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FIRST IN NEWS,
CIRCULATION &
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of the Sandhill Territorrvof North Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, Auji ust 17, 1934
AUGUST TERM OF
CRIMINAL COURT
Number of Sensational Cases
Draws Unusually Large
Crowds to Carthage
BANK CASES CONTINUED
An old-fashioned “big August
term” of court convened in Carthage
on Monday for the trial of criminal
cases and parking space was at a
premium everywhere in the vicinity
of the courthouse. A number of sen
sational cases responsible for the
unusually large attendance, chief
among them being the case against
Melvin McLaurin, Gibson Station Ne
gro, charged with a capital crime
against one of two girl hitch-hikera
from Greensboro: a first degree bur
glary charge against Robert Scott,
colored, who in Recorder’s court
pleaded guilty to entering in the
night the bed room of Misses Lydia
and Annie McRae, white women of
Vass, and that of Spencer Childress,
white, on charges of seduction and
carnal knowledge of a child under
sixteen, the girl being Annie Marion
of the Cameron section. Judge J. H.
Clement is presiding.
The Childress case was called Mon
day afternoon and went to the jury
about noon-time Tuesday.
The Grand Jury for the term is
composed of W. R. Johnson, Fore
man, R. E. Byrd, D. P. Campbe 1. W.
L. Cockman, F'. T. Dennis. N. L.
Gibbon, W. J. Harris, E. J. Hartsell,
W. T. Hussey, C. A. Hussey, C. C.
Jones, James Ledbetter, Eli W. Man-
ess, C. F. Monroe, Duncan P McDon
ald, W. T. Stutts, W. G. W'cker and
G. L. Wilson. Pharaoh Bullock ic of-
ficer of the grand jury.
Cases of interest which were con-
tinued included State against Abra
ham Luff, embezzlement: charges of
violating the Banking Law, against
D. A. McLauchlin, J. H. Gardner, A.
D. McLauchlin, and P. L, Gardner,
officers of the Bank of V'ass, and
State versus J. D. McLean, embez
zlement.
Robert Garner pleadi^i guilty to an
assault with a deadly weapon and
was given twelve months on the
roaas
All costs in the case of Ben Mc
Kinnon and Gladys Mintor, charged
with bigamy, were paid and the ca^e
marked off the 'locket.
Preston and Leak Waddell, ch^irg-
ed with receiving stolen property in
connection with some thieving in
Southern Pines, were dismissed after
all costs in the case were paid and
the case was marked off the docket.
Russell Williams pleaded guilty to
possessing and transporting liquor.
He was given his choice of four
months in jail or the payment of a
fine of $25 and the costs and refrain
ing from violating any law for two
years.
A new trial v.-as Drdered in the
case of Bud Phillip'^, char^jd with
violating the prohibition law, after
the jury failed to agree.
R. J. Peterson and W. O. Harris
were tried on charges of assault with
a deadly weapon and reckless driv
ing. Peterson was sentenced to the
roads for three months. Harris was
given three months on the roads, also,
but the capias to put the sentence
into effect is not to Issue provided
the defendant pays one half the
costs and pays into the clerk’s office
$93.50 for the benefit of M. G. Mc-
Iver and the defendant Is to have
until the January term to comply
with this judgment.
Present Outlook Encouraging
For North Carolina Farmers
Court Decisions
Verdicts and Sentences Im
posed in Major Cases
at Carthage
Several cases of major importance
had been concluded in Superior Court
at Carthage at the time The Pilot
went to press.
Melvin McLaurin, Gibson Station
Negro, on trail charged with a cap
ital crime against one of two girl
i hitchhikers, Katherine Jordan of
I Greensboro, was found guilty and
sentenced to be electrocuted October
8. He appealed.
Spencer Childress, was convicted of
a change of seduction and carnal
knowlecige of a child under 16 years
of age and received a sentence of 18
months on the public roads on one
count and 12 months on another.
The appeal of Haywood Frye, un
der sentence for the killing of Rein
hardt last winter, was thrown out.
SINCLAIR HEADS
LEGION POST FOR
ENSUING YEAR
Election Held at Southern Pines
Civic Club Last Fri
day Night
STAGE BEAUTY' CONTEST
Friday, election night for members
of the Sandhills Post 134, found about
40 members gathered in the Civic
j Club building, where after a song
service reports from various commit-
ties, and other business the gather,
ing proceeded to elect J. F. Sinclair
of West End, commander; F. M.
Dwight of Lakeview, 1st vice com
mander; Dan Horner of Pinehurst,
2nd vice commander; Dr. Frank
I Pinkc-rton of Pinehurst, 3rd vice com
mander: Rev. A. J. McKelway of
Pinehurst, chaplain; Raymond Burk-
nian of Pinehurst, sergeant at arms;
Paul Dana of Pinehurst, historian;
L. V. O’Callaghan of Southern Pines,
finance officer, and Nelson C. Hyde,
of Southern Pines, publicity officer.
Service officers elected were L. L.
Uooley, Southern Pines; D. C. Rit
ter, W’est End; R. E. Denny, Pine
hurst; J. Vance Rowe. Aberdeen, and
T. M. Edwards, Pinebluff.
Delegates to the State Convention,
Greensboro, August 27th: J. F. Sin
clair and J. H. Stephenson. Alter
nates. J. Vance Rowe, Dan Horner,
D. D. S. Cameron, L. L. Wooley.
Messrs. Wooley, Stephenson, Dana
and Cameron were named as a com
mittee to sponsor a “Beauty Contest”
at an early date, the winner .to go
to the convention at Greensboro.
Good. Crops, High Prices and
Government Funds Bring
ing in Golden Stream
North Carolina, but for an unex
pected trick of fate, will again bp
“setting on top of the world” when
the fall crops are gathered and sold
and the farmers total up their re
ceipts for the summer's work.
This State had reduced during' thc'
past fe-.v years its cotton crop t i a
large extent, particularly at' a res'il*'-
cf the “live-at-home” rampaign of
Governor Gardner, and ha.J I'lrne 1 t.,
food and feed crops. Som" slim-bt re
duction was also made in the tobac
co and peanut crops, before the AAA
reduction were made.
At this time the cotton and tobac
co crops are excellent, and but for
an act of Providence, the fields set
to these crops will produce abundant
ly. Reports that cotton is expected to
be much smaller in production gen
erally than was permitted under the
AAA, is expected to benefit this
State materially, as it has an excel
lent crop, probably even more than
the AAA rules allow, and may be
able to sell the entire crop at the
prevailing prices, rather than have to
pay one-third of the excess as a
penalty for over-production.
And tobacco, that golden weed, now
selling at an average of around 22
to 24 cents a pound, will bring in a
golden stream to the tobacco-grow
ing sections, even exceeding that of
last year, after the price agreement
had been reached. Present prices are
almost twice those of the opening
last year.
Moreover, truck and fruits produc
ed in numbers of counties of the
State have been ar.d are bringing
good prices, as corrpared with those
of former years. A’pparently the low
price of potatoes brought, hurting
growers in the north-eastern section
of the State, is the only complaint
North Carolina growers will have this
year, if a kind Providence continues
to be considerate, and in contrast to
the direful conditions that exist in
other parts of the country.
On top of all this, North Carolina
growers have been getting reduction
and rental funds in abundance, $5,-
014,608 having been distributed to
tobacco growers and .$1,818,421 to
cotton growers, in addition to CVV'A
and ERA funds.
Moore county has received S20,-
824.11 in tobacco funds, and $4,305,00
in cotton funds in the past months,
with more to come.
WEST END TAKES
FIRMER HOLD ON
LEAGUE PENNANT
Downed Aberdeen Wednesday
to Practically Assure Lead
ership of League
VASS DEFEATS SO. PINES
Stiindings of Clubs in Sundhill.>«
I..eagu<* Through (iumes of
\\>dn*>Mlay, August 14.
Club Won Lost Pet.
West End 12 3 .800
Aberdeen 9 6 .600
Vass 6 8| .428
Southern Pines 3 12 .200
SchtHluIe of Games for C'oniing Weok
Friday, August 17, West End vs.
Vass at Southern Pines (game
scheduled for Vass. but transferred
by request to Southern Pines field);
Saturday, August 18. Vass at South
ern Pines; Tuesday, August 21.
Aberdeen at Vass; Wednesday, Au
gust 22, West En dat Southern Pines;
Friday, August 24, Vass at Aber
deen (final game of season.)
COMMISSIONERS GO TO
ASHEVILLE CONVENTION
T. Frank Cameron. E. C. Mathe-
^on and John C. Muse attended the
County Commissioners Convention
in Asheville from Tuesday to Friday
of this week.
TOBACCO SELUNO WELL
Tobacco prices on the border mar
kets have continued to be very satis
factory to the growers. Reports re
ceived up to the close of the mar.
kets Wednesday indicate an average
pifice of 25 cents a pound.
OLD PEE DEE RO.^ TO
BE MADE FIRE LANE
A committee from the Eureka com
munity in company with Mr. J.
Koonce, district engineer of the
State Department of Highway Main
tenance, last week made an inspec
tion of the old Pee Dee road from
near the Knollwood airport to Old
Union church, a distance of about ten
miles. After this inspection the com
mittee unanimously agreed to rec-
ommend to Captain Wynn of the
CCC at Jackson Springs the need of
opening up a fire lane over the old
Pee Dee road.
According to information conveyed
in a letter to Chairman E. B. Jef-
fress of the State Highway Commis
sion, Captain Wynn acceded to the
request of the committee and a sur
vey for the fire lane is now in prog
ress.
Interviews with several parties who
are acquainted with the location of
the old road, indicate that there is
little probability of the oid toaa ever
becoming of much importance as a
main thoroughfare, as the section is
well served by good roads already.
Mrs. Carl Buchan
Passes in.Raleigh
Was for Many Years a Resident
of the Sandhills and Was
Widely Known Here
Mrs. Marie Godfrey Buchan, a for
mer well-known Sandhills resident,
parsed away early Tuesday morn
ing at her home in Raleigh, after an
illness of several months. Mrs. Buch
an never fully recovered from an op
eration last February, but it was only
the last month that she was serious
ly ill.
Funeral rites were conducted in
Raleigh Wednesday morning with in
terment in MontlawTi Memorial Park
there. The Rev. E. L. Barber of
Aberdeen, pastor of the Presbyterian
Church and the Rev. J. R. Walker
of Raleigh, pastor of the West Ral
eigh Presbyterian church conducted
the services. A large crowd of friends
from this section was present.
Surviving Mrs. Buchan, who be
fore her marriage Wks Miss Marie
Godfrey of Jonesboro, are her hus
band, Carl H. Buchan of Raleigh; her
father, W. A. Godfrey, of Jonesboro;
two brothers, Wilbur Godfrey, of
Winston-Salem; and Colton Godfrey
of Jonesboro; th^ee sisters. Misses
Myra and Blanche Godfrey of Jones
boro and Mrs. Joseph Brinn of San
ford; and five sons. Carl, Jr.. Ralph,
John, Lee and Billy.
The pallbearers were Lee R. Page
of Aberdeen. R. G. Deyton, H. K.
Witherspoon. George R. Ross, C. K.
Dowd and J. W. Clark, all of Ral
eigh.
Mrs. Buchan had a vdde acquaint
ance in the Sandhills, as she came
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Coy Thomas again asserted his
mastery over the Aberdeen team
Wednesday afternoon as the visiting
j West Enders downed the home team
by a 6-2 count to virtually assure
them of the Sandhills League pen-
I nant for 1934.
I West End broke the ice in the first
I inning as Petrie’s single and Hen-
’ son’s long double sent one run across
I the platter for a lead that Aberdeen
!never headed.
j Pleasants was hit hard throughout
1 the game. Thomas was also hit harder
than usual but tisfhtened down in
I the pinches. Glenn Auman returned
to the West End line-up and the
services of their peppy catcher made
a big difference in the playing of
the winners. It was a fast, well,
played contest enjoyed by the large
crowd on hand.
On the same date Southern Pines
bowed to Vass by a 6-5 count, as a
four-run rally in the eighth inning
j was one short of a tie. Vass jumped
, on Millar for three runs in the op-
I ening frame and this lead was not
overcome throughout the contest.
The locals touched McMillan and
Callahan for eight hits w'hile Millar
was holding Vass to six, but a cou
ple of errors, a walk and a wild pitch
aided Vass in their scoring. No Vass
player secured more than a bungle,
while Harris racked up three, includ
ing a double, to lead for Southern
Pines,
This game was scheduled for last
Friday, but was postponed because
of the death of J. A. Keith in Vass.
Last Friday afternoon Aberdeen
gained a full game on the West End
ers by suggesting Charlie Ritter out
of the box to take a 9-5 decision. This
cut the West End lead to a game
and a half, but the win on Wednes-
day gave West End a margin that
will probably keep Aberdeen at a
safe distance.
Heavy hitting in the ga'.ne on Fri
day gave Aberdeen a 9-0 lead as a
barrage of hits in the sixth drove
Ritter to cover. Wallace took his
place on the mound in the seventh
and allowed only one man to reach
first base during the remainder of
the game. Herndon pitched nice base
ball for Aberdeen in making his first
start of the season. He weakened in
the closing innings, but West End
could not overcome the large Aber-
deen lead.
An Old-Timer Fa
FIVE CENTS
N ARCH KEITH
IVE OF MOORE
0., DIES AT VASS
Had Been Resident of Vass and
Prominent in Civic Affairs
for 23 Years
JOHN ARC H KEITH
SOUTHERN PINES
SCHOOLS TO OPEN
SEPTEMBER 7TH
Home Economics Building Is
Expected to Be Ready VVhen
School Opens
NEW NAMES ON FACULTY
The Southern Pines Public Schools
will open for the scholastic year
1934-35 on Friday, September 7, for
the full nine months term. The grades
will register this day, and the High
School on the following day, Septem
ber 8th.
The faculty for the coming term
will be Frank W. Webster, superin
tending principal; Mrs. Ruth Warner,
I and Miss Pauline Miller of last year’s
j stafi.', and M. N. Hunter, Belmont
I Freeman, and Miss Jane H. Zimmer.
I man new to the school, and highly
I ’ecommended for their scholastic
i work.
I Elementary school Mrs. Ellen W’.
! Brown, 1st grade; Miss Marjory
; Skinner, 2nd grade; Miss Emily Mae
[Wilson, 2nd and 4th grades; Miss
jJean McI. Lane, 3rd grade; Miss Le-
j nora O. Riggan, 4th grade; Miss Sel-
|ma. Spegall. 5th grade; Miss Emily
j Richardson, 5th and 6th grades:
Miss Clara Faulkner, 6th grade; and
Miss Ann P. Huntington, 7th grade.
I All children who are entering the
school for the first time, must have
i ?. card indicating a proper vaccina-
1 tion.
I While there has been considerable
• delay in finishing the new Home
I Economics building it is expected
' that a full force will be employed on
! this project next week.
JERSEY MAN INJURED IN
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
The Pinehurst school, opening on
the 10th of September, has several
new teachers this yeai'. The high
j school faculty will be comprised of
■ V\. P. Morton superintendent, Miss
V'^irginia Simpkins of Pii.ehurst, El
bert Cunningham of Pulaski, Tenn.,
and E. S. Webb of Edenton. Mr. Webb
is athletic director and is leaving
Monday for Chapel Hill for two
week’s training in the coaching
school there.
The grammar grad<» teachers are
Miss Sarah Cobb of Parkton, 1st
grade; Miss Eve.yn Gilliam of G"een-
ville, 1st grade; Miss Lillian Moore
of Warsaw, 2nd grade; Miss F’-an-
ces Cox of Jacksonville. 3rd grade;
Mrs. Bertha Freeman of Pinehurst,
4 th grade Miss Gibson of Laurel
Hill, 5th grade, and Miss Edla Beal
of Windsor, 6th grade .The seventU
grade teacher hps not been decided
upon yet.
Peter Liepe, of Newark. N J., is
in the Lee county hospital suffering
from injuries received yesterday when
he lost control of his car and ran
against an oak tree a mile or two
below Lakeview on Highway 1.
Liepe and his aunt, a Mrs. Ressler,
and the latter’s sister were returning
from Florida to their Northern home
when the accident occurred. While at
tempting to pass a truck, something
went wrong with one of the w'heels
of the car, probably a blowout, and
the machine crashed w’ith force
against the tree. Liepe was the most
painfully injured of the trio, and it
is not thought his injuries were ser
ious.
ONLV ONE NEW TEACHER
FOR VASS-L.\KEVIEW
Miss Ora Pace of Youngsville has
been elected by the local school board
to full the vacancy in the high
school faculty list. Miss Pace will be
the only “new” teacher as all except
one of last year’s faculty members
will retur *. She will take the place
of Miss Elizabeth Cobb resigned.
REGISTRATION LIGHT IN VASS
Only 150 people registered in Vass
for the school bond election, accord
ing to W'. D. Smith, Registrar. The
registration book usually carried
double this number of names.
FUNERAL HELD SATURDAY
John Arch Keith for 23 years an
esteemed resident of Vass, passed
away at his home at twelve o’clock
Fi-iday after an illness of paralysis.
Mr. Keith was thought to be making
a satisfactory recovery from the par
tial stroke until Thursday morning
when he became worse and continued
to sink rapidly until the end.
Funeral services were held in the
Vass Presbyterian church at
11 o’clock Saturday morning and in
terment followed in Cypress ceme
tery. Mr. Keith had many friends and
the church was not large enough to
hold all of those who came for the
service, which was conducted by the
pastor. Rev. C. A. Lawrence, assist
ed by the Rev. M. D. McNeill of
Cameron, a former pastor and long
life friend of the deceased. Both
ministers paid beautiful tributes to
the life of Mr. Keith.
Music for the service was by the
community young people’s choir, as
sisted by several adult voices, and one
of the numbers used was “From
Every Stormy Wind That Blows”
sung to one of Mr. Keith’s favorite
tunes, “Retreat.” The young people
had started practicing this number
before Mr. Keith suffered the stroke,
with the intention of singing it at the
Presgyterian church in his honor at
last Sunday's service, so it was re
quested that they sing it at the fun
eral service.
Active pall bearers were Neill N.
McLean of Vass, Neill M. McKelthen
of Aberdeen, A. V, Autrey of Varina,
Ben Wood of V'’ass, Neill M. Smith of
Aberdeen. Honorary pall bearers in
cluded W. D. Smith, S. R. Smith, W.
F. Alexander, W. B. Graham, W. D.
Matthews, W. H. Keith and A. M.
Cameron, of Vass and D A. McLauch
lin, T. D. McLean and A. A. McKeith-
en of Aberdeen.
Born in Moore county in July 1859,
the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Duncan Keith, Mr. Keith spent his
entire life in the county of his birth
and the adjoining county of Cumber
land. Following his marriage to Misa
Catharine McKeithen, he for a num
ber of years resided in the Lobelia
section of Cumberland county (now
Hoke I where he carried on a big
turpentine business in addition to his
farming and mercantile activities. He
serwdThat county in the capacity of
c6mmissioner for several years and
was active in the Lobelia community
life. Mr. Keith was greatly interested
i^ music and derived great pleasure
from teaching what the older peo^-
ple know as “singing schools.” He at
tended Cypress church and was elect
ed to the office of deacon.
In 1^911 Mr. Keith built a home in
Vass and moved here in order that
his children might have better edu
cational advantages, and from that
time to his death he was active In
his efforts to promote the welfare of
th« community. He was a charter
member of the local Presbyterian
church and was one of its moat faith
ful members throughout the years,
faithful in performing his duties aa
an elder, and in his attendance at all
of the services held there.
For fourteen years Mr. Keith was
a member of the local school board,
giving up this office several years
ago, but his interest in the school
never wavered. More faithfully than
any other person, perhaps, has he
been in visiting the school, going
from room to room for a word of
friendly greeting, thus showing his
interest in the teachers and pupils.
He also seryed the town aa mayor
for a time.
Suiviving are the widow and tour
children, Miss Nealie Keith of Vass,
Mrs. W'. C. Byrd of Albemarle, Eu
gene and Leon Keith of Vass. One
son, John Keith, died a few years
ago shortly after his graduation from
Davidson College.
Two sisters. Miss Kate Keith and
Mrs. Martin Autrey, of Cameron-
route and two brothers, H. D. Keith
of Cameron route and Will Keith of
Florida, survive.