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THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina
Friday, August 9, IMP.
Murder, Manslaugrhter
Cases To Go On Trial
Epps Fry To Face Charge of
Killing Father.—Horner j
Case on Docket
The “big: August court" for the
trial of criminal cases is scheduled to
convene next Monday, August 12,
with Judge Felix E. Alley presiding.
The Epps ^f'ry murder case in
which Fry will face the charge of
killling his 77-year-old fathei, Merrill
Fry, is the case of outstanding inter,
est on the docket of four dozen
cnses.
First on the trial docket is a man
slaughter case against James Hor
ror, driver of the automobile in
which the Milam brothers. Charles
and William, of Southern Pines were
riding when they met their death
several years ago.
The manslaughter case in which
Preston Blue and Wade Mitchell are
defendants, is also set for trial on
Monday, and another manslaughter
case set for the same day is one
against Paul Williams, charged with
being the driver of the car which
Rilled Mrs. Jim Williams, Ruby Gar
ner, Charlie Morgan and Herbert
Ritter in August, 1939.
Other cases docketed include a
variety of lesser offenses.
AdiH'rtise in The Pilot for Results,
Pinehurst Paragraphs
Mrs. Thomas R. Cole and daught
er, Mary Jane, have returned from
Baltimore and Williamsburg, Va.
They were accompanied home by Mrs.
Cole’s mother and sister, Mrs. E. J.
Parker and Mrs. R. L. Daniels and
Ginger Daniels of New Bern, who
were guests of the Cole family last
week. Miss Betty Reed Cole return
ed home with them.
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Thompson have
returned from Myrtle Beach.
Dr. and Mrs. F. L. Owens have
returned from Linville where they
spent a few dajK
Mr, and Mrs. Clarence Thomas and
family have returned from Kure
Beach. *
Miss F.loise Wicker has returned
home after being the guest of Mrs.
E. B. Keith in Greensboro.
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Johnson and
famil.'? left Sunday for a vacation in
New Hampshire, Rhode Island and
Portland. Maine.
Miss Katherine Sledge spent from
Friday through Monday at White
Lake attending the retreat of the 14
young people comprising the council
of the Fayetteville Presbytery.
Miss Margaiet Kelly is on vaca
tion at her home in Carthage.
Miss Ruth Gillmore, recreational
director for the community has been
callej to her home in Walpole, Mass..
on account of the illness of her mo
ther, Miss Dorothy Coley of Raleigh
has assumed Miss Gillmore’s duties,
j Mr. and Mrs. RaTph Sutton and
children have returned after being in
Canada and at Carolina Beach for
the month of July.
] Harold Thompson spent the week
end at Wrightsville Beach.
I Mrs. Fuller Currie has returned
I home from the Moore County Hos
pital.
Walter Maness has bought the
Ejectric Shoe Shop frohi Omar Gar
rison.
Miss Olive Hennessee has returned
I after visiting a college mate in Lin-
colnton.
Twenty young people motored to
White Lake Sunday. They were
chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. A. B.
Sally.
Mrs. John N, PowelJ U visiting her
son, Henry Vroom and family, in
Rochester, N. Y.
Miss Dorothy McKenzie, who
taught in the summer school at Con
cord for six weeks, is home.
Mrs. T, R. Cole, Mrs. H. A Camp
bell and Mrs. S. R. Uansdall attended
the Paient-Teacher Institute at at
Chapel Hill Wednesday and Thurs
day.
Mr, and Mrs. H. Bingham Ballou
I and daughter, Suzanne, have gone to
tl.eir home in Medford, Mass., for
I the remainder of the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Veno and fam
ily and Richard have returned from
a ten day stay on the coast.
Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Suedge, Misses
Katherine and Nancy Sledge and
Master Bill Sledge have gone to
Crossnore and other points in West
ern Carolina for two weeks. Miss
Katherine Sledge will visit Misses
Eleanor Edwards and Sara McLean
in Ahseville.
Mr. and JJra. George Veno have
leturned from Asheville.
I Mr. George N. Dunn has as guests
her daughter, Mrs. Alfred Kastner
and children, Mary Lou and Ruddy
Kastner, of Fort Meyer, Va.
: Mr. and Mrs. James Tufts are en
joying a trip through the New Eng
land states and will be away the
month of August.
I Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Harbison and
children, Jimmie and Martha return-
* ed the first of the week from the
western part of the state.
Joe Montesanti, Jr.. has gone to
’ Stockbridge, Mass., for the/remainder
I of the summer.
I Miss Dorothy Wescott delightful-
1 ly entertained at luncheon Saturday,
Eingo was played and attractive
prizes were "given each guest. The
occasion was Dorothys’ 13th birth
day. Guests were Misses Jane Cole.
Edith Ann Dunlop, Nancy Sledge,
Flora Ellen Cameron, Grace Herndon,
and Nancy and Mary Frances Camp
bell. Mrs, Blanche We.scott and Mrs,
J. M. Hagood assisted in entertaining.
Among those who will attend the
wedding of Miss Evelyn Sloan to Gor
don MacGregor Cameron tomorrow,
Saturday afternoon at 4:00 o'clock
in the Presbyterian church at Mount
Ula are Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Cam
eron, Mr. and Mrs. D. D, Shields
Cameron, Mr, and Mrs. A. P. Thomp
son, Miss Flora Ellen Cameron and
Bevins Cameron. Herbert Cameron
will act as his brother's best man
and D. D. Shields Cameron and Mr.'
Thompson will be ushers. Miss Cam
eron will be a junior bridesmaid
NO FAST-BURNING SMOKES
FORME. I SMOKE SIOW-
BVMMN» CA/AEIS FOU
tXTMMIlONCSS
Among others going up for the cer
emony will be Mr. and Mrs. J, F.
Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Sally,
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Fields, the Rev.
and Mrs. A. J. McKelway, and Mr.
and Mrs.. Charles Frye.
Virginia Ormsby
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TELEPHONE 5774
FIAVOR I LIKE
ABOUT CAME15.
AND CAMtlS
SAAOKE SO MUCH
OOOUR
extra mildness
extra COOLNESS
extra fuvor
In recent Uboratory
tests. Camels burned
25% slowtr than the
average of the 15 other
ot the largest-selling
brands tested-»l^*r
than any of them. That
means, on the average,
o smoking pl«*
equal to
extra SMOKES
PER PACK!
GET THE “EXTRAS”
WITH slower-burning
CAMELS
THE CIGARETTC OF COSTUER TOBACCOS
I
A SUMMARY of the ANNUAL
OF THE
& IICHI CdMPlY
As a user of this Company’s senice, you may be interested in the following infonnation concern
ing the organization >\hich serves yon with electricity^We^ therefore^rende^ou this^uromar^ |
ized report, based on our Annual Report for 1939 as submitted to oi^^toci^olders.'^
Th« Cafolina Power & Light Company was organized in 1908. h served
1,1 do customers in four small towns and supplied street railway service in one
fewhT Gross annual revenue was $145,000. In 1926, the com^ny was rnerged
^th four other companies. By the end of that year, it was serving 58,541 customers
4nd had an annual gross revenue of app2O3(.irnately^^^0P0iW0.j|.In^l 93^,^ gro8*
1 nvMm Mwuntftd to 11 ^ ~
Customers Served
In 288 Communitie*
1
StrviAff an «ft» of approximaUlr
2t,000 tquare miiet, tht company had.
at thf end of 1930. mort than lllOtt
customers In 2tt communititi includ*
^ng r«tidentiil. farm. comrecrcial« in*
^uttrial. tovemmcnt and municipal
uaart of •lactrieity. Ntarly twiot as
many customers wcr« strvad in 1930
a« In 1030.
m i'Jearly $2,000,000
Paid In Taxes For 1939
($5,450 Per Day)
Tax payments of aloioat $2,000,000
absorbed approiimately one-sixth of
the company'i gross revenue in 1038
and were equivafent to one-fourth of
the eipense of operating the com*
pany’i properties. The sun paid for
taxes exceeded dividends to stock
holders. The Company's tax payments
contributed sut»taniially to govern
mental activities of many kinds.
5toclc^ol(f^
In Carolinas Received
Large Part of Dividend*
Of the 8,000 owners of th« company*!
preferred stock, approximately three*
fourthi, representing some 4,000 (n*
dividuals and institutiona. art located
In the Carolinas. H^e dividends paid
to these atockholden la the com*
pany's territory sarved to matarially
mcreaae buying power and proa*
penty
Large Requirements
For Materials Met
Within Territory
T^c company's need for merchandiae.
materials and supplies fumshed em
ployment to thousands and placed
large sums In circulation. As far u
pouible. purchases were made from
Arms in the Carolinas which helped
to stimulate business ^generally
throughout the territory SubeUntial
sums were also released for transpor*
tation. advertising, and rents within
the territo«7-
DOWNWARD TREND OF AVERAGE COST PER
KILOWATT-HOUR TO RESIDENTIAL CUhOMERS
«0c .
In 1908, the company operated four generating plant*'With'a't6tal
3,575 kilowatts. In 1939/ten hydroelectric generating plant's and two rteam jieiS^
trie geiierating plants, plus 69,000 kilowatts of pufchased powitr, made available
318,050 kilowatts. Its transmission system interconnected at fourteen points ^^thj
systems of adjacent pcm^rjcon^Raoies. jOutput.rwh^^ of^923,281;®
kilowatt hours. 1 ^ _ _ _ ^
l.366Em^ia3^
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RATES REDUCED AGAIN IN 1939
Approximately 90% of the company's residential eustdmers and tl% of ill
commercial customers received a 23% reduction in rata on February S. IMO.
As the chart indicates, residential customers were paying an average rata of
2 06c per kilowatt-hour at the end of 1090»th« national average rate for
residential electric service was higher!
Rural Home* and Farm*
Served With EJectricily*^i
At Low Rate!
b INI. 100 aiitM M
lunl UOM w«r« built Md 1907 tene
cuftomcrt ftnd 1J80 ntfftl mitomtn
wtn MldMl. Durlaf tht put fctir
jun, the toBifKf hM mutnMU4
mar* «ku S.HO inU« «l ninl lUMt.
numb*r of
locrtuH MVlf tm Vmm
iwai ^ r
u ;«D<tfu«u4 I '■
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Coop«ntk>n Given'
In Agricultural and
liKhwtrial Growth
The conpajoy'a Agricultural and In- i
dustrlai Z>eve!opment Deparlmant co«
operates elooely with Chambers ci
Cocnmtrc* and other groups in ftim*
ulating development In 1030. fifty* J
seven new industries located within
the company’s territory- etforta
of this department have resulted la '
bringing increased employment and
millions of dollars to stimulate buti-
ne«s generally.
I
et liw tomptar iMgW-fe
tiuual p*7 fou ol w«.m li in*
Ai *IJ cmplorm tncludiBS
I ud diiMton. *rt tocai fiiMtnti.
* pnclicdly «U ei iMi tub jptnt
«flUia tbt <*nllar7 MrvW.tfTht
(Mvkl rttord </ HtjUcywi
•H IK r«*n witfi nan ttuoVuir
k*vlB( (tmu I t*tn or mort.
MBng
Be^^cial Tb
And DeellN'T
DIRECTORS .
C. J. Curry, R. Lee Ellis,
Ra!>i(ih, Worth Carolina AihtMt, North Carotin*
James L. McNair,
Launnburg, North Carolina
L. V. Sutton, C. S, Walter*,
Raltijh, North Corolina X»hei/ill«, North CuioI'ti*
W. H. Weatherapoon,
Raleigh, North Carolina
Alexander Webb,
Ratogh, North Carolina
Carolina
CloM coordination bttwMO
and (iMtriMi dMitn it tht KTrlt^
continued to prove jnutiiaUjr advani'
t>|«oui. In 19W. under the itlinulS^
el new tow r>tn,.«tmomm ot.tli*
Company V>utht moN Ihaii
000 worth o( elKlri^ ■MMhaMdlJ^I
tram tht etwtrltal dMtort el Mie
lerrHory. '
OFFICERS
L. V. Sutton,
-tident ond general Manager
HJu
iT-i*
W. H. Wiathanpo^a,
Vm« ^retident and Central Cpwiwet
S. P. VKker, C..$.'^W»H«rs,
Vie* Pretident Vie« SNlident
C. J.^Cuny,
<«er«tar» and
iUrtb tecretery «nd
inm