n.3 FIRST IN NEWS, CIRCULATION & ADVERTISING 'TTJTT7 ± XX 1J/ A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 19, NO 32. &ACUK SPAtNCd LAKBVI6W HAHV.CY JAC^SOH SPIUDE BinrWEEN SANFORD AND CARTHAGE An automobile accident «arly-WedT nesday sent H. E. “Speed" Blalock, of Sanford: Jake Wilcox, of near Carthage, and W. R., Jones, of Ben nett, to Lee CJounty Hospital. Accordtaf to I>eputy Sheriff D. F. Holder, who investigated it, the acci dent occurred on Highway 421. about two miles north of Sanford, when an automobile driven by Blalock, who was accompanied by Wilcox, en route South, was involved In a wreck with an automobile driven toy Jones going in the opposite direction. 19S9 ACCIDENT TOLL No serious accidents marrid celebration of the Fourth in county. Thus far this year the cord stands: Three persons IS injured. the the re- killed; Throngs Celebrate Page Church Birthday 25 Anniversary Commemoration To End Sunday With- Visit of Bishop Peele A trusted employe, left in charge of horses and property of the Stony- ■ brook Stables on Youngs Road, Southern Pines when the owner.s, r^rederick H. Burke and Will J. Strat-' ton, left for the summer, liesertecl his post last Saturday. Neighbors com- .niunicated with the owners, and Mr. j Burke hurried down from his sum-1 mer home at Madi.son Conn.. to find ' that his employe had sold a quantity | of the hay and oats from the sta-' bles, all the bed linen from the gi'ooms' quarters, and with the pro-1 ceed.s had disappeared. j Mr. Burke swore out a warrant i Wednesday morning, but police have I no clues as to the v/hereabouts of the mis.sing stableman. While here | Mr. Burke arranged for the shipment of the horses which had been left for the summer to W. O. Moss at Lin- ville, where they will be turned ' at. Mr. Stratton is managing a riding club in Minneapolis, Minn., this sum mer. Asks $5,000 As Result of Street Fight Here Frank Bron Brings Action Ag:ainst C. W. Short for Brok en Nose and Other Injuries GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE TO BE '^’WANIS SPEAKER 'iifhton of Raleigh .idhilis C!ub Next ♦iiesday Noon AT LAKEVIEW HOTEL .1. M. BKOUGHTON NDS ENJOY GALA FOURTH OF JULY IN CARTHAGE Hear Lieut. Gov, Horton, See Beauty Queen Crowned, Ath letic Events and Stunts J. Melvillne Broughton, prominent Raleigh attorney and one of the leading candidates to succeed Clyde R. Hoey as Governor of North Caro lina. will address the Sandhills Ki- wanis Club at its regular luncheon meeting next Wednesday. July 12, 12:15. The meeting is to be held in thp Crystal Lake Hotel, Lakeview. Mr. Broughton is regarded as one of the best speakers in the state, and the local Kiwanians are inviting mem bers of other civic organizations in the county, the Chambers . of Com merce and Rotary and Lions clubs, to hear him with them. Mr. Broughton is coming upon the invitation of Judge J. Vance Rowe, who will pre side at the meeting. Mr. Broughton is a graduate of I Wake Forest College, 1910, and J studied law at Harvard University ! in 1912-13, after which he engaged j in the practice of law in Raleigh, ! He is a member of the board of j trustees of Wake Forest College, and of the Olibia Raney Library in A crowd of between 3.000 and 4,000 persons joined in the celebration of the Fourth of July at Carthage on | served'as president Tuesday and was entertained with | of the Raleigh Chamber of Com- PHILIP ,1. WE.WER Recent photograph of the newly elected Superintendent of Schools of Southern Pines, who is expected here during the coming week to assume his duties. In an action started recently in Moore county Superior Court, Frank Bron is seeking to recover damages in the amount of $5,000 from C. W. Short, who, Bron allegtys, on or about the 31st of May, 1939 inflcit- ed serious injuries on the plaintiff in Southern Pines when he beat him about the face, head and person and a varied program of entertainment featured by an address by Lieuten ant Governor W. P. Horton, all manner of ^(thletic contejsts, /and the crowning of a queen. Miss Virginia Fry was chosen queen of the day over a beauty field of 18 contestanlps, with the runners-up in the contest, '.the Misses Lorraine Willcox, Emma Muse Burns, Margaret Penn and Mary Worthy Spence, making up her Court of Honor. F'ollowing the beauty con test there was a diving and swim- merce, of the Clvltan Club, the Raleigh Community Chest, and a former member of the Raleigh School Committee. He served in the State Senate I from Wake county during the ses sions of 1927 and 1928 and was t 1 president uf the North Carolina Bar I Association in 1936. Mr. Prough- 1 ton was keynote speaker at the j Democratic State convention In ’36, and a i^tate ;Elector-at-J^rge. He has been superin\tendent o|f (the Tabernacle Baptist Sunday School of Raleigh since 1913. Burney Heads Board of Aberdeen Library Town Commission Names Group to Manage Institution; Com mittees Are Appointed knocked him from the sidewalk down|m*ng exhibition, greased pole event, | NicholS Wcds into the street. The fight occurred 1 ^ pie-eating contest, attempts to near the postoffice. catch a greased pig, a watermelon _ ,, contest, and a watermelon fight in Bron alleges that Short was wear- ^ Large congregations have attended the nightly anniversary services of the Page Memorial Methodist Church in Aberdeen throughout the week, and have heard stirring sermons by former pastors and special music by an augmented choir. The 25th anniversary of the dedication of the present edifice has been fittingly ob served, with the feature event of the ceremonies coming on Sunday mom- iag-wh«i»Bishop W. W. Peele, pas tor here in 1910 and 1911, will de liver the sermon. The Rev. W. C. Ball of Goldsboro, popular pastor from 1930 throusrh 1933, preached on Sunday evennig be fore a congregation which overflow ed the church. The Rev. W. C. Cul- breth. New Bern, pastor in 1919 and 1920, delivered the sermon on Monday night; the Rev. W. V. McRae of Fay etteville on Tuesday; the Rev. W. H. Brown of Jackson Springs on Wed nesday, and the Rev. F, S. Love of Wilmington last evening. Tonight. Friday, the Rev. E. H. McWhorter of Raleigh will preach, to be followed Saturday night by the Rev. F. M. Shamburgen.of Oxford, with -the services ending Sunday morning with Bishop Peele’s visit A new Library board has been ap pointed by the Mayor and Commis sioners of the Town of Aberdeen to supersede the Library Association, which was formed when the library was opened 32 years ago. The board is composed of A. L. Burney, J. M. Taylor, J. C. Robbins, Mrs. E. L. Barber, Mrs. R. M. Caldwell and Mrs. F. S. Weaver, with the mayor and librarian as ex-officlo members, and Miss Mary Page as an honorary member. The board met and elected Mr. Bumey chairman, Mrs. Weaver sec retary, Mrs. Caldwell, treasurer, Miss Bertie Goodwyn, librarian and Mrs. Ella Juat as substitute. The chairman appointed committees as follows: Finance Committee, Mrs. Caldwcil, Mrs. H. E. Bowman and Mr. Robbins. Book Committee, Miss Mary Page, Mrs. Barber and Miss Bertie Good wyn. House Committee, Dr. E. M. Med- lin, Mrs. Weaver and Mrs. Forrest Lockey. There is every reason to expect that this Library board will put new life into the library, and to enlarge its usefulness and increase its effi ciency. The friends of the library are greatly pleased with this forward move. Ing at the time a heavy metal ring with a large set which had sharp cor ners or edges and that the ring was of such weight and character made it a deadly weapon. which members of the Carthage Fire Department took part. The Burlington High School band as' gave a concert in front of the Car- I thage Hotel «t 11:30, and Mr. Hor- Th^ plaintiff, ■'according to the al-, ^ legations, suffered a brojten nose and, noon hour, was seriously bruised In several 1 The grand parade started at 1.30, places about the face and head. He I with prominent citizens of the coun- was required to receive treatment at. ty, members of the American Legion the Moore County Hospital, but even' its Auxiliary, Boy and Girl though he had proper medical atten- j Scouts, the Burlington band, the SoutherH Ry. Counsel Former Wife of Pag:e Trust Co. Officer Here is Bride of Sidney R. Prince tion. as a result of the assault his nose is crooked and there is an ob struction of some kind which greatly Impairs his breathing and sense of smell and he suffers Intense head aches, Mr. Bron alleges. MOVE INTO NEW HBRARY EXPECTED IN TEN DAYS Queen and her Court and others in the line of march. The Pinehurst Silk Mills of Hemp won the float award. Athletic events at the high school grounds followed the parade, and in addition to track events two softball baseball games were played, with the honors shared by the Carthage and Sanford teams. The evening wound up with a square dance, fol lowed by general dancing, and the occasion was voted a brilliant suc- Praise for P. 0. Interior decoration of the new Southern Pines Library building is progressing rapidly, and new furn ishings are expected to arrive during | cess by all present the coming week, in preparatior. for, ■ • — the move from the present quarters, within the next ten days. j During the past week the corner stone was set into the building, beam ing the following Inscription: "Federal Emergency Administra tion of Public Works. Franklin D. Roosevelt. President of the United Stated. Harold L. Ickes, Administra tor of Public Works. Southern Pines Library. 1939." SANDHIIXS VS. ARTnLLERY TEAM AT BRAOO SUNDAY The Sandhills Baseball Club will play the 83d Field Artillery team at Fort Bragg this Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. It was announced yester day afternoon. A large delegation of rooters is expected to accompany the local team to the post for what is expected to be a hotly contested game. TO REMODEL OSGOOD COTTAGE FOR OFFICES Dr. Thomas Walker, chiropractor with offices at present in the Ste vens Building on West Broad street, has leased the Osgood Cottage, the foriper home of the late John Hay den, on North Bast Broad street, which he will remodel into a suite of offices for occupancy in the near fu ture. Dr. Miller, a graduate of Sou thern Pines High School, has been practicing here for the past year af ter several jrears absence from town. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Pays Tribute to Southern Pines Force “It gives me great pleasure to /idvise you that I was indeed pleased at the splendid condition of the building under your admin istration on the occasion of my visit on Monday, July Sd,” wrote Smith W. Purdum. Fourth Assist- int Postmaster General, to Post master Frank Buchan of Southern pines this week. “I want to take this opportunity to commend you and your Custo dial force and the other postal >mployes in Southern Pines for the nterest being manifested in the >peration of government property. Mr. Purdum ran down from Ral- sigh, where he attended a postal clerks’ convention oarly in the week. The marriage of Mrs. Temple Har ris Nichols, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvas L. Harris of Greensboro, and Sidney Rhodes Prince of Wash ington, was solemnized last Thurs day evening in the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant in Greens boro with the pastor. Rev. R. Mur phy Williams, officiating. The bride, formerly the wife of John G. Nichols, for many years vice-president of the Page Trust Com pany, Aberdeen, was escorted by her father, and Mr. Prince had as best man E. E. Norris, of Washington, president of the Southern Railway, with which Mr. Prince is connected as general counsel. The bride wore a floor-length dress of pink crepe and carried an arm bouquet of pink roses, tied an arm bouquet of pink roses, blue delphinium and orchids. After the ceremony, which was attended only by the Immediate family and out-of-town guests, Mr. and Mrs. Harris received informally at their home, 800 Walker avenue.' Mr. and Mrs. Prince left for New York city where last Saturday they sailed for a stay in England and France. They will return about Au gust 18 and be at homajn Washing ton. Mrs. Prince la a native of Reids- ville. Mr. Nichols, from whom Mrs. Prince recently was granted a di vorce, is an official of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in Washington. TELEPHONE CO. OFFICL^L ARRIVES: r£A8E8 HOMB L. W. Miner, head of the Account ing department of the Central Caro lina Telephone Company, recently transferred from Newton, Iowa to Southern Pines, haa amved here and has leased the Jordon house on Coimtry Club Drive, {through Ah« E. C. Stevani agency. Hr. and Ur% Miner will make their home here.