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MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS WEEKLY THE A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding Friday, Febuary 7, 1930 H. CAMERON PAROLED FROM STATE PRfSON riemency Hastened by 111 Health of Hoke County Man Who Once Escaped ENDS INTERESTING CASE John H. Cameron, Hoke County man who was brought back to the tat? Prison November 17, 1928, to ,,omplete a sentence for murder after an escape lasting 14 years, during which he accumulated a fortune at Sylacauga, Ala., was paroled Wed nesday by Governor 0. Max Gard ner. This action, which was taken with out the knowledge of Cameron’s at torneys, or any other interested pai'ties, ended w’hat the Governor had found to be one of the most troublesome cases of his entire ad ministration. The case aroused wirespread at tention and last October Governor Gardner turned down the most volu minous appeals ever collected from high sources for any prisoner, his principal reason being that he felt that clemency would have a bad ef fect on the other prisoners, both be cause Cameron had escaped and be cause he had secured the withdrawal of opposition to his parole on the part of the family of the man he murdured by a cash settlement of $10,000. Shortly after this action was tak en it was necessary to remove Cam eron, w'ho is 59, from the Caledonia Prison Farm to the Central Prison at Raleigh on account of his health and Governor Gardner, some time ago, concluded to parole Cameron after six months, the time required by his office before a parole which has been declined can be reopened. Go^*^- ernor Gardner’s attention was called last night to an affidavit from Dr. J. R. Norman, prison physician, that Cameron’s health had continued to deteriorate, the Governor determined to act immediately and instructed Ex ecutive Counsel O. M. Mull to draw' the necessary papers. Cameron escaped from the State prison on December 21. 1914. after serving less than one year of a 20- year sentence for the murder of P. C. Oakes, Raeford chief of police, who had previously arrested Camer on, member of a prominent family, for drunkenness. Following his escape Cameron drifted for a while and finally set- led in the little Alabama town. Here under the name of J. B. Davis, he ac quired extensive turpentine 'noldings and other business interes*-?. became the town’s wealthiest and most re spected citizen. Durino- his exile he established con nection with his family, w’hich re mained at Raeford and carried three of hi> five sons to Alabama and as sociated them in his business. In 1928, he was arrested on information fur nished by a resident of Mississippi in hope of securing the $400 reward, which had expired and w^as not paid. Governor McLean declined to act as ha ] Governors Bickett and Morrison, ‘n whom petitions had been presented while Cameron was still at large. An exhaustive hearing was held in the case last June by Judge N. A. Townsend, then executive counsel, but the decision was deferred for sev eral months. i The requests for clemency, many of ^vhich w^ere unsolicited and whose ignei^j included practically all of ■officialdom in North Carolina and Alabama and many eaitors and mini sters in both States, were all based m the fact that Cameron had “made #?ood,” it being admitted that the f ime was a reprehensible one. A WARNING, AND MILD PROTEST LAKEView mancev of the VOL. 10, NO. 10. PILOT FIRST IN NEWS AND ADVERTISING of North Carolina Aberdeen, North Carolina FIVE CENTS To our line Govsrnor; our splendid Legislators; our spotless County Commissioners; and all other Dignitaries in Command; Permit me to point a finger at the precipice just in fiont of us all: Don t you see, gentlemen, that you are driving our beloved state to certain ruin ? Don’t you see that you have piled upon us a burden of Taxes that has destroyed nearly half the value of the landed propelty of the State ? Don’t you see that a farm is no longer an asset, but a grievous liability ? Have you seen Mr. Boyd’s fine sarcasm about the $300,000.00 Courthouse, v^iose principal use seems to be to serve as a back- Miound tor the stand of your officials to sell the peoples’ land for Taxes? Have you digested that bit of sarcasm? Have you noticed the costly farce of our present-day expensive schools ? Has it ever occurred to you trat it is a collosal mistake to edu cate a boy by force? Has it ever occurred to you that the boys w’ho would be bene- fitted by an education will secure his education by force of his own will ? Has it ever occurred to you that it is a collosal mistaks to edu- a forced education (?), and v.ho, if let alone, would be happy and useful producers of the necessities of life, but who, under your school plan, are b:comi.:g an army of dead-beats and vagabonds? Every woixl of this indictmcnt is true and just. J. McN. JOHNSON EUREKA WOMAN URGES EQUAIJTY FOR ALL SCHOOLS New Hosjpl al Conducted on Advanced Scientific Lines Believes Improvement of County Schools Would Stop Trend Toward City QUOTES GOV. CARLTON MOORE COUNTY GETS QUOTA OF 8 FOR C. M. T. C. Opportunity for Local Young Men to Spend Month at Government Expense COL HARRELSON ADDRESSES LOCAL KIWANIS aUB Meeting Given Over to Discus sion of Forest and Fish Protection Work JUNE 13 TO JULY 12 MEETING WELL ATTENDED Radio Interference To Be Investigated Town Commissioners of South ern Pines Paving Way for Federal Inspection The Board of Commissioners of "outhern Pines met in regular ses sion Wednesday night, Mayor Stutz presiding. Commissioners Stevens, Case, O’Callaghan and C. Patch pres- nt. On recommendation of the Law and Ordinance Committee an Ordi- Tiance to control radio interference in the town of Southern Pines is to be grafted and passed at the next meet ing of the Commissioners, February 19th. The enacting of this ordinance will enable our authorities to bring in a Federal Inspector and in this way to compel the elimination of much of the unnecessary interference so an noying to the radio owners. Opportunity will again be present ed this summer for eight young men of Moore county to spend a month at Uncle Sam’s expense at the Citizens’ Military Training Camp at Fort Bragg. The date has been set for the annual encampment from June 13th to July 12th. Col. Charles B. Clark of Greensboro will be in charge of Sub-District No. 5, w’hich com prises the following counties; Moore, Rockingham, Chatham, Guil ford, Davidson, Randolph, Montgom ery, Lee and Richmond. The quota for this sub-district is 130, with Moore’s quota eijrht. Nel son C. Hyde has been appointed by General Albert L. Cox, Civilian Aide to the Secretary of War, as represen tative for Moore county in charge of enrollment, and will receive applica tions from eligible young men for the month’s training and camp life. The government pays all necessary expanses. It will take you to camp at its ow’n ex ense and thirty days later, will bring you home again. It w’ill pro vide you with excellent food. ^Came your favorite sport and the govern ment will furnish expert instructors and the necessary equipment. The gov ernment will teach you to swim, drill, march, pitch camp and shoot with the best. You get all these advantages without any cost to yourself and without any obligation on your part. The reasons for this generosity of the government? To bring up good healthy young cit izens who are able to carry on the na tion’s w'ork and perpetuate its insti tutions; who can hold their heads high and take an honored place in the community; w'ho can spread the gospel of a healthy, democratic Americanism by their every day life and dw’ell in harmony with their fellow-men. Classification There are four courses of instruc tion fe'ven at the Citizens’ Military Training Camps. Each course covers thirty days. The first of the series is the Basic Course. After it, in succes sion, come the Red, White and Blue Courses, which give more advanced instruction in the various branches. To attend any camp, the candidate ' must be a male citizen of the United States, physically qualified and of good moral character. He must have passed his seventeenth birthday and have at least average intelligence. A certificate of good character from reputable citizens in his community is required of every young man who is accepted. The different courses are: BASIC COURSE: This course pro vides preliminary pTij^sical, mental and moral training, including bodily development, athletics, drill, rifle marksmanship, first aid, camp sani tation, personal hygiene, military courtesy, discipline and studies in citizenship. Candidates taking this course may qualify for the next high er, the Red Course. QUALIFICATIONS for Basic This week’s meeting of the Ki- wanip Chib held in the G'chner & Johnson Building of Aberdeen was given over to discussion of the for estry situation and fire protection in this section. Col. Harrelson and Mr. England of the Department of Con servation and Development were pres ent. A number of large landowners of the section were interested gu sts at this meeting. The work of the department of Conservation and Development com bating forest fires was explained. The cost of this servi:e is borne proportionally by the Fedeial. State, and County Governments. It costs the landowner tw'o cents per aero. A fire truck and w^atchman for this protec tion is kept on the look out at the Carolina Hotel, Pinehurst at all times. Col. Harrelson spoke interestingly about the oyster beds along the coast of North Carolina, and ex plained the work of his department in protecting fish during the raising reason and its enr'eavors to improve the quantity as well as the quality of the oysters on our coast. He stated that North Carolina ranks Iov;est of the states on the Atlantic coast on revenue derived from its oyster bot toms, and that with proper care and protection it should rank first. The meeting w^as largely attended and was one of the best of the season. Impressed by an article in the Southern Ruralist in which Governor Carlton of Florida discusses the rural schcl problem Mrs. W. McC, Blue of the Eureka Woman’s Club, wrote to Goveinor Carlton asking the privilege of using his statements. In reply Governor Carlton said: “If the brief discussion on the problems of the rural schools given in an interview with the Southern Ruraliit will be of any aid in promot ing the educational system in your countv, vou are at liberty to use it. “Establishment of the rural school units on an equal basis of opportun ity with the schools in the larger dis tricts is, in my opinion, a direct ob ligation of an ystate government.” In forwarding this communication to The Pilot, Mrs. Blue makes the following very pertinent remark; “Moore County has many who be lieve with me that while every rural community contributes of its youth and of its wealth to the upbuilding* of the city and nation, it is not unfair that these should in turn bear a share of the cost of rural schools.” While some counties of our state have made ^?reat strides in the mat ter of putting the rural school on an equality with the city schools .vet there is much in the remarks of Gov ernor Carlton which is woithy of careful thought. Some of the more striking of his statements are: “There has been a continuous movs- ment from the country to the city schools. Rural schools have not been developed to keep pace with the rapidly giowing instit^'tions in the cities. The result has been in man"; localities—overcrewded city s»choo^jF and a rural system r g’ected because supervisors W'ere following the line of least resistence. “It is true that, in many instances, the city schools had more educational facilities to offer. Athletics had their attraction. “The development of the city school system has been a wonderful progres sive movement and on which is of ALMET JENKS WRITES ON EDITORIAL PAGE TODAY There are all kinds of columns, says Almet Jenks, writer of fre quent articles for the Saturday Evening Post and now a winter resident of Southern Pines, and he proceeds to write most of them all rolled into one. It appears on the Editorial Page in this issue of The Pilot. A contribution by Katharine Newlin Burt will appear in The Pilot next week. —THE EDITOR. ‘County Medical Society, Health Dept, and College of Surgeons I Cooperating SEEK A-GRADE RATING Southern Pines To Be on Air Regularly Will Be Feature of WPTF Pro- gram Every Tuesday Night at 8:15 The second Southern Pines Radio Hour on Station WPTF Raleigh is scheduled for 8:15 p. m. to 8:45 p. m. Tuesday night February 11th. This radio concert is sponsored by the Southern Pines Chamber of Com merce and is under the direction of I E. Ellsworth Giles. The first concert broadcast w^as given^ last Sunday afternoon and re ceived favorable reception. The man ager of Station WPTF has set aside : the 8:15 to 8:45 hour regularly for I the Southern Pines program for the I next month and radio fans can there- I fore tune in on this station each Tues- i day night to hear the programs made ‘ up from the wealth of musical talent sojourning in the Sandhills at this season. No Pro.spect of Farm Tax Relief United Press Expert Says Gen eral Trend of Property Tax Is Still Upward (Please Turn to Page Ten ) Aberdeen B. and L. Reports Good Year Association in Healthy Condition and Shows Earnings of Near 7 Per Cent C. E. INSTITUTE TO BE HELD AT SOUTHERN PINES FEB 16 A one day Christian Endeavor In stitute will be held at the Church of Wide Fellowship Sunday, February 16, beginning at 3:00 p. m. and end ing with an address by Dr. Ira D. Landrith at 7:30 p. m. A very interesting program is be ing prepared for the afternon ses sion. Mr. Roy Breg, All-South C. E. Secretary, from Atlanta, also State and District Christian Endeavor offi cers will be present. All who regis ter will be entitled to a buffet sup per. The institute is being conducted under the auspices of the Moore County Christian Endeavor Union, NOTED FILIPINO ATTORNEY TO SPEAK SUNDAY NIGHT The annual stockholders meeting of the Aberdeen Building and Loan As sociation was held at the High School auditorium on Tuesday night of last week. The report of the secretary- treasurer showed the local association j to be in a healthy condition and thriv- 1 ing’ dspite the talk of hard times, j More new shares were sold in 1929 I than in any other year since 1923, and j it is expected that a large number of new’ shares will be taken in the series opening this month. The earn ing rate of the Association was shown by the annual report to be right at 7 per cent, which is about as high as can be found, especially in a non-tax- able stock. The Aberdeen Building & Loan Association continues to be one of the greatest assets the town has, considred both as a savings organiza tion and as a building organization. The following were elected directors for the year 1930: Robert N. Page, G. C. Seymour, M. H. Folley, H. A. Gunter, Theo. Berg, J. R. Page, M. M. Johnson, F. D. Shamburger, E. M. Medlin and D. I, McKeithen. According the Josenh S. Wasn^y, L^nited Press Agriculture Editor, far- I mers need not expect any reduction in ! their tax s soon, he says: Taxes on farm property in the : United States as a whole may be ! exp cted to irciease for some time, according: to the Agriculture Depart- j ment. Taxes on farm real estate in- i cr-^ased from 1913 to 1928 about 146 i per c-cnt. I To effect a reduction in farm taxes , the department lecommended that j states provide a more effective con trol over expenditures and also re vise taxation systems so that the greater share of nTcessarj^ expendi tures would be deiived from sources other than general property. The present agitation in this state would seem to indicate that North Carolina farmers have decided that now is the time for the lawmakers to begin to hunt other sources of rev enue. (Please Turn to Page Ten.) One of the serious problems per plexing our statesmen is American rule over the Phillipines, and to all our readers who are interested, Vin cente Villamin, a Filipino attorney, noted as a publicist and writer, op posed to immediate independence of the islands, will give an informative talk at the Platform Hour of the Church of Wide Fellowship this Sun day evening, February 9. So much of an authority is Mr. Villamin that the Associated Press, and the United Press carry his lectures, and his talk this Sunday evening promises to be one of the outstanding platform hours of the season. Charles Pier, cello soloist, will also play during the hour. ORGANIZE SOCIETY OF CHILDREN OF REVOLUTION The Margaret McBride Children of American Revolution Society was or ganized in Southern Pines on Febru ary 1st at the Civic Club in that city, with nine members. Mrs. Tal bot Johnson is organizing president and Miss Mary Swett, junior presi dent. This society will meet about four times in each year. WELFARE ASSOCIATION TO HOLD QUARTERLY MEETING The regular quarterly meeting of the Moore County Health and Welfare Association will be held Tuesday, Feb ruary 11, at 2:30 p. m., at the Civic Club buiMing in Southern Pines. Hurd Cup Race Will Be Run Wednesday Eighth Contest for This Highly Prized Trophy Will Be a Thriller The Hurd Cup Race takes place at the Pinehurst Track on Wednesday, February 12, Lincoln’s Birthday. This will be the eighth annual con test for this cup which is given by N. S. Hurd and it is a Cup that is coveted by every thoroughbred own er, which assures a keen race. Additional running events are the 5 and 6 Furlong running races and in the harness classes are the Eighth Annual Carolina Pace and the Eighth Annual Country Club Trot. With the remarkable class of Harness Horses now wintering at Pinehurst, every harness race is a thrill. An unusu ally attractive program of eques trian events is also being prepared. SIXTY PEIl CENT OF TAXES NOW PAID Figures compiled in the office of County Tax Collector J. D. McLean show that Moore County taxpayers had paid in at the end of last month $257,000 or slightly more than sixty per cent of the total levy of $428,000 for the year 1929. The levy in 1928 was $437,000 and at the close of Jan uary following $27,000 had been col lected. Bion H. Butler Over at Pinehurst has arisen the I new More County hospital, which is a revolution in hospital practice, for J it is an institution created by men of I means, and founded on an idea that until recently has been foreign to hospital practice. It w^as designed to ent.r a cla-s that is still not com mon in mary states and that does not have a great many hospitals in this state in the rating. To classify this new institution requires going back to 1913 when the American Col lege of Surgeons initiated the move ment for standardization of hospitals. The American College of Surgeons is an association of several thousand of the foremost surgeons of the United States and Canada, patterned after the Royal College of Surgeons of Great Britain, the most highly rated I medical association in existence. This I association began the investigation of j hospital work in the country, and af- I ter two or three years of intense re- 1 search w^ork and study a plan was evolved for the standardizing of hos pitals. This plan insists that surgeons privileged to practice in the hospitals be organized as a definite group or staff, and membership on the staff shall be restricted to physicians who are competent in their respective fields and worthy in character. That the staff hold regular meetings, review the clinical experience of the insti-' tution, file case records and that clin ical laboratory facilities be available ^for the"'-i5t»dy, diagnosis and treat- I ment of patients, are also demanded: and with these were other r.quire- ments. Workab!e Plan As the doctors who foim2d the as- o iat’oi aie largely connected with the hospitals of the country the plans proposed were practical and met with a;proval. A minimum standard of ho-'pital practice was adopted, and leports were gathered from naaily a thousand hospitals. About one of of thiee w-as found up to the standard set and then w^as commenced the job of bringing all hospitals up to that stanJaid. Un^er the new scheni? the staff at its r'^vu'.ar meeti'.g goes over the cases that have com? in, and. they are analyzed, to see wht ie they wsre most correctly handled, where errors W’ere made, where anytliing transpired that should not, and where better methods might hav^ prevailed. About one meeting and every doctor is put on his tois. Also at every meeting every doctor is glad to hear the views of the others, and as at clinical meetings consultations are common and comprehensive, diag nosis becomes a matter largely of united knowledge. Reports are stud ied and the patients enjoy th? judg ment of an able staff and the advice of every member w’ho car s to offer iUgtestions. Criticisms are offend at time= that are enlightening. After the system had b?en in pvogi ss for a year or so a compaiiscn made between hospitals under the system a.:d tho-e working unc r the oU lax plan of go as you lease. A compar ison of two hospitals each t eating 100 patients disclosed that the one, called the “A” hospital, showed com plete physical examination and blood count 100, at the other 14, consulta tions held at “A” 41, at the other 2, working diagnosis in advance of operation 100 at “A,” at the other none, progress notes recorded by doc tors at “A” 100, at the other none, incorrect diagnosis at “A” 1, at the other 14, infections following opera tions at “A” 3, at the other 12, pa tients relieved 94 at “A,” at the oth er 77, deaths at “A” 3, at the other 9. And so on. The contention of the doctors of the College of Surgeons is that if a staff meeting of the surgeons of the hospi tal community had met once a month and discussed affairs of the hospital the No. 2 hospital in this case would not have made such an inexcusable showing as compared with “A.” And that is what the new hospital at Pinehurst is trying to provide for. The County Medical association has practically become the staff of the Moore County Hospital, and has or ganized its staff, and appointed its regular meetings and councils, and the united medical body of the county is working harmoniously to make the Moore County Hospital a class A or whatever the name of the best is to be, and with the assurance that the (Hea«e turn to page 4)'
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