBBINS-STEVENS — When Karl Robbins sold 41 percent of the shares in Robbins Mills to J. P. Stevens Company a few weeks ago it was not the first ^ time that Mr. Robbins and the Stevens firm had negotiated a deal of this nature. In 1947 the Robbins Mills * l k alter naving purunaoeu me Hannah Pickett No. 2 Mill in Rockingham in 1645 sold it to the J. P. Stevens Co., who now operates it as a woolen mill. GREETINGS — Mrs. J. Wylie Babb, the town’s official greeter, this week reported the following families welcomed to Aberdeen in recent days: Mi. and Mrs. W. V. Walters and three children, Wade III, R. V., and Dickie, from Durham. They are living at 303 Summitt. Mr. Walters is with the Ameri can Supplies, Inc., tobacco com pany. Sgt. and Mrs. K. B. Countess and daughter Evelyn Kyle from Denton, N. C. They are living at 711 North Chestnut. Sgt. Count ess is attached to the U. S. Air Ground Operations School in Continued on last page Lions Speaker . . . HERBERT F SEAWELL, JR. . . . After-Dinner-Speaker M. B. Huffman Will ‘ Succeed Graham As President For Year Herbert F. Seawell, Jr., of Carthage, prominent after-din ner speaker and humorist as well as a leading North Carolina Re publican will be the guest speak er at the Aberdeen Lions six teenth anniversary ladies night banquet to be held in the Le gion Hut here Friday evening beginning at 7:30 o’clock. Edmond R. <Buck> Graham, retiring president will preside over the meeting and Henry Price, Jr., Deputy District Gov ernor of Kannapolis -will install the offficers for the coming year as follows: M B. Huffman, president; Leo Arey, first vice president; Adam Garner, second vice presi dent; M. D. Coward, third vice president; Frank M. Blue, sec retary; T. S. Melvin, treasurer; Gordon Keith, Lion Tamer; C. G. Wimberley, tail twister; Troy Geer, F. A. Cummings, W. A. Tew and W. R. Batchelor, direc tors. On the program committee for the occasion are Curtis Lawhon, Sidney Taylor and George An derson. Complaint Filed Against Juke Box “Obnoxious noises” said to emanate from a jukebox, with outside loudspeaker, at J. C.’s Grill just east of Carthage on NC 27, are the main basis for a complaint and motion filed in Moore superior court this week by E. N. Scott and his wife Ida. Seeking a temporary injunc tion now and permanent injunc tion later, also $2,500 damages from the defendants Sadie H. Frye and Nancy Parrish, the plaintiffs declare the music and other alleged nuisances commit ted in operation of the Grill have deprived them of the “peace, comfort, happiness and enjoyment of their home” just 120 feet away. Showcause hearing in the mo tion for a temporary restrairidei has been set by Judge W. A. Le land McKeithen of Pinehurst at 10 a. m. June 19, at Carthage. Besides the loss of sleep and other ill effects the plaintiffs claim to have suffered during the past four months, along with other nuisances allegedly committed since the defendants took over, the Scotts state that | “by reason of being forced and compelled to listen from early morning until late at night tc the music emanating from said jukebox and loudspeaker, the auditory senses of the plaintiffs have been assailed in such an outrageous and noxious manner as to cause a mental revulsion which is harmful to the physical well-being of the plaintiffs, and has made them allergic to all music, Whether classical, sacred or secular." The music keeps up they say, until 1 or 2 a. m. l [neoming President M. B. HUFFMAN \ . . . Incoming President Herbert Seawell Will Speak ! At Lions Banquet On Friday »— Upper Hoke Man Injures Self When Bolt Hits Down in the Mount Pleas ant section of Upper Hoke on Wednesday night of last week about 12:30 a. m„ Thursday morning a sharp bolt of lightning struck at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Came ron. Frightenng Mr. Cameron from sleep, he jumped out of bed and out the window, se verely cutting his leg, neces sitating 18 stitches to sew it up. Apparently the lightning struck the power line near the house and ran in through it, knocking the ceiling loose all over the house and running into the wash-house and wrecking things in there. Mr. Cameron, in his 30s, lives across the road from his parents and is staying with them while his house is being repaired. The others in the house es caped injury. Plenty Of Rain In The Sandhills Plenty of rain has fallen in the Sandhills this week with one of the heaviest downpours on Monday afternoon in a long while in some areas. The rains have helped the growing crops considerably throughout the Sandhills, though some of the farmers report that their tobacco is buttoning out. Officer Shoots Alfonso Cole, Nejjro, In Moore Hospital From Pistol Shot E. Alfonso Col--. rolwred, of Carthage, Is in Moor. County Hospital followin' an ofIV iy in Carthage yesterday. Police Chief E. R. Kerns and Deputy Sheriff A. W. Lambert were called to a house in the colored section of town to arrest Cole for assault ing an elderly negro named Joe Bennett, with whom he had en gaged in an argument. Both of ficers were target for more ver bal abuse from Cole, and he flung a grass scythe at one of theim A warning shot was fired by both officers without effect, and a third bullet fired by Korns, entered Cole’s abdomen. A first warrant was sworn out by Cole's brother, and later a second warrant was issued by Kerns for insulting an officer and resisting arrest. Ccle was felled by the pistol snot, but continued to resist efforts of the officers to take him into cus tody. He was reported as resting comfortably in the colored ward of the hospital this afternoon. The encounter occurred be tween 3 and 4 p. m. near where the arrest took place. Tiie first information received was from a neighbor who said the pair had been terrorising the w hole neighborhood. Cole, who ’s 3$, has.had a t mg court record eve*1 the past 15 or 2D years. H. P. Fowler ()» Southern Pines Re-Elected President 1 Meeting in <Hamlet WedneSr ; clay, the Sandhill Firemen's As-.' i soeialion re-elected H. P. Fow | ler of Southern Pines president of the organization to succeed ; himself and crowned Miss Shir i ley .Tyner of Finebluif as theiiV j new "qii.-en" and luurd an ad dress by Secretary of State Thud Euro in a one-day action packed meeting. ! Officers in addition to Presi | dent Fowler are: Perry Coving ton, of Rockingham, vice presi | dent: and E. P. Leutherbury, of Hamlet, re-elected secretary treasurer. The Sandhill Firemen’s new beauty queen is the daughter of I Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Tyner of Pinebluff and formerly of Shel by. She was on Julie 5 present-’ ed to western North Carolina society at the Shelby Junior Charity League’s ninth annual sub-debuntante ball. Miss Tyner was selected in Pinebluff Monday night to rep-: resent the Pinebluff department at Hamlet from a group of j seven girls in addition to her- 1 self. Miss Carol Baker, daugh ter of Mr .and Mrs. C. C. Baker i was runner-up in the Pinebluff ! contest. j Judges for the Pinebluff con i test Monday night were Miss \ Dorothy Swisher of Southern0 i Pines, former VFW Natonal Beauty Queen; Bob Jordan of I Mount Gilead; and Mrs. Vesta iFum' -rburk, teacher in Aber I rig* *1 jsementary scnooi. T" "/he only other entry from Moore County was Miss Joyce, Lewis of Southern Pines. There was a total of seven entries at Hamlet with a girl from Rock ingham being the runner-up. Moore County fire depart ments represented at the 28ih : Annual Sandhill Firemen's Con j vention in Hamlet Wednesday I were Aberdeen, Carthage, Pine bluff, Pinehurst, Southern Pines and Vass. Other nearby fire de partments there included Mc j Cain and Sanford. Following the crowning of the queen at 3 p. m. by Miss Mary Grace Ratliffe of Wadesboro, last year’s queen, Mr. Eure brought "the firemen friendly greetings from your state gov ernment." After his address, there were a number of boat races on the city lake for the entertainment of the several hundred firemen and their guests." There was a parade of fire equipment at 2 p. m., following a turkey dinner served in the ■ Hamlet Fairgrounds by t h e Continued on last page Clul> Women To Visit Cancer Clinic In 1954 Beginning July 1, five Moore County Home Demonstration Club women will go each Thurs day to the cancer clinic at Dur ham for examination, it was an nounced this week by Miss Flora McDonald, Moore County home agent. Trips to the clinic will con tinue throughout the year 195“! and possibly into 1955, Miss Mc Donald said, until all members of Moore County clubs have been examined. The mass project continues the health program of the clubs that include chest X-rays foi club members last year. Trips tc the Durham clinic, like the chest X-rays, are voluntary, bul almost all of the several hund red club members in the countj are expected to participate. Garland Farrell Early In Life Realized His Ambition To Be Telegraph Operator From the time he was a kid J. Garland Farrell wanted to be a telegraph operator. When 15 yeafs of age and still wearing short pants he landed a job as telegraph operator with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in Moncure. One requirement was that he wear long pants which back in those days was taken to mean that a person h^d reached manhood stage in life. The pay was not large, $44 per month, 12 hours per day and seven days or 84 hours per week. “But I saved some money at it,” says Mr. Farrell who came to Aberdeen as agent operator in 1906 when his job in Moncure was abolished. There was an opening in Aberdeen so Mr. Farrell who had been married to Dixie Law rence for about 18 months came here with their little baby, Dan, who was a few months old. That was on September 84, 1914. “I didn’t like it at all .when I first came here,” said Mr. Far rell. “Later I found that Aber deen was really a garden spot Continued on last page 1 J. GARLAND PARRELL AT HIS POST WITH THE SAL Miss Shirley Tyner Of Finebluff Crowned Sandhill Firemen s Queen MISS SHIRLEY TYNER Aberdeen W ins Top Lions Award In District 31-D "Zero" Wall Of Monroe Elected District Governor On Tuesday The Aberdeen Lions club won the coveted Point Awards tro phy at the State convention ol North Carolina Lions clubs foi District 1-D in Raleigh Tuesday j The contest Beginning Augvisi 1, 1953 and continuing through May 30 covered twelve points ol activity. The trophy was pre sented to Edmond R. Graham al the district meeting held at the Carolina Hotel in Raleigh Tues day afternoon. Other Aberdeer delegates attending the conven tion were M. B. Huffman, Lee Arey, Aubrey Johnson and Clifi Blue Other Moore County Lions clubs represented at the meet ' ing were Pinebluff, Pinehurst j West End. Southern Pines, Car I thage and Robbins. j The district witnessed a ho fight for District Governor be j tween Henry Price, Jr., of Kan | napolis and “Zero” Wall o. Monroe. Wall won 66 to 54. Foi lowing his election he announc j ed that Ben Horne of Monroi j would serve as his cabinet sec I rotary for the year 1954-55. I More Roadco Plans Given Dan Edgar Hancock this weel told the Citizen that the Moor i Motor Company, Taylor Motor and the Aubrey Johnson Chev I rolet, Inc., had all agreed h I furnish a car each for th Moore County teen-age rcadei scheduled to be held in Aber deen in early July. Hancock i j heading up the committee fo the Aberdeen Junior Chambe of Commerce which is sponsor ing the roadeo in cooperatioi with tho U. S. Air Groum School at Southern Pines. The roadeo is for teen-ag youngsters between the ages o 16 and 20. First place winner ii the roadeo will be given ; trophy by the Air Groum School. Hancock’s Service Sta tion here will give 20 gallons o gasoline to the first place win ner; 15 gallons to the secom place winner, and 10 gallons t third place winner. Boys and girls desiring to en ter the roadeo may secure ap plication blanks from Lee Buch an, Hugh Bowman, Edgar Han cock or at the post office ii Aberdeen. They will have th privilege of driving a Fore Chevrolet or Plymouth car fur nished by the Moore Mote Company, Taylor Motors am Aubrey Johnson Chevrolet, Inc. i&\£; - tii&Ssii Moore Gains Five Teachers v H — • Demonstration j Council Leaders Election June 23 i | President, vice-president and county project leaders for 1955 j ’5G will be ele cted at a meeting of the Moore County Council of j Home Demonstration Clubs to be held at the home agent’s of fice in Carthage June 23 at 2:30 p. m. Miss Flora McDonald, home agent, said that a cooking school for food preservation project j leaders will be held during the I meeting. j The county council is com jposed of officers and project leaders of the various Home De monstration Clubs in the county. j -: County Allotted 218 “ Teachers; Aberdeen High School Gains 1 Moore County schools have been allotted 218 teachers for 1954-55, a gain of five over the school year just concluded, ac cording to Supt. H. Lee Thomas. The Aberdeen, Cameron, Farm Life and Robbins white high schools and the Pinckney ele mentary school (Negro) at Car thage will gain one teacher each, on the basis of increased aver- , age attendance. No school lost a leacner. Little Farm Life High school, which was consolidated with Carthage during the year 1952 53 because of its small size, then later reinstated, is gaining a teacher through an increase of 2.1 pupils. A daily average at tendance of 60 means a two teacher allotment, with another teacher added if the number goes above 60. During 1951-52, the number was 59.9. In the year just past it rose to 62, Supt. Thomas reported. School personnel next year will include, for the white schools, 123 elementary and 43 high school teachers, with two elementary supervisors; and in the Negro schools, 23 elemen tary teachers, 26 high school teachers and one supervisor. Moore County schools did not lose a principal last year, and all are returning for 1954-55, as are also all threesupervisors, the super in tende^^wlrl., There § have been some teacher1 desig nations, and there will likely be more, but he said he is not ex pecting the turnover to exceed 15 per cent. “There is still a | teacher shortage, particularly in f the primary grades, but the ? situation appears to have grown considerably more stable,” he commented. ki 1 hieves renter Aberdeen Firms Monday Night Thieves entered three business j establishments near Aberdeen I Monday or early Tuesday morn ing, securing a few dollars in cash and about $30 worth of merchandise. Deputy Sheriff A. F. Dees said the concession stand at the I Starview Drive-in was broken i into and candy, cigarettes and : gum were stolen, while cash in undertermined small amounts was taken at the Dairy Queen and at the Sandhill Builders Supply Corp. The theft at the drive-in was discovered when the regular distributor leaving film found at 4 a. m., Tuesday that the door had been forced open. Deputy Dees was called at once and in the course of his investi gation checked other business places of the area, discovering that a window had been broken and entry effected at the Dairy Queen. This was the same method of entry used at the Sandhill Builders Supply, dis covered when business opened several hours later. Footprints were found at all of the places but were confused and may not be of any help, the ' deputy said, admitting he has ' no leads so far. Bloodhounds brought over from the prison camp failed to pick up a trail. At the Dairy Queen, where a Continued on last page David Gamble President SP Lions Club Southern Pines Lions officers for the coming year were in stalled at their regular meeting held at the Southern Pines Country Club last Friday even ing by Cliff Blue of Aberdeen, Lions deputy district governor. Officers installed were, David Gamble, president; William Benson, first vice president; Donald F. Traylor, second vice president; Charles S. Patch, Jr., third vice president; Willis B. Rush, secretary and treasurer; Clifford Storey, lion tamer; Wal ter Harper, tail twister; Charles Cole and Henry Clayton, direc tors. President Gamble announced the appointment of the follow ing committee chairmen: At tendance, Clifford M. Storey; constitution and by-laws, Walter Continued on last page ROWDY WEEK END Chief of Police Archie Phil lips reports quite a bit of business for the Aberdeen po lice department over the past week end with 13 arrests be ing made. All those arrested were col ored with the exception of one out-of-town white man for having whiskey at the Aber deen lake Saturday afternoon. Drinking, cutting and shoot ing were involved in the week end roudyism. Frank Briggs, colored, was shot id his leg Saturday night at “Coney Island” by Bernice Smith, according to Chief Phillips. Briggs was carried is Moore County Hospital where it was found that the JM bullet had broken his leg. flemtce Smith operates “Coney hdeml* and according to Chief Phil lips bad ordered Briggs of the place of when he back in she yfme w«. Aberdeen Loses Its First Pony ; Game To Raeford ) (Contributed) On Tuesday, June 8, Aberdeen ) lost its first Pony League game - of the season to the strong Rae 3 ford team. However, on Thurs r day the Aberdeen team won a r thriller from Raeford to even - things up. i In the second game Dickie i Henley, the Raeford pitcher, started off like he was going to pitch a no hit game. In the 4th f inning the Aberdeen batters be i gan to treat him like a red headed stepchild and before his j successor could retire Aberdeen had pushed over six runs, f thanks to a triple with the bases 1 loaded by Wade (call me Babe) j Lewis and a 2-run double by | Fred Tyner. This week marks the half way mark in the schedule. The next - home game is on Thursday, June - 24 with Robbins furnishing the - opposition. The standing of the teams is i as follows: s W L Pet. i, Aberdeen _6 1 857 - Raeford - 3 3 500 r Southern Pines_ 3 3 500 i Carthage_ 2 3 400 Robbins _ 0 5 000
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