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MOORE COUNTY'S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 18, NO. 35.
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FIRST IN NEWS,
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t^uthern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina. Friday, August 12, 1938.
of the Sandhill Territory of N^rth Carolina
CARRAWAYCASE
ON CALENDAR FOR
TRIAL NEXT WEEK
Svendsen and Caron Will Face
Fight for Lives at Second
Trial on Murder Charge
EACH ACCUSES OTHER
The case of State versus Robert
Svendsen and Jean Baptiste Caron,
in which the defendants are charg
ed with the murder of J. E. Carra-
Way, operator of the Connecticut
Camp in lower Moore county, will
again be the center of interest when
court convenes for a criminal term
August 15, with Judge Bivens pfe-
jsiding.
There was widespread interest in
the trial at the May term, which end
ed with the withdrawal of a juror
and the granting of a new trial af
ter the jurors failed to reach a ver-
<}ict. The case is scheduled for trial
on August 17.
Carraway’s beaten, stabbed and
"badly decomposed body was found
one year ago yesterday, August 11th,
lying about 50 feet Tjack io the woods
off the Mid'find road approximately
a mile north of Southern Pines, at
the culmination of a three day search
that started when he disappeared
from Connecticut camp five days
previous to the discovery of his
body.
For months thereafter Sheriff Mc
Donald and Deputies Grimm, Slack
and Dunlop traced hundreds of clues,
both here and throughout New Eng
land, including one false tip from
New York that resulted in the deten
tion there of two men so closely re
sembling the two suspects that offi
cers were amazed that the men held
in New York could posstbly be other
than the men wanted here-
Finally, however, Svendsen was
apprehended in Canada, where he had
gone to visit his father, and was
brought back to Carthage- With his
aid, and with him as their guide,
Moore county officers retraced the
route that Svendsen and his com
panion had followed through Ne%v
England prior to coming here and
eventually Jc.in Baptiste Caron was
identified as to name and later taken
piiaoner, also in 0?nada, where he
had fled.
Both youths hava admitted par
ticipation in the robbery of the f/on-.
necticut Camp proprietor, but both
have steadfastly maiQtained that the
other was the actual perpetrator of
the slaying. In the previous trial
Svendsen took the witness stand and
repeated that story. Caron did not
testify.
In the first trial the jury was pret
ty evenly divided between a first-
degree and a wcond-degree verdict
for Caron. The first ballot taken was
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County Tax Rate Tentatively Set
To Remain at 89 Cents for 1938
FIVE CENTS
Fii%t In Two Months
Brush Fire Near “Goodwill’
House Calls Out Southern
Pines Apparatus
For the first time in two
months, the fire alarm in South,
em Pines sounded shortly after
7:00 o’clock Saturday evening and
a string of cars, stretching out
for a mile, followed the apparatus
in the vicinity of the ruins of th^
old “Goodwill” house (burned last
December) where a fire, some
what discouraged by the after
noon showers, was lazily creeping
through the grass and brush near
the dwelling now under construc
tion for Hugh Sicard, Kept from
spreading by the members of the
’ire company and many volunteers,
the flames were checked at least
* 1 half mile from the new house
ind older farm buildings.
Much Needed Capital Outlay On
Schools Makes Reduction In
Rate Impossible
N. W. CRAIN DIES IC. B. Deane Cerit> By
AT HOME HERE AT ! State Board of Eu ctions
AGE OF 80 YEARS
OTHER EXPENSES DOWN
The tax rate for, Moore county was
tentatively set to remain at 89 cents
cn the $100 valuation by the mem
bers of the Board of County Com-
missionefs at a meeting held early
this week. The rate is the same as
Pioneer Southern Pines Settler
W'as Oldest Member of S. P.
Fire Department
MANY attend”FUNERAL
With the death of Nacy Wellons
Crain in his home on May street,
SoutheiTi Pines, early last Friday
morning, one more of the few re
maining survivors of the early days
that of last year and represents a' of our town passed into rest,
reduction of 29 cents below the all- Born near Pittsboro, in Chatham
EXPECT TO OPEN
COUNTY SCHOOLS
SEPTEMBER 15TH
time high of $1.18 in 1927, and an in
crease of 29 cents over the low years
of 1933 and 1934. The budget esti
mate was based on a property val
uation in Moore county of $20,000,-
000.
On last April 26th, speaking for
the Board of County Commissioners,
of which he is chairman, Wilbur H.
Currie stated that, in all probability,
the county would be able to reduce
the tax rate by at least ten cents
for the 1938-1939 fiscal year, as a
result of the $40,000 cash payment
made to it by the Moore county ABC |
Boaid and representing the net cash'
county, 80 years ago, the son of John
Crain and Sarah Bl&nd Crain, Mr.
Crain came to the then new town of
Southern Pines in 1891. First em
ployed in the vineyard and peach or
chard then located on the site of
the present Country Club, he soon
branched out as a building contractor
in the partnership of Crain and New
ton, the firm erecting many houses
in the village. Individually, Mr. Crain
was employed on the famous Piney
Woods Inn, the now forgotten Pine-
shire, and his own home, which he
built in 1900.
Retiring from active employment
profit of the stores in Soutliern Pines! ® years ago, he kept busy with
Annotincement of Exact Date
Witheld Pending; Completion
of Work on Buildings
PLAJ^ NEW BUS ROUTES
List of Jurors Drawn _
To Hear Civil Cases
Jarymen Named for Septemoer
Term of Superior Court
tn Moore Countj
The following list of jurors has
been drawn for the September term
of Superior court fer the trial of civil
cases:
Carth(»ge township; C. C. WaBace,
L. li SJmpson, Joc A. CJaddell, Wal-
ter Williamson, S. V. Marsh, G. B.
Snipes, Tom Harris, L*‘'A. Lawhom,
Jr., Charlie Jenkins, J, B. Carlyle,
I. N. aegg, Jr.
Bensalem township; J- F. Monroe,
A. P.' Brewer, W- C. Dow<3, Walter
L. Sanders, D. L- Sneed, Joe Brady,
Earl MartlA.
Sheffield township: E. R. Fox,
James W. Rlch*piison, W. F.'Bry»nt,
O. C. Capps.
Ritter township: Fred L. Shields.
Deep HSver township: B. K. WUt.
cox, W. E. Ritter.
Greenwood township: J. A. Phil
lips.
McNeOl township: R. L* Tarlton,
Elmer E. Davis, J. E. Cavineas, John
M., Howard, T. N. Baker, C S.
Patch, Dan Short.
towiudiip: J. G. Campbell,
LeRoy Harrington, M. G* BacloM* 15.
Z. Lampley, T. M. Sharpe.
Mineral Springs township: Char
les DiUing. Jr^ y. L. WiUlams, Frank
D. D. Alchardaon, W. F.
Hoota, W. W. Hurley, R. F, C9»a«-
wick, Pariu Cocteaa, S. H- Ooduva,
Wi II. » ' ". ,
The opening date tor Moore coun
ty schools has not been definitely
set, but It will probably be near
the middle of September. School
authorities hope lo complete quite a
bit' of work on some of the build
ings before the opening for the fall
term.
The old school building in Carth
age is being renovated and four class
rooms tire being built. Work has been
in progress there since May, and be
ginning next week a second' crew
of men will be added. The first shift
will work from 7:00 a. m. to 3:30
p. m. and the second from 3:30 un
til 11:00 p. m. Mr. Thomas, the county
superintendent, thinks that this job
can be completed easily by Septem
ber 8th or 10th.
At Cameron two rooms are to be
finished up in the basement for use
of the agriculture department. This
work will be started within a few
days with a view of completing it in
time for the opening.
During the coming school year,
auditorfcims are to be erected at
the Aberdeen white and the Acad-
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PARKER FA»nL.Y ANNUAL
REUNION HBLD AT VAS8
The annual Parker reunion was
held Sunday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. J. Parker In Vass. Those at
tending were W. A. Parker of Wades-
boro; Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Parker and
and Pinehurst for the previous year.
This, however, was not possible
due to the fact that several of the
schools in the county were badly in
need of repairs and renovation, and
the commissioners found it necessary
to provide approximately $50,000 for
immediate capital outlay in this con- j
nection in order that the necessary
work may be done before the county
the creation of cabinets of curly pine,
a work in which he displayed skilled
craftsmanship and artistic ability.
Interested in the fire department, al
most from its start, Mr. Crain has
been an active member for nearly
40 years.
Funeral services attended by many
I relatives, members of the fire de-
i partment, and old friends, were held
, ., m his late home at 3:00 o clock Sun-
schools open some time around th3, t
^ ^ ; day afternoon, the Rev. J. Fred Stim-
midole of September. I . t, t r^v, u «»•
son of the Baptist Church of Sojth.
In addition to the increased amount | pi^es, and the Rev. C. I. Calcote
necessary for capita, outlay on the | Presbyterian Church of Man-
county schools, the budget estimates ’ jy officiating. Interment at Mount
8. slight increase in the county debt
service and in the administration of
tne county health department, but
otherwise all items on the budget
call for smaller proportionate levies
than were made last year.
Three Bound Over
On Larceny Charge
Judge Rowe Has Light Day In
Recorder’s Court With Only
Three Cases on Docket
Charlie Wilson, Elzie Wilson and
Charles Spivey, all of Richmond coun
ty, were bound to Superior court
under bond of $250 each on a charge
of larceny of $107 from the person
of John Smith of the Aberdeen sec
tion. Spivey was found guilty of an
assault on Smith and given a 30-day
sentence, suspended upon payment
of a fine of $10.
According to the evidence, mem
bers of the group had been drinking
and John Smith had taken charge of
Jack Smith’s money, which he had
received for tobacco, fearing that
Jack would lose it. Between Connec
ticut Camp and Pinebluff, the five,
who were riding together, stopped
and got into a fight, in the course
of which Smith was relieved of the
family, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Pate and
daughter and Mrs Sallie White and money, according to the story told
family, all of Rockingham; Mr. and
Hope cemetery. *
Mr. Crain is sur vived by his widow,
Mrs. Fannie Crain; two daughtergi
Mrs. Duncan Cameron of Lobelia and
Mrs. Stanley r"nn of Southern Pines
and two sons, William Crain of Sou
thern Pines and Henry Crain of
Portsmouth, Va. Surviving, also, ?»•..
13 grandchildren and one great-
grand child.
Mrs. C. D. Parker of Cordova; Mr.
and Mra Winfred Parker of Laurel
to officers.
Beulah Frazier, colored, of East
wood, was found guilty of malicious
Hill; Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Parker and | property after she had
son of Raleigh; Mrs. Carrie Williford
|ind mother, Mrs. Weaver, of Car
thage; ‘‘Dad’’ Guy and Messrs. Odell
and Boggs, all of Kannapolis; WUlie
Marie and Mr. Jones of Rockingham;
Mr. and Mrs, A. B. Parker and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Parker, B. M.
Parker, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Parker
and family, Herman Parker, Mr. and
Mrs. S. H. Evans and son, Robert,
Mra Wilson and daughter, Miss Ber-
Ue Wilson, Curtis Bettlnl, Ted and
Henry Kllngenschmldt, all of Vass;
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gaddy and Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Douglas, Of Cameron; June
McCaskill of Eureka; Louis Williford
of Carthage and Miss Ernestine John,
son of Cameron.
TAYVOBTOWN STORE BUHNS
A fire of un^mown origin early
Thursday morning destroyed the
Smith and Ritter general stom in
Taylortown, negro settlement near
Pinehurst. The store and content*
were a total loM amounting to ap*
proximately $4,0®® was
p«fftlaU7 oovsred by in«uxfOce.
done quite a lot of tearing up In her
home. She was at first thought to be
Insane, but the court’s ju4gment was
that she serve 60 days In jail, this
to be suspended upon condition that
she be of good behavior and not
drink any wine or other Intoxicating
drink during the next twelve months,
her husband to pay half of the costs
for her during the next three weeks.
In the case of Lozia Murchison,
charged with assault with a deadly
weapon, the State took a nol pros
with leave.
COUNTY TO SELL LANDS OF
DELINQUENT 1987 TAXlfAYERS
At an adjourned meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners, held
August 3, It was ordered that the
county Tax Collector seir the lands
of all taxpayers delinquent for the
year of 1937 on the first Monday in
September at 12:00 o’clock, noon, «f-
ter due advertisement in a county
newspaper lor four successive wedui
durlnf the month of August ,
Attention, Please
Postmaster Buchan Issues
Warning To BoX Holders
Who Forget Keys
In a statement made early this
week, Southern Pines Postmaster
P. Frank Buchan issued a warn
ing to postoffice box holders to
the effect that, in the future, it
will be impossible for the clerks at
the post office to give out mail to
patrons who have forgotten their
keys.
“In changing from the use of
combination boxes which were
used at the old quarters, to the
key boxes which we now have,”
Mr. Buchan said, "it was to be
expetfted that patron^ would at
times forget their keys, and in
order to assist them we began to
hand them their mail. It now
seems, however, to have become
the custom of many to expect us
to continue this service. That is
Impossible So, effective immedi
ately, unless a patron can show
a good reason why they do not
have their key with them, we shall
be compelled to refuse to give
them their maU through the win-
dow.
“Box holijers nce4, not send for
their mail by messenger u:ile3s
they give them their keys,” Mr.
Buchan added.
DB. B. E. SMTTII TO ADDRESS
ROTABLANS’ LUNCHEON TODAY
Declared Winner
m
c. B. DEANE
May Appeal
W. O. BLRUIN
Pinehurst Schools To
Open on September 6
Principal W. J. Harbison An
nounces Opening Date and
W38-39 Faculty
Dr. B. E. Smith, staff member
at Pinebluff Sanatorium, will be the
guest speaker at the Rotary Qub of
Southern Pines’ regular weekly lun
cheon meeting today, Friday, at
12:15 at Jack’s Grill. Dr. Smith, who
was formerly staff physician at the
U. S. Federal penitentiary at ChlUi-
cothe, CMiio, will outline the Federal
penitentiary system of caring for
and rehabUiUtinf the various cla»-
ihcstlons of criminals confined in
rederkl InsUtutoafe.
N'amed 8th District Congrtfesion*
al Nominee When Board Re-
verses EJirlier Results
BURGIN MAY AP1>EAL
C. B- Deane of Roekijigham Tues
day was desi€:nat^ as the Democrat.
Ic party's nominee for the U. S.
House of Representatives from the
Eighth congressional dfstrtet.
The State Board of Elections, in
cn order almost unprecedented, re
versed earlier results which had giv
en W. O. Burgin of Lexington an
unofficial lead of approximately 100
votes over Deane in the run-off pri-
jnary of July 2. The revised returns
gave Deane a 23-vote majority.
Former Governor J. C. B. Ehring-
haus, counsel for Burgin, immediate
ly lodged protests of the board’s find
ings in Richmond and Union coun
ties. He said, however, that he did
not know whether Burgin would ap.
peal to the courts-
Burgin is believe(J by his close as
sociates to be personally opposed to
taking the fight any further, but
his associates say he is being sub
jected to tremendous pressure in
Davidson, and other counties in the
district, to take his case into the
courts and some observers believed
he might yield to the pressure.
The board instructed its secretary,
Raymond C. Maxwell, to withhold
the filing of formal cert.flcates of
nomination until 10:00 o’clock this
morning (Friday), tp give Burgin an
opportunity t6 take *.c.ourt action.
The certified returns, by counties.
The Pinehurst PHblic Schools, ele
mentary school and high school, will
open for the fall term on September
6th, according to an announcement
made by Principal J. W. Harbison
early this week.
The faculties of the schools will
be as follo^\s:
Mrs. Iva May Cunningham,/'first i leged ^regularities at the polls. The
grade; Miss Dorothy Ehrhardt, pri
mary special; Miss Edna Gentry,
for the district.
follow:
Deane
Burgin
Anson _ „
. 3,274
1,274
Davidscfn
... 956
6,776
Davie
386
889
Hoke
.. fsVi
334
Lee ...
...1,445
1,139
Montgomery
978
724
Moore
_...2,094
1,110
Richmond
5,358
1,604
Scotland
-...1,198
670
Union
. 2,587
2,438
Wilkes
835
i,5:i
Yadkin
500
600
Total
19,182
19,159
The board iilso released “
findings
of fact” in its
investigation
of al-
third grade; Miss Margaret Mqgre,
second grade; Miss Elma May, four
th grade; Miss Sidney McMillan,
fifth grade; Mrs. Edna Best Wicker,
sixth grade; Miss Ruth Lilly, seventh
grade.
And W. L. Cunnins^iam, history
and math; Miss Mildred Petway, Eng.
llsh and history; Miss Arnold Bess
Tillman, French and Engjish; Ban
ner Miller, science and mathematics;
Miss Eloise Summerford, commercial
subjects. Mrs. Dorothy Shaw, home
economics.
rwo IN AUTO ACCIDENTS
ARE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
Julian Leslie is In the Moore Coun
ty Hospital suffering from Injuries
sustained one night last week when
the automobile in which he was a
passenger ran into a large sand-
plle on the highway between Vass and
Southern Pines, where road repair
work is In progress. The car turned
over, and Leslie’s right arm, which
was extended through the window,
was broken in two places between
the elbow and shoulder. The shoukl-
er was dislocated and there was a
severe laceration near the elbow
whtch caused a heavy loss of blood.
Another patient In the Moore Coun
ty Hospital, who probably would
have ^ escaped unhurt when his au
tomobile was slde-swiped by one
driven by a colored man, had he not
been riding with his arm out the
window, is W. M. MUUcan, a luperin-
tendent of the talc mine at Olendon.
Mr. MUllcan’s arm is badly crushed
and brokMi.
findings w#re complete except for
Richmond county. Chairman Lucas
explained that he had not had time to
dictate the Richmond findings.
At the same time, he explained
that returns, as finally certified by
the Siate board, all had been certi
fied \^thin the last few iays by
county 'boards of elections.
Although the board did not dis
close' the exact number of ballots
voided or dec^red legal in each
county, a comparison of returns cer
tified Tuesday with early returns
Certified by couhty boards showed
that Deane pieced up most of his
votes in Davidson cOunty.
’The comparlison”'. indicated that
Deane’s mijoritjr wak iq^sj^ by
14 votes in Kkl^nond^ lH ^4 ^C^a^d-
son, and 19 in Uhio^, purgi&^s nja-
jority was increased 25 in Montgom
ery. In all other qounUes in the dis
trict, returns wete not changed.
Eunice Martha Cribson
and W. P. Morton
Word was received by The Pilot
yesterday of the marriage on ’Tues.
day, August 9th, in Charlotte, of
.Mls^ Eiinlce Mastha GibsOn to Wal
ter 'l*lckney Morton of Pineliurst Mf-
Morton is the j^ormer jninclpal of the
Pinehurst Public Schools and Mrs-
Morton was a member of the faculty
there for the psuit four years-•
Mr. and Mrs. Morton are honey
mooning In the mountains of western
Carolina and, upon their return, w 1
lea^e for Pulaski, Tenn., where Mr.
Morton has acce]^ted the ^3itIoil <if
princilMd of the Putasld l^lbIl3
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