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MOORK COUNTY’S leading news weekly THE A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 11? NO. 5, ucSrrssHOT BY OWN GUN ON CHRISTMAS DAY Voung Vass Resident Dies as Re sult of Accident While Hunting LEAVES WIFE AND BABY rLAKEViEW MANUCV SOUTHCPM PtMCS PILOT FIRST IN NEWS AND ADVERTISING of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina Aberdeen, North Carolina Friday, January 2, 1931. FIVE CENTS The Christmas happiness in Vass was marred by a fatal hunting acci dent which occumd Thursday after noon and cost the life of Lacy Stutts, twenty-one years old, of Vass, who for some time had been working- with d Seaboard carpenter foroe in Colum bia, South Carolina, but who had corne home to spend the holidays with his family . Mr. Stutts with a party of friends was out hunting rabbits on Christ mas afternoon. He is said to have been poking th-e breech of* his gun around among some bushes when the gui' accidentally discharged, the en tire load taking effect just about his h^art. A car was nearby and the wounded man was carried to the Moore County Hospital, where he suc cumbed at five o’clock the following morning. He was conscious for sev eral hours afte-r the accident. The funeral service was conducted at the home of the young man’s fath- er-ir-law, Mr. Jessup, near Vass ftt thre^ o’clock Saturday afternoon by the Rev. Charles A. Lawrence, and the body was laid to rest in Johnson’s Grove cemetery. There were many relatives and friends present for the last rites. Mr. Stutts was a son of Mir. and Mrs. George Stutts of Vass and was wJl liked by his associates. He was united in marriage about a year ago to Miss Emma Jessup, who with a little two-months-old son, Billy Ray, survives him. In addition to these, the followincr sisters and brother sur vive: Mrs. Lee Jones, Mrs. Ben Lane, Mrs. Horton Womble, Misses Nellie, Vera and Emma Stutts and John Stutts, all of Vass. Fire Destroys Home of D. D- Cameron Food and Clothes for Hundreds of Sandhills’ Needy FOR THE NEEDY mks KIWANIS SPONSORED Photograph taken the day before Christmas when more than a dozen trucks were loaded by the Kiwanis Christmas Daddies for the distribution of baskets of food and boxes of clothing for needy families of the Sandhills. In the forefront are, left t rigiht, P. Frank Buchan, chairman, Thad S. Page, Willard Dunlop, Mayor D. G. Stutts of Southern Pines, Senator-elect Murdoch M. Johnson, the Rev. J. Fred Stimson and Gloma A. Charles, who had ciharge of the fleet of trucks. SOUTHERN PINESjOeath Claims J. HcN. Johnson, NAMES COMMITTEE Leading Citizen of Moore County ON UNEMPLOYMENT “■ i in Old Bethesda ! All Local Organizations Repre sented on Board For Relief ! McNeill Johnson was laid to Measures I Friday afternoon in the cem- ! etery so dear to his heart, Old Beth- ELECT OFFICERS MONDAY I®®**®- commun- i ity with which he had grown up died M. G. Nichols, chairman of the : ^ o’clock on Christmas morning, committee of, the Southern Pines j a life of nearly #e\enty-onc Chamber of Commerce, recently nam~ : years of love and devotion to his fam ed by President L. B. McBrayer to t his church, his county, state and effect an organization to be known us * nation. His was a life of service, an- the “General Committee for unem-h^inted, self-sacrificing, fulsome. ployment Relief” announced yester- Mr. Johnson was born in Moore day that the organization had been County, the son of Scotch parents. completed by the appointment of the following representative citizens by His early years were spent in the lit tle town of Keyser, now Addor, then Residence on South Street, Aber deen Burns Before Large New Year’s Day Crowd The residence of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Cameron at the corner of South street and the Laurinburg road, Aber deen, was completely destroyed by fire which broke out early New Year’s afternoon and for a time proved a serious threat to the adjacent woods. The alarm attracted scores of resi- <lents to the scene, and early comers aided in removing the furniture from the home so that the loss was confin ed to the building itself. Even the piano was successfully carried out be fore the flames reached the living room. The house, a frame structure, was purchased by the Camerons some timo ago from Dr. A. H. McLeod. The Aberdeen department made a quick I'un to the scene, but the stream of water had little effect upon the burn ing timbers. The truck of the South ern Pines Fire Department broke down near Charlie’s Place on the way to aid the local department in extin- guijjhing the flames. The blaze spread to the heavy growth of grass in the low ground, but spectators succeeded in keeping it away from adjacent dwellings by back firing. the various organizations in the city., ^ center of activity in this section of George Case, representing the City j state. He conducted a general Government; L. V. O’Callaghan, for j store in the village, and between the the Catholic Church; J. F. Cole, for | visits of customers to his counter ha the Christian Scientist Church; S. j studied pharmacy, reading books on B. Richardson, for the Baptist | the subject and taking a course by Church; J. C. Barron, for the Episco- i This self education led to his pal Church; Charles P. Heyward, for removal to Aberdeen to open a drug the Church of Wide Fellowship; store, which he operated here for a Lloyd T. Clark, Masons; A. L. Adams, number of years. Odd Fellows; Miss Ethel Burnham, But from boyhood the great am- KIWAIS CARRIES CHRISTMAS CHEER TO 223 FAMILIB Club Members Acclaim Report ' of Their Committee to Aid the Needy NEARLY $1,800 DONATED K. HI I"” 'ARBY BADLY VHEN TRAIN HI'i|| UTOMOBIIE Official € *4 cLumont Grocery Co. In Serious Condition at County Hospital AT ABERDEEN CROSSING JAMES McNEILL JOHNSON A Tribute Mr. Butler Writer of Loss of a Close Friend in J. McN.^ Johnson Eastern Star; Mrs. A. McN. Blair, Civic Club; Mrs. Hunter Eckert, This tle Club, John Powell, Country Club; Charles Macauley, Men’s Club. Struthers Burt, Library Association; E. V. Perkinson, Contractors; Frank Pottle, Hotels, and M. G. Nichols for the Chamber of Commerce. A meeting of the committee has been called for next Monday evening at 8:30 sharp for the selection of chairman, Vice chairman anr secre tary, the a.ppointment of various sub committees, and to consider the best methods to accomplish the greatest good. About a month ago the Chamber of Commerce appointed a committee to investigate the actual and prospec- bition in the heart of “Jim” Johnson had been to some day practice before the bar of his state, and during and after hours at the drug store, just as he had learned the pharma ceutical profession during his mer chant days, he porad over legal vol umes, again took a mail course, and acquired sufficient knowledge of the law to pass his state bar examina tions in 1898, and become a full-fledg ed lawyer. He lived to head one of the leading law firms of this part of North Carolina and died the dean of his profession in the county. J. McN. Johnson served Aberdeen in many capacities. He was mayor of the town at one time, served for several years as its postmaster, was ever the friend and counsellor of tive unemployment situation m tt ^ , J those m power. He took an active part Southern Pines, and the report ot ^ • j AMERICAN LEGION BALL PROVES GREAT SUCCESS^ Ihe American Legion Ball was a Kieat success on Tuesday night and Shields Gan-eron, chairnian of the committee in charge, reports that the Sandhill Post fund for disabled vet- ^lans will be greatly increased by the Pi'oceeds. He could not give a definite figure yesterday owing to the fact that several who had tickets to sell ^ad not reported on them, but said sufficient money was taken in at the door of the Country Club that evening ^0 more than meet expenses. ^The clubhouse was crowded for the annual affair, and Jack Wardlaw’s U. N. C. ♦orchestra was kept hard at it until around four o’clock in the morning. The Sandhill Post takes care of a dumber of disabled veterans at the Government hospital at Oteen, the committee induced the Chamber of Commerce to strongly recommend the organizing of a committee rep resenting all the-churches and other i business, civic and social organiza- I ' tions to take charge of the work of relief ^vhich appeared to be urgent and continuous for several months. M. G. Nichols was delegated to form the General Committee and to represent the Chamber of Commerci:* OR the committee. in the affairs of the Masonic order for many long years, was past mas ter of the local lodge and at the time of his death Thursday was the oldsst member of the lodge, both in age and affiliation. Some years ago he was made an honorary life member. Ruling Elder of Church The Pres'byterian Church was ever dear to the heart of this good man. When at Keyser he was an elder of the church. For forty years he serv- . ed as deacon of the Presbyterian CHIEF BROWN OF S. P. FIRE Church here, and not long ago was DEPARTMENT PASSES AWAY ruling elder. The history and ■ traditions of Old Bethesda meant Walter J. Brown, 50 years old, chiex : him, and to his love and ac- of the Southern Pines Fire Depart- , ^ivity is due much of the preservation ment from 1926 to 1930, died in Ash- edifice on the hill overlooking ford, N. C., yesterday afternoon, a village he called home. The old victim of Bright’s disease. TWe fun- : cemetery in the midst of which the eral will be held today. Mr. Brown , church stands, was his personal pride, came to Southern Pines eight years j ■— ago, and was one of the best known | (Please turn to Page 6) citizens of the community. He leaves | " a widow, and three sons and three ^ E. Roland Barriman, Goshen, New daughters. Two sons, C. J. and G. | York, president of the American Trot- C. Brown, are in business in Southern | ting club, ha« been elected president pines. L- i of the Pinehurst Matinee club. By Bion H. Butler Some years ago a bright young man, Clyde Davis, in leaving the Sandhills to go to the World’s Work in New York, wrote a brief farewell to this section, in the course of which he said he had looked forward to a day, when after a life spent in the Sandhills, he would be one of a trio side by side in Bethesda cemetery, himself, Jim Johnson and Bion But ler the others. It would have seemed curious to me, older than the other two, if I had known that I w®uld lay a tribute at the feet of either of them, but Clyde Davis went first, and now that other good old friend, Jim John son, follows him. James McNeill Johnson has been to me one of the inside circle that a man gathers about him in his asso ciations. He had a ibookish habit, but with it that natural faculty of in quiring into things that led him to become well informed, while good judgment enabled him to weight the information he. gathered, and to bend his efforts in a direction that afford ed him a right-well balanced home made education. One of his traits was thoroughness, which made him as a lawyer one of the most exacting men in chasing down a title abstract that you will find in a life time. He knew the old gmnts, and the old deeds, and the old surveys and to fortify his knowledge he knew the old people who owned the lands. To many pieces of property he could write a chain of title from the memory of his acquaint ance with the two or three genera tions, who had constituted the fami lies. With that acquaintance he was fortified in local history, and a source to whi^ the inquiring newspaper man often turned for information con- cermng people and things of the old- The Christmas Daddies wound up their work the day before Christmas, and Christmas Daddies they truly were. No less than 84 white families and 139 colored families were pro vided for by this committee organiz ed by the Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen. A statement issued by P. Frank Buchan, chairman, ibest tells the story of the huge task performed by his committee: “The committee of the Kiwanis Club wishes to express to the hund reds of individuals and various or ganizations in Southern Pines, Pine- hurst and Aberdeen its thanks for the wonderful cooperation and assist ance given the committee by contri butions of clothing and cash, making it possible to distribute to 223 fami lies in Moore county Christmas cheer in the way of clothing, groceries, fruit, candy and toys. “Seventy-five baskets of food and 76 boxes of clothing were sent to 84 white families, and 129 baskets of food and 113 boxes of clothing to 139 colored families. There were some families who needed only clothes, others only groceries. In the white fam ilies served, there were 272 children; in the colored families, 303 children, a total of 575 children. “Below we give you the amount of groceries and clothing sent out by the committee: “2,370 lbs. flour, 988 lbs. meal, 1975 lbs. potatoes, 198 lbs. butter, 395 lbs. lard, 988 lbs. sugar, 198 lbs. col- fee, 1,383 lbs. cabbage, 988 lbs. riee, 988 lbs. meat, 228 lbs. candy, 40 lbs. raisins, 1,935 oranges and 2,820 ap ples. Much Clothing Distributed “The clothing distributed was as follows; 654 pairs of shoes, 550 un ion suits, 700 pairs of hose, 225 sweat ers, 170 girls’ dresses, 100 ladies’ dresses, 50 ladies coats, 50 girls’ coats 50 men’s suits, 35 men’s over- coats, 25 men’s sweaters and lumber jackets, 75 pairs of boys’ overalls, 36 pairs of boys’ trousers, 60 boys’ shirts, 12 girls’ coats (new), 12 boys’ coats (new), 12 boys’ lumber jacks (new), 60 men’s shirts, 50 complete baiby outfits, at least 1,000 toys. “The total amount collected in cash by the committee was close to $1,- 800. Sixty-five dollars worth of groc eries were donated. The big order for groceries was placed with Bakers Food Shop in Southern Pines whose bid was lower thanother stores com peting. This store also contributed $30.00. “The committee received cash dona tions ranging from one dollar to $200. The total number contributing cash, food or clothing ran well into the hundreds. Among the organizations contributing were the Civic Club of Southern Pines, Christian Science So ciety of Southern Pines, the Ladies Aid of the Church of Wide Fellow ship, Carolina Theatre, American Le gion, Miss Mar^J^aret Silver’s Sun day School Class, the Men’s Bible Class of Southern Pines, the Good Fellows Club of Aberdeen, the Wo- I man’s Sunday School Class of the I Ba.ptist Church, Southern Pines. “All clothing was purchased at ! liberal discounts, the local merchants j being generous in their' aid to the committee. Shoes were bought in job lots at from 50 to 75 cents per pair. Underclothing was bought wholesale by the case. “The committee wishes to especially thank the Civic Club of Southern Pines, not only for its cash contribu tion but for the valuable aid given In packing the clothing. We_ would also like to thank the ladies of ^Aberdeen for the service they rendered in pack ing, and we would fail to do our duty if we did not mention S. B. Richard son, Thad Page and Mrs. J. C. Kelly and her son, who worked tirelessly for days helping us get the packages ready for distribution. And last but not least, we wish to thank the news papers, the Sandhill Citizen, The Pi- K. P. Darby, one of the owners of the Piedmont Grocery Company of Aberdeen and Troy, is in a serious condition at the Moore County Hos pital as the result of a collision with Seaboard Air Line Train No. 4 at the main crossing in Aberdeen at about 9 o’clock yesterday, Thursday, morning. Mr. Darby, who recently moved to Aberdeen from Southern Pines and with his wife has been occupying one of the J. R. Page cottages on Page Hill, started across the track in hi-j car on his way to the local warehouse of the grocery company. It is believed that a truck alongside his car prevent ed his seeing how near at hand was the approaching northbound train, and the locomotive crashed into the very center of the big sedan, shoving it along the tracks some twenty-five yards. The car did not turn over, but was badly bent and the windows shat tered, causing severe cuts. Just what caused the internal injuries which it is feared may prove fatal is not known unless the compact threw Mr. Darby, who is a large man, against the steer ing wheel with tremendous force. The train was quickly brought to a stop and Mr. Darby lifted unconscioi's from the car. Dr. McLeod rushed to the scene and took him to the hos pital at Pinehurst where it was said at a late hour yesterday that he was in a very serious condition. A report from the hospital about midnight was to the effect that Mr. Darby had partially regained con sciousness and that his condition was more favorable. Mr. Darby resided at Troy for some time before coming to Southern Pines and Aberdeen. His wife formerly con ducted the May Darby Shop in South ern Pines, and both Mr. and Mrs. I Darby are well known and -popular young people of the community. A. R. Chiswell Hurt In Auto Collision A. R. Chiswell of Southern Pines, an employe of the Atlantic & Pacif ic Tea Company store in Pinehurst, is in a serious condition in Moore County Hospital, the result of a collision be tween his car and that driven by Charles Stanbach Lewis of Wades- ville on the double road between Pinehurst and Southern Pines late last night. Mr. Chiswell suffered a factured skull and was still uncon scious at time of goinp: to press. Mr. Chiswell was returning to hi.A home in Southern Pines from Pine- hu^st in his Buick car when he was struck by a Chrysler diiven by Lewis. Also in the Lewis car were R. E; Green of Wadesvillg and Tom Cog-> gins of Pinehurst. Chiswell’s car was completely wrecked and its owner taken from under the wreckage and rushed to the hospital by C. H. But- terick of Southern Pines. Lewis and Green were arrested by Officer Gargas of the Southern Pines police force and held over night in jail. Lewis was charged before Jus tice Windham this morning with op erating a car while under the influ ence of liquor, and held without boni for appearance before Judge Humber at Carthage. Green was held as a wit ness under $1,000 bond. RUNAWAY GIRLS FROM NEW YORK HELD HERE (Please turn to Page 8) (Plme turn to Page 8) Three runaway girls from New York, all about 16 years old, are be ing held by the police of Southern Pines awaiting advice from the New i York authorities as to what to do with them. Assistant Chief Gargas ar rested the trio in the Seaboard sta tion last night following a wire from John J. Sullivan, acting chief inspec tor of the New York police. The grirls, Sylvia Weinstein, Bar nett Chamotwitz and Rose Nolkowitz left their homes in New York to hitch hike their way to Florida to spend the winter. A
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