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^uthern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, February 12, 1937.
FIVE CENTS
MILAM BROTHERS
KILLED IN AUTO
WRECK; 2 HURT
Car Turns Over After Side-
Swiping Another Near
Pinebluff Sunday
FUNERAL ON TUESDAY
Mathesons Visiting Here After
Escape From Flooded Paducah
Former Jackson Springs Resi
dents Carried From Home in
Power Boat
Flood Refugee
Funeral services for Wiliam Milam,
Jr., and Charles C. Milam, notn of
Southern Pines, who died of injuries
sustained in an automobile accident
near Pinebluff Sunday night took
place at Clark’s Funeral Home in
Southern Pines Tuesday afternoon at
2:00 o’clock.
The Rev. J. Fred Stimson officiated
and American Legion honors were ac-
corded/‘‘Billy,” a World War veteran
and, at the time of his death. Nation
al Adjutant of the National Tank
Corps Veteran’s Association.
The death car, driven by Homer,
and one driven by Edgar Green of
Derby, collided about one and a half
miles south of the Pinebluff post-
office on Route 1.
Charles C. Milam, 32, of Southern
Pines, known to his friends as “Bud
dy” suffered a fractured skull and
other injuries and died in the ambu
lance enroute to Moore County hos
pital. William M. Milam, Jr., a
brother, succumbed in the hospital
at 11 o’clock Monday morning with
out regaining consciousness. A pierc
ed lung was the Immediate cause of
his death.
Truman S. Fowler of Southern
Pines, a third occupant of the car, Is
at Moore County Hospital with a
chest and head injuries and a broken
ankle. He is expected to recover.
Homer Slightly Hart
Horner was the only occupant of
the car who escaped with relatively
minor injuries. He was cut about the
head and suffered from shock. He
wa.s released from the hospital Mon
day afternoon and taken to Carthage
where he was released in $2,000 bail
on a manslaughter charge. He is rep
resented by Attorney Robert E. Den
ny.
None of the occupants of Green’s
car was Injured and the car was
only slightly damaged.
The car driven by Homer, accord
ing to State Patrolman W. B. Kelly,
who was callecl to the scene of the
accident, turned over three times in
100 yards beyond the point of col
lision and all the occupants were
thrown through the roof and clear
of the car.
Chacles Mllam was picked up 50
yards beyond the point where the
car stopped rolling and William Mi
lam and Fowler were about 15 yards
away. Htfmer, when found, was only
a yard or two from the wreck.
The Milam boys were sons of Wil
liam Milam, a well-known resident
of Southern Pines for many years.
For some time they were engaged
in the dairy business here with their
father, but this was abandoned a few
years ago when Mr. Milam, Sr., suf
fered a serious illness. His condition
was such that he was not told at
once of the death of his sons. He is
a nephew of Ben Milam, known as
“The Hero of the Alamo" and for
whom the Ben Milam Hotel in Hous
ton, Texas is named. The family came
{iriglnally from Richmond, Va.
“Billy” enlisted with the British
forces early in the World War, was
later transferred to the American
Tank Corps, served at th.? front, was
gassed and awavded a Medal of Hon .
or for Distinsuished Service.
W. M. Milam is survived by his
wife, the former Billy Caldwell and a
son, W. M, Milam, Jr.
Truman S. Fowlov is well-known
locally as a designer and craftsman,
he and his wife having a studio
workshop at the comer of Massachu-
sets avenue and May street, South
ern Pines.
James Homer has been employed
this season as board man In the
brokerage office of Hubbard Broth
ers in the Carolina Hotel In Plne-
hurst. He was connected with a lo
cal club last winter, and waa for
some time with the Southern Pines
Hotel here before it was destroyed
by fire.
R. O. Matheson, Jr., Dean of Padu
cah College at Paducah, Ky., and Mrs. i
Matheson are at present visiting the
home of Mr. Matheson’s parents, the
Rev. and Mrs. R. G. Matheson, in 1
Jackson Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. Matheson are only
awaiting word that the Ohio and
Tennessee river floods have recededi
to a point of safety before they re
turn to Paducah.
They were taken out of the flood
area there in a power boat under
evacuation orders, along with a num
ber of other Paducah residents, and
found temporary shelter with friends
in Paris, Tenn.
From Paris, the Mathesons went
to Nashville where they were the
guests of Rev. and Mr. W. M. Mc
Leod. Mr. McLeod, who was former
ly pastor of the Community Church
at Pinehurst, is now the Pastor of
the Moore Memorial Presbyterian
Church in Nashville.
Mr. Matheson spoke in Nashville
on January 31st in the interests of
the Red Cross Flood Relief cam
paign, and again last Sunday at the
Jackson Springs Piesbyterian Church
on the same subject.
He is vitally interested in the Red
Cross and the work that it is doing in
flood relief and intends to devote as
much of his time as is available to
the reconstruction work now in pro
gress, particularly as it applies to
the problem confronting churches and
schools, in Paducah.
NEW COMMIHEES
FOR CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE NAMED
Southern Pines Organization
Plans Dedication Ceremonies
at Airport
FLOOD RELIEF REPORT
The Southern Pines Chamber of
Commerce at its regular weekly
meeting at the Highland Lodge Tues
day noon, announced the person
nel of the standing committees for
1937, appointed this pa^t week by
President Robert L. Hart. The ap
pointments were heartily approved
by the members present.
I W. G. McAvoy reported that the
Chamber of Commerce, assisting the
Red Cross drive for Flood Relief,
; had shipped 24 boxes of clothing to
Memphis, Tenn., and that four more
I boxes had been made up and were
j awaiting instructions as to where
I they would be the most needed. Four
Passes’in Pineliurst i
Pinehurst for the same purpose.
„ . „ . ^ . I There was a short discussion of a
Wife of Prominent Real Estate
Names Aides
ROBERT LEE HART
New President of Southern Pines
Chamber of Commerce
REV. R. O. MATHESON, JR.
Mrs. Harry B. Emery
Broker Had Been III More
Than a Year
Bishop Mouzon Dies
at Home in Charlotte
Leader in Movement To Unite
Three Major Branches
of Methodism
Bishop Edwin DuBose Mouzon,
senior bishop of the Methodist Epis
copal Church, South, died unexpect
edly of a heart ailment at his home
I in Charlotte on Wednesday
! The 68-year-old churchman was a
I leading spirit in tlie movement to
ward unification of the three major
branches of Methodism, and in his
latter years saw rapid strides made
in that direction.
Bishop Mouzon gained wide atten
tion in 1928 as the result of his pro
nounced opposition to the candidacy
of A1 Smith in the presidential cam
paign.
Bishop Mouzon returned to his
home Saturday from a strenuous
mission into Florida, Alabama and
Mississippi as one of the church of
ficials conducting the “Bishop’s Cm-
sade” in that area. He preached in
Charlotte Sunday—his last sermon.
Late Wednesday afternoon he was
sitting in his living room with Mrs.
Mouzon, Dr. C. C. Weaver, pastor
of the First Methddist Church, and
Mrs. Weaver, discussing his recent
trip into the far South.
Suddenly he stopped talking and
leaned back in his chair. Dr. Weav
er went over to him, spoke to him,
and attempted to arouse him. The
Bishop died a moment later, never
regaining consciousness.
A Charlotte minister said later that
Bishop Mouzon had told him out in
Oklahoma in 1922 that his physician
ahd informed him he had a slight
heart ailment and warned him not
to overtax his strength.
Bishop Mouzon had been a fre
quent visitor to the Sandhills and
his passing is deeply mourned here.
Mrs. Joan Cragin Emery, 59, wife
of Harry B. Emery of Boston, Mass.,
and Pinehurst, died at the Moore
County Hospital yesterday afternoon
after a lingering illness of over a
year.
Mrs. Emery is survived by her hus
band, a daughter, Mrs. George Wal
lace and a grandson, Donald, all of
Pinehurst, and by a brother and sis-
suggestion for appropriate dedica
tion ceremonies in connection with
the formal opening of the Knollwood
airport for passenger and air mail
service and the matter was refer
red to the Committee on Public Af
fairs for a further report.
A commitee composed of Ralph
Chandler, Frank Buchan and How
ard Burns was appointed to cooper
ate with the Kiwanis Club of Abe.
deen in a project to have all cen
tral roads from Aberdeen, Carthage,
Pinehurst and Southern Pines paved
to the Knollwood airport. The com-
AIR SERVICE TO
KNOLLWOOD FIELD
STARTS MONDAY
ter in Massachusetts.
Mrs. Emery was born on March 8, j mittee will work with the Chamber
1878, at Everett, Mass., and she and i of Commerce through the Public Af-
Mr. Emery were married there in j fairs Committee.
1898. Shortly after their marriage i There was some discussion of the
Mr. and Mrs. Emery began coming I regulation of proposed trailer camp
to Pinehurst and have beeen inti
mately associated with the develop
ment and growth of the community
for the past 38 years.
Mr. Emery is engaged in the real
estate and insurance business
Pinehurst.
Funeral services will be held at
2:30 o’clock this afternoon at the
Village Chapel in Pinehurst where i RobblllS NcW PrillClpal
•oLfa::: “d | <>f Aberdeen School
will be in the receiving vault at the
Clark Funeral Pome in Southern
Pines.
sites in and around the town of
Southern Pines but the matter was j
deferred.
Those in attendance weic John
J. Fitzgerald and his guest, Carl
in I Thomson, Robert L. Hart, Frank Bu
chan, Shields Cameron, Herbert
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Former Missionary
To Give Talks Here
Instructor For Past Four Years
Elected Successor to R.
C. Zimmerman
Mrs. Tylee To Address School
Children and Grown-Ups in
Series of Meetings
Mrs. Arthur F. Tylee, former mis
sionary to South America and at
present teacher and acting dean of
women at the Columbia Bible College
in Columbia, S. C., will be here for the
week-end and will give a number of
lectures. This morning, Friday, 11:30
Mrs. Tylee will speak at chapel to
the Southern Pines School children.
At the International Day of Prayer
service held in the Church of Wide
Fellowship in the afternoon at 3:00
o’clock Mrs. Tylee will address the
women. Saturday morning at 11:00
o’clock Mrs. Tylee will hold a spec
ial meeting in the basement of the
Baptifit Church for the young people.
Mrs. Tylee will also speak at the
I morning service at the Baptist
I Church. The public is cordially in
vited to attend all of these meetings.
Plans Completed for Shuttle
Service From Raleigh Port; I
One Plane Daily |
At a meeting this week in the of- j
fice of the city clerk in Southern |
Pines and attended by Mayor D. G. i
Stutz, Howard Burns, Richard Tufts j
and B. E. Kohl of Airlines, Inc., of j
■ Boston, Mass., it was decided to in- '
augurate passenger airplane service
direct to Southern Pines and Pine-
aurst starting February 15 and con
tinuing throughout the season to
April 15.
This project has been under con
sideration for some time and there
has been much conjecture as to the
inaugural date and the extent of the
service that would be offered.
Detailed plans were completed and,
commencing February 15, Eastern
Airlines will sell tickets straight
through to Southern Pines and Pine
hurst, via, Knollwood Airport, from
Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Boston, Chica
go, New York and Philadelphia. The
plans call for passengers to change
planes at Raleigh from which point
a shuttle plane will make one trip
a day to Knollwood Airport, leaving
there at 12:30 p. m. and arriving
here at 1:00 o’clock.
When and if increased traffic war-
rents the move, additional shuttle
plane service from Raleigh to Knoll
wood will be added to the schedule.
$1,700 PURSES
FOR RACE MEET
HERE MARCH 13
Plans For Third Annual Event
of Sandhills Steeplechase
Ass’n. Completed
FIVE RACES 0N« CARD
Plans were completed today at a
meeting of officers of the Sandhills
Steeplechase & Racing Association
for the third annual race meeting on
the Barber Estate course on Midland
Road on Saturday afternoon, March
13th. The date has been officially
set by the National Steeplechase and
Hunt Association.
There will be five events on the
card, for purses totaling $1,700. The
feature race will be the three-mile
timber event for the Sandhills Cup,
with a special trophy for the rider of
the winning horse, to be presented
in memory of the late Noel Laiiig-.
former secretary of the Sandhills as
sociation. I
Two brush races, each at two miles,
one for winners of one
race, the other for four-year olds and
up, are' on the card. There will be
a one-and one-hs,lf mile hurdle race,
and a flat race of seven furlongs.
Entries will close with Richard
Wallach, newly elected racing secre
tary of the local association, on
Wednesday, March 3d. Entry blanks
are being mailed out to prominent
owners of hunt race horses next
week.
Those attending the meeting, held
in the office of L. L. Biddle, n, in
Pinehurst, were Vemer Z. Reed, Jr.,
president: Nelson C. Hyde and Al-
met Jenks, vice piiesidents; Col.
George P. Hawes, secretary, Mr. Bid
dle, treasurer, and Mr. Wallach rac
ing secretary.
Treat in Store For
Music Lovers Here
Lecture and Recital by Thomas
Whitney Surette at Pine
Needles Clubhouse
BISHOP FENICK TO CONFIRM
CLASS HERE ON FEBRUARY 17
B.XPTIST MEN’S CLUB TO HOLD
MEE’nNG TUESDAY EVENING
The Rt. Rev, Edwin A. Penick, D.
D., Bishop of North Carolina, will
visit Southern Pines on February 17.
Bishop Penick comes to administsr
the Sacramental Rite of Confirma
tion to a class of adults in Emman
uel Church. The service will be at a
quarter to five in the afternoon. *
CROWDS ARRIVE FOR
DOUBLE HOLIDAY PERIOD
The regular meeting of the Baptist
Men’s C3uo will be held next* Tues
day evening, Febmary 16th at 8:00
o’clock at the church.
^t the last meeting of the club
President McAvoy Introduced a new
program which was very well re
ceived by those present and a good
program is promlk-fcU for this meeting.
A cordial iuvltation is extended to all
men Interested in the church to at
tend this meeting.
DR FRED KLENNER SPEAKER AT |
HOSPITAL AUXILIARY SESSION'
Sheriff Refuses To
Sign Paper For Dietz
Declines To Be Party To Appeal
For Clemency For Slayer
of Chief Kelly
J. C. Robbins, English and history
instructor in Aberdeen High School
for the past four years, was 2lected
principal of the school at a meeting
of the Aberdeen School Board held
on Friday night of last week. He
succeeds R. C. Zimmerman, whose
resignation has been accepted etf-
fective March 1st.
Mr. Robbins, a graduate of the |
University of North Carolina, comes j
from Greensboro. During his stay in
Aberdeen he has made a most favor
able impression on both parents and Sheriff C. J. McDonald revealed
pupils, and his selection is general- yesterday that he had declined to
ly approved. sign a petition for the parole of
Granville Dietz, the gunman who
killed Chi^ Kelly of Southern Pines,
and who is serving a long term in
the state prison for the crime, says
The Moore County News of Carthage.
The slaying occurred several years
ago. Dietz, who is regarded as a
model prisoner, is completing his
sentence following his recapture
more than a year ago in an Ohio
town, where he had married and was
held in high esteem by his neigh
bors and his employer, an oil com
pany.
“Even if Dietz is a ‘changed’
With two holidays coming along to. 1 man, ’ asserted Sheriff McDonald,
The Pinehurst Chapter of the Wo
man’s Auxiliary of the Moore County
Hospital held its regular meeting
Wednesday afternoon at the Pinehurst
Community church with more than
fifty members in attendance.
Dr. Fred Klenner of the Moore
County Hospital made an interesting
talk on “Pre-natal care” and Miss
Margaret McQueen matemity nurse
In Moore County also spoke oil the
same subject and the need of clinics
in the county.
gether, the largest crowd of the sea
son thus far appears imminent in the
Sandhills. Trains this moming unload
ed many for both Southern Pines and
Pinehurst, and hotel men report heavy
reservations for the balance of the
month. Shops are also reporting an
increase in business.
The W’illing Workers will meet on
Tuesday afternoon, February 16th at
3:00 o’clock, at the home of Mrs. i Dietz’ family and friends to obtain
who drove hundreds of miles and
spent a large sum of his personal
funds in apprehending Dietz in Maine
after his sensational escape from the
scene of the Southern Pines slaying,
“I fear it would set a bad precedent
for the other prisoners to extend
clemency so soon to one who had
been and escapee."
Senator J. C. Pittman of Sanford,
it was learned, had been retained by
William Dale, on Massachusetts ave
nue. Mrs. Dale and Mrs. W. Q. Mc
Avoy will be joint hostesses.
a parole. He is said to have received
scant encouragement from Moore
county and Southern Pines officials.
The Southern Pines Music Society,
the Southern Pines School, and Mr.
and Mrs. Emmett E. Boone extend
a cordial invitation to all those in
terested in music to attend a lect
ure by Thomas Whitney Surette at
the Pine Needles Club house on Wed
nesday, February I7th at 4:30
o'clock. Mr. Surette’s subject ,will
be “Music in the Home and in the
School’’. Mr. Surette is the founder
and director of the Concord Summ
er school of Music at Concord, Mass.
and the editor of the Concord series
of Music publications, and a distin
guished authority on the art of
music. The lecture will be illustrated
by Mr. Surette at the piano and by
the Southern Pines School Glee
Club under its director, Frederick
Stanley Smith. While Mr. Surette
modestly waives any claim to being
a concert pianist, those who have
heard him will testify to his very
unusual gift of expressing the real
character of the musicical excerpts
used to give point to the ides stres
sed In his lecture.
The opportunity to hear and to
meet Mr. Surette will be of the
greatest possible interest to all mus
ic lovers and to all those who be
lieve that the capacity to enjoy the
good music and the ability to share
in the making of it either by sing
ing or playing an 'instrument
should not be regarded as merely
a social accomplishment to be oc
casionally exhibited to one’s friends
nor as just another pleasant way of
passing the time; that, on the con
trary, it should be recognized aa a
necessary part of the life of every
normal individual.
TOWNSEND CLUB MEETING
The Townsend Club’s next regular
meeting will be held on Monday night
at 7:30 at the Magnolia Lodge on
Page street, comer of West Vermont
avenue. ITiere wtli a. short program
and a speaker and anyone interested
will be cordially welcomed.