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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 18, NO. 11.
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Alurdeen and Simlherir'l'in^i. NDrth'tar'olina, Friday, February 10, 1933. ’ (3 •* FIVE CENT8
W.J. CAMERON OF
VASS PASSES IN
HIS 75TH YEAR
Prominent Resident of Moore
W'as Horn in Harnett County
in January, 1859
HEALTH FAILED IN 1918
Death has clainietl another belov
ed man of Moore.
William John Cameron died at his
home in Vass last Saturday, Febru
ary 4th, leavinjj behind him a legacy
ot “charity towaid all an<l malice
toward none.”
Mr. Cameron was one of ten chil
dren, the son of Angus B. and Mar-
tfaret Monroe Cameron. He was born
in Harnett county on January 2(5th,
185&. His paternal grantlparents
came to this country from Scotland
and settled in Harnett among the
pioneer Scotch of that section. His
grandmother was a Bruce. Three? of
the brothers, Angus, William and John
moved over to the Vass country in the
early days of the turpenHne indus
try hereabouts and were active in the
upbuilding of the community. Wil
liam later engaged in the lumber bus
iness, in which he was active until
his health failed in 1018. He was also
prominently identified with the de
velopment of the Vass-Cameron sec
tion as a dewberry market, a large
grower himself.
William John Cameron married Su
san E, Bynum of Vass on January
l&th, 1892, and his wife survives him.
He leaves three children, Mrs. \V. T.
Cox and Mrs. S. R. Smith of Vass
and J. Bruce Cameron ol Southern
Pines. Thirteen grandchilaren sur
vive, and one sister, CIirisLian
Cameron of Jonesboro.
He was a member and for many
years a trustee of the Vass Metho
dist Church, where funeral services
were conducted at 11 o,clock on Mon
day mornii:g by the pastor, the Rev.
W. C. Ball, assisted by the Rev. F.
B. Nablett of Glndon, a /ormer pastor,
and by the Rev. C. A. Lawrence, min
ister of the V'ass Presbyterian Church.
The pallbearers wereTiis nejihews, N.
N. McLean, A. M. Cameron and W.
H. Keith of Vass, E. B. Cameron of
Kipling, A. A. Cameron of Jonesboro
and J. D. McLcan of Cameron. The
many beautiful floral tributes sent to
the family were carried by the girls
of the Community Young Peoples
Choir. Interment was in the Johnson
Grove Cemetei'y.
No one ever heard William John
Cameron say an ill word of his fel
low man. Nor lives there a man to
day to say an ill word of him. His
acquaintances were his frien<ls, and
they were legion. He was endeared
of all, and his going is a community
loss.
A Community Loss |
DR. GEORGE HERR
TO AGAIN HEAD
COMMERCE BODY
Unanimously Reelected Pfe.si-
dent of Southern IMnes Cham
ber by New Board
NEW MEMBERS INITIATED
A Friend in Hollywood
Wherein One of Our Home Town Boys Tries To Find a Friend
by the Name of Paul (ireen in the Studio
Wilderness of Filmland /
HY JAMES BOYD
WILLIAM JOHN CAMKUON
KM' KaitS
TO GET ITS NEW
CHARTM PASSED
Judiciary Committee of House
Refers it Back for Vote of
the Citizens
ACTION NOW UNLIKELY
After heai’ing’ arguments pro and;
con the No. 1 Judiciary Committee |
of the House of Representatives at |
Raleigh failed to take favorable ac- j
tion on the bill of Moore county’s rep- j
re.sentative, A. B, Cameron, to* grant j
a revised charter to the Town of|
Pinebluff, referi’ing the matter back'
to the commissioners of Pinebluff for!
a vote of the citizens. There is? now \
said to be some question whether the
proposition will go any further. 1
The proposed charter not only es- j
(ablished Pinebluff as a bird sanc-|
tuai'y but contained provisions fi.xing'
the water rates. The charter as drawn j
had been vetoed by the mayor of the i
town but passed over his veto by the |
board of town commissioners, where-'
upon it was introduced in the Assem-1
bly by Mr. Cameron and referred to'
Judiciary Committee No. L A delega
tion from Pinebluff attended a hear
ing on the bill last Thursday at Ral-
oiah, and Walter MacNeille presentetl
the arguments for the measure, W.
I>. Shannon opposing it.
Dr. (Jeorge Cl. Herr was unanimous
ly re-elected president of the South
ern Pines Chamber of Commerce at
the lirsi meeting of the new board
of directors of that body Tuesday
noon at Jack’s Grill, Hiram West
brook was chosen vice-president, M.
G. Nichols re-elected national counse
lor, and I). I). Shields ('ameron again
. hosen secretary-treasurer.
Four new directors, elected at the
annual meeting of the Chamber held
last Thursday night at the Highland
I Pii;e'' Inn were “initiate.” Vo the)
Board Tuestay by being called u. on
fyr short talks. They were Dr. Robert
, Shef)ard, James Simons, Walter Gil-
kyson and Lloyd T. Clark.
•A. round tables discussion of na
tional affairs led by Mr. Nichols, fea
tured the meeting. The directors also
, approved of erection of an informa-
I tion booth at the southern end of
I town on Highway No. 1, as soon as
I arrangements can be completed for
I site and financing. A. Motitesanti of-
fei-ed the logs for a log cabin and
it is probable that the building will
be erected in this form.
(.Ml. Boyd, author of “Drums,”
“Marching On” and “Long Hunt" and
a Contributing E,.itor of The Pilot,
is wintering in Palm Sprinj<s, ('alifor-
i nia where he wrote this tale of a vis-
I it to Hollywood.— KditorL
Overpioduction Not
The Farmer^s Trouble
But Inability of City People To
Pay Decent I’rices for Prod
ucts, Speaker Tell Kiwanis
J. Hello, is this the Catamount
Studio ?
A voice: Catamount.
J. B. 1 want Paul Green.
A vtiii-e; What’s he do?^^
H. He's a play a right.
A voice: But what’s he do?
H. He writes for Catamount.
A voice: You might try the sien-
aiio (k'j)artment.
«
.]. B. Ilello, is this the Scenario De
partment. I want Paul Green.
A voice; What’s he do?
J. H. He writes for C’atamount.
A voice: Well, we have several Mr.
CJreen’s.
J. B This is Paul Green, the play
wright. He writes plavs. He wrote
The House of Connelly and In Abra
hams’ Bosom, the Pulitzer Prize Play
and—
A voice; You might try Mr. Rus-
sellberg’s office.
* ♦ »
J. B. Is this Mr Ru.ssellberg's of
fice?
A voice; This is Mr. Russellberg’s
secretary.
J. B. I want Paul Green, the play
wright.
A voice: Well—who is this?
J. B. This is Paul Gr— This is
James Boyd.
A voice: Mr. Boyce?
J. B. No, Boyd.
A voife: Would you mind spelling it
JAMES mnn
ONE MAN HELD,
OTHERS SOUGHT
IN BANK ROBBERY
Ford Used by Pane Trust Co.
Bandits Found at Home
of John Butler
Overproduction of farm products,
is not responsible for the plight of j
the farmer, but the inability of the I B-o-y-d. Im a friend
city people to pay decent prices for Green s. 1 jjust got in from the
their foodstuffs, Gordon Ward of the j ^ at the Panjandarum Palace
faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic i Hotel. I want to find him.
.T. B. Roth of them are. All of;
them. Great pals. j
A voice; ,Mr. Russellberg’s?
J. B. Yet, at Catamount.
A voice; W'ell, what was your other
friend’s name?
J. B. Green, Paul Green.
A voice: Call Casabianca 8181.
J. B. What’s that?
.■V voice: That’s Famous Fancies—
Cosmic.
J. B, Will they know?
A voice; They know more than wc
do. They’re a subsidiary.
* *
J. B. Is this Famous Fancies—
Cosmic. I vvant Paul Green, plea.=!G.
A voice: What’s he do?
J. B. He’s an animal acrobat, a
great friend of Mr. Russellberg’s at
1 Catamount.
j A voice: Paul Gi'een?
! J. B. (lod bless you.
I A voice: Well, we haven’t Mr.
i Green’s number, but I think you can
! reach him by calling Blithering 7481.
Institute told members of the Kiwanis ■
, . 11 A* u 111 who did YOU say you were \Mth .
Club at their weekly meetmg held,
A voiL-e: Oh yes, Mr. Boyer. And
J, B. When?
A voice: Now.
J. B. Nobody. My wife’s in Palm
Springs; She meant to come, but our
Aberdeen in Default on !
Bonded Indebtedness
Defaults of Counties and Towns
in state Aff^reffate Sum
of $7,500,000
Wednesday in the .Sunday School
building of the Aberdeen Methodist
Church.
The farmer today is producing less
food and clothing than before the de-| yoi'iiSt'st child
pression, he said. The farm prices arel ^ I mean what company?
following the payrolls down down, and; J- B- What company what?
the farmers won’t get their fair share ( voice; Are you v\ith.
until payrolls go up again. Another! ^ ^
reason for their trouble is the high chances
cost of handling and tansporting’ n
Veteran War Nurse {
Civic Club Speaker
Miss Gladwin to Recount Exper
iences in Three W'ars Before
Sandhills Audience
The Southern Pines Civic Club has
been fortunate in securing the servic
es of Miss Mary E. Gladwin, Ph. B.,
R. N., L. L. who will speak at the
club house this afternoon, Friday,
at 3:00 o’clock. Miss Gladwin
is well known as an administrator
and lec1,ui*er in nursing education,
and also as a war worker, having
served with ^reat distinction as a Red
Cross nurse through nearly four
years of the World War, Previous to
that ghe had wide experien(je in the
Spanish-Amei-jican war, the Russo-
Japanese war and the Ohio flood serv
ice. Her subject of Friday will be
her war work in Serbia as head of
the only Red Cross nursing unit
sent by the United States to that
country. Such a record as this is in
itself inspiring and, as Miss Glad
win is a gifted speaker, th s will be
an opportunity which few will care
to miss. Miss Gladwin will be intro
duced by her life-long friend, Mrs.
J. H. Andrews of Southern Pines and
Akron, 0. The general public is most
cordially invited. No change for ad
mission is ever made at these meet
ing's and the above invitation to the
public applies at all times
Aberdeen is among those listed in
Raleigh in default of payment on its
bonded indebtedness, the amount giv
en being $8,.500.
Thirty-four counties and 77 muni
cipalities in North Carolina were in
default an aggregate of !?7,.^09,:J00 on
notes and bonded indebtedness on De
cember 31st, according to data fur
nished a special Senate committee by
the Local Government Commission.
Explanation of the defaults ranged
from embezzlement and bank failures i
to non-payment of taxes. The largest |
amount in default among the coun
ties on December 31st was $590,200,
overdue in principal and interest on j
Carteret county notes and bonds. High !
Point leads the municipalities and is
trying hard to refund a portion of its i
more than two million dollars default-1
ed on December 31st. i
Other towns in this vicinity in de
fault include: Hamlet $14,000; Rae-i
ford, $10,000; Red Springs, $21,846; 1
Troy, $45,930; Vass, $3,980. I
Aberdeen Graded School was also j
in default in the sum of $9,300 on De- j
cember 31st. )
their products to market, inefficiency
in distribution facilities. He also
.‘ihowed by charts how interest charges
and taxes for the farmer were going
up hill while their incomes were go
ing in the opposite direction, which
accounts for the fact that four per
cent of the farms of the countiy had
been sold on foreclosure during the
past year. Mr. Ward made a number
of suggestions for getting the coun
try out of the doldrums.
The Kiwanis Club voted to have a j
dance at the Pinehurst Country Club
early next month.
Smith’s Store Near
Pinehurst Entered
One Suspect Arrested in Aber
deen Shortly After Robbery
Takes Place
HENRY MOHGENTHAU IS
SPEAKER AT PINEHURST
Henry Morgenthau, former ambas
sador to Turkey and a guest this week
at the Carolina Hotel in Pinehurst,
addressed a large gathering at the
Pinehurst Country Club last fcvening,
the lecture being arranged by the
Pinehurst chapter of the American
Red Cross for the benefit of its local
welfare fund.
At about 11 o'clock Wednesday night
Worth Hancock started to enter a cafe
here and seeing the local policeman,
A. F. Dees, in the background, sudden
ly changed his mind. Dees had noticed
an undue plumpness in various parts
orf the young man’s clothing and
when Hancock suddenly altered hla
course upon sight of an officer. Dees
decided something was wrong and
gave chase.
Hancock was caught after a short
run and when searched was discover-
[ ed to have upon him a quantity of
cigarettes, pennies, etc., and a few
steps away was found a pistol which
the officer had seen him throw away.
A telephone inquiry to Deputy Sher
iff Curry at Pinehurst brought the
information that Lexy Smith’s store
had been broken into about ten o’
clock. Hancock would not talk and the
police are inveatigating.
A V’oice; What chances?
J. B. Of finding .Mr. Green.
A voice: Why, Mr. Boyne, we have
no Mr. Gieen.
J. B. But he’s working for you.
(A pause)
A voice; Call Troglodite 0952.
J. B. What’s that?
A vei e; That’s Famous Fancies
—Ginsberg—Huferial.
* * *
J. B. Is this Famous Fancies—|
(Jinsberg—Imperial ?
voice: Speaking.
J. B. I want Paul Green.
A voice:What’s he do?
J. B. He writes plays.
A voice: Is he with us? J
J. B. That is the question.
A voice: Well, unless you know— ,
J. B. W'ell, unless YOU know. |
(A pause) j
A voice: You might try the Script,
Department.
♦ » ♦
J. B. Is this the Script Depart
ment ? I want Paul Green. What’s he |
do? He’s a playwright. Also he writes
for the pictures—The moving pic-'
tures.
A voice: Script, scenario, or contin
uity?
J. B. Everything. He’s wotider-
ful.
A voice; Well, we’ve had several
Mr. Green’s.
J. B. But this man’s name is Paul.
A voice: W’^ell, several of their
names were Paul.
J. B. That I doubt.
A voice: .Excuse me?
J. B. This is Paul Green, the Pul
itzer Prize Playwright, a handsor«e
clean-cut man from North Carolina,
looks like Donatello’s Apollo, a great
friend of Mr. Russellberg’s over at
Catamount.
A voice: Who is?
J. B. Is this Blithering 7481? I
want Paul Green.
A voice: Paul Green?
J. B. Yes, you know. Paul Green,
f'ounder of the .American Navy.
A voice; Well, I know we have his
address, but I’m not the regular sec
retary. I wouldn’t know where to
look.
J. B. Well, where is the regular
secretary ?
voice: She’s gone off till next
week. She just left.
J. B. W’ell, whose office is this?
A voice; This is Mr. Russellberg’s
office.
BUTLER DP:NIES GUILT
One man is lodged in jail and the
[Hilice are seeking two others suspect
ed of implication in the robbery of the
Page Trust Company in Aberdeen a
week ago today when Francis Pleas
ants, assistant cashier, was held up
and $2,400 taken from the cash
Giawers and vault.
Sheriff Charles J. McDonald is
wilhht)lding infoi'mation during ills
■search for the men suspecteo, but ihe
man held is believed to be John But
ler, salesman and automobile me
chanic, who was picked up in Fayette
ville on Monday.
Olficers sai<l they found in But
ler’s yard an autoniobile which was
I identified by Clai'ence Tate of .Aber-
I deen as the one the thiee yeggs used
I in their flight after the robbery. But-
; ler, however, was quoted by police
: as denying knowledge of the car.
I Burlap bags such as are used to
ship money were found in the machine
I which had no license plates.
Friday afternoon, three men walk
ed (juietly into the trust company
here, held up the assistant cashier
who was the only person in the place
at the time, scooped up money from
the counters and took a bag of mon
ey from the vault, and fled.
A despatch from P’ayetteville says
that the Ford coach believed to have
been used in the robbery of the local
bank was seized at the home of John
Butler, near there Sunday, a car found
to have been stolen at River Rouge,
Mich., January 19. The car bore no li
cense plates when it was located in
Butler’s yard in Pearce’s Mill town
ship, but the district office of the
State Highway Patrol traced it by the
motor numbers and asceitained that
jit was licensed and stolen in Miihi-
gan.
Butler has been employed off and
on by the David B. Owen Motor Com-
: pany in Fayetteville as a salesman
■ and mechanic. The bank robbers car
was said to have borne a Noi'th Car
olina license stolen from the Owen
Motor Company.
Butler denied any knowledge of
the robbery and said the automobile
was left in his yard Saturday night
by persons he did not see.
J. B. Give me room-service, please.
Room service?
! A voice: Yase, sar.
i J. B. White rock and ice.
Musical Crc'itail Nets
$150 for Ball Team
Benefit Performance in South
ern Pines Monday Nisht Prov
ed Great Success ,
1 Nearly $150 for the benefit of the |
Southern Pines Baseball Club of the j
j Moore County League was realized as
j a result of the benefit performance
given by local talent at the Southern
Pines High School Auditorium on
r Monday night of this week. It was
' a cracking good show and played to
! a full house.
! “Musical Cocktail” was the name of
' the performance and it was just that.
There were many ingredients to make
everyone feel happy. Part 1 was a
wedding done in song and story, with
the following taking part: H. A. Jack
man, Harry Lewis, Hiram Westbrook,
P. S. Montgomery, Buddy Milam, El
mer Davis, L. L. Woolley, Dr. Robert
Shepard, Stuart Cameron, Dante Mon-
tesanti, Gordon Gifford, Lewis Mc-
Brayer, Frederick Cole, J. H.
Schwarte, Harry Doran, Albert
Adams, Charles P. Everest, S. B.
Richardson, George N. McCall and
Lenox Windham. Part 2 was “The Big
Broadcast" from Station S. P. B. B.
A., whi h, of course stood for South
ern Pines Baseball Association. Dr.
George Herr w’as the announcer and
rnt.de a good one
“Arabella” Coming
To Pinehurst Tuesday
Peppy .Alusical (’oniedy To Be
start'd Under Auspices of
Parcnt-Teacher Ass’n.
“Here Comes Arabella,’ a delight
ful musical comedy, will be staged at
the school auditorium in Pinehurst
next Tuesday night, February 14th,
at eight o’clock.
This is one of the plays of the
Wayne P. Sewell Producing Com
pany of Atlanta, Georgia, and is be
ing produced under the auspices of
the Pinehurst Parent-Teac-hers’ Asso
ciation with Miss Sally Pippen of
Littleton as director.
The peppy music w'as especially
written for the production. The at
tractive costumes are also furnished
by the company and the beautiful
chorus girls alone are worth the
price of admission.
The local talent cast follows:
Arabella, an orphan stolen by gyp
sies, Miss Jo Medford; ^ob Adair, a
young artist, E. S. Webb; Sidney
Hopewell, Frank McCaskill; Bill and
Jack, Hubert McCaskill, Eddie Brant;
Aunt Prudence, Miss Ruth Journey;
Aunt Debby, Miss Virginia Simkins;
Uncle Josh, Mr. Willard Dunlop; Hen
rietta, Irene Lewis; Imogene, Cath
erine Cole; Crystabell, Marjorie Cole;
V'illage Gossips, 1, Miss Idelle Mc
Kenzie, 2, Mrs. Bertha Freeman; 3,
Miss Eliner Bryant; Levinski, Jew
ish theatrical producer, “Shorty”
Barber.
The admission charge is 25c and
40c. Tickets are on sale at the Car-