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MOOHi:; rOUNTY’S LEADING NEWS-WEEKLY npurwj iL A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 17, NO. aa. 2^1 XplNBBUJ|t|< SOH PILOT FIRST IN NeiWSw CIRCULATION & ADVERTISING of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina. April 23, 1937. FIVE CENTS SOUTHERN PINES LEADS IN JUNIOR BASEBALL DRIVE Over $300 Has Already Been Paid In by Southern Pines Sponsors OTHER COMMITTEES BUSY Former Champs Some weeks ago the various civic organizations in the Sandhills voted in a joint meeting of the representa tives of those organizations called for the purpose, to sponsor a Junior American Legion Baseball team to be made up of high school students from Aberdeen, Hnehurst, Vass, West End and Southern Pinei? and to put this team in the field in the state ccmpetition. The state competition winner to go on to the sectional championships and so on until the competition narrows down to two teams playing for the national cham pionship. At this meeting a committee was appointed to raise the sum of $1,000, tne amount necessary to employ a coach, outfit the team and provide j a balance for travelling expenses, j The method decided upon was the sale of season tickets to the games to be played by this team, at $5.00 per ticket, and the response in South ern Pines has been most generous. The local ccmmittee, composed of P. Frank Buchan. L. V. O’Callaghan and Lloyd Wooley, and augmented by Leon Fields, Alex Fields and C. A. Parker, have done an outstanding job to date. So far about 50 pere.jns have bought tickets at $5.00 each and some of the sponsors have subscribed as much as $25.00. A total of mere than $300.00 has been subscribed and paid in to the Southern Pines committee and they feel certain that, in view of the hearty response that has met their efforts so far, they can raise $400.00 or more in Southern Pines alone. Wednesday evening representatives of the committee from Southern Pines, Pinehurst and West End met in Southern Pines to discuss plans for the raising of the additional $600. John G. Hemmer, representing Pine hurst, and J. F. Sinclair representing West End, stated that while they were not ready to report for their committees, they were confident that their sections would more than do their part. Aberdeen and Vass were not represented at the meeting but, knowing the interest these two towns have evidenced in the movement, the committee has no doubt that they will respond in the anticipated man ner. As the time is drawing near when the Sandhills team should be pul in the field, a final drive for funds will be made during the next week and the entire Sandhills committee will meet on Thursday night, April 29, for a final report. Anyone who wishes to contribute to this fund and who has not been contacted, may send his ccntrlbutlon to his local committee or to Dr. E. Levis Prlber, treasurer, at Southern Pines. Five times during the ten years that the Junior America Legion base ball league has been In existence, the title has come to the South. And for the last two years It has come to the Carollnas, In 1935 to Gastonia, N. C., and last year to Spartanburg, S. C. Let’s bring a title to the Sandhills. Backers pf the move to obtain a Junior Baseball team to repre- ttent the SandhlllH section have called attention to previous win ners of the American Legion trophy. The former winners are appended and It Is hoped that the 19S7 crown will r«me back to Dixie and possibly the Sand hills. 19S6—Spartanburg, S, C. 1985—Gastonia, N. C. 1934—Cumberiland, Maryland. 19SS—Chicago, Illinois 19S2—New Orleans, Louisiana. 1931—South Chicago, Illinois 1930—Baltimore, Maryland 1929—Buffalo, New York 1928—Oaldand, California 1926—Yonkers, New York VAN NAMEN FILES $15,000 ACTION AGAINST OUTLOOK Former Employe of Daily Press Also Claims Salary and Commissions DENIAL BY JELLISON T. S. Van Namen of Pinehurst has inrtituted suit against S. R. Jellison, trading as the Pinehurst Outlook and The Daily Press of Pinehurst to re cover $15,000 for an alleged slander ous and libelcus notice published in that newspaper April 4, 1937. The plaintiff also seeks a further sum of $1,070 which he alleges is due him by reason of breach of contract. Mr. Jellison and his attorney M. G. Boyette, today told The Pilot that an swer to the suit will be filed in Car thage within thirty days. Mr. Boy ette stated that his client denies all the allegations of Mr. Van Namen and also denies any liability to the plaintiff. In the ccmplaint, Mr. Van Namen sets forth that he had entered a con tract to work for Mr. Jellison in newspaper and advertising work; that he was to receive $35 per week for his labor, and a certain percent commission on advertising when a specified quota was reached. He al leges that after paying the $35 per week for a while, the defendant, without reason or excuse, paid only $20 per week and cn or about March 15 refused to further pay the plain tiff. For commissions and back sal ary, the plaintiff claims that he is due $1,070. The article which Mr. Van Namen alleges was slanderous and liberous was published in The Daily Press and was in the form of a notice to Inform all Sandhills business people (Please turn to page eight) Longtime Resident of Southern Pines Dies Funeral for Mrs. J. P. Maples Held at Old Bethesc'a Last Sunday Afternoon WINTER VISITOR LAUDS SANDHILLS; HOME OF GOLF Noted Writer Came for One Month; Still Here With No Thoujfht of Leaving TERMED HOMELIKE By Cecil Penny feather “What do you think of our Sand hills?” That’s a question that has been asked me a hundred times since the day last winter when first I ar rived in their midst, and each time my thoughts revert to the day I de cided to stay and see the area the praises of which I had so long heard sung. Members of the Pennyfeather clan have been spending winters in South ern Pines and Pinehurst for as long as memory accurately serves and the Sandhills were long a prolific topic of conversation around the Penny feather fireside. Then one day last fall, enroute to Florida, the ancient equipage drew into Southern Pines just as night was falling and this observer and his travel stained friends made their way to a local inn to spend the night. Up Ijetlmes the following morning I left my weary companions still asleep and set out on a tour of In- sppf!tion. The beauty of the town held me spell-bound for hours and when I arrived back at the hotel to find that my friends were impatiently waiting to be cff, I informed them that they had best go on alone—that I intend ed to stay awhile and that I would i see them in Florida within the month. They have long since left Florida and returned to the North and I’m still here—and behind it all there are no end of reasons. Never, anywhere, have I encoun tered such a friendly, democratic, cordial neighbcrliness as that dis played by the residents of the Sand hills. They seem to be determined to make this area the most pleasant place In the world to live—and they come mighty near doing It. The climate is as near ideal as the unpredictable vagaries of weather (Please turn to page eight) c International Good Will Cite As Nain Objective of k/ Honor Student One Hundred Members and . iiors Hear President Callen at Pine Needles Meeting FLEEING CONVICTS CAPTURED; BACK 'N PRISON CAMP CITES GROWTH OF CLUB MISS LEN.\ STEWART Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stewart of Aberdeen, who will receive her B. M. degree at Flora Macdonald college in May. Miss Stewart has been an outstand ing student since her entrance four years ago and early in March this year gave one of the most brilliant piano recitals of the series of ten senior recitals presented by the Con servatory. School Students to Enter State Contest Winners in District Art Trials in Southern Pines to Compete in Raleigh ARTHUR NEWC(XVIB OFENING NEW BEAL ESTATE OFFICE Arthur S. Newcomb, one of the best known real estate men la the Sandhills is opening an office In the Patch Building, Southern Pines, where he will represent the Pine Needles Hotel, the Patuxent Corpor ation'and the Yadkin Building Com pany. Mr. Newcomb came to the Sandhillf In 1904, and opened a real estate of fice in Southern Pines In 1907, rep resenting Weymouth Heights for James Boyd for several years and then founded the real estate depart ment at Pinehurst for Leonard Tufts. Funeral services conducted by the Rev. M. D. McNeill, of Cameron, were held in Old Bethesda church at 4:00 o’clock on Sunday afternoon for Mrs. Finlty Timothy Stokes Maples who died on Saturday. She was the widow of J. P. Maples. Born January 13, 1855, at Cameron, the daughter of Peyon Stokes and Nancy K. Camer on Stokes Mrs. Maples, 82 years old, was In point of age, and years of residence, CHie of the oldest and most respected residents in the commun ity. A r/cman of sterling character, and br.ght mentality, her contacts with visitors to Southern Pines were many, and always enjoyable, and her passing parts another link with the early days of the town. Surviving are four sons, Angus Maples, of Carthage, Frank and Parker Maples of Pinehurst, and Walter Maples, of Southern Pines and one daughter Mrs. N. E. Gilliland of Pinedene. Interment was made in Bethesda cemetery. Six cf her grandsons, E311s, PaPlmer, Harold, James, Gilbert and Henson Maples acted as pallbearers. Twelve granddaughters acted as flow er bearers. The annual District Art contest sponsored by the State Federation of Women’s Clubs was held Saturday, April 17, at the Civic club building in Southern Pines. The contest was two-fold, Including art appreciation and creative art. The students competing In the ap preciation contest were: Louise Amel ia Crain and Norris Hodgkins, Jr., of Southern Pines; Mary Elizabeth Smith and Ina Mae Long of Rock ingham; Jacob Searcy and Clara Beasley of Angler; Arista Mangum of Lllllngton; Ruby Ellerbe and Sar ah Howell of Ellerba. The winners It; the various divisions were as follows: City High schocl, Mary Elizal>eth Smith of Rockingham; City elemen tary, Ina Mae Long of Rookingham; Rural High school, Ruby Ellerbe of Ellerbe; rural elementary, Sara Howell of Ellerbe. These contestants are now eligible for the state contest in Raleigh May 1. The creative art contest, held in (Please turn to J<ige eight) FINAL BRIDGE TE.4 PINEBLUFF LIBRARY The Plnebluff Library Association cordially invites all its friends to at tend the final bridge-tea of the seas on for the benefit of the library, Mon day, April 26, in the studio cf Her- mon MacNell, sculptor. The charge la fifty cents for cards, to begin at 2:15 p. m.. and fwenty- flve cents for tea which will be serv ed at 5 o’clock. Please make card-table reserva tions In advance If possible, telephon ing either Mrs. Harold Paget of Mrs. A. N. Jannarls. A prize will be award ed each table. Residents Urged to Support School Tax Elementary School Pupils Pre sent Pleasing Operetta; M. G. Boyette, Guest Tuesday evening. April 20, in the Pinehurst auditorium a delightful evening’s entertainment was present ed under the sponsorship of the Pine hurst Elementary school faculty. Suprintendent W. P. Morten made preliminary announcements after which he presented the Rev. A. J. McKelway. Rev. McKelway, chairman of the publicity committee for the supplementary school tax, emphasiz ed the necessity of this tax and urg ed each citizen to vote for improved educational advantages for Pinehurst youth. Following {Rev. McKelway’s remarks, I. C. Sledge, member of Pinehurst schocl board ,Introduced M. G. Boyette of Carthage, who made the feature address of the evening. Mr. Boyette eulogized the iieauty and fame of Pinehurst and enjoined upon every member of the Pinehurst dis trict his privilege of voting for the improvement of the schools. The high spot of the program was an oparetta. Boy Blue, Introduced by Jimmie Wicker and presented by the students of the Elementary school. Whit Thomas, as Boy Blue, gave a superb performance which thorough ly delighted and entertained the en tire audience. Other children who gave splendid interpretations were Sally Cheney and Helen Hartsell as Katy-She-Did and Katy-She-Dldn’t, Esther Bllyeu as Mollle, and Bevins Camercn, Jimmy Dickerson, Warren Lea and James McKenzie as Musical Frogs. All the choruses performed well and showed thorough training; the stage settings and costumiug were most effective. The entire per formance was delightfully done and enthusiastically received by a large audience. The cast of directors included Miss Elma May, music; Misses Ehrelyn Gil- 1am and Velma Smith, dialogue; Miss Lillian Moore and Mrs. Travis Wicker, costumes; Misses Bdna Gentry and Eunice Gibson, state settings, and Jimmie Wicker, lighting effects. A. Copeland Callen, president of Ki- wanis International, in an address Wednesday at the Pine Needles tc one hundred members and visitors from Raeford and Sanford Clubs stated Kiwanls, a growing organiza tion of service clubs, was presenting as its main objective the building of international good will between the United States and Canada. He pointed out in 1929 the club had a membership of 103,000 that dropped to 76,000 during the depression and now stands at 92,000 to 93,000 mem bers. It is a growing organization and during 1937 has organized many new clubs over the country. He further pointed out that Ki- wanis has taken a leading step to ward internaticnal peace and good will. It is doing a marvelous piece of work for underprivileged children, the betterment of health and the raising of living standards over the country. He further stated that since its organization in Detroit 22 years a- go it has grown to be one of the leading service clubs of the country. The strength of Kiwanis lies in un ion of the various service clubs. Among visiting officials from the Carolinns were O. Y. Brownlee, Edi tor of the Karolina Kiwanian, and District Governor of the Carolinas Joseph Sevier of Hendersonville, who introduced the speaker of the day. Kicked by Horse; Sues Pinehurst, Inc. .1. C. Thomas* Injured in Fox Hunt by Golden Dawn, Files $2,000 Action As a result of injuries alleged to have been sustained when he was kicked by 3-year-old Golden Dawn while riding in a fox hunt, J. C. Thomas is seeking to recover dam ages in the amount of $2,000 from Pinehurst, Inc., owner of the Pine hurst Livery Stable where the colt is kept, according to the allegations. The plaintiff complains that the colt was of a violent, vicious and dan gerous nature and of a character prone to mischief in the form of kick ing; that with total disregard for the safety of others, the defendant al lowed the colt to be ridden by Wil liam Gale, a riding master In the de fendant’s employ, cn a certain fox nunt m tne vicmity of rmenurst, that Gale did not warn him of the colt’s dangerous propensities, and that he was kicked by the colt and suffered a broken leg. Thomas is being represented by W. A. Leland McKelthen. Two Long Termers Escaped from Road Gang: at Liberty Thirty-Six Hours IN SOLITARY Marion Bradley and Woodrow Jack son were back in solitary confine ment at the Moore county prison camp Thursday after a day and a half of freedom obtained when they escaped from one of the road gangs working on the double road between Southern Pines and Pinehurst Wed nesday morning and led officers, dep uties and blood-hounds an all-day and all-night chase through the wooded sections and gravel pits between Mon- tesanti’s Spaghetti Camp and Aber deen. They were apprehended at about coon Thursday by Moore county Sher iff C. C. McDonald and Deputy Her man Grimm, who were riding along a little country road below Aberdeen and just across the Richmond coun ty line when they saw two men leave the road just ahead of them and run into the woods. The officers made no move to show that they had seen the two men nor that they were sus picious of their actions, and drove oa down the road and around a curve. There they stopped their car, turned around and drove leisurely back to the point where the men had left the road. They jumped from the car into the woods and found Bradley and Jackson hiding there. The prisoners were taken completely by surprise and had no time to offer any resist ance. Sheriff McDonald and Grimm re turned the prisoners to the Moore county prison camp where they were j immediately placed in solitary con finement for 60 days. Bradley and Jackscn made their break for freedom at about 9 o'clock Wednesday morning when, taking advantage of the inexperience of a new guard, they waited for an auto mobile to pass between them and the guard and ran for the woods behind the adjoining properties of CoKnei George P. Hawes and the Thomas and Alexander Stables, opposite whlcli point the road gaiig was repairing (Please turn to page four) HORSE SHOW NETS OVER $1,000 FOR HOSPITAL Secretary Charlie Plcquet, of the Pinehurst Horse Show, reports that the sum of $1,275.85 was realized from the Show and that a check has been mailed to the Moore County Hospital to the amount (rf $1,100, the balance to be held temporarily untU all bills and collections shall have been cleared up. WORKMAN KILLED IN FALL AT VASS FURNITURE PLANT Council McKelthen, 58-year-old colored man of Vass, met instant death at an early nour Sunday morn ing when he fell from the top cf the boiler at the Morristovra Manufac turing company’s t \Tiiture plant to the floor nine feet below. He was not on duty at the time of the accident. McKelthen, who was employed as fireman during the day, occasionally slept on top cf the boiler at night, it is said, and he is thought to have rolled off during his sleep, striking his head to a sill. “Red” Hart, night watchman, heard a thud, and upon Investigation found McKelthen. McKelthen had spent almost his entire life in Vass, and was consid ered an unusually versatile workr;^^, being able to turn his hand to yl- most any type of work. He will >e greatly missed in the community. The funeral service was at Green Grove cemetery near Cameron Mon day afternoon. Surviving are the mother, “Aimt” Lydia y.cKelthen, and a large fsunlly of sons and dau ghters. Close Scores Mark High School Defeats Southern Pines Loses Tw» Games by One Run; Hick ory Wins 5 to 1 The Southern Pines High sch.ol baseball players lost three games during the past week two of which were decided by a margin on one run. The other was taken by Hickory High players with a score of 5 to 1. Saturday the local team went town to defeat, during the ninth in ning in a game with Lenoir Rhyne college and Tuesday of this week were defeated by Laurinburg high by a 2 and 1 score. All three games were decided dur ing the closing innings cf the games. Hickory was leading in its game up to the eighth by a score of 2 and 1 when Parker weakened and walked several and three runs came acros.s the plate. Boney led the hitting for Southern Pines with two hits of three times at bat. Newton hit .500 in his four trips to the plate both hits going for two bases Nevton, pitching fcr Southern Pines against Lenoir, held the score at 10 all up to the ninth when hj was relieved by Parker. During the last half the Lenoir pushed over the winning run. Lowell led the hitters from South ern Pines with three singles in his five trips to the plate. Arthur Pate got t VO hits out of his three trips. James Pate hit a three bagger In t’.»e second Inning. Parker who had the mound assign ment In the Laurinburg game allowed but two hits. There was nc earned runs off his delivery his defeat com ing via the error route. Buchan le ’ the local hitters with two singles out of three times at bat.
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