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FIRST IN NEWS, CIRCULATION & ADVERTISING nr "FT ¥7 tmm iHb JL JLi^lr A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 16, NO. 44. pWTHAOe cAtA^ &ACL.K SPniHCS 9^ Alakevicw JACXSOH SPRIHO0 PINSS « #PINBBLUFI» 2 jS ^ '^U N. CARoijjv,^ nooivr PILOT MOORE COLXTY’S LEADING NEWS-WEEKLY MRS. SOMERVILLE WEDS RANDOLPH scon, FILM STAR Prominent Horsewoman Winters String of Steeplechase Horses Here Dedicates New Book to F. Craighill Brown of the Sandhill % ^"*ritory of North Carolina ' Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North ('aroIina> Fridav, August 21, 1936. ^ FIVFTrFNTS ■ J'"-- - ~~ -:i= ■ ■■ ' — MARRIED IN CAMDEN • News of the marriage last March of Mrs. Marion duPont Somerville of | Montpelier, Virginia to George Ran- | dolph Scott, well known film star, | was received in Southern Pines last [ week with considerable surprise. Mrs. | Somerville is well known here ^ through her racing stables maintain- j ed in Southern Pines under the man- j agement and training of Noel Laing. | The marriage was announced by Mrs. ^ Somerville’s brother and sister-in-law, , Mr. and Mrs. William duPont, Jr., in | Wilmington Del. It took place in ^ Camden, S. C., at the time of the j Carolina Cup race there last spring, j Mrs. Somerville is the daughter of ^ the late Mr. and Mrs. William du Pont of Wilmington. She divorced her , book “Escape from America,” a first husband, Thomas H. omervi ® | challrtige to citizen.s who take Amer- last October in Reno, eva j granted. Burt's new book is fhe wedding culminate a i made up of eleven chapters or papers ship which began when Ran y co , were printed in some of the iy>w a popular movie ea ner, was publications. The combination Chamber of Commerce Welcomes New Head of Local Telephone Co. EARLY SEHLER PASSES AT HOME HERE YESTERDAY Mrs. Emerson Hayes Active In Civic Affairs for 35 Years, In cluding Civic Club and Library 91 YEARS OF AGE Tuesday’s Meeting Drew Larjie Number to Meet Mr. McAvoy; Introduced by DuRant In the home on East Broad street >in which she ha.s lived for 35 years, death came early yesterday morning to Mrs. Ophelia Hayes, one of the I oldest residents of Southern Pines. I She was 91 years old. Mrs. Hayes was born in Morris, I Conn., in September, 1845, the dau- I ghter of William Calhoun and Leniore ' Tiacy Calhoun. She was married to I Emerson M. Hayes in 1866, and with The Scribner- Publishing Company her husband came to Southern Pines STRl’THKRS Bl’RT has just released Struthers Burt’s attending Woodberry Forest School at Orange, Virginia, Scott’s boyhood home town. The Scott family later moved to Charlotte where his mother now resides. Mrs. Somerville is the leading own er of steeplechase race horses in the country, maintaining stables at her Montpelier home, at Camden, S. C., and here. Her horses are trained and ridden by the country’s leading ama teur riders, Carroll K. Bassett, who looks after the Camden stables, and Noel Laing, who winters a number of her horses at his Southern Pines sta bles. It was in Southern Pines that , the famous Trouble Maker, which won every major timber race in the coun makes the most serious reading the author has yet published. It is a ser ious book for thinking people and a good book for non-thinking people as it should create a tendency to wards thinking. It is written by an enthusiastic American who would like to see Americans come up to his ideal. There are many who, so far, have not achieved that state. The book is dedicated to Craighill Brown who, in the opinion of the au thor is “so many of the things an ) American should be.” Mr. Brown is the rector of the Emmanuel Episcopal I Church of Southern Pines. try and succes.sfully negotiated the Services Last Sunday Grand National course at Aintree, at New Baptist Church in 1900 where they built their home. Mr. Hayes died in 1911. Of a keen and active mind, Mrs. Hayes became vitally interested in civic affairs as one of the founders, and several times president and direc tor of the Civic Club. She was a trus tee of the library in its formative years and numbered as her friends all her contemporary generation. In gradually failing health for the past ^ year her mind remained clear though I her morning walks through the down town streets became more and more i curtailed. 1 For a number of years two sisters, ' Mrs. E. P. Catlin and Miss Helen Cal houn resided with Mrs. Hayes and a brother Seth Calhoun, and a s*>n A. N. Hayes were frequent visitors and I wich the exception of Mrs. Catlin they I now survive. ; Funeral services conducted by the I Rev. J. Fi'ed Stinison were held in her I late home at 4:00 o’clock yesterday afternoon, the boily going northward on the evening train for interment in England, later to die during the run ning of the Maryland Hunt Cup at Fine Spirit of C.'ooperation Evi- the family cemetery in Granby, Conn. Baltimore, was trained by Laing. Mrs. ^ Somerville is a frequent visitor here , during the winter season. ^ Pinehurst Schools to Begin September 8th Faculty Meeting to Be Held Both Morning and After noon on 7th denced as Conffregation Meets for Opening of New Edifice The first service at the new Baptist Church last Sunday morning was both unusual and inspiring. The text chos en for a brief talk by Pastor J. Fred Stimson was taken from Neh. 4:6— A valiant soul is at rest. IlMOK C’. K. SfK’IETY H.\S NE\^ COURSE OF STl n't open The Junior Christian Endeavor So- iety which meets at the Church of “for the people had a mind to work." ! Wide Fellowship on Tuesdays at 8:30 He praised the work of all who have | has begim work on a new course of had a hand in the building project study entitled “Learning About Our ^ ~. „ . „ ' and visualized what could be done in | Church.” This course deals with the The Pinehurst Public Schools will ^ ^ Tues ay morning, j ^vork.” He then gave the service to | of church and the relation of te the congregation for discussion. church to Nature, Art, Music, Drama, S. B. Richardson spoke for mem bers of the Church, recalling the hopes and plans for an elaborate 8th. at nine o’clock. The faculty will hold meetings both morning and afternoon on Monday, September 7th. At the faculty meetings on Monday morning there will be discussions of the rental system, and the new course of study. Some of the following will be discussed: “How can our Schools Be Made More Efficient?” “How can v. ^ ■ the Teachers Become Better Ac- the same time burdening them wiih quainted With the Parents?” “In overpowering debt. What ways can the Teachers Render | Miss Bertha Fowler spoke for the a More Worth While Service to the [vonng P^opl., expressing School and to the Community?” I Any interested parents have a cor dial invitation to be present at the and Literature. All children between nine and twelve years of age are in vited to the sessions which are under j church structure, the abandonment of | the direction of Miss Mary Jane Phil- I those costly ideas, and the final de- laman and Arthur W'ells. ^ termination to build within the ' means of the people a building that I would meet their needs without at meetings on Monday. CARL J. BROWN WEDS Of Interest to friends here Is the announcement of the marriage of a former resident, Carl J. Brown to their de in the new structure which, i when completed, would offer so many i ' more possibilities for their activities. ^ She promised the aid and co-operation ! of each young person toward further-, ing its completion. | E. W. Reinecke, contractor, and j builder of the church, spoke of the | pleasure it had been to work with | had 1 the people. Everyone, he said, Miss Pauline Popovich of Ashfor , . j most agreeable, enthusiastic and j C., August 14, 1936. Mr. and Mrs. , of what was being done Brown will make their home In Wash- ^ given him a personal In- i Ington. D. C., where he is engaged In R. F. Potts, speaking as a friend of the church, was most encouraging. He pointed out that the new struc ture would be an additional asset to the community and assured the con- ] gregatlon they need have no fear of, business. PILOT’S DEVIL HURT James Pate, apprentice at The Pi lot. was hit In the back of the head, suffering a severe cut, by a rock which was presumably thrown from j j^g being rapidly completed. He stat ed that .without going into debt one cent, the building was far nearer completion than most projects which a passing truck while on his way home from work Wednesday after noon. ATTEND MEET IN ASHEVILLE Register of Deeds D. D Shields Cameron and Commissioners D. D. McCrimmon and L. R. Reynolds spent a part of last week in Asheville at tending the annual meeting of the State Association of County Commis sioners of North Carolina. 'are started with the idea of paying as the work goes along. Others giving expressions were Mrs. Bessie Clark, Miss Lillian A. Roberts and A. P. Allen. Work on the building will be re sumed within the next few days and the church will be put into good shape for use during the winter season. An Airplane Ride? All You Have to Do Is Get Out on the Streets Saturdays and Catch Dropped Chute If you have been wondering why the streets around in the different towns of the county have been crowded with youngsters on Sat urday afternoons lately—it’s not a circus—but free air plane rides for them. That is, those lucky ones who are fortunate enough to catch one of the tiny parachutes that are dropped. For the past several weeks, merchants in Southern Pines, Aberdeen, Pinehurst and Carthage have been sponsoring free rides at the Knollwood Airport on Sundays. The instructions with a ticket are attached to a small parachute that opens as they are dropped from the plane in the middle of the differ ent towns, and for a half hour or more there are dozens of excited boys and girls trying to get their free ride. The Knollwood Airport, with Harold Bachman a.« pilot, is mak ing a fine bid for patronage and In the past year the airport has be come one of the Sandhills most popular fields for entertainment for both young and old. The Southern Pines Chamber of! Commerce met Wednesday at Jack’s ! Grill with the largest number in at- | tendance in several months. It was its j regular meeting but a special one in i a way as the members were there to j bid farewell to one of the town’s I leading citizen.s. K. S. DuRant, who [ leave® this week for his new home in , Newton, Iowa and to welcome to the | town the new manager of the Central | Carolina Telephone Company, W. G. McAvoy who is taking the place left vacant by Mr. DuKant. Mr. McAvoy is from Albia, Iowa where he entered the telephone busi ness in 1920 and was in the employ of the Bell Company until 1933. Dur ing the period from 1933 to 1936 he was manager of the Albia Exchange of the Iowa State Telephone Com pany. At the time of his departure from Albia he was active in the civic j affairs of his community, being a' member of the Board of Directors of ' the Rotary Club and. during last year { served as vice-president of that Club. ' He .served one year as Chairman ot I the Red Cross Board and another year! (as chairman of the First Aid and Safety activities. For the past two' years, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Albia Com mercial Club (Chamber of Commerce) 1 and at the time of leaving there was president of the grcRip. j Mr. McAvoy is active in Church at- j fairs and is a member of the Bap- | tist Chui'ch. Mrs. McAvoy and their two young children will arrive in ^ Southern Pines this week where they ' have taken a house. j Mr. DuRant, who left last month j for Iowa to take over his new duties ^ (Please turn to pige 4) l Gol Jen Wedding'*^ .Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Eifort of West End .Married in 1886; Will Hold Open House On next Wednesday. August 26 Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Eifort of West End will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary and open house will be held for the family and a large number of invited guests from three until five in the afternoon and seven until ten in the evening. The couple were married in Aur ora, Ind., in 1886, Mrs. Eifort be fore her marriage being Miss Ag nes Radspinner. They lived for a number of years in Olive Hill, Ky., and in 1916 the family moved to West End. Mr. and Mrs. Eifort have a daughter, Mi.ss Lucile Eifort and one son, Donald Eifort. They are one of the most prominent familie.s of the county and there will bt many friends who will be happy in the celebration of their fiftieth an niversary. ARTHUR NEWCOMB PREDICTS RISE IN REAL ESTATE HERE Speaker at Kiwanis Meeting Wednesday Says Prospects for this Winter Are Bright MITCH Bl ILDING NOW NEW FUNERAL HOME NOW BEING ERECTED HERE Model Building to Include Chap el; ( handler Starts Construc tion for J. N. 1‘owell, Inc. READY BY NOVE.MBER ^ Along about the first of November Southern Pines will have a fine, new funeral home for J. N. Pow-eli, Inc. I. I F. Chandler, owner of the company, I recently purchased the Leavitt lot. I located on the .south side of New I ^^ampshire a-, enue between East I Broad and Ashe streets, just above j the telephone company building, and I IS erecting a model funeral home. I The building, a two-story structure, I IS to be of tile, brick veneered with , a frontage of 42 feet ^nd a depth of 100 feet on the alley. On the lower ; floor will be a spacious chapel where ; services may be held when desired. I Other rooms will include a layout room, show room, reception room, of fice, embalming room and stock room. The second floor will contain six rooms and two baths and provide quarters for Mr, McElroy and hia family. There will also be facilities on that floor to accommodate a family overnight if necessary. When completed it will be one of the best designed buildings for its purpos.- in the Sandhills. The plans were suggested by the manager, H. G. McElroy and plotted by E. W. Remecke. The site was purchased through the H. A. Lewis agency. For many years the Powell Funeral Home has been a comfort and helpful aid to many people. It was establish ed in 1895 by J. N. Powell, who until his death in 1932 was the foremost undertaker in this section. Mr. Chan- Judge Rousseau Holds Term Superior Court First Visit to Moore County as Judge; Many Cases on Docket Superior court for the trial of crim inal cases in Moore county got under way on Monday with Judge J. A. Roii.sseau’s first visit to this county in an official capacity and he has made a fine impression on the peo ple. The Grand jury returned a true bill against O. C. Blackwood, driver of the automobile which coliidMd with that of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. By num of Chapel Hill at an intersection in Cameron a few weeks ago, a col lision in which both Mr. and Mrs. By num received fatal injuries. Black Arthur Newcomb, real estate brok er, in an address before the Kiwanis Club Wednesday predicted a return of real estate values and more building for the next few years. He pointed i dler purchased the company from the out there are more real estate activi-' estate in 1934 and has had ties this summer than any time since "ho came to Southern Pines from Nashville Tenn no man 1932, and the outlook is bright for , ... as man- ® I ager in January, 1935. much building. His reasons are due • t* . “ It IS interesting to note the many to better business conditions, more , new buildings that have been erected employment, removal of old buildings ^ i„ the Sandhills during the past year in the cities with replacement with j and the newt rf the new undertakine new structures. He said there had , home will be received with favorable been no buildings during the past notice. few years to cover the normal growth and it would take five years to catch up again from the lack of construc tion during the depression. Mr. Newcomb further stated with improved transportation facilities it is possible for plant owners and ex ecutives to direct their business from a remote point, and this alone will bring more e.xecutives to the Sandhills this winter. It was his prediction Mrs. 0. B. Flinchum Passes Last Friday Carthage Resident for Fifteen Years; Buried at Lamb’s Grove Church Funeral services w'ere conducted at Lamb's Grove Primitive Baptist Southern Pines and Pinehurst would Church, on Saturday afternoon at have the best season this year they ^ o’clock, for Mrs. Felicia Reid have had in a number of years. Al-1 P'^'nchum age 67 years, by Eider wood is charged with manslaughter. I ready there has been considerable | George Hill of Greensboro, assisted by A true bill was returned against building in Southern Pines and there , A. C. Key of Carthage. Issac McNeill, colored, charged with promise of much work before fall. the murder of Mason McDonald, col ored. of Lakeview, who was found in a dying condition beside the railroad track between Lakeview and Vass a short time ago. Carnie Hussey and Dewey Brower, white men from above Hemp, were found guilty of ua assault on Curtis Hussey with a knife, and were given Mr. Newcomb said he expected real estate values to continue rising for the next few years and would likely reach the point of inflation by 1948. OFMCER DEES AND COLORED MAN WOUNDED IN FIGHT As the result of a gun battle early Interment was made at Lamb’s Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Flinchum, the wife of O. B. Flinchum, died at her home Friday morning following a short illness. She wad a member of a prominent Surry County family, but for the past fif teen years has made her home in Car thage, She is survived by her husband, one two years each in jail to work on the ' Monday morning in Aberdeen, Oliver, daughter, Mrs, J, A, Caddell; two roads. Roosevelt Melton and James Shan- ker, colored, pleaded guilty to the larceny of an automobile. Melton Brown, colored, was seriously wound ed and Officer A. F. Dees was shot in the left hand. Dees was attempting to arrest sons, L. R. Flinchum and F. E. Flin chum all of Carthage. The following out-of-town friends and relatives were present: Mr. and drew two years and Shanker fifteen Brown, who was allegedly drunk, and j Mrs. D. T. Denny of Bishopvllle, S. jnonths in jail to w'ork on the roads. Brown pulled out a pistol and fired C.; Mrs. Lillie Hall, Mrs. Ed Krigger, W. H. Reid, Miss Jennie Reid and Mrs. George Reid of Pilot Mountain; J. J. Jones of Arrat, N. C.; Jim Har bour, Mr. and Mrs. Festus Lane, Mrs. Erv i Wllmeth of Dobson, F. A. Snow of Cameron, P. B. Stokes and Mr. Williams of Greensboro. Joe Lassiter, colored of Cameron,' was charged with possessing liquor! for the purpose of sale, but the jury reftirned a verdict of not guilty. The judge directed a verdict of not guilty as to Neill Tucker, colored bar-! twice at the officer. The first bullet struck Dees In the left hand, Inflict ing a slight wound, but the second bullet was deflected by Dees’ pocket- book. His left hand useless. Dees drew his her of Vass, who was charged with revolver with his right and shot Brown twice. In the hip and In the leg. Brown was taken to the Moore County Hospital for treatment. MRS. ELISHA KENT KANE PURCHASES RESIDENCE HERE I violating the prohibition law. I Son Murchison, colored, who was j charged with an assault with a dead- i ly weapon on some o his colored as sociates was given six months in jail I to work on the roads, j Pred Crutchfield, charged with pub- I lie drunkenness, was found guilty and i given a 30-day jail sentence which I was to be suspended upon condition I that he pay a fine of $10 and the | Elisha Kent Kane, of Kushequa, Pa. I costs. Upon his failure to comply | Mrs. Kane, a frequent visitor during j with the conditions, a capias Is to ^ past seasons, will take possession In issue by the clerk of the court to put September and make Southern Pines the sentence into execution. her winter residence. A forerunner of the coming season is the sale by R. F. Potts of his house on Indiana avenue to Mrs. M.XRY .^NN BLUE BRIDE OF DONALD RAYE IN RAEFORD Mr. and Mrs. Fred Blue of Aberdeen announce the marriage of Mr. Blue’s sister, Mary Ann Blue to Donald Raye of Raeford on Sunday, August 18th. The wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Blue. Mrs. Raye, whose home is in Rae ford, has visited in Aberdeen fre quently and has many friends there. The young couple will be at home in Raeford after the 23rd of August.
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