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Friday, August 24, 1934. THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina Page ThrM Ark Is'outhrrn ?3tnr«i, N. CC. Mrs. Millicent.A. Hayes, Principal \ COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS Kindergarten through the 8th year MUSIC—ART—LANGUAGES Tutoring Arranged for Older Groups Limited Accommodations for Boarders LET A F>Hilco help your entertainment and a Norge Serve your refreshment See them at Simons’ Electric Shop Tel. 7151 Southern Pines ^^tss^nsssL Will be in his office over th« Post Office, Sanford, N. C., every Wednesday, fr^om 10:00 a. m. to 8:00 p. m. Don’t fail to see him* if your eyra are weak. DR.J. I. NEAL VETEBINABIAN Carolina Pharmacy, Pinehurst or A. S. Swlnnerton’s Stables la Sonthem Fines E. V. PERKINSON General Contractor 8«uihern Pines, N. C. Tel. 5038 Everett, Zane and Muse Certified Public Accountants Sanford, N. C. Greensboro, N. C. J. C. Uuae, C. P. A., Resident Partner J. N. POWELL, INC. Undertaking Embalming: Ambulance Service East Broad St., Southern Pines A. L-. ADAMS PAINTER — DECORATOR PAPER HANGER WALL PAPERS Phone 6922 Subscribe To THE PILOT Moore County’s Leading Weekly $2.00 Per Year In Advance Moore County Negro Cheats Electric Chair Eli Spencer, Drops Dead While Heinji Fingerprinted at State’.s Prison I Within a few .steps of the electric chair which was to have claimed his life two months hence, Eli Spencer, ^ Negro wife murderer of Moore Coun ty, fell dead at S^ate'.s Prison at Ral.' eigh Saturday, a “probable suicide” victim. I Lye poisoning, the aftermath of I Spencer’s attempt to end his life In' 1 the jail at Carthage last week, is j believed to have been the cause of his death, which came as prison of-1 I ficials were taking his record and . fingerprinting him in prison offices.' I Spencer is the third intended vic tim to thus rob North Carolina’s' death chair. Last March Lonnie Me. Callum, Rowland Negro, awaiting ex-j ecution also for killing his wife, died of pneumonia. The third case was' that of Julius James, Negro, also of I Rowland, who died in Robeson Coun- j ty jail while awaiting appeal on a death sentence for murder in 1928. I I Spencer was taken to Central Pris-! I on last Friday by Sheriff C. J. Mc- I Donald. Another condemned prisoner, ^ Melvin Mrljaurin, Negro, convicted' of criminal assault in Moore, was placed in the prison at the same time. There were no complaints from Spencer, Warden H. H. Honeycutt said Saturday, and officials believed him in good health. Sheriff McDonald mentioned the fact that the Negro had drunk some box lye in a suicide attempt, but had apparently recover, ed. Spencer was taken off of Death Row Saturday morning about 10:30 o’clock for fingerprinting. Capt. S. Bowen Dorsey, who was handling the fingerprinting and ques tioning of Spencer. t^Ti I the Negro answ'ered all questions sati-sfactonly and submitted to the tingerprinling. He was given the Death Row number j 192. As the interrogation was 'about complete Spencer suddenly slumped in a chair and h’s head fell back wards. Warden Honeycu.t was sum-j moned and he ordered that the prison physician. Dr. G C. Coleman, be njt- ified immediately. Dr. Coleman arriv»»d within tw'o minutes, but Sponcer was dead. There were siens o^ lye burns on Spencer’s lips, said Dr. Co'eman, bat the interior of his mouth was not burned. “There is no way of determining positively whether the lye poi.soning caused his death, but th.^t is my sup position,” said the phy.-jician. Warden Honeycuti. said Spencer had not complairoa of illness at any time since his admittance to 'h2 prison. Sheriff McDonald said Spencer’s crime was one of the most brutal in Moore County’s history. After shoot ing his wife as they quarreled in their home, Spencer pursued the fleeing woman as she sought refugo under the house and there poured several more bullets into her boJy, the offi cer said. Dr. Coleman summoned Coroner L. ! M. Waring of Wake County, after! ! Spencer fell dead, but Waring de- i I dared the case out of his jurisdiction I , when he learned that the Negro had i ! drunk the lye in Moore County. A Deadly Weapon Autcmohiles on N. C. High ways 'Pake First Rank as Killers During the 18 months the United States was in the World War. 684 North Carolinians were killed in battle, 238 died of wounds, 601 died of disease, 87 were killed in differ ent ways, making the total of North Carolina men who gave their lives for their country 1,610. During that same period, 4,128 North Carolinians were wounded. During the period from 1928 through 1933, a total of 4,429 per sons were killed in automobile ac cidents on North Carolina high ways. During that period, there were 20,624 accidents in which persons were killed or injured and 29,144 persons were injured. The highway death toll this year through July has been 450 and highway patrol officials have es timated that the death toll for the year will exceed 1,000. The deaths by years are: 673 in 1928; 690 in 1929; 777 in 1930; 762 in 1931; 674 in 1932; 853 in 1933. The toll of injuries by years is: 4,801 in 1928; 5,084 in 1929; 4,426 in 1930; 5,075 in 1931; 4,783 in 1932; and 4975 in 1933. Ed Worthy with a large knife or ra- ■ zor. Mose Palmer, coloied, was found guilty of public driinKenness, so exe cution of n sentence iu a former case was ordered to issii.’ and he was giv en 30 days additional to begin at the expiration of the former sentence. Hughie Kidd, colored, pleaded nolo contendere to a chargt- of as.suultin^ his wife with an iron piker aid the court ordered execution to i.‘-si:e in a former sentence. For drivini? a car while intoxicated, Curtis Caples vas given a liO-day r'^ad sentence, this to V^e susperded upon payment of a fine of $50 and the cosis. Guy Thomas, white, charged with being drunk and disorderly, was sen tenced to serve 30 days in jail, this to be suspended upon payment of a fine of $20 and the costs. Art Instruction PHI\'.\TK LKSSOXS (>K IN ( LASSKS DRAWING OIL PAINTING WATER COLORS WOOD CARVING BLOCK PRINTING MODERATE TF:RMS Les.sons will al.'^o be j?iven in bjokkeeping and short hand. Special clas.'^es in shorthand may be formed. EFFIE ELLEN BUTLER Corner Connecticut Avenue and Bennett Street SOUTHERN’ PINES, N. C. STATE’S TOBACCO CHOP ESTIM.4TED OFF i Political Announcements FOK LEGISL.VTI I RE I hereby announce myself a can didate for the legi.slature in the No- ! vember election. My platform brief- ! ly, “Less taxes, more trade; more trade, better busineus, better living conditions.” H. F. SEA WELL. JR. COOL — COMFORTABLE — PLEASANT WAY TO CENTURY OF PROGRESS EXPOSfflON CHICAGO, ILL. AND RETURl^ AIR-COP«)rnONED TRAINS ALL THE WAY VIA WASHINGTON ROUND TRIP FARES Unrestricted Unrestricted Coach 18 Day Limit Season Limk 30 Day Limit $34.85 $44.69' $26.80 Party Coaoli/ Fares 25 or More Con^erably Cheaper. For Information See Agent (h* Write e. E. PLEASANTS, D. P. A., 506 ODD FELLOE BUHJDING Ssaiboaod MK LINE RMLWAy THE ONLY AIB-CONDrriONEB TRAIXS IN THE SOUTH Heavy Docket Causes Long Court Session Recorder Hands Out Several Road Sentences Durinj? Pro longed Sittinj? The heaviest docket of recent; months necessitated a prolonged ses sion of Recorder's court on Monday, and several road sentences were giv en. James Pennington, colored, charg ed with attempted breaking and en tering after a window had been brok en in the store of William Byrd, pleaded guilty to trespass and was 1 sent to the roads for 90 days. 5am Cession, who according to the w'arrant did by artifice and trickery try to obtain money from various persons and did represent himself as a “root doctor” and furnish medi cines to two people for a considera tion was found not guilty of practic ing medicine without license, but was sentenced to \four months on the roads on the larceny count. He gave notice of appeal and bond was fixed at $300. Charlie Chambers and Leonard Harrington. colored, were given twelve months each on the roads for breaking and entering the house of J. C. Buchanan and stealing an iron bed, blankets, bed spreads and ladies’ ready-to-wear. In the case of C. L. Allred, charg ed with an assault with a deadly ^ weapon, judgment was suspended | upon payment of the costs and mak ing restitution for damage to the au tomobile of the prosecuting witness and paying of attorney’s fee. Dollie Hatliff and Cora Lee Kelly were found guilty on counts of af fray, using profane and indecent lan guage and prostitution. Ratliff was j given twelve months on the roads on j the prostitution count and Cora Lee i was sentenced to serve 30 days at ] the county home. Notice of appeal j was given. | Preparing for oold weather by tak- | ing some blar.kets and sheets drew’ j for Estelle Boggan a four months I jail sentence during which she must j work at the county home. Pansy Moss, Adelaide Jackson and Lessie Hadley were given 30 days each, suspended upon payment of fines of $10 and the costs after be- mg found guilty of engaging in an affray in w'hich a knife and a piece of pipe were wielded. Lide McLeod, a fourth defendant, was declared not guilty. Dave McUae, colored, was sent to the roads for 60 days for carrying a concealed weapon. Tommie Williams was found guilty of violating the prohibition law and given 90 days. Sixty days was the sentence im posed upon George Baldwin, colored, for breaking into the bedroom win dow of C. J. West and wife, and he drew an additional 30 days for tres passing, Lillie Smith claimed that Roscoe Harrington struck her twice with a pistol and snapped the weapon in her facft two or three times. He was sent to the roads for 60 days. Claude Richardson and James Per son, colored, took the road sentence when they were given their choice of 30 days or the pawment of a fine of $25 each and the costs on charges of being drunk and disorderly. Ben Monroe was bound to Superior court under bond of $500 on a charge of assaulting Carl Fur with a dead ly v/eapon. Jim Hussey, colored, was given four months on the roads for assaulting North Carolina’s tobacco crop is es timated to be 27 per cent off this year as compared with last year, the August 1 condition reports estimat ing the crop at 393,650,000 pounds, as compared with 537,979,000 pounds, es timate of the State-Federal crop re porting service as of August 1. The old bright belt, the piedmont area, the report estimated, will mar ket about 149,800,000 pounds; the new bright belt, the main part of eastern North Carolina, 201,280,000 pounds; the South Carolina belt. North Caro lina markets on the South Carolina border, 38,362,000, and the burley belt, around Asheville, 4,208,000 pounds. The growers have 541,000 acres in to bacco this year, as compared with 695,000 acres last year, the report states. .■VIARKI.XGE LICENSES ISSl ED Marriage licenses have been issued to the following couples since last week’s report: Z. E Lampley and Helen Pauline Fiddner, both of Pine-1 bluff; Robert Moore and Marie Brow'n, both of Hemp; J. D. McGill of Vass route 2 and Tla Smitl* of Fayetteville. The Citizens Bank and Trust Co. SOUTHERN PINES, N. C. GEO. C. ABRAHAM, V. Pres. ETHEL S. JONES. A.w’t. Cashi«r U. s. POSTAL SAVINGS DEPOSITORY A SAFE CONSERVATIVE BANK WE SOLICIT AND APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS Deposits Guaran teed Up to $2,500. Safe Deposit Boxes and Storage Space All Departments Commercial Banking NEW BANKING HOURS Mon. to Fri., 9 a. m. to 2 p. m Sat. 9 a. m. to 12 noo& tfmuHtwwitttttimrmwtttiimntiiHntfmttnnmntttainwBmi Advertise In The Pilot •s , .J MILLIONS 6? PEOMi • # HAVE ASKED . What/ exdclly, does Knee-Action tmtutM&iU CHEVROLEFS KNEE-ACTION RIDE the pleasure of motoring DEALER ADVERTISEMENT Chevrolet prices have boen reduced as much os The best way to prt»ve that Chevrolet’* Knee-Action actually makes motoring twice aa pleasant as before is to drive the new Chev rolet over all kinds of roads. You will find that the continuous jars you used to get even on smooth pavements are ended. The steering wheel is free of vibration. Back seat passengers are comfortable and relaxed. You can maintain higher speeds over rough roads that used to slow you down. You will find, in fact, that probably for the first time in your expe rience, every foot of every mile is equally enjoyable. Perhaps that explains why so many people are buy ing and recommending this extremely low-priced car. CHEVROLET MOTOR COMPANY, DETROIT, MICH. Ompan Ckwrabt't Xa» idivtnd prion and taty C. M. A. C- Urmt A (immnd Motan Vahi* ALLRED CHEVROLET CO. Aberdeen, N. C.
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