MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 15. NO. 15.
CARTHAOe
LAKEVlEW
MANL6V
JACK SOM
SPRIh06
90UTHBRM
P(MGS
XKSHUGV
PINEBLUPP
PILOT
FIRST IN NEWS,
CIRCULATION &
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Southern Tines and Aherdetn, North Carolina, Friday, March 9. 1934.
FIVE CENTS
EUSE BOYS AND !
WEST END GIRLS
WIN TOURNAMENT
Southern Pines GirLs Win
Sportsmanship
Banner
Flmperor of Golf Coming Here
CARTHAGE HONORED
After only two years of basketball
in the local school, the Southern
Pines boys team reached the finals
in the Moore County High School
basketball tournament last week. The
locals gained the final round with a
19-15 upset victory over the powerful
West End team. In the finals on Fri
day night Elise Academy was the
victory by 20-10, although Southern
Pines fought hard all the way.
Bob Beck and Bob Gifford paced
the locals to their win over West
End, each scoring six points. Law-
hom also rang three baskets to lead
for the losers.
Klise entered the finals by a 35-22
win over Pinehurst. Alvarez, for
flashy Cuban, .scored 11 points foi
the winners.
Neither team had great success in
penetrating the others defen.se in the
final battle. Alvarez kept Bob Beck
much too far away from the basket,
while Bob held the Cuban in check
more than any other player has been
able to do this season. Mr. Alvarez,
however, got a few shot.s at the bas
ket, and, as he has never been taught
to miss, racked )ip 9 points and es
tablished him.^elf as the individual
Ktar of the tournament. Wilson, of
Elise, played a splendid floor game
and personally accounted for 7 points.
The West End girls captured the
final contest in their division by a
25-16 win over the Farm Life misses,
only a last-quarter spurt .saved them
from the probably defeat.
After the boys' final the West End
jrirls and F:ii.se boys were presented
with handsome cups appropriately
engraved. The Southern Pines girls
were awarded the Sportsmanship
banner, in some way a greater honor
tJian the championship they mis.sed.
The Carthage boys were similarly
honored.
Local Dramatists To
I*resent 3 1-Act Plays
COUNTY FACED BY
GRAVE SITUATION
SAYS CHEATHAM
Women^s
Golf
MainEventwr^ it Week
Calls on Kiwanis to Take Action
To Care for Incurable Tu
bercular Patients
HOHHY JONES
Four Samarcand Girls Present
Sad Case In Court Tuesday
ANNUAL MEETING
MOORE RED CROSS
TO BE HELD MAR. 12
Will Be Held In Dixie Theatre
RuUdinp^, Aberdeen, Tonight
and Saturday Nipht
The curtain rises tonight in the
Sandhills Little Theatre in Aberdeen
on the second production of this ama
teur dramatic group this season.
Three one-act comedies, all of which
have been under the direction of
Walter Frankl, will be presented.
Eight members of the cast have
had prtivif'us experience with the lo-
< al players, while the remaining four
are newcomers to the ranks of the
•■Sandhills Little Theatre, but not to
'.iramatics.
In ‘‘The Man in the Bowler Hat" are
Mollie Walter, Freddie Cole, Worth
Baldwin, Bannie Cornwell, Bob Corn-
ivell, Raymond Kennedy and Bob Hen
derson, Jr. The amusing story deals
with the difficulties of the hero in
outwitting the deep dark villian in
his search for the Rajah's Ruby. The
setting is London, P'ngland, and to
tho.se of you familiar with this city,
"The Man in the Bowler Hat” should
have a particular appeal.
A famous Irish baritone has plen
ty of domestic troubles, especially if
his wife is an equally famous con
cert pianist. Professional jealousy
leads to temperamental outbursts and
all kinds of hilarious difficulties.
"Love Among the Lions" would seem
to be a very appropriate title for
this comedy. Bob Shepard and Juan
ita Picquet share the lead and are
able supported by Esther Packard
and Bob Henderson, Jr.
George Ade has written into "The
Mayor and the Manicure" some of
the cleverest dialogue that ever
came from his talented pen. A black
mail plot, cleverly thwarted, is the
basic outline of the story of this
play. Doug Gregory and Betty Os
borne have the principal roles, but
.share the spotlight with Sara Falk-
ener and Worth Baldwin.
{Pleaxe turn to pngc 8)
Officers and Seventeen Branch
Chairmen To Be
Elected
The annual meeting of the Moore
County Chapter of the American Red
Cross will be held in the courtroom
at Carthage next Monday afternoon,
March 12, at 3:00 o'clock, according
to the announcement of Acting Chair
man, Robert E. Denny of Pinehurst.
AH members of the American Red
Cross whether members of the Moore
County Chapter or other chapters are
invited. The business in hand is very
important, being the election of an
entire roster of officers and the
' '■-hairmen of the seventeen branches
i;i the county are urged to see that
their member.ship is present.
The most important matter of bus-
I iness to be di.scu.ssed and determin
ed at the meeting is the question of
continuing the present classes now
iMjing conducted in the study of
‘‘Home Hygiene and Care of the
Sick" by Miss Eula Swearingen.
These classes are being operated
as a CWA pitiject and it appears
' that right in the midst of them the
project will be discontinued and the
work ceased.
Miss Swearingen has 72 people a
little more than half through with
. the courses and a strenuous effort
will be made to continue these courses
to a completion even though the CWA
withdraws its support.
This work of ‘‘Home Hygiene and
Care of the Sick" is the second ma
jor work performed by the chapter
during the past year, the first being
I the instruction given throughout the
I county in life .saving under the di
rection of Lacy Adcox, who was giv-
■ en special instruction in this matter
j at the expense of the chapter at the
i Red Cross Life Saving Institute at
Brevard.
' The administration of the Moore
I County Chapter, American Red
I Cross for this year terminating in
I the meeting called, w’as begun un-
! der the leadership of Toni Kelley of
I Southern Pines as chairman, who be.
I au.se of his health was required to
I resign and since that time the ac
tivities of the chapter have been un-
I der the direction of the present act-
|ing chairman.
I In addition to the membership of
j the Red Cross the public is invited to
I attend. '
' V,\(JE A I*HI BKT.\ K.VPPA
H^'nry A. Page, III, of Aberdeen
is or e of six members of the Jun
ior r lasses at Princeton to be elected
o Phi Beta Kappa, national honor
ary society, last week.
(iirl.'> In Tears Plead With Judge
To Give Them One
More Chance
A tragedy much sadder than any
pre.seuted in the theati'es was enacted
in the court room in Carthage Tues
day morning in the presence of a
handful of spectators, and the'ques
tion arose, "What’s wrong when such
a thing can happen in North Caro
lina ?"
"Have you anything that you
would like to say?" asked the kindly
Juilge in bringing to a close a case
tiied at this special session.
“I'd like to ask you to give me
.■mother chance and let me go home
and I'll try to do right," came the
reply, not from a grizzly-bearded law
breaker, but from a mere slip of
a girl, a victim of tinwholesome sur
roundings in her childhood. She was
")ne of four girls ranging in ages
from 13 to 17 years who, according
to the warrant, “did unlawfully and
willfully and maliciously injure, dam
age and destroy real and personal
property of the State of North Car-
lina at Samarcand Manor by break
ing a number of glass windows, doors,
window sash, door locks, and window
.-^cieens, all to the great damage of
approximately 5150.’’
Lillian Stockton, Ruth Mason,
P.uth Deal and Hattie Bell Tanner
each in turn entered a plea of guilty.
The only witness to go on the stand
was Grace M. Robeson, acting sup
erintendent at the Manor while Miss
McNaughton is away on leave of ab
sence. She gave a brief history of each
girl and told of their rampage on
March 3 when they broke out of a
room in which they had been placed.
One of the girls was crying and a
second was on the verge of tears as
they filed from the court room to re
turn to jail following the Judge's
words, “I’ll have to send you to Kin
ston," a decision which he felt oblig
ed to render considering the past his
tory of the girls.
Ruth Deal, said to be the ringlead
er in the recent wrongdoing, is six
teen years of age. Her mother is
dead and her father's address is im-
known. She was sent to Samarcand in
June 1929 from Harnett county, wa«
paroled in September 1931 and re
turned in August 1933. She escaped
in February of this year and was re
turned nearly three weeks later from
Dunn where she was found in jail.
The key to her present status is
found in the following notation: N'jg-
lected; no home life; father dr inks,
uses home for immoi’al practices.
Lillian Stockton's history is as fol
lows: Age 14: committed to Samar
cand from Guilford county in August
1933; father died in 1928; refused to
attend school: left home twice; stay
ed on street both night and day;
•'••rested drunk and disorderly; es
caped from Samarcand Manor Feb
ruary 3, 1934 and was returned the
(Ph'a.-ie tarn to pugc 8) '
LT.-GOVERN<i)R ALSO HERE
Chas W. Scalcs, Lieutenant Gov
ernor of the 4th District of Kiwanis
in North Carolina, in an address be
fore the Aberdeen Club at the High
land Pines Inn Wednesday recom
mended that the Club take acute in
terest in seeing that North Carolina
has adequate educational facilities.
He pointed out that North Carolina
IS ahead of many of other states in
oemg able to keep its schools open,
ile said, however, that teachers are
hardly making enough to cover ac
tual living expenses.
His /second recommendation to the
Club was to take more interest in
seeing that business is conducted in
the vicinity more on an ethical basis
and to do away with unfair competi
tion which makes it difficult for legi
timate business to exist. He further
pointed out that the members of the
Club' should be more interested in
the affairs of the State, as often
times politicians do not have the
State at heart.
As a fourth and final recommen
dation he said that the members
should be more interested in what
' the club i.s doing and should be will-
I ing to give their time and energies
! lo the best interest of the communi-
! ty rather than to meeting weekly
I just for the purpose of good fellow
ship.
Dr. T. A. Cheatham pointed out
I that a very grave situation was fac-
I ing the county due to the fact that
! the State Sanatorium at Sanatorium
■Aas unable to take care of ca.ses
that could not be cured, and it was ^
I evident in Moore County, particu
larly among the colored people, that
a number of people were not in a'
position to take the proper care to
I prevent the spreading of the disease.
1 He .said that at one time the coimty
I home had a room for the purpose of
I caring for those who could not get
: into the State Sanatorium, but the
I county had found that it was unable
j to continue taking care of the.se un-
i fortunates and as a result they are ^
1 confined to their homes where they
I do not have the proper medical care ^
I .Hnd they are dangerous to other
i members of the family as well as the
I public at large. Dr. Cheatham recom
mended that the' club take some de-
I linite action in the mattei'. President
I E. M. Medlin turned the matter
! over to the Public Affairs Commit-
i tee who are to report at the next
I meeting.
Nicholas Gibbon of Lakeview was |
, introduced as a new member by
■ Hiram Westbrook. |
Pinehurst Dog Show
Attracts Many Pantries
, Second Kennel Chib Exhibition
to Be Held on Monday,
I March 26th
'The Pinehurst Kennel Club will
hold its .second annual Dog Show on
Monday, March 26. according to an-
I nouncement made this week by Col-
I George P. Hawes, treasurer. The
premium list is out and many entires
^ already in. Much interest is being
I shown in this newly organized club
I anil the shjw promises to be one of
I the outstanding events of the sea
son, It will be given on the Horse
: Show grounds. Proceeds are donat-
I ed for the benefit of the Moore Coun
ty Hospital.
Among the judges will be Fred
Ford of New York City, Prof. Davidl
_ S. Weaver of State College at Ral-
' eigh and Leon Nusbaum of Washing
ton, D. C. Pi'wi. Weaver ^’’ll
j all working breeds and Mr. Nusbaum
j the Boston terriers. James Boyd of
I Southern Pines will judge the Amer- '
: ican foxhounds. Special prizes are i
'.ping offered for the class of fox
hounds owned by residents of Moore ;
county. j
Prizes will be given in each class
^ and many donations have been sent:
in. Among those giving prizes are
{Plciifu’ turn to piigc 8) ^
Bobby Jones Coming!
Uetired Emperor of Golf Will Be
in Pinehurst During the North
and South Open
- Bobby Jones, retired emperor
of golf, will be in Pinehurst for
the North and South Open Golf
champion.ship, which starts Tues
day, March 27.
Jones will arrive on Monday,
the 26th, to test the new golf ball
with a hypodermic injection that
recently was approved by the U.
S. G. A. Bobby will not play in
the North and South open, ad
vance reports indicate, but wUl
merely bat around the new ball.
W. T. HUNTLEY
RE - APPOINTED
TAX COLLECTOR
.Miss Maida Jenkins, Carthajje,
Appointed County Tax
Supervisor
Tax listers named
At the regular monthly meeting of
the Board of County Commissioners
hold on Monday, W. T. Huntley was
appointed ta.x collector for M')v>re
county for 1933 taxes at a salary of
!5123 per month and $25 per month
for expenses, this appointment to he-
come effective upon the filing of a
.solvent surety bond in the sum of
.$10,000, same to be approved by the
chairman of the board and the
county attorney.
It was ordered that Miss Maida
Jenkins be appointed county tax sup
ervisor and that the county pay her
expense to the State Tax Supervis
ors' Division of the Institute of Gox-
ernment in Raleigh.
The following tax listers were
named for the various towTiships: A.
B. Cameron, Carthage; B. Deaton,
Bensalem; W. J. Baldwin, Sheffields;
Mi.ss Alice Ritter, Ritters, Ritters;
Gecrge Willcox, Deep River; J. A.
Shaw. Greenwood; Martin Blue, Mc
Neills; J. T. Harrington, Sandhills;
E. B. Keith, Mineral Springs.
It was ordered that a vote of
thanks be given the Deaton brothers
for their generous gift of shrubbery
for beautifying the county home
grounds.
Other orders were passed as fol
lows: That W. M. Manors be admitted
to the county home; that Woman’s
Club library for Moore county be al
lowed $20: that the Killis children be
allowed $15 per month for support,
■same to be mailed to J, A. Sheffield,
Pinehurst: that Miss Pearl Carter,
Hemp, be discontinue<i from outside
poor list; that John Knox McLeod,
Sandhills towTi.ship, be allow-ed $4
pel- month for support: that Miss
Charlie Talbert, Sandhills township
be allowed $5 for support.
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Ask Legion Convention
Here Dogwood Week
.'.'iiidhill Post Invites District
Gatherinn to Southern
Pines in April
Sandhill Post, No. 134 of the Amer
ican Legion held an interesting
ineeting at the Aberdeen Methodist
Clubroom last Thursday with Com
mander Rowe in the chair. The Post
entertained as visitors District Com
mander A. I. Ferree of Asheboro, Ar
thur E. Presnell, and Clifton Pres-
nell. Commander and Past Comman
der respectively of Asheboio Post,
.'i’ld aiori rommander A. C. Thomas of
Carthage Post.
District Commander Ferree gave
an interest'i.ig talk on the Legion and
suggested interesting ways by which
to arouse interest in the Legion.
Sandhill Post has invited the dis
trict convention to be held here at
the time of the Dogwood Festival
in April and a committee composed
' Shields Cameron, L. V. O'Callag-
(Plciist' turn to pugr 8)
j Entry List for Southern Pines
FJvent Contains Names of
Many P'amous Golfers
;{6-H0LE MEDAL PLAY
The sixth Annual Women's Mid-
South Golf championship will be
! played on the No. 1 championahip
' course at the Southern Pines Coun
try Club next Tuesday and Wednes
day, March 13th and 14th. R will be
a 36-hole medal play event, 18 holes
I being played each day. In addition to
I the championship, there will be
prizes for the 36-hole handicap event
' as well as for daily events.
Among the sixty entries already
I received, are several who have play
ed in this fixture before. The win.
^ ner of the championship last year.
Miss Deborah Verry of Worcester,
i Mass.. is on hand to make it two
{straight. Incidentally, no one has
been able to accomplish this feat so
far. Mi.ss Edith Quier of Reading,
Pa., who took third place last year,
will be on hand to debate anyone’s
right to first place. Mrs. Ronald
I Barlow, former national champion,
and Miss Helen Waring, top flight
player from Pinehurst, will play to
gether, and they make a decidedly
interesting pair. Miss Estelle Law-
.son of Chapel Hill, one of the finest
players in the State, will be here
again for another try at the cham
pionship.
Among the newcomers to this
tournament are Miss Charlotte Glut
ting, national semi-finalist, from
East Orange, N. J., Mrs. J. J. Lawlor
^of New Rochelle, N. Y., who plays a
very strong, steady game and who
! has figured prominently in s,everal
national and metropolitan couma-
ments, Mrs. J. Marvin Hayes of Wash
ington, who holds the District of
Columbia champion.ship, and Mrs. H.
C. Keraten of Richmond, Va., w'ho
figures as present and past holder
of several city and state titles.
Many of the members of the
Thistle Club of Southern Pines and.
the Silver Foils of Pinehurst are on
the entry list. The Thistle Club is
giving a tea on Wednesday after
noon at the Country Club, during
which time the prizes will be award
ed, and the stage is all set for a great
battle for the sixth championship.
Annual Shrine Dance
To Be Held March 16
Proceeds to Be Used for the
Treatment of Charity
Cases
The Annual Shrine Club will hold
its eleventh annual charity ball at
the Pinehurst Country Club, on next
Friday evening. March 16. For the
paj<t six years the proceeds from
this dance have been used for the
treatment of charity cases, and to
date the club has provided treatment
for 26 orthopedic cases, 129 eye cases,
194 ton.sils operations and 10 miscel
laneous reliefs, making a total of
359.
The proceeds from this year’s
dance will be added to the Crippled
C'hildrens' Fund of the club.
The ticket committee is composed
of the following: Pinehu*' t, Don?'.U
J. Ross, Southern Pines, D. G. Stuiz,
.\berdeen, G. A. Charles, Hamlet,
Jesse Leigh, Sanford, C. M. Gunn,
Raeford, J. B. Thomas, Vass, A M.
Cameron, Pinebluff, Joh i Fiddner,
Carthage, P. K. Kennedy, (Candor, W,
S. Rush, Rockingham, W. R. Jones
and Gibson, E. E. Livingston
Invitations to the affair were mail
ed this week and the club is planning
the largest dance they have attempt
ed so far. Music will be furnished by
Waldo LaMott and his orchestra.
FOK.VIEK \ .\SS M.VN
DIKS IN MISSISSIPPI
H. M. Patterson, a native of the
Vass section, but for many years a
resident of Mi.ssissippi, died there last
^ week. He is survived by his widow
> ho was formerly Miss Minnie Bynum
if Vass, and a number of children
[among whom is Bynum Patter-on oZ
I Southern Pines. Mrs. Flora Jones of
Jackson Springs is,a sister.