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MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS-WEEKLY THE A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 18. NO. 7. E>ct.e St>RINCS LAKE view w&sr V‘ JACXSOH ^ rfHANLKV SPRIHOS . —SOUTHBPN Pinsa Ae«RotE>7w tiiiiyvVs PINEBLUPF PILOT FIRST IN NEWS, CIRCULATION & ADVERTISING of the SandhiK,\^-^rri tory of North Carolina Southern IMnes and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, .lanuary I t, GOVERNOR ASKS SANE OPTIMISM IN SPEECH HERE Calls For C(toperation He!ween (iovernnient and Business to End Recession, Unemployment 450 ATTEND HANQUET Governor Clyde R, Hoey called for “sane optimism” and cooperation be tween government and business to end the recession and increase cm ployment in a talk before a crowd of more than 450 persons gathered in the main dining room of The Caio- lina on Tuesday evening. The occa sion wa^ the first annual banquet of the Chambers of Commerce of the towns of Moore County;, the keynote, the slogan of the Three Musketeers,’ all for one, one for all.” The nation is beset by two groups of extremists, Hoey said, clamoring on one hand "for a return to the ■old order of things when government did not interfere with business,” and on the other for the government to “meddle with everything and to re ulate, control and regiment both in dustry and agriculture.” ‘‘It is idle,” said the Governor, ‘‘to .Qxpect a return to old conditions, however much .some may desire this. The old days and practices aic gone forever. We are living in a new era and it is no more possible to throw off the control and regulation than it would be to discard the new means of travel and communication and move back to the past century. ‘‘However it in juet as important for us to guard against the inva sion by government of the rignt j of the citizen and the tissumption of control to the extend that it hampers the full exercise of initiative and en terprlse and takes aw’ay the Incentive to develop the country, create wealtn, g;lve employment to people and make profit.” Sane Optimism Between the two extremes, ho as serted, “there is safe ground for sane optimism based upon the re- sources of this country and the tre mendous earning power of the na tion.” "Just now we need the fullest co operation of gOTermnent and busi ness. There is no occasion for hos tility between either. I have confl- <lenc« to beiiave that Congress and the President will work harmonious ly with business in an effort to sta- 'bilin the gains already made and prepare against the day of a possible national crisis.” The Goremor left his enthusiastic audience feeling hopeful of the fu ture, for State and nation. He spoke in high praise of the spirit of co operation manifest in the Sandhills as ▼oiced by preceding speakers, and (FUaa0 <tini to fw*) FIVE CENTS = ■ ■ ■ — • ' ^ ^ ^ r 1 V Ei J Rev. F.Craighitt Brown Elected iSLEANOR BARRON British Naval Command^ Head of Southern Pines Library j|£4|)g QQjp Mrs. Burt To Read at Civic Club Today Residents and Visitors Invited To Hear Authoress.—Card Party Jan. 21st This afternoon, Friday, at <1:00 o'clock, the Civic Club will welcome Mrs. Struthers Burt to it9 platfoiin, in a reading from one of her owu books, and extends an invitation to all residents and visitors to be guests of the club on this occasion, to hear Mrs. Burt, who writes under the name, Katharine Newlin Burt. Mrs. Reid Page of Aberdeen, ac companied by Mrs. Jack Meadow, -will sing a group of songs as a com pliment to the Civic Club. The usual social hour and tea will follow, with Mrs. Edward A. Campbell and Mrs. Ernest Morell presiding at the tea table. The Booklovers’ Club of Rockirg- ham, about twenty in number will be guests of the club today, coming over to hear Mrs. Burt and meet her at tea. On Friday. January 21st at 2:30 the club is planning a bridge tea, and tables may be formed, on single tick ets purchased from the followin-j; committee; Mrs. Norris Hodgkins. Dr. Isabel . Graves, Mr.g. Shields Cameron, Miss Joan Scott or Mi's. McCord. Annual Reports Show Attend ance of Circulation of G,591 Volumes During 1937 At the annual meeting of the Sou thern Pines Library Association, held on Monday afternoon, the Rev. F. Craighill Brov/n was elected president succeeding Eugene C. Stevens, who retires this year after a long and successful term of office. A. B. Yeo mans was elected first vice presi- ident; Frank W. Webster, second vice president; Miss Birdilia Bair, third vice president; Mrs. James Swett, secretary, and Mrs. Maria B. Walker, treasurer. Four new trus tees were also chosen: EL C. Stevens, W. D. Matthews, Mrs. J. B. Riddle, and Miss Laura Kelsey. Trustees still serving unexpired terms are: Mr.*. Jane II. Towne, Mrs. James Boyd, Almet Jenks, Mrs. Norris L. Hodg- ’.'.inn, Mrs. George Jenks, Mrs. Wil liam C. Mudgett, Dr. E. Levis Pri- zer and Ruth Burr Sanborn. Reports from standing committees showed an attendance, during eleven months, of 4,36.'). and a circulation of 6,591 volumes. During this period .508 books have been added to the shelves, either through purchase or donation, and the library officials wish to express again their apprecia tion of the generosity from indivi duals which has made this consiiiez- able increase possible. Many New Books The current book list, authorized for purchase and available for circu lation next week, follow's. General: ‘‘After 1903--What?” by Robert Benchley; “The Arts,” by Hendrick Wilhelm Van Loon; “Red Star Over China,” by Edgar Snow; “400 Million Customers,” by Carl Crow; ‘‘Let Your Mind Alone,” by James Thur- ber. Mysteries: “The Simple Way of Poison,” by Leslie Ford; “Murder on Margin," by Robert Dean; “The Strange Crime in Bermuda," by Eliz abeth Sanxay Holding, Fiction: "The Tale of Bali,” by Vicki Baum; “The Nutmeg Tree," by Margery Sharpe; “Winter In April," by Robert Nathan; “Imperial City," by Elmer Rice; "Pity the Tyrant," by H. Otto Storm, and "Shadows Slant North," by Uary Bledsoe. The latter, a reconunenda- tion of the Book-of-the llonth Club, is a story by a North Carolinian at>out North Carolina life. Iflss Bled soe’s family has liTed for fiTe gen erations on New River in Ashe County, and she has drawn a fine and true portrait against the famil iar background of Charlotte, Blow ing Rock, Boone, Jefferson and Wil- kestmro. In order to meet the contin uing demand, another copy of ‘'▼Ic- toria: 4:80" by Cecil Roberts has also been purchased. Library President on Yangtze Writes Here of Rescue of Panay Crew KEY. F. C'K.XIGHILL BKOUN Mrs. Belle Buchan Dies; Funeral This Afternoon Aunt of Southern Pine Post master Passes at Home of Daughter in Pinebluff Mrs. Belle Buchan, member of one of the leading families of Moore county, aunt of Postmaster Frank Buchan of Southern Pines, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Rob ert F. Stewart in Pinebluff late yes terday. Funeral services will be held this afternoon, Friday, from Mrs. Stewart’s home 'at 3:00 o’clock, with interment in Old Bethesda Cemetery, Aberdeen. Mrs. Buchan is survived by six children, Mrs. Stewart, Miss Idell Buchan of Pinebluff and Miss Flora Buchan of Sanford; Harrison Buch an of Mullins, S. C., Edward Buchan of Sanford and Carl Buchan of Pine bluff. REINECKE PURCHASES BLOCK OF LOTS NEAR COUNTRY CLUB The vacant property in Southern Pines bounded by Morganton Road, Ridge Street, Illinois avenue and Country Club Drive was sold during the past week by tho Citizens Bink & Trust Company to E. W. Rein- ccke, of the firm of Roinecke & Dil- lehay. Paul T. Barnum was agent in the transaction. Mr. Reinecke is un derstood to have purchased for in vestment. PART IN MURDER OFJ.ECARR.\WAY Svendsen. 19 Years Old, Caught in Canada: Police Seek Ac complice in Crime Arrested in Hamilton, Ontario, last vv’eek on a tip from Moore county Deputy Sheriff Herman H. Grimrn and held on a vagrancy charge until Grimm, then in Boston, Mass., could reach Hamilton to prefer charges of participation in the robbery and slay ing of J. E. Carraway, elderly pro prietor of Connecticut Tourist Camp, near Southern Pines last August fith, a 19-year-old Swede booked as Robert Svendsen has confessed his part in the crime, Grimm report ed, and implicated a second man who is now being sought. Svendsen waived extradition and was brought to the Moore county jail, but upon failure of Massachusetts officers to apprehend the second man, whose name the Sheriff declined to divulge. Deputies Grimm and Charles Dunlap left Monday night for Spring field taking Svendsen with them in the hope that he would be able to locate the home of the wanted man, which We Tisited on his way south last year. Srendsen was with his father In Hamilton when located after months of intenslTe effort on the part of Moore county officers. His mother is said to reside in Boston. Svendsen gave officers a detailed account of his activities preceding the robbery and slaying, of which he denied any foreknowledge. His story, as related by Sheriff C. J. McDonald, was, in sut>stance, as fol lows: Svendsen set out for Cambridge, Mass., with a Canadian Indian of around twenty-four years of age, whom he had known for about a week, and went to Springfield where he met several members of his com panion’s family and spent the night. The next day the two left for Bal timore in an old automobile, and upon reaching the city, sold the car and hitch-hiked to Henderson, N. C., where they spent the night. There they boarded a train which brought them to Aberdeen, and from there (Please turn to page four) Women Devotees Form Club to Promote (<ame in Southern I’ines FREtiUENT TOURNAMENTS At a luncheon at the Southern Mnes Country Club on Tuesday twenty perr,ons interested in the forming of a women's golfing organ ization met to elect officers and to di.scuss plans for tournaments to be held during the season. Miss Elean or Barron was elected club captain, ! and Mrs. R. F. Tarlton secretary and | i treasui'er. Mrs. W. C. Mudgett, Mrs. | George London and Mrs. H. A. Page, j Jr. were selected as the Prize com- ! niittee. Mrs. R. M. Bowles, Mrs. Har- I old Calloway and Mrs. Roy Grinnell j , make up the Handicap commiltec. j j On next Tuesday, January 18th, there : will be another luncheon and a Blind i I Bogey tournament, the first event; I of the newly organized group. Any | ——— —— I ‘rcr ILELAND McKEITHEN . or Miss B.irron and participate in next week’s event. Attending Tuesday’s luncheon were Mrs. H. A. Page, Jr., Mrs. W. C. Muiigett, Ml'S. R. M. Bowles, Mrs. Harry O'Hara, Mrs. Harold Calloway, Mrs. Roy Giinnell, Mrs. Howard Burns, Mrs. Elmer Harrington. Miss Erma Fi.sher, Mi.ss Laura Kel.sey, Miss Frances Glover, Mrs. V. P. Clark, Miss Birdelia Bair, Miss Fran ces Schwartz, Mrs. Clarence Edson, Mrs. Garland Pierce, Mrs. R. F. Tarlton, Miss Eleanor Barron, Mrs. George London ana Mias Jane Mc Mullen. British Ship Here I’ublic Invited to Inspect H. M. S. Apollo, Now in Wii- minffton Harbor Do you want to see a Britisn cruiser? You're invited to inspect H. M. ‘.5. Apollo, 7,000 tons, carrying .550 men, at the Port of Wilmmg- ton- only about a three-hour drive from here- during the next fev.' days. The ship docked there yes terday. The warship, 533 feet long, with a bean of 56 feet and carrying <iif- plancs, will be open to the public Friday and Saturday afternoons. It will be docked at the Sprunt wharf. Vivid Word Picture of .lapanese Attack Ke<teived by Wife from Rear Admiral Holt Gymkhana Today at Southern Pines Ring- To Continue »jroom Polo Series Between Southern Pines and Pinehurst Teams PRESIDENT’S BIRTHDAY BALL TICKETS IN BIG DEM.\ND The prospects are that the annual President’s Birthday Ball, which the Sandhills Klwanis Club is sponsoring for Friday night, January 28 at the Southern Pines Country Club, will be “the” event of the winter. This year’s ball is a county-wide one, and tickets areon sale in every village and hamlet and reported going rap idly. Seventy percent of the net pro ceeds go to the Kiwanls Hospital Bed Fund, 30 percent to the Presi dent’s Warm Springs Foundation in Georgia. The Carolina Club Orches tra of Raleigh is to furnish the mus ic. Tickets are one dollar per per son. ' This afternoon at 3:00 o’clock the Southern Pines Riding Ring will be the scene of the third gymkhana of the season there and the Gymkhana committee has arranged a schedule of events that is the result of ques tioning spectators and participants alike as to the sort of program that will most appeal to t>oth. The Broom Polo cTents seem to hare been the farorite of them all and this afternoon the series of matches between teams from South ern Pines and Pinehurst will be con tinued. In addition there will be a jumping event for beginners, a three- legged race, Musical Chairs, Open Jumping and Hunter trials orer the outside course. The time is 3:00 o'clock; the place, the Southern Pines'Riding Ring, and the committee guarantees a barrel of fun for all. No charge is made for watching these gymkhana events, except for parking at the ringside. New Sound, Projection Equipment at Aberdeen Theatre Installs “Last Word” in Mechanical Devices for Motion Pictures A C.4NDIDATE FOR COUNTY SOLICITOR Friends Reported Urffinj; Voun^ Lawyer 1o Run for Post.— I>oyette For Senate Political gossip about the county appears to substantiate the report that County Solicitor M. G. Boyette, who is also Democratic county chair man, will definitely be a candidate for the nomination for State Sena tor in the next Democratic primary, and that one of the youngest mem bers of the Moore county bar, Ice land McKeithen of Aberdeen, will be a candidate to succeed Mr. Boyette as solicitor. Mr. McKeithen has been practicing law in Pinehurst since his admission to the State bar more than a year ago, and in that time has made a fine record and a lot of friends. These friends. It is reported, are urging him to become a canJi date. Mr. McKeithen is a graduate of Davidson College and Duke UnlTer- sity Law School. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin T. McKeithen of Aberdeen. First of Book Review Course at Civic Club Complete projection equipment, the same tjrpe used in leading theatres throughout the country, among them Radio City’s Music Hall, Paramount and Roxy theatres in New York, has been installed In the Aberdeen Thea tre, Manager J. B. Edwards announc ed this week. In addition, Mr. Edwards announc ed the installation of new sound equipment, the Western Electric Mir- rophonic, which embodies the latest improvements by the Western Elec tric research staff and is reported as “two years ahead” of the equipment which it replaces In the local thea tre. “True reproduction of the origi nal,” is the ccmpany's slogan for the Mirrophonic. There will be rxo nece.ssity for com ing early for good .‘icats a,iy longer,' Mr. Fidwards said yesterday,” for every seat in the house will be a good one with our new sound and projection equipment.” Clyde S. Wilsoa Gires Pe» Pic tures Before Eatflmsiastic Grou^ of Book Lorers Last Monday afternoon in the large hall of the Civic Club an enthusias tic audience of book lovers from all towns in the the coimty heard the first of a course of six book reviews to be given by the Civic Club, pre sented by Clyde S. Wilson, himself an author and an able and delight ful leader. He gave a pen picture of Bali, in his review of Baum’s “A Taleof Ball” and a complete telling of the story. "A Night at Hogwallow,” by Strauss; “The Lost Colony,” by Paul Green, and “Manhattan Nights,” by Faith Baldwin were also briefly re viewed, with recommendations. These Monday book reviews are opea to the public at a slight cost, and tickets may be obtained at the door. The next books to be reviewed are “Soglum House,” by Marl Sandoz, and “The Third Hour,” by Geoffrey Household. Brief reviews of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poem, “ Conversa tion at Mid-Night,” arid two books of short story anthologies by O’Brien and O. Henry, will be given on Mon day. Following is the list of guarantors for the Course: Struthers Burt, Mr. and Mrs. Claud Hayes. Mrs. Burt Hunt, Mrs. Harry Pethick, Miss Margaret Bish op, Miss Mary Yeomans, Miss Mary John.'ion. Mrs.'Preston Kelsey, Mrs. Clyde Wilson, Miss Florence Camp bell, Mrs. Wm. Edgar McCord, Mrs. W. E, Cox, Mrs. Walter Ives, Mrs. Herbert G. Henderson, Mrs. Hoyt Stiaw, Dr. I.sabel Graves, Mrs. George J. Jenks, Mr. and Mrs. Aras Williams (Please turn to pnge five) HIS OWN SHIP UN'DER FIRE A vivid word picture of the rescue of the survivors of the U. S. S. P£in- ay after its .sinking by the Japan ese in the Yangtze River in China came directly to Southern Pines this week from the commander of Brit ish naval forces in that area. Rear Admiral R. Vesey Holt. Mrs. Holt is the guest here of Mr. and Mrs. Almet Jenk.'?, and her letter from her di.s- tinguished husband is dated Decem ber 15, postmarked Shanghai. It was Admiral Holt who led the party which rescued the Americans. He himself was fired upon by the Japan ese. The story of the Japanese attack, ; of the narrow escape of British ships i from meeting the fate of the Panay. i of Admiral Holt trudging 20 miles ! between 5:00 a. ni. and 4:15 a m. ; the following day to get the Ameri- I can wounded to Shanghai, is graphi- • ally told in the letter which Mrs. Holt has given The Pilot and Sand hills News-Press for exclusive pub lication. “I have had rather a lot of excite ment lately. You will read most of it in the papers, I expect. I don’t think you would like the place Wuhu although you said the name amused you. “I got there on a nice sunny morn ing In order to get In touch with Japanese authorities about the saf ety of shipping. “Ladybird” (a Brit ish ship) w'as there and had already got in touch with the senior military officer and had arranged a meeting with them at 9:00 o’clock. O’Donnell, chief of staff, had come up from Nanking and was on board ‘Lady bird.’ She was alongside the pier and I was going alongside her. Fire on Britlnh Ship “I noticed a Japanese 6-inch how itzer kept training on me but it sud denly fired and a projectile pasdt-J very close to me and ‘flags.’ (flag lieutenant.) It pltch#d in the water the other side of us. Luckily they only fired once. It then dawned on me that ‘Ladybird’ was in bad can- ditlon. She had been fired on half an hour before and hit six times and bad one man killed. The Japanese ar tillery had arrived during the night and had orders to fire at anything on the river. ‘T spent most of the day protest ing to a Jap who knew nothing of neutrals or shipping and admitted he didn’t know one national flag from another. O'Donnell has a nasty splin ter in his right hand but had jumped ashore and I think managed to stop them firing any more at me.” “Meanwhile the Nanking group of shlpa with two gimboats was lying in a position ajreed to as safe by the Japs but nevertheless they were bombed four times but luckilv none were hit. My Jap Colonel Hashimoto still said they couldn’t stop his ar tillery firing at anything that moved and no one could possibly move after dark. “Meanwhile the U. S. S. ‘Panay’ had stopped answering radio calls but as she had six tugs with her I felt sure I should hear if anything was the matter. However, I notified Hash imoto that I was going down river next day at noon whether he liked it or not. I buried ‘Ladybird’s’ man ani made the Japs bring a party. When I got back I heard that news had got through that the ‘Panay’ had been sunk. I started at once dowi river to look for survivors but coul 1 find no sign of them on the no th bank. I thought they would be In Ih.-' reed beds and that the syren wou' make them show up. However I foj '.^ some on the other side and collect about 12 who had been in some - ’ tankers. All American ships had be i sunk. Flee From Alrpl-'nes “I then heard the survivors - at Hohsein which I thoughL ' ■ somewhere near a creek. I startc dawn and couldn’t get up the r f ; (1 Icdse turn to puye fotiT)