MOORE COUNTY’S
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NEWS-WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 15A, NO. 5.
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Southern Pines and Aberdeen. North Carolina, Friday December 28, 1934.
itory of North Carolina
FIVE CENTS
SHAW TURNS OVER
$15,000 IN BONDS
fflDDEN IN GROUND
Former Moore County Commis
sioner Released on Bail After
He Reveals Hiding Place
TRIAL IN MARCH TERM
G. C. Shaw, former Moore county
commissioner who was committed to
jail in default of $25,000 bond after
a hearing before Federal Commission
er Lang on a charge of concealing as
sets in a bankruptcy proceeding,
■was on the following Tuesday night
released under $500 bond after he had
accompanied officers to the hiding
place of the alleged concealed as
sets,” $15,000 in bonds, w’hich were
buried in the ground a short distance
from the Highfalls home of Mr.
Shaw.
Officers are said to have signed a
contract which stipulated that the
bonds were to be turned over to a
deputy marshal and placed * in the
Federal treasury in Greensboro to be
lield by the government until the
JMarch term of court in Rockingham,
at which time they are to be held by
Judge Hayes until the court shall
■render a decision in the case.
Mr. Shaw collected around $20,000
from various insurance companies
■during the year. His wife and two
.small daughters were named as ben-
eficirries of the insurance policies
■which were the source of the funds
with which the $15,000 worth of
bonds were purchased, so Mr. Shaw
holds that they should be considered
the property of the wife and chil
dren, while the goverhment contends
that they belong to Mr. Shaw’s
bankrupt estate.
L. L. Riggins and H. H. Hair of
the Division of Investigation, U. S.
Department of Justice, worked up
the case against Mr. Shaw and pre
sented the government’s evidence at
the preliminary hearing. W. R. Clegg
of Carthage is Mr. Shaw's attorney.
Frank Page, Builder of Statens
Highway System, Banker, Dies
Leading North Carolinian, For
mer Resident of Aberdeen, is
Buried in Bethesda
THRONG AT FUNERAL
Recorder’s Court Has
Busy Special Session
Pair Who Stole Car and Set
Fire to Barn Are Held for
Superior Court
Curtis McLauchlin and Henderson
Person, colored men of Carthage who
were taken Into custody early in the
month in record-breaking time fol
lowing the larceny of a car and the
burning of a tobacco barn, were tried
in a special session of Recorder’s
court held last Saturday and were
bound to superior court under bond
of $200 each. McLauchlin was found
guilty of driving a car while intoxi
cated and on this count was given a
30-day road sentence, to be suspend
ed upon payment of a fine of $50 and
one-half the costs. His license was
revoked for 90 days.
The automobile which was stolen
was the property of Howard Peoples
of the Carthage section and the barn
was owned by J. G. Stoltz of White
Hill. Within two and one-half hours
after the theft and burning were re
ported, the two men had been arrest
ed and had confessed to officers. It is
said.
Ed Worthy, colored of Carthage,
was bound to Superior Court under
bond of $1,000 on a charge of as
sault with a deadly weapon with in
tent to kill. He is alleged to have
shot his step-father, Ed McKeithen,
with a shot gun. McKeithen lost his
eyesight as a result of the assault.
Louis Freeman, white of near
Hemp, who a few days ago took part
in a thrilling race in which Deputy
Sheriff Slack played the role of pur
suer, was given 60 days on the roads
on a charge of reckless driving and
carrying a concealed weapon.
REV. MURDOCH McLEOD IS
PINEHURST PREACHER SUNDAY
The Rev. W. Murdoch McLeod for
mer pastor of the Pinehurst Com
munity Church, will be the preacher
at the morning service In hla late pul
pit this Sunday morning. Mr. McLeod,
now pastor of the largest church in
Nashville, Tenn. will be here for the
New Year holiday.
Page Memorial Church in Aberdeen
was filled to overflowing last Friday
afternoon for the funeral of Frank
Page, one of North Carolina’s lead
ing citizens and a former resident of
Aberdeen.
I'he services were conducted by the
Rev. L. M. Hall, pastor of the church,
and the Rev. E. McNeill Poteat, pas
tor of Pullen Memorial Baptist
Church, Raleigh.
Taking as his text “Character
Pays,” Mr. Poteat reviewed the illus
trious career of the man who could
have had any post within the gift
of North Carolina. He called his un
timely end a great loss to the state
described the deceased as a cas
ualty of this busy tumultuous age.
A brief service was held at the
grave ^in Old Bethesda cemetery
where lie the bodies of his brothers,
Walter Hines Page and former con
gressman Robert N. Page. Prominent
among those here for the funeral
were Governor Ehringhaus, Secretary
of State Stacy Wade and Capus Way-
nick. Highway Commissioner.
Friends and relatives were here
from all parts of the state. The pall
bearers were Henry A. Page, Jr., and
Reid Page, Ahoiueen; R. M. H4nes,
M. H. Willis and P. H. Hanes, Jr.,
Winston-Salem; T. R. Maguire, Jr.,
Leslie Ames and Emil Rosenthal,
Raleigh.
Mr. Page, 59 years old, executive
vice-president in charge of the Ra-
leigh branch of the Wachovia Bank
and Trust Company and former
chairman of the State Highway Com
mission, died at 6:25 o’clock last
Thursday afternoon in Rex Hospital
at Raleigh. He had suffered from
heart disease for some time, but his
condition did not become acute until
a week ago Saturday, Dr. N. H.
McLeod, Jr., his physician, said.
Kecognized Internationally
Mr. Page, who achieved interna
tional recognition for his achieve
ments in highway construction as
chairman of the North Carolina High
way Commission when more than
$100,000,000 was expended to give
the state better roads, was a native
of Cary, Wake county.
As a banker, business man, direc
tor of highway building and civic
leader Mr. Page made a place for
himself on the topmost rung of North
Carolina’s leadership ladder. He w£is a
quiet, unassuming man who diligent
ly and painstakingly set forth to
maste any problem which faced him
—and he usually triumphed.
Mr. Page was born on February 22,
1875, youngest son of Allison Fran
cis and Kate Raboteau Page. Among
his brothers were Walter Hines Page,
American ambassador to Great Brit
ain during the World War; Henry A.
Page, a leading business man and the
late Robert N. Page, who served in
Congress for this state for a num
ber of terms and J. R. Page, railroad
executive. He was educated at Davis
Military School and the University
of North Carolina.
As a young man Mr. Page engag
ed in the lumber, railroad, and bank
ing business at Aberdeen with other
members of his family.
Nine Years in Highway Work
In 1919 he started nine years of
service as chairman of the highway
commission, during which he gained
his great prominence, though he was
ranked among the South’s leading
bankers after his return to that field.
As highway chairman his wwrk
was so outstanding that he was elect
ed president of the American Road
Builders Association and also headed
the American Association of State
Highway Officials.
Herbert Hoover, who later became
President, called him in 1924 to serve
as chairman of the President's High
way Safety Committee of his Nation
al Safety Council. In 1925 President
Coolidge named him as one of his
five appointees to the Pan-American
Road Congress, which met in South
America.
The University of North Carolina
conferred the degree of LL. D. on hipi
in 1924.
As chairman of the highway com
mission Mr. Page drew a salary of
FR.XNK I*A«E
KIWANIS CLUB TO
STUDY NEED OF
COMMUNITY CHEST
Willard L. Dunlop of Pinehurst
Assumes Presidency and
Outlines Policies
CLUB PLANS BUSY YEAR
Got Your Plates?
State Orders Arrest of All
Who Drive Without 1935
Licenses After First
Better get those new license plates
on your carl
I Capt. Charles D. Farmer of the
State Highway Patron has telegraph
ed each patrolman in the state orders
I to arrest operators of automobiles
on January 1 unless the machines
have 1935 license plates and directed
I each to "solicit the aid of all local
enforcement officers in enforcing
thi.s law.”
Up to Wednesday morning only 57,-
t 018 pairs of 1935 license plates had
been sold in the state, leaving sorae
400,000 pairs to be obtained by mo
torists in four shopping days if the
registration on January 1 is to close
ly approximate the total for 1934.
A. J. Maxwell, commissioner of
revenue, directed Captain Farmer to
order his patrolmen to arrest anyone
found operating a motor vehicle with
1934 North Carolina ta".s on it af
ter sunrise on New Year’s, Day.
“Indict such parties in the nearest
court,” the patrol’s chicf told his
men. “No extension wi’l be f^ranted
for the use of North Carol’na 1934
tags.”
Commenting on the situation. Max
well said “the public has been given
ample notice that the law will be
strictly enforced and the department
trusts that those car owners who
have not already purchased ‘■heir 1935
tags will do so between now and the
end of the calendar year.”
$15,000 per year, twice the amount
paid the governor in those days, and
was the highest salaried official the
state has ever had.
During the World War Mr. Page
served as an officer In the A. E. F.,
being a major in the engineers when
he was discharged.
His hobbies were hunting and fish
ing.
He served at one time as vice-
I president of the Page Trust Com
pany, was a director of the Carolina
Mortgage Company of Raleigh, and
president of the Title Insurance Com-
. pany. He was a director of the Ral
eigh Chamber of Commerce and a
past president of that body. He was
a Methodist by faith and a Democrat
politically. He took an active part
in Rotary affairs.
In June, 1896, he married Ella Mar-
, tin and of the union were born three
' children, two of whom survive, Frank
■ M. Page of Winston-Salem and Mrs.
j Clara Page Harrison of High Point.
One son, Allison, a member of the
A. E. F., was killed in France.
I Besides the two above mentioned
Mr. Page is survived by his wife,
three aiaters. Miss Emma Page of
I Greensboro, Miss Mary Page and
Mrs. Thomas B. Wilder of Aberdeen,
and two brothers, Henry A. Page,
' Sr., and J. R. Page of Aberdeen.
To HOLD RECORDER'S COrUT
MONDAYS, ROWE ANNOUNCES
J. Vance Rowe,, judge of the Re
corder’s Court of Moore county, an
nounces a session of his court next
Monday, December 31st, and that
thereafter court will be held each
week on Monday instead of on Tues
day as has been the practice of late.
Willard L. Dunlop of Pinehurst was
inducted into office as president of
the Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen at the
meeting of the club on Wednesday
nocn in Lovejoy’s Log Cabin. In turn
ing over the president’s button to his
successor Dr. E. M. Medlin of Aber
deen spoke in high praise of the years
of devotion to all Kiwanis activities
on the part by Mr. Dunlop, and pre
dicted for him a highly successfn,!
tenure of office in 1935.
Mr. D'.;nlop, whu «s manager of the
Pinehurst Dairy, outlined some of hi"
policies for the coming year, a pro
gram which bespeaks continued use
fulness to the community of the club
which has played such an active part
in civic and charitable affairs for 12
years. The club will continue to sup
port a bed in the children’s ward of
the Moore County Hospital and other
activities in aid of underprivileged
children, and will at once take up for
consideration the possibility of or
ganizing a Community Chest in the
Sandhills section.
The question of a Community Chest
was brought up on Wednesday by M.
G. Nichols, who expressed the belief
that the continual and indiscriminate
solicitation of funds by all manner
of charities and organizations in the
Sandhills wa.s hurting the commun
ity, stating that he had heard num
erous winter residents complain of
the practice. Paul Dana and Richard
S. Tufts spoke on the subject, and
Ml. Tufts moved that the Commit
tee on Public Affairs go into the
matter and make a detailed report
at a future meeting. ^
Cornstalk Polo is
Gymkhana Feature
Second of Series of Equestrian
Events in Southern IMnes
Attracts Big Crowd
The second of the series of eques
trian gymlt^hanas in Southern Pines
this winter was thoroughly enjoyed
by a large crowd at the new horse
show ring last Friday afternoon. A
new feature, cornstalk polo, in which
stalks served as mallets and a bal
loon as the ball, was introduced to
the merriment of players and spec-
tatators. A Pinehurst team captain
ed by Lloyd Tate won over W. O.
Moss’ Southern Pines team.
John Vlossopulos, Syracuse, N. Y.,
riding Allure, owned by Ernest I.
White, Syracuse, won the open jump
ing contest over Jack Johnson,
Southern Pines, riding Fine Fellow,
owned by Miss Marie McMillan, New
York. The ribbon race went to Lloyd
Tate, riding Luck. Pair jumping hon
ors went to W. O. Moss. Durham,
riding Lady D'urham, and John
Vlossopulos, Syracuse, N. Y., riding
Allure. Amateur jumping contest was
won by Peverly Walters, Pinehurst,
riding Grey Mist. The potato race
was won by Billy Tate and the bare-
back jumping event was captured by
John Vlossopulos.
Another feature of the gymkhana
was a greased pig chase which Ar
thur Allen won.
Child Badly Burned
When Clothing Ignites
Seven-Yedr Old Bert Kelly of
Near Vass in Critical Con
dition in Hospital
Little Bert Kelly, seven-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mallie Kel
ly of Vass Route 1, was severely
burned on Thursday evening of last
week when her clothing ignited as
.‘the was standing with her back to
an open fire. She was given emer-
gercy treatment by Dr. R. G. Rosser
and on the following day was car-
ried to the Moore County Hospital
where she is in a critical condition.
Mrs. Kelly was badly burned about
the hands in trying to extinguish the
fire.
New Year’s Day to Witness
Return of Horse Racing Here
Speaks Here Sunday
Dr. William !S. Beard
Dr. William S. Beard, assistant to
the president of Rollins College,
Winter Park, Florida, will address the
Union Service of Southern Pines
churches on Sunday night at the
Church of Wide Fellowship. His sub
ject will be “Rollins College, a Com
mon Sense Adventure in Education.”
All are invited to hear him.
Dr. Beard became associated with
Rollins College last year after retir
ing as the executive secretary of the
National Congregational Laymen’s
Advisory Committee in New York,
N. Y. Dr. Beard and President Ham
ilton Holt of Rollins were class
mates at Yale, the former graduat
ing from the Yale Divinity School.
He is a product of “The Little
White Church on the Hilltop” at
South Killingly, Conn., where his
father for 24 years was pastor. Fol
lowing in his father’s steps and enter
ing the Congregational ministry, he
became pastor at the Durham, N. H.,
Community Church which served the
students of New Hampshire Univer
sity. In 1908 he returned to Connec
ticut and took a pastorate in William-
antic. A thirty-mile radius from Wil-
liamantic includes “The Little W'hite
Church on the Hilltop” and two other
churches which had been served in
long pastorates by his uncle and his
grandfather.
In 1916, Dr. Beard became secre
tary of promotion for the Congrega
tional Church Extension Boards.
Three years later he became cam
paign director in Connecticut for the
Pilgrim Memorial Fund, a permanent
endowment created to assist in pro
viding annuities for aged or disabled
Congregational ministers. Later he
directed the Pilgrim Memorial Fund
in Washington, Idaho and Oregon.
From 1925 v>ntil 1933 Dr. Beard serv
ed as executive secretary of the Na-
tionU Congregational Laymen’s Ad
visory Committee. In 1932, Marietta
College conferred upon him the hon
orary degree of Doctor of Divinity.
MISS MARY McKEITHEN BRIDE
OF DAVID GILL COFTEY
Arrival of Runners From North
Removes Fear of Postpone
ment of Opening Meet
I OFFICIALS ARE NAMED
Horse racing starts in the Sand
hills on New Year’s Day.
Fear of necessary postponement
of the regular weekly race meetings
scheduled for the Pinehurst track
this winter was set aside Wednesday
with the arrival here of some twenty
horses, the first of the many ex
pected from the North for wintering
and racing this season. Fresh from
other tracks, they are fit and ready
to face the starter next Tuesday af
ternoon, P. S. P. Randolph, jr., rac
ing secretary of the Sandhills Stee
plechase & Racing Association, an-_
nounced yesterday.
The good old days of running races
on the Pinehurst course are back,
and enthusiasts throughout this sec
tion of the state are expected td
herald their return at the trackslde,
in the grandstands, and from their
parking spaces next Tuesday. The
first race is scheduled to start at
2:00 o’clock. Mr. Randolph is busily
engaged in arrangping for a large
crowd and in preparing the card for
the opening meeting. It is probable
that there will be one trotting race
and a steeplechase event as well as
the running races.
Officials for the opening meeting
have been named, as follows:
Stewards—James Boyd, N. S.
Hurd, P. S, P. Randolph, sr., and
Verner Z. Reed, jr.
Judges—William Baker, Almet
Jenks, C. W. Middleton, and Stacy
Smith.
Timer—Charles W’. Picquet.
Paddock Judges—William A. Laing,
W. V. Slocock, Miss Elva Statler,
and John Thomas.
Clerk of Scales—P. S. P. Randolph,
jr.
Clerk of Course—H. R. Tyson.
Otherij will be named before Tues
day to sei-ve as handicapper, starter,
and patrol judges.
Numerous applications for mem-
ber.-^hip in the newly organized Sand
hills Steeplechase & Racing Associa
tion have been received during the
past week. Memberships include
family admission to the races for the
entire season.
Class A memberships to those
subscribing $100 include also grand
stand seats for members and their
family, and a parking space; Class
B, $50, a parking space, and Class
C. $25, grandstand ."seats.
General admissions at the gate for
each meeting will be 50 cents, In-
i eluding tax, for non-members, and
grandstand seats will be $1.00 each
additional. Parking spaces around
the track will be $1.00.
The racing this winter is expected
to stimulate interest here in steeple-
chasing and flat racing with the
plan in vie^^ of building a perman
ent steeplechase course midway be
tween Pinehurst and Southern Pines
before another season and the hold
ing here of hunt race meetings simi
lar to tho.se at Aiken and Camden.
Ore hunt meeting is planned for next
April on a temporary course.
James Edward McKeithen announ
ces the marriage of his sister, Mary,
on Tuesday, December 25th in. Aber
deen. The ceremony was performed
by the bride’s pastor, the Rev. E. L.
Barber. Mrs. Coffey is the daughter
of the late J. A. and Mary Fowler
McKeithen of Aberdeen. She attend
ed Salem College, and is a graduate
of Flora Macdonald. Since gradu
ation she has taught in the city
schools. Mr. Coffey, who is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Hampton Coffey
of Lakeview and Charleston, S. C.,
received his education at the Uni
versity of Richmond and Temple Un
iversity of Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Cof.
fey is connected with the Darcoid
Company, Inc., of New York City.
Immediately after the ceremony
the bride and groom and members
of the immediate families were en
tertained at a buffet luncheon at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Johnson of Pinehurst. Mrs. Johnson
is a sister of the groom. After their
return from a motor trip south Mr.
and Mrs. Coffey will b' at home in
Aberdeen.
Drops Dead on Doorstep
of HomJ^ in Aberdeen
Walter Jernigan, 56, Long; in 111
Health, Victim of Sudden
Heart Attack
Walter E. Jernigan, 56 years old,
died suddenly at his home in Aber
deen Wednesday of a heart attack.
He had just eaten the noon-day
meal, and had gone out in the yard
to see about his chickens when Mrs.
Jernigan heard a commotion and
went out to see what was wrong,
stumbling over the body of Mr. Jer
nigan lying face downward near the
back door. He had apparently died
instantly. He nad been in failing
health for several years and unable
tc work.
Surviving him are his widow and
four sons, Wade Jernig^ of Wash
ington, D. C., Dogan Jernigan of
Burlington and Melvin and Belton
Carl of Aberdeen.
The funeral services ■jro»^ h<»iu ftt
his home yesterday