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VOL. 19, NO. 9.
Southern Pines and Aberdeen. North Carolina. Friday, January 27, 193P
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WOMAN 87 FIRST
RAILROAD VICTIM
HERE IN 14 YEARS
Mrs. Margaret Wenzel of Mat-
awan, N. J., Killed at Comer
of Penn. Ave. and Broad St.
Eurcptan War Not Far Away,
Father Hannigan Tells Kiwanis
Tells of Trip Last Summer
When He and Party Were I
Held by German Agents |
WALKED IN PATH OF TRAIN
European war is not three months
off, in the opinion of the Rev. Char-'
lea A. Hannigan of the Roman Cath- j
ollc Church in West Southern Pines, I
whose extensive trip abroad last
Map Boys’ School
state Leaders To Join Local
Group at Dinner at Car
olina Saturday
Prominent citizens from various
I parts of the state are expected to at-
summer has been followed up with
40 YEAR SENTENCE
FOR BURGLARIZING
SANDHILLS HONES
Thief Who Entered I. F. Chand
ler and Henry Blue Residences
Pleadb Guilty
GOT MONEY AND WATCH
* J
FIVE CBN1B
•n., flr,t r.Uro.d f.Ullty In Sou- :To7r«uj7orcond7uoirstoc."w.' “‘“r ^
th.m Ptoe. to U year, occurr«l t.lk.d 1»-' " ‘
Shortly after noon on Monday when,fore the Sandhilla Kiwanis Club Wed- . . f' entered two prominent Sand-
Mrs. Margaret M. Wenzel of Mat- n^day noon at the Methodist Sun- o’clock in the Crystal Room’ at'Hornes, I. F. Chandler’s In Sou-
« T -e * j'dav School buUdine in Aberden i °ciocK m ine crystal Room at them Pines and Henry McK. Blue’s
•wan, N. J, 87 years of age. i ^ Pinehur.t j m ^be.deen, Malachi Carmichael,
directly in the path of a Seaboard ^^e conflict ?!tween ‘o join with the local, 20-year-old Raeford colored man
freight train at the comer of Penn
sylvania avenue and Broad street and
■was instantly killed. The train was
proceeding slowly, with bell ringing
and whistle blowing, but Mrs. Wenzel
appeared not to hear or see it. She
was also warned by shouts from wit- ] working for them. The people in
nesses, among them C. K. Abel of Germany are coming to feel that Hit-
Southern Pines.
the
tofUUrian countries and Great *7" “ “'“r S“"* *T,"* Pl»*<led guUty to
c., unless It lies In I
Germany which he
Britain and France, unless it lies in
a revolution in
believes is a possibility.
The last railroad fatality here oc
curred at the same comer in exact- about an uprising,
ly the same way on February 13, j Presented to the club by Leon
1925. W. F. McAdams, a winter res-1 Seymour, Father Hannigan told in-
ident from Bath, N. Y., and brother | terestingly of his trip with Mr. and
of Mrs. WUliam J. Stewart of Sou- ' Mrs. Harry Hogg of Pinehurst to
them Pines, walked in front of a ' the Eucharistic Congress in Budapest
locomotive. i last summer, a gathering of Catho-
Englneer Exonerated i “^s of all nations except Germany.
j Hitler forbaae representation of the
,! twenty-five million Catholics in his
country.
ment Fund; Clyde Erwin, State Sup-^ equal sentences totaling 40 to 50
miVte “h^p^'Tnder Mussolini' ^ Spate’s at hard la-
iiaiy IS nappy unaer jwussoimi ^eme Court Justice A. A. F. Sea-'uor
because the people feel that he is , ,, t c t ^ r ^ o.
, , well, of Sanford. Judge Seawell will ~ ^ ..
1.1— .u— m..- . T Chandler robbery, which net-
a message from Chief Justice
, approximately *^120 occurred
Stacy and others encouraging the ^
^ ^ , about a month ago. Early in the ev-
school project. ov. ,
' enmg Mr. Chandler fell asleep on
the living room couch. He awoke at
midnight, counted his day’s receipts,
put the money away and then read
ler is no longer working for them.
“This, he feels, may eventually bring
Governor Hoey was invited to at
tend the dinner and informed the
(Pleane turn to page two)
Coroner R. G. Frye, Jr., of Car
thage, who arrived on the scene of
Monday’s accident .9oon after it hap
pened completely exonerated the en
gineer, B. E. Colyer; in fact he com
plimented Mr. Colyer on stopping his
heavy train in such a short distance.
Following the (poroner’s investiga
tion and verdict the body was remov
ed to the Powell undertaking par
lors.
Mrs. Wenzel was the grandmother
of James Kennedy of the Jerry Mack
Club Chalfonte Orchestra, and had
Ijeen spending several weeks in the
Daniels Apartments on East Penn-
OFFERS BILL TO
PUBLISH NAMES
OF AID RECIPIENTS
Praise or Boy Scouts
He was deeply impressed by the Assemblyman Clegg Seeks Opin
youthful representaties at the Con-' ion on Making Public List of
gress from various parts of the * Old Age Benefits
world. "The Chinese Boy Scouts are
the finest group I have ever seen
until about 2.00 o’clock before re
tiring.
The next morning he discovered
that he had been robbed. Entrance
had been gained by prying open a
window opening onto a screened
porch. The contents of the safe were
secure, but two bags containing sil
ver had been stolen from a shelf
above the safe.
Officers believe that Carmichal
first entered while Mr. Chandler was
sleeping in the living room and re-
'ol Buildings For
Aberdec^ c und Pinehurst in
$48,865 W.P.A. Allotment
Banquet Speaker
92 i
Gymnasium and Auditorinm at
Aberdeen to Cost $28,000,
Pinehurst $25,000
HEMP GETS SIDEWALKS
WALTER Lu4MBETH
great progress along all lines in most
of the European countries, especial
ly Italy.
His party of eleven enroute from
^ . Italy to Vienna was given a rude
sylvan,a avenue. In addition to her ^^en it reached the Aus-
Srrandchild, she is survived by ,Han border. Customs officers board-
four daughters, Mrs^ Matilda Arnold^ passports,
of Frenau, N. J., Mrs. Agnes Koh-
W R. Clegg of Carthage Moore chandler’s purse from a
any^^-here,•' he said, “closely follow- county s representative in the State
ed by the Egyptian Boy Scouts, who Legislature s seeking public opin-
stand out nhvsicallv He told of the Ion on a bill he introduced in the ,, ^ ^ J .
siana oui pnysicauy. tie loia oi me ^ , I ceedings and entered a second time
■ lower house during the past week, a
measure requiring the County Board
of Welfare to publish and post in the
courthouse at Carthage the names
and addresses of recipients of aid age
after the family had retired for the
night.
Fingerprints Helpful
Fnigerprints had been taken from
New WPA allotments for Hborc
county, totaling |48,865.75, will mean
a new school gymnsisium and audi
torium for Aberdeen, a new building
jfor the Pinehurst colored school,
new sidewalks for the villag« of
Hemp, and the establishments of
matron service in the schools of the
county.
The new building at Aberdeen,
which is to be started Febriiary 6
ana is to be completed by May 1, is
to be built so that the main floor
can be used for a gymnasium. It will
seat 700 persons.
The county is contributing approx
imately $11,000 of the cost of the
WPA about $18,000, making the to
tal cost more than $28,000.
The appropriation of $4,394 for
matron service, says County Super
intendent of Schools H. Lee Thomas,
will be spent in employing neg^ro wo
men to act as assistant janitors in
all Moore county schools. The xntdn
duty of the women will be care of
rest rooms.
Superintendent Thomas said plans
are being perfected for a building at
i the Pinehurst negro school similar
I to the one to be constructed at
„ I Aberdeen. The auditorium at Pine-
J. Walter Lambeth of Thomasville, 700 persons and
Representative in Congress from this approximately $25,000, $16,-
district from 1931 through 1938, wUl ^ is to be supplied by
be the principal speaker at the sec- jg qqq jjy ^},e county. Work
ond annual banqi.et of Chambers of auditorium is schedul-
Commerce of Moore county, sponsor- ^ ^
LAMBETH TO TALK
TO CMC GROUPS
OF COUNTY FEB 7
Former Congressman Will Be
Introduced by U. L. Spence
at Annual Banquet
ed this y^ar by the Pinehurst group,
in the Carolina Hotel at Pinehurst
Visitation Day
Thomas said that as a part of the
The members of the party had pass
ports for Austria, in proper order,
president of ,the , latter part of the
even civil about it, he said; no offer ior Court the names and addresses refrigerator, then made his way up- Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce, re-1 teachers divided into
of aid, no advises as to where they of the recipients of Old Age Assist-j stairs where he stole a valuable sponding. T j discussed classroom p’-ob-
might go to remedy the situation, ance and Indigent Children’s Funds watch and around $35 or $40 without | A full musical program h8.s been
They were just removed from the ^ of Moore county, together with the [ disturbing the sleeping owners. arranged for the evening, headed by ^ the Moore county WPA
train and herded like cattle along-j names and addresses of the Board ^ Charlie Bullard, white of Lake-' Jerry Mack and his ChaKonte orches-^ ^26 ,%1.50 to be used
side the tracks, then lodged under and its employees and their salaries view, was given twelve months on j tra which has been scoring a hit construction of sidewalks Id
guard in a small stone bouse near] or other emoluments or benefits re- the roads for assaulting R. L. King i there all season. The Gibson-McKel-,
at hand. “It was a pretty dispirited ^ ceived by them, was introducd by me ^ of Lakeview, inflicting serious in- j way quartet, comprising the Rev. and ^
Rose and Celeste Wenzel of Mata-
wan, and a son, Joseph Wenzel,
Matawan. The body was sent to
Matawan for burial.
Junior Chamber Bridge
To Aid Boy Scout Troop
Civic Club To Be Scene of Par
ty on Thursday NSght,
February 2d
Advance ticket sales for the Jay-
Cee bridge party, to be held Thurs
day, February 2nd, at the Civic
Club, indicate that a full house can
■be expected and the sponsors are ^ ^ ,
preparing to take care of a capacity religion a department of state, was ^ county were entitled to this informa- ^ he was confined in a hospital,
crowd. All proceeds of this party • *!^n(rther statement Father Hannigan tion in order that they might know ^ q_ Rosser of Vass and Dr.
will po to the Boy Scout Troop No 4 ^ He told of the difficulty, the who were receiving the benefit of Knight of Sanford were called to
Of Southern Pines. ’ | turn to page six) I (Please turn to page six)
As usual, there will be an attrac- '
tive prt» for the wto.r «t »‘Sh j P|.gsi*dgnt’S Boll Oft TueSdOU TO
score at each table and refreshments' * ^
'Will be served during the evening. I Benefit Infantile Campaign
on Tuesday evening, February 7th
starting at 8:15 o’clock. Some 400 Pi^ffram to make all county schools
assistance and indigent children’s the woodwork in the Blue home fol-' persona attended this banquet last >^ore efficient and aware o e
funds. In a letter to The Pilot, Mr. lowing the robbery there a few | year and preparations are being made ' an P*"®
Clegg says: I weeks previous to the Chandler rob- ! for at least as many this time. i dividual s<Jiso s, coun ^
•’ ! g^athered in the Aberdeen schools for
Mr. Lambeth wUl be introduced by, ^ Friday.
former State Senator U. L. Spence ^ ^ teachers attended,
of Carthage. The Rev. Dr. T. A.' ^ classrooms as hosts of
Cheatham of Pinehurst will welcome teachers and observed the
the guests at the dinner, with J. methods of the Aberdeen
Please say to your readers that bery, and these led to CarmichaeHs
the bill requiring the Board of Wei- j admia?ion of guilt in that case after
but Austria had meanwhUe been' fare of Moore county to publish and arrest in the other, following his
taken over by Hitler, and the offi-1 post at the courthouse door in Car- j too free spending of money,
cials would not recognize their right | thage and file a copy for inspection He entered the Blue home through
to enter the country. They were not in the Office of the Clerk of Super-' the kitchen, procured food from the
crowd," he said. i in response to suggestions and re-^ jury. Some time after Bullard and Mrs. A. J. McKelway of Pinehurst J* + T’
' quests of many citizens before and King had had trouble over a crop and the Rev. and Mrs. A. V. Gibscm MetnOCllStS 10 Meei
They had to travel 70 miles over . quests or many cuizena Derore ana King nad uad trouble over a crop
the Alps to Trieste, under guard, to since the primary and election. Bullard had grown on King's farm, | of Sanford will sing, as will a local |
find an American consul. “They stated to me at the time ^ Bullard assaulted King at a tobacco | quartet made up of Dr. Robert ^
"Hitler is endeavoring to miake . they felt that the taxpayers of the ham and injured him so seriously j Shepard, Willard L. Dunlop, Shields p^g^Qj-g 3,nd Representatives of
in Aberdeen Tuesday
testify \^s to King’s injuries.
S. W. Wilson Struck by
Car Near West End
Cameron and Mr. Picquet. There will
be other features on the program. |
Tickets go on sale this week at
$1.10, including tax, and will be
32 Charges in District to At
tend Institute
Prominent Resident, 86
Old, Stepped Directly in Path
of Oncoming Automobile
Tickets are now on sale by members ^
of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, i “ ..... ^ u,
and table reservations may also be, Moore county’s only President’s portun.ty to jom with and help
made to any Jay-Cee. Admission is' Ball will be held on Tuesday even-' science in combatting this disease,
fifty cents per person and play wUl ing. January 31st in the high school Governor Hoey said in a radio ad-;
be^n at 8-00 o’clock. gymnasium in Carthage, Newton dress last week. | S. W^ Wilson, 86, prominent West
^ I Clegg of Carthage, county chairman,! “The reason President Roosevelt’s ^ End citizen was critically injured
MORE RESIDENCES IN ' bas announced. Fifty percent of the birthday is selected as the occasion la.«t Wednesday afternoon when he
SOITTHERN PINE^ leased 'proceeds of this dance will go to l^or this campaign,” the Governor walked directly into the path of an
" I the National Foundation for the fight' said, "is that the remarkable re- oncoming automobile which appar-
Pastors and laymen of the Fay-
available from secretaries of the ^tteville district of the Methodist
Chambers of Commerce and other church, South, will gather in the
civic bodies in the various towns of p^gg Memorial Church in Aberdeen
the county. ^g^t Tuesday. January 31, to take
p^^t in a district institute. The pro-
Years Potary Hears Condition gram win get under way at 10:00
Mrs. H.B.Greenman of Hammonds-1 against infantile paralysis. The 1 coyery made
port, N. Y., has leased and is occupy
ing the John McPherson house on
Orchard Road, Mrs. Geeenman has
her mother, Mrs. Smith, here with
T4-«l.r o’clock in the morning and will con-
Italy and VTermany tinue through the afternoon and e”e-
Col. Bullock, Veteran of Two ning.
Wars. Speaker Last Week; Pa«tois and representatives from
H. H. Pethick Today pa.Horal charges in t’us di?-
* I trict are expected to be present,
About 30 members and gxiests of vvith the Rev. W^. V. McR-^.e actin"
the Rotary Club were thoroughly en- ag the presiding elder. The program
tertained at their luncheon meeting v^'ill be featured with adi’rr.sses by
maining 50 percent remains in this' atizes the possibilities of proper | The accident occurred near the' last Friday at the Southern Pines leaders of the district,
county for the same purpose. , treatment and heroic efforts neces- Lewis Service Station on the Pine- ■ Country Club by Lieut.-Col. C. Sey- ^ ^t the night service a v^uth rally
Freddie Johnson and his orches- ^ sary to win the fight. j hurst road and the car, bearing 1839 j mour Bullock, veteran of the Span- ^ ^vill be held when several hundred
tra, popular band from the Univer- "There may be differences of opin- Massachusetts license plates, was ish-American and World wars, and young people are expec'^od to be
isity of North Carolina, has been se- to the political theories of the'said to be driven by a Southern Pines a noted world traveler. present and take part in the service.
Mrs Benjamin White has leased cured for this engagement, and a president, but the whole nation ap-1 woman whose name was not an-1 The speaker, a visiting Rotarian The Rev. Robert Bradshaw, execu-
the Britt house on Highland Road j good dance is assured. plauds his suprb courage and heroic nounced. j from South Bend, Ind., gave a vig- ^ tive secretary of the conference
Tickets are $1.50 per couple and determination ..." 1 Mr. Wilson wa.s rushed to the | orous, stirring word-picture of con- board of Christian education, and
are on sale in Southern Pines by the whole purpose of the cam-' Moore County Hospital where his' ditions in Europe today, especially in Rgy. Dwight L. Fouts o^” Jonesboro,
Junior Chamber of Commerce, with paign, Governor Hoey said, is to or-! condition was pronounced as crit-' Italy and Germany, as seen by him district director of yo'ino- people's
M. F. Grantham and J. D. Arey, Jr., ganize the nation for a successful] ical. | on a recent trip to these countries, work, will lead the program.
in charge. fight against infantile paralysis.! i Although couched in a humorous
The local Junior Chamber is also “Contrary to general opinion,” he NOTED PI ANIST TO PI^.AV j vein. Col. Bullock made the true SILVER TE/\
handling In Southern Pines the “not one cent of this money' FOR CIVW CLUB FEB. 14 state of affairs in Europe very ap-
for the season. Both these transac
tions were handled by the E. C. Ste
vens agency.
SONAT.\ program JAN. »0
AT FLORA M.\CDONALD
In the second faculty recital of “March of Dimes” campaign, pro- goes to the Warm Springs Founda-
the season at Flora Macdonald Col- ceeds of which go to the same fund, tion. Last January the National j Mark Hoffman, head of the
leee on Monday evening, January 30,' ^ supply of buttons has been Foundation was organized and one- Greensboro College of Music and one
at 8 15 Lillian Farquar Robeson, ' several of the business qj jqj money goes to this of the South’s outstanding pianists,
violinist' and Dean Wilgu.s Eberly, houses. foundation and the other half re- will give a recital imder the au.‘;pi-
pianist, will be presented in a son- ‘ Governor Hoey’s Appeal
mains with the local comn'unlty to
ata program which will Include son-' The campaign to raise funds for ^ be used to assist in the work of
atas by Handel, Mozart, and Beeth- j the drive against hifantile paralysis treatment and rehabilitation of the
gives the average citizen the op- victim c nfantile paralysis.”
parent to his listeners and left no | The Willing Workers of the South-
doubt in the minds of all present that ^ em Pines Baptist Church will have
he. and they, were very fortunate ^ silver tea Tuesday afternoon, Jan-
to be Americans. ! nary 31, from 3:90 until 5:00 o’clock
At the meeting to be held today, at the Southern Pines Country Club,
ces of the Southern Pines Civic Club Friday, at the Southern Pines Coun- Everyone is invited. Those who will
in the Mid-Pines Club on Tuesday af- try Club at 12*15 p. m., Harry H. need transportation are asked to call
temoon, February 14th, club offi- Pethick will tell the club of some of Mrs. Wilson whos« telephone number
xiials announced yesterday. his experience.'! in the Oreint. I is 5451. ^