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<SOH
SPmHOd
SOUTHERN
PINCS
M&ICNTS
abkroum
^PINEBLUFP
FIRST L\ NEWS,
CIRCULATION &
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory jrth Carolina
Southern IMnes and Aberdeen, North Carolina. Friday, July 15th, 1938.
FIVE CENT8
JUNIOR CHAMBER
OPENS CAMPAIGN
FOR MEMBERSHIP
New Civic Organization In Drive
For New Members To Fur
ther Activity
' AGE LIMITS 21 TO 35
Starting on Monday of this week
the recently organized Southern
Pines Junior Chamber of Commerce
inaugurated a drive for new mem
bers here and the officers and Board
of Directors of the junior organiza
tion are bending every effort to
make the drive a complete auccess.
In connection with this member
ship drive, James Williamson, act
ing president, has the following to
say:
‘•Every young man in Southern
Pines who is ambitious to get ahead
and who intends to make this city
his home is more interested in the
work of the Chamber of Commerce
and that of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce than any of the older
business and professional men who
already have what might be termed
“achieved success ” The older man
is naturally vitally interested in con
serving what he has earned. The
y-'ung man, with most of his pro-
ducvive life ahead of him, is anx
ious to make certain that he will
have an opportunity to work under
the best possible conditions. He knows
that his chances for success depend
upon himself and upon the progress
of the community In which he lives,
the firm for which he works, and
the profession in which he labors. He
should realize that the factors out
side of his control as an individual
can be influenced by collective ac
tion.”
The Junior Chamber, as an adjunct
of the Chamber of Commerce (the
only agency having for its primary
purpose the advancement of the civ
ic interest of the city), offers to
the young man a real opportunity
for service in behalf of his ov.'n in
terests and that of others.
' The activities ot the local Junior
Chamber since its organization a few
months ago include sponsoring the
newly organized Troop No. 3, Boy
Scouts of America; the sponsoring
and delivery of reading material to
patients at the N. C. Sanatorium;
and several other projects of com
munity interest and betterment.
Several more projects are under
consideration and will be acted upon
in the near future. It is the hope
of the Junior Chamber to increase
their membership materially so that
the new members may aid in carry
ing on these projects. Anyone be
tween the ages of 21 and 35 is eligi
ble for merbership and those inter
ested may notify any member of the
local organization.
Where Books Mean Much To The Bed-Ridden
Fraud Charges Will Delay
Declaration of Results of
Congress Race in District
Hughes Plane Lands
Completes Circle of Globe In
Three Days, 19 Hours
and 17 Minutes
mate Board of Elections To Hear
Protests by l}oth Burgin
and Deane
BI RGIN LEADS IN COUNT
One of the wards at the North Carolina Sanatorium, where patients indulge in their favorite
pastime of reading and look forward to the weekly visits of the librarian with her wagon-load
of books. For the past three weeks the Southern Pines Junior C.hamber of Commerce has been
sponsoring a project through which they hope ti be able to materially increase the range and
choice of books available for the library at the Sanatorium, the present supply of which is so lim
ited that the librarian is frequently unable to supply reader’s requests for modern, up-to-date
reading matter.
FREE FOUR MEN
IN FORT BRAGG
RANGER’S DEATH
Walter Blue, Jr., To Make Third
Try In Raleigh Soap Box Derby
Jury Acquits Cross and Crotts;
Judge ' Sets Aside Verdict
Against Routh and Rush
JURY OUT 24 HOURS
Edward L. Prizer Wins
State Beta Club Award
Local High School Graduate
Wins Scholarship From
300 Contestants
Edward L. Prizer of Southern
Pinea, son of Dr, and Mrs. E. Levia
Prizer and a graduate of Southern
nae« High School thl« year, ree«iT>
«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<d
■liidanta in North Carolina. The Beta
dub la th« highest ranking national
■dielaatle organisation in hl|^ school
^reles.
■aah state awards only one Beta
Oub fehelanhip and Eklward’s exam-
laatloa p^per receired the highest
of all of the papers submitted
the cream of the State’s high
■ehcel atndents.
9f the tems of the award the Na>
■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<duson, Oor.
don Cameron and Donald Currt#.
Feels That New Ball Bearing
Equipment Gives Him Good
Chance to Win
With the date of the series of elim,
ination races for the annual Soap
Box Derby title, sponsored by the
Chevrolet Motor Company and local
papers throughout the country, less
than a month away, Walter E Blue,
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Blue
of Southern Pines, is making plans
for his participation in the event to
be held in Raleigh early in August.
Last year Walter entered the der-
by, which is sponsored in Raleigh by
the Raleigh News and Observer in
conjunction with the Chevrolet com-
pany, and he finished second in hi.s
trial heat. That put him out of the
running as only the winners of each
heat are eligible to compete further,
but Walter is sure that he knows
what was wrong with his entry last
j’ear and he is going to Raleigh next
month with a car that he feels sure
will at least get him into the finals
there-
Last year, according to Walter, his
entry was too light and the wheels
on the car were equipped with roller
bearing's. This year he is going to
concentrate on building a heavier
entry equipped with ball bearings
and solid tires.
All cars entered In the Coip Box
Ferby must be made by th». boys
themselves and the age limit.-! for
contestants are from nine to 15 years.
No car may be more than 72
inches long nor wider than 40 in-
rhes from hub cap to hub cap. Neith
er may they be less than 30 Inches
from hub cap to hub cap. No car
may weigh more than 250 pounds
including Its driver and all of che
net weight must be built Into the
car. If the car weighs less, addUi>'^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)