MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS-WEEKLY THE A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding aAoo SPRINCa [lAKBView piNceujpp PILOT FIRST IN NEWS, CIRCULATION & ADVERTISING of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina VOL. 19, NO. 9. Southern Pines and Aberdeen. North Carolina. Friday, January 27, 193P ?rS 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. ^

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