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VOL. 19, NO. 35.
PILOT
MOORE couMnrs
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
of the Sandhill Territorv of North Carolina
Eloise Elizabeth Everest, 15,
Killed as Auto Strikes Tree
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina. Friday, July 28, 1939.
f/,
Brother Charles in Serious Con
dition After Accident Satur
day in Wyalusing, Pa.
ON WAY TO PLAY TENNIS
Special to The Pilot
Wyalusing, Pa., July 29—Eloise
Elizabeth Everest^ 15-year-old dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles P.
Everest of Wyalusing was instantly
killed last Saturday afternoon when
the automobile in which she was
riding with her IW-year old brother,'
Charles, left the road near the Earl
Browning home at Spring Hill and
crashed into a tree. Charles Everest
was critically injured and was taken
to the Robert Packer hospital in an,
ambulance. There it was reported
that he had suffered concussion of
the brain, fractured skull, fractured
right arm and internal injuries. His
condition was described as critical
but no worse than when he was ad- ^
mitted.
Eloise and Charles were on their |
way to Spring Hill to play tennis
when the accident occurred. They
were using a road known in that vi
cinity as the Turkey Track, iind
Charles was driving. Near the top
of the hill the car was rounding a
curve when it met another machine
driven by Mrs. Roswell Bames com
ing in the opposite direction. In pass
ing Charles in some manner drove
off the highway. The car slid down
an embankment for a short distance
and then struck a tree.
The force of the impact was ter-
rific, wrecking the machine to such an
extent that Eloise is believed to have
been killed outright. Help was quick
ly summoned: the Motor Police unit
at Laceyville notified and Dr. A. E.
Dann, county coroner, of Canton,
called. Dr. Dann after a brief inves-
*tigatlon described the accident as un
avoidable and said no inquest was
necessary. Privates Thomas and Ash
worth of the Laceyville Motor Police
unit aided him in his investigation.
Wyalusing and Spring Hill resi
dents were shocked by the tragedy.
Eloise, known as "Tootie” to her
friends, was highly regarded in her
home community. She was born in
Southern Pines, N. C., November 15.
1923. She was educated in 'the
Schools of Southern Pines and Read
ing, Mass., and would have been a
senior at Wyalusing High next term.
Three weeks prior to the accident,
both she and her brother were ad
mitted to membership in the Pres
byterian Church at Wyalusmg.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at 3:00 o’clock at the
home, conducted by Dr. William S.
Beard of New London, Conn., and the
Rev. William A. Parsons, pastor of
the Wyalusing Presbyterian chur(*.
Burial was in the Wyalusing ceme
tery.
State President
Dante Montesanti of Southern
Pines Honored by N. C.
Cleaners and Dyers Ass’n.
Dante S. Montesanti of South
ern Pineg was elected president of
the North Carolina Cleaners and
Dyers Association at the annual
convention of the organization held
the forepart of this week in
Greensboro. Mr. Montesanti suc
ceeds Ralph Sloan of Statesville.
Other officers and directors were
selected from various parts of the
state.
Mr. Montesanti is manager of
the Montesanti dry cleaning and
dyeing plant here and has been ac
tive in affairs of the State asso
ciation I’or several years. Several
hundred attended the convention.
JELUSONISELLS
PRINTING CO. TO
FIVE CENiq
Would Follow Up Abrogation o/ ' ffailiinfiAn
Japanese Pact With Embargo'^^^ tAvllUCllOH
in China
Pinehurst Concern Incorporates
at Raleigh, Plans
Daily Paper j
Favors Embargo
NEWS TO REPUBLISH HERE
The very thing which the Rev. F.
Craighill Brown of Southern Pines
told the Sandhill,s Kiwanis Club* on
Wednesday should be done immed
iately to awaken Japan to the fact
The Pinehurst Printing Company, IUnited States means busi-
Pinehurst, was incorporated with the'"^®® suppress Japan's
Secretary of State at Raleigh this
conquest of China was being enacted
in Washington while he spoke. Mr.
week by G. D. Murphy of New York Brown recommended the abrogation
and Robert E. Harlow and his wife, of the 1911 Friendship pact between
Lillian L. Harlow of Pinehurst. The^^^^s country and Japan, and an em
bargo on shipments as soon as the
GROUND BROKEN
INVASSFORNEW
MOVIE THEATRE
printing, engraving and photograph
ing business, with an authorized cap
italization of $50,000, of which $10,-
000 is subscribed.
Mr. Murphy, a winter resident of
six months limit under the past ex
pires.
Mr. Brown showed the Kiwanians
how, at the present time^ the Unit
ed States is aiding and abetting in
Pinehurst, and Mr. Harlow, Pinehurst, dommation of China by Japan,
Inc. publicity director, purchased the
Pinehurst Printing Company in May American
and all other western interest.s in its
Pan-Asian ambitions.
The United States on Wednesday
notified Japan of its abrogation of
the 1911 poet. Mr. Brown and others '
of this year from S. R. Jellison, who
has owned and operated the plant,
now located in the Stutts Supply
Company building, for many years.
It is understood that Mr. Harlow pro-
Ir ‘County Tax
Rate, Estimate
Eighty-Eight Cents per $100 of
Valuation Revealed in Ten
tative Budget
HALF GOES FOR SCHOOL
HEV. F. CR.\IGHILL BROWN
MANICEFARM
Building, Approved by State,
Will Be 30x100 Feet, With
, Balcony
BRICK, TILE CONSTRUCTION
LACK OF CAPITAL
Plans for the Vass theater building
were given the o. k. of Sherwood j continue with the Pinehurst Print-
Brockwell^ chief insurance inspector ing Company, Inc. In the capacity of
for the state, Wednesday of this { manager of the printing department,
week when Herman B. Meiselmann, | Mr. Hyde will again edit the Sand-
R. B. Beasley and F. L. Taylor^ the j hills Daily News^ a daily for the en-
building committee, went to Raleigh [ tire Sandhills section, to be publish-
and Conferred with him. The work of I ed during the winter by The Pilot,
poses to publish a daily paper for,*’®*’® President Roosevelt, | ^ f? i If O I? AH
Pinehurst during the winter seas- ®®‘^*'®tary of State Hull and Senators ^ £ If,vfJtilj 1 rVlLikJ * vll
on. Mr. Harlow published a weekly, Reynolds of North Car-
the Pinehurst Advocate, last winter.
The sale by Mr. Jellison termi
nates the partnership existing be
tween him and Nelson C. Hyde of
Southern Pines for the publication of
the Sandhills News-Press, published
daily except Monday during the win-
ter season for the past two years.
Mr. Jellison, it is understood, will
olina urging the immediate passage of j
an embargo effective in six months, i
Such action according to Mr. Brown,!
will ‘ pull Japan up short.” Mr. Robin Hood Corporation, Unable
Brown urges that others wire or write j To Meet Payments, is
these officials along similar lines. | Dispossessed
Japan has made a mess of things I
in its efforts to dominate Asia, in ! Dispossession papers signed last
Mr. Brown’s opinion. He spent many i Willcox, Moore county
years in the Orient and has made ^ Court, spells finis to the
a close study of developments in ^ood Farms project here. The
placing material on the grounds was | Inc. of Southern Pines. The Sandhills
20 years, with disastrous results, he
begun Thursday. j Daily News was the pioneer in the principal reason being that
The committee called on the Sec-, daily newspaper field here, having piesent the officers come from
retary of State, Thad Eure, also and i been published regularly since the families, not from the upper
was delighted with the hearty cor. | winter of 1928, but for the past two ^
diality of these officials. I seasons in combination with the jdiplomat-
The theater building, which will be : Daily Press. which Mr. Jellison pub-1 generally,
of brick and tile construction, will be
China and Japan during the present
situation.
Military To Blame
The Military has dominated the
school for underprivileged farm boys,
dream of T. L. Vaughn of Winston-
Salem, passed into the category j [g as follows:
those idealistic movements for which
An 86-cent tax rate for Moore
county for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 1939 and ending June 30, 1940,
is revealed in the Summary of Uni
form Annual Budget E.stimate, con
tained in the advertising columns of
this week’s issue of The Pilot. The
rate is one cent less than for the
fiscal year which ended on June 30th
la.st. Schools account for one-half of
this rate. The estimate of property
valuation is $20,500,000.
Total estimated budget require
ments for the various sub-diviaions
show the following:
County General and Courts, $75,350.
Healthy $24,017.
Welfare, $21,012.
Poor, $12,000.
County Debt Service, $22,297.
Road Debt Service, $38,208.
Schools—Current Expense $42,-
520.
Capital Outlay, $79,271.
Debt Service. $24,250.
These figures are tiie total esti
mated budget requirement for these
departments, not the amount of tax
money allotted them. After deduc
tion of other available revenues, and
allowing an estimated amount for un
collectible taxes, the taxpayers ap
portionment for the various items
foreign policy of Japan for the past forthcomnig, t Health $6 916-
despite strenuous drives of several ’ •
Friends Here Shocked
The numerous friends of the Ever
est family in Southern Pines were
grlef-strkken last Sunday when the
report reached here of the death of
■‘Tootle" and the critical injuries to
her brother Charles, popular mem.
bers of the younger set during their
long residence here. "Tootle,” as
Eloise was known to all her play
mates, was born in Southern Pines,
and both children attended school
here up to the time the family mov
ed to Wyalusing in 1936. They have
been back at vacation times regular
ly since then^ and were here this
Spring visiting their grandmother,
Mrs. E. A. Tracy.
“Tootle” was a proficient rider,
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SOUTHERN PINES, PINEHURST
tie at 12-12 IN GOLF
The golf teams of Southern Pinea
and Pinehurst play a 12 to 12 tie
over the Southern Pines Country Club
course Wednesday afternoon. EHght
foursomes participated in the 18-hole
best ball matca which concluded a
home and hom<? serie.^ between the
two teams. Purvis Ferree of Pine
hurst turned In a 36-38*72 for low
gross of the day, with Maloom Grover
of Southern Pi ’ carding a two over
^ 37.36-73 for second low gross.
approximately 30 by 100 feet in size,
with a nice balcony for the use of
colored people. It will join the Keith
Hardware building^ formerly known
as the Temple building, on Railroad
Street, only one building removed I
lished during the winter of 1936-37.! P°>-
j icies. This military group considers
» r* I ■m.T , Japan as the “Savior of Asia.’’
Ground Brolcen For New
County General and Courts, $17,-
Welfare, $1S,-
prominent citizens of the state, I ^6,820, County Debt Ser-
among them Mrs. Edwin Gregory of iDebt Service,
Salisbury, daughter of the late Sen-' Expenses,
ator Lee Overman. Mrs. Gregory 512,618; Schools Capital Outlay, $51,-
spent several weeks in Southern Pines Debt Service, $24,795.
in an effort to interest Sandhills res- ’^^"eases in estimated expenses are
idents in the project. ' general expenses and
, .. , - courts, for health, for road debt ser-
The dispossession was the result of . , , ’
. V, , ,, « n u- D J T I for current schools expense,
the failure of Robin Rood Farms. Inc. . ^ '
. . , • * „ ^ ^ * Increases are estimated for the fol-
to meet several installments due on ,
lowing: welfare, poor, countv debt
Home For Miss Bair-originally it had an opportunity to I purchase price of schools capital outlay
I _ u • n- ' 2,000-acre Manice farm, with home . .. .
I accomDhsh somethinff m thf> sunnrea- ’ , Debt service on schools remains the
Neal Plans Residence
accomplish something in the suppres
on ! Sion of banditry and the rehabilitation | buildings. The default moved the
from the postoffleer
“To Be Called “The Cameo”
Mr. Meiselman wil] operate the
theater, which will be known as the
Cameo, and will equip it in such a
way that it w^ll be a credit to the
entire Sandhills. He has already pur
chased leather-upholstered chairs and
will carpet the entire floor.
One of Theatre Chain
Mr. Meiselman is establishing a
chain of theaters. He now has the
Strand in Rockingham and (he Cap
ital In Monroe and expects to acquire
two others soon, one in this state
and one In South Carolina.
The Vass theater building is being
erected by the Vass Builders Corpor
ation which is an outgrowth of the
Vass Chamber of Commerce. The of
ficers of the corporation elected last
Friday night are Herman B. Meisel
man, president; F. L. Taylor, vice-
president; R. P. Beasley, secretary;
S. R. Smith, treasurer. These men
together with C. L. Tyson, A. M.
Cameron and A. L. Keith form the
board of directors.
Another project of the Chamber of
Commerce which the corporation
hopes t<y see well along vtrithln 60
days is a community house. A nice
lot In the heart of town has been
decided upon.
Midland Road. Several Leases
Here Reported
th. country, „u„ed U. TK. |Th. .ax r.te per »00 v.,.aUo„
venture was a failure, both politically j. J,!! !!„,!„ : ‘he past two fiscal years was 89
and economically. They failed to gain
I cellation of the original sales agree-
cents.
LOV KEENER 1X)SES CAR
AND OARAGE IN FIRE
Loy Keener, who carries the znall
from Southern Pines to Asheboro,
put his car in his garage at his home
on Iowa avenue, Southern Pines,
about 1:00 o’clock yesterday morn
ing. A short-circuit caught the car on
fire, and by the time Mrs. Keener
could call the Southern Pines depart
ment to the scene both car and ga
rage had been destroyed.
Building and real estate continue i the markets they sought, and to ex- ■ j
active in Southern Pines. Gn^ ind hasjploit the resources of the country.! proposed school had the ^^ck-^-p, anrl r^nmnlioll *
been broken for the new residence of ^he army had to do something to i ^ P'-ominent *^0 ^dmpoeil 111
appease the money interests at home.! Carolinians, including George KalClgh Soap BoX Derby
... . . , ~. i Ross. Jackson Springs Dr. Clarence
so it went into modernized China ® . ,
Miss Birdilia Bair in the Country
Club estate, and Dr. J. I. Neal is
having plans drawn for a home on
Midland Road, near his veterinary
hospital.
During the past week the E. C.
Stevens agency has leased the Dr.
Brown house on Country Club Drive
to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Landau and
their family, who are expected here
soon. Mr. Landau is connected with
the U. S. Department of Justice. The
same agency has leased the Herbert
Beck cottage on May street to Mr.
and Mrs. John Jensen, who have
come here from Chicago to reside.
Mr. Jensen is affiliated with the Cen
tral Carolina Telephone Company. L.
W. Miner of the same company has
taken the John Jordan house on Coun
try Club Drive.
Honor for Dr. Stutz
Appointed State Chairman for
Jr Chamber of Commerce
Health Work
Dr. Greer Stutz of Southern
Pines has been appointed chair
man of the Public Health com
mittee of the North Carolina
Junior Chamber of Commerce, a
high honor as the Jay-Cees this
year are making public health
and clinic work their major pro
ject. Dr. Stutz heads the com
mittee having charge of the or
ganization’s antituberculosis and
antl-syphllltlc work thr»ughout
the state.
and has been responsible for the
greatest migration in the history of
the world the shoving of the Chinese
westward. But still this campaign has
been a military and economic failure.
The Chinese won't recognize the Japs
as the “Saviors of Asia,” and will
never be dominated by them.
So now, to save face, Japan is
striving to drive the Westerner out of
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Tennis Tournament at
Pinehurst Underway
Team Match Planned After
Present Contests in Two
Towni^ Are Concluded
Pinehurst is having a tennis tour
nament similar to that new being
played in Southern Pines, and when
the events have been completed it is
planned to select teams for a match
between the two towns. Results this
week at Pinehurst were:
Edward King defeated W. P. Mor
ton, Jr., 6-0, 6-0; Tom Cole defeated
Jere McKeithen, 6-3, 6-1; Tommy
Currie defeated Junior Montesanti,
7-5, 6.3; Toro Cole defeated Tommy
Currie, 6-4, 6-4. Other matches to be
played this week include Leland Mc
Keithen vs. W. I. Barbour and Jess
Cole vs. the Rev. A. J. McKelway.
The absence from town of a num
ber of contestants has slowed up the
tournament In Southern Plnes^ but it
Is expected to be completed in another
week.
Poe, editor of the Progressive Far-1 Former 1st in His Heat and Tied
men John A. Parii, publisher of the! for Best Time; Campbell
Raleigh Times; Thad Eure, Secretary i 2d in Heat
of State; George Ross Pqu, State
Auditor; Kerr Scott, Secretary of
Agriculture and Col. John W. Har-
relson, dean of N. C. State College.
Little Interest
The drive to raise funds which
would have given the project a clear
title to the Manice property and
would have provided for its operation,
organized by Mrs. Gregory, failed to
excite the expected interest. Even
in Moore county comparatively little
interest was apparent in the propos
ed school.
Under the sales agreement Robin
Hood Farms, Inc., agreed to pay for
Southern Pines was ably represent,
ed in the Soap Box Derby champion
ship for this section, held on Wed
nesday in Raleigh and witnessed by
some 5,000 cheering spectators. The
winner was Roy Yelverton, Jr., of
Raleigh, but in both Class A and
Class B the entries from here were
first or second in their he"t», and
in Class A Durwood Epps of Southern
Pines shared with another boy the
speed honors of the day, making the
course in 34 seconds.
Young Epps, son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. L. Epps, won his heat and reach-
the Manice property in the following ed the quarter finals. Thomas Kelly
instalments: $1,250 on April 15, 1938; | Campbell, IZ-jrear old son of Mr. and
$1,250 May 15, 1938; $5,000 July 15,
1938; $5,000 September 15, 1M8;
$5,000 November 15, 1938; $5,000
January 15, 1939; $5,000 March 15,
1939; $5,000 May 15, 1939; and $7,500
July 15, 1939. Only two installments,
the first and second of $1,250 each,
were paid.
Elliott S. Pool, Raleigh broker
who handled the sale, was to re
ceive his commission of 12,000 from
the third installment of $5,000, which
was never paid.
Mrs. T. L. Campbell of Southern
Pines, had his home-built blue and
silver racer in the Class B. event
and was second In his heat.
The winner, young Yelverton, will
represent Raleigh in the national
championships at Akron, Ohio on
August 13th.
BROWN ACTING CHAIRMAN
OF COUNTY RED CROSS
The Rev. F. Craighill Brown has
been appointed acting chairman of
the Moore County Chapter, American
Red Cross, to serve until the
ARTILLERY BAND HERE
The 113th Field Ai^llery Band,
which gave an enjoyable concert hei-e meeting thla fall, It was iitinmmnilt
two weeks ago, returned last night this week by Field Repr«m*»tt»i ^
by popular demand for a repeat r ‘ -1 Katherine Myers, who paid a
formance in Municipal Park. ' to the county.