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of the Sandhill Territory of North Ca/olina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, October 30. 1936.
FIVE CENTS
ROWE DECLARES
WAR ON ILLEGAL
SLOT MACfflNES
Asks Public To Report Viola
tions of Law That Record
er’s Court May Curb Menace
“STRONGLY OPPOSED”
Pine Needles Inn on Knollwood Heigrhts Opens For the Season
J. Vance Rowe of Aberdeen, Judge
of Moore County’s Recorder’s Cuurt,
declares war on illegal slot machines
in an interview given The Pilot this
week, Judge Rowe asks for the co
operation of the public in bringing
violations of the law into court by
reporting th«m to the Sheriff or by
awearing out warrants for the arrest
of the operators. He says:
“Some complaints have rei^ched me
to the effect that illegal slot ma
chines are being operated in this
county and that in a good many
cases legal slot machines are be
ing operated in ^n illegal manner.
I wish to assure the people of Moore
county that I am as strongly op
posed to slot machines of all types
and kinds as anybody in the county,
and that I am anxious that the laws
pertaining to the slot machines be
enforced.
“Only one slot machine has been
brought into court in this county,
and that was the machine which was
designed and built especially to com.
ply with our law and while I was
personally opposed to its operation,
I was conscientiously of the opinion
that it complied with our law, and
I was therefore powerless to out
law it for the i ovince of the courts
is to interpret the law and not make
it. The next Legislature which meets
next January, may amend this law
so as to prohibit the operation of all
slot machines.
Many Illrgalities
“The complaints which I have
heard are to the effect that these
legal slot machines are being oper
ated without containing mints or
other confections so that when the
coin is inserted in the slot, the ma
chine does not pay off as it says it
will do, most often paying nothing.
It is my opinion that this is clearly
illegal, and this kind of operation
should not be tolerated. I have also
heard that these operators of legal
slot machines are sometimes allow
ing miners under the age of 18 years
to play these machines while not In
the presence of their father, mother
or guardian and without their con
sent. This is absolutely a violation
of the law and should not be toler
ated by our people. It is also re
ported that there are a number of
old slot machines being operated in
the county, which do not comply
with the slot machine law. These
machines are illegal devices and
should not be permitted to be used.
“I recommend that any citizen
knowing of any of the violations of
law mentioned above, should report
the same to the Sheriff, or should
go before a Justice of the Peace and
have a warrant sworn out for the
guilty party or parties, and be pre
pared to appear in court and testify
against the law violator. I wish to
assure the people that your County
‘ Recorder’s Court is not only willing
and ready to try these law violators,
but anxious to do so, but the court
Is absolutely powerless to do any
thing with them unless and until
they aiip brought into court.”
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II
Noore Prepares to Vote for
County, State and National
Officials on Next Tuesday
Local Candidates
Moore County Citizens on
State and County Ballots in
Tuesday’s Election
Campai^^n Winds Up With Re
publican Rally in Southern
Pines School Tonight
POLLS OPEN AT 6:23 A. M.
PICQUET ELECTED
KIWANIS CLUB’S
PRESIDENT FOR’37
Organization in Annual Session
at Pine Needles Inn Chooses
Officers and Directors
Hotels Open in Preparation
For Professional Golf Event
Heads Kiwanis
I • COUNTY TICKET
I Democratic
I For Board of Commi.ssioners: Wil-
I bur H. Currie, Carthage; Gordan
' Cameron, Pinehurst; D. D. McCrim.
i mon, Hemp: L' R- Reynolds, High
Falls, and T. Frank Cameron, Camer-
I on.
; For House of Representatives: J.
; Hawley Pocle, West End.
For Sheriff: Charles J. McDonald,
, Carthage.
For Register of Deeds; Miss Bes-
I sie McCaskill, Carthage.
I For Judge, Recorder's Court: J.
Vance Rowe, Aberdeen.
For Solicitor, Recorder’s Court: M.
: G. Boyette, Carthage.
For County Surveyor: M. McQueen
HEARS OF 1936 ACTIVITIES
MRS. ATKINS DIES HERE
AFTER EXTENDED IIXNESS
Charles W. Picquet was elected
president of the Kiwanis Club of
Aberdeen at the ciiib’s annual meet
ing held in the Pine Needles Inn cn
Wednesday night. The manager of
the Carolina Theatres of Pinehurst
and Southern Pines will succeed the
Rev. J. Fred Stimson on January 1st.
Attorney W. Duncan Matthews of
Southern Pines was elected vice-
pres-ident, Richard Tarlton re-elect
ed treasurer, and the following chos
en for the 1937 board of directors:
Paul Dana and L. E. Pender of Pine
hurst, John Howarth, Howard Burns,
J. C. Musser, R. P. Shepard and W.
G. McAvoy of Southern Pines.
The club heard interesting reports
of activities during the past year
from its committees on Agriculture^
Inter-Club Relations, Attendance and
Reception, Membership and Classif
ication, Publicity, Public Affairs, Un-
Guidance, Kiwanis Education, Roads
and Finance.
At the meeting, which followed a
fine dinner, six new members were
presented to the club, E. C. Stevens,
O. Harrison Stutts, George Rose,
Henry W. Dorn, Emmett Boone, Jr.,
and Cha.n S. Page. After the busi
ness session the Kiwanians were in
vited to inspect the new Pine Needles
clubhouse and were shown about by
Emmett Boone, Sr., his son and Har
rison Stutts. The attractive building
was completed and furnished this
week and the Kiwanis members were
the first guests.
A number of the members of the
local club are leaving today for
Greensboro to attend the convention
of the Carolinas District. Delegates
are Ralph Chandler^ Charles W. Pic
quet and J. M. Taylor, with Dr. E.
M. Medlin, J. Vance Rowe and W. S.
McAvoy as alternates. The well
known lecturer and humorist, Strick
land Gillian of New York, will be
ttie principal speaker at the annual
banquet tonight, Friday.
I Thousands Expected to Tax Ca-- Bailey, Vass.
i pacity of Sandhills For South’s I For Coroner: D. Carl Fry, Car.
First National Tournament jthage.
I ■ Republican
j It’s another season. j For State Commissioner of Insur-
i Pinehurst and Southern Pines win- ance: Herbert F. Seawell, Jr., of Car-
! ter hotels are opening this week— thage.
I earlier than usual due to the expecta- For Board of Commissioners: A. | ing on East Broad street. In Aber-
tion of hordes from north and south, b. Sally, Pinehurst; George W. Case^! deen, in the Page Trust Company
east and west for the South’s first Southern Pines; Baxter Paschel, ’ Building; in Pinehurst, the Fire De
national golf tournament, the annual Glendon; W. P. Copeland, Bensalem; ! partment Building. In charge of the
The nation goes to the polls on
Tuesday.
In Moore county, polling places
will open at 6:23 o’clock in the
morning and close at 5:03 o’clock in
the afternoon, the law of North Car
olina providing that the polls be open
from sun-up to sun-down, and the
official almanac recording Old Sol’s
movements on November 3d as such.
Moore county votes for National^
State and County officers. Four bal
lots will be handed each duly regis
tered voter in his duly appointed
polling place, one for President and
Vice-President of the United States;
one containing the names of State
officers. United States Senator and
Congressman; one your county offi
cials and representatives in the
State General Assembly, and one on
which to register your decision on
proposed amendments to the State
constitution. (These amendments are
outlined on Page 2 of this ii .ue of
The Pilot.) ^ ^
In Southern Pines the po^lling place
will be in present Curb Market Build-
championship of the Professional
Gclfers’ Association to start on the
famed No. 2 course of the Pinehurst
Country Club on Monday, November
16th. This event will bring hundreds
of America’s leading golfers to the
A. F. Boyte, Carthage.
For State Senate; Howard G. Phil
lips, Pinehurst.
For House of Representatives: Dr.
R. G. Rosser, Vass.
For Sheriff: Charles A Hussey,
Charles W. Picquet
FIRES THREATENED FURNITURE
PLANT AND McBRAYER BLDG.
Following an extended illness, Mrs.
Mary Adell Atkins died in her home
on Ashe street, Southern Pines on
Wednesday night. Born in New
Hampshire, November 26, 1890 she
has been a resident of oSuthem
Pines for the past - ten years. Fun
eral services conducted by the Rev.
T. A. Williams will be held in Saint
Anthony’s Church at 10:00 o’clock
this, Friday, morning^ with inter
ment in Mount Hope Cemetery.
Mrs. Atkins is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. Robert Walker and
Miss Ruth Atkins of Southern Pines
and Mrs. Edwin Obligney of Balti
more, Md.; her parents, Mr. and Mits.
Thomas MacMurray of St. John, N.
B.; six sisters and two brothsr.
The Southern Pines fire appara
tus was called to Vass at 8:30 o’clock
Tuesday night, flames in the boiler
room of the furniture factory threat
ening the extensive plant of this
concern. The fire was kept within
the walls of the boiler room, the
only loss to the company being con
fined to this building.
At 7::30 o’clock Wednesday morn
ing the apparatus answered a still
alarm from the McBrayer building
on West Bk-oad street, Southern
Pines, where a hot iron made con
siderable smoke and little flame.
VOTE EARLY
CONVICTS STEAL
CAR FROM PRISON
PHYSICIAN, FLEE
Hold Up Dr. R. L. Felton of Car
thage, Wreck New Sedan
Near Samarcand
Sandhills^ thousands of spectators Hemp.
for one of the country’s classic rank
ing in importance with the National
Open and National Amateur tourna
ments.
The Pine Needles Inn opens on Sun
day, first Southern Pines’ major re
sort hotels to start registering guests
for the season. The Pine Needles will
be under the management of Emmett
E. Boone of West Hampton Beach,
Long Island, again this winter. It
enjoyed a highly successful season
last year, has added a most attrac
tive clubhouse and greatly improved
its golf course since closing last
spring, and anticipates its most suc-
For Register cf Deeds: Clarence
Gordon, West End.
For Solicitor, Recorder’s Court: W.
Clement Barrett, Carthage.
For County Surveyor: John |M.
Fields, Carthage.
For Coroner: G. Fulton Stutts.
Party Leaders Say—
Hiram Westbrook, registrar of
elections in Southern Pines, urges all
voters to cast their ballots early on
Tuesday, to avoid a late nish.
Three escaped convicts from the
Moore county prison camp, all honor-
grade men, held up Dr. R. L. Felton,
well-known Carthage doctor who ser
ves as camp physican, Sunday night
and made a getaway in his new
Chevrolet sedan. The car was recov
ered on Monday near Samarcand
where it had been wrecked on a
curve, but no trace of the convicts
has been found.
The hcld-up occured in the yard of
the Felton home about 9:30 o’clock
when the Feltons returned from a
visit to Aberdeen. Mrs. Felton was
driving, and as soon as she stopped
the car, the three men stepped up,
two on one side and the third on the
other, and ordered the owners out of
their automobile. They assured the
doctor that they meant no barm to
him or his family, but that they
needed his automobile. He was al
lowed to recover his medical equip,
ment from the car before the men
fled.
Dr. Felton’s telephone wires had
been cut, so he was forced to walk
to the home of a neighbor before he
could notify officers.
The three escaped men are Percy
Newsom, serving a 19 to 20-year sen
tence for storebreaking, larceny and
robbery with firearms, committed to
prison in August^ 1933 from Moore
county; Marion Bradley, serving a
17 to 20-year sentence for second-de
gree murder, committed to prison in
serving a six-year sentence for steal.
(Please turn to page 8)
By M. G. Boyette,
Demoi-ratlc County Chairman
Moore county will go to the polls
on Tuesday next and record its ap-
cessful season in history. Mr. Boone ' proval of good government in coun-
already reports numerous reserva-' ty and state, its choice of President
tions for early fall and winter. i Roosevelt ever Governor Landon for
Carolina Opens Tuesday I the administration of the business of
The Carolina in Pinehurst opened the nation. I look for the usual Dem-
unofficially this week to receive del- . ocratic majorities in the county, the
egates to the Carolina Yam Associa- ’ return of the entire Board of County
tion’s annual convention, and will be Commissioners who have faithfully
officially open for the winter on' served their canstituents and given
Tuesday. Many improvements, par-! Moore a progressive administration
ticularly on the upper floors, have j of its affairs during the past several
been made since the spring, and the years; the election of all county
Pine Room, so popular last season, I Democratic nominees for other offi-
has been altered and enlarged. The ; overwhelming vote for
Carolina looks for a record season, ; Clyde Hcey, Senator Bailey and Wal-
and is solidly booked for the P. G. 1 ter Lambeth. I thank the electorate
A. tournament. in advance for its generous support
The Holly Inn in Pinehurst opens o{ our candidates. County, State and
the earliest this fall it has ever op- Nation,
ened, on November 13th, that it may
I Southern Pines polling place will be
Hiram Westbrook as registrar, with
J. M. Windham and S. B. Richard
son as judges of election.
Republican Rally Tonight
The campaign winds up in Moore
county this week with a big Republi
can rally in the Southern Pines High
Schoel auditorium tonight, Friaay,
at 8:00 o’clock, at which Judge Her
bert F. Seawell, Sr., of Carthage,
former Republican candideilte for
Governor, will be the speaker. Harry
F. Lewis will preside and former
Mayor S. B. Richardson of Southern
Pines will introduce the speaker.
"rtie Democratic speaking campaign
locally came to a close Monday night
with a big rally at Carthage at which
the principal speaker was Lieutenant
Governor A. H. (Sandy) Graham. Re
publicans held a big meeting Wed
nesday night at Hemp, with so many
present that the fish for the fish fry
ran out. The speakers were Judge
Seawell and Kyle Hayes, G. O. P.
candidate for Congress from the 8th
I district. All candidates on the county
ticket were introduced to an overflow
crowd in thet schcolhouse. H. F. Sea
well, Jr., presided, there was a band,
and "a good time was had by all.”
aid in providing nroommodations for
the record throng expected for the
big tournament. The Manor is already
BO.ARD MEETINGS PUBLIC
Chairman George G. Herr of the
Southern Pines School Board an
nounced this week that the board’s
meetings, held the first Wednesday
of each month in the High School
auditorium, are open to parents and
friends of the school who will be wel
come to attend.
By H. F. Seawell, Jr.,
Republican County Chairman
Republicans of Moore county put |
open, the Berkshire and the Pine-1 more effort in this campaign than i
crest Inn, other popular Pinehurst i gygp before. What we want and what |
hostelries, are opening this week-1 seeking is honest elections i
and economic government. The 1
The Southland in Southern Pines, abolition of ring politics and the es-
opens this week, the park Viek, and tablishment of sound principles in
Belvedere^ are open as usual, and jjjg conduct of all public affairs,
many of the smaller hotels, inns and ; -^yg anticipate a heavy protest vote
boarding houses are either open or j against many things, among others:
about to. No definite date for the | Half the taxes in the county are paid
opening of the Highland Pines Inn Hepublicans, who have no repre-
has been announced by M. H. Turner, j sentation, even minority representa-
who will manage the hotel this win- | tion, in any affairs of the county,
ter. Mr. Turner is here and getting | \ye contend that taxation without
everything in readiness, and it Is ^ representation is tyranny, always has
probable that the popular Weymouth j been, and this year the Republicans
Heights inn will be ready for P. G. I are going to demand more than ever
A. visitors along with the others. | their rights as citizens and taxpayers
Predictions ttre that all hotels in; Moore cotnty.”
Aberdeen, Pinehurst and ipouthem |
Pines will be needed to accommodate '
the golfers and golf fans the week of
1 MISS EDNA SHAW TO WED
H. M. PATTERSON of SANFORD
the 16th.
Mrs. Catherine McQueen Shaw an
nounces the engagement and ap
proaching marriage of her daughter
EVEN MONEY BETS
-A number of large wagers on the
outcome of the Presidential election I Edna to Hinton Matthew Patterson of
have been placed in Southern Pines I Sanford. The wedding will take place
this week at even money. some time in the near future.
Relief Cases
Refer Them Directly to Coun.
ty Welfare Office in Car
thage, Says Mrs. Brown
Tliough confirming the fact con
tained .n an editorial in last week’s
Pilot Ihdl there is no public welfare
officer or agent in Southern Pines,
Mrs. W. G. Brown, county welfare
officer, in a statement to The Pilot,
tells what local residents should do
for the relief of needy individuals She
says:
“If any person who knows of or
sees an individual in destitute cir
cumstances will report to me at my
office in Carthage, Telephone Carth
age 23, I will pay the ’phone call and
immediately begin an investigation
into the case. No one in Moore county
needs to go without food or clothes.”
Mrs. Brown stated that in her opin
ion Southern Pines should have a lo
cal welfare agent, or s<*ne individual
or organization, to whom stranded
or needy could be referred pending
investigation and disposition of (he
case by her office.