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MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS-WEEKLY ryiT TT? Jl JL JUS A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 15A, NO. 23. ^N^ARTHAOC aACL.e SPAIH6S LAKBVIEW MANI-BV JAQKSOH SPRIHOS •oorweRN PitlKS A«Hl.Sy HKKSHTS of the Sandhi abk««o*e>« ^P>N6BU>PI' Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, May 3, 1933. FIRST IN N»EWS, CIRCULATION & ADVERTISING North Carolina FIVE CENH CHAMBER VOTES IN OPPOSITION TO MAIL DELIVERY Sees Loss to Business Concerns if People Not Required to Come Downtown for Mail U. S. TO MAKE SURVEY Despite the fact that a referendum conducted a few years ago on the subject of city delivery of mail in Southern Pines showed an overwhelm ing majority against it, the matter is up again. Word was received by Post master Frank Buchan recently that a Postoffice Department inspector would be here soon to make a survey of the town to determine the need and cost of house to house delivery <f mail. As it did on the previous occasion when the subject was up, the Cham ber of Commerce went on record at a meeting of directors held Tuesday at Jack’s Grill as opi>osed to city de livery. The Chamber takes the stand that business is aided by the neces sary trip to the postoffice once or twice a day by residents of Southern Pines. In many instances the procur ing of the mail is the only thing that brings people to the business district. Once downtown they do a little shop ping which, were their mail deliv ered to tl.eir homes, they wojld not do. It is also maintained that the postoffice is a general meeting place for "the folks,” a wholesome forum for general discussion and chat when they are awaiting their mail. The opposition to mail delivery is not carried into the express package field, however. There appears to be strong sentiment in the ctiy for ex press deliveries, but to date all ef forts to bring this about have met with the statement on the part of the express company that business here does not warrant the maintenance of the necessary trucks and the employ ment of the necessary carriers to in stall the system. Winter business might warrant the cost of express de livery, but the budget would neces sarily have to be based on year 'round business. Chamber directors heard a financial report of the Spring Blossom Festival which revealed a small deficit still existing after giving effect to the beneft performance at the Carolina Theatre last week. Plans for rais ing this money were made. Vass Election “On” Town Gets Copy of Charter and Will Elect Mayor and Board Monday Vass is all set for the election of a mayor and three commission ers on next Monday, May 6. A copy of the town charter has been pro cured from Raleigh to take the place of the missing one, and no tices stating that Ben H. Wood, Registrar, would be in his office on April 27 to May 4 to register new voters were posted several days ago. The present officers are H. A. Borst, Mayor, and A. M. Cameron, L. H. Furr and W. D. Smith, Com missioners. Mayor Borst declines to run for another term. 3 CAUGHT AFTER ATTEMPT TO ROB ABERDEEN STORE Capture of Gan<r Believed to Havt Solved Series of Re cent Burglaries Southern Pines Mayoralty Candidates ESCAPED CONVICT LEADER CHAPIN HOUSE IN PINEHURST SOLD TO G. H. BETTS Important Transaction Tops Off Active Season in Real Efrtate Here V. F. Tarlton, Aberdeen Jeweler, Dies Suddenly Resident Here for 20 Years Leaves Large Family and Wide Circle of Friends V. F. Tairlton, one of Aberdeen’s most beloved citizens, a resident there for some 20 years, died last Friday night at his home. Apparently in good health at noon, he suffered an acute attack of angina pectoris in his jew- «lry store in the afternoon and pass ed away about 8 o’clock that evening. Mr. Tarlton and his family came to Aberdeen from Anson county, and had endeared themselves to a wide circle of friends. Evidence of the es teem in which he was held was seen in the throng which attended the fun eral services at the Aberdeen Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon. The Rev. E. O. Kellar of Cameron was the offi ciating clergyman, and the following served as active bearers: H. T. Mor gan, Gordon Keith, Jack Taylor, Wil liam Maurer, Malcolm Pleasants and Charlie Pleasants. Thirty-two prom inent residents of the section served as honorary bearers. Mr. Tarlton is survived by his wife and the following children: Mrs. Ed Helms of Sanford, Mrs. E. H. Pickier and Mrs. W. K. Carpenter of Pine- bluff, James Tarlton of Portland, In diana. Richard Tarlton of Southern Pines and Sam and T. J. Tarlton of Aberdeen. MID-PINES BUYS LAND One of the largest real estate trans. actions in Pinehurst this season was consummated this week by the L. L. Biddle, II agency, the sale of “Tas sel Pines,” attractive residence built some three years ago for S. B. Chap in of New York and Pinehurst, to Mr. and Men. George H. Betts of New York and Spring Lake, N. J. This house, situated near the Car olina Hotel, contains five master bed rooms, with four baths, and three servants room and bath. Mr. and Mrs. Betts, who have been spending win ters in Pinehurst for some time, though always in the past leasing cottages for their stay here, will take immediate possession. A sale of property was also report ed this week by the Town of Southern Pines to the Homeland Investment Company of Durham of the tow-n's old water site, part of the former Von Herff land near the Mid-Pines Club, which the Homeland company owTis. The deal, consummated through Mr. Biddle, involves about 14 acres of laad. It is understood the Mid- Pines Club plans to make a lake de velopment of the property. Active Realty Market Pinehurst and vicinity have had an active winter season in the realty market. Early in the season Francis Roberlson purchased the Merrill house for a winter home, and J. P. Stockton of New York acquired from the James Barber estate the house known as '‘Morgan.ton," one of the attractive homes of Pinehurst. Mr. {Please turn to page 4) School Music Festival Wednesday Afternoon All Grades and Combined Clubs to Take Part in Southern Pines Program Theodore Coleman, escaped convict and reputed leader of a band of Ne gro desperp.does who have been com mitting a eeries of hold-ups and rob beries in the Fayetteville section for around two months and who have twice visited Aberdeen in connection with their u?)lawful business, was jail, ed in Carthage on Monday along with Lonnie W'illiams, another member of the gang. James Anderson, a third member, was placed in the Hoke county jail at Raeford. The men were captured after they had fled from the vicinity of the Standard Store in Aberdeen where they were discovered loading mer chandise into a new Ford V-8 which they are alleged to have stolen from Rose Hill. The smashmg of plate glass arous ed the suspicions of Operator Elvyn Capps at the Seaboard station in Aberdeen about 4 o’clock Monday morning, aud he ran out of his office in time to see three Negroes emerg- ^ ing from the entrance to the Stand ard Store across the street. Capps turned in the police alarm, but the robbers, evidently frightened by the noise of the falling glass, hurriedly drove away in their car. i Officer Opens Fire When they returned later for their loot, the men were fired upon by Of ficer Dees. They fled, but the officer and a hastily summoned posse suc ceeded in capturing two of the men and the third was later taken at Mon trose, where he was hunting a doc- ’ tor to dress his hands which he con- ' fessed had been injured in breaking I into the store. A large number of j dresses, hats and men’s trousers were i among the goods taken from the Standard Store. More than a week ago the gang, itis alleged, stole a Chevrolet car from the Chevrolet sales room in Aber deen. On Saturday night they are thought to have robbed a wholesale house in Fayetteville. Sheriff Mc Donald with other officers visited Fayetteville and a number of other tovras in that section on Monday in order to check up on the gang’s op erations. From information received it ap pears that the gang formerly num bered five or six men. Two are in jail in Lumberton and it is said that one member was slain in Red Springs in a filling station robbery by a member of his own gang. Sheriff McDonald plans to have the men tried in Superior Court in this county at the May term for the Moore county offenses before they face the murder, highway robber and breaking and entering charges that await them in other counties. Case Out For Mayor Against Dorsey Stutz Contest Develops on Eve of To- j night’s Caucus; Eleven Men- i tioned for Town Board DORSEY O. STUTZ GEORGE W. CASE Trouble Makers Famed Sandhills Trained Steeplechaser^ is Killed Sales Taxes .’Moore County Paid In Total of S34.800 First Nine Months of Year A total of $34,800.09 in sales tax was collected in Moore coun ty the first nine months of the current fiscal year, figures from the State Department of Revenue reveal. Figures for nearby coun ties show l.ee as paying the high est toll, $.52,687.07. Turns Somersault and Suffers Broken Neck in Maryland Hunt Cup Race. Laing Unhurt ALFRED MOORE CHAPTER TO MEET TUESDAY, MAY 14 The Alfred Moore Chapter, D. A. R.. will meet Tuesday, May 14, at 2:30 p. m. with Mrs. J. L. McGraw in Carthage with Mrs. J. A. Davis aauisting. All visiting Daughters are invited to attend. The armual Music Festival of the Southern Pines public school will take place in the high school auditorium next Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. The program will consist of songs by all the grades, rounds of three and four parts, singing games, costume songs, and choruses by the boys’ glee club, girls’ glee club, and the combined glee clubs. There will also be several piano solos by pupils of Frederick Stanley Smith. An added feature will be the sing ing of several numbers by. the Lyric Club, an organization of ten high school girls, whose recent concert at the Highland Pines Inn elicted much favorable comment. The entire pro gram will be given under the direc tion of Mr. Smith, public school music supervisor, recently elected president of the Music Division of the N. C. State Educational Association. Mr. Smith will be assisted by Miss Selma Ste^paU. The concert is free to the public and the parents and friends of the school children are urged to attend. The program will begin precisely at 3:30 p. m. SPENCE ON NEW BOARD TO CONTROL STATE SANATORIA 13 Officers Capture Alleged Bank Bandit Man Believed to Have Robbed Mail Carrier and Biscoe Bank is Jailed Bill King, alias Jack Nelson, alias Howard King, wanted for the rob bery vdth firearms of John Monroe Eagle Springs mail carrier, and for robbing the bank at Biscoe, is in jail in Troy, the combination of thirteen officers and Friday, the “double-thir teenth” day of April, being too much for him. King was surrounded in the woods some five miles east of Seagrove last Friday by Sheriff C. J. McDonald, Of ficers Grimm, Slack and Lambert of Moore, Deputy Marshal Stevens, Sheriff Bruton and the members of his force from Montgomery county, Sheriff King of Randolph and a cou ple of policemen from Asheboro. King was armed with a pistol, but no shots were fired. Sheriff McDonald plans to bring the men to this county soon for a preliminary hearing and they will be tried in the May term of Superior court. One of Five Members of Gener al Assembly Named by Gov. Ehringhaus Five members of the General As sembly, three physicians, one banker and a woman were named on the com bined board to control the North Car olina Sanatorium and the Western North Carolina Sanatorium for the treatment of tuberculosis, by Govern or Ehringhaus. In the executive session Monday af ternoon the Senate confirmed the ap pointments of 10 members of the board of 12 and granted the Govern or power to appoint the remaining two members later, after the site for the new sanatorlunl in Western North Carolhia has been selected. The Gov ernor explained that he wished to se lect members close to the site. Those named by the Governor were Senator L. Lee Gravely of Rocky Mount, Repi'esentatlve E. A. Ras- berry of Snow Hill, Robert M. Hanes, Winston-Salem banker and a former member of the General Assembly, and Representative R. L. Harris of Rox- boro, for six year terms; Dr. Thuman Kitchen of Wake Forest, Representa tive Laurie McEachem of Raeford, Dr. J. W. McGee of Reidsville, and Sana- tor U. L. Spence of Carthage, for four year terms; and Dr. J. R. Terry of Lexington and Mrs. Max Payne of Greensboro, for two year terms. Of the new board. Senator Spence and Mrs. Payne are members of the present board of directors ,of the State Sanatorium. The Western North Carolina Sanatorium was created by legislative act at this session of the General Assembly, which authorized a $250,000 bond issue for its con struction, and by subsequent act, the bonds of the two institutions were consolidated. Senator Gravely and Representative Rasberry were leaders in the fight for the enactment of legislation creating a new sanatorium. Represen tative Rasberry was co-author with Representative W. R. Clegg of Car thage of the measure. The site for the new sanatorium will be selected early this summer by a committee of three members. Trouble Maker, most distinguished equine winter resident of the Sand hills. was killed in the annual running of the Maryland Hunt Cup steeple chase. on the outskirts of Baltimore, last Saturday. Stiiking a timber fence solidly with both front legs, old “Trouble” turned a complete somer sault and suffered a broken neck. His rider and trainer, Noel Laing of Southern Pines, was thrown clear and iminjured. I Mrs. T. H. Somerville’s famous steeplechaser won the event which eventually proved his nemesis, in 1932, establishing the record for the Mary land Hunt course, stiffest in Amer- ' ica. His time was 8 minutes, 51.6 sec onds for the four mile, 22-jump course. Mrs. W. Austin Wadsworth’s Hotspur II won last Saturday in 9 minutes, 12.3 seconds, with Captain Kettle, winner in 1933 and 1934 a close sec ond. In the running of the Maryland i a year ago Trouble Maker was spik- I ed by an upright post at one of the I jumps and finished with a deep open wound in his chest, j Young Laing had Trouble Maker in I training here all this Winter, and he : was in fine condition for last week’s classic. At the time of the mishap he was runnng third, going strong and still well in the race. The famous an imal ia one of the few American-bred horses ever to finish in England’s most important steeplechase event, the Grand National, Laing riding him to 11th position at Aintree in 1933. In his day he had won practically every leading timber race in Amer ica, among them The Carolina Cup at Camden, S. C., the Meadowbrook on Long Island and the Jersey Cup which he captured last season in a close race with Charioteer, the horse which won the Sandhills Cup here this spring. Of Trouble Maker Mur ray Tynan, writing in Monday’s New York Herald Tribune, said: “Trouble Maker, perhaps the best timber horse ever developed in Amer-1 ica, is gone. He was an outstanding j horse for the last five years.” | One of the sad things about Satur- j day’s tragic event was that this was i to. be Trouble Maker’s last race. Mrs. Somerville planned to present him to Laing after the race, to be honorably retired from racing after a memora ble career. Trouble Maker was 12 years old. HIGH SCHOOL HI-Y CLU’B TO HOLD UNION SERVICES The local chapter of the Southern Pines High School Hi-Y Club will con duct Union Services at the Southern Pines Baptist Church this Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock. They will be assisted by the High School Glee Club under the direction of Frederick Stan ley Smith. The local Hl-Y has planned to make the conducting of church services a major part of its yearly program. This year the services will be conduct ed by David Prillaman. Harold Fow- ler and William Winter wtih R. B Freeman as director. EXCITEMENT ANTICIPATED / On the eve of Southern Pines cau cus for the nomination of a ticket for next Tuesday’s municipal election re port was current on the streets yes- ! terday afteinoon that the name of I George W. Case, one of the present members of the Board of Commission- j ers, would be presented for Mayor. (Up to yesterday no opposition to the ! present incumbent, Dorsey G. Stutz, had been reported. It is understood Mr. Case granted permission yester- I day for the presenting of his names ! before the caucus. I I With rival candidates in the field I for Mayor and the possibility of elev- ‘ en candidates for the board of five j commissioners, tonight’s meeting in ! the High School Auditorium, schedul- ' ed for 8 o’clock, bids fair to attract J a full house and develope some real j excitement. Early in the week The Pi- ; lot received the following communi cation signed by Mayor Stutz and the present commi.ssion. comprising L. V. O’Callaghan. Charles S. Patch. Cleorge W. Case, A. B. Yeomans and Frank Welch. Jr,: “Fridaj', May 3d. the voters of Soutliern Pines will meet at the School Auditorium to name their can didates for Mayor and five commis sioners to seiTe the next two years. It is the duty of every voter interest ed in the welfare of Southern Pines to ettend this meeting auid express his choice of the commissioners who will govern Southern Pines. “If the present administration has met with your approval it is your duty to express it at the caucus and we urge every voter to be present Fri. ■ day evening.” I Numerous Candidates From this it is assumed, and gener- ' ally understood, that the names of all I five present commissioners will be ! presented for renomination. How’ Mr. i Case’s decision to stand for the may. I oralty nomination will affect this re- I mains to be seen. In addition to these I five. The Pilot hears of the follow ing names that will be offered for the board; E. C. Stevens, insurance and real estate man and a former commis sioner; Harry A, Lewis, merchant and a former president of the Cham ber of Commerce; Dr. L. M. Daniels, dentist; Herbert Cameron, Sinclair OU distributor: W. L. Baker, grocer, and possibly Dr. William C. Mudgett, former commissioner. The caucus will officially nominate a complete ticket which in all proba. bility will be the ticket elected at the polls next Tuesday. Seldom are tick- its thrown together at the eleventh hour in opposition to the caucus tick et victorious at the polls. So tonight’s caucus will see the real battle rather than the election Tuesday. Street gossip has it that there will be some changes made in the present commission, but no ones dares predict with any degree of certainty which of the present board will be shunted aside or who will be the chosen suc cessors. Mr. Case has been active in the Chamber of Commerce during the past year, serving as a director and as chairman of its finance committee. He was also treasurer of the Sp^'iag Blossom Festival this year. He has been a member of the Board of Com- missioners for the past two terms. In the last county election he was the Republican candidate for judge of the (Please turn to page 6) PHYSICIANS AND BANKERS CONVENE HERE THIS WEEK Two leading State \organizations will hold their annual conventions in Pinehurst this week, making the Car olina Hotel their headquarters. The North Carolina Medical Society will meet on Monday, Tuesday and Wed. nesday; the N. C. Bankers Aiisocia- tion on Thursday and Friday. Exten sive plans have been made for the entertainment of the visitors.
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