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NEWS-WEEKLY
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Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina. P'riday, May 8, 1936.
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CHILD KILLED, 17
HURT IN WRECK
OF SCHOOL BUS
Earl Calloway, 10, Victim of Ac
cident When Brother Loses
Control of Wheel
DRIVER 16 YEARS OLD
One child was killed, 17 Injured in
a wreck of a Moore County School
bus on the Carthage-High Falls road
about sir miles from Carthage early
Tuesday morning. Earl Callaway, 10
years old, whose brother, Roy Calla
way, 16 was driving the bus, received
fatal injuries, eight were treated in
the Moore County Hospital, and nine
others at the office of Dr. Foster in
Carthage.
The accident is believed to have
been caused by the youthful driver,
who substituting for his brother
Robert, the regular operator, at
tempting to light a cigarette. It is said
that the bus was traveling at a good
speed at the time and that Callaway
lost control, the vehicle running oft
the road, crashing into a tree and
turning ever. Some 35 children were
in the bus, headed for school at Car
tilage.
At yesterday’s coroner’s inquest the
jury decided not to hold Calloway for
the accident.
Two of the children, Louise Calla
way, sister of the dead boy, and Mary
Ruth Brown, 14, suffered fractured
.skulls, and Mary Louise Inman and
Lc? Ross Sullivan broken legs. Others
treated at the hospital were Bertha
Lee Spears. Annie Ruth Wallace,
Juanita Maness and Leonard Fields.
Treated by Dr. Foster were Helen
Louise Fields, Mabel Beal, Sadie Cal
loway, Phyllis Inman, Juanita Spears,
Retha Seawell, Allie May Spears,
Ruby Flinchum and Aleen Maness.
All of the children resided near the
scene of the accident, an^’ ranged in
age from 10 to 14.
Slate InvesfiKation
The Calloway youngster is the third
child to die in a bus accident in the
state during the current school term,
the sixth since the State took over
school transportation. At Raleigh af
ter the accident Claude F. Gaddy, as
sistant Secretary of the Slate School
Commission, said:
"The accid:nt at Carthage will be
thoroughly investigated • as to its
causes,” stated Gaddy, who has
charge of bus transportation. Leroy
Callaway, who was driving the wreck
ed bus, was not approved by the Car
thage school principal and ccynmittee,
Gaddy said. He was driving for an
older btother. Robert Callaway, 18,
who did not go to school that day.
Permitting the younger boy to drive
was a violation of State regulations,
Gaddy asserted.
Parents of all t e children killed
or injured in school bus accidents
during the current term are entitled
to compensation not to exceed $600
each for the burial or medical and
hospital expenses cf their children.
The compensation provision was made
by the 1935 General Assembly.
Dogs Read Pilot
At Least They’ve Been Scarce
Since Warning About
License Tags
Doga apparently read The Pilot.
Since the story a week ago of the
propo.sed enforcement of tag regu
lations and the impounding of dogs
here, few have been seen on the
streets.
Between 2:00 and 4:00 o’clock
tomorrow, Saturday, afternoon,
veterinanians will be on the site
of the old Southern Pines Hotel on
VV€st Broad street to vaccinate an
imals brought to them. A charge
of 50 cents will be made per dog.
Dogs must be vaccinated before li
cense tags will be issued at the
City Clerk’s office.
“BUILDER’S CUP” !
TO BE PRESENTED
BYKIWANISCLUB
May Be Purchased For School Annex
Orjifanization to Honor Outstand- j
ing Citizen for Service to |
Community ;
5 I‘REVIOUSLY AWARDED !
The Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen this
week voted to again this year offer
j a "Builder’s Cup" to the citizen of
! the Sandhills adjudged to have done
l.most for the community during the
past three yeais. The club presented
such a cup annually up to a few years
ago when the practice was discontin-
j ued. primarily due to the period of
I the depression w'hen outstanding deeds
! in the section were of necessity cur-
COUNTY RECEIVES
CHECK FOR $1,562
LIQUOR PROFITS
I tailed.
I The selection of the citizen to be
honored is to be made by the club on j
recommendation of its Public Affairs ■
I
committee, which will consider all |
n minations whether fiom Kiwanians i
or others. It is possible that the tro
phy will be awarded at a commun-
Represents Five Percent of Net Iwhich the dub proposes
From Operation cf Southern
Southern Pines Baptist Ciiurch
County Launches Soil Erosion
Program and Orders Equipment
Pines and Pinehurst Stores
FAVOR LOCAL CONTROL
1 to hold in the near future to bring I
together representatives citizens of I
j the various towns of the county for '
I b tter acquaintanceship and the de-1
velopment of a friendly feeling be- [
Accedes to Demand of Farmers
For Tractor Terracing Outfit
at (’ost of $4,500
Headed by County Agent E. H.
Gariison. Jr.. a delegation of farmers
, „ , i from all sections of the county ap-
The Wilson County Alcoholic Bev-1 Sandhills villages. Plan for b'fore the County Ccmniis-
erage Control Board, through U. l. I this gathering are in the hands of ^ ^ Monday in the interest of
Spence of Carthage delivered to the
B'aid of Commissioners of Moore
county on Monday, a check for $1,-
562,06, representing five percent of
the net profits from the operation of
the two liquor stores in Southern
Pines and Pinehurst up to the first
day of April, 1936. The Pasquotank
Act. under which these stores are op
erated, provides that five percent of
the net profits must be applied tor
enforcement of the liquor control act,
and this sum is the first amount paid
to Moore county for that purpose. It
will be .seen that the net profits of j
these stores for the six months they
have operated amount to a total of'
$31,241.20, and it is estimated that
Moore county will receive for the
special committee of Kiwanians and
form:r Kiwanians. with Chailes W.
Picquet as chairman.
The "Builder's Cup" has been
av.’arded in the past to the following:
Leonard Tufts. John R. McQueen,
Bi n H. Butler, S. B, Chapin and
F’rank Buchan.
a matter which they deem to be of
inestimable value to the farmers, the
f
purchase of a tractor terracing outfit
to be used in connecticn with the Fed
eral erosion program in the county,
accordancc therewith.
The repot t f Mrs. Cheatham on
work accomplished through the Moore
County Tuberculosis fund to date
showed that exc lient work had been
done and the board was favorable
to the c ntinuance of this work, to-
. .1 ward which the county pays $100 per
Dr, McGee. Scientist s Daughter, j
to Officiate at Ceremonies
To Unveil Newcomb
Bust in Hall of Fame
in N*ew York
The bust of Simon Newcomb, fath
er of Dr. Anita Newcomb McGee of
year from this source, for enforce-j Pines, is to be unveiled in
ment of the act, something over $3.- ; Hall of Fame in the Library of
New York University on Thursday,
In addition to this fund, the ' May 28th. The late Simon Newcomb,
stock of liquor on hand at the two
stores, amounting to several thous
and dollars, are listed in Moore coun
ty for payment of the regular ad va
lorem taxes thereon to the countv.
with William Penn, was elected to
the Ha!\ of Fame a year ago for his
notable achievements in science and
astror.'>rny.
The bust, donated by Dr Ambrose
Mr. Fllis of State College was pres
ent, and outlined to the gathering
plans for the purchase of the out
fit. He estimated the cost cf $4,500
with a down payment of $650 to be
secured by the county. He estimated
that 8.000 operations at a rental of
$3.00 per hour would pay for the
tractor.
After a thorough discussion of the
advantag s of the equipment, the
boarti voted to underwrite the pur
chase of a tractor terracing outfit
f r the Mooie County Mutual Soil
Conservation Association, Inc., to be
used in connection with the Federal
soil conservation program in Moore
Lost $2,044
Central Carclina Telephone
Co. Here Shows Red Fig
ures for 19.‘?5
The Cential Carolina Telephone
C'mpany of Southern Pines, des
pite a small increase in the num
ber of s\ibscribers, lost $2,044 on its
1935 business, the company’s an
nual report to the State Utilities
Commission revealed yesterday.
The utility made $7,322 on tolls
but lost $9,366 on 16 exchanges op
prated in th? Sandhills section, the
report showed. The company has a
total cf 1.671 subscribers.
Gross exchange revenue amount
ed to $80,533 and tolls yielded
$18,987. The company paid $7.-
^56 in taxes on a valuation of
«709,222.
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Baptist tAurch
As School Stirs
Southern Pines
IVIany Protest Purchase of Edi
fice for I’rimary Grades to
Relieve Congestion
The Wilson County Board wished Swasey, w’as done by the noted
its attitude tcward the operation of sculptor, Frederick MacMonnies. The
these stores to be well known to the | presentation is to be made by Dr.
Moore county commissioners and the Harlow Shapley of the Harvard Col-1 co,,nty. subject to the rules and reg-
people of the county, and it was ac- j lege Observatory, and unveiled by j yiations of the association,
cordingly pointed out to the Moore | Dr. McGee. A tiibute to Dr. New-
County Board of Commissicners that j comb will be paid at the cei Ciuuiiies
the Wilson Board would be most glad ! by Dr. W. W. Campbell, plesident
to surrender the operation of these I emeritus of the University of Califor-
stores to such authorities of Moore ; nia and director emeritus of the Lick
Dentists of State
Coming- to Pinehurst
Annual Convention of N. C. So
ciety Opens Monday Morning
at The Carolina
county at any time another General | Observatory. The William Penn bust
Assembly may so authorize or pro- j is to be unveiled at the same time.
vide, and that such procedure ,if de- ;
sii’ed, would have hearty approval and I C'URRIE AND REYNOLDS TO
cooperation upon the part of the Wil- j H.AVE PRIIVI.AKY OPPOSITION
son County Board. !
. I Reid Flinchum, Ca-'tliage merchant,
BISHOP PENICK TO PREACH j plans to oppose Wilbur H. Currie,
HERE ON SUND.W MORNING 1 chairman of the Moore County Board
of Commissioners, for the Democratic
Upon the request of the Board of
Trustees of the Vass Graded School
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The annual convention of the North
Carolina Dental Society opens Mon
day morning at The Carolina in Pine
hurst. bringing here large numbers
of the leading dental practitioners of
the state and. as guest of honor, Dr.
George B. Winter of St. Louis, pres
ident of the American Dental Asso
ciation.
An address of welcome will be
made Monday morning by Richard
Tufts, and Dr. T. A. Cheatham of
Pinehurst will offer the invocation at
the opening session. Prominent speak
ers on the program include Dr. Ennis
of the Univei'sity of Pennsylvania and
Dr. Nesbit of Harvard. At the banquet
on Tuesday night Harry Buchanan,
vice president of the Carolina Theatre
Owners Association, will act as toast
master. Dancing will follow the din
ner.
The Rt. Rev. Edwin A. Penick. D.
D., Bishop of North Carolina, will be
the preacher at Emmanuel Episcopal
Church, Southern Pines, at the 11:00
o’clock service on Sunday. May 10th.
Bishop Penick comes for his annual
visitation to Emmanuel church to ad
minister the sacramental rite of con
firmation. This Sunday sonic 20 per
sons, children and adults ,will receive
the Apostolic Laying on of Hands
from Bishop Penick.
ncmination for the commission in the
June primary. County Commissioner
L. R. Reynolds of the f)eep River-Rit-
ters district is also to have opposi-
Noel Laing* Captures
Virginia Gold Cup
Rides Winners in Feature Races
in Warrenion; Oliver C
Takes Steeplechase
Noel Laing of Southern Pines wen
the two feature races at the annual!
Virginia Gold Cup meeting at War
ren ton. Virginia, last Saturday. He
rode Carleton Palmer’s Ghost Dancer
to victory in the Gold Cup event, and
Mrs. Marion duPont Somerville’s Oli-
tion Will G. Tyson, farmer, announc- ; ver C to first place in the Virginia
ing his candidacy.
National Steeplechase.
Other horses trained here by Laing
also took first and second in a two-
and-one-half mile race for hunters.
’ Mrs. Grace Eustis' The Mole winning
Work on the new extension to the by a narrow margin over Mrs. Ver-
47 P.ATIENTS IN 33-BED
M. C. HOSPITAL ON M.\Y 'i
Mrore County Hospital got under way I ner Z. Reed’s Sir Gareth. Laing rode
The public is cordially invited to at- j this week and the wing is expected to , Mrs. Reed’s horse,
tend the service. be completed by November. The need ^ Murray Tynan, of the New York
HOEY, CANDIDATE
FOR GOVERNOR, TO
BE HERE MONDAY
To Speak in Aberdeen; Graham
Manager at Rally Tonight
In Pinehurst
Clj'de Hoey. of Sheloy. candidate
for the Democratic nomination tor
Governor of Noi'th Carolina, will be
a guest of Moore county cn Monday
and address a county-wide meeting
in the Aber-deen Higs School Auditor
ium at 4:00 o’clock in the afternoon.
Announcement of the meeting was
made this week by Dan Carter of Car
thage. Mr. Hoey’s campaign manager
for Moore county.
Tonight, Friday, at 8:00 o’clock, in
the auditorium of the Pinehurst High
School. Lon Folger of Mt. Airy. State
campaign manager for A. H. (Sandy)
Graham, present Lieutenant Govern
or of the state and a candidate for
jthe Democratic gubernatcrial nomina
tion, will discuss the issues and the
proposed candidates.
Tomorrow. Saturday afternoon, at
2.00 o’clock a mass meeting of Dem
ocratic voters of McNeills Township
h s been called by Dr. George G.
Herr, chairman of the Democratic
Precinct committee of Southern Pines,
in the Municipal Park. All registered
voters of the township are urged to
attend.
Next Thursday, the 14th. W'illiam
H. Griffin, candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for United States
jfor the additional space was empha-
DR. RAYMOND PREACHES | sized this week by the school bus
•\T UNION SERVICE SUND.AV ; wreck at Car thage. The present
i building has 33 beds. On May 6th
The union Sunday night service will ; there were 47 patients in the insti-
be at the First Baptist Church, music j tution.
led by the united choirs, sermon by j
the Rev. Dr. C. Rexford Raymond. I MIRI.VM HOPKINS HERE
Following the suggestion that May be j -
observed nationally as a “Universal j The Highland Pines Inn closed this
Goodwill Month,” Dr. Raymond will ; week. Among final week guests, in
Herald-Tr'ibune, said of Laing in his Senator, is scheduled to speak in the
last Sunday account of the races: j Southern Pines Municipal Park at 12
Laing has been a favorite with hunt ,o clock noon. Mr. Griffin is president
club crowds for the last few years
and is almost as well known at Ain-
tree as he is here. It takes years of
heady and courageous riding to reach
the point he holds in the affection of
the public, but seldom, if ever before,
did he ride as he did today. Neither
horse he rode was favorite and each
of the Good Government League of
North Carolina, with headquarter's at
Chapel Hill.
OPPOSE WINDFALL TAX
At the 40th annual convention of
the i#erican Cotton Manufacturers
preach on ‘‘Goodwill, the Basis of 1 addition to U. S. Attorney General one called for smart judgment of Association held last Saturday in
National Progress." Everybody is in- ^ Homer Cummings and Gene Tunney. ! pace, saving of ground and practical- Pinehurst r-esolutions were adopted
vited to attend this community ser-iwas Miss Miriam Hopkins, motion ly all of the skill a competent race opposing the proposed “windfall” tax
vice. I picture star. rider has at his command. in the 1936 federal revenue bill.
DR. PRIZER EXPLAINS
The reported purchase by the
Southern Pines School District of the
Baptist Church property on Connec
ticut avenue for the use of the three
primary grades, to relieve the present
crowded condition of the May street
school, stiri’pd up a tempest in town
during the past week and has resulted
in a postponement of the purchase
p nding the sounding out of senti
ment on the subject.
The plan of the School Board is to
acquire the church at a price of $2,-
000. for temporary use for the lower
grades or until such time as the
School District can finance the erec
tion of a new building. Criticism of
the proposal come from parents who
object to sending their c'^ildren to a
wooden structure, from families re
siding on the east side of the railroad
tracks, and from those taxpayers who
believe the purchase a waste of mon
ey.
The arrangement is desired by the
school authorities as a means of re
lieving congestion at the main school,
and by the Baptist Church, which is
anxious to dispose of its property that
j it may acquire necessary funds for
(continuing work on its new edifice on
I Ashe street. To those parents on the
I east side of the railroad who object
; on geographical grounds, the school
board points out that more children
In the lower grades reside west of
the tracks than east.
At the regular meeting of the
School Board held Wednesday night,
thr members voted to hold the mat
ter of the purchase in abeyance until
the public is acquainted with the nec
essity f r securing additional quar-
ter.s. Dr. E. L. Prizer. speaking for
the boaid of which he Is a member,
made the following statement to
The Pilot:
.School Board's Position
“The most difficult problem which
has confronted the S.uthern Pines
School Committee during the past
s;veral years has been to find suffi
cient floor space on which to seat the
pupils. The school population of the
Southern Pines District has been in
creasing speedily at the rate cf ap
proximately ten per cent a year with
the inevitable result that buildings
which seemed large when completed
and adequate for many years soon
became crowded to an extent never
originally anticipated. Two years ago
when the congestion In our White
School had seriously passed the dan
ger point, viewed both from the point
j of health and of fire hazard, the
j transference of the small school build
ing fromx Manly to our local grounds,
largely through the employment of
relief approprlation.s. relieved the sit
uation and this without large expendi
ture of taxpayers' money. It was hop
ed at that time to follow this with
I the erection of a gymnasium upon
j equally advantageous terms but de-
I lay In completing the specifications
i and change In the rules for allocation
jcf the WPA funds thwarted this pro
ject:
I “The result Is that more school
floor space will be required almost Im-
I mediately and upon shorter notice
I than could be provided I'y the usual
I cumbersome method of a special elec-
, tlon and flotation of new bonds, a
method which the school committee
has hesitated to advise because of the
large increase in tax rate which it
would involve. Consequently the com
mittee has had under consideration
for some time the establishment cf a
temporary annex and has been look-
I Ing for a building which could be util
ized without considerable expense for
this purpose. When a survey had fail
ed to disclose any suitable structure
near the school and several other ex
pedients had been examined and fcund
impractical, it was suggested that the
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