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■■i^^ MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEW> WEEKLY Q ifc-S- lAoe £ACI.E lsprincs JWEST ^NO 'UACKSOH SPRINGS VASS iLAKEVICW MANUEY PILOT Q 22 PAGES IN THIS ISSUE 1 A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding ABfci.KOe£>r isouthcrn Pttl£S ASHkEY Q\0. HE.IGHTS of the Sandhill Territoi ^^^..North Carolina VOL. 10. NO. 51, PINeBLUPP Aberdeen, North Carolina Friday, November 21, 1930. FIVE CENTS MAD DASH AFTER ’LEGGERS LANDS THREE IN JAIL Race in Cars with Guns Leveled Follows Crash Through Rail Fence BUD MICHAEL CAPTURED After a mad dash in which the pursued and pursuing cars first crash ed through a rail fence, then ran side by side with officers^ guns leveled at bootleggers’ heads as they tore through the night at breakneck speed, Bud Micheal, said to be ringleader of a band engaged in illicit liquor traf fic, and a n^gro named Williams were captured last Thursday night by Chief of Police, B. W. Beasley of Southern Pines and Deputy Sheriff A. W. Lambeth. Beasley and Lam beth were part of a posse “out to get” Michael and his son' John. Armed with a search warrant, the sheriff’s force, with Sheriff McDon ald and Deputies T. N. Slack, L. A. Lambeth, Gargas and Beasley along and aided by Prohibition Agents L. G. Trexler and W. T. Kennedy, started out to visit the Michaels house on the road between Knollwood and Carthage, near the Airport. On their way out they ran. across Michael, his son Jo^^n and the colored fellow in a car. When Michael saw what was following him he dashed into a side road and wound a circuitous course through narrow paths in an endeavor to escape. Mak ing a quick turn at one stage of the chase he eluded all pursuers except the car in which Chief Beasley and Deputy Lambeth were riding. These officers extinguished their lights thinking the Michael car meant to double back after the other cars had passed. This is just what happened, and when Michael started back for the road frc^m which he had made his quick turn, he was faced with the Beasley car. Crash Through Fence Then started another hot pursuit during which Michael ran down a road blocked by a rail fence. It was a case of crashing through or sur render, and tjie alleged bootlegger chose the crash. The rails cracked and snapped, one snapping back into place just as the Beasley car came along. Chief Beasley crashed through this, and both cars were soon on the good road leading from Knollwood to Pinehurst where the race started at a rate of 50 miles an hour, the cars neck and neck, the officers with their guns out, the one not driving holding his at the head of Michael as he com manded him to stop. The cars were so close together that wheels finally locked, and the race was over. Bud Michael and the negro were arrested. Son John got away in the excitement. Many Happy Returns of the Day (Please turn to Page 8) Pinehurst Pioneer ^ Is Kiwanis Speaker Congressman Threadway Was Associated with James Tufts TRiirty Years Ago Allen Towner Treadway, member of Congress from the 1st district of Massachusetts in which his home city, Stockbridge', is located, told members of the Kiwanis Club at their Wednes day meeting of the gigantic program of improvements in the national cap ital, extending from the? Union Sta tion and the Capitol to Arlington Na tional Cemetery and on the Mount Vernon. The meeting was held at Highland Lodge in Southern Pines. Fittingly, Richard Tufts introduced the speaker of the day. Thirty years ago Mr. Treadway was associated with Richard’s grandfather, James W. Tufts, in the management of Pine hurst and Richard told a story of those early days reflecting on the foresight of the Congressman. At that time Pinehurst had one nine-hole golf course. Donald Ross was here then as now, and wanted to enlarge the course to 18 holes. Mr. Treadway strenously objected, stating that golf was just another of these passing fancies and would not last. And Rich ard referred to the eight or nine 18- COAST ARTELERY ENTERTAINS HUGE CROWD AT CAMP Masisive Lights Play in Sky and Guns Made Ready to Attack Planes The Moore County Hospital, One Year Old on Tuesday, Nov. 25th Old Fashioned Pounding Proposed For Hospital on its First Birthday Gifts from Residents of County Asked in Celebration of Anniversary How about an old-fashioned “pounding” for the Moore County Hos pital on the occasion of its first birth day next Tuesday, November 25th? The Pilot proposes we look over the pantry shelves and see what we have in the way of nice birthday presents for our baby institution over near Pinehurst. The hospfttal, county-wide in its service, open to all without regard to creed or color, rich or poor, is, as you kn^, not self-supporting. Pew hospitals are, but many have endow ments sufficient to take care of op erating expenses. Moore county’s f^ne new institution is daily proving its value to the residents of this section. It is capable and fully ser\'ing a long- felt want, but its income is not com- mensuate with the service it is ren dering. So let’s give it a birthday party and help the cause along! Every little bit helps. Vegetables help—they cost money at the stores. You have veg etables to spare on your farm. Take them to the designated point in Car thage or Pinehurst or Aberdeen cr Southern Pines or Lakeview and they will join other vegetables from other farms there and be carried to tlie hospital. How about some fruit, or canned goods of any dei^cription ? A bag of flour makes a lot of bread, and bread helps put a lot of invalids back on their feet. Jellies and jams —were you ever confined in a hos pital? Then you know what a little jelly does to that tray when it’s placed in front of you. It makes the whole meial taste differently. Everybody is Invited to Party A good old-fashioned “pounding” for the hospital! Everyone invited. Bring your birthday gifts to one of the central points, or telephone Mrs. H. E. Bowman, general chairman, at Aberdeen and she will see that they are sent fof. Here are the gathering places: Aberdeen, residence of Mrs. H. E. Bowmian on Poplar street; Carthage, leave at Fashion Shop or communicate with Mrs. Nelia Black: Lakeview, residence of Mrs. John Mc Queen; Southern Pines, office of S. B. Richardson, Patch Building; Pine hurst, leave donations at the hospital marked “Birthday Greetings.” Residents of Cameron, Vass, Pine- bluff, Eagle Springs, West End, the northern townships a^d all sections where no central point is mentioned are asked to take their presents to the nearest designatd point or to the hospital. “Many happy returns of the day to the Moore County Hospital.” (Please turn to Page 8) PICQUET RE-ELECTED BY THEATRE OWNERS OF U. S. Charlie Picquet, genial movie mag nate of the Sandhills, has returned from the annual meeting of the Th^- tre Owners Association of America with the vioe-presidency again tucked under his belt. All the officers were re-elected for another year. Charlie also named menafeer pf s con- was mittee to aid, tharough the movies, the ‘‘Buy Now” campaign which is *being waged throughout the country to combat the buying strike Drank Anti-Freeze Colored Man Dies as Result of Experimenting With New Kind of Liquor Bunyan McLeod, 23-year-old colored man of Vass, died Monday morning after several hours of in tense suffering caused by drink ing a poisonous liquid. It is thought that Bunyan drank alco hol which was prepared for use as an anti-freeze for automobile ra diators. Since his death it has come to light that some of the colored boys have been drinkink this prep aration. Bunyan was given medi cal attention, birt his system was so thoroiighly poisoned that it was of no avail. Funeral s€r\nces were held Wednesday. MOVIES FOR DOUGHBOYS J. E. HEWSTON DIES, VICTIM OF HEART ArnCK ON HUNT Falls Lffeless from Horse As First Fox Chase of Season Is About to Start Just as the first fox hunt of the season was about to start last Fri day at Pinehurst, John E. Hewston, prominent resident of the Sandhills for some time, manager of the exten sive real estate interests here of the late James Barber, steamship mag nate, dropped from his horsfe, dead. The excitement of the impending chase is believed to have brought on a heart attack. Mr. Hewston was riding alongside his wife when the tragic event oc curred. He had spoken but a few minutes before of how fine it was tc be out with hounds again. Mr. Hewston came here some two years ago to look after the Barber estate holdings, which include much of that country north of Midland Road be tween Knollwood and Pinehurst. He came from San Francisco where, as a civil engineer, he was connected with numerous important projects and won for himself an enviable reputation. He had made a host of friends in the Sandhills, and took a prominent part in affairs of the Kiwanis Clttb. During the past year lie has served as chairman of the important Com mittee on Agriculture, which through its annual Master Farmer contest and other schemes of like nature does much to aid the plight of the farmer in this section. After funeral services at Pinehurst, the body was taken to Oakland, Cal., by Mrs. Hewston last Sunday night. /HIGHLAND PINES INN AND HOLLYWOOD OPEN The Highland Pines te and the Hollywpod Hotel opened their winter seasons yesterday with good bookings. Many of their regular winter clien tele are already back, with more to follow for over the ^lanksgiving per iod. All the Southern Pines hotels are now open for the winter. Anti-aircraft guns didn’t boom bC' cause there’s a regulation against it,' but powerful beams of light shot into the heavens above Aberdeen Wednes- c’ay night when the 69th Regiment of Coast Artillry spent the afternoon and Kight on the football field just outside of town on the road to Pinehurst. And big three-inch guns were' assembled for inspection by the crowds, and a huge airplane detector was all set up and operated by doughboys. This mechanical device with its four mas sive ears lets the battery know if there is an airplane anywhere near. Crowds there were to greet the of ficers and men of the anti-airjraft regiment, 350 strong, who arttved in town early in the afternoon after a drive from Raleigh. Many of the of ficers were taken about the Sandhills by the committee in charge of ar rangements for their stay here, and stated they w^l|ed thiey cohild be stationed right here and not have to go any farther on their journey from the Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Mary land to Fort McClellan, Alabama. No Airplanes Found T^e regimental hand entertained the folks, the great lights, some thrown from the football field, some from near the grammar school build ing, and some from farther down the Pinehurst Road, lit up the skies in quest of imaginary enemy planes, the three-inch gun following the lights ready for an imaginary shot if one wa« found. It had been hoped that Major Lloyd Yost of the Knollwood Airport would fly over town during the maneuvers to lend a touch of reality to the scene, but it was such a cloudy night the major thought it the better part of wisdom to remain on teira firma. Mayor Henry Blue’s entertainment committee did a good job of recipro- catim* for the entertainment put on by the regiment. The Dixie Theatre was turned over the the soldiers, with a special feature picture procured in a hurry by Manager Smith. The of ficers, as scon as they could leave camp after the show there, were tak en to 'Bhe Paddock where local cit izens had the opportunity of getting acquainted with them. A cojored or- board variety, much to the amusement chestra furnished music of the wash- of the artillerymen. All in all, it was a gala evening, and a fine opportunity for residents of the Sandhills to see the latest in anti aircraft equipment of the arnljr. It looked like war on the old football field Wednesday night. The regiment pulled out before dawn yeterday. Wade Lamb Victim of Accidental Shootinsr Prohibitiort Officer’s Gun Dis- eharcos After Arrest of Al leged Still Operators Wade Lamb of the Aberdeen section was accidentally shot during the ex citement of a raid on a still near here Wednesday night, and is in the Moore County Hospital with a bullet wound in the leg. His condition is not serious. The report is that while be ing brought in under arrest after the raid. Lamb was walkmg ahead of Prohibition Enforcement Officer J. Q. Harris and that Harris’ gun was acicident^ly discharged when he jumped aicross a ditch. The shooting in under investigation by J. L. Osteen, deputy prohibition administrator for the district in which Harris is sta tioned. JOINT STUDY CLUB HELD Thursday of last week was a day of especial pleasiore to the members of the Vass Methodist Auxiliary on account of their having their friends from the Aberdeen Auxiliary meet with them for a joint study of the mission study book, *fTrailing the Conquistadores/’ by Samuel Guy In man. The End of the World Wherein Sarah Jane Thought Sure Her Mortal Hours Were Numbered Mr. and Mrs. Jesse W. Page, Jr., were dining serenely at their home on Linden Road, Pinehurst, Wed- i^esday night when at about 7 o’clock their colored cooked dash ed into the dining room. “Come out here quick, Mr. Page,” she cried excitedly. “What’s the matter, Sarah Jane?” “They’s somethin’ '-the matter with the elements, Mr. Page. The world is a’comin’ to an end. Come out here and see fer yourse’f.” Mr. and Mrs. Page followed Sar ah Jane out through the kitchen entrance and into the open. There they saw great shafts of light piercing the skies, and recalled that the Coast Artillery was en tertaining the Sandhills with their anti-aircraft t^uipment. Sarah Jane was restored to equanimity after a time. Dii. E. L. POATE TO PRESIDE OVER MUNICIPAL COURT Made Mayor-Pro-Tem of South ern Pines to Hear Strictly Locai Cases ADDS TO MANY TITLES CHRISTMAS CLUB CAMPAIGN CLOSE IN SECOND WEEK Race for Ford Car, Big Money Prize and Other Awards is Waxing Warm VOTES COUNT MOST NOW The spirited race in the big price campaign, for the new model Tudor Ford Sedan and other liberal prizes, has reached the foundation of excite ment, with promises of enthusiasm growing stronger each day. The candi dates have just begun to realize the wonderful opportunities offered them in this campaign and a good many have already made tlieir first returns which starts them in a race which bids fair to run closely contested from start to finish. The candidates realize that they have just a little over one week to go in the first period which termi nates December 1, and it is during this period that the votes count most; consequently, they are busily engaged in gathering subscriptions of various lengths in order to secure a prominent position in the vote column before the period ends. At no other time during the campaign will the candidates get so many votes for their subscription collections. Since this is the greatest vote of fer of the campaign, and it is now possible, by taking advantage of it, to run up a tremendous total, it is not at all surprising that the candidates are leaving no stone unturned to se cure and turn in every subscription possible before December 1st. The candidates have already dis covered how easy it is to build a club of $20 worth of subscriptions and thereby obtain the additional 50,000 extra votes. It makes no dif ference about the length of the sub scriptions; it may be from one to five years. All others turned in during in. the $20.00 clubs, the entire campaign will be included With each succeeding publication of the names of the candidates, the (Please turn to pi^e 4) Southern Pines Park Commission Named Mrs. Whitaker, Bucha^, MoreH, Mudgett and Yeomans on New Board The personnel of the newly created Southern Pines Park Commission was selected at a meeting of the Board of Commissioners there held Wednesday night, with the following \o serve the lumber of years set after their names: Mrs. Charlfi^i R. Whitaker, one year; P. Frank Buchan, two years; Ernest Morell, three years; Dr. Wil liam C. Mudgett, four years and Al fred B. Yeomans, five years. Bach succeeding year one new com- missioi^r will be named to fill the expired term, so that one new com missioner '^ll he coming into office each year. Ernest M. Poate of Southern Pines has added “Judge" and **Mayor” to his numerous other titles. The well known author is already a doctor and a lawyer, a psychiatrist, an architect and one or two other things in addi tion to being the most prolific writ er of fiction in the Sandhills, but he has taken on a new duty, that of Mayor-pro-tem of Southern Pines. This position has been created by the Board of Commissioners to serve the purpose of a Municifial Court, and is probably the forerunner of the establishment of such a court. In the meanwhile, “Judge” Poate is sitting on cases wherein violations of city or dinances are involved. The court went into effect last Saturday, and already six cases have been heard before the Mayor-pro-tem. All fines and costs in this newly established court go to the Town of Southern Pines toward the cost of operating the Police Department. Heretofore these costs have gone in part to the county, even though the violations were strictly municipal. Dr. Poate acts in close cooperation with Mayor D. G. Stutz in the dis pensation of cases brought before him, in fact cases of traffic violations7etc. will be passed upon, it is said, by Mayor Stutz before going to “Judge” Poate’s court. This is in the interest of protecting visiting tourists and winter visitors from possible unnec essary indignities in cases where they unknowingly and unintentionally violate ordinances. Bom in Japan Dr. Poate was born in Japan, the son of an American mother and an English father, a missionary. Upon graduating from medical college, he went into private practice. He had a thriving practive, he said—^wore out three horses—but he was a darn ed poor collector; could not collect enough to live on comfortably. When he had about five thousand dollars on his books—“and it’s all there yet”—he quit private practice and went to the Craig Leper colony. He was there two years and then v/ent to the Rome asylum, and later tc the Manhattan State hospital on Ward’s island, where he finally be came assistant psychiatrist. This lat ter training came in mighty handy in the type of writing he is doing now— mystery and detective stories, many of them with a psychiatrical twist. It was about 1912 that Dr. Poate sold Bob Davis’ All-Story Magazine a story, which the movies later put on, and which was one of the earliest succe§ses. Although it ran an unus ually long time, he never realized a nickel from it, as he had sold all rights to the story. Both Dr. Poate and his brother went through the war. His brother invented the range finder for machine guns, and was the ori^nal inventor of machine gun barrage. He came «it without a scratch, but Dr. Poate, who served as hospital doctor, was perma nently disabled. Before the war Dr. Poate had writ ten largely for pastime and amuse- (Please turn to Page 8) CAR THEFT AND FLIMFLAM GAME REPORTED TO POLICE Clyde Upchurch of Raeford has re ported to local police the theft of his Ford car and trailer from one of the tobacco warehouses while he was busy selling tobacco on the local mar ket the other day. On the same day a negro was rob^ bed in Aberdeen of $75 through an old flimflam game. He gave a check for that amount to two stranger who promised to let him in on the divis ion of spoils from a pocketbook they claimed to have found with more than $1,000 in it, on condition he would not “squeal” on tl^em. They needed the $75, they said, to make the amoant divisabie by tlu^, and the negro fell for the ruse. No trace has been found of the pair.
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