MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS-WEEKLY THE A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding CARTHAOe SPRINCS ^LAKEVieW MAHl-BY >JAC>RIM09 M EIGHTS PIM£BLUFP 1>TT riT mTM. M. FIRST IN NEWS, CIRCULATION & ADVERTISING of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina VOL. 13 NO. 43 Aberdeen and Southern Pines, North Carolina, Friday, September 22, 1933 FIVE CENTS One Child Killed, state Fair Boosters of Raleigh to SANDHILLS PARTY PinehuFst and One Maimed by Crazed Negroes Visit Sandhills Towns Wednesday SUFFERS NARROW ESCAPE IN STORM ‘’rn Pines Crack State College I^nd Heads Chamber of Commerce Dele gation Due Here at 11 A. M. National Champion Car Dashes From Road into Group of Youngsters Await ing Their School Bus ALLRED FAMILY BEREAVED Southern Pines and Aberdeen will be visited by three bus loads of State Fair boosters next Wednesday, Sep tember 27, whon brief stops will be made to tell of the State Fair this I year. Stops will also be made at Drunken negroes killed Cameron and Vass before arrival mother’s daughter, maimed another’s, j on the outskirts of Aberdeen last Fri-1 boosters, including the crack day morning. A careening car, guid-| College band, will arrive here' ed by a woman not even sitting in thei around 11 o’clock on a two-day trip driver s seat, shot off the highway j ^ large crowd is expected to wel- into a gioup of children awaiting the bus to take them to Aberdeen school. One little girl dead, one lying in the hospital with two legs broken, a fractured skull, was the result. Berlene Allred, seven years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claik All- red who live on the Raeford road about two miles out of Aberdeen, was instantly killed, her neck and both arms broken. Doris Allred, nine, cousin of Ber- lese and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Allred, who live near the come the Raleigh visitors. The boos ters will stop at Southern Pines for a short stay, will later stop at Aberdeen and will visit Pinebluff at 11;50, Hoff man at 12:10 and Marston at 12:20. The boosters will stop at Rockingham at 12:45 for lunch. It will be the 10th annual State j Fair Special under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce of Raleigh. The civic organization has sponsored the boo.siting trip because it takes great pride in the State Fair on ac count of the wonderful opportunities Clark Allreds, is in the Moore County | ^jyen the people of North Carolina to Hospital with both legs broken and a display the agritultural resources, slight .skull fracture. She is expected, livestock and manufactured products, to recover. J\ state Fair this year is under Two older brothers of Berlene, who j management, with Norman stood beside them and unai rowly j y. Chambliss of Rocky Mount as missed death, suffered severely from shock. Pour Held in Jail In jail at Carthage are four ne- ^oes, Annie Bethea, Lacy Chapman, IT Active in PreparaXX^s Opening ol llie Winter Seasol.^ ;roaclies H. A. Page. Jr. Houseboat Lash ed from M»K>rings on New River in Hurricane GROUNDS ON SHOAL GEORGE T. DUNLAP, JR. Georg-e T. Dunlap, Jr., fair-haired boywonder of golfdom who learned most of the tricks of the game on the manager and secretary. He is associ ated with George Hamid, well known New York showman, and W. H. Joy ner, of Garysburg. These men have already mapped Samuel Joy and Lonnie Thompson, all j ^ut an extensive new program which ! Bermuda gr&ss and sand greens of of the Ashley Hejghts section. Two j new faces and shows on a pinehurst, is the new national ama- of the men were the front seat of, bigger and better midway, with the I teur golf champion of these United the car, with the Bethea woman be-, “World of Mirth” shows holding States. Georgie, not long out of his tw^n them. She was guiding the car, j f^rth. The grandstand attractions teens and topping the scales around with Chapman behind the wheel featured by Ernie Young's operate the gears and brake. Joy was j wijiter Garden Revue and a large in front, Chanman on the rear seat, number of vaudeville specialties. It was an old Model T Ford. In the 'pjjg premium list shows that $10,- car was a half gallon jug, half full of qqO in prizes will be distributed to corn liquor. . farmers of North Carolina for the A corner’s jury composed of G. A. kest of their exhibits. Charles, E. W. Kinaw, M. M. Creel, > But, these are just a few of the I. A. Thompson, J. A. Monroe and j thi^ps that the Raleigh boosters will Tom Walker returned the following j about on their two-day bus trip verdict after the tragedy; Thatijj^ acquainting the people with the Berlene Allred came to her death as coming State Fair, a result of being hit by an automobile > SWEETHEART HERE, CAUGHT operated at an excessive speed and in WORTHAM, WHO SHOT a careless and reckless manner by the following persons, to *vit: Annie Bethea, Lacy Chapman, Samuel Joy and Lonnie Thompson.” \ Negroes Run to Cover After hitting the children the car dashed on until it collided with a Sought by the police of the two Carolina’s for nearly tvto months Cal Wortham of West Southern Pines was brought to bay by Deputy Sheriff J McCormack in Raeford Wednesday telephone pole with sufficient in^P^ct i and is now incarcerated in to break the pole in two. The negi’oesj county jail at Carthage charged jumped from the wreckage of th©j ^.i^j, assault with attempt to murder, machine, and the three men made for | Shortly before 1 o’clock on the nearby woods, effecting a temporary, niorning of July 23rd Wortham, escape. The woman was caught by | nieeting his sweetheart Della Mur- passersby. A man hunt followed and | chinson coming from church with the men were caught befoie the day, Gailbraith, opened fire with his was out. They had scattered and were j^pivg guage shotgun, mowing down apprehended in different sections. | Galbraith with two charges of shot in Joy was caught in the Broad Street, contents Pharmacy in Southern Pines by clever j ^ ^ amateur detective work on the part of Shields Cameron. Cameron had bounty Hospital, she finally re- been in the posse seeking the men covered Friday morning and during his quest had interviewed Joy’s father at Pine- bluff. While in the drug store here that aftersoon a negro entered asking for some adhesive tape for a cut on the forehead. Shields was impressed at the man'a resemblance to Joy’s father,, and asked him his name. He gave a fictitious one. Shields asked him if his name wasn’t Joy and the man winced. “Cover him with your gun,” Shields called to Albert Bretch, who was be hind the counter. Bretch grabbed something that resembled a gun and pointed it in Joy’s direction. A tele phone call for the police was put through and Joy placed under arrest. 130 pounds, defeated the veteran Max Marston, former champion, in the final round at Kenwood, Ohio last Saturday. He won 6 up, five to play, shooting a record-breaking 68 in the first 18 holes to lead seven up at the noon hour. Marston essayed a come back in the final 18 but it was not good enough to off.set the big lead. George was graduated two years ago from Princeton, is now learning the bond business in Wall Street. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. George T. Dunlap, his father a member of the book publishing firm of Grosset & Dunlap. The family resides a large part of the year in their Pinehurst home. SEEK U. S. FUNDS FOR 7.000 FEET OF WATER MAINS A Sandhills party week-ending near the New River inlet had a nar- j row escape in the hurricane which swept the Carolina coast the latter l)art of last week leaving 15 dead, many missing, hundreds homeless and a ])roperty loss of millions in its wake. In the group were Mrs. Henry A. Page, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Page, Jr., Henry A. Page, 3rd and Miss Kitty Page of Aberdeen, Miss Patricia Hyde and Maitland Grover of Southern Pines. The party left the Sandhills Thursday morning to spend several (lays on the Page houseboat at New River Inlet. The storm struck with out much warning late Friday after noon and before those on the boat reaized what had happened the craft was lashM from its moorings and started sweeping out toward open sea. Many jumped overboard when they saw the boat adrift, but others re mained with the ship and suffered ■several anxious minutes before the boat grounded on a shoal about a* mile from its starting point. There it stuck fast, and with the ebbing tide was soon out of reach of the raging currents. 1 With a temporary lull in the storm those who had jumped for it w°re able to reach the boat again and the entire party spent Friday night on the stranded craft. Coast Guard men aided in floating the boat again when the storm had abated late Saturday, I and Henry Page, Jr., reports the' houseboat little the worse for its ex-: citing experience. Slight bruises were j all any members of the party had to show for their near-tragedy. New Bern Suffers The storm was one of the worst to whip the Carolina coast in some time. Autumn Arrives Sun Pa.sses Point Where Eclip tic Crosses Celestial Equa tor at Noon Tomorrow Tomorrow, Saturday, ten minu tes after the noon whistle blows at Southern Pines the sun passes the point where the ecliptic crosses the celestial equator. This is the be ginning of autumn. According to the old alamanac signs the sun at that point entei-s the constellation of Libra among the stars, but the fact is the sun is still in the con stellation of Virgo, as the alama nac is still running on the position of the stars as computed away back in the days of the Egyptian and Arabian astronomers, which is no longer up to date. Tonight, Fri day, the moon and Venus are in close conjunction soon after the moon is visible as the sun goes down. Owing to the angle of the star from the sun and earth it is very bright this week, with about three-fourths of its surface illumi nated. It is not often seen to better advantage than now. It is found above the sun in the southwest. Carolina to Officially Open Nb- vember 10th.—Many Cottage Rentals Reported PAGE DEPOSITORS FAVOR NEW PLAN TO REOPEN BANK Will Be State Institution Only, With Capital of .$150,000, 75,000 Surplus NO MERGER INVOLVED A new plan whereby the Page Trust Company will reopen as a The New Bern section suffered great institution independent of other EXCITRSIONS ADVERTISED With Septemlber more than half gone plans for the forthcoming sea son are being whipped into shape, with all kinds or prognostications as to what sort of a winter is in store for the Sandhills. Real estate men report a good demand for houses and apartments, eaaal or better than the eai’ly demand of a year ago, which I would point toward at least as good a winter as last from the standpoint of seasonal visitors. Only time will tell what is in store for the hotels, but the general better feeling thiough- out the north would seem to justify optimism. The Carolina at Pinehurst will open officially November 10th, but present indications are that it will have to be ready unofficially from November 1st on to take care of early arrivals. Other Pinehurst hotels will open as the occasion demands. No date has been set for the opening of the High land Pines Inn in Southern Pines. There is considerable real estate activity in both towns. L. L. Biddle, 2d, reports the leasing of the Village Court building formerly occupied as j an antique shop by Mrs. Paul Dana j to Mrs. Carl Andrews, who will op- I erate the “Village Court Grill” in this attractive location. Miss Catherine Pierson is decorating and furnishing the building which is expected to be ready for opening about November 1st. Another lease in the Village Court Building is that of an office to Mrs. Betty Davidson who will conduct an Elizabeth Arden shop in Pinehurst : this winter. Mrs. Davidson has had successful experience in a similar shop in Washington. Changes in Fuller Building Extensive alterations have just been loss. The long bridge over the Neuse, completed in the Fuller Building at River there, rebuilt two years ago at approved by a ’ a cost of $350,000, was partly wreck-[ representatives of its 14 business buildings ■ branches at a meeting held in Ra leigh on Wedne.sday. Some 50 of these representatives met with of- partition between the two stores, ficials of the State Banking Depart- ®^so the stairw'ay which leads to ment and the Page company to study the second floor. This now gives the the new plan. A. & P. one of the best stores in this Commissioner of Banks Hood said section for their busine.'-'s. Alterations ed. Warehouses, and residences were destroyed. More- head City came in for its share of damage. Ships at sea were sunk with loss of life, a girl was drowned in the wreckage of her fallen home. Many small communities were al- Pinehurst. The two stores which are occupied by the Great Atlantic & Pa cific Tea Co., have been thrown into one large store, by the removal of most wholly desolate, lacking ft>od and Wednesday that a 20 per cent divi- were made under the supervision of shelter. Bad sanitary conditions over depositors in the Page com- Raymond Johnson of Pinehurst. a wide area threatened disea.se. contemplated. The plan of The Waring house on Linden Road, storation of roads and communica-; tion sysU'ms was only beginning:. Relief agencies were working un ceasingly to alleviate di.stress. Medi-1 ^ank all cash on . cal detachments were dispatched intothe assets Southern Pines Plans Additional: the stricken areas with anti-typhoid, ^o the new bank, and all pro- Fire Protection if Loan Can and other vaccines while the State ^tock assess- Be Arranged | and Red Cross rushed trucks and ^ prior to the consummation of I boats of food. Mrs. Thomas O'Berry, i ing bank will distribute to its unse- len, formerly of Pinebluff, is being I cured and partially secured depositors prepared for the occupancy of the Mc- “OH, PROFESSOR” PLEASES BIG AUDIENCE AT ABERDEEN W. L. Batchelor of Aberdeen was in his usual rare form when the comedy, “Oh Professor,” was presented at the Aberdeen High School'auditorium last night for the benefit of the Aberdeen Baseball Club. He kept the crowded house in uproars throughout the per formance. An able supporting cast aided in making the entertainment a brilliant success. The^ play will be given again tonight, Friday, and those who missed it the opening night will do well to be on hand. C. C. MAN DROWNED IN LAKE AT JACKSON SPRINGS The body of Claude T. Herman, 33 years old, of Taylorsville, this state, was found floating in the Jackson Springs lake Wednesday noon. Her man, a member of Company 2412 of the Civilian Conservation Corps, had been missing since Sunday night. When last seen he was near the swamp end of the lake where he is believed to have met his death. He was the son of Mr. J. D. Herman of Taylorsville, to whom the body was sent Wednesday by Lloyd Clark of Southern Pines. Funeral services were held yesterday. OXFORD ORPHANS COMING The Oxford Orphanage Singing Class will give a concert in the Aber deen High School auditorium next Monday night, September 23th at 8 o'clock under the auspices of Rninan Eagle Lodge, F. & A. M. All are cor dially invited. HOSPITAL AUXILIARY MEITTING The Moore County Hospital Auxil iary will meet on next Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. H. A. Page, Jr., at 3:30 o’clock. The city administration of South-i State Director of Relief, said Federal ern Pines has plans under way for! funds would be used to augment the the installation of some 7,000 feet of i work of other relief agencies, six-inch water mains, to be laid in I Meanwhile, the tropical disturbance Connecticut avenue from Ridge street! which devasted 100 square miles in to Highland Road, and in Highland | the northeast section of this state road to Olfield Road; in Ashe street! blew itself outT in minor storms from Maine to Delaware avenue, and I around Nova Scotia after raking the in the latter from Maine avenue to I entire Eastern Seaboard. Ridge street. Also in Indiana avenue from Ridge street to Weymouth Road, and a short stretch in Morgan- ton Road. An extension from Connec ticut avenue and Highland Road will be carried to the Andrews property at private expense. ~ Supplementing the water mains will be 12 or more new hydrants to be placed in the most exposed situa tions, and this additional fire protec tion will undoubtedly procure lower insurance rates in the area covered. All these plans are contingent upon the procurement of a loan from the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, which if favorably considered will do much to relieve the local unemployment situation. DONATIONS SOUGHT FOR CHURCH THRIFT SHOP The Woman’s Auxiliary of Em- manual Episcopal Church of South ern Pines will open a Thrift Shop October 15th. Donations of clothes, shoes, dishes, books and furniture will be accepted. Mrs. Swett or Mrs. Barron will call for articles if notified. Except in this section where the hurricane first struck land the dam age was not extensive. TOBACCO MARKETT EXPECTED TO OPEN HERE OCTOBER 2D Mullen family in the very near fu ture. In the meanwhile, Mrs. H. G. Waring is adding to and ureatly im proving the bungalow across Linden Road from her former I’esidence and with her family will occupy this at- capital stock in the new bank. To pro- tractive house this winter. Mrs. Helen Barnes Von Schrenk has leased “Casa Blanca” in Pinehurst for the winter, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Buske have taken “Little House,” Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Stockton will occupy “Morganton,” Mrs. James Given has the Oaks cottage, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Tate the Dundee cottage and J. W. The new bank will have capital Bowker has leased an apartment in stock of 5150,000 and a surplus of tjjg Clover Leaf, to mention only a $75,000. The stock will be all com- ^ early Pinehurst rentals. vide an additional amount for distri bution to the depositors, the existing bank will borrow’ from the Recon struction Finance Corporation and pledge its assets as security for the amount borrowed.” Capital to Be $150,000 The Aberdeen tobacco market is now expected to open on Monday, October 2d, though the date has not been definitely settled. The campaign for the reduction of acreage planted to flue cured tobacco closed Wednesday nighl and is repot- ed by Dean 1. C. Schaub of State Col lege to have been a great success. He stated that approximately 90 per cent of the acreage grown to this type of leaf is under contract for restric tion next season. $21,000 FOR COUNTY FOR OPERATION OF SCHOOLS I mon, 15,000 shares with a par value of $10 per share, and is to be sold at $15 per share, thus building up the surplus of $75,000. The existing bank will purchase so Southern Pines Activity Mr. and Mrs. William D. Sawyer and their two children have taken pos session of the attractive Webster Moore county is allotted $21,044.25 by the State School Commission for this year for all purposes exclusive 1 it went on a restricted basis was ap- of teachers’ salaries, it was announc ed at Raleigh on Wednesday. The Southern Pines charter district was $2,410.00. much of the capital stock as is not Knight residence, ‘ The Corral,” on Be- purchased by other parties. ^he Paddock, in The Page Trust Company has been Southern Pines and will be there for operating on a restricted bftsis since ^owne and her March 3 of this year and has been have arrived to take possession in the hands of a liquidating agent t^^^ir new home on Morganton for some time, the gent being appoint- purchased last spring from Dr. ed for the purpose of levying a 100 Herr. All Southern Pines real per cent stock assessment against es'^^te men report a brisk ' corres- stockholders. At that time the en- pondence regarding winter homes trance of the Page company into the here, with a number of important plan for reorganization of a State- deals already closed but not ready for wide bank composed of the Page, the announcement. One or two sales are North Carolina Bank and Trust Com- also reported pending. Our new shop is pny and the Independence Trust of opening in the heart of Southern Pines Charlotte was contemplated. The de- next week, and other vacaat stores are posit liability of the institution when being negotiated for. While the winter outlook depends proximately $2,800,000. much cn the conditions of the finan* The plan approved Wednesday was cial and industrial world, some factors subnrltted as a substitute for the other proposal. (Please turn to Page 5)