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MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS WEEKLY VOL. 12, NO. 15. CARTHAOe &AOi.e SPHINCS VASS LAK EView W1.9T E.ND UACKSOH 900TMERM PINES AbHUEY HB.ICMTS AeKROCEM ^PINEBLUFP FIRST IN NEWS AND ADVERTISING A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Tei. x'y of North Carolina Aberdeen and Southern Pines, North Carolina, March 11, 1932 FIVE CENTS ANNUAL REPORT REVEALSVALUEOF COUNTY hospital' Natheson Likely Candidate to Succeed Himself as Commissioner Nearly 3,(WM) Persons Received Treatment During 1931, Busi ness Manager Shwvs 0. T. Parlis of Hallison Mention ed for Shaw’s I’lace if Shaw Retifes from County Board YEAR’S DEFICIT $3,046 EiKht hundred and ninety-two res ident patients were tri'ated at the Moore County Hospital at Pinehurst durtng 1931, the annufel report of E. T, McKeithen, bBsineps manager of 1 the Institution, to the board of diree* I tors reveals. Of thesi- patients, 3291 •v/ere medical rases, 114 obstetrical | J»nd 426 surgical. Of the surgical I cases, 179 wpre major operations, I 246 minor. The daily average of in-patients I Was 27.06, a slight increase over 1930. The average duration of a patient’s slay was 11.4 days. Highest number o” patients any day was 40; lowest, 12. In addition to the so-called in patients, 1,721 pernons received txeat- ii’ent at the hospital, patients who come for exairimutions and trhat- rnents. Speaking of th.i> profes^'ona] .staff,] the report says: “The capacity of j service performed is indicated bry the; action of the American Colloge of | Surgeons in giving the hospital ‘full | approval,’ the highest rating that can | be awarded. The members of the | staff have given freely their time and | service to the welfare of charity pa-1 lients and deserve the full apprecia- . tion of all intrrested in the h{)spital.” j Ihe staff is mmposed of members of the Moore Cnunty Medical Society. During 1931 it was headeti by Dr. M. W. Marr, ichairman; Dr, A. McN. Blair, H. E. Bowman, J. F, Davis, J. W. DicJcie, H. I. Felton, Jr., C. T. Grier, A. H. McLeod, W. G. McLeod, Vida C. McLeod. M. \V. Marr, J. S. Milliken, C. R. Monroe, W. C. Mudgatt, F. C. Pinkerton, E. M. Poate, R. G. Rosser, M. E. Stifet, A. McN. Blue, and .1. Syminglujn. The hospital staff is comprised of Dr. Monroe, mediciil superintendent: Miss Elsie Sperber, superintendent of nurses; Miss Miriam Laird, labora tory rechnician; Miss Desma Brown, Cashier; Dr. J. P. Bowen, resident lihysii ian; Mi.ss Edith Kennedy, bouse-j keeper; Miss Ola Caiidle, X-i-ay tech- rician, Miss Vernon Jones, historian' rnd Mr. McKeithen, business mana-' ger. ! Much Charity Work | The report of Paiii Dana, treaiJurer,; shows net opemting income for the' year as $38,2^7.11. . Operating aiKd administrative expenses totalled $61,- 035.77, making a net ojierating loi\S of $22,788.33. Addi&g pro>’isions for de preciating, the gross operating loss :s given as ?3(l,941.r>(l, offset by the following: Contributio^l^ and <lona- iions for hospitalization of specific charity cases, $3,591.54; for general operating use, $18,212.84-, from the Duke Kndowment for genwal charity cases, $6,091.00, leaTing a total net deficit of $3,046.12 as the result of<! the year’s work. Talking of politics the action of the legislature at its last session prac tically created separate districts from which county commissioners are to be chosen henceforth. While the whole people will have a choice in the primary election which chooses the candidates the men to be chosen ar tentatively to be divided among the five sections. It looks now as if Mr. Matheson will be continued from the Bensalem dii-trict. The Aberdeen district will be compelled to select a new man in Ml, Seymour’s determined intention to ritiie. In the upper district in the river section it is not yet known i whether Mr. Shaw will be permitted ' by health conditions to continue in the office or not, although his health ! .setms better now than a while back. It is said that O^. T. Parks, of Hal- lison, will be suggested by some of - the folks of his section for commis- j rioner if Mr. Shaw does not enter the c«mpaign again. He has not been con-; suited so far as The Pilot knows, but | his name is mentioned by the folks j up his way as a man who would be desirable. | The appearance of T. D. McLean of I Aberdeen as a probable candidate for j the legislature gives a new slant on • that situation, as he is recognized as i :i man who mak"s a substantial con-' tender in any race. AssemblymaTi Spence is receiving from leaders over | t h( state much encouTageraeat, but 1 it is known that he is averse to un- j dcrtaking an energetic campaign that] would take much time or personal ap-1 peal. Those who lean his way 3n the crunty say he would nol have to take a very active hand, for his ability and experience are recognized, but ie has not yei decided to niak« a positive .statement as to his rocrrtt;. K. !L. Gib- bfin is said to be a prospective tandi- lii'te, depending on development, an<i with the decision in the hands off riis friends who will be governed by con- titions. He will not be home until l*'.te in May. This week his ship is due at Sai(|on, French Indo China, wl-ei'e for a considerable time Hi.i’ry Pethick of Southem Pines made his hcadiiuarters with the Standard C)il Comi)any. Gibbon’s announcement will I/i'obably dejx-nd on the aition 'sf those having his case in hand and on th( situation that arises in the near future. Casualty Co. Asked To Make Good $23,142.75 County Attorney Ordvred to De mand Payment under Bond of hast Tax Collector E. C. MATHESON LEAP YEAR SHOW GREAT SUCCESS AT SOUTHERN PINES Local Talent Produces Real Per formance for Benefit of Civic Club PLAY TO FULL HOUSE HAITI NEEDS U. S. STRUTHERS BURT TELLS KIWANIANS Draws Interesting Picture of West Indies from Recent Trip to Islands OUR INFLUENCP] NEEDED RUFUS ALLEN JOHMSON DIES AT HIS HOME HERE Rufus Allen Johnson passed away in his home on Main avenue. Southern I’mes, last Friday morning foUw»nng a brief illness. Mr. Johnson was a r.ative of Halifax county, Virgiuiu, where h« was born October 14, 1873. He has been a resident of Southerw Pines for eleven years. A brief service was held in the home by the Rev. J- f. Stimson of the Baptist church, wRo, with the fam ily accompanied the body to the Bap tist Church” of Halifax. Joint ser vices there were folh^ed by inter- r>ent. Mr. Johnson leaves a widow, Ella I/. Johnson; five sons, Clifton, Ray mond, Bass, Wallace and Herman, and two daughters, Lillian and Mrs. Tur- rure. The Aberdeen-Pinebluff Parent- Teachers Association has been invited to a public meeting at Pinehurst on the evening of March 16th at 8 o^clock, so there will be no meeting of the association at Aberdeen on this date. coii'.n’ittee has been appointed by the president to pee that every mem ber of ♦he association will have a way to fC,. • At the regular meeting of the Moore county Board of Commistion- ir;; held on Monday, it was ordered that the county attorney be instruct- td to make demand upon the Maiy- land Casualty Company, surety upon ?ht bond of J. D. Mcl^a:'., tax collec tor, for settlement of $23,142-75, the amount due by said J. D. McLean, tax ci’llect®!', 1# make settlement for 1930 taxes. This is the amount tied up in the closed Bank of Vase. It api>«iring that no judge is arail- t.ble tor holcGng the second week of court in March, the commissioners or dered that the shcii^f notify the jur- crs summone<l to serve for this term that they need not appear. Privilege of operating a pool room in Highfalls was gmnted to R. H. Upchurch, and the following amounts for support were granted: To Mrs. Charles Brady, $5 pe month for March, April'^and May; to Mrs. Kin Fry, ^2 per month for six months; to Mary McAllister, $6 for support of Rose White. .JUDGE SHAW TO HOLD COURT HERE MARCH 28 Due to the suspension at his own request of Judge John H. Harwood until disposition of actions brought by the State against him, along with his daughter, Governor Gardner has assigned Judge Thomas J. Shaw to hold two of his courts, a civil term of one week in Orange county, be ginning March 21, and a civil term of (ne week in Moore county, beginning March 28. “God help Haiti when it ceases to he an American protectorate,” said Struthers Burt'^Sandhills author, in his talk about his recent trip to the VVest Indies before the Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen at its weekly meeting held in the Aberdeen Community I!(.use Wednesday noon. Mr. Burt was very much impressed with conditions as they are at pres ent on the island, but inclines to the belief that there will be trouble when the treaty under which we are exer cising governmental supervision ex pires in 1936. With 900,000 blacks and ) (>0,000 whites—and the whites are not all pure white—there needs to be, in Mr. Burt’s opinion, some proper gov- eining and restiaining influence such i'.s the United States to insure peace. The local author made a very inter- t.-ting talk about his trij) to the va- lious islands of the West Indies group told about the curious dividing line —ii picket fence—on the island ( f St. .Martins, which is controlled on one side of the fence by the French, on the other side by the Dutch, with iio love lost between the two; of the I'lountainous Dominica where it lains aimost every day and is beautifully ■'.C'l'dant as a I’esult; of the strang’o ihland of Sabu, which has no seaport. One lands from ships by rowboats, and climbs ui> 800 feet of stairway to tht pictui’esque town wiiere the prin cipal industry, strangely, is lioat- bnilding. The lumber is hauled up by ropes to the town, the boats made, then lowered by ropes into the sea. The town is largely inhabited by wo- (Please turn to Page 4) >nis. ESTHER R. JONES DIES IN HER SLEEP The Leap Year Min.strels at the Southem Pines Country Club last Fri- oay night for the benefit of the Civ ic Club was a great success. The clubhouse was crowded for the per formance, and merriment reigned. A goodly sum was realized toward pay ing off the mortgage indebtedness on the attractive Civic Club building. A lot of talent was unearthed dur- mg the evening. Mrs. Frank Goodwill fcored a big hit in her solo number, «'• did the other soloists of the even ing, Eleanore Moore, who sang and oanced, Bill Dunlop, Stuart Cameron, :mi(1 Tom Kelly, vocal soloists. Mrs. ( harles Everest and her pickaninies \' on great applause in their song and (l.tnce number. The beauty chorus composed of Misses Alice .\bel Page, i^cnna Bredlyjck, Katherine Wiley, Mary Welch and Mary Hall, aided s'nd abbetted by Albert Adams, back- >ti up the stars in professional man- nc'’, and a young man from Carthage, KiJph Matthews, buck and winged himself into stardom. Miss Lucille Mudgett and Richard Wilson g'ave a pleasing exhibition of the modern waltz. Then came the minstrels, • with Fiank Buchan funnier than he has ever been, ably assisted by the other end men, L. L. Wooley, Bob -Mont gomery and Tom Vann, as well as by Interloctor Shields Cameron. This (.Aitfit pulled some fast ones, and farg' rnd danced in their inimitable manner. •Much of the credit for the success ful evening should go to the “behind the scenes” grou.', those who workeii bard outside the limelight. Mrs. Carl Thompson handled the musical end of the program with professional ef- ficienty; Miss Catherine Pierson and W. Reineke proved themselves real stage scenery experts, and Bub Ever- (s< a regular Zie^ifeld electrician. And don’t forget the stage manager, fresh from Bioadway, Coi'nelius Plun- I'Ctt, who pounded everything into s.nape and showed the Sandhills how they produce shows on the “Gay bite Way.” The Lindberg-h Case No New Developments of Im portance at Time The Pi lot Went to Press There was no important new development in the Lindbergh kidnapping case up to the time The Pilot went to press. The deepest sympathy has been felt here, as everywhere, for the grief-stricken parents of the stol en youngster, and for Mrs. Dwight Morrow, grandmother of little Lindy. Mrs. Morrow spent a part of the winter in Southern Pines sevei-al seasons ago, occupying the Dr. Ramsey house on Weymouth Heights with her son Dwight Mor row, Jr. The young man was here to recuperate from an illness. The late Senator Morrow was at that time ambassador to Mexico and in residence at Mexico City where, a short time later. Colonel Lindbergh met his future wife, Anne Morrow. Boy of Nine Shoots, Kills Girl Aged II Frances Culler of Thagards Sec tion Victim of Attack with Sawed-off Gun ON WAY FROM SCHOOL PROPOSED U. S. TAX ON GASOLINE Frank ShamburKcr Cites Fig ures to Show Discriminatory Burden on Oar Owners Frances Culler, ten - year - old daughter of R. C. Culler of the Thag- a'ds section, was shot and instantly killed two miles from her home as j'he was returning from school last Friday afternoon. “The old gun shot Frances,” ia the explanation given by nine-year-old Agnue Boles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Boles, who stands charged with homicide as a result of the tragedy. Both children were pupils of the Sandhill Farm Life .school on Vass Route 1. Agnue did not go to school Friday, claiming that he \.as not feel ing well. That afternoon as his lit- ile pla.vmate was walking along the load with her books in her arms, he .-lipped up behind her, it is said, and ii’ot her in the back with a sawed- (fl shot gun. The boy then fled to the woods and lemained a short w'hile, and when he returned to the house, niembers of the family noticed that lie seemed excited and asked the cause. ‘ The old gun shot Fianccs,” he is reported as saying. Considerable opposition is heard lo- A hearing was held in Recorder’s cally to the proposed one-cent tax on Court on Monday, and the .fudge de- f-asoline by the federal government. | c'ded to send the case to the Super- ^Jorth Carolinians feel that six cents ; ior Court. The child was allowed to t gallon is about all they should be j return home with his father, who was asked to nay by way of taxes on the , teld to keep a close watch over him l' 'el which transports them. j until the next term of criminal court Frank Shamburger of Aberdeen , when the case will be heard. callo(f The Pilot’s attention yester-, It is thought by some thul L’ue lit- (lay to some figures regarding gaso-' ,le boy did not know that the gun was ■1'.“ ta^atior. He said: haded. The weapon is a cheap one, “The average gasoline tax now im- jjst a litUe sawed-off gun w'ith a red posed throughout the L^nited States ftock, which gives it somethiny of c.'-cee. s four cents per gallon. The the anpearan.e of a toy, and it is :s- c'va price cf gasoline received by said that for quite a while it was the refiner is approximately four thi'own around, unused. More recent- fiits a gallon. Therefore, the i)resent ly, it had been loaded and hung up, tax is 100 per cent of the wholesale ready for use in case it should be 1 rice. !u tded. and it is quite probable that “The average rrice of crude oil at tliat child did not know that it was •lie well (luring was 67 cents a haded when he pointed it at his lit- larrel. The gasoline tax in 1931 was tie chum. TAX IN N. C. OVER 1(10', S.-r>4!),l."0,000, which is ecjual to (11 1-2 cnts j)er barrel on the entire crude Once Shot His Brother The slain girl’s father was at the Authors To Read For Benefit of Library Struthers Burt, Bernice Kenyon. Katherine Newlin Burt and Janies Boyd on Pro^;rams oU production of the United States, hearing. He told the court that he did or 97 j)er cent of the gross value of not want it thought that he was ihe crude oil. trying to get the boy punished. “That “The tax is already so exhorbitant would iinL bring my little girl back,” that it has pi'oduced fraudulent tax bi> said. He was only trying to give ( \asion which, in many parts of th« 'he court the facts in the case, toui'ry, has reached the proportions Tending to complicate nmtters and The announcement of the death of! Mrs. Esther R. Jones came as a great shock to her many friends in Aber deen when it was learned that she had peacefully passed away in her sleep Monday night of thjs week at the home of her cousin. Miss Mary E. Page, with whom she had hiade her Kome for over 25 years,. Following a heart attack about ten <lays ago she had been confined to her bed, but her condition was not considered serious. The attending physician stated that her death was caused by the heart affection, and that .she had been dead about three hours when Miss Page, on trying to awaken her Tuesday niorning, found that she hwd quietly passed away, .'frs. Jones was about 63 years old. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. C. E. Herbert of Norfolk, Va, Mrs. Jones was w-idely known throughout the community for her ac tive interest in the Page Memorial Library of which she was librarian for a number of years, continuing her interest in its affairs after her re tirement. She was an estimable wo man of many Christian virtues, and an active member of the Methodist church here. Her remains were taken lo Norfolk, Virginia, her old home, foi interment. Southern Pines is particularly for tunate in being able to count among its permanent residents a number of veil known writers all of whom take a very I'eal mterest in town affaii's. Four cf them have generously con- .“■ented to particii>ate in a series of Pi.thors’ readings which will be pre- M'nted by tl'.e Southern Pines Library .■\.'sociation. Struthers Kurt, who is too well known both as a poet and novelist to' require introduction, will initiate the series on March 18th. He will be followed by Bernice Kenyon (Mrs. Walter Gilkyson) who will read .'•elections from her poems on March : 25th. Katherine Newlin Burt will ap- | p€»ar on April l.st and James Boyd on ' April 7th. The only non-resident par- ^ ticipating in the series wjll be Ed-i ward Yeomans of Cambridge, Mass., | author of “Schackled Youth” and a; lee ding exponent of progressive edu- <ational methods, who will close the series on April 15th. All of the readings will be at the Southern Pines Civic Club at half p:'st four. Tickets for the series at “'iJ.OO and single admission's at 50c. will be on sale at the office of E. Q. Stevens, Southern Pines beginning Monday, March 14th, and also at the door. The entire proceeds of the read ings will go to the library. f a ci'iminal ‘racket.’ .\ffects Employment “Gasoline consumption is alrea<ly .'dining. .Any further tax iiurden will i(> make the case an unu.sually knotty ■ i;e was the fact brought out in the evidence that this nine-year-old .' oungster had some two years ago accelerate the decline, which in shot and seriously though not fatally tvrn, will be converted into further wcunced his brother with a jiistol. Ho iirem|)loyment in the petroleum in- was searching in his brother’s pock- distry, a reduction of the automobile (ienuind and further unemployment in that industry. “The tax burden upon gasoline is already unfair, exhorbitant and dis criminatory, This outrageous burden ;s a contributing cause to the depres sion in both the petroleum anj auto mobile industries. We should appeal to our lawmakers to consider the con sequences of any further oppression (Please turn to page 8) ,‘t tor tandy and came upon the pis- l<'i and the shooting followed. The boy has the appearance of a t'ormal child, it is sai<i, but it is re- pc^rted that he is only in the first i,rade at school. Whether this is due Lo inability to learn or to lack of previous opportunity to attend school .s not known. The family has recently moved to the Thagards neighborhood. Much sympathy is felt for the grief- stricken father, who has been both mother and father to little Frances I t ince her mother’s death eight years *UNCI.E DUNC” .JOHNSON | pgo. The whole community was shock- DIES AT .lACKSON SPRINGS I eJ by the tragedy. Little Frances was bright youngster, most popular Box seat« and parking spaces for the Fifteenth Annual Horse Show at i'inehurst, March 29th and 30th, may be- sfccured from the secretary, Charles W. Picquet at his office in the C arolina Theatre Building, Pinehurst. Applications by mail, telephone or mail will be promptly filled. D. B. Johnson, well known citizen of Jackson Sj>rings, died at his home there last Friday, aged 81 years. The funeral was held from the Presbyter- um church Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock, the services conducted by the pnstor. Rev. R. G. Matheson. Mr. Johnson was an elder of this church. He leaves two brothers in Missis sippi, John and Hamiton. A third brother, W’ill, lives at the old home place near Lemon Springs. j — His wife died January 2r>th. They! The Revelers, America’s most fa- were known to many in North and | mous quartet, will sing at the Pine- amcng the neighbors and among her school friends. The fpneral services were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Sol- ('mon of Carthage In the L^eviev Presbyterian Church, witl\ interment in the cemetery at Ljtkeviqw. Besides her father, Frances is survived by three brothers, Lee, Jim and Rodge. FAMOUS REVELERS TONIGHT AT PINEHURST COUNTRY CLUB South Carolina as “Uncle Dune” and “Aunt Mat.” They had conducted a boarding house for 30 years. Aunt Mat’s sister, Mrs. Flora Jones, is the only one survivi.ng of the managers and assistants at the widely Tcnown cstablishnient. hurst Country Club tonight, Friday, theoccasion being the annual baiiquet ol the Tin Whistle Club. For the first time in history, the club is inviting the public for the program after the dinner. Tickets are three and five dol lars, and 0 o’clock the tinie.
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