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VOL. 17, NO. 50.
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, November 5, 1937.
THOMAS J. SHAW,
JUDGE 32 YEARS,
DIES OF STROKE
Dislingui^hed Jurist, Brother of
Mrs. Robert N. Page of Aber
deen, Passes in Greensboro
NATIVE OF MOORE COUNTY
Thomas Jefferson Shaw, 76, dis
tinguished jurist who served on the
Superior Court bench for 32 years,
succumbed at 1:15 o’clock Wednes-
d 1" afternoon at his home in Greens
boro, to a stroke of paralysis suf-
fei-ed six days ago.
He had never completely recovered
from the effects of a heart attack he
suffered while presiding over Ala
mance Superior Court about a year
ago and a recent recurrence of this
trouKle combined with paralysis to
prove fatal. He passed into a state
of coma several hours before death
overtook him.
Funeral service was held in the
First Presbyterian Church, in Greens
boro, in which he was a ruling eld
er for many years, at 3:30 o’clock
yesterday afternoon. Dr. Charles F.
Myers, pastor, was in charge of the
rites and interment followed in the
family plot in Green Hill cemetery.
Judge Shaw had a wide acquain
tance in his native Moore county,
having practiced law in Carthage
early in his career. His sister, Mrs.
Robert N. Page resides in Aberdeen.
He was the speaker at a Bethesda
Church “home-coming” a few years
ago.
Native of Manley
Born in Manley, this county, March
5, 1861, son of Peter Cornelius and
Rebecca Kelley Shaw, Judge Shaw
was the fourth child in a family of
seven. In 1887 he married Mary
Florence Woolen, of Aaheboro, who
died in April, 1935. Surviving are his
son, Thomas J. Shaw, Jr., of
Greensboro: two sisters, Mrs. Page,
of Aberdeen, who is now ill, and Miss
Cornelia Shaw, librarian emeritus of
Davidson College, now en route home
from England where she spent the
si(nrjmer. An only brother, the Rev.
Angus R. Shaw, D. D„ well known
Presbyterian minister, died in Char
lotte about a year ago.
Although officially retired in 1931,
Judge Shaw continued active service
as an emergency judge until last No
vember, when he suffered a heart at
tack while holding court at Graham.
He was recognized as one of tho
ablest Superior Court judges in the
state.
In early life he attended school
in the various localities to which his
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Secretary Hull, Here For Rest,
Gets Exercise on Putting Green
“Pull Together”
Enforcement of Domestic
Servant Law Urged by May
or and Board of S. P.
The Mayor and Commissioners
of Southern Pines desire to bring
to the attention of everyone in
Southern Pines the State Law, re
printed in Page seven of this pa
per, “Requiring the Examination
of Domestic Servants.”
We believe that the enforcement
of this Law will be of great val
ue to employers, employees and
the general public, and we expect
to back fully the efforts now be
ing made to provide examinations
and treatments for those who are
unable to provide them for them
selves. If we all pull together on
this important matter, our com
munity will be a better place in
which to live.
We heartily commend the splen
did work of the Committee han
dling this work. Dr. Symington,
the County Health Officer, and
those far-sighted and generous cit
izens who are devoting so much
time and energy to this work. We
hope that everyone will give them
full support and co-operation when
called upon.
D. G. STUTZ, Mayor,
HUGH BETTERLk;Y,
R. L. HART,
L. V. O’CALLAGHAN,
CHARLES PATCH.
EUGENE C. STEVENS.
Commissioners.
Says “Putting Furnishes the
Best Mental Relaxation and
N<ot Too Severe Exercise”
Resting in Pinehurst
CORDELL HULL
VENEREAL CLINICS
By “BOB" HARLOW
Even in Pinehurst. the most golf-
minded community in America, the
seriousness of a “putt” depends en
tirely on the point of view.
Professionals, playing for cash
prizes here, have been known to
throw away their putters when they
missed a short one. but to Secre
tary of SJate Cordell S. Hull, “putt
ing furnishes the best mental relax
ation and not too severe exercise."
After 18 months of incessant work >
in the State Department over the!
problems of a tumultuous world, the i
Secretary of State, accompanied by |
Mrs. Hull, is taking a vacation here. |
The Secretary and Mrs. Hull plan to j
remain for two weeks, but are ready |
to return to Washington if an enier- j
gency requires it. j
• Secretary Hull is not a golfer. He,
stated that as a Congressman he'
tried the game and had an inclination j
for it, but found it required so much
time he gave it up. In Pinehurst he i
does not play the courses, but spends i
an hour each morning and an hour ' |j t|^ * w
each evening in putting on one
the practice greens. He walks twicc : Amtiv
each day from the Carolina Hotel to^ T|| ^ AI|vF A j ADjlll
the club house, a distance of about I 1" rmlJriliAfl
a mile.
“Putting,” he declared, “provides
better mental relaxation than mere
ly walking, because it requires con
centration and keeps the mind off
other matters.”
Asked to explain his method of
keepii^ fit enough to take on 18
months of intensive work when
things were popping for State De
partment action in practically every
corner of the globe, Secretary Hull
attributed it to a good digestion and
sound sleep. The Secretary’s leisure
ly walks to the club and his putting
are his only diversions here. He takes
a nap each afternoon and retires
early.
In Pinehurst, for Mr. and Mrs.
Hull, there is a sort of “Do Not Dis
turb” atmosphere for which the Sec
retary said he was most appreciative
because it was impossible to obtain
the sort of rest he needed if oblig
ed to meet many people. So Mr. and
Mrs. Hull have the town to them
selves, and in the country’s most
fervent golfing village it makes no
matter to the Secretary of State if
he holes his putts or misses them.
To Advertise Delinquent
Taxpayers Next Week
County Sale of Property For
Taxes Set by Board for First
Monday in December
W. T. Huntley, tax collector for
Moore county, is to advertise the
real property for delinquent taxes
due for the year 1936 during Novem
ber. and sell the same on the first
Monday in December, according to
an order passed by the Board of
County Commissioners at the reg-
,ular meeting held on Monday with
all members in attendance.
The sale was postponed to give
farmers a chance to market their fall
crops and thus procure funds with
which to pay their taxes. Those who
have not paid will have to act with
in the next few days if they wish to
avoid having their property adver
tised, starting next week.
The board voted to recommend
that the State Highway and Public
Works Commission take over as a
State Highway the county road from
Route 27 at Lassiter’s Store to High
way 2 at a point near Eagle Springs
as an extension of Highway 705, this
being the direct route from Hemp
to Eagle Springs. This road is used
as a mail and school bus route.
Committee on Negro Welfare
Makes Fine Start in Cam
paign Against Disease
NEEDS FUNDS FOR WORK
After five months of existence the
clinic operated by the Committee on
Negro WeiTare at Lht Community
House on New York avenue in Wedt
Southern Pines for the treatment of
vtncreal diseases has examined 680
persons (about 50 per cent of pe pop
ulation of that community) and has
found 190, or 28.4 per cent to be in
fected. Of this number 93, nearly oO
per cent, are school children. That
was the statement made on Wednes
day by the Rev. F. Craighill Brown,
chairman of the committee, and tak
en from the clinic records.
When the North Carolina General
Assembly ratified Senate Bill No.
380, “An Act Requiring The Exam
ination of Domestic Servants,” on
March 22nd of this year, the Com
mittee on Negro Welfare, headed by
the Rev. Mr. Brown and further com
prised of Mrs. J. B. Swett, Mrs.
Clyde S. Wilson, P. T. Kelsey, the
Rev. J. R. Funderburke and P. R.
Brown, went before the Board of
Commissioners of Southern Pines and
received a grant of $250 with which
to start a clinic in West Southern
Pines for the enforcement of tne
Act. At the out-set progress was
slow due to the reluctance of the ne
groes to present themselves at the
clinic, plus a lack of cooperation on
the part of many employers in de
mand health certificates from their
servants, but as the work progress
ed and the benefits of the clinic be-
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80 ENTRANTS FOR
BEAUTY CONTEST
AND THEATRICALS
Civic Club Affair Tonight At
School Auditorium Promises
to Be Great Success
LIST OF CONTESTANTS
A
FIVE CENTS
Ten Thousand red
For Knoll wood Airport
Dedication Next Friday
Here for Dedication
SANDHILLS NEWS-PRESS TO
START PUBLICATION TUESDAY
The first issue of the Sandhills
News-Press, the daily publication re
sulting from the merger of the Sand
hills Daily News and the Pinehurst
Press, will appear next Tuesday
morning. The paper will be published
each morning except Monday
throughout the winter season In
Pinehurst and Southern Pines.
Miss McQueen Tells of
Maternity Work Here
Cites Figures To Show Need of
Clinics in County in Talk
Before Kiwanis
In 25 years in the United States
365,000 mothers have last their lives
in maternity cases, while only 244,-
000 men have lost their lives in all
our wars since the Declaration of In
dependence was signed.
North Carolina loses approximate
ly 550 mothers a year. Moore coun
ty has lost 57 mothers in the past
ten years.
In every 14 years in this country
we lose as many babies as are born
in a single year. In North Carolina
alone 25,000 under two weeks old
have died in the last ten years.
These statistics were cited by Miss
Margaret McQueen, in charge of ma
ternity and infant care for Moore
county’s Department of Health, to
show the need and value of the work
now being done in the county, in a
talk before the Kiwanis Club in the
Pinehurst Community Church on
Wednesday. “Make Maternity Safe
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With approximately 80 entries al
ready received for the three contests,
the Civic Club committee in charge
of the “Miss Sandhills,” “Little Miss
Sandhills” and the Amateur contests
to be held tonight, Friday, at the
Southern Pines High School audi
torium at 8:00 o’clock, is putting
Lhe final touches on its plans in
preparation for a gala occasion.
During the past week Mrs. N. L.
Hodgkins, Miss Florence Campbeii
and Miss Birdilia Bair have been
contacting prospective entrants and
sponsors in Southern Pines, Pinehurst
and Aberdeen with the net result that
there will be 25 girls of 14 years
and over competing for the title of
"Miss Sandhills.” 26 young misses
between the ages of two and 3 2 com
peting for the title of “Little Miss
Sandhills” and approximately 30 en
tries in the Amateur contest.
Judging of the events will be in
“Miss Sandhills” Entries
partial judges, one set for the beauty
contests and the other for the am;>-
teur contest, and Miss Catherine Pier
son, Miss Mead Seawell, Struthers
Burt, Bowdoin Plummer, Judge J.
Vance Rowe and Michael Jabaly have
volunteered their services in that
capacity. Th^ winners of the beau- ^
ty contest a id the amateur contest i
will compete !n the State contest to (
be h'sld this coming: Spring in Ral
eigh for the right to represent North
Carolina in the national contest to be
held at an as yet unannounced date.
The winner of the “Little Miss Sand- j
hills” contest will be presented with
a loving cup symbolical of her ti
tle.
“Miss Sandhills’’ Entdies
The following girls will compete
lor “Miss Sandhills” title; Lucille
Grover, Rosalin Baker, Henrietta An
drews. Pauline Poe. Dorothy Roseu-
dale, Ernestine Bailey, Katie Lee
Ward, Betsy Jean Backer, Sue Ann
Milliken, Rebecca Neal, Christine
Mapjes, Jessie McDonald, Margaret
Gifford Hobbs, Mary Ellen Sadler.
Frances Mills, Virginia StevicK,
Mary Elizabeth O’Callaghan, Ruth
Thompson, Edith Blake, Sara Bar-
num, Lucille Simmons, Anna Tobin,
Eleanor Cameron, Carolyn Backer
and Nancy Richardson.
In the “Little Miss Sandhills” con
test the following entries have been
received; Barbara Page, Jo Harris.
Peggy Jean Cameron. Mary Berry,
Barbara Ann Hackney, Nelia John
son. Dolores Merrill. Betty Lane
Dunn. Mona Beall Shepard, Myra
Scott, Julia Scott, Bobby Jean Mc
Bride, Jean Overton, Jean Sadler.
Jane Moore, Carolyn Chester. Norma
Briggs. Jacqueline Worsham. Hazel
Patch, Mary Louise Black, Harriet
Malone, Suzanne Kelly. Erma Louise
Dorn. Jean Olive, Anne Pleasants
and Frances Campbell.
The amateur contest has attracted
a large list of entries and yesterday
morning the committees released the
following list of competitors; Peggy
Jean Cameron, Lloyd Woolley, Jr.,
Mrs. Reid Page, Jean Olive, South
ern PineJj High School Eighth
Grade, Bertha Fowler. Myra Scott,
Julia Scott, Dorothy Rosendale, Le-
nora Smith, Lucille Muse, Rosemary
Ward, Dorothy Phillips, Bobby Jean
McBride, Jean Chester, Ernestine
Bailey, Virginia Broome, Catherine
Hilderman, Betty Lane Dunn, Cath
erine Prizer. Kathryn Charles, Janet
Rosser. Jacqueline Worsham and
Winifred Kelly.
Admission this evening will be 35
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ROBERT R. REYNOLDS
WALTER LAMBETH
$10,000 LOSS IN
FIRE IN PINEHURST
LIVERY STABLE
MRS. HALL AND DAUGHTER
HURT IN AUTO UPSET
Mrs. Reid Hall suffered a broken
leg and her daughter, Miss Ruby
Hall lacerations of the head requiring
four stiches in an automobile acci
dent near the Knollwood Airport
Wednesday. The car which Miss Hall
was driving swerved into a soft spot
in the road and turned over. Mrs.
Hall is in the Moore County Hospital.
Frame Building Practically
Destroyed But Horses Saved.
Three Departments Respond
A fire of undetermined origin that
broke out in the rear of the Pine
hurst Livery Stable in Pinehurst at
about 8:30 Tuesday night attracted
a large throng J of spectators from
miles around, most of whom remain
ed on the scene until nearly mid
night when the flames were finally
brought under control after nearly
three quarters of the frame building
had been totally destroyed. At +he
height of the blaze the flames light
ed up the sky for miles in every di
rection.
The fire was first seen from the
Pinehurst Laundry, employes of
which reported it to the fire depart
ment, but the one company could not
control the blaze and alarms were
turned in at Southern Pines and
Aberdeen. Livery Stable attendants
arrived on the scene almost as soon
as the fire department and they suc
ceeded in liberating all of the dozen
or so horses stabled in the building.
The itack \^as also saved.
The horses, turned loose from the
stable, ran wild around the fire area
and there was constant danger that
some of them might try to re-enter
the burning building. The prevent
this guards were posted around the
stable.
Horses Roam Countryside
When the fire was finally put out
an effort was made to round up the
loose horses but the darkness was
such a handicap that it was decided
to postpone the effort until the fol
lowing morning. Several of them
were located at pasture Wednesday
morning in the Little River section
and one by one they were picked up
during the remainder of the day in
and around Pinehurst. The last strag
gler was located at about 3:00 o’clock
Wednesday afternoon on the out-
sltirts of Aberdeen. He was cut on
the chest and bruised about the
head as the result of crashing into a
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Stunt F’lier, 50 Planes, Sen. Rey
nolds, Ass’t. Postmaster-Gen.,
Lambeth, McCloskey Coming
FT. BRAGG BAND, GUNS
At a meeting of the Organizing
Committee on the Knollwood Airport
dedication, held yesterday afternoon
at the office of City Clerk Howard
Burns, plans were completed for the
dedication and Armistice Day cele
bration to be held at Knollwood Air
port on Friday, November 12t'.i.
The program, an all-day affair,
will start at 11:00 o’clock in the
morning with a concert by the U. S.
Army band from Fort Bragg, to be
immediately followed by a hair-rais
ing exhibition of stunt flying by
Johnny Crowell, internationally re
nowned upside-down and stunt fly
er, Just before noon there will be a
mass flight of all the planes on ths
field. The dedication ceremonies will
start at 1:00 p. m. and, at their
conclusion, the balance of the after
noon will be devoted to air races
and exhibitions by members of the
Carolina Aei’o Club, some 50 mem
bers of which will converge on
Knollwood Airport that day from all
over the SouKi.
The dedication ceremonies will be
•n the charge of Brigadier General
Manus McCloskey, commanding gen
eral of Fort Bragg, who is also bring
ing a squadron of U. S. Army piane.j
and a battery of motorized Field Ar
tillery to the celebration. U. S. Sen-
atoi Robert R. Reynolds will make
the dedicatory addreas and other dis
tinguished state and national fig-
ui-es, including Congressman Wal
ter Lambeth, Second Assistant Post
master General Harllee Granch, Gov
ernor Clyde R. Hoey and the Hon.
•JJeorge W. Coan, State WPA Ad
ministrator, will be on the speakers’
stand.
Fifty Planes L.vpect«d
Altogether there will be nearly
50 planes on the Knollwood field next
Friday and the various sub-commit
tees are making extensive plans to
provide a celebration that will im
print the memory of Knollwood Air
port indelibly on the minds of every
spectator and guest present there
that day.
The afternoon program of racea
that will foflow the dedication cere
monies will include races for every
type of plane that will be present and
will feature the sensational as well
as amusing ribbon cutting contest.
The complete schedule of the day’s
events is a.s follows:
11:00 a. m.—Band concer* by Fort
Bragg Army Band and the arrival
of the Fort Bragg Artillery and Air
Squadron.
11:15 a. m.—Stunt flying exhibi
tion by Johnny Crowell, internation
ally famous stunt flyer and member
of the Carolina Aero Club.
11:‘^5 a. m.—Mass flight of all of
the planes on the field.
1:00 p. m.—Dedication Ceremonies
—U. S. Senator Robert R. Reynolds,
principal speaker.
2:30 p. m.—Airplane races and ex
hibitions by members of the Caro
lina Aero Club.
10:00 p. m.—Aviation Ball at The
Pine Needles Club House. Admission
$2.00 per couple.
10:15 p. m.—Exhibition of moving
pictures of the Dedication of Battle
Monuments in France and Belglii’~i
at the Carolina Theater In Southern
Pines. These pictures were brjuj,
back from Europe by Congressman
I-ambeth who recently returned af
ter Serving as a member of the U
S. Dedicatory Commission.
Thousands Experte J
According to a survey made recent
ly for another purpose it has been
determined that there !vre 100,000
persons living within one day’s driv
ing distance of the Knollwood Air
port and it is expected that ithere
will be in the neighborhood of 8,000
to 10,000 spectators on hand ne :t
Friday. Elxtensive plans are now be
ing made for the accommodation of
the cars that are expected and police
and parking arrangements now un-
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