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VOL. 16, NO. -Wi ^
THAOK
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MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
of the Sandhill Territory of NortJi Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, November 6, 1936.
ONE KILLED, THREE HIKER STEALS CAR
INJURED IN AUTO OF LOCAL CITIZEN,
FIVE CENTS
ACaOENTS SUNDAY
Driver of Oil Truck Meets In
stant Death at Aberdeen In
tersection as Brakes Fail
KILLS POLICEMAN
Baltimore Officer Pushed From
Running Board of Schroeder
Coach After Locating: Thief
WALKERS, FRYE IN WRECK I BOUGHT CAR DAY BEFORE
One person was killed and three | William Schroeder of Southern
injured in motor car accidents in ^ Pines, en route last week in his new-
the Sandhills last Sunday. I >y purchased automobile to Engle-
Morcum Numally of Currie met in- [ wood, New Jersey, gave a hitch hik-
stant death at 2:00 o’clock Sunday er a ride from Henderson to Balti-
Reelected in Sweep of Nation
morning when the heavy truck and
oil tank trailer which he was driv
ing failed to make the curve from
more. At Baltimore Schroeder, his
young son who was accompanying
him on the trip, and the hiker went
U. S. Highway No. 1 to No. 29 at I into a restaurant for lunch. Schroe-
their intersection in Aberdeen. | <ler gave his new found “friend”
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walker of so*"® "lo^ey and asked him to go out
Southern Pines and Hobart Frye of; package of cigarettes. He
Pinehurst had a miraculous escape ^o reappear.
from death abcut noon Sunday when
After a short wait Schroeder went
a tire exploded on the car which i restaurant, looked for his
Walker was driving near the course! Though the key was in his
of the Sandhills Steeplechase & Rac i ^he car was gone. In it were
ing Association on Midland Road. All clothes, all his son’s clothes,
three were hurled through the top of Baltimore police were notified,
the sedan as it turned several som- Schroeder stayed on in town
ersaults, Frye landing 100 feet from ! awaiting hoped-for news cf the re-
the scene of wreck, the others con- i of the Chevrolet coach which
siderable distance. All were picked ^ad purchased here only the day
up unconscious and rushed to the news of the car came in
Moore County Hospital. ^ startling form when it did come.
.. T.he story, as it appeared in a Fri.
Walker, well known furniture re
pair man here, was the most serious
ly injured and failed to regain con- i, r-. tt ,
, , , j j » i Patrolman Carroll F. Hanley,
sciousness for several days, due to' ,
„ Central district, was mstantly killed
a slight concuftsion. .Mrs. Walker, ^
^ here when he either fell or was
whose mother, Mrs. Mary Adell At- , , , - ,,
j ihuiicd from the aide cf a speeding
Wns, died a week ago, suffered a . ... _ ^ ^ ^
^ . , automobile cn Twentieth street be-
broken collarbone, severe bruises and' -rt , ^ ^ ,
. , , , , tween St. Paul and Calvert,
face and neck injuries and lacera-
„ ^ j j I Two witnesses saw the policeman
tions. Frye suffered head bruises and v, * ^ ^ .
■' as he stood on the running board,
day morning’s Baltimore paper, is
this;
President FrankKi Delano Roosevelt
TuftSj Blodgett Say Legalizing
Liquor Has Improved Conditions
a broken finger. Mr. and Mr*<. Wal
ker are still in the hospital out ex
pected to be discharged before the
end of the week. The car was a com
plete wreck.
In the Aberdeen accident it is be
lieved the air brakes failed as the
heavy truck came down the hill from
Raeford into Aberdeen. Several wit
nesses reported that Numally shout
ed to them that his brakes were not
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Pinehurst Hotel Men Speak for —
State Control System at
Hearing in Asheville
clinging to the side of the machine,
as it sped along the street.
“The policeman was hurled to the
pavement as the machine made a
sharp swing into Hargrove alley, his
head striking an iron sewer plate.
"Patrolman Hanley arrested a man
a short time before at a motor com
pany establishment at 10 East North
avenue. Witnesses said the policeman
put the man in the front seat of a j
working and that he had lost con-' g^^ll coupe and walked around the !
trol of his truck. back of the car to get in. The driv- i
er, it was said, put the car in re- !
General MeCloskey to
Leave Fort Bragg
Commandinc Officer of 13th
Field Artillery to Command
1st Brigade at Ft. Hoyle
Brigadier General Manus McCloa-
key, for several years commanding
officer of Fort Bragg, has been or
dered transferred to command of the
First Artillery Brigade at Fort Hoyle,
Maryland, effective March 1st next. ^ t> • J •
General MeCloskey will be succeed- i Three IveSlflenCeS in
ed in command of the 13th Field] Southem PineS Sold
Artillery here by Brigadier General
Thomas E. Merrill, who being Wevmouth
transferred from his present tour of ^
duty in Hawaii. I
verse and the policeman jumped on
to the side as the car swerved around
I and went up Lovegrove alley.”
I According to the Baltimore police,
1 it was Schroeder’s car from which
I the policeman was hurled to his
! death. Up to yesterday, SchroeHer,
! who is associated with L. V. O’Cal-
lafehan here and who recently won a
trip to Bermuda in a Frigidaire sales
contest, had has no further news of
his car or the thief.
LIEUT. WILLIAM P. FISHER.
SOITTHERN PINES, TO WED
Major pohn North Douglass. Q.!
M. C.. U. S. Army and Mrs. Doug-1
las cf Mitchell Field, L. I.^ announce |
the engagement of their daughter, |
Miss Dorothy Douglas, to Lieuten-'
ant William P. Fisher, Air Corps,'
U. S. Army, son of the Rev. and!
Mrs. Parker W. Fisher of Southern'
Pines. I
Miss Douglas attended Chevy!
Chase School, Washington, D. C., and j
was graduated from the University
of Kansas.
Lieutenant Fisher was graduated
from State College. Raleigh and the
Air Corps Training School at Kelly
Field, Texas.
JULIA SCOTT BUTTERFIELD
TO WED IN AUBURN, N. Y.
Miss Julia Scott Butterfield, for
merly of Pinehurst and Southern
Pines, and B. D. Leonard of New
York City, will be married tomorrow,
Saturday, at the home of Samuel
Hopkins Adams, noted author^ in Au
burn, New York. Miss Butterfield is
the daughter of the late Mrs. John
G. Hurd of Pinehurst and the late
W. S. Butterfield cf Augusta, Mich
igan. Mr. Leonard is an investment
broker of Auburn, where the young
cotple will make their home.
Three of the most important real
estate transaction in Southern F*ines
this season were consummated this
week by the E. C. Stevens agency.
Preston T Kelsey of Montclair, N.
J., acqu..cu the Tracy property at
the corner of Massachusetts avenue
and Country Club Drive, the former
attractive residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Everest. Mr. and Mrs. Kel
sey have been winter residents of
Southern Pines for the past four
years and have decided to make this
their principal home. After renova
tions and alterations Mr. and Mrs.
Kelsey will move into their new
home within the month.
David G. Baird of New York City
hos purchased the Clara G. Pushee
residence on Highland Road and ex
pects to move in some time before
the Christmas holidays. Mr. Baird
is vicc-president Of the firm of
Marsh and McLennan in New York.
He is acquiring one of the finest
homes in the Weymouth Heights sec
tion^ built by Mrs. Helen Dull some
years ago and since purchased by
Mrs. Pushee. It adjoins the homes of
of E. C. Stevens and W. C. Arkell.
Howard Burns. City Clerk of
Southern Pines, has purchased the
Hayes property on Massachusetts
avenue. Mr. Burns is completely ren
ovating the house and equipping it
electrically throughout. He plans to
lease the property this winter.
Legalized sales of liquor has
greatly improved conditions in Pine
hurst and has solved problems
which “have been keeping hotel men
awake ^jights,” Richard S. Tufts
president of Pinehurst, Inc. toia the
State Liquor Investigating Com
mission during; the public hearing
which closed with a session at Ash-
ville last week. He said room con
ditions were much better and liq
uor consumption smaller since a
liquor store had replaced the boot
leggers.
Mr. Tufts advocated the Pasquo
tank liquor act under which the
A. B. C. stores in Pinehurst and
Southern Pines operates and which
provides for county-operated stores,
as a model for State-wide liquor
law.
At the same session E. C. Blod-
gett, operator of the Berkshire ho
tel in Pinehurst, told the commiss
ion that "we are going to have liquor
with us whether we want it or
not,” that “during prohibition liq
uor was being drunk in every hotel
everywhere to an alarming degree.
"There has been so r'.ach im
provement under the legal sale of
liquors,” Mr. Blodgett said. “Please
give us some system where it can
be handled legally.’ ’ He favored
some type of county control where
each community could decide how
best to meet its own problems.
“When liquor is handled legally and
aboveboard, you have no trouble at
all. When it’s not you will have,” he
told the commission.
Both proponents and opponents of
the present system of liquor dis
pensation ii^ North Cai^clina were
heard at the commission meetings.
Information on the progress of the
commission will be withheld until
the report is completed by January
1. said the chairman. It will then be
conveyed to the Governor, who is
expected to transmit it to the Gen
eral Assembly, with his recommend
ations.
While members declined to com
ment on their impressions it was
made clear by questions asked wit
nesses at the Asheville hearing that
at least a majority lean toward mak
ing State-wide the provisions of the
Pasquotank Act, after some alter
ations, such as divisions of revenues
and operating hours.
Married in 1878
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McLeod of
Eureka Celebrate 58th
Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McLeod of
Eureka, celebrated their 58th
wedding anniversary last Satur
day, Around 30 children, grand
children and friends gathered to
wish them happiness. Supper was
served, the table being set with a
wedding caked topped by a min
iature bride and groom, and bear
ing the lettering 1878-1936. The
Rev. W. S. Golden made a brief
talk.
“JACK” MULCAHY
DIES SUDDENLY
John P, Mulcahy, proprietor of
I Mulcahy’s Restaurant in Pinehurst
and co-proprietor with his brother
Fred of the Pinehurst Bowling Ca
sino, was found dead in bed at 4:45
o’clock yesterday afternoon in his
apartment in the Market Square
Building. He had apparently suffer
ed a heart attack while taking his
accustomed afternoon nap. He was 66
years of age.
"Jack,” as he was familiarly known
in Pinehurst, came here from Rox-
bury, Mass., some 30 years ago as
head bellman of the Carolina Hotel.
He left the Carolina 14 years ago
to enter the restaurant business. He
was one of the most widely known
residents of the Sandhills.
Surviving are his widow, Anne Mc
Donald Mulcahy, three sisters resid
ing in Boston, Mass., and his brother
Fred of Pinehurst. Funeral arrange
ments have not been made, but bur
ial will be in St. Paul’s Cemetery,
Arlington, Mass.
MISS FRANCES IRENE M.VPLES
TO WED HAROLD McALLISTER
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maples an
nounce the engagement and ap
proaching marriage of their daught
er, Frances Irene to Harold A. Mc
Allister of Charlotte. The wedding
will take place the latter part of
this month.
WOMAN’S EXCHANGE TO
OPEN ON NOVEMBER 9
The Sandhills Woman’s Exchange,
whose log cabin in Pinehurst has
been a community landmark for
years, will open for its 15th season
on 'Monday^ November 9th with its
usual wide variety of products. Its
offerings, made by the women of
the community who share in the
profits, range from hand made art
icles, hooked rugs, etc., to canned
! foods, candies, cakes and cookies.
The Exchange is looking forward to
the best season in its long and suc
cessful career, and solicits the pat
ronage of everyone.
The North Carolina Cotton Man
ufacturers Association is in session
this week in PinefauTSt.
Noore County Joins Nation
In Overwhelming Victory
of Roosevelt and New Deal
Cummings Here
Attorney General to Spend
Week in Pinehurst Rest
ing and Enjoyinj; Golf
Attorney General Homer Cum
mings of President Rossevelt’s
cabinet arrived yesterday in Pine
hurst to spend a week resting and
golfing. He is accompanied by oth
er prominent attorneys from the
Department of Justice in Wash
ington.
Entire Democratic Ticket Swept
into Office in Vote of Land
slide Proportions
2 STATES FOR LANDON
MRS. BLISS DIES;
BUILT. MANAGED
Proprietor of The Manor First
Came Here in 1903 to Operate
The Lexington
KNOWN THROUGH SOUTH
Death came to one of the most
widely known and best beloved resi
dents of Pinehurst Monday evening
when Mrs. Emma C. Bliss, in her
72d year, passed to her last rest.
Born in Columbia, N. H., November
29th, 1864 Mrs. Bliss and her hus
band, John iienry Bliss came to
Pinehurst in 1903 to manage The
Lexington, and within a few years
Mrs. Bliss built and operated the
Pinecrest Inn.
Selling the new inn, she demolish
ed the old Lexington, building upon
its site The Manor which she oper
ated for a number of years, in the
meantime erecting several cottages.
She also managed the beautiful
Ocean Forest Country Club at Myr
tle Beach, S. C.. in its earlier years.
During her 33 years as manager and
owner of these and other hotels Mrs.
Bliss became one of the most widely
known and popul ir hotel proprietors
in the South.
Funeral services conducted by
three Pinehurst ministers, the Rev.
Dr. T. A. Cheatham, the Rev. J. A.
McKelway and the Rev. W. J Dillon,
were held in the Village Chapel, Pine
hurst, at 8:00 o’clock Tuesday night.
Private interment in Mount Hope
Cemetery followed Wednesday morn
ing.
Surviving Mrs. Bliss are four chil
dren, Mrs. Jessie Parkinson and Leo
nard Bliss of Pinehurst, Mrs. L. C.
Buckingham of Washington, D. C..
and Charles Bliss.
Noel Laing Gravely
111 in Washington, D. C.
Noted Horseman, Who Trains
Here in Critical Condition
at Emergency Hospital
The condition of Noel Laing of
Southern Pines and Amissville, Va.,
who has been seriously ill for sev
eral months and a patient in the
Emergency Hospital in Washington
since October 10th, was described by
hib physician yesterday as critical,
acco.'ding to an Associated Press
despatch. His recovery is doubtful^
the report states. Hospital attend
ants said yesterday that Laing “had
a rather uncomfortable afternoon”
on Tuesday but was resting more
comfortably last Wednesday after a
sedative was administered.
Noel Laing has spent his winters
here since he was a small boy, his
parents. Mr. and Mrs. William A.
Laing making this their winter home.
For the past few seasons Noel has
been the leading trainer of steeple
chase H rsos in the country, and
ranks with Carroll K. Bassctit of
Camden, S. C.. as the leading rider
in hunt race meetings. He has main
tained a racing stable here for sev
eral seasons, training horses of
prominent owners, principal among
them Mrs. Randolph Scott, the for
mer Mrs. Marion duPont Somerville.
He is secretary of the Sandhills
Steeplechase & Racinf Association,
The entire Democratic ticket, from
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
down, swept Moore county as It
swept the nation in Tuesday’s elec
tion. The vote was heavy throughout
the section, both parties making
strenuous efforts throughout the day
to register the ballots of their sup
porters.
Nationally, President Roosevelt
I carried every state in the Union with
I the exception of Maine and Vermont,
I giving Mr. Landon, his Republican
1 opponent, only eight electoral votes.
; It was the greatest triumph in the
! history of the Democratic party.
Both the United States Senate and
House of Representatives remain
I top-heavily Democratic, assuring the
i chief executive of continued sup{>ort
I for his policies during the next two
; years.
I In the state. Clyde R. Hoey met the
challenge of Gilliam Grissom by
sweeping into office despite the pop
ularity of h'<? Republican opponent.
The entire Democratic state ticket
was elected. ■« »»•
4 -I:.!
New Assemblyman
Moore county returned its present
Board of Commissioners to office,
elected a new representative in J.
Hawley Poole of West End, reward
ed Miss Bessie McCaskill of Carth
age for long years of service in the
office of the Register of Deeds by
electing her to the post, and re
elected all present incumbents to the
other offices. Official figures for the
entire county were not available at
the time The Pilot went to press.
Congressman Walter Lambeth is
believed to have led all tickets in
Moore county. He led in Aberdeen
and Southern Pines, the only offi
cial figures available to The Pilot
last night. The vote in Southem
Pines showed Grissom the highest
of Republican candidates with 365.
Hoey had 462. Lambeth carried the
Southern Pines district 547 to 272 for
Kyle Hayes. Senator Bailey ran
slightly ahead of his ticket here, and
Herbert Seawell, Jr., of Carthage
ahead of the Republican ticket for
State Commissioner of Insurance.
Aside from Judge J. Vance Rowe of
Aberdeen, unopposed^ Sheriff Char
les J. McDonald led the county tick
et here, polling 565 votes to Char
les A. Hussey’s 254. Dr. R. G. Ros
ser of Vass led the Republican nom
inees in this township in his vote for
Assemblyman.
Roosevelt 538, Landon 314
The Southern Pines district vote
for Fitesidemt was Roosevelt 528,
Landon 314. In Aberdeen Roosevelt
received 522 to Landon’s even 100.
Aberdeen had a special School Dis
trict election, with the following re
sults; J. G. Farrell polled 316 voteo
against Henry A, Page, Jr.. and K.
M. Kirk 241 votes to 221 for J. D. Mc
Leod. There were two vacancies on
the school bv.ard.
The county voted in favor of all
five amendments to the State Con
stitution, all of which were carried
in the state as a whole.
Ryan McBride and Henry L. In
gram were elected to the State Sen
ate from this, the 12th Senatorial
district Howard G. Phillips of Pine
hurst, one cf the Republican candi
dates, was given a good vote.
M. G. Boyette was reelected Pros
ecuting Attorney of the Recorder’s
Court, D. Carl Fry Coroner, M. Mc
Queen Bailey Surveyor. The Coun
ty Commission, returned to office,
comprises W. H. Currie, D. D. Mc-
Crimmon, L. R. Reynolds, Frank
Cameron and Gordon M. Cameron.
The Southern Pines Young Demo
cratic Club led in the celebration
which followed news of the Demo-
oi'atic sweep of nation, state and
county Tuesday night. From its
headquarters on West Broad street
a loud-speaker radio was kept busy
entertaining the crowds with returns
interspersed with music^ and good
natured megaphone announcements
such as "As goes Maine, so goes
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