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VOL. 19, NO. 28
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina. Friday, June 9, 1939.
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FIVE CENTS
Frank Webster Resigns as
Superintendent of Schools
Leaves Southern Pines To Ac
cept Secretaryship of North
Carolina Tuberculosis Ass’n.
Frank W. Webster, superintend
ent of Southern Pines schools for
the past seven years, last week ten
dered his resignation to the School
3oard to accept the secretaryship of
the North Carolina Tuberculosis As
sociation, the position held for many
years by the late Dr. L«. B. McBray*
•er of Southern Pines- Mr. Webster
was unanimously elected to the po
sition at a recent meeting of the
Board of Directors.
The Southern Pines School Board
accepted with deep regret Mr. Web-
eter’s resignation at a special meet
ing held last Friday night.
The news of Mr. Webster’s resig
nation comes to both pupils and pat
ents of Southern Pines with regret
and concern: regret at the loss of
one who has endeared himself to
one and all while building up an in
stitution of state-wide reputation;
concern at the prospect of filling his
shoes. During his seven years here
Mr. Webster has placed the local
institution in the front rank of pub
lic schools In North Carolina, both in
scholarship and In extra-curriculum
activities. In dramatics, in music, in
vocational guidance, in other lines
the school has made an outstanding
record. In scholastics it points to the
auccess in colleg'is and in life of
numerous g#aduati»s who have at
tained mferked auccess. Much of this
Mcord Is attributed to the guiding
spirit of the retiring superintendent.
Tlie School Board, according to its
chairman, Dr. George G. Herr, al
ready is at work seeking as a suc
cessor to Mr. Webster a man of his
attainments, educaUon and enthu-
aiasm. It is having the advice and
couns^J of Mr. Webster in endeavor
ing to locate the right man. Mr. Web
ster is remaining here through June
before taking up hla new duties in
Winston-Salem.
First Service
Congregation of Brownson
Memorial Church To Wor
ship in New Edifice Sunday
Raleigh Jay-Cees Pla v Locals Here Sunday
The first service in the new
Brownson Memorial Presbyterian
Church, on May street at Indiana
avenue, Southern Pines, will be held
this Sunday morning at 11:00 o’clock,
and the public of Southern Pines and |
vicinity is cordially Invited. The Rev.
E. L. Barber, pastor, will preach.
Though there is still considerable;
work to be done on the new edifice,
it is sufficiently complet* to permit
of the service this Sunday, but the
official dedicatory service will be
held at a later date when everyti ln"
is in readiness. The Bible School
will also meet at the church this
Sunday, at 9:45 a. m.
Webster Announces
1939-1940 Faculty
Names Teachers For Grade and
HigI) Schools in Southern
Pines
Superintendent of Schools Frank
W. Webster announced this week the
appointment of the faculty for the
1989-1940 school year In the South
ern Pines achooU, aa follow*: v
First grade, Mrs. Jessie Mae
Dvtright; First and Fourth, MIsa Em-
llie May Wilaon; Second grade, Mis*
Sophie Howi^; Third grade, Mss Ab-
-bie Sutherland; Fourth grade, Miss
'Bess Mclntsrre; Fifth grade,
Jessie Fltigerald; Sixth grade. Miss
Annie P. HunUngton; Fifth and
Sixth, Miss Mary Buckner.
Seventh Grade and High School
by Subjects Taught — Miss Aline
Todd, Mathematics and Physical Bd-
ucaticw; Dave W. Gamble, History,
French and Vocational Civics; Miss
Pauline Miller, English and Heading;
Amos C. Dawson, Physical Bducatlon
and Geography; Miss-Elizabeth Scar-
•borough, Uitln, ArlthmeUc and
Speech; Edward N. Stlrewalt,
Science; Mrs. Sara A. Ellis, English
and Dramatics; Mrs. Ruth W. War
ner, Commercial Subjects; Miss Sel
ma Stegall, Public School Music and
Choral Director.
8ANDHIUL8 FTOEMBN IN
CX>MPETmON AT HAMLET
Twelve members of the Southern
Pines Fire Company with Chief L; .V.
O’Callaghan attended the 13th an
nual convention, races and ball of
the Sandhill Firemen’s Assoclatloh at
Hamlet yesterday.
The local contestants in the water
and chemical races wen* Albert
Adams, Tom Vann, .Harold Maples,
Joe O’Callaghan, and William Bry
ant. Members of the Aberdeen, Plne-
hurst aM Carlhsige corapaniiw were
also c'jotestants.
RALPH WILLIAMS
HELD FOR MURDER
OF COLORED MAN
Fired at Ransome France Af
ter Words; “You Don’t Be
lieve I’ll Kill You, Do You?
CAUGHT BY BLOODHOUNDS
Ransome France, 26-year old ne
gro, a tenant on the farm of J. Tal
bot Johnson near Bethesda Ceme
tery in Aberdeen^ was walking harm
lessly along the Aberdeen-Raeford
highway last Sunday morning when
a white man reeled up to him and
said:
"You dont believe I’ll kill you, do
you?” *
The negro backed away, pleading
for his life. After walking back
wards for about .15 yards, closly fol
lowed by the man who kept a re
volver pointed at him, a shot was
flred. France dropped in his tracks,
mortally wounded. He died on the
way to the hospital.
Ralph Williams allegedly had been
drinking all morning, Sunday. Ac
cording to witnesses he had threaten
ed several others in the same way,
on the highway and at Nathan Tur
ner's roadhouse, in the Cabbage Hill
section of Aberdeen.
.Wtlllams fled Immediately la^er
the shooting. A posse was quickly or
ganized to run him down, and blood
hounds brought from Lllllngton. He
was tracked over a wide territory,
coming north as far as the groxmds
of the Southern Pines Country dub,
then back toward Aberdeen. During
his attempt to escape Williams cut
his foot, which made it easier for
the bloodhounds to follow the trail,
and he was eventually caught near
the colored cemetery in Berkeley,
late Sunday afternoon.
Deputy Sheriff David Knight hur
ried his prisoner to Carthage where
he was arraigned before Justice of
the Peace Hugh P. Kelly, who order
ed him held without bond for the
August term of Superior Court. The
charge was murder in the first de
gree.
Williams is said to have confess
ed the diooting, but with ‘the re
mark: "He cursed me.” The victim
enjoyed a splendid reputation aroimd
Aberdeen. He was to have been mar
ried in the near future. Williams has
served a term in State’s prison. •
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
WEU30ME8 R. S. DURANT
Directors of the Southern JMnes
Chamber of Commerce met yesterday
in Jack's Grill and transacted rou
tine business. The members welcom
ed back R. S. Durant of the Cen
tral Carolina Telephone Company, a
former president of the Chamber who
has been residing In Newton, Iowa,
for the past several years, and wel
comed H. H. Pethick, a newly elected
director.
SUIT FOR $20,000
FILED AGAINST
ST, INC.
Pinehurst Department Store,
Inc., Charges Breach of Sales
Against Agreement
‘UNFAIR COMPETITION”
Member.s of the Southern Pines and Raleigh Junior Chambers of Commerce golf teams, photo
graphed at their meeting on the Carolina Pines course in Raleigh May 28th.
BOY SCOUTS HAVE
FIELD DAY IN
SOUTHERN PINES
Golf Match To Be Played at Sou
thern Pines Country
Club Sunday
Aberdeen and Pinehurst Troops
Win Major Honors in
Sports Events
CROWDS CHEER CONTESTS
Pinehurst and Aberdeen won the
major honors in the first annual
Field Day of Boy Scout troops of
Moore county, held Wednesday after
noon at the Southern Pines baseball
park. A large crowd witnessed the
various events and^ despite the heat,
cheered lustily for favorites for some
three hours.
Troop 1 of Pinehurst took this first
event, the antelope race with eight
boys from each competing troop go
ing 100 yards in verticle lines with
hands on shoulders. Pinehurst was
also first in the fire t>uilding and
water boiling contest, with the Vass
troop second. Aberdeen Troop 2 took
the relay race, with Troop 3 of Sou
thern Pines second, and Aberdeen
evened matters up with Pinehurst
in the next event, the rope tying con
test. Pinehurst was second.
Southern Pines Troop 4 won the
event of starting a fire by flint and
steel, with Pinehurst second. The
Carthage boys captured the undress
ing race in which the boys had to
remove hats, scarves, Airts and
shoes at various points along a 50-
yard course then put them back on
on their return trip. Two from each
troop competed, and though the in
dividual winner was Newton Baker
of Southern Pines No. 4 troop, the
team honors went to Carthage. Rod
erick Shaw of Pinehurst won the
100-yard da^, ■with Pre.ston Boggs.
Vass, second.
Most exciting event of the after
noon was the tug of war, with Aber-
deed and Pinehurst meeting in the
finals. It took the eight Scouts from
Aberdeen a long time to pull their
opponents across the white line, but
they finally succeeded. During the
afternoon several troops gave exhi
bition drills and stunts, among them
a picked group from Albemarie who
came for the day and joined the
Moore coipity b*ys In their parade to
the field and in some of the activi
ties.
Judge J. Vance Rowe, L. V.
O’Callagtaan and Nelson C. Hyde
acted as judges of the various
events.
THIEVES FAIL IN ATTEMPT
TO ENTER BURNEY STORE
Burglars who unsuccessfully at
tempted to enter the store of the
Bumey Hardwars Company in Aber
deen last week have not as yet been
apprehended.
Southein Pines Jay-Cees will be
ho.sts to a group of Raleigh Jay-Cees
on Sunday, when the Raleigh club
comes here to return the golf match
with the local team. About 25 visi
tors are expected, though the team
is made up of only ten players.
Wives and friends of the participants,
as well as several non-playing mem
bers of the Capital City club are ex
pected.
Ten matches will be played, the
event being scored on a point basis,
with a possible three points for each
match. At the conclusion of tht jolf
the visitors will be entertained at an
informal supper at the Country Club.
Members of the Southern Pines
team are: Hermann Grover, Emmett
Golden, R. F. Tarlton, Jerry Hall,
Da.'’to Montesanti, Dr. M. G. Stutz,
Tom MUlar, J. D. Arey, Jr., Jack
Johnson, and Paul Butler. Among
the members of the Raleigh team ex
pected are Wyatt Taylor, State
Jay-Cee champion, Wisner Chamblee,
State President, John Marshall, Harry
Parker Akers Moore and L. M. Shir-
ley.
MARY P. CAMERON,
SANDHILL PIONEER,
DIES IN 87TH YEAR
Widow of Late Hugh David
Cameron Was Daughter of
Late Duncan J. Priest
LEAVES SEVEN CHILDREN
BOARD TO HEAR
TAX COMPLAINTS
JUNE 19 AND 20
County Commission Sets Dates
for Reviewing Values^ Ap
proves Agricultural Fairs
The Board of County Commission
ers had a busy day Monday attending
to county affairs of various kinds.
Monday and Tuesday, June 19th
and 20th, were named as days upon
which the commissioners will sit
as a Board of Equalization and Re
view for the purpose of reviewing
tax values and hearing complaints
as the valuation. The meeting on
Monday will be for property owners
in McNeill, Sandhill and Mineral
Springs townships ,and on Tuesday,
those from Grenwood, Carthage, Deep
River, Ritter, Sheffield and Bensalem
will be heard.
It was ordered that the applica
tion of the Moore County Agricultural
and Sandhill Fair Association be
granted the privilege of operating an
agricultural fair during the week be
ginning September 25, and that the
k'pplicatlon of the Moore County
A:filfultural Fair Association oper-
af^u by the Joseph G. Henson Post
No. 12 of th# American Legion be
granted the privilege of operating an
agfricultural fair the week of Octo
ber 9th.
Head Recommendations
The Board voted to recommend that
the State Highw^ay and Public Works
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Mrs. Mary P. Cameron, beloved
resident of Southern Pines and a life
long resident of this community,
passed away Wednesday morning af
ter a long illness. She was 86 years
of age. Funeral services were held
at her home yesterday afternoon,
her former pastor, the Rev. M. D.
McNeill of Sanford, formerly pastor
of Manley and Cameron churches, of
ficiating, assisted by the Rev. J.
Fred Stimson and the Rev. Ernest
L. Barber. Burial was In the ceme
tery In Lakevlew.
Mrs. Cameron was the daughter
of the late Duncan J. Priest, a pio
neer of this section, and of Kate
Buchan Priest, daughter of another
pioneer family here. She was bom
December 5th, 1852. To her and her
husband, the late Hugh David Cam
eron, wag bom a large family which
has played a prominent part in the
upbuilding of the Sandhills. She
leaves four daughters. Misses Mary,
Rebecca and Gussie Cameron, of
Southern Pines, and Mrs. D. D. Wick
er of Hamlet, and three sons, Clif
ton, Duncan and ’Thomas Cameron
of Soutl/em Pines. Thirteen grand
children nirvive her.
No woman In Southern Pines en
joyed the love and respect of more
persons of all ages than Mrs. Camer
on, and her passing cast a pall of
sorrow over the community. Hund
reds attended the services, from all
walks of life. Acting as bearers were
Thomas Atkinson^ D. ,D. Shields
Cameron, Gordon Cameron, Herbert
Cameron, E^vlng Cameron, all of
Moore county and Edward Camfar-
on, of the faculty of the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Nix New Principal of
Vass-Lakeview School
! The Pinehurst Department Store,
I Inc., has filed a complaint against
I Pinehurst Inc., in Moore County Su
perior Court, asking damages In the
amount of $20,000 as a result of an
alleged breach of contract.
According to the allegations, Edgar
A- Eding in 1935 entered into a con
tract with the defendant for the pur
chase of the Pinehurst Department
Store business at a price of $23,-
730.79 and formed the company of
which ht is now secretary-treasurer.
He also leased the space occupied by
the store, the le.ssor agrreeing that
“none of Its departments or lessees
in Pinehurst will enter into any bus
iness dealing in a general line of
dry goods, groceries, fruits and veg
etables, meats or men's furnishings
in direct competition with the rec-
ogrnized linep now carried by the les
see, except its hotel shops are to be
excepted from this provision.'’
The plaintiff further alleges that
in spite of this covenant, the defend
ant has allowed two of Its depart
ments and I or lessees, namely, the
Pinehurst Packing Plant and the
Piaehurst Country Club Golf Shop,
to sell goods in competition with the
plaintiff, seriously Injuring and im
pairing plaintiff's business.
In addition to the damages asked,
the plaintiff ftsks that Pinehurst.
Inc. be restrained from competing
with the plaintiff. V/. A. Leland Mc-
Keithen is attorney for the Pine
hurst Dept. Store, Inc.
WalstonbuTg Man, Graduate of
U. N. C., Elected; Wife
Added to Faculty
At a meeting of the Vass-Lake-
vlew School board held this week,
WlUard V. Nbt-of Walstonburg was
elected principal of the school for the
coming year.
Mr. Nix received his A. M. degree
from Wake Forest College in 1921 and
his M. A. degree from the University
of North Carolina in 1’93S. He hM
had 17 years experience as a teacher,
the first two In a mission school in
Japnn and the last four at Walston-
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Mrs. Hamlen Weds
Dr. Kemp, Pinebluff
Daughter of Former Speaker of
Massachusetts House of Re|>-
resentatives is Bride
Benjamin Loring Young of Boston,
former Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives of Massachusetts, this
week announced the marriage of his
daughter, Mrs. Barbara Toung Ham
len, to Dr. Malcolm Drake Kemp of
Pinebluff, In Danville, Va., last Sat
urday, June 2d. Dr. and Mrs. Kemp
are making their home In Pinebluff.
I Mrs. Kemp Is the daughter of Mr.
Young and Mrs. M. C. Young of Santa
Barbara, Cal., and the granddaught
er of Mrs. Richard Hall of Boston,
a prominent musician of this coun
try and Europe and for years affil
iated with the Boston Symphony Or
chestra. Mrs. Kemp’s sisters are Mrs.
Allston Bryer and Mrs. Robert L.
Hollins of New York City, and her
brother is Benjamin Loring Young,
Jr., of Weston, Mass. She spent the
past winter as the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Lovering at their home
near Jackson Springs.
Dr. Kemp, director of the Pine-
bluff Sanatorium, is an alumnus of
the University of North Carolina
and of Wahsington University in St.
Louis, Mo., and spent several years at
Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore,
Md., before coming to the Sandhills.
In addition to hla work here he Is
on the staff of Duke Hospital at
Durham. '
ARMY OBSERVATION PL.\NES, 60
MEN AT KNOLLWOOD AIRPORT
A squadron of observation planes
with a personnel niunbering approx
imately 60 men is encamped this
week at the Knollwood Airport for
maneuvers in connection with Pope
Field at Fort Bragg. The local air
port has t aken on the appearance of
an army post, with headquarters, a
post exchange, tents for the men
and all the usual accoutrement of an
encampment.
ELECTED RAEFORO MAYOR
Dr. G. W. Brown waj elected may.
or of Raeford in Monday's election,
over seven.Ume Mayor G. B. Row.
land.