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Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, October 1, 1937.
FIVE CENTO
BANK OF CANDOR
HELD UP, ROBBED;
PAYNE SUSPECTED
Trio Escapes With Close to $3,-
000; Payne Reported To Have
Forewarned Police
LEAVE BURNED CAR
Roy Grinnell New Professional 'AIR MAIL WEEK
At Southern Pines Country Club' gg FITTINGLY
* OBSERVED HERE
Dies at His Des^
True to the rumored promise that
he made to Montgomery county au
thorities some two weeks ago, a ban
dit Identified from photographs
Bill Payne, widely hunted despera
do, and two companions, help up and
robbed the Bank of Candor, just over
the Moore county line in Montgom
ery county, Tuesday morning. The
amount of their loot is estimated at
between $2,SCO and $3,000.
After the holdup, w'hich bank offi
cials said was staged quietly and
with bewildering swiftness, the rob
bers fled in a new black 1937 Ford
V-8 coach that had been parked
across the street from the bank while
the robbery was in progress. They
drove about four miles out the high
way toward Pinehurst and then turn
ed toward Eagle Springs and the
vicinity of Big Oak Church, where
they had previously parked a ma
roon 1935 Ford coupe. Arriving
there, they took the license plates
froH' the black car, burned it to the
frame, and continued their flight in
the maroon coupe.
State Highway Patrolman W. B.
Kelly told The Pilot that there was
not a single identifying clue at the
acene where the original get-away
car was burned and that State and
Federal officers had no idea as to
the direction the bandits took from
the vicinity of Big Oak Church; that,
although officers of more >than a
half-dozen counties patrolled all
roads In the vlcinty Tuesday night,
no trace was found of the robbers.
Forewarning Rumored
When word of the robbery reach
ed Southern Pines Tuesday noon it
was learned that there was a persist
ent rumor that Montgomery county
authorities had received a bragging
message—by what medium it was
not designated—from BUI Payne a
week or so previous to the hold-up,
stating that he was headed in the
direction of Candor and t^at upon
his arrival he intended to rob the
Candor bank. The authenticity of
the rumor nor the action—if any—
taken as a result of the rumored
threat could not be learned.
M. T. McCasklll, cashier of the
bank, said the bandits got "something
over $2,500” but said he felt certain
the amount would not exceed $3,000.
He said a complete check was held
up pending an Investigation by Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation agents.
The cashier and his assistant Miss
Ruby McCasklll, said that after see
ing Jnumerous photographs of JBlll
Payne they were "almost sure” one
of the two highwaymen who enter
ed the bank was he.
McCasklll said the bandits, un-
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Schedule of Golf Rates for Win-1
ter Season, Revised Down- '
ward. Are Announced |
I
Following a meeting of the newly!
appointed Country Club Committee
held the latter part of last week, an
nouncement was made by City Clerk
Howard Burns of the acquisition of
the services of Roy Grinnell, former
ly of the Pinehurst Country Club
professional staff, as professional at
Southern Pines Country Club for the
coming season, and of the new
schedule of rates that will prevail
for the use of the recently improv
ed golf course.
This year the Southern Pines Coun
try Club will be operated by the
Southern Pines Board of Commission
ers and the actual operation will be
In the hands of a Country Club
Committee appointed by the board
and comprising Eugene C. Stevens,
Howard Burns and J. C. Barron. This
committee has been corresponding
with Roy Grinnell for the past sever
al w’eeks and on Saturday received
his assurance that he would report!
here in the near future, probably be-!
fore the end of this week. |
Grinnell, an excellent golfer with j
an enviable reputation as a teacher,
Is the professional at Little Comp
ton, R. I., during the summer months
and was originally brought to the
Sandhills several years ago at Don
ald Rosa’ suggestion to work at
Southern Pines Country Club. After
a year here, however, he joined the
Pinehurst staff and has since been
there during the winter season. His
return to the Country Club will be
somewhat In the nature of a home
coming.
New Greens Fees
The new schedule of rates that
will be in effect this year is as •fol
lows;
Men Ladies
Season Ticket $50.00 $40.00
Monthly Ticket 25.00 20.00
6-Day Ticket 7.50 6.00
Dally Ticket 1.50 1.50
Family Season Ticket
(Man^ Wife and
Junl<^r Children.... 75.00
Junior Season Ticket,
(Boys and Girls
under 21) 15.00
All lockers are free under any
membership. The season rates apply
from October 1, 1937 to May 31,
1938 and all prices quoted are appli
cable only during that period.
The new schedule of rates has bee i
revised downward and differs from
last year’s rates in the following in-
•tances: the season rate has been re
duced $10.00; the monthly rate has
been reduced $5.00; the dally rate
has been reduced from $2.00 to $1.50,
and the committee has further an
nounced that all present memberships
now in force will be honored under
the original terms.
No College Prank
Henry Riley, Southern Pines,
Really Shot While Unpack
ing: Baff at I’rincelon
It was no joke, as his college
mates at first thought when they
heard noises In his room In a
Princeton, Nev/ Jersey boarding
house and found Henry D. Riley
of Southern Pines on the floor
with his leg smeared with blood,
says an Associated Press despatch
to The Pilot.
Henry, the son of Mrs. Burt
Hunt of Indiana avenue here. Is
resting in a Princeton hospital
with a bullet wound in his leg,
and his friends are finally convinc
ed that they hadn’t seen red ink
and a gag put over on them. It
was no college prank this time.
Riley, just back from Europe,
had started to unpack his bag pre
paratory to settling down for his
freshman year. He pulled at a
pair of pajamas and a revolver,
entangled in them, was discharg
ed, wounding him in the right leg.
Physicians s»y it is only a flesh
wound, but he bled profusely.
I Plane To Pay Visit To Knoll-
I wood Airport on Tuesday,
I October 12
CURRIE NAMES AIDES
DUNLOP LOSES IN
$25,000 LAWSUIT
AGAINST C. P. &L.
Kiwanis Lieutenant
Governor Speaks Here
R(0>ert P. Holding, Smithfield
Banker and Johnston County
Commissioner, Pays Visit
Robert P. Holding, lieutenant gov-
ersor of this division of the Carollnas
District of Kiwanis International,
was the speaker at this week’s meet
ing of the Sandhills Kiwanis Club,
taking as his subject "Kiwanis and
What It Means to You and Me.”
He outlined the alms of the organiza
tion along lines of welfare work,
community progress, work among un
derprivileged children and along vo
cational guidance lines, and told of
the g^rowth of the organization In
thl3 country and Canada, stating Its
membership was nearing 100,000. Mr.
Holding is a prominent banker m
Smithfield, and a member of the
Board of Commissioners of Johnston
county. He was presented to the club
by J. Talbot Johnson.
President Charles W. Picquet an
nounced a meeting of officers and
directors of the local club for next
Tuesday evening at 6:30 o’clock in
Jack’s Grill.
Aberdeen Entertains
Its Tobacco Buyers
Enjoyable Program Put On at
Banquet Staged by Chamber
Commerce
Last night, Thursday, the Aber
deen Chamber of Commerce was host
to the tobacco buyers on the Aber
deen market, their bookkeepers, the
Aberdeen warehousemen, their auc
tioneers, the press and some 50 citi
zens of Aberdeen at the Aberdeen
Hotel, on the occasion of the annual
Tobacco Men’s banquet.
The affair was pleasantly different
from most banquets in that speeches
were practically taboo. Toastmaster
J. Talbot Johnson limiting all ora-
torlal efforts on the part of the
guests to brief acknowledgements of
their introductions to the assemblage.
Misses Catherine Charles and Mary
Margaret Bumey, acting as hostesses
for the Chamber of Commerce, greet
ed the guests and passed out souve-
niers.
Miss Ruth Thompson and Mrs.
Carl Thompson, both of Southern
Pines, and "Judge” L. T, Avery and
Bobby Page of Aberdeen, furnished
the entertainment of the evening and
their performances were roundly ap
plauded by the gathering.
Damages Sought for Refusal of
Company To Give Service
To Sweetheart Lake
SUPREME COURT APPEAL
Edward D. Dunlop, owner and op
erator of Sweetheart Lake during Its
brief period of popularity a few years
ago, lost in his legal effort to re
cover damages In the amount of $25,-
000 from the Carolina Power and
Light Company as a result of the
company’s failure to supply the rec
reation center with electric current.
The plaintiff gave notice of appeal
to the Supreme Court and was al
lowed 60 days In which to make up
and serve case on appeal and the
defendant was allowed 40 days there
after to file exceptions or counter
case.-Appeal bond was fixed at $100.
Upon failure of the management of
Sweetheart Lake to meet Its bill, the
utilities company discontinued ser
vice In 1931. The bill was later paid,
but the company refused to recon
nect to the Dunlop property on ac
count of the fact that the four-mile
tap line connecting the property with
the main line was in such a state
Then followed an argument as to
the ownership of the tap line and
party responsible for its repair. The
power company claimed that It was
owned by Sweetheart Lake and vice-
versa. V
“Forced To Close”
Complaining that he had expend
ed much money on the development
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HELEN LOUISE HEIM OF
PINEHURST IS BRIDE
Postmaster F. T. Currie of Pine
hurst this week announced the ap
pointment of a committee compris
ing Richard S. Tufts, chairman; Wil
lard L. Dunlop, Frank Dupont, Col.
George P. Hawes and L. L. Biddle,
II, to cooperate with the Southern
F^ines committee appointed last week
by Postmaster P. Frank Buchan to
insure the success of the local cele
bration of North Carolina Air Mail
Week, October 11 to 16.
On October 12, Eastern Air Line
plane.s will make stops at all towns
In North Carolina with landing fields
and will pick up the special bags
of air mail that will be mailed in cel
ebration of the event. The air mail
from all the eastern cities will be tak
en to Raleigh and placed on E. A. L.
planes there. Mail from towns and
cities in western North Carolina will
be taken to Charlotte for one of
the six planes making daily stops
there.
Locally, the Knollwood airport will
be used and the special air mail
plane will stop there on Tuesday, Oc
tober 12, to pick up the local air
mail. Special cachets have been se
lected for Pinehurst and Southern
Pines and special envelopes will be
av£illable for the occasion.
The observance of Air Mall Week
has for its purpose making North
Carolina air mail conscious, and to
Impress upon buslnejs men the great
value of the use of air mail. It Is be
ing sponsored by the North Carolina
Association of Postmasters with the
full cooperation of the Eastern Air
Lines and the Postofflce Depart
ment.
At meetings this week both the
Southern Pines Chamber of Com
merce and the Kiwanis Club endors
ed the program and tendered their
services toward making the event a
noteworthy one here.
GEORGE
1VL\RTIN
GEORGE D. MARTIN
DIES SUDDENLY IN
ABERDEEN OFFICE
Harrington Gets Option
To Lease Southland
If Terms Are Not Accepted by
Oct. 15, Receiver is Authoriz
ed To Sell Local Hotel
Miss Helen-Loulse Helm, niece of
Mr. and Mrs. Eberhard Faber, of
Pinehurst and New York city, was
married last Friday afternoon, Sep
tember 24, to John Evans Love, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kirk Ix)ve,
of Johnstown, Pa., and Pinehurst.
The ceremony was performed in New
York at St. Bartholomew’s Church
by the Rev. Francis Craighill, Jr. A
reception took place at the Faber
residence at 820 Fifth avenue.
Mr. Faber gave his niece In mar-
miage. She v/ore ivory satin with a
yoke of old family duchess and rose-
polnt lace, a tulle veil edged with
the lace and carried white orchids
and valley lilies.
Mr. and Mrs. Love railed for Hon
olulu for their honeymoon. The bride
attended Kent Place School, Summit,
N. J., and the Finch School in New
York. Mr. Love was graduated from
the Feaaenden School and Princeton
University.
NEW YORK POLICE
ARREST SUSPECTS
IN MURDER CASE
Joe Hensley, Who Drove Carra-
way Assailants to Raleigh,
Off To Identify Pair
WILL ASK EXTRADITION
Head of Martin Motor Company
Victim of Heart Attack
at Age of 36
THRON'G AT FUNERAL
Believing it to the best interests of
the creditors of the Southland Hold
ing Company that the real estate
and hotel property of the company
In Southern Pines be rented for the
tourist season of 1937-1938 if such
rental could be consummated by the
15fch of October, the receiver, S. J.
Hinsdale, was this week directed to
lease the property to Elmer Harring
ton for a term ending June 1, 1938
if he complies with the terms by the
middle of the month.
The rental price is to be $1,500, of
which $500 is to be payable upon
delivery of the lease; $500 on the
first day of next February, and the
balance on March 1st, the receiver to
have authority to take Immediate
possession of the property upon the
failure of the lessee to pay any in
stallment at the time due.
If the said lease is consummated,
sale of the property shall not be
made prior to the first Monday In
March, 1938; otherwise, the receiver
is empowered to sell the property af
ter October 15, 1937.
Due to the fact that the property
Is encumbered with mortgages and
other liens the legality of which Is
brought In question and the property
is of a character to deteriorate ma
terially in value pending this litiga
tion, the court ordered that tJie re
ceiver be empowered to sell the prop
erty free of all encumbrances, the
creditors claims to be transferi’ed to
the funds realized from the sale just
as they might be asserted against
the property had the sale not taken
place.
M. G. Boyette was appointed a ref
eree to pass upon claims in the mat
ter.
Following receipt of a telegram
telling of the arrest Monday evening
of two men, one in New York and
the other In New Jersey, as suspected
murderers of J. El. Carraw\|y, Deputies
Herman Grimm and A. W. Lambert,
accompanied by Joe Hensley, Pine
hurst taxi driver, left at 3:00 o’clock
Tuesday morning for New York to
see if Hensley can Idenilfy the men
whose names were given as James
DeGruicclo and Albert Whitworth.
Carrawa>, who, it is said, always
carried large sums of money on his
person, left his home at Connecticut
Camp on Highway No. 1 about 13
miles south of Southern Pines early
Friday morning. August 6, accom
panied by two men who had been
staying at the camp for several days.
Nothing more was heard of Car-
raway until the following Wednesday
when his beaten, stabbed and badly
decomposed body was found In the
woods near the Midland Road about
a mile from Southern Pines.
Hensley told officers that two
roughly dressed men, one of whom
spoke with a distlnce accent and was
probably Italian, had appreached him
at his taxl-stand in Pinehurst about
10:00 o’clock on the morning of Car-
raway’s disappearance and hired him
to drive them to Raleigh. He made
them a price of $15 for the trip, pay
able in advance. Hensley stated that
he asked the why they did not go
on the train, and their reply was
that they did not like to ride on
trains. At a filling sta’tion In Cam
eron they stopped for food and there,
Hensley stated, he detected the out
line of a gun in the hip pocket of one
of the men.
If Hensley succeeds In Identifying
the two suspects. Sheriff McDonalc^.
will go to Wadesboro and get Solici
tor Pruette to make application to
the Governor for extradition papers
which will be forwarded by air mail
to New York and the machinery for
returning the men to North Caro
lina set in motion.
THREE FEATURE SHOWS A
WEEK AT CAROLINA HERE
George Dorsett Martin, aged 36
years, one of the leading citizens of
Aberdeen, died suddenly at his of
fice In the Martin Motor Company
last Mon lay evening about 7:30 of an
acute heart attack. His death came
as a great shock to all, as he was
chatting with friends In a nearby
drug store a few minutes before. He
was found by his associates slumped
in his office chair.
Mr. Martin was the head of Mar
tin Motor Company, Buick distribu
tors here; a partner in the Dixie
Theatre, and active in many other
civic enterprises, and was beloved by
all who knew him.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Louise Leach; one dau
ghter, Miss Louise Martin; his moth
er, Mrs. George G. Martin, and his
sister, Mrs. Robert S. Gwyn, all of
Aberdeen.
The funeral service.? were held
from his home on Pine street In
Aberdeen on Wednesday morning at
1:00 o’clock, with his pastor, the
Rev. Leon M. Hall, officiating, assist
ed by the Rev. E. L. Barber, pastor
of the Presbyterian church, and the
Rev. E. M. Harris, pastor of the
Baptist Church, with interment fol
lowing in the Martin family plot in
Old Bethesda Cemetery, by the side
of his father, George G. Martin, who
died .some years ago. During the fun
eral hour all places of business were
closed. Active bearers were William
Page, Ralph Caldwell, Douglas Dav
id, Andrew Turner, Rudolph Baldwin
and Abram Van Boskerck, all em
ployes of Martin Motor Co., and
Honoray bearers were members of
the old baseball team of Aberdeen, of
which Mr. Martin was pitcher and
for some time captain and manager.
A large number of out-of-town rel
atives joined the throng of local
friends at the home for the funeral
services, and the floral tributes were
many and beautiful, attesting to the
respect and honor In which Mr. Mar
tin was held during his life In his
town and community.
Tobacco Sales Ahead
of Last Year by 40%
Aberdeen and Carthage Mar
kets Have Loosed Over $350^-
000 Among Growers of Section
Manager Charles W. Picquet of the
Carolina Theatre, Southern Pines,
announced this week a change in
policy, taking effect with the week
beginning next Monday, October 4th.
Three attractions a week will be
presented with ch'inges on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays (two days
each) and with matinees on Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays, and
a glance at the attractions for the
first week will give movie patrons an
idea of the quality Mr. Picquet hopes
to maintain through the season, at
the same time admitting that, for en
tertainment, this week’s attractions
have set a very high mark to shoot
at.
Heavy offerings of end-of-the-sea-
son “common grade’’ tobacco from
the Border Belt, particularly from
South Carolina, arrived on the Aber
deen tobacco market last week and
served to drive the average price
considerably below the high figures
that had prevailed there throughout
the first week’s sales. Middle Bel :
tobacco, however, was plentiful ther.;
and the price paid for it was consist
ent with the 27 cents per pound av
erage that had previously been es
tablished.
Sales through the end of the sec
ond week at Aberdeen were approx-
Imatelly 650,000 pounds and involved
a cash return to the growers oi about
$170,000.00.
At Carthage, the total sales
through Wednesday were 683,738
'pounds for a total cash value of
$184,561.54 and an average price of
26.7 cents per pound.
At nearby Sanford, In Lee county,
the volume of sales has been slight
ly higher than on either of the
Moore county markets and the av
erage price there has been consist
ently around 26 and 27 cents per
pound with occasional excuraio.is
Into the 28 cent bracket.
At the present time of!erlngs at
Aberdeen and Carthage exceed I-
year's first two week’s offerings by
about 40 per cent and all Indications
point to a boom market locally.