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THE PILOT, a Paper With ^h^rflcter, Aberdeen, North Caroliig
Friday, May 22. I93i_
PINEHURST
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Cameron and
children, Mary Elizabeth, Eleanor,
Etta and J. B., Jr., left last week for
a motor trip through the middle west.
Mr. Cameron will spend some time
in Cincinnatti on business and will re
turn to Pinehurst soon. Mrs. Cameron
and children will visit Mr. and Mrs.
S. B. McHaffey in Indianapolis for
a month.
Mrs. John W. Wilson of Coulmbia,
S. C., is the guest of Mrs. Fred Ut
ley this week.
Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Sonders and Mr.
and Mrs. W. F. Holland arrived in
Pinehurst the latter part of last
week, coming from St. Petersburg,
Fla., where they spent the winter.
Just before returning here the party
enjoyed a delightful motor tour of
the east and west coasts of the
state.
After spending a few days here
Mr. and Mrs. Holland with Mrs. S.
Hennessee and daughter, Carol, left
Monday for Bridgeport, Conn., where
the Hennesses will spend the sum
mer.
Mr. and Mrs. Holland will sail from
New York May 29 on the S. S. Majes
tic for a tour of Europe.
Miss Catherine Morton, niece of W.
P. Morton and Mrs. Ethel Journey
left last Friday for her house in Co
lumbia, Tenn. Miss Morton spent the
winter in the home of her uncle here
and was a popular student in the Pine
hurst High School.
..'•Mrs. Herman Campbell and chil
dren, Nancy and Mary Frances, are
visiting Mrs. Campbell’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Harris in Fayetteville this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cole and children,
Jesse and Mary Jane have returned
from a motor trip of tens days to
Washington and Baltimore, returning
by way of the scenic route throujh
the valley of Virginia. They were
joined in New Bern by Mrs. Cole's
mother, Mrs. E. J. Parker, who made
the trip with them.
Mr. and Mrs. True P. Cheney od
Mr. and Mrs. James McNab left ia?t
week for Vidalai, Georgia for a visit
in the home of Dr. and Mrs. Meadows,
parents of Mrs. Cheney.
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Nelson and son
Donald, left Sunday for Little Co np-
ton, R. I., where they spend the ?um-
mer.
Mrs. L. V. Henderson and little
daughter, Frances, left Wednesday
to visit friends and relatives in Dur
ham and Oxford for two weeks.
T. H. Rowan and Alex Stuart, Jr.,
spent Saturday in Charlotte where Mr,
Rowan received treatment for his
eyes from Dr. Henry Sloan, a spec
ialist.
Mrs. Raymond Johnson and children,
Raymond, Jr., and Elsie Jean, were
spend-the-day guests of Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Coffey in Lakeview Wednes.; * / .
Mrs. Allan Watson and children,
who have been guests in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Ehrhardt, left
Saturday for their home in Green
wood, S. C. They were accompanied
by Miss Dorothy Ehrhardt, who will
spend some time witK them. Miss Mar.
garet Morton is leaving this Friday
for Greenwood to spend a week with
the Watson family.
Mrs. Murdoch McLeod, Mrs. E. B.
Keith, Mrs. Alex Stewart and Mrs
E. L. Barber of Aberdeen spent ?<"i-
day in Raleigh shopping.
Mrs. W. L. Dunlap and Mrs. N. P.
Ray were guests Wednesday and
Thursday of Mrs. Dunlap’s mother in
Statesville. '
James Quale was host to a num
ber of his friends Tuesday evening at
a delightful buffet supper, after
which the guests played bridge.
12 SAMARCAND FIRE BUGS
GO TO STATE’S PRISON
(Continued from page 1)
lives, so, by agreement, the remain
ing fourteen defendants through
their attorneys entered pleas of guilty
of attempt to commit arson. "^They
were represented by Miss Nell Bat
tle Lewis of Raleigh and George W.
McNeill and W. R. Clegg of Carthage.
Miss Estelle Stott, secretary to
Miss Agnes McNoughton, who is sup
erintendent of the institution, was the
first witness called by the State.
Miss Stott recounted the story of the
fire, how it was reported to her be
tween 5:00 and 5:30 o’clock in the'
afternoon that Bickett Hall was on
fire. The girls had already been tak
en out. Before this building was con
sumed, Chamberlain Hall was report
ed on fire, but was soon extinguished
only to be completely destroyed some
two hours later. Miss Stott told of a
number of the girls who had admitted
setting fire to various parts of Cham
berlain Hall which was a dormintory
used for disciplinary purposes. It was
also brought out that a store room
had been broken into shortly before
the fire and a number of boxes of
matches taken. One of the girls, she
said, had threatened to bum the hos-
! pital and had matches in her posses
sion.
Miss Lewis <iuestioned Miss Stott
in regard to whipping at the institu
tion, and Miss Stott admitted that
the girls were sometimes vlfhipped
with switches similar to those used by
one’s mother and that the whippings
were administered with the recipient
lying on a rug on the floor. She de
nied ever having whipped a girl
while angry, and brought out the
fact that the girls were riot punished
for running away,' but for such in
fractions as tearing out window
screens, using vile language and
raising disturbances. She told of the
system of sending girls to honor dor
mitories as a reward for even two
or three days of good behavior.
Miss Lillian Crenshaw, supervisor
of student government, told of ad
missions of guilt in connection with
the fire by several of the girls,'and
was then questioned at length by the,
defense as to government and modes^^
of punishment, at the institution.
When asked if she had ever heard of
a girl’s having her hair cut off as
punishment, she replied that she had;
she thought it was for running away,
but was of the opinion that this had
not been done during her stay at
Samarcand.
Hilda Godley, 16, and Helen WMg-
gins, 14, both Samarcand inmates,
.were witnesses for the State. Hilda
told of hearing the confession of one
of the girls and of telling authorities
about it, saying: “It was my duty and
I did it.” When asked if she had ever
been whipped, a|he replied: “When
I needed it, and I thank Miss Mc-
Naughton for it, now.” After hearing
these, the State rested.
Girls Take the Stand
who were diseased and those who were
not. The State, on cross examination,
revealed that each girl received was
kept in the hospital for two weeks
before being admitted to any cottage.
Dr. Crane did not consider that
During the afternoon, eight of the
defendants were put on the stand. I was able m a srtuat.on of kind
^ ... 4. ^ ito iudge the consequences of her ac-
Most of them, some with a note ojl ^
, J. \e I. • 1 1 J • i tion He admitted when questioned
defiance, told of being locked in rooms '
where they slept without sheets on
I beds infested with vermin or on the
I floor with “old scratchy blankets;”
j of being whipped from one to four |
j times during the the past few months
I to thirty - three months with
I “switches,” “sticks,” “hickorys” or
j “strops,” estimating the licks froan
1100 to a higher number. They denied
most emphatically having any part in
setting fire to the buildings at Sam-
I arcand. They admitted making the
j confessions to Miss Stott or others.
j “I said I did it, but I didn’t,” was
I the answer given. As to their reason
I for making tjie statement, the answer
was: “I wanted to get out of Sani-
arcand.”
Upon cross examination, not one
failed to admit that the whippings
had been for infractions of the rules.
Several admitted that their parents
by the Solicitor, that his examination
consisted of intelligence tests and that
it was possible for the girls to fool
Used Sheets to Escape
After all the witnesses for the de
fense had been heard. Miss Stott was
recalled to the stand. She explained
that the reason the girls in the dis
cipline hall iwere not allowed to have
sheets was to keep them from escap
ing. She admitted that vermin were
present in the frame building, but
that persistent effort had been made
to eradicate them.
Speeches by Miss Lewis and Solici
tor Phillips closed the day’s proceed
ings.
On Wednesday morning. Judge
Schenck talked kindly but plainly to
the girls before pronouncing judg
ment, warning them of the folly of
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could not control them before they any further attempt to bum prop-
were committed to Samarcand. Nearly
everyone had run away one or more
times. One had returned arlmed with
a knife to get other girls out, she
admitted.
Two former teachers testified that
erty or to misbehave in any way and
telling them that the length of their
prison terms would largely be deter
mined by their behavior. The girls
left the court room, crying loudly,
seemingly realizing for the first time
no distinction was made between girls jthe full significance of their plight.
Prompt, Courteous and
Efficient Service
Your patronage respectfully
solicited
Aberdeen,
H. A. PAGE, JR.
North Carolina
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A. B. FRANKUN, III, 52 Kirkland St., Cambridge, Mug.
JOHN R. McCarthy, 721 Main St.,WilIimantic, Conn.
FREDERICK E. ROBINSON, Coronado Beach, Calif.
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TANE PARSONS, 325 E. 79th St., New York, N. Y.
RICHARD W. VOGT, Green Bay Road, Waukegan, HI*
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EUGENE BARTON, 3625 La Luz St., El Paso, Texas
MRS. EDW. F. DALY, 1133 Louisville St., St. Louis, Mo.
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EDWARD MARTIN, 121 Uddell St., Buffalo, N. Y.
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