MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING NEWS
WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 12, NO. 27.
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NEWS AND
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill T! v *-iory of North Carolina
Aberdeen and Southern Pin s, Norlh Carolina. Friday, Juno t!)32.
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FIVE CENTS
COMMISSION HOLDS
AGAINST WIDOW IN
BEASLEY CLAIM
Democratic Candidates for Governor
Industrial Board Decides Chief
of Police Was Not on Duty
When Slain
INSURANCE IS DENIED
At a meeting of the North Caro
lina Industrial Commission held in
Raleigh on May 12th, the case of Mrs.
Maggie Beasley, widow of B. II. Beas
ley, chief of police of Southern Pines
until his murder on October 21st, 1931,
against the Town of Southern Pinss
and the Standard Accident Insurance
Company of Charlotte was dismissed.
The commission upheld the decision
I'endered by Commissioner T. A. Wil
son on April 16th. .
The decision was rendered by Matt
H. Allen, chairman, for the full com
mission, on May 21st, in which an
award was ordered and adjudged as
follows:
“That the finds of fact and concU'-1
sions of law set out in the opinion of
Commissioner T. A. Wilson are prop
er and justified from all of the evi
dence and they are hereby adopted as
findings of fact and conclusions of (;,)(,(} (Vop Estimated at Around
r. FOUNTAIN
J. C, B..EHIUNGHAUS
Spiriteo^^ ilitical Campaign
Windi; op Saturday with
Balloting for Candidates
Editorial
ALLEN
■MAXWELL
DEWBERRY SALES
Democratic Primary Candidates
A? DVASS MARKETS
law of the full Commission, with the
addition of the following findings of
fact requested by the claimant, towit:
(a) That another man was em
ployed as police officer by the de
ceased chief to act in the absence of
the deceased chief of police and that
such other per^n did act for the
deceased officer while he wa.s absent
On the occasion of his death; also the
200 Cars To Be Sold
Here
AUCTION METHOD TRIED
The dewberry season is on, and
Cameron and Vass the centers of the
market, not only locally but nationally.
Shipments have already been made,
following finding of fact requested | prices are well up and there is every
to the defendant, towit: ^ | reason to expect a profitable season,
(b) That Annie Pearl McLean, j Vass Auction Market will open
wife of the assailant of B. H. Beas-1
. ^ ,'at 1:00 o clock next Monday afternoon,
ley, deceased chief of ponce, statei i
to the mayor of the town of Southern | everything is in readiness
Pines that she would not go anywhere | the opening day. The Bank of
unless accompanied by chief of police, ■ Pinehurst has established an ex-
B. H. Bea.sley, and that the award | change in the Bank of Vass building
heretofore issued under date of April
16, 1932, readmj? as follows: ‘ Upon
The local primary election to
morrow, Saturday, pre.sents as
one of its most important phase.s
the choice of competent mem-
boi's of the County Board of
Commissioneils. The fivej men
] comi)risiiig it will handle about
I half a million dollars’ worth of
jl)usiness for the county. Three
I of the old members of the board,
I Wilbur Currie, the! chairman.
' Evander Matheson and Frank
I Cameron, are candidates for re-
; election. It would seem wise that
I this board retain a portion of
STATE TICKET
COUNTY TICKET
Ballot Boxe.s, Open from Sun-up
to Sun-down, to Tell of Vic- '
tories and Defeats
-MANY OFFFICES AT STAKE
A political campaign that came in
like a lamb is going out tomorrow
like a roaring lion. The meek and mild
citizen who a<ppeai-ed a few weeks ago
to have no interest in the governorship
noi' the senatorship nor who would
run his County for the next year is
now the same fellow you see on the
corner wildly gesticulating and ar
guing and fairly foaming at the
mouth in his ardent advocacy of this
fellow or that for that office or this.
The ballot boxes will tell the tala
tomorrow night, Saturday. From sun
up to sun-iiown tomorrow they will
the finding that the death of the de
ceased was not the result of an injury
by accident arising out of and in the
course of his employment, the claim
for compensation is denied and the
case dismissed. Each party to pay its
own costs” be in all respects affirm
ed.”
The IJcasIev Murder
cash to the farmers as they present
their slips at the window each day.
Shipments of berries have been go
ing out by express daily since la.?t
Saturday morning. D. McCrimmon,
chaiiman of the V''ass Marketing Asso
ciation and also president of the
Chamber of Commerce, shipped two
For United States Senato
term: Tam C. Bowie, Frank
Robert R. Reynolds, Cameron
son.
P’or United States Senator, long
term; Frank I). Grist, Arthur Sim
mons, Robert R. Reynolds, Cameron
Morrison, Tam C. Bowie.
For Governor: Richard T. Fountain,
J. C. B. Ehringhaus, Allen J. Max
well.
For Lieut. Governor: A. H. Graham,
Denison F. Giles, David P. Dellinger.
For Secretary of State: James A.
Hartness, Stacy W. Wade.
For Auditor: Baxter Durham, Ches
ter O. Bell, George H. Adams.
For Attorney General: Peyton Mc-
Swain, Dennis G. Biunimitt.
For Commissioner of Labor: A. L.
Fletcher, John D. Norton, W. Henry
Davis, R. R. Lawrence, B. Fritz Smith,
Clarence E. Mitchell.
For Corporation Commissioner: E.
C. Macon, Stanley Winbouine.
For Insurance Commissioner: Dan
C. Boney, D. W. Morton.
_ grtuj/iiiiiuii uc v-uiiLiiiucii Cl receive inose sneeis oi pap
>r, short lor Hou.se of Repiesentatives: * I-1 familiarity of the county’s buS- mean so much to the varic
D. Grist, :C. McDonald, T. D. McLean, N. L. i. . , j. 'tw
„ \v R Ar.<r„« R Com inGss represented, for an entire public office. T1
n Mom- Gibbon, W. R. Clegg, Angu.s B, Cam- , , , anfa fm- nnsitinn« hnvo
the old membership that the or
ganization be continued with a receive those sheets of paper which
arious candi-
The aspir-
e,on ,new delegation cannot take up an positions have told their
^ \ 1 1 •: stones. They are m the hands of the
For Sheriff: Charles J. McDonald, j work and carry it on elects,fickle body which de-
R. G. Fry, R. B. Taylor, John Me-, as skillfully as if men trained termines who shall be chosen to guide
Caskill. , , in the W'ork by experience and the destinies of count.y, state and na-
I-or Register of Deeds: Jas. knowledge are continued. Ition.
Davis, \\. J. Harrington, E. J. Wood | u 1 North Carolina Demociacy tomor-
.H Ihe old board has had some
^ ^ vow expresses its preference for its
For Judge of Recorder’s Court: Geo. j exceedingly difficult matters to next governor, for a United States
! H. Humber, J. Vance Rowe. handle with the prevailing finan- senator, for offices of varying impor-
! For Solicitor of Recorder’s Court: 1 conditions, and has given ‘ tance down the line. Moore county
good account of its work. Mr. its desires for a representative
Currie has made an exception- i legislature, for a
„ ^ , , . , ,, 1 county commission, for a judge, 4
ally^ood chairman, and it would | ^^eriff, a register of deeds, a solici-
be a grave risk at this time to Itor and a coroner. There has been no
drop him for a successor who 1 dearth of candidates. The field has
might be wholly inexperienced in ' *5een crowded. In another column on
the line of work that the county ! will be found the complete
, , , ,, , j roster. Maik your favorites and go
now requires to be handled with
judgment and 'cnowledge of
I M. G. Boyette, Edward J. Burns,
j For Coroner: D. Carl Fry, A. H.
' Bray, John Sloan, Kenneth A. Cad-
i dell.
I For Commissioners:
I District No. 1: L. R. Flinchum, Wil-
! bur H. Currie.
I District No. 2: E. C. Matheson, D.
I D. McCrimmnn.
District No. 3: L. R. Reynolds, O.
T. Parks.
District No. -4—No contest. Frank county affairs and of the condi-
!ole nominee.
Cameron,
District No. 5: Gordon M. Cameron,
I). A. Patterson.
Chief of Police Beasley was shot j crates on Saturday and D. A. Mc-
and instantly killed near Durham Lauchlin shipped one, they having
while on a trip to Boynton, Virgiina; the distinction of shipping the first
in company with Everett McLean, 28- ■ berries of the season to go out from
year old negro; his ex-wife. Pearl; the Vass statibn.
Gilchrist; McLean’s sister, Georgia, a. The berry outlook is considered un
friend of McLean’s; Junius Austin, i usually favorable as the berries are
and the small McLean child. McLean ‘ of 3^, extra high grade this year. The
had asked Beasley to aid him ir clca"-1 season has been well suited to the
ing a charge of attempted murder jcj-op and the fruit is well developed
against his ex-wife for which he was 1 firm.
PICQUET TO CLOSE
SOUTHERN PINES
THEATRE JUNE 11
Lack of Patronage F'orces Man
agement to Announce Dark
House for the Summer
awaiting tiail at Boynton.
There was evidence that a recon
ciliation between McLean and the Gil
christ woman had been effected after
McLean had thrown her from a bridge
over the Roanoke River near Boyn
ton, and that the trip was for the pui-
pose of requesting a dismissal of the
charge of attempted murder which
stood against McLean, and his release
from the l-’i.OOO boYid under which he
•was temporarily released. To
strp:igthen the petition to the Boyn
ton authorities, McLean had asked
Bcas'ey to accompany them. Beasley
had heen the arresting officer in the
case.
Refusal of the petition is supposed to
have so enraged McLean that soon af
ter they left the courthouse at Boyn
ton he pulled a gun a .id fired at Beas
ley, who was driving, then turned the
gun on his ex-wife. The car careened
from the road and turned over, kill
ing Georgia McLean, sister of the
crazed n«gro. McLean escaped, was
later caught at Tarboro, was return
ed in handcuffs to Durham and lodged
in a cell. Soon after the officers left
him there he committed suicide by
hanging, using his belt for a noose.
The Town of Southern Pines was
insured against accidents to its police
officers “while in line of duty.” The
question of payment of the claim filed
by the widow against the town and
the insurance company was whether
or not Chilef Beasley was in line of
duty at the time, being on a mission
of mercy on behalf of the man who
later turned on him. The -Industrial
Commission holds again&t the widow
in the claim.
Estimates of the siXe of the crop
from the Sandhills .section range from
200 cars upwards, and with the addi
tion of shipments from the Hamlet
and Raeford territory and from Geor
gia and South Carolina probably 300
carloads will find their way to north
ern markets.
Both Vass and Cameron have new
marketing hou.ses this season. Auc
tion sales similar to the sales of to
bacco are to be tried out for the first
time, the farmers bringing their berries
to the floors and buyers bidding for
the various lots. If this experiment
works well, it means spot cash for
the farmers, who leave the warehouses
with their sales slips and present
them for immediate payment. Many
growers, however, are consigning
their fruit to commission houses as
of old.
Charles \V. Picquet, manager,of
the Carolina Theatre at Southern
Pines, announced this week that fol
lowing the performance of Saturday,
WINS FAST GAME
i tion.s that pre\ ail.
i This is no time to drop a pi-
■ lot who has brought his ship a.s
I skillfully through the rough
j weather as Mr, Currie has. The
I Pilot does not presume to ad-
I vise the voter how to cast his
may vote for the Democratic candi
dates, enrolled Republicans for the
Republican candidates. There is but
one Republican conte.-t, that between
Jake Newell of Charlotte and George
W. DePriest of Shelby for the Re
publican nomination for the United
Slates Senate. All other candidates,
state and county, on the Republican
ticket were nominated at recent con
ventions.
The Governorship
Campaign managers for the three
17DOM DIMmiTDCT
rlilJ'.Tl rliirjllLJlljjl I’ight to express its opinion of a
I capable man who has proved hi.-« gubernatorial candidates, Allen J.
Hundreds See New ITniforms ability, especially when the pres- Maxwell, J. C. B. Ehringhaus and R.
Christened with Victory to | ent crisis still hangs over the i ^
the Tune of 6 to 4 ; countv and the country.
The Sandhills turned out in force ^ , x,
Monday afternoon. Memorial Day, for A. RlChardSOn, Born
the big baseball game between the j in IVIainC in 1852j DieS
newly uniformed Southern Pines team ;
MRS. WHITAKER HEADS
TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION
Southern Pines played a prominent
part in the annual meeting of the
North Carolina Tuberculosis 'Aisso-
ciation held last week, May 26th, at
Greensboro. Mrs. Charles R. Whit
aker was chosen president. Dr. L.
B. McBrayer managing director and
Dr. J. W. Dickie a member of the
executive committee. Dr. S. P. Mc
Cain of the State Sanatorium is also
on the executive committee.
The auditor reported the financial
affairs of the association in fine
condidtion, and all reports made a;
the meeting reflected the great
amount of constructive work accom
plished during the past year.
June 11th the theatre would close in- 'and the strong Pinehurst nine, and the Father of Former Mayor of
definitely. I several hundred gathered about the Southern Pines as One of
Lack of patronage is given as the improved Southern Pines diamond wit- Early Northern Settlers Here
reason for *his drastic step which nessed an exciting battle which the
will mean loss of entertainment to home team won by the score of 6 to | Samuel Albert Richardson, pioneer
hundreds during the summer. This 4. It was a colorful scene, with 12.'5 1 and widely known resident of South-
wili be the first time this theatre , automobiles parked about the field, | Pines died at his home here on
has completely closed in many years, the grandstand crowded and the youth-1 following a brief illness. 1 her of the State Legislature from this
There have been times when it op- ful femininity of the two towns out in ; j.ff„,.,on Maine on Decem- I and for the county commis
erated certain nights of the week, not | their summer finery. I " ‘ : sion. There are five candidates for the
; out Moore county during the past
few weeks, and each claims the county
i for his i. an. The opinion seems to
: prevail, however, that it will be be
tween Maxwell and Ehringhaus here.
The race in the county for the Sen
ate is said to be close between Sena
tor Cameron Morrison and Robert R.
Reynolds, Asheville attorney running
on a platform for a change in liquor
legislation.
Next in importance to these battles,
and of moVe dit’ect importance to the
l)cal citizen, are the contests for mem-
every night as of late. Mr. Picquet | Victory christened the new uniforms
informed The Pilot that the reve- j of the Southern Pines players, who
nue from recent performances had looked like real leaguers in their light
been insufficient to meet even the ; grey and navy blue, but it was any-
ber 2d, 1852, he came to Southern
Legislature, each claiming victory and
Pines in its sprouting days and ha i > person’s guess as good as
spent much of his time here since
then. He .was enriched with those qual-
film rentals, to say nothing of house 1 body’s game until the last man was ,
another’s. Almost all sections of the
county are represented ainong the
of his fellow man, and in both his
native state and in that of his adop
tion he leaves a host of mourning
friends.
rental, salaries of employes and ad- out. The winners have been practicing
vert\sing. ! regularly of late under the able coach-
“The patronage has not only not; ing of Paul Barnum. Charlie Everest
increased, but has actually decreas-' is manager arid Bill Fisher captain,
ed since the announcement of re- The Sandhill Post of the American Le-[
duced admission charge made a few gion organized the team and sponsor-
weeks ago,” Mr. Picquet said yes-: ed the campaign for funds for the
terday. “I have been very much sur-1 new uniforms and improvements to
prised at the reception of two or j the playing field. In addition to con-
three of the recent films, ‘State’s , tributors mentioned in previous issues
Attorney’ for one, as these pictures of The Pilot, C. L. Hayes and the
have been drawing record crowds m . Highland Hardware House donated
New York at prices of 75 cents and j playing equipment last week. A col-
a dollar. 1 lection at the game netted $27.
“I have done everything possible! Pinehurst scored two runs to start | survive. After a service of prayer at
to reduce expenses to a point where | Monday’s battle, and held the lead | the home here on Wednesday after-
I could keep the theatre open this | until the last of the third. Tom Vann
summer, but the revenue does not; then unleashed a three-bagger which
come anywhere near meeting the ex-1 brought in Donaldson, Fisher landed
penses of operating, and much as I j on one which scored Vann and the
hate to deprive those who enjoy the score was tied. In the 1th inning John-
movies for their entertainment, thei^2 : son and- Donaldson scored and Walk'jr
is nothing left for me to do .but was put across the plate in the 5th
close up shop. I realize it w-ill be u to give Southern Pines a 5-2 lead,
great blow to hundreds of persons , In the 6th Pinehurst sent In five
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GRAND JURY RECOMMENDS
ALL POSSIBLE ECONOMY
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Mr. Richardson was the father of | “’'Xe recommend to the county com-
Samuel B. Richardson, who served .is | missioners that every possible econ-
mayor of Southern Pines throughout j otny be exercised in the county gov-
the years of its growth from ham-j gfj^^ient; the elimination of all offices
let to thriving village. Two other that are not necessary at the present
sons. Dr. C. K. Richardson of Closter, time and the reduction of salaries
N. J. and Frank Richardson of Os- j wherever possible,” reads the final
wego, N. Y., and one daughter, Miss | paragraph of the report rendered by
Mary Richardson, of Southern Pines, | the grand jury last week and signed
by W. D. Smith, foreman.
The jury reported satisfactory con
ditions existing at the prison camp,
jail and county home. At the last nam
ed place an abundance of garden veg
etables and field crops was found,
well kept and giving promise of a
bountiful harvest.
The court house offices were fouml
in satisfactory shape, the only rec
ommendation in regard to them being
that the seal in the clerk’s office be
repaired or replaced W'ith a new one.
noon the body was taken north for
burial in the family lot at Jefferson.
S. B. Richardson accompanied the re
mains.
NEXT WEEK'S MOVIES
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday—Ra
mon Novavio in “Huddle.”
Thursday, Friday, Saturday—Greta
Garbo in “As You Desire Me.”