MOORE COUNTY’S
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NEWS-WEEKLY
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VOL. 13, NO. 39.
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STIRRING MURDER
CASE IS CLOSED
BY ACQUIHAL
Cameron and Douglas Declared
Not Guilty of Murdering
Leonard Cameron
INVESTIGATE DOCKET
The final chapter in a murder case
that has stirred Moore county as few
cases have in recent years was writ
ten on Sunday moi-ninp when the juiy
filed into the court room and pro
nounced Turner Cameron and Tom
Douplas not guilty of the murder of
Leonard Cameron.
Young Cameron was shot twice and
brutally beaten on July 4 of last year.
Two or three days later he made his
way the mile and a half from the
woods Tvhere he was assaulted to his
home in the Beaver Creek section. He
named the two defendants recently
acquitted as his assailants. Several
months later he died suddenly and his
death was, in the opinion of doctors
familiar with the case, a direct result
of the assault.
In the trial the defense offered evi
dence .tending to show the where
abouts of the defendants during the
entire day of the assault.
Aberdeen and Southern Pines, North Carolina, Friday, August 25, 1933.
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FIVE CENTS
Alleged Members of Notorious Gang BETHESDA CHURCH Southfc:' es Clinches
Found in Hang-out Near^nehurst; jq jjqlj) I Lead Ot * loore Co. League
HOMECOMING
Cave Man
Cololred Romeo, Love Unre
quited, Languishes In Jail
When Coercive Tactics Fail
Rufus Wooten, colored of near
Carthage, loved not wisely but too
well, according to evidence brought
out in an assault-with-deadly-
weapon case in this week’s Record
er’s Court. His girl was through
with him. He was determined that
she wasn’t. He went to church
with her. She left. He followed.
Peeved beyond endurance, he threw
rocks at her. He has three months
in which to devise better methods
of pressing his suit.
Ralph Tyson On Trial for Hav
ing Burglary Tools. Other
News of Recorder’s Court
Sept. 17 Date Set for Annual
Reunion. Dr. McQueen To
Deliver Sermon
HISTORICAL SERVICE
New Salary Schedule for
Teachers Fixed by Board
Drastic Reductions Made In Sal
aries. S720 A Year Is
Maximum
On Monday in Recorder’s court was
begun the trial of Ralph Tyson on
a charge of keeping and possessing
burglary tools. Tyson was arrested at
his home near Pinehurst earlier in I ... ~
, -.1. 1 i-. • 1 I Pleased with the attendance at the
this month along with Coley Cam, al-
leged member of a notorious robber j homecoming last fall the peo-
gang that has operated for months in. pie of .A.berdeen announce tho recurr-
Eastern North Carolina and around in>r reunion at Bethesda this fall for
Durham and Raleigh. Mrs. Worth ^ date some what earlier. This yar
Proctor, wife of the alleged gang lead-, i o ■
..... T, u ; "'"1 be held on Sunaay, bepteinber
er, was arrested at the Tyson hoii’«-, ] i
' 17. Last fall Lauchlm Bathune, of
An absolute maximum of pay for
teachers under the new schedule adopt
ed by the State School Commission
The case went'to the jury a little and approved by the State Board of
after ten o’clock Saturday night.
They failed to reach a decision that
night and court convened again on
Sunday for the verdict.
Nine members of the jury were se
lected from a special venire of seven
ty-five men and it was necessary to
draw an additional twenty names
from which to complete the jury.
Followi.ig are those who were final
ly accepted: A. L. Brown, Jesse Old
ham, W. H. Foster, E. S. Hooker, E.
C. Marley, Dalton Wicker, D. H. Lynn,
D. R. Dunn, C. S. Barber, W. J. Har
rington, (not the Register of Deeds),
E C. Seawell and W. T. Seawell.
The defendants were represented by
Attorney Gavin and Jackson of San
ford and H. F. Seawell, Jr., and W.
K. Clegg of Carthage.
In the ease of Maggie Allen, charg
ed with assault with a deadly weapon,
the judgment of three months pro
nounced by the Recorder was affirm
ed and later ordered stricken out. The
final judgment was three months sus
pended upon condition that the de
fendant shall violate no law of the
State and especially that she shall
shov.* no ill will to the prosecuting
witness, P. L. Gardi er. and pay ah
cost.s of the action.
Lacy Faircloth, white of Pineiiurst
section, pleaded guilty to violating
the prohitition law. Prayev for judg
ment wa.s continued tc. the January
term and at that time ^he defendant
is to show that he has paid all costs,
that he has not violated any law, and
he is to accept any judgment that
the Court sees fit to impose on him.
Docket Inv«!stigated
It appearing that ihe public inter
est requires that seme action be tak
en in regard to the large number of
inactive case^ that have been on the
civil issue docket for years, Judg^e A.
M. Stack last week app.')inted M. G.
Boyette to go over the docket and in
vestigate the status of the cases
which have been on the docket more
than a 4^eai^ except those cases that
are on the calendar for the .“^aptem-
ber term ,and to report the same with
a Flight history of each ca^e at the
September term.
ABERDEEN LEGION TEAM
DEFEATS SOUTHERN PINES
The Southern Pines American Le
gion baseball club wound up iis sea
son on Monday afternoon by losing
to t;he Aberdeen outfit. The final
score was 5-3.
Each team made all its runs in one
inning. Southern Pines chalked up
three markers on four hits in the
first frame. After holding this lead
until the fifth, the local hurler blew
up and Aberdeen scored five times on
two hits, three walks and a couple of
errors.
Southern Pines made seven hits to
three for the winners. Mills with, two
for four, led both teams at bat.
I ist Friday morning Southern
Pines bowed to Pinehurst in a wild
game in which hits and errors pre
dominated. The final score was 13 to
11.
Education is .$720 a year, while the
average reduction from 1930-31 is
32 per cent. In many cases where
teacher salaries supplemented local
ly, the reduction is about 50 per cent.
A Class A. certificate and eight years
of teaching is the basis for the max
imum pay of $720 a year.
Out of the $16,000,000 appropriated
for schools, teachers will get $12,-
72.},000 a year. General control, in
cluding .salaries and expenses of sup
erintendents is $425,000, cut from
.$^50,000; transiwrtation, '$l,700,0u'0',j
cut from $2,150,000; operation of
plant, $'J00,000, cut from $1,200,000.
An emei'gency fund of $2.50,00t> is set
up from the balance of the $1(),000,000.
Estimates place the teaching force
of the State for next year at 23,000,
)f whom 14,000 are white and 9,000 are
colored. The range of salaries, with
increments, and numbers of teacher.s
holding the various classes of certifi-
cate.s follow:
Class A, range from $70 to $90 each
teaching month, eight years of ex
perience for the maximum; former
ly $100 to $133.33; 8,000 teachers.
Class B, range $00 to $75; former
ly $90 to $100; 4,000 teachers.
Class C, $55 to 65; formerly $85
to 105; 2,000 teachers.
Class A, elementary, 50 to $55;
formerly $75 to $95; 1,500 teachers.
In the other classes, with only 350
white teachers, $45 a month flrft;
formerly $45 to $85.
The State School Commission adopt
ed the schedule last Friday, after its
special committee had worked for
several days, trying to work out a
schedule that would absorb all of the
money appropriated by the General
Assembly, and without a balance. It
is not permitted to exceed the amount.
The salary schedule for principals
is based on numbers of teachers in
the school, with an increment of $5
a yearior each year of experience as
such, up to four years. Under th'
schedule, the salary of a beginning
principal in a seven teacher school
would be $95, or $5 more than the
highest paid teacher but with $5 a
year additional for each year’s ex
perience up to four. The added prin
cipal salary per teacher is $5 from 7
to 15 teachers; $4 from 16 to 20 each-
ers; $3 per teacher from 21 to 30
teachers; $2 from 31 to 40, and $1
from 41 and above teachers.
also. Awaiting the resumption of the
trial on Sept. 4, Tyson is at liberty
Under bond of $1000.
Testimony of two officers who ar
rested the trio was heard on Monday.
Sheriff McDonald testified that he
and officers Slack, Kelly, Lambert,' congregation anci included
Currie and Gargis went to the Tyson i of the annual visitors to the
home about 9:30 or 10 o’clock one I native residents
morning in August. Tyson was at! other parts of the state
home when they got there. They i "’ho have been attracted by the broad
Clinton, one of the younfrcr scions of
old Bethesdci. "ave s loh an extended
histi. ry of the church and commun
ity thi’t he a^’akoncd a general iii-
tcrest that reai.hos beyond the im-
ano
This Tells The Tale
Standing of Moore County
League Teams After
Fateful Games
Southern Pines ...
25
11
.694
Aberdeen
20
12
.638
V'ass-Lakeview
19
15
.559
Pinehurst
16
18
.470
West End
....14
19
.437
Cameron
14
21
.400
Carthage
.. 11
23,
.323
Victory Over I*inehurst, With
Aberdeen Losing To Cameron,
Decides Issue. Other Games
S. A. L. Golfers to
Stage Tourney Here
Park View Hotel Will Be Head
quarters During the
Event
All plans are perfected, and ar
rangements made by the various
searched the premises and found a I Bethesda has taken in niaking | Seaboard Air Line
Springfield rifle, an automatic shot Ionly this community but the whole i Association for their Seventh
gun, a .32 Colts magazine pistol, andj^^^^® nation. ^ [Annual Tournament to be held over
a bag containing chisels, drill bits,! pastor of the Church, the 1^®^.
metallic knucks, dynamite fuse and i I., tarber, w>th his committee, | t,.y duij September 2nd. 3rd and
six dynamite caps, buck shot shells! preparing the program for a full ^ With all the principal officers of
and other articles. There were about;»”ii-rcises, dividing the day | jhe Seaboard Air Line planning to
six rooms to the house, the officer | ”^'•0 two periods which will be sep-1 come for this annual week-end of
said, and the guns were found >n ■ ^''^*-ed by a big dinner in the gi’ove i Q,ip hundred and fifty of
the same room with the bag. Coley f*■ "'^ich a vast number of people, membership and their friends are
is expected. The morning will be expected as reservations are now
acterized by devotional exercises, being made in the- Park View Ho
tel, which will be their headquarters,
and in the Belvedere Hotel.
Officers of the .Association are G.
Cain and Mrs. Worth Proctor
arrested at the same time.
Upon cross examination, both of-, *^'ted to the occasion, with a sermon
ficers admitted that so far as they'^J’ Angus A. McQueen, that fav-
knew Tyson had never .seen the con-1most esteemed
tents of the bag until they were dis-' Bethesda s pastors, fi.r Mar-
The games on Wednesday after
noon decided the Moore County
League pennant for 1933 with South
ern Pines clinching the flag with an
8-2 victory over Pinehurst while
Aberdeen was bowing to Cameron
5-3 in an eleven-inning thriller.
‘Lefty” Ketchum hurled his sec
ond three-hit game in four days as
Southern Pines got to Randy Grimm
for 11 hits and 8 runs. The Southern
Pines hurler allowetl only one hit and
: no runs until the ninth when a single
i by Wallace, a fielders choice and a
j double by Grimm accounted for a pair
of tallies.
Five \hits and two errors gave the
new chaimpions four runs in the
second frame against Pinehurst, and
they coasted along on this lead for
the remainder of the game. They
arided une in the fifth, two in the
sixth anu one more in the eighth.
Lawhon, Millar and Harris, with two
hits each, led the hitting for the win
ners, while Wallace, Grimm and Ken
nedy split up the three safe blows
garnered by Pinehurst.
The contest was played at South
ern Pines before a crowd of about
600.
Aberdeen Ixj,«es
Cameron went down to Aberdeen
and pulled the unexpected by down
ing that outfit. The Cameion team
plaj’ed inspired baseball behind Mc-
Pher.son who pitched a brilliant
game. Aberdeen threw Don Maurer,
and Martin into the fray, with
C.„,e .... .he 1 “
played in court
the pistol was in the hand bag of Mrs.
Proctor.
Officers are o<‘ the opinion that the
gang, which is said to have been com
posed originally of around a dozen
men, used Tyson’s home as a hanti out
when the li.w enforcement forces in
other sections were too hot on their
trail. Tyson has a brother who is
said to be a member of the gang.
Three members are now serving time
in prison.
While the officers were at the Ty
minister, a great educator, a great j Transportation I *1,
father and a great citizen of this wil- Vce Pre'Lenf C F Bdl Sui er’U-
, ^ • 1 ■ rj,, e V .ce-1 lesident, L. t.. Bell, bupei- tied at 3-3. Cameron got two men
derness country in his time. The af- Dinino- Tir •)nrl 1 , • 1
. ! intencien. inning i ar ^er\ice, -na aboard in the 11th and Martin made
ternoon will include a .service of a Vice-President; R. T. Etheridge, As
sistant General I’reight Agent, Sec-
retary-Treasurer, and on the Tour
nament Committee are J. C. Wroten,
chairman, W. I). Simpson, R. T. Eth-
somewhat historical character with
some reference to the influence Be-
1 thesda has exerted in e.'^tablishing a
go/ernment of po'iif cal as well as re-
li^'ious freedom, for the old church
has played its part in t!ie shift of
this Sandhill area from a piney
woods wilderness to one of the mt.st
attractive spots cn the
I the mistake of pitching to John Hun
ter, who smashed out a long single,
his fifth hit of the day, to .score both
runners. McPherson then disposed of
Aberdeen in short order, two of them
eridge, J. C. Brady and R. P. Bunt- going via the strikeout route,
ing, Jr. Wednesday’s game was the last of
the season for Southern Pines, while
Aber<ieen has three more to play and
p(l ri’ogram of the exercises will be
announced later.
Grand Jury Approves
Condition County Home
son home, a car occupied by three I community of progressive, educated
men, one of whom is thought to have' outstanding people. The complet-
been Proctor, drove up. Cain is said
to have thrust his manacled hands
outside a window and the men, tak--
ing the tip, sped away.
Following the arrests, Cain and
Mrs. Proctor were turned over to Ral
eigh officers, there being eviaence
to connect Cain with Wake robberies.
The woman was later released.
Tyson denied participation in any of
the robberies staged by the notorious
gang. Mrs. Proctor told officers that
she was visitin.; Mrs. Tyson.
Water Turns to Whiskey
As Joe McGill, Mitchel Graham and
Laura Graham, respected Hoke county
Ntgroes were riding aljiig, Bill Mc
Cain, colored. Eagle Sj; ■ nfels came
from the woods and asked for a rida.
Laura, whose car they were in, fail-
SEAWELL AND BOWMAN WIN
YADKIN CLUB TOURNAMENT
The Yadkin Club tournament at
Pinehurst for week ending Aug, 19th
was medal play total of pair net and
was won by H. F. Seawell, Jr., and
J. W. Bowman with a net total of 155.
One stroke behind them were L. F.
Whitney and D. A. Cun-ie for sec
ond place.
The tournament this week is match
play against the old unbeatable play
er Old Man Par. And this old player
nerer makes a mistake so it takes
birdies to win. However, with the new
greens and the smooth turf somebody
will give him a battle.
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$2,339.02 for Relief In
Moore During July
statewide Relief Expenditures
37 Percent Lower Than for
Month of June
Total relief expeditures in North
Carolina during July were $585,665,
according to a statement made public
on Wednesday by Mrs. Thomas
O’Berry, administrator. This sum
repreents a decrease of approxi
mately 37 per cent as compared with
the $928,4 8 spent during June.
Only $63,000 of July’s expendi
tures, or less than nine per cent,
were provided by the city and county
governments involved, the remaining
$522,388 coming from the Federal
government.
The expenditures for July repre
sent a decrease of approximately 56
per cent as compared with the expen
ditures for' March which was the
high month of the winter. The total
outlay for March was $1,323,346.
The per family expenditure for
North Carolina in July was $9.90, as
compared with $9.60 during June.
In Moore county a total of $2,-
339.02 was spent in July.
-As usual there will be numerous
prizes beside the major ones including
continent, a 1 “Capps Cup” the ‘‘Powell Cup” and 1 one coming from Carthage. Southern
the “Southern Pines Country Club Pines, however, has clinched the pen-
Cup.” . ant. They have a season record of
A hearty welcome awaits the play-l-^ wins against 11 losses while Aber-
ei’f! at the Country Club, where Sec-!‘^®®'^' virtue of their defeat this
retary Travis h.is completed ar-, has 12 defeats chalked up
rangements for their comfort. j against them. They can not possibly
I tini.'h higher than second.
! Vass took a hard-fought game
i^atisfactory Report Also Ciiven
On County Jai! and
I’rison Camp
SOUTHERN PI.NES TENNIS
TEAM DEFEATS WAGRAM
The Grand Jury, in its report made
last week, stated that the committee
visiting the county home was highly
pleased with the work being done by
Herbert Kennedy. “This institution is
a credit to Moore County,” the report
says. It was recommended that one
insane inmate be transferred to some
place equipped for taking care of
such ca.ses.
The jail and prison camp were said
to be in excellent condition and repairs
now under way at the county home
would put it in satisfactory condition,
it was reported. A few minor repairs
to the court house were recommend
ed.
Records in the offices of the clerk of
the court and the register of deeds
were said to be in good shape. A list
of guardians, executors and adminis
trators who had not filed reports dur
ing the past year was attached, also
a list of magistrates who had not fil
ed reports.
569 FAMILIES AIDED IN
MOORE COUNTY IN JULY
A decrease of 47 percent in the
number of North Carolina families
receiving relief during July as com
pared with June was revealed today
by Mrs. Thomas 6’Berry, relief ad
ministrator. The number aided dur
ing July was 58,937 as compared with
92,272 in June.
A CORRECTION
Through a tjlJOgraphical error the
names of Mrs. S. Y. Ruggles and A.
S. Ruggles appeared in the list of de-
ijinquent street assessments. They liad
paid their assessments.
from We.«t End on Tuesday after-
I noon. McMillan had slightly the bet-
I ter of Hurley in a pitchers duel, and
Vass took a 5-4 decision. The contest
, , . , , was close all the way. It was another
afternoon by taking a match from
the Wagram team by a score of 4 >•
matches to 2. The locals were triun
Southern Pines kept its tennis rec
ord for the season clean on Tuesday
phant in three of the four si’igles en
counters and split even in the two
doubles matches.
This victory enabled Soutlieri’. Pines
Pinehurst nosed out Cameron on
Tuesday afternoon in a game which
was played on the Southern Pines
field. The score of this conte^it was
also 5-4. Going into the eighth Came-
to maintain its undefeated position, ron had a 4-2 lead, but Pinehurst
Other matches are pending and will came through with a couple of hits
be announced as soon as possible.
Scores of Tuesday’s contest.
and took advantage of three Cameron
errors to tally three times and go
Singles: Sugg (SP) defeated Me-, one-up on their opponents.
Turnley
Milan, 6-1, 7-5. Pence (W) defeated' and Ralph Barrett were the pitchers
Malcolm Grover, 6-3, 7-5. Kennedy j for the entire contest. Turnley pitch-
(SP) downed H. Smith, 6-1, 6-i!, and ed the better game, but his support
Dick Wilson (SP) got the better of was ragged and he was the losing
D. W. Smith in thee-set e icounr.er, hurler.
2-6, 6-2, 6-3. , Carthage g^e one to Southern
Doubles; Kennedy a>id Henry Pines on this same date, while South-
Thomas (SP) defeated D. W. Smith P'^es also took one from them
and H. Smith, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4. In the last Thursday.
hardest fr>uk'ht match of the day Games of last Saturday resulted in
Snence and McMillan (Wt downed victories for Aberdeen and West
Sugg and Grover, 6-4 7-9, 6-2. | Aberdeen jumpe d on Herndon
The local tennis team is rapiJly ^ Pinehurst was able
making a name for itself and specta- collect but two, and the former
tors at these matches are shown some <=hampions took a 9-2 decision. Cheek
corking good tennis. It will be well Thomas divided the hurling
worth anyone’s while to attend the '^'^^les for West End as they took a
next match of the
tennis team.
Southern Pines
MOORE COUNTY SCHOOI.S
TO OPEN SEPTEMBER 7
4-2 win over Cameron in a good,
tight ball game. McPherson pivched
All schools in Moore county, both
white and colored, will open on Thurs
day, Sept. 7, according to an an-
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ATTENDING FUNERAL OF
ACCIDENT VICTIMS
Mrs. H. L. Epps of Aberdeen was
called to Deep Run Tuesday on ac-
nouncement made by County Superin- count of the death of three of her
tenrlent H. l-ee Thomas. I nephews and the serious injury of
The Board of Education of Moore her brother-in-law. Her brother-in-
c'junty will meet on next Friday, Au- law, Furnie Davenport, and three of
gust 25, at 2:S0 p. m. for the pur- his sons were among those killt-d at
pose of, approving the bus routes for the crossing accident in Lumberton
the 1933-34 term. Tuesday morning.