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VOL. 11, NO. 33.
Aberdeen, North Carolina
MOORE COUNTY’S
leading news
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FIRST IN
NEWS AND
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Friday, July 17, 1931.
THREW EX-WIFE
OFF BRIDGE INTO
ROANOKE RIVER
]\IrLean, Jimtown Negro, Arrest
ed by Chief Beasley for At
tempted Murder
sand bar saved her
A crin'ie abounding in the thrills Of
a dime novel resulted in the arrest
]a<L Friday night of Everett McLean,
■\Ve=t Southern Pines Negro, by Chief
f Police Beasley of Southern Pines,
.11 charges of robbery and attempted
murder. McLean is now in Virginia
awaiting trial.
A week ago Tue.sday, the story
s;oe.^ while driving his divorced wife,
ihe former Pearl Gilchrist, from New
Yor kto Southeiin Pines, McLean
Y [k to Southern Pines,, McLean
^he Roanoke River, beat her, partial
ly disrobed her, took her rings and
jev^ehy, then threw her off the bridge
into ihe river, a drop of 30 feet.
Leaving her for dead, he drove on to
West Southern Pines.
The woman landed on a sand bar,
sinking almost to her head in the sand
and water. She managed to keep her
head above water and to scream un- i
til her cries were heard by pas.sing ■
motorists. Rescued, she told her story I
to the police of Lacrosse, Virginia. I
The authorities there wired Chief |
Beasley, but by the time he had |
reached “Jimtown,” his man had dis- |
appeared. The chief wired surround- |
ing cities and McLean’s car was pick- i
ed up in Durham, but the Negro got i
away. j
Beasley set out in pursuit of his
man, and traced him to a farm seven
miles south of Fuquay Springs where
he made the arrest about 9 o’clock '
last Friday night. McLean was taken;
to Carthage. Waivirfg extradition, he
Hard Times, Eh?
Read About the Conditions in
Person County, North Car
olina in 1843
Who says times are hard?
Someone has sent The Pilot a
clipping from the August 3d, 1843
edition of the Chittenango, N. Y.,
Herald, which reads as follows:
Hard Times Indeed—A North
Carolina paper gives the follow
ing picture of these conditions in
Person county in that state: “At
a sale a few days since, under a
valid deed of trust, sheep went off
a 5 cents a head; hogs at 10 cents
a head and other property in pro
portion, a likely Negro boy bring
ing but $100.”
COMMISSIONERS TO
HEAR TAX APPEALS
ON JULY ?8, 29
Assessment Figures Show Gains
in Sandhills, McNeills and
Mineral Springs
RAILWAY EXPRESS
REFUSES PACKAGE
DEUVERY SERVICE
Volume of Business Does Not
Warrant Expense, Chamber
of Commerce Informed
FIVE CENTS
Homecoming at “Old Unio«;,
MERCHANTS USE BUSSES
HEALTH FUNDS VOTED
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Fire Sweeps Vass
Business Block
Two Departments Fight Flames
Discovered at Midnight in
Beasley Building
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\Vhat threatened to be the most de
structive fire in the history of the
town of Vass was discovered in the
Beasley building in the main business
block about one o’clock Sunday morn-
in.L’- by Alex Vvllson of Ap<;x, who,
sleeping on the top floor of the build
ing, was aw’akened by the dense
smoke. He immediately aroused R. P.
Beasley, owner of the building, who
was spending the week-end in town
and was asleep in another room, and
the alarm was given.
The local firemen were soon on the
job, but they met with difficulty in
locating the blaze. Although smoke
was issuing in clouds from every
tory of the building, there was no
blaze in sight. Investigation finally
’•evealed that the fire h^d started in
he basement in a hallway to the
r ar of the cafe, which, with the
li'ors closed, was not visible from the
outside. So threatening was the fire
hat aid was asked of the Southern
Pines Fire Department, which re
ponded promptly and was of great
>-:*rvice.
Much of the woodwork in the base
ment was consumed and the flames
ate their way almost through to the
floor of the Beasley Department
Store overhead. The stock of goods
ill the store and the walls and furn-
'hings of the apartments on the up
per floor were badly damaged by the
smoke. The walls had just been re
finished, Mr. Wilson having, spent
several days of last week in doing
over the rooms.
R. P. Beaslery was almost overcome
by the smoke, and was -confined to
his bed the greater part of several
'ays, but is now showing satisfactory
mprovement.
It is understood that there is some
insurance, and Mr. Beasley s friends
- re hoping that adjustments may be
uch that he will not suffer a hea>ry
financial loss. Mr. Beasley has shown
a fine spirit of cooperation since en
gaging in business in Vass and h*T.s
proven a real asset to the town. Much
sympathy is felt for him in this mis
fortune.
The tax board at Carthage is work
ing energetically to get the books of
the vai'ious townships in shape for
the County commissioners at their
hearing of appeals which will take
place on Tuesday, July 28, at Car
thage, for the townships of Mineral
Springs, Sandhills, McNeills and Deep
River, and on Wednesday, July 29 for i
Carthage, Sheffields, Bensalem, Rit-1
ters and Greenw ood. A. B. Cameron, j
head of the tax board, says the as
sessors in the various townships have
given much time and long hours to
their tasks, visiting their districts
from end to end in the determination
to cover their work with the fullest
efficiency, and that the results will:
prove as nearly an accurate assess-;
ment ol the county as can likely be '
made. ,
In some of the townships, particu
larly the lower end of the county some
slight gains have been made in the
total assessments, Sandhills leading
within the neigi'^borhood of 10 per
cent. McNeills s'-ows a small gain,
Mineral Springs is marked up a lit
tle and Sheffields. Most of the in
crease is due to further development
in the s^ndy section of the county.
In the other townships the tendency
is i;o a slight decrease of the totals.
The total increase in the county will
be nominal. In some cases the assess
ors found the values fixed on prop
erty seemingly too high for the pres
ent conditions, and in some cases an
increase was thought wise to arrive
at proportionately fair valuations.
Throughout the work the effort was
made to xrrive at equilization as far
as judgment could decide.
Mr. Cameron and his associates
have been over the county studying
the work with the assessors, and are
now passing on everything that has
been turned in. From their hands the
lists go before the County Commis
sioners as the board of final appeals,
and there they will have a considera
tion of every bit of property that the
owners care to discuss.
To Determine Taxes
After the valuations ^re finally
confirmed the commissioners will de
termine the amount of taxes neces
sary under the new law, and the
amount will be proportioned to the
valuation, telling how much on the
dollar will be called for in the taxes
for 1931. A material reduction in the
county property tax rate is certain,
as the increased gasoline and ether
taxes will relieve land, although a
State tax of fifteen -cents will inter
fere with the full reduction that was
at first hoped for.
An adjourned meeting of the Board
of County Commissioners of Moore
county was held in the court house on
Monday with all five members pres
ent. The budget of the County Board
of Health for 1931-32 was approved.
The county’s appropriation for this
department is approved at $3,300. The
tentative budget which the commis
sioners had hoped to have in hand
for this meeting was not ready.
There is little likelihood of express
pick-up and delivery service in South
ern Pines, judging from a letter re
ceived by the Chamber of Commerce
there. Express delivery was voted
favorably in a recent poll of mem
bers and citizens of Southern Pines,
conducted by the Chamber of Com
merce. The wheels were then set in
motion to see wiiat could be done to
ward ca’;rying out the wishes of the
majority.
Ralph L. Chandler, chairman of the
Commerce Committee of the Cham
ber of Comm.erce, received the fol
lowing letter from R. H. May, super
intendent of the Railway Express
Agency at Norfolk, Va., which was
read at the meeting of Chamber di
rectors held Tuesday noon at the
Southern Pines Country Club:
“This will acknowledge receipt of
your letter of June 29th in reference
to this company performing pick-up
and delivery service of express at
Southern Pines.
“I regret that it is not possible
for this company to perform this ser
vice there. Conditions now prevailing
preclude the possibility of our incurr
ing additional expense in the handling
of our business at Southern Pines.
Not Enough Business
“Business there has been on the de
cline since 1926, and we are now do
ing considerably less business than
in years past. The inbound business
for the year as a whole averaged
about 40 packages per business day,
which certainly is not enough to war
rant the expense that we would be put
to in performing the service des'red.
Should business improve in the near
future we would be glad to give the
matter further consideration.”
It is said by merchants in South
ern Pines that the loss of business to
the railway express is due to the de
livery of packages by motor busses
from points in the state. When they
found that goods coming from Char
lotte, Raleigh, Greensboro and other
points could be delivered to their door
by busses they ordered them sent that
way. Now they say that not until
the railway express meets this com
petition will they change. They see
no reason for favoring the railway
express when they get better service
just as cheaply otherwise.
FEDERAL OFFICERS FIND
STILL AND ARREST TWO
%
« REDUCTION IN
junty IS Above
STATE AVERAGE
Moore to Pay 44.5 Cents Less
Under New State Law, or To
tal of $120,895
STATE AVERAGE 41 CENTS
Old Union Church Near V’a.ss
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Sons and Daughters To Gather
at Historic Edifice Sunday.
Prominent Speakers
Federal Officer Harris and county
officers Kelly, Slack and Lambert
made a raid on Friday near the Bun
ker Hill peach orchard, which netted
one steamer distillery and a quantity
of beer. The distillery was not in op
eration.
Near the still they came upon Ern
est and Albert Faircloth and at a
hearing held before the Federal com
missioner, both men were bound to
Federal court under bonds of $1,000
each. Ernest gave bond, but Albert is
in jail.
MRS. PYE, PROPRIETOR
OF THE RANGELEY ,DIES
Next Sunday, July 19, will be Home-
Coming Day at Old Union Church
five miles from Vass, and a large
number of former members and other
friends are expected to spend the
lay at this historic church.
An interesting program has been
■planned. Sunday School will be held
at the usual hour, 10:00 o’clock, with
a special program. After a recess of
fifteen minutes, a song service will
begin at 11:15, and at 11:30 the Rev.
R .A. McLeod, president of the Pres
byterian Junior College at Maxton
and a son of “Old Union,” will preach.
Dui’ing the noon hour a picnic din
ner will be spread under the massive
trees that make the place so beauti
ful, and all who attend are invited
to carry baskets of food.
Beginning a1 2:00 o’clock, a song
service with special music will be
held and this will be followed by
short talks by former ministers and
sons of Old Union who are now en
gaged in ministerial work. The Rev.
M. D. McNeill of Cameron and the
Rev. A. R. McQueen of Dunn, whose
father was one of the most belowed
men who ever served this church, will
be two of the speakers .
The morning sermon is scheduled
for 11:30 instead of the usual hour in
order that members of the other
churches in the group may attend
their Sunday Schools and' still have
time to reach Union for the sermon.
A most cordial invitation is extended
not only to the Presbyterian churches,
but to the friends of other denomina
tions.
This delightful program has been
planned by the Union Sunday School
of which F. M. Dwight is superintend
ent.
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THE REV. M. D. McNEILL
PARTY STARTING
‘B?lly” and “Buddy” Milam and
Hobart Frye Accused by
New York Youth
Property taxpayers in the 100 coun
ties of North Carolina will receive an
average tax reduction for roads and
schools of 41 cents on the* $100 val
uation, or a total of $12,167,849, bas
ed on a total State valuation of $2,-
975,208,279, as a result of the action
of the 1931 General Assembly, fig
ures just made public by Dr. Fred W.
Morrison, of the Tax Commission,
show.
These figures show that the tax re
duction provided under the 15-cent
levy for current expenses of school
operation for six months amount to
an average of 32.5 cents on the $100,
or a total of $9,652,491, while the net
reduction for roads and bridges will
be an average of 8.5 cents on the
$100, or a total of $2,515,358. The 15-
cent levy for schools will amount to
$4,462,807, the compjlation shows.
The tax levy for roads and bridges in
1931 totaled $5,252,113, in addition to
the $2,736,755 in State aid for roads,
devoted largely to debt service in
most of the counti es.
In only one county, Clay, will an
increase be required, the increase be
ing 13.2 on the $100 to produce $3,-
185 more than last year. Thirty
counties get reductions of 50 cents
or more, and in only seven of them is
the reduction less than 25 cents on
the $100 valuation. .«
$27,187,127 Valuation
/
Moore county will get a reduction
of 44.5 cents in rate anJ $120,805 in
the amount of taxes paid, on a valua
tion of $^,187,127, the compilation
shows.
Moore county levied a tax of 23
cents for roads and bridges in 1930,
bringing in $62,530, while the State
aid for roads and bridges was $25,915,
used largely for debt service. This
gives a net reduction for roads and
bridges for this year of $336,615 or
13.5 cents lower in rate. Taxes for
current expenses of the six months
school were at the rate of 46 cents,
ri’oducing $125,0'61, while the 15-
cent levy provided for this purpose
will bring only $40,781, a reduction of
$84,280 in amount and 31 cents in
the rate, the table shows.
ALL ARE FOUND GUILTY
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Lake to Fishermen
O’Callaghan Heads
Local Leg'ion Post
Officers for 1932 Elected by
War Veterans at Meeting
On Tuesday
As the outcome of a party in
Southern Pines last Sunday night,
William and C. C. (Buddy) Milam of
Southern Pines and Hobart Frye of
Pinehurst were arraigned before May
or Stutz Monday on charges of disor
derly conduct and affray. The Mayor,
acting as niagistrate, imposed sen
tences of 30 days on the roads or
$50 fines on each of the defendants.
On appeal, they were bound over in
bail of $250 each for appearance be
fore Judge Humber at Carthage Tues-
'day.
The story goes that the Milams met
Angling To Be Permitted Linder
Regulations Adopted by
Commii^sioners
The Southern Pines Water Works
lake is to be open to the public for
fishing under certain reo:u]ations
adopted at a meetine: of the Towti
Commissioners on Wednesday night.
Rumor has had it that some illegal
fishing has been going on at the
lake, but from now on strict rules and
regulations will govern.
Permits are to he issued by the
a young woman they used to know in ! town clerk. Fishing will be permitted
Richmond down town on Sunday. She ! only from boats owned by the Town,
was driving through in a big Pack- | and for the use of which a fee will be
Mrs. B. F. Pye, who has operated
the Rangeley, a Southern Pines Inn,
for several years., died in the New
England Hospital for Women in Bos
ton on Wednesday, July 8th, accord-
ign to information received here.
Death followed an operation. She
leaves a husband and two sons, Wil
liam and James. Mrs. Pye was a
well known and highly esteemed mem
ber of the winter colony in the Sand
hills.
L. V. O’Callaghan of Southern Pines
was elected Commander of Sandhill
Post No. 134, America^i Legion at the
meeting of the local war veterans
held in the Civic Club, Southern Pines | a fight. Whatever the fight was.
ard car with a youthful New York
er by the name of Irvin W. Truby.
“Billy” Milam invited them to his
house on Ashe street to spend the
charged. No fishing from the banks
will be permitted. All boats will be
provided with life pre.servers. The le
gal hours for fishing will be from
night, and as the evening progressed, ' sunrise until noon, and from 2 P. M.
the party is said to have developed j until sunset. No seining or trapping
along lines which finally resulted in i of fish will be permitted, and no fish
AT THE MOVIES
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, July
16, 17, 18, "Son of India,? with Ra
mon Novarro.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
July 20, 21, 22—“Women Love Once,”
with Paul LukaSu
on Tuesday night. Other officers for
the year 1932 were elected as follows:
1st Vice Commander, Col. G. P.
Hawes; 2d Vice Commander, Robert
B. Donaldson; Adjutant, F. M.
Dwight; Finance Officer, C. T.
Waldie; Sergeant-at-Arms, J. C.
Clark; Chaplain ,the Rev. J. Fred
Stimson; Publicity Officer, Nelson C.
Hyde; Historian, Struthers Burt;
Service Officers, Max G. Backer, F.
D. Shambur^er and Robert E. Denny.
These officers were elected at this
time to meet the demands of the
State department which requires that
the next yearns officers be chosen
prior to the State convention. The
convention will open at Morehead
City on Sunday, July ?6th.
Truby got the worst of it, and reg
istered a complaint with the police.
The Milam boys and Frye were
taken in custody, and Truby held as
a material witness.
All Found Guilty
caught in the lake are to be sold, bar
tered or exchanged.
Under Section 3 of the new Lake
rules, no picnics are to be allowed on
the property. Any person violating
any provision of the ordinance shall,
I upon conviction, be subject to a fine
On Tuesday they face^ Judge Hum- i of not more than $50 or imprisonment
ber. The charges were amended at of not more than 30 days, or both.
Carthage to include possession and
The new ordinance is subject to the
transportation of liquor in the case | approval of the State Board of Health,
of William Milam, and he was found which requires the building and main-
guilty and sentenced to serve four
months for possession, and 12 months
for transportation, the latter sen
tence to issue at any time within two
years.
All three were tried on charges of
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tenance of a dock. It is understood
that this approval will be granted,
and that a pier will be built, boats
provided and the wheels of supervis
ion of the lake set in motion promptly.
Someone will be employed by the
Town to see that the terms of the or
dinance are strictly carried out.