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9 .. ,7 * Ai\' MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS-WEEKLY THE A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 17, NO. J7. >^ARTHAOE aAOue SPAINCS 4LAKEVI6W JACKSOH SPRIMOS SOUTHCRM PINCS ASHUEV HKICHTS AeKROCE>< PIMEBLUPF FIRST IN NciWa. CIRCULATION & ADVERTISING of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, March 26, 1937. FIVE CENTS SANDHILLS TO PIT BASEBALL TEAM IN NATIONAL RACE ! Local Post and Civic Organiza-| Pinehurst Dog Show on Reed Estate Announced for April 3-4 Six Classes Scheduled; Club to Award Trophy for Best of Breed tion Vote to Sponsor Entry For Championship TO RAISE $1,000 FUN® I Col. George P. Hawes announced this week the dates and classes for the Fifth Annual A. K. C. licensed Dcg Show scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, April 3 and 4 on the Decision to place a team from the, ^ estate in Pinehurst, Sandhills in the American Legic'n | auspices of the Pinehurst Junior Baseball champl. iship thi3| Kennel Club. seation was reached at a supper meet- There will be cash prizes in the ing held at Jack’s Giill Monday night. Puppy, Novice, American-bred, Limit j J, F. Sinclair, West End chairman, John Hemmer and L. L. Wooley rep resented the Sandhills Post of the American Legion and the Chambers of Commerce of the several towns of the section were represented as fol lows: Southern Pines, Frank Buchan; Pinehurst, R. E. Denny; Vass, C. L. Tyson; Aberdeen, J. Vance Rowe, and the Kiwanis Club, Chan Page and L. V. O’Callaghan. and Open Classes to be paid on a percentage basis according to the number of entries in a class. In breeds where there is no best breed prize offered, the Pinehurst Kennel Club offers a Sun Trophy for the best of the breed, provided sev en or more of the particular breed are entered. In breeds where no prizes are of fered for Winners Dcg or Winners The following resolution was Bitch, The Pinehurst Kennel Club adopted after a full discussion of the offers $2.00 for Winners Bitch, com- great advantages to be gained by petition required, sponsoring such a team, not only to pinehurst Incorporated offers an the boys of the section but in adver-! g Trophy for Best In Show. Gymkhana Saturday Jumping, Punter Trials, Games and Stunts on Southern Pines Program This week’s gymkhana in South ern Pines is to be tomorrow after noon, Saturday, instead of on Fri day as usual, and bids fair to be one of the best of the season’s series. Open jumping in the ring, hunter trials over the new outside course, and the usual number of games, stunts, tricks, etc. in the ring are announced by Master of Ceremonies Fred Stimson. The starting time has been set at 3:00 o’clock with everyone invited. OLD SLAVE DAY ! APRIL 7. SPORTS PROGRAM ON 8TH Chamber of (Commerce Announ-' ces Plans For Two-Day Fes- ■ tival in Southern Pines BABY CARRIAGES WANTED baby car- Kiwanis Speaker tising the Mid-South resort section. "Resolved: That the Sandhills Post, American Legion; the Sandhills Unit, American Legion Auxiliary; The Ki wanis Club, and the Chambers of Commerce of Aberdeen, Pinehurst, Rnehurst Kennel Club coffers a Sun Gold Trophy for the best in each of the following variety groups. i I 1. Sporting Breeds (Pointers, English Setters, Irish Setters, Cock- Southern Pines and Vass sponsor a! Spaniels, and English Springer baseball team from the Sandhills of Spaniels.) Moore county in the American Le- 2. Sporting Breeds Hounds gion Junior Baseball Championship.” (Beagles, Daschund, American Under the direction of the National Foxhound.«», Borzois). Americanism Commission of the 3. Working Breeds — (Collies, American Legion, headed by Direc- German Shepherd Dogs, Great Danes, j country vie for this coveiea trophy | Day” will take place in the Munici- tor H. L. Chaillaux, this Champion-'Doberman Pinschers, Samoyeds and': over the picturesque Springdale! p/.l Park—the sports program, of ship League is conducted throughout St. Bernards.) I course. Among the starters will be| course at the Southern Pines Rid- the United States, divided into twel- 4. Terrier Breeds—(Airedale Ter-j three of those seen in action in the] ing ring, ve regions in Sections 9, B, and C. riers, Cairn Terriers, Foxterriers—| Sandhills Cup event here on March' The chamber has taken consider- North Carolina is in Section C. Re- Smooth, Fo.\terriers—Wire, Scottish 13th, the winner. Escape 3d, Career | able time and thought in preparing Have you an empty riage in your home ? One that will hold one, two oi three babies? If so call Frank Buchan, postmas ter. He needs between 25 and 50 such vehicles for the "colored baby parade,” April 8. All of which is to be a part of the two-day festivities including “Old Slave Day,” April 7. The Board of Directors of the Southern Pines Chamber of C3om- merce at a meeting in Jack’s Grill Tuesday noon outlined a series of entertaining features for thei two days that promise to surpass their efforts of previous years. First the board decided upon the annual "Old Slave Day” for April 7- then, after much discussion it was decided to follow with a "Sports Day” which will include a regular gymkhana w’ith a "between the acts” program of entertainment by col- oi’ed folk including climbing the greased pole—• for a bank note to be pasted atop; capturing a greased Scores of Sandhillians plan to take pig; a wheel barrow race; dancing, in the seventh annual running of the; swing and finally, ^ ^ I ^ J c /-. ! providing the baby carriages aie a- Carohna Cup race at Camden, S. C., ■ ® i. ^ ^ ’ vailable, a real "Baby Beauty Pa- this Saturday and will see many of •> route of the parade will the leading timber horses in the i be designated later—the "Old Slave CAROLINA CUP AT CAMDEN ATTRACTS SANDHILLS CROWD Many To Witness Steeplechase Meet on Springdale Course Saturday LOCAL HORSES ENTERED SOUTHERN PINES, SEABOARD MAKE BID FOR BUSINESS ! New Timetables Feature Springr- lime in Sandhills; Town Ad vertising in Florida POST CAIU) CAMPAIGN I If advertising pays—and there’3 plenty of proof that it does—South- I ern Pines should have a busy Spring. The new Seaboard timetable has I a two-page spread headed “Spring- I I time in the South—Enjoy it Now I” , Hundreds of thousands of these have I been printed for distribution all along I the line from New York to F'orida, I and in railway stations and iiiforma- I tion booths throughout the country. Pastor Recites Longfellow Poem,' They stress the values of a vacation “Robert of Sicilv,” at Club’s I this section at its prettiest lime Weekly Meeting | of year. I “Don’t wade through March slush. Dr. C. Rexford Raymond, pastor of | April showers, and changeable May! I)lt. C. KEXFORD RAVMOND gion No. 10. Elimination games will Terriers, Sealyham Terriers.) be held first in the state, then be- 5. Toy Breeds—(Pekinese, Pomer- tween State championship teams for aians). Regional champions, then for Sec-; 6. Non-Sporting Breeds—(Boston tion champions and finally in the Terriers, Bulldogs, Chow-Chows, Dal- "Little World Series” for the Na- matians). tional championship. In addition to the Pinehurst Ken- The seven sponsoring organiza- nel CHub Trophies in the above I and Fugitive. Among other leading | the annual program and it is be- . j contenders at Camden will be Indi- j lieved that residents will co-operate go, which won the Sandhills Cup ai with its committee, year ago. i "Baby carriages,” said Mr. Buch- The Camden race meeting has a' “^ii’e our only problem. Let the local tinge, in that James Boyd of! folks supply these and we will do Southern Pines is a member of the j the work.” committee in charge, and Jackson | The fact that colored twins were (Please ttirn to page four) Held For Murder of 22-Year Old Girl roups, there will be cash prizes and' Boyd will serve as one of the judges. | born in the Moore County Hospital ^ Fred Freeman Accused of Shoot ing Lena Scarboro at Her Home Near Glendon i trophies awarded by the various ho- ! tels and business houses in Pine- I hurst. In addition to the above there will be two special o^edience classes for dogs of any breed and either sex which have never won the title of C. D. (Companion Dog)., and one open class ft dogs of any breed and (Please turn to page four) Enraged because members of the] family refused to drink liquor which' he carried to the home of Charlie j Scarboro near Glendon Saturday eve-| WilliamSOIl Bcasley, ning, Fred Freeman shot and killed, DrUfiTffist DieS 22-year-cld Lena Scarboro, said to have been his common-law wife, as; she fled from the house, officers were j informed. He then carried the girl’s; body into the house and placed it ln| bed, and when officers arrived was Heart Attack in Hotel Room Fa tal To Prominent Resident at Age of 37 Years the Church of Wide Fellowship in Southern Pines, recited from mem ory Longfellow’s lengthy poem, "Robert of Sicily,” at the Holy Week meeting of the Kiw'anis Club of Aberdeen held Wednesday in his^ year own church, arid was roundly ap-: plauded by his fellow members for; a timely and brilliantly delivered re-. cital to the occasion. | The local club had as guests at^ Wednesday’s meeting five members of the Kiwanis Club of Albany, N. Y., including the president, W. T. Dough ty: a past president of the Troy, N. j Y., club and A. F. Ebert of Charlotte, j The meeting opened with a solo de-1 lightfully rendered by Dr. Robert P. Shepard. President Picquet appoint-: ed the following nominating commit-1 tee to name candidates for delegates j and alternates to the annual Kiwanis ! international convention to be held in Indianapolis, Ind., in June: E. C. Stevens, Paul Dana and J. Vance Rowe. It was announced that the Rotary Clubs of North Carolina would meet in Pinehurst in May and the Kiwan is Club voted to offer its services tO' Right now Spring is bursting forth in all its beauty in the South,” the folder says. It tells of reduced ex cursion fares in Seaboard alr-Qondi- tioned trains. And it shows tempting pictures of the Southland at this Mrs. G. Randolph Scott, who has | the day of its new wing opening or-: making the visit of the Rotar- trained horses here as well as atj i&>”^ted the thought with the direc-^ pleasant one. Camden for years, is also a member tors and it is assured that these two On another page of the timetable we read: "Only Seaboard offers you Stop overs at the great Carolina resorts-- Southei’n Pines, Pinehurst, Camden — on through tickets betw^een the North or East, and Florida. “Nestling between the capitals of North and South Carolina in the heart of the long-leaf pines with its bracing atmosphere, wann. sunshine, and the fragrant odor of the pines, the section presents ideal spots to break your journey to or from Flor ida, or to linger for a lengthier va cation.” Florida .Advertising Nor is the Seaboard timetable the only effort put forth this Spring to catch the Florida visitors on their way north. The Town of Southern Pines this week placed contracts with newspapers in Palm Beach, Miami and St. Petersburg stressing the (Please turn to page five) of the committee, of which Harry D. Kirkover, formerly of Pinehurst, is chairman. Tha card for the day will include, in addition to the feature three-mile timber race, the Springdale Cup. two- and-one-half miles over brush; the Palmetto Maiden, two miles over timber; the Kershaw Steeplechase, two miles over brush, the Camden Plate, six-and-one-half miles on the flat; the Wateree, one-and-one-half miles on the flat, and the Baron De- Kalb, one-and-one-half miles over hurdles. The races will start at 2:00 o’clock Saturday afternoon. Among the en tries will be several horses from Williamson Beasley, 37, for the apparently asleep in the same room| with the dead girl. Freeman was Company in Vass, died of'Pinehurst and Southern Pines held for the grand jury without!'’ ^ ^ a I ® I a heart attack at 4:15 p’clock Mon 1 „ J i ^,.1 day morning in his room in Hotel County officers were called to the „ j ii. ^ Charmella, his death commg as B.\NKS CLOSED MONDAY scene around 8:00 o’clock, and when they were within a. half mile of the Scarboro home, they encountered Mrs. Scarboro and two or three of the smaller children. She informed them tliat various members of the family had fled in different direc tions and she had not seen any of the others, but that there had been a lot of shooting. The father was not at home. They proceeded to the house and found the drunken man beside the murdered girl. He had removed her shoes and rearranged the covers over her body. Indications were that the girl Wai shot after she had run about 250 yards from the house. The pistol was found several yards away. Freeman had been living in the Scarboro home for four or five months, officers were told. Funeral service for the young wo man was conducted Sunday after noon by the Rev. W. S. Golden of Carthage, and the body was interred in Johnson’s Grove A'^ass. cemetery near death coming as a distinct shock to his many friends throughout this section, few of whom know that he was ill. Mr. Beasley did not feel well on Sunday and suffered a heart attack about 11 o’clock that night. He seemed to respond to treatment, but a second attack quickly proved fa tal. The funeral service was held in Apex at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Beasley, at 3:00 o’clock Tuesday afternoon with a large group of relatives and friends in attendance. The Rev, B. F. Boone of the Methodist church and the Rev. G. N. Co'wan of the Baptist church conducted the Impressive service. Mr. Cowan, who had knovra Mr. Beasley since he was a lad, paid a beautiful tribute, commenting especially on his outstanding characteristics of cour tesy and thoughtfulness, and other gentlemanly traits. Mr. Beasley unit ed with the Baptist church in early boyhood. Interment was in the Apex ceme- (Please turn to page eight) The Citizens Bank & Trust Com pany of Southern Pines and the Bank of Pinehurst, with branches in Aber deen and Carthage, will be closed all day on Monday, Easter Monday be ing a bank holiday. youngsters will be among those viv- ing for the beauty honors. It is also understood that two or three fami lies, graced with triplet swill enter their “hopefuls.” Depot Impro venients The directors also received an en couraging report from the Seaboard Air Line to the effect that it plans to lengthen its passenger platform towards Penn. ave. that it will in crease its station lighting facilities board near the station announcing the location of its numbered Pull man cars. According to Chairman Kelsay the railroad has also agreed (Please tuni to page eight) Ralph Chandler announced that at | next week’s meeting of the Club the i Country Fair at Ark debating team of the Southern Pines; School Great SuCCCSS High school would argue the ques-1 tion of "Government Ownership of' Public Utilities,” as a prelude to its j competition with other state schools i the following Friday. i Pupils Raise $200 for Moore County Hospital and Enter tain Large Crowd Negro Cast to Present “Heaven Bound” Here Unique Folk Play and Singing of Spirituals at Soutihern Pines School April 2d On the evening of Friday, April 2, a company of accomplished negro sin gers and actors will come to South ern Pines in a presentation of “Heav- ' I en Bound,” to be given at the South- The Southern Pines Baptist Men’s ern Pines Scl.ool House on May B.\PTIST MEN’S CLU BTO HEAR STEPHEN W. KENT Club will meet at the Church Tues day evening at 6:30. A supper will be served at this meeting, the price of which is 50 cents. The speaker of the evening will be Stephen W. Kent of Summit, N. J. Horton Smith Victor in 35th Annual North and South Golf The Country Fair, given by the pu pils of The Ark School for the ben efit of the Moore County Hospital Wednesday afternoon, proved to be a most delightful and successful oc casion, and Mrs. Millcent Hayes, principal of the school, reports that approximately $200 was raised. Due to threatening weather, the booths were arranged inside the spa cious building, but the Maypole and other country dances were held out side on the lawn, and the gaily col ored dresses of the girls made a de lightful picture for the hosts cf friends and spectators enjoying the Horton Smith, who won the North & South golf tournament in Itoe- hurst in 1929, repeated yesterday in the 35th annual event and last even ing was awarded the $1,000 first prize money and a gold medal for his 72-hole total of 286 strokes, three less than his nearest rival, Paul Runyan. By his victory Smith joins Runyan and Henry Picard as the only pro fessional golfers who have won this event, one of the major open classics of the co-untry, more than once. Run yan won in 1930 and 1935, Picard in 1934 and last year. Next to Runyan in the scoring was Byron Nelson, followed by Ed Dud ley, Harry Cooper, Jimmy Hines, ... Ralph Guldahl, Bill Mehlhom and ^ native opera, so continuous I is the singing. It relates back also The tournament opened on Tuesday, the old English Morality plaps, as and ran through yesterday, the 60 evidenced by the Allegorical charac- low scorers of the first two days’ ters of Mercy, Justice, Death and Sa- play of 36 holes qualifying. Amer-! tan, as well as a sprinkling of golden ica’s leading golfers, both profession-^ voiced saints for good measure, al and amateur, were among the en-j gates of Heaven occupy the tries. Three former national amateur' center of the stage ; cherubs sit champions competed, George T. Dun- swaying and chanting behind a row lap, Jr., Jess Sweetser and Lawson | ®f formally scalloped clouds, and the Little. Crowds followed the event ^X^vil, one of the best actors in the street. Those interested in splendid singing of negro spirituals, local col-, Everywhere the sound or a unique negro folk play will be! , j, well rewarded. "Heaven Bound” has been given in Atlanta, Raleigh and a number of other cities by companies of gifted negroes. It has never been written down, but has been passe d about from city to city by individual per formers. “Heaven Bound” might almost be each day, and the tournament was probably the most successful in Pine hurst history, considered from all standpoints. cast, waves his pitchfork and pounces on any poor pilgrim weak eiiough to succumb to his charm of manner and (Please turn to page four) of laughter mingled with the chat ter of children as the gay crowds moved among the brightly decorated stalls. Mrs. Hayes wishes to thank the innumerable friends who contribut ed so generously to the success of the fair. Among stall holders and helpers were the following: Cakes and marmalade, Mrs. E. T. Latting, Miss Phyllis Lovering and Miss Nancy Lewis; Flowers, Mrs. M. G. Nichols, Mrs. Elmmett French. Jane Musser, Ethel Lewis and Mary French; Balloon girlis, Pauline Nich ols and Jane Drexel; Cigarettes and Candy, Mrs. Nelson C. Hyde, Mrs. Donald Sherrerd, Peggy Ewing, Griselda Jackson, ’Timmy Hyde and George Sherrerd; Handcraft and needlework. Miss Webb, Nancy Boyd, Jane Moore, John Wicker, Meri wether Ctowgill; Grabs, Mrs. Paul Dana, Miss Fraser, Shirley Dana, (Please turn to page four) •«»**- ■'•wiMiC i- ~ wr>|-ir
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