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VOL. ITf NO. 8.
Boufhern Pines and Aberdeen, Norfh C'arolina, January 22, io.
Ca^ r ^ *^andhill Territory of North Carolina
FIVE CENTS
R. L CHANDLER
RESIGNS FROM
SCHOOL BOARD
Forced to Give Up Post Due to
Pressure of Own Busi
ness Affairs
SERVED FOR 15 YEARS
At the close o< the scheduled
monthly meeting of the members of
the School Board of Southern Pines,
on January 6th, their long time sec.
retary, Ralph Chandler resigned, his
retirement from office to become ef
fective following the next regular
meeting February 3rd. The dismayed
members of the board refused to ac
cept the resignation, making every
effort, including an offer of in
creased pay, to sway Mr. Chandler
from his determination, but in vain-
He called to their attention the ever
increasing demandi upon his time,
until school affairs were taking most
of his evenings, and many Simday
afternoons, and encroaching upon his
own business hours until the com
bined duties were becoming entirely
too oneroufl.
Mr. Chandler has been a member
of the Board since 1921, and secre
tary since 1923, and in that period
of time has filled an exacting posi
tion with unfailing courtesy to the
public, and strict attention to the
unceasing detail involved in carry
ing on the duties of the office. His
fifteen years of service to the board,
and to the citizens of Southern
Pines, have also been of development
and expansion for the school sys
tem. From a small staff serving the
needs of the then comparatively
small number of pupils, the board
now commands the services of a
teaching staff of 17, for nearly 500
pupils, plus |the increasing enroll
ment in the West Southern Pines
school.
Members of the board have freely
voiced their regrets over the ap
proaching loss of their most efficient
secretary.
PLANS FOR NEW
P. 0. BUILDING
ARE APPROVED
Public To Hear of Unemployment , FILLING
Insurance A ct at Meeting Tuesday STATION THIEVES
ARE SENTENCED
To Speak Here
Chamber of Commerce Invites
Citizens to Open Meeting
For Discussion
Civic Club Bridgre-Tea
An Attractive Affair
Given at Home of Mrs. J. H.
Andrews on Weymouth
Ridge Friday
The Civic Club bridge.tea which
was given Friday afternoon at
the Weymouth Ridge residence of
Mrs. J. H. Andrews, was a very
beautiful occasion. Twenty tables
were filled with guests for bridge,
and many club members who do not
play bridge dropped in at four for
tea.
The dining room was reserved for
the tea hour, and the beautifully ap
pointed table was presided over by
Mrs. Andrews, the hostess, and Mrs-
Edward A. Campbell, mother of the
president of the Civic Club.
The patronesses for the party were
Mrs. J. C. Musser, Miss Florence
Campbell, Mrs. Levis Prizer, Mrs.
George Case, Mrs. Bowdoin Plum-
er, Mrs. Fdgar McCord, Mrs. Walter
Ives, Mrs. Preston Kelsey, Mrs. M.
Louise Henderson, Mrs. J. J. Warren,
Mrs. E. A. Tracy, Mrs. Chester
Tracy, Mrs. Arthur W. Merrill, Mrs.
M. H. Turner, Mrs. Robert Skinner,
Dr. Isabel Graves, Mrs. P. P. Pelton,
Mrs. E. Morell, Miss Aima Post,
Miss Ida Robinson, Mrs. E. C. Eddy,
Mrs. Hugh Betterley, Miss Birdllia
Bair, Miss Nora Hafey, Mrs. Pottle,
Mrs. Meserve, Miss Julia Mowry,
Mrs. Francis C. Robertson, Mrs.
Deuscher, Mrs. MUliken, Mrs. Bet
terley and Miss Erma Fisher.
SOUTHERN PINES QIRLS’ AND
BOYS* BASKETBAIJL, TEAM LOSE
Southern Pines girla’ and boys’
basketball teamq met defeat at Wad-
esboro on Tuesday night. Playing on
tie Southern Pines girls’ team were
Mildred Powell, Edith Matthews and
Mae Belle Ward, forwards, and Jane
Musser, Louise Blue, Catharine New
ton and Sara Bamum, guards. Wad-
esboro won 30 to 18.
WORK STARTS IN MARCH
At an open meeting sponsored by
the Southern Pines Chamber of Com
merce Tuesday afternoon at Jack’s
Grill, the newly completed plans for
the proposed Southern Pines Post-
office building were inspected and
approved.
President Shields Cameron had
previously announced that the meet
ing would be an open one and that
anyone who cared to attend and ex
press an opinion on the subject would
be most welcome and his Invitation
was enthusiastically accepted.
Postmaster Prank Buchan present,
ed the plans to the meeting and
explained them in detail. Then
Shields Cameron called for an ex
pression of opinion from the as
sembled meeting and the plans were
unanimously accepted..
A resolution of approval, thanks
and appreciation was voted to
each and every citizen whose
assistance has made the acquisition
of this new building possible and
special copies of the resolution were
sent to the following:
Mrs. H. A. Page, Jr., for estab
lishing the contact with Architect
Aymer Elmbury, II, and to Mr.
Embury for the plans submitted and
finally accepted.
Congressman J. Walter Lambeth
for his interest and energy in seeing
to it that the design of the building
should meet the wishes of the citi
zens.
Postmaster Frank Buchan, for the
convincing arguments and statistics
of income and operation that he sub
mitted to the Postoffice Department
and which were the deciding factors
in obtaining the allocation to South
ern Pines.
Mr. A. B. Yeomans, for his time
and energy spent in conferring with
government departments regarding
the building.
At the conclusion of the meeting
Mr. Buchan informed the Daily News
that bids will be advertised about
February 1st and that actual work
on the building should begin some
time early In March.
John T. Armstrong* •
Dies in Pennsylvania
His Wife Was the Daughter of
the Late Mr. and Mrs.
John Chillcott
MRS. J. B. SFILIJVIAN
■^Mrs. Spillman, Stale Commis
sioner, To Address Open
Meeting Here
SLOT MACHINE
RACKET FLAYED
BY McKELWAY
SPONSORED BY CHAMBER
Mawnin’ Jedge”
Jottings from Criminal Term
of Superior Court at Car
thage This Week
"Feed them all out of the same
spoon; make it certain, but not too
long,” is the method of meting out
sentences advocated by .Judge Wil
son Warlick, who is presiding over
the “big term” of criminal court in
Carthage this week. The Judge ap
pears to be adhering to this method
with a fine disregard of the financial
standing or race of the criminals
appearing before him.
John T. Armstrong died at his
home in Brookville, Pa., last Wednes
day, January 13. Mr. Armstrong
was a prominent coal operator of
western Pennsylvania. He was also
associated with one of the railroads
of his state and bank director in
Brookville. The Armstrong family
had been coming to Southern Pines
for nearly fourteen years. Mrs.
Armstrong will be remembered as
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, John
Chillcott who maintained a winter
home here for a number of years. Af
ter the death of the Chlllcotts, the
Armstrong family were guests at
the Southland Hotel. Mr. Armstrong
occasionally cam^ with a party of
friends for several weeks of golf at
Plnehurat and Southern Pines.
Surviving /are |Us wife, and a
daughter Mrs. Paul Truman and
small son Thom. Mrs. Truman, the
former Frances Armstrong, was
married in the Plnehurst chapel.
THOROUGHFARE CLOSED
A neat and assuredly not guady
fence, now bars the traffic way to
the lots directly opposite the post-
office, long used as a thoroughfare
and entrance to the rear of thel
stores on West Broad street. Erect
ed Monday by E. V. Perklnson, by
the order of the owner of this 160
feet of frontage on Pennsylvania
avenue, a little jopenlng adjolnln^r
the Eddy building, has been left for
the use of pedestrians.
“What is a “piccoloo dance?” in
quired Solicitor Rowland S. Pruette
of a witness, and his tone indicated
that he was really seeking informa
tion. It seemed that a “piccoloo
dance” had figured if evidence pre
viously given. With the help of the
Judge, it was made clear that it was
a dance where music was furnished
by a "piccolo,” a kind of music box
into which nickels are dropped.
Under the au.spices of the" South
ern Pines Chamber of Commerce a
discussion of the workings of the Un
employment Insurance Act will be
^iven Tuesday noon by Mrs. J. B.
Spillman, who is State Commission,
er in charge of the administration
of the law in North Carolina.
Tuesday is the regular luncheon
meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce directors, but on account of
the widespread interest in the new
law the luncheon meeting will be an
open meeting to which all interested
residents and visitors to the Sand
hills are invited. On account of lim
ited space those desiring to be pres
ent for the luncheon are asked to
j make reservations by Monday night
with Vice-President Earl Merrill at
the Sandhill Drug Company or Bob
Hart at the Broad Street Pharmacy.
North Carolina’s Unemployment
Insurance Law is modeled after the
National Act and will be of interest
to those visitors from out of the
state as well as residents. Mrs. Spill- i
man is a very interesting speaker, j
and prior to being appointed Com-1
missioner was State vice-chairman!
of the Democratic party.
The Chamber of Commerce direc.
tors will meet Immediately after the
public meeting for the election of of
ficers for 1937,
A special committee of ladies will
entertain Mrs. Spillman during her j
visit to Southern Pines.
Found Guilty of Taking Slot Machines Dissappear Following
Machines From Aberdeen Sunday Sermon; Asks Civic
and Southern Pines Bodies to Stop Gambling
TRIO GET 12 MONTHS ‘KEEP OPERATORS SCARED’
A visiting attorney in court Tues
day who made a fine impression both
by his appearance and conduct was
a Mr. Alexander of Kannapolis. It
was later learned that he Is a Moore
county product, a nephew of W. P.
Alexander of Vass and Oswald Alex
ander of above Carthage.
One could easily imagine that
Henry Van Porter of Amos and
Andy fame was on the witness stand
in a case tried this week- He was gen
teel looking, wore glasses and had
his hair slicked back, and in the
opening words of his testimony clip-
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Sunday Movies At
Pinehurst Next Week
Carolina Theater to Present
TTie M-GM Road Show Picture
“Romeo and Juliet”
The management of the Carolina
Theatre In Pinehurst takes extreme
pleasure in announcing that, on Sun
day, January 31st, It will present,
for one day only, the Metro-Gold-
wyn-Mayer road show masterpiece,
"Romeo and Juliet.”
There will be a matinee at 3 o’
clock and an evening show at 8:20
and for this engagement, the follow
ing scale of prices will prevail:
Evening performance — Boxes
$1.65. Main Floor, Jl.lO and .83. Bal
cony, 55.
Matinee—Boxes, $1.10. Main Floor,
.83, Balcony .55
EUBANKS- HUNT
Miss Margaret Hunt and H. L. Eu
banks were united In marriage at
Sanford, Fla., on January 12th, Miss
Htmt was well known in Aberdeen
where she has made her home with
her sister, Mcs. Dock Byrd for some
time, and Mr. Bubanks held a posi
tion with the Mountain Ice plant
here last summer.
Kiwanis Meeting At i
Carthage Wednesday!
— •
Dr. J. I. Neal Elected to Mem-1
hership; Carthage Pastor !
Makes Talk |
The Kiwanis Club held its regu
lar Wednesday lunchecp at the Pres- |
byterian Log Cabin in Carthage with,
twenty-four meml»ers turning out
for the meeting.
Dr. W. S. Golden, pastor of the,
Presbyterian church made the ad-;
dress. His subject being “The Pres-!
idency of the United States.” He j
pointed out the strong hand of God .
h&a had in the shaping of history
of the world. He stated some peo-1
pie make much of nobility and titles I
of Europeans, but we in the United j
States have much to be thankful for ]
In having a President elected by the
people rather than the monarch
form ,of government as now pre
vails in Europe.
The speaker was Introduced by
Judge Herbert F. Seawell of the Car
thage bar.
Preceedlng the address Dr. J. I.
Neal of Southern Pines was sleeted
to membership.
CHURCH OF WIDE FELLOWSHIP
WOMEN TO HOLD SEWING MEET
The Women’s Society of the
Church of Wide Fellowship will hold
a sewing meeting Monday, January
25, at 3:00 o’clock, at the home of
Mrs. Clarence Durgin, comer of
May street and Connecticut avenue.
These meetings, which will be held
every two weeks In preparation for
the Pre-E-ister Sale of March 10,
are sponsored by Group HI of the
society, under the leadership of Mrs.
Durgiin, Mrs. H. S. Knowles and Mrs.
C. L. Austin. All those who are thim-
ble.minded are particularly Invited.
The regular meeting of the So
ciety will be on Wednesday, Janu
ary 27, at 3:30, in the Church Par
lor. The program will be presented
by Group I, Mrs. E. Levis Prizer
and Mrs. R. F. Potts, leaders.
Group III further announces a Sll-
v'*r Tea, on Wednesday, February 3,
at the home of Mrs. John Haines.
Ruth Burr Sanborn will read. The
public Is Invited.
“Buster” Hall, Fred Engleheim.
and Tommie Louis, white youths of
; Burlington, were in Superior court |
i found guilty of breaking and enter-
i ing the Bluebird Filling Station in ■
I Aberdeen and Clark’s Garage in Sou. ■
, them Pines and stealing slot ma-!
! chines. |
j In one case, they were given twelve i
j months, each, in jail to work under I
i the supervision of the State Highway'
I and Public Works Commission, and!
I in the other, prayer for judgment
j was continued for three years. 1
j A fourth man, who is alleged to|
1 have been a party to the crime and '
perhaps the leader, as he is much;
older than the others, hag not been |
taken.
1
Shoes given Fred McLaurin by the |
State of North Carolina while he was
serving a term which he was reles-
ed on November 11 led to his arrest
on January 1 on a first degree bur
glary and larceny charge in con
nection with the beating and robbing
of old "Uncle” Harry Troy, 77-year-
old colored man who resides alone
near Pinehurst. Fred and his alleg
ed accomplices, Ed Adams and Lon
nie Thorn, were co-defendants in the
case. I
According to the evidence, Fred ]
and another colored man went to |
the home of the aged man about 1:30 |
o’clock on New Year’s morning to I
get some liquor. Later In the morn-!
ing, Fred, Ed and Lonnie were rid-1
■ng around and Fred had the others |
•^^o let him out of the car near Troy’s |
home, telling them he would be back ]
n about ten minutes. Some twenty'
niinutes later, he returned with j
blood on his collar, pants and hand |
ind asked that they stop at the |
neare.st branch. He gave each of the i
'en $2.00. i
"Uncle Troy hnd a pistol and I had
to do it,” McLaurin was quoted as
saying. |
Testimony v as offered telling of (
the blood-soaked bed where the old;
man had been beaten over the head
with a bottle, and of money being
scattered from the bed through the!
kitchen and on the ground outside i
the kitchen window, through which;
the robber jumped, in his haste fait-1
ing on his knees.
Tracks alongside the house show
ed clearly the imprint of a metal
plate such as the State places on
convict’s shoes for use in shoveling.
McLaurin was arrested. His shoe
fitted the track exactly. On his knee
was found an abrasion which the
State sought to show whs the re.
suit of the fall from the window.
The solicitor asked for a verdict
of guilty of breaking and entering
and larceny Instead of a verdict of
first degree burglary, which carries
with it the death penalty. The case
was in the hands of the jury at the
time of this report.
Julius Ingram, colored, was given
eighteen months on the roads for
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CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS
OPEN FOR UNSKILLED LABOR
The U. S. Civil Service Commission
anrtounces an open competition ex
amination for the position of un
skilled laborer for filling vacancies
in the custodial service, Postoffice,
Pinehurst, N. C., the usual entrance
salary being 50 cents an hour.
Application for this position must
be on file with the Manager Fourth
U. S- Civil Service District ( Wash
ington, D. C., not later than Febm-
ary 9th, 1937.
Competitors will not be requested
to report for written examination,
but will be rated on their training
and experience.
Full information and application
blanks may be obtained from the
Secretary, Board of U. S. Civil Ser
vice Examination Post ifflce, Pine
hurst, N. C.
Anticipating Superior Court Judge
Warlick’s arrival in Carthage for the
January term of the Criminal Court
and sounding a note last Sunday
that was echoed emphatically Mon
day by Judge Warlick, the Rev. A.
J. McKelway, at the Community
Church in Pinehurst, scrapped his
regular Sunday sermon and delivered
instead a scathing blast directed a-
gainst slot machine owners and lesis*
ors in Moore county and in Pine
hurst and Southern Pines In partic
ular.
This past Monday moming there
was not a single slot machine to be
found in localities where, heretofore,
they have abounded, and Mr. Mc
Kelway, commenting on this situa
tion, said:
“Why? Simply because the Grand
Jury meets for a session of the Su
perior Court before which, if these
slot machine operators come, they
would be tried by a jurist known for
his competence.
“In the past, inferior courts have
decided in favor of these operators
and ruled that slot machines were
not gambling devices, but apparent
ly they are not so impressed with
that notion that they care to gamble
on it before a Superior Court bench.”
Rev. McKelway went on to state
that It was quite probable that these
machines would be returned to their
stancs followii'g the adjomi.ment of
the fjourt and that, when that I'ap-
peaed, the community would again
become a "wide open gambling re
sort.” "There is an answer, however,"
he reminded his congregation. "These
operators are scared now. Keep them
scared.”
“The way is not closed with the
adjournment of the Grand Jury," he
continued. “Your District Solicitor
is empowered, upon the presentation
to him of evidence of flagrant vi
olation of the law, to petition your
Superior Court Judge to call a spe-
ial meeting of the Grand Jury, which
may in turn take such action as to
cause the Indictment of offendeia
and have their cases tried before the
next term of the Superior Court.”
“From every source of informa
tion available to me, I am led to
believe that our County Board, our
Sheriff, our County Solicitor and our
County Attorney and the public op
inion in the county are all over
whelmingly opposed to the condi
tions which have become intolerable
and notorious.
“I propose,” Mr. McKelway said
in closing, that it is your high pri
vilege as parents, as self-respecting
and community-respecting citizens,
as representatives of the one
organization which alone jtands for
righteousness above every consider
ation, to let it be known that Illegal*
Ity, the jeopardizing of your com
munity and of your children, will no
longer be tolerated, and that evidence
of law infringement will be placed in
in the proper legal hands.
“You do not need any organiza.
tlon for that sort of action. You
can form groups of mothers, of
fathers, or any sort of interested
group of citizens. E^risting organlsa*
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SOUTHERN PINES SENIORS
PLAN ATTRACTIVE PROGRAM
The Senior Class of the Southern
Pines High School will enjoy having
former students and friends as their
guests at the a.ssembly hour Friday,
January 29 at which time they will
present Dr. Edgar Long in a pro
gram of dramatizations of scenes
from, As You Like It, Macbeth, ’The
Temptest, and the Merchant of Ven.
ice.
The Glee Club will sing two of
the favorite lyrics form the Shakes-
pereann plays, Who is Silvia and
Hark! Hark, the Lark.