Daily Except Monday — Member of Associated Press
VOLUME 44
NUMBER 25
Price 3 Cents THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK, PINEHURST, N. C.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1939
COURT
Turners vs Meriden
Bank and Counter
Suit in Carthage
Former North Carolina Governor
Appears As Solicitor
IN SUPERIOR COURt
CARTHAGE, N. C., Dec. 11—
The legal controversy between
Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Turner of
Southern Pines and the Meriden
National Bank, Meriden, Conn.,
came up for the second time to
day in the Superior Court of
Moore County, and the day was
spent in selecting a jury.
The Meriden National Bank
seeks to foreclose a mortgage for
$6,000 on Southern Pines prop
erty of Mr. and Mrs. Turner,
who have filed a counter claim
against the bank, for $200,000,
maintaining that the institution
wrongfully disposed of securities
owned by the Turners.
In the fall of 1938 a Moore
county Superior Court jury re
turned a verdict against the Tur
ners, who appealed, and won a
new trial because of an error by
Judge D. C. Divens, based on'
“burden of proof.”
The Meriden bank loaned the
Turners $54,000, and all of this
was repaid with the exception of
$6,000. The Turners contend
that the bank wrongfully used
securities owned by the Turners.
There is a difference of opinion
as to the value of the securities.
The trial was given added in
terest when John C. B. Ehring
haus, former governor of North
Carolina, appeared with J. Tal
bot Johnson and Frank McCluer,
Aberdeen, for the Turners. Sea
well & Seawell, Carthage, repre
sent the bank. Judge Hoyle Fink
of Greensboro is the presiding
judge.
henry cotton wed
LONDON, Dec. 11—(^)_Hen
ry Cotton, British golf star who
captains the Ryder cup team, to
day married Mrs. Maria Isabel
Moss, wealthy 37-year-old Ar
gentine woman. Cotton is 32.
HELON POOLE RETURNS
Miss Helon Poole, noted dance
teacher, of Charlotte, will arrive
tomorrow to resume her dance
instruction courses at the Holly
tnn. All are invited to enroll in
these classes, which became high
y Popular last season under Miss
oole’s direction.
WHAT TO DO AND SEE
Today
Bndge luncheon at Pinehurst
Country Club today.
Keno at The Carolina tonight.
Field Trial events of Pointer
u of America. Spectators
Call “Sam” at The
ar°lma for details.
at the theatres
Southern Pines -
Tonight at 8:30 and matinee
1°°’ *; That’s Right, Yoi
AdT^’ Wlth Kay Ryser ;
Adolphe Menjou.
* Aberdeen Theatre -
“Da°nLght at 7:15 and 9
Power Li'A16’” With Tyr
, ’ Ll.nda Darnell and othi
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FIELD TRIAL ENTHUSIASTS
Field trials are occupying the centre of the Pinehurst Sportlight
Calendar at the present time, with the 48th annual running of the
Pointer Club of America events. Here are the Messrs. W. H. ;Mc
Naughton and Raymond Hoagland, both; of Cartersville, Ga.- The
McNaughton trophy is now being contested in the open all-age
events. Mr. McNaughton is secretary - treasurer and Mr. Hoagland
a vice president of the Pointer Club.
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Miss Pilot Doone Runs
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Twelve of 22 Braces Complete Workout In
Pointer Club Event; How’s Chances
Has Find on Point
Twelve of the 22 braces sched
uled in the open all-age event
of the Pointer Club’s y annual
field trials were held yesterday,,
with a total of 44 dogs entered.
The best work of the day was
done by Miss Pilot Doon<*, white
and orange pointer bitch owned
by Dr. F. 0. Foard of Valdese,
N. C., handled by Marvin Yount.
Miss Doone, running in. the first
brace of the day, found a covey
of birds and stood up well on her
game. She ran a wide searching
heat with full punch and sparkle.
How’s Chances, a white and
liver pointer dog owned by Or E.
Massey of Mount Holly, N. C.,
handled by Joe McCall, also had
one find on point. He was not
exceptionally steady, however,
running1 a< short race to cut his
chances for the $1000 stake. An
other dog finding birds was Ma
plebrook’s Jake Ring, a white
and orange pointer ,dog owned
by R. Z. Cates of Spartanburg,
S. C., whose pointer bitch, Shuf
fletown Farm’s Frances, took the
all-age membership stake back
home last week. Homewood Tri
ple Trouble, a white and liver
pointer Jog, owned by Euclid
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MAN
ABOUT
TOWN
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by Lou Koch
I
George M. Rogers of Mt. Holly, N. J. is an accomplished mem
ber of the press in our midst at the present time. He’s covering the
field trials of the Pointer Club of America. Dog trials have been
his special assignment for a number of years, and in this position
he has traveled throughout the entire United States. He is associ
ated with the American Field Publishing Co., and his other reporting
connections include those with the Atlanta Constitution, the Mem
phis Commercial Appeal, the St. Louis Post Dispatch, the Kansas
City Star Cleveland Press, Cincinnati Enquirer, Daily Oklahoman
of Oklahoma City, Tulsa World, Oklahoma, the New, York Times,
New York Herald Tribune, the Philadelphia Bulletin, Ledger and
Inouirer and the Houston Press. - He also writes for Spur magazine.
Another field trial enthusiast is Col.. B. C. Goss of Cleveland,
Ohio Col Goss is president of the Lake Erie Chemical Co., an
enormous firm-which builds government plants here and abroad.
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WHISTLES
Team of Thomson
and Robertson
Win Replay
Marr and Ward are Tied With
Williams-Pearson Duo
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SECOND PLAY-OFF TODAY
•Francis C. Robertson and Eric
D» Thomson won the replay for
the major Tin Whistle prizes at
the Pinehurst Country Club yes
terday, when they finished three
up on par over the number three
course.
There was a playoff of four
pairs, each of which finished in
a tie for second in last Satur
day’s bestball against par com
petition by completing, the round
three up on the Colonel.
In yesterday ’s competition W.
H. B. Ward and C. B. S. Marr
tied with Chester I. Williams and
Harlow S. Pfearson, for the minor
prizes, when each team finished
one up on par. They will play
otT again today.
Rev. T. A. Cheatham and J. R.
Bowker, fourth team in the play
off event, finished thrpe down to
par and became eliminated from
further competition. '
There was a report that Mr.
TWardr eager -to-improve himself
for the playoff, went to Maniac
Hill Sunday morning and prac
ticed for more than an hour.
That this workout did no harm
was evidenced in his play yester
day, and on Sunday afternoon
when he played an 83 around the
number three course.
It also become known yester
day that the reason Mr. Pearson
and Mr. Williams were in the re
play was because of a remark
able stroke played by Mr. Pear
son on the eighth hole of the
number one course on Saturday.
He drove into the large bunker
at the right and was so deep in
the sand that only the top of his
hat could be seen from the green.
Mr. Pearson could not see the
green, but after taking a line on
the flag he holed out for a deuce.
In- yesterday’s replay, Mr. Rob- j
erson and Mr. Thomson did not
start off any too well and at the
ninth hole they were one down
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SQUIRRELS TIP OFF PALS
ABOUT GIVEN’S FREE LUNCH
Squirrels in sthe, Deer Park in
Pinghurst are friendly, and when
one of them finds out about a
good thing he passes the tip
about.
Two venturesome squirrels
from the Deer Park had been
feasting on seed put out by John
L. Given, for birds which make
a sanctuary about the Given
home on McCaskill road.
Mr. Given set out a cage and
caught two squirrels. He paint
ed them, or at least dobbed
enough paint ‘on the backs of the
squirrels so it would be easy to
identify them if they returned.
They were taken back to the Deer
Park and released.
And the next day they 'were
right back in the cage on the
Given property, only they
brought pals along. ,
Mr. Given ordered that these
squirrels be taken ^o the vicinity
of the airport before being re
leased. Up until yesterday they
had not returned, and the birds
are enjoying their breakfast.
The WORLD of TODAY
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By the Associated Press
Helsinki reports that in heavy fighting yesterday along the en
tire Finnish battlefront Russian troops reached points from 40 to
60 miles from the borders in some places but, a Finnish communi
que said, at a cost of many casualties.
‘ The Finns reported three companies of Russians wiped out^ in
one surprise machine gun attack, and counter attacks by fast driv
ing Finnish ski detachments.
The Russian advances, representing aggregate gains in 12 days
off fighting with sharpshooting ski units along the snowy eastern
frontier, were mainly in two sectors, just north of Lake Ladoga,
and several hundred miles farther north near Kuoljarvia, which the
Russians took yesterday.
j LEAGUE MAKES “LAST CHANCE” OFFER
* At Geneva the League of Nations last night gave Soviet Russia,
a “last chance” offer of 24 hours to halt her war on Finland and *
submit the dispute to league mediations. What adtion the league'
might take if Russia refuses to mediate still was uncertain, but it:
appeared rejection of the offer would mean Allied arms and muni-~
tiohs and Latin American food and oil for the embattled Finns.
: At Great Britain's suggestion, the committee decided it must
have no illusions of the Russian reply, despite Soviet reports in Gen
eva that there was a 50-50 chance Moscow would accept.
I The committee, therefore, is to meet again today.
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I MORE BRITISH STEAMERS REPORTED SUNK
j In London a Reuter's, British news agency, dispatch from Oslo
said that the Greek steamer Garoufalia had been torpedoed and sunk
by ja submarine off the Norwegian coast.
j Six more British ships were .added to the ever growing list
of Allied vessels lost at sea. Among them were four missing mer
chantmen long overdue, which the British believe sunk. A fifth mer
chant vessel, the Willowpool, went down after hitting a mine. ,Her
crew of 36 was rescued. j
j The minesweeper Ray of Hope, a vessel that had been requisi
tioned by the navy also met disaster in the form of a mine.
; The ship, 11th British naval vessel lost since the outbreak, of
the war, was not listed in naval registers.
I While the British were marking up their sea losses, British
troops were getting their first taste of action on the Western front
since World War days. The visit of King George VI to the front
brought out the fact that Tommies have moved up into active sectors,
where enemy patrols have been increasingly aggressive.
FRANCINE FARRELL IS NEW
DUNES CLUB ATTRACTION
Miss Francine .Farrell, sophis
ticated gong stylist, who has per
formed many tmes in radio pro
grams, is now on the Dunes Club
list of artists. Miss Farrell, a
very beautiful young songstress,
has also appeared at the Casino
Russe, New York City; Embassy
Club, Philadelphia; Mayflower
Hotel, Akron, Ohio.
;t WEATHER
Fair; slightly warmer in the
mountains Tuesday; Wednesday,
increasing cloudiness and war
mer, probably followed by light
showers.
OUTLOOK EDITORS
SEEK ANIMAL STORIES
! The editors of The Outlook
aire eagW to publish animal
sltories. The Outlook has had
articles about a tame quail,
talking crow, a Great Dane
rescued from a well, the shoot
ing of a scouting party of
turkeys who thought they
were living on a year of bor
rowed time from the state,
anJ today, an item concerning
squirrelsconvicted of theft.
The Outlook has published
stories about horses, particul
larly Pet Or Astra/ Some of
these stories had news angles
and others, were features.
Readers will be doing The
Outlook a favor if they tip
us off on animal stories.
Turkeys
Clyde Phillips Held
On Complaint of
Game Warden
GLENDON, N. C., Dec. 11 —
Clyde Phillips was arrested to
day on a warrant sworn out by
State Game Commissioner Fred N
Williams of Fayetteville, whtefca
charges that Phillips killed wild]
turkey in violation of state game;
laws. . ,
Phillips is charged with shoot
ing over the "legal limit for one
day, and of having used a re
peating gun. Trial will be in the
Recorders Court, Carthage, Mon-* ,
day, December 18.
The arrest followed reports
to the state game commission'
that turkeys, recently released
by the state farms at Hoffman
and Fayetteville had been killed.
The birds were released with an
agreement that * they would not _
be shot for one year.
According to Game Commis
sioner Williams, a flock of re
cently released turkeys walked: ,
over the Deep river bridge into.
this village and was met by ar
tillery fire, four of the birds be- ,
coming .casualties.
Moore County sportsmen, ea
ger to cooperate with the state
t in building up game bird hunt
ing here, joined with stats war
j dens in an investigation of the
! massacre of the turks*.