MOORE COUNTY'S
I.EADING NEWS
WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 18, NO. 12
LEILA CARY PAGE
DIES IN NEW YORK,
ACCIDENT VICTIM
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R ilph
W. I’age of IMnehurst Asphyx
iated on Long Island
CARTHAOE
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LAK eVlEW
HAHL.SY
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FIRST IN NEWS,
CIRCULATION &
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territor>'''t V "orth Carolina
Aberdeen and Southern Pines, North Carolina, Friday, February 17, 1933.
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FIVE CENTS
TRAGEDY STUNS SECTION
Leila Cary Pape, daughter of Mr.
and Ml'S. Ralph \V. Pa^e of Pinehurst
died of asphyxiation at the home of
her uncle, Frank C. Page in Hewlett,
Lonf? Island, early Sunday niorninn.
Mistakinfj a radiator for a steam
radiator, she had turned on the ga3
as she retired for the night. A niai.1
found her lifeless early Sunday morn
ing.
News of the tragedy to one of the
most beloved of the rising generation
of the Sandhills spread throughout
the section on Sunday and cast a
pall of gloom over the entire county.
Cary Page was not only a member
of one of the county’s leading fami
lies, but had endeared herself to all
who knew her by a personality of
charm, vivacity and friendliness. She
had grown up here. Everyone knew
Cary, and everyone loved her.
Cary was the only daughter of
Ralph W. and Leila Tuckerman Page.
Her father was in another room of
the house at the time. In New York
on business he had asked Cary in for
the week-end from her college, Bryn
Mawr, where she was a sophomore.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Page, Cai^ and
her father had spent the evening at
a dance and returned about midnight.
Because of other guests the house
was well filled for the week-end
and Cary was given a seldom used
room on the third floor. Her father
accompanied her to the room and
bid her good night. It must have been
upon his departure that Cary, mistak
ing the gas radiator for a steam one,
turned the little wheel at the side
and crawled into bed. The radiator
■was one of the old-fashioned kind that
required lighting when turned on, but
this the unfortunate child did not
know. She went to sleep.
Cary was 19. Nineteen years of ac
tivity. She was not just active so
cially, though she was a leader among
the younger society folk of the Sand
hills and was introduced by her grand
mother, Mrs. Walter Hines Page, at
a large debutante reception and dance
in Boston about two years ago. But
she was active in the management
of the Page interests here. She en
tirely supervised the cultivation and
marketing of her father’s dewberry
crop one season. She helped with the
peach crop on numerous occasions.
She did well whatever she attempted.
She was a finished horsewoman,
riding to the hounds several winters
here. There were few in this vicinity
who could defeat her at tennis. She
could maneuver a canoe from here to
the Atlantic with the skill af an In
dian.
Her parents and one brother, An
derson Page, survive. The funeral
services were held Tuesday morning at
10:30 o’clock at the Village Chapel,
Pinehurst, the Rev. Dr. T. A. Cheat
ham officiating. The bearers were
Robert N. Page, Jr., Lee Page, Rich
ard Lovering, J. V. Healy and Frank
Wilder. Livingston Biddle and Paul
Dana acted as ushers at the
church. Frederick Stanley Smith was
in charge of the music, and two
favorite hymns of the deceased,
“Faith is the V’ictoi-y,” and “Ten
Thousand Times Ten Thousand,” were
beautifully sung by the choir. Mr.
Smith played on the organ Handel’s
Largo and “Meditation-EIegy” by
Borowski. Burial followed in the Wal
ter Hines Page family lot in Old Be-
thesda Cemetery at Aberdeen. The
floral tributes at church and grave
were many and beautiful.
A large number from out of town
attended the Aineiril, among them
Mrs. Walter Hints Page of Boston,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Page and Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Page of New York,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Page of Raleigh,
William Tuckerman of Boston* George
Franklin of New York, General and
Mrs. Albert C. Cox and Mr. and Mrs.
John G. Nichols of Raleigh.
MISS LEILA
CARY PAGE
DEFINITE PROGRAM
FOR PLANTING OF
RELIEF GARDENS
Representative Citizens
of County Oppose Move
to Default on Obligations
Ccnimittoes Start Survey of
Available Land and Reauire-
ment in Seeds, Etc.
STATE SUBMITS PLAN
BOYEHE NAMED
TO PASS ON FARM
LOANS IN COUNTY
Desi)>:nated as Attorney Accept-
i able To Regional Affricultural
! Credit Corporation
ASSAULT VICTIM,
FOUND DEADIN BED
D. McCRIMMON IS AGENT
Was Shot Twice, Beaten and Left
Helpless in Woods for Two
Days Last July
PAIR AWAITING TRIAL
M. G. Boyette of Caithage, has been
designated as attorney for Moore
county whose certificate of title for
iens, chattels and mortgages will be
accepted by the Regional Agricultural
Credit Corporation of Raleigh, for
loans to be made to the people of this
county, John P. Stedman, executive
vice-president and manager, announ
ces. Mr. Boyette is county solicitor.
Mr. Stedman also announces that D.
McCrimmon of Carthage, has agreed
to aid those of this county seeking to
borrow money fromthe corporation
in making out their applications in
proper form, thus facilitating the
preliminary work and helping to save
and eliminate “red tape” in getting
the loans through.
Fees for attorneys, paid by the ap
plicants, are limited to one-half of one
per cent of the loan, with a minimum
of $1 and a maximum of $12,!3G, cn
chattels and liens, while the fees on
real property will be governed by the
amount of work involved in preparing
the abstract and mortgage. Attorney,
as well as county farm agents, are
agreeing to perform the duties con
nected with making loans largely for
patriotic and community reasons, Mr.
Stedman states, pointing out that
county agents are cooperating splen
didly.
Interest on the loans is at the
rate of 5 1-2 per cent and a small
inspection fee, depending on the size
of the loan, will be added, Mr. Sted
man states.
Loans are not to be made to per
sons who may be interested in agri-
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Leonard Cameron, 20-ycar-old man
of the Beaver Creek section who, on
July 4, last, was shot twice, cruelly
beaten and left in the dense woods a
mile and a half from his home—pre
sumably for dead—but after suffer
ing untold agony from Monday until
Wednesday finally succee'led in mak
ing his way home moi’e dead than
alive, was found dead in bed on last
Friday morning at the home of his
uncle Arch “Beaver” Cameron at
Overhills, where he w'as visiting.
Young Cameron had never recovered
from his injuries and his death is
thought to have resulted from his
fractured skull and battered head.
The funeral service was conducted
at 11 o’clock Saturday morning at
Cypress Church by the pastor, the
Rev. C. A. Lawrence, and mterment
was in the cemetery nearby. Mr. Cam
eron united with this church during
revival services in November. The de-
' ceased is a son of Irene Cameron,
who with numerous other relatives
, survives.
Following the assault, which creat
ed a sensation throughout this sec-
' tion, young Cameron named Tom
I Douglas and Turner Cameron, young
I white men of his community, as his
assailants. They were tried in Re-
I corder’s Court and bound to Superior
Court under heavy bond. Both men
denied knowledge of this affair. The
I caso was scheduled for trial in the re-
I cent term of criminal court, but was
continued.
Plans are going forward rapidly foi-
the planting of relief garden?. The
Monrc County Office of Relief has
1'eceivi‘d instructions from the Gov-
(‘rnoi'’s Office of Relief in Raleigh
si'tting foi'th a definite program of
farm •cliof for this Spring. It is be-
'ioved that the planting of relief gar
dens and the preservation of food
crops will provide a substantial
amount of food for the needy during
th(“ summer and for the coming win
ter.
A summary of the bulletins and in
structions on Relief Gardening from
the Reconstruction Finance in Wash-
int>ton, the Governor’s Office of Re-
Mef in Raleigh, and Dean I. 0. Scliaub,
Dii'ector of Extension Service at
N'orth Carolina State College in Ral-
'i:h, has been prepared ?etting forth
the State-wide program of farm re
lief:
1. Introduction;
The purpose of this bulletin is to
cqraint you w’ith the objects and
'urpose of relief gardening and to
funish you with specific plans of pro
cedure in ihe planting, supervision
I nroduction and preservation of food
1 crops.
The value of these gardens is two-
' fold:
I 1. Supply food.
} 2. Provide wholesome employment
j lor those in need.
I 11. Objects:
! 1. To aid every relief family liv-
j ing on a farm to produce food for
I I'ome consumption and to conserve
j fruits and vegetables for winter use.
j 2. To transfer from towns to
: arms as many as possible of those
' families now living in towns but who
l ave had farm experience.
I 3. To promote subsistence gardens
in towns and cities.
4. To establish community farms
on which re’ief workei-s living in the
I towns would produce food,
j 5. To produce and preserve enough
j food crops so that the people will
I have something to sustain them not
I only through the summer but next
winter as well.
I 6. To plant gardens, farm crops
j and feed crops.
III. Organization:
Director of Relief, Assistant Direc
tor of Relief, Chairman of Local Re
lief Committees in cooperation with
Farm Demonstration Agent and Home
Calls Shakespeare
ludge Seawell Cites Poet in
Tax Appeal Case of Actress
Lenore Ulric
Group Passes Resolutions of Con
fidence in .AlanuKemenl After
(’anvass of Financial Condition
decision of the United States
Rcard of Tax Appeals hande<l
own in Washington last week is of
national interest because the princi
pal in the case was the famous ac-
ticss, Leonore Ulric, and of local in-
teii'st here because the decision was
lUiiten by Judge Herbei-t P’. Seaw-
■11 01 Carthage, a member of the
' orrd. The originality of Mr. Seaw-
cll’s decision resulted in considerable
publicity in the press of the country,
and we quote here from the story
published by the Baltimore Sun:
Once in a while the most sober and
solemn of tribunals will let down and
take a sort of spiritual holiday. It will
make a decision, for example, in the
willing of which it manifestly found
delight, even though the decision’s ef
fect might bring grief to somebody or
some interest.
Today there came from the usually
!-erious-minded Federal Board of Tax
.\ppeals a disquisition upon practices
n t!-e theatrical world justifiable and
anjustiliable expenses involved in
hc.se activities and the rinks of too
niu.h entertainment, as shown by the
niemature death of William Shakes
peare.
It a!l had to do with the claim of
Lenore Ulric, former Belasco star,
who wanted the board to allow her
ncoire-tax deductions of $7,075.75 for
!fJ7 and S4,054.34 for 1928 as ex
penses in entertaining persons who
mi^ht have been helpful to her in her
career.
M (h of this promotion entertain
ment, it seems, was arranged by Tun-
s F. Dean, long a Baltimorean, who
served Miss Ulric as business liiana-
ger.
Although the board allowed certain
small sums as tips to stage hands,
also other sums for press agents, it
was distinctly col i to the more than
SI 1,000 expended on entertainment.
In the course of today’s decision,
the l)oard made these almost playful
observations:
“When the custom arose of enter-
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Franklin P. Womack
Dies at Ag*e of 55
Farmer and Rural Mail Carrier
rf Cameron Section Had Been
111 Several Months
Arrested In Detroit for
Pag-e Trust Robbery
Joseph P. Ewing of Fayetteville
Second Suspect Captured in
Connection with Hold-up
KIWANIS SPRING BALL TO
AID COUNTY HOSPITAL
The Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen will
have a Spring Ball at the Pinehurst
Country Club on Friday evening,
March 3d from 10 to 1:30 o’clock, the
entire net proceeds of which are to be
used for the support of a bed in the
children’s ward of the Moore County
Hospital. Tickets -went on sale this
week at two dollas a couple, and the
dance is expected to be one of the
gay events of the winter in the Sand
hills.
Children Are Invited
To Hear Mrs. Albion
A group of Pinehurst women began
telephoning invitations yesterday to
children in the Sandhills to attend
the rendition of several children’s
stories by Mrs. Edouard Albion at the
Carolina Theatre, Pinehurst, Satur
day morning. Proceeds from this talk,
which is only one of a series, will be
turned over to the social service com
mittee of the Women’s Auxiliary of
the Moore County Hospital, which
is trying to interest children in its
social service work.
Mrs. Albion will read to the child
ren of Aberdeen on Saturday, Febru
ary ?ith in the Community House.
Joseph P. Ewing of Cumberland
county was arrested in Detroit last
Friday for alleged participation in the
hold-up and robbery of the Page
Trust Company in Aberdeen on Feb
ruary 3d. Ewing is a member of a
prominent family of the Fayetteville
section, the son of Mrs. J. P. Ewing
and a brother of W. C. Ewing of the
State House of Representatives from
Cumberland county. Deputy Sheriff
Lawrence Kelly and an officer from
Fayetteville brought him back from
Detroit early this week.
Ewing went to Michigan several
years ago to establish a silver fox
farm. He later returned to his home
near Fayetteville and attempted to
raise foxes there but the farm was
not a success and he returned to
Michigan. He is married.
This is the second arrest made in
the Page Trust robbery, the other
suspected by police of implication in
the crimc, John Butler, salesman and
automobile mechanic of Fayetteville,
having been held at Carthage for some
time. A third man is being sought to
clear up the theft of $2,400 from the
cash drawers and vault of the bank
during the noon hour on the 3d.
Franklin Pierce Womack, prominent'
citizen of the Cameron section, passed!
away on Monday afternoon after an
illness of several months. Mr. Wom-'
ack, in addition to being a successful
farmer, was the R. F. D. carried on
Route No. 1, Cameron. He was born ini
that part of Moore county which is;
now a section of Lee county 55 years
ago.
Mr. Womack was an active member
of the Methodist church for many ■
years, a steward of the church and
superintendent of the Sunday School.
He was a man of high character and
strict integrity and was greatly es
teemed in his community. Surviving
are his wife, the former Miss Nannie
McPher.son; one son, Luther Womack,
and three daughters, the Misses
Louise, Agnes and Grace, all of Cam
eron. Three brothers, Fred R. Wom
ack of Carthage, E. E. Womack of
Cheraw and J. M. Womack of Ben-
nettsville, S. C., and three sisters, Mrs.
Fred Dameron, Mrs. W. E. Poe and
Mrs. J. E. Bottoms, all of Cheraw,
also survive.
Funeral services were conducted
from Cameron Presbyterian Church by
his former pastor, the Rev J. H. Buf
falo, assisted by the Rev. J, A. Daley,
hig present pastor. Interment was in
the Cameron cemetery. Many and
beautiful were the floral tributes of
the large circle of friends of the de
ceased, and the church was filled with
relatives and friends from all sections
of the county and frcm Sanford and
Cheraw for the final r,‘tes.
OPERATES WITHIN BUDGET
That there are two schools of
thought in the county on the subject
(if government and taxes and the fi
nancial contlilion of the county and its
itizens became evident last Friday
\vhen a representative group of men
from all sections met in the courthouse
at Carthage, went over the situation
with the members of the Board of
County Commissioners and the county
auditor and unanimously passed reso
lutions opposing any movement look-
injj toward default on any of the
county’s oliligations.
Though the meeting was in no wise
in opposition to the Moore County
Taxpa\ers League, the action taken
! y those present reflected “another
side” to the program of the league
which calls for;
1. Legislative action to revalue
property for tax purposes.
2. Legislative action forbidding
foreclosure or sale of land for taxes
for a period of two years.
3. Abolishment of penalties for
non-payment of taxes and all legal
fees for foreclosure of tax sales ex
cept six per cent and a minimu^i>
harge for advertising.
4. No increase of tax rate after
revaluation.
5. Compromise with bondholders
on the ground “that it is a physical
impossibility to collect the principal
of the bonds falling due during this
plague.”
The “Other Side”
Those who gathered in the court
house last Friday adopted the follow
ing resolutions:
“The undersigned citizens of the
County of Moore, having;' this day met
with the Commissioners of the
county and having fully discussed
with them the affairs of the county,
do hereby resolve as follows;
“ONE—The County is operating
within its budget and the financial
condition is sound with the follow
ing exceptions: (a) a small operat
ing deficit as of June 30, 1932, which
will be fully offset by the collection
of outstanding taxes; (b) failure
to set aside previous to 1927 sufficient
sinking fund requirements for the
courthouse bonds. The proper tax to
eventually absorb this deficiency has
been levied for this purpose since
1927. There is at present ample cash
on hand to take care of all operating
bond interest and principal require
ments.
“TWO In view of the above con
dition w'e urge no serious considera
tion he given to the present agitation
in some quarters that the county de
fault on any of its obligations.
“THREE—We are of the opinion
that the Commissioners should insti
tute' every pioper and nocessary econ-
on.y, but desire to point out that pend
ing the adjournment of the present
general assembly it will '^e difficult
to anticipate the form in which these
savings should be made.
“FOURTH—We heartily indorse
tho business administration which the
present Commissioners have giveri to
the county and urge that every citi
zen give them full confidence and sup
port. Respectively submitted, M. C.
McDonald, West End, J. B. VonCan-
on. West End; W. B. Graham Vass;
R. L. Chandler, Southern Pines; 0.
U. Alexander, Carthage; Paul Dana,
Pinehurst; D. D. McCrimmon, Hemp;
D. G. Stutz, Southern Pines; S. H.
Miller, Carthage, G. C. Seymour,
Aberdeen; F. W. VonCanon, Pinehurst;
H. McC Blue, Aberdeen, Richard S.
Tufts, Pinehurst; L. B. McKeithen,
Camei’on; R. C. McLean, Eagle
Springs and H. P. McPherson, Car
thage,
Wilbur Currie, chairman of the
Board of County Commissioners, and
County Auditor J. C. Muse informed
ti.e gathering of the financial condi
tion of the county at the present time,
stating that there is a large balance
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