MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS-WEEKLY THE A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding '“VcABTHAOe^ aAoum SPAIHCS ^9^ ^LAKEView MAHI^V SOUTHERN JACKSOH 9PRIHOS PINBBLUPI> PILOT FIRST IN NEWS, CIRCULATION & ADVERTISING of the Sandhill Territory North Carolina 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 - (Please turn to page four) 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 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- (Please turn to page four) 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 (Please turn to Page 10) 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 (Please turn to page five) 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 (Please turn to page five) 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- (Please turn to page ten).