JUL 1 6 103B MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS-WEEKLY nrurt J. A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 18, NO. 31. Jr >^arthaoe ^ tLACLWL SPAINCS LAKEView JAO «d notification laat week that he luuS been declared the winner of the State Beta Club scholarahip award of 1100.00 aa a result of a written «mnlnation taken in competition with aome 800 Beta C3ub high acho ■flBSl ROnersry Beta Chib otttra a flOO to the outfltaading Beta Oab snlor la aac^ «Ut«. tha aaxae 10 ta avpltod to the academic char, ges at any college, university or bus. Inaw aehort the wtaaer nay ehooae ▲t tka ftaaaat wrllUir UwaH Wmft tstomlMtf m Ida ehdea sf m mmmrn «r ugtm Jmxmt. BUI Cross and three co-defendants, ftll of Asheboro were freed Monday In Fayetteville of charges arising from the fatal shooting of Sergeant J. F. Mott, Fort Bragg ranger, last October 16. A jury verdict acquitted Cross and Jesse Crotts. Two hours later Superior Court Judge Luther A. Ham. llton set aside the verdict against Walt Ftouth and Hal S. Rush. The State had asked a second de gree murder conviction of Cross. The others were charged with being ac cessories after the fact. The jury was out about 24 hours. It acquitted Cross of second degree murder or manslaughter, since Judge Hamilton had instructed it that ver dicts convicting or acquitting him of either of these charges might be brought in. The jurors also acquitted Crotts but reported convictions for Routh and Rush. A brief flurry of handclapping greeted announcement ot Cross' ac quittal. He, however, sat apparently unmoved, at the counsel table. Immediately, R- H, Dye of defense counsel moved that the verdicts against Routh and Rush be set aside- The State did not oppose the move. After a dinner recess, Judge Ham. Utoa announced he was granting the motion. Spectators immediately swarmed inside the bar to congrat* ulate the four defendants. At the trial which msted nearly a week, Cross testified he did not kill Mott, but that a gun blast which passed over his bead struck the ran- ger and he and Cross struggled over a gun. Mott was killed when he sought to question four men about a deer they had killed on the Gov. emment reservation. FATHER KINO TO CONDUCT SERVICES AT ST. ANTHONY'S 417 Voters Register Exceed AH Expectations For Special Election on Civic Center Four hundred and seventeen res idents of Southern Pines have reg istered for the special election on July 10th to vote on the proposed purchase of the Harrington prop erty next to the Postoffice by the Town of Southern Pines for a fu ture Civic Center site, according to Hiram Westbrook, Registrar- The books were closed last Sat- urday evening at 7:00 o’clock fol lowing the registration of over 100 persons on that, the final day. During the absence of father T. A. Williams from the pulpit of St. An- thony’s Catholic Church for the next two weeks, his place will be taken by Father James H- King, newly ar* rived from Germantown, Pa., to serve in the ca.pacity of assistant rector of St, Anthony’s. Father King was recently ordain- ed at Niagara College and, beMdes his wtvk at St Anthony’s, wW serve a« Chaplain at Notre Dame Academy and will conduct the s«r. vices at the aew church at Pine* bluff. . , Mrs. Eva E. Dunlop Passes at Age of 62 Succumbs Sunday Morninp: at Moore County Hospital After Long Illness Mrs. Eva E. Dunlop of Pinehurst died Sunday morning at 5:00 o’clock at the Moore County Hospital from a lingering illneas. She was the wife of the late J. S. Dunlop, who died December 31, 1930. Mrs Dunlop was born ip Chaseburg, Wisconsin, Jan uary 22, 1876. Before her marriage on January 20, 1894, she was EJva Elizabeth Rusk, the daughter of Dr. Willard Walter Rusk and Edith Lin coln Rusk. Mr. and Mrs. Dunlop moved to Pinehurst in the fall of 1920 and by their friendliness and sterling qual ities endeared themselves to the entire community. ’They were uni- versally loved and the younger cou ples affectionately called them “Mother" and “Dad” Dunlop. She Is survived by the following children; Willard L. Dunlop of Pine- hurst, Mrs. Edith D. Quale of Holder, ness, N. H., and Mrs. Henry L. Graves of Charlotte; grandchildren, Betty, Edith Anne, and W. R. Dun lop, J. Donald Quale and Carolyn Graves; also four sisters, Miss Hat- tie EX Rusk of Philadelphia, Mrs. Ed-i ward Lane, Galletln, Tenn.; Mrs. D. Dawson, Huntington, W. Va-, and Mrs. C. D. Webster, Lyons, Wlscoii. sin. The funeral was conducted from her home Monday afternoon at 4:00 o'clock by the Rev. T. A. Cheatham and intermmt was in Mount Hope cemetery. Baarers were A. P. Thomp> son. Dr. Robert P. Shepard, Frank liaplea, W. Raymond J'^n. al ballast weight may not be carried. Inasmuch as weight Is an Important factor In the speed of these cars, that specification is an Important one from the standpoint of teachuig the boys to build for their own greatest advantage. Also, not more than $10.00 may be expended on an en. try and since that Is barely enough to purchase the wheels and running gear, It is evident that the perfec tion of the rest of his car depends almost entirely on the excellence of the handicraft of the individual en trant. As in previous years, the winner from the state will be determined by a series of elimination heats at Raleigh and Charlotte the eventual winner will go to Akron, Ohio, on Au. gust li to compete ^^ainat the win ners of other sectional ellminatlona for the National Soap Box Derby crown. The winner of the Akron race will receive a 19,000 university acholar* ship, a allvar trophy aad a fold m«d. al in a dlamoad satUaf . New York, Thursday, July 14— Howard Hughes, multi-millionair sportsman, motion picture producer and aviation enthusiast, and his four man crew landed Hughes’ big, 12 passenger Lockhead flying labora. tory, named “The World’s Fair of 1939,” at Floyd Bennett Field, New York, at 1:37 p. m (E. S. T.) today after a round-the-world flight that started there last Sunday night at approximately 6:20 (E. S. T.. The elapsed time of the flight was ap proximately three days, 19 hours and 17 minutes—nearly four and one- half hours less tht i one-half of the elapsed time of the Wiley Post round-the-world flight over a simi lar course back in 1933. An estimated crowd of 25,000 had been gathering at the airport since before dawn this morning and a de tail of 200 motorcycle police and 1,- 000 patrolmen and mounted police were on hand to maintain order and protect the fliers and their plane from the enthusiasm of the crowd- EDUCATION BOARD NAMES TEACHERS FOR im39 TERM Moore County Board Approves Teaching Staffs of Fourteen Schools In County FEW CHANGES LISTED At a meeting held Thursday in Carthage, the County Board of Edu cation approved the following teach, ers for Moore County schools for the 1938-39 term: Carthage—High School: Blair Beas ley, principal; Estelle Kelly, Cath erine Shankle, Eula Mae Blue, Sar ah L. Thompson; Elementary: Kate Bryan, Janie McLeod, May Stuart, Mary Currie, Frances McKeithen, Mrs. S. F. Cole, Mattie Kate Shaw, Rosa Lee Polk, Mrs. L. P. Tyson, Julie Thompson. Hemp—High School: Edwin A- West, principal; W. S. Evans, Isabel McLeod, W. E. Alexander, Cleta Black, Margaret McLeod; Elemen tary: E. C. Brady, principal; Elgle Currie, Aureade Frye, Lucy Snider, Jeanette Henson, Mrs. T. I. Wilson, M. H. Rouse, Mrs. W. S. Evans, Ma bel Auman, Ruth McNeill Burns, Mrs. H. T. Williams, Mrs. Dorothy McDuffie, Mrs. Bessie McLeod, Mary Brady. Cameron—High School: R. F. Low. ry, principal; Jean Simpson, Marvin Paul Snipes, Lucy R. Baynes, Beulah M. Byrd, O B. Pullen; Elementary: Nellie E. WUliamson, Mrs. K. Arnold, Margaret Gilchrist, Minnie Muse, Katharine T. McDonald, Mrs. Mary G. Lowry, Mary E. Hentz, Edna Stallings. Vass-Lakeview: High School: A. M. Calhoun, principal: Mrs. Ruth J. Gladstone, William H. Howell, Annie M. Wilson, W. E, Gladstone; Elem entary: Mary Emma Thomas, Elma Louise Leslie, Sallle M. Bivins, Mar. garet K. Kelly, Inna Katharine Gra. ham, Bessie Cameron, Willie B. Wicker, Mary Leone Currie. Aberdeen: High School: L. J. Daw kins, principal; Thomas Ipock, An nie L. Coppedge, Cllffe E. Williams, Valda Hartselle; Elementary: Va nessa McLean, Frances S. Flaherty, Kate C. Charles, Mary E. Yelverton, Nettie Allen, Inza H. Lassiter, M. Lalvora Sally, Edith S. Caldwell- West End—High School: J. F. Sin. clalr, principal; Luclle Elfort, Alber ta Monroe, Ralph Wallace, Mrs- Lucy L. Cochran: Idementary: Blanch Monroe, Mrs. Annie O. Sinclair, Lu>. cile McGUvary, Pauline Barber, Lu- cile McLeod, Mary Lou Rankin, Mra. Ullian S. McDonald. Farm Ufa—High School: Worth (FUf kam la ^a#« fmtt) Until the State Board of Elections, : which opened its meeting in Raleigh j on Tuesday morning, has considered I and ruled upon the fraud charges filed by the various candidates in connection with the balloting in the second Democratic primary, held on July 2nd, there will be no official declaration of results of the out- i come of the balloting- ! In the Eighth Congressional dis- j trict, in which W. O. Burgin of Lex- I ington appears to have a slight lead ■ over C- B- Deane for the Democratic j nomination for Congressman Lam. ; beth’s seat, at least five counties are I involved. Deane has protested action I in Montgomery, Davidson, Union and Wilkes, and Burgin has charged Ir regularities in absentee voting in Richmond- At the present time recounts have been made in all of the countics in question and the results certified by the county election boards. The last to be completed was that in Rich mond county, where all of the races were close and in which only absen tee ballots figured in the Congres sional District recount. Of the 447 absentee ballots the board disallow- ed 114, mostly on technical grounds- By the recheck of all absentees Dfftne lost 79 votes there and Bur. fin's small majority in the district was increaaea slightly. On Wednesday aft«rnoon th« law, yers for the various candidates were allowed to Inspect the absentee bal lots, under the supervision of the board, in order that they might classify and tabulat* any exceptions and perfect their appeal to the State board. T^asn^uch as the rscount of the Richmond county boxes, in the in terests of local i mdidates, prob- af ly will not he r .y.rpleted un<-'l the ond of the week iuiJ inasmuc.'i fur- thei, as the State can make no of- .'icial declarati^-r. m results u-.tii all counts have been completed and all (Please turn to page four) Deputy Sheriff Slack Subdues “Jesse James” Arrests Colored “Desperado” After Rough and Tumble Battle For Weapons A badly beaten ‘‘Jesse James” is in the Moore county jail awaiting trial on charges of carrying a con cealed weapon and resisting an offi cer, and the officer, Deputy Sheriff T. N. Slack, is still wondering how he and the self-termed "Jesse James” came out as whole as they are. The story, as related by Deputy Slack, is in substance as follows: Clinton Persons, a young colored man, under the Influence of intoxi cants which the officer thought was probably a beer-wrine combination, walked along the railroad in Hemp twirling a pistol around on one fln- g«r- "Don’t you like It? I’m a Jesse James,” he Is quoted as saying to some white boys standing near. ’The officer placed him under ar rest and as they were on the way to the automobile for the trip to Carthage, the negro suddenly wheel ed In an effort to take the officer’s gun and began striking him. Mr. Slack, who was holding his prison er by the belt, attempted to reach for his pistol and stumbled on the tracks. The two, rolling over and over each other, tumbled dowrn a 20- foot embankment, the officer never releasing his hold on the man’s belt- They landed with Mr. Slack on top. "I don’t want to have to shoot you,” the officer told the prisoner. Persons, pretending to be subdued, said “You’ve got me.” Officer Slack replaced his piatol in the holster and took out his black Jack, but the minute the two were on their feet afaln, Persons renewed his attack and aucoaeded in wrench' inr tha blaokjaek from the offlcer’v (Pl«a»e twn t0 pairs fmtr)