VOL. 22, I\(). 10.
Southern Pines, Morth Curulinst, Priday, Pehruary (>. 1942.
Schooling Show Friday
Will Present Preview
Of Annual Horse Show
l.OCAF, fHAPTER “Victory Garden” Drive BeySt
FIVK CK.N'ls
IN POLIO FIGHT
As I'art of Food Saving t
SEA WELL CASE
I
Families in County I’lRod (o
Plant Vulritious Fi»ods as
Part <»f Defense Plan
Preparations Progress for Third
Annual Show Event at
Country Club Ring
j
TAKES (iYMKHANA PLACE
sppcial schooling? show in prepar.'
ition for the Southrrn Pines Third
-Vnnual Horse Show will be conduct,
rd Friday afternoon, Febniary 6 at
the Country Club ring: under the di
rection of Nick Crotty, who will be one'
of the show managers for the full I
t'vent to be held Friday, February 27.
This will be held instead of the rep;-!
ular gymkhana. 1
At a meeting of the Horse Show
planning committee Thursday after
noon, prize for the open jumping class
was boosted to $100, rather than th:>^
sweepstake originally planned.
Additional feature."; approved for
the horse event this year will be a,
pony ring, some distance from the;
actual show ring, where young child-'
ren can ride during the afternoon.
-Mso, for benefit of the Red Croa.'<
.? Shetland pony, named “Miss Uo.l
C'l'os.'?” will be sold by ticket, the hold,
er of the lucky number to win th''
pony.
It was (leeidefi to featuie a haV’’
tack jumping event for Negro stn
We hoys, with no entry fee tuit with
( i.«h prize,') for the winners.
Mrs. Margaret Thorne.Pmitli. gen-
•’Ml ch'iirmnn, presiiied ;it Thur.-i-
• lay's meeting in the offii e of thi-
tnwn clerk. The proeeed.-i from tli'
Horse Show this year uil! be don.ited
to the local Red Cross, ,T.nd indica.
t'ons are that this year’.'i .show will
t riua! if not surpass previou.s .'shows
in attendance, entries and enti'rtain-
;iient.
The informal schooling show at the
Country Club hor.se show ring, th.s
I'Viday afternoon will feature hiu’.ters
;iud jumpers and special events. The
IMU'po.se of the show i.s to give son\e
f f the horses which will be enu red
'n the regular horse show an oppof.
'unity to become familiar with the
Khow ring.
15 Days of Grace
Commissioners Extend Listing
Time to Feb. 15: Then
Double Taxation
F’roperty owners who failed to
li.st their property for taxation
during January were granted 15
days of grace by the Moore Coun
ty Commissioners in session Mon
day. There will be no extension of
time beyond Febniary 1,'), set as
the deadline.
The Commissioners .said tho.se
who fail to list by ^'cb^uary 1,")
will be charged with double taxa
tion for failure to list or for late
listing, as providc'd by law. The list
t.ikers in various Moore Countv
comnuuiities arc given el.sewher'-
in The Pilot. Tnless your property
i.s listed with them by the fif
teenth of this month it's double
taxation for you.
SCHOOLS ASSIST
SEAL CAMPAIGN
White Schools in County Con
tribute $630.3fi to Tubercu
losis Fight in Moore '
I
Schools of Moore County contribut.
e(i well to the annual seal sale of the |
county tuberculosis association, ac-1
cording to Mrs. T. A. Cheatham, cotm-'
ty chairman, in a report on returns
from the white schools this week.
A total of $630,36 was turned into
the county fimd from white schools
throughout the coimty. Mrs, Cheat,
ham pointed out that in some in-
^tances, local seal sale committees
carried on their work almost entire,
ly through the schools and in other
places, the schools took only a
small part in the whole campaip^n. I
Individual school contnbutions were
reported as follows; Aberdeen S.'iO.l?),
Cameron $16.2.5. Carthage $63.47. F,a-'
pie Springs $25.00, Kureka $23.41,1
Hemp $88.36, High Falls $18.25, Pine-
burst $206.62, Samarcand $26.61. Sou
thern Pines $26, Vasa.Lakeview
542.17, and We.st Knd $44.
Schools which reached or exceeded
their quota were given a 10 per cent
V.onus from the amount raised for
special health work in the schools,
Mrs. Cheatham said, and were given
certificates of their work. Negro
f.chools, previously reported, turned
in $53.3.47 to the seal sale campaign.
ARMY DRAFTS 31
DURING .lANI’ARY
Thi oo from Soul horn 1‘incs In
cluded in Two Draft Calls
in Last Month
Tlir i (■ So'.ithi r'n I’incs boy.-; Wi'r i
.imonu' th'' ,Tt M"-re Cniinlv youth.-i|
will) Well' iniluctiHl into the arniV'
M'.'-onrrli th'' .''I'li’ctive .Service systi'iii
.liiiiuary.
Th'' lor;il w«'j-e .liinies Kdward
Pate Lei' .Mc'xander Simpson and
Kobcrt Kieil Arey. Two di-aft orders
•."•rre issued diirintr the past nuinth,|
one takin'j in 1"> youths ;\nd the other
^,•^!^inl'. 18. -\ largi' number of pros
pective selectees were sent by the
'ountv draft b<iard to Fort Bragg
•or thoroirffH phvsierti examinations,
pending the possibilitv of their bein';:
'•ailed in a later draft
Following are tho,se who were in.
oiicted durins .Ia.niiai y;
Malcolm McXeill McDonald, route
(.\arthage; Max Gardner Lineberry.j
route 1 Cameron: Ournie Floyd Mar-;
tin, route 2 Carthage; Stacy Brewer,'
.Tr.. Hemp: Johnnie Roy Cockman,
route 1 Carthage: Charles Evans
\^'illiams, route 1 West Knd: .Top Jud-
son Richard.son, route 1 West Knd;
Herman Bran.son Maness, route 1 Cai'.
tnage. Dock Dortice Thomas. Abei'-
deen: Carl Oldham, Glendon; Spencer
I eon Caddell, route 3 Carthage: Char,
lie Carrol Comer, route 1 Steeds;
Clifford Rugene \^an Boskirck, Pine-
nluff: Kdward Lester Rritt, route 1
Star; Oddice Wesley Crabtree, route
1 Carthage;
Also, Clyde McKenzie, Hemp:i
James Franklin Gulledge. Vass; Clyde I
Grover VVallace, Hemp: Robert Han.
cock Cri.ssman, route 2 Vass; Rob
ert Adam Calloway, Carthago; Hu
bert Lee Brewer, route 1 Carthage:
Tim Jimmy Kat.son, Carthage: Rob.
ert Blue William.son, route 3 Carth
age; George Howard Fleld.s. Carth
age; Graham Maxton Hare, Hemp;
Rufus Taft Hussey, Hemp; James
Marshall William.son, Pinehurst; and
(lilbert William Parrish, Carthage.
Mrs. L. H. Rlue Dies
Tn Eureka Community
Unexpeclerf Death Is Shwk (o
Friendf? in Section; Sennoes
Field at TiOcal Church |
Mrs. L. H. Blue of Kureka com-
munitv died unexnectedlv early last
Thursday morning and .sendees were
conducted at the Kureka Church by
the Rev. W. S. Golden, pastor.
Her death came as a great shock
to the people in the community. Al.
though she had not been recently in
robust health, she had been attend
ing to her household duties as usual.
Beforo her marriage. Mrs. Blue
was Mi.ss Novla Shprt of the Doub’s
Chapel community. \ faithful meiri-
ber of her church, she was a devoted
mother and had many friends
througho\it the .section.
Acting as pallbearers at the fun
eral were six of her nephews and
six nieces were bearers of l)eautiful
flowers. The services were attejided
by a large number of friends and rel.
ativps from Carthage, Southern
Pines, Culdee and ’ Doub’s Chapel
communities. i
Surviving Mrs. BUie are her hus
band, L. H. Blue, and the following
children; Preston and Homer of
Washington, D. 0.; Blennie Mae of E.
C. T, C., Greenville: and Hulon, sen
ior at State CJollege.
Junior Club to Give
Defense Stamp Dance
Civic Ortranization to Sponsor
Valentine Affair in Terms
of National Defense
With all eyes and efforts turned
toward thy National Defense program,;
Southern Pines' Junior Civic Club is|
).itching in to do its bit by sponsoring i
a Natonal Defen.sc Valentine Dance, j
February 14, where everything willi
be charged in terms of dofen.se*
^•‘amps. 1
■Rather than try to raise fundsi
for regular club activities, the Board*
(if the Junior Club decided to confine'
it.<j work to something that will help,
further defense efforts. Admi.ssion to
the dance will be paid in defense!
.stamps and all refreshments will bei
.sr.ld for defense stamps. A local or.'
chestra, composed of Mr. and Mrs, I
Todd Baxter and Buster Doyle, will
contribute the mu.sic for the occasion,
and local merchants are doing their I
part by contributing other neces-1
.«aries.
Leon Seymour Heads OrKaniza-
tion t(» Cimihat Infantile
Paralysis in County
FUND DRIVE CONTIM ING
A Moore County chapter of the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, Inc., was organized and
granted an official charter at a meet
ing in the Nur.ses Home of Moore
County Hospital Tuesday evening,
O. Loon Seymour of Aberdeen was
elected chairman of the local chap.
ter; K. A. West of Hemp was named
treasurer and Mrs. Norris L. Hodg.
kins of Southern Pines, secretary.
The local chapter will have the re-
sponsibilitv of a.ssisfitig victims of in
fantile oaralysis to rereive treatment
r.iul will administer the Iot;i] share of
ftunis collected by the C(unrnittee ')U
the Presid'nt's Birthdiiv, which is
tiow raising funds for the infantil -
j':iral.vsis fight.
One-half of thi' money r aised by the
loi';ii groups will remain in the coun-
I,'’ to bi> used bv the chapter Just oi'.
g:!niz( il in carrying on its work.
oil'.'I- nieml’ers of tlle ov£;.'iniz:lt ioo-
.'I iD!iiniit'i'e we’e W, H. I'lrrne e'"
I'lirtha'.Te. Dr. I'lement MotU'oe oi’
rir.eliiiisl. II. Thomas o*' (':ifth-
:'.'e, 1 >!', I!. I'r iki- of C.ir'h'ii;! ,
trie lliv. \. .1. Mel\ -l'.\av of T’in,'_
liu-.'t 1.. Mi'Keilhea of ('’aiMon'”.
d Kllen lifiit.ii of Pinehurst.
The IimmI etiM iili'r- will siijiply v..'-.
tons :iids to needv infiintile iiMT-aly:;'s
vietiriis and ren<li"' a-^.'-lstaiu e in i
o»' *'Mi(ii'nuc!' t" the infli<‘ted as Well
a< the ineiliial pr'fi',s,'iion iind health
,'1’fn'ers.
i;. <:. F:tni‘ll Ilf .Ahcflei'1 i.'; coiin-
t\ eliairm.-ui of the fund dr’ive by the
p.irah’.sis fouiiflation, and, althoiieh
'10 entertainment has been held for
fiind-raising. early reports on the
driv.' indicati' that a fairly large sum
will bo raised.
LOCAI, LIBRARY
BUYS NEW BOOKS
Trustees .\l.so Authorize Pur
chase «)f Stoker to Keep Li
brary Furnace (Joing
Trustees of the Southern Pines la.
lirai'.v Association, meeting at the la-
orary Tue.sday afternoon, approved
purcha.se of a stoker for the Library’s
furnace and of several new books
for the reading shelves.
New volumes to be purchased this
rionth are as follows: fiction, "Mrs,
Appleyai'd’s Year” by Louise Andrews
Kent, “Pied Piper" by Nevil Shuto,
"Dragon Seed" by Pearl Buck, “Air
Ministry: Room 28" by Gilbert Fran,
kau, ".Attack on the Desert" by Mi
chael Home: non-fiction, "Mission to
M0.SC0W" by Joseph K. Davies, "Re
turn to the Future" by Sigrid Tln-
■sot, "From the Land of the Silent
People" by Robert St. John; mys.
tery an^ crime, "Maigret Sits It Out"
by Georges Sinienon, "Payment Do.
ferred," by C. S. Forrester: children’s,
"Peter Chiirchmouse” by Margot
Austin.
A. B. Yeomans presided and other
trustees present were Miss Mary
Yeomans, Miss Birdilia Bair, Almet
Jenks, Philip J. Weaver, Miss Laura
Kcl.sey, Mrs. N. L. Hodgkins, Mrs.
J K. WiUker. the Rev. F. Craig,
hill Brown, Mrs. Frank McCluer, Jr.
Mrs. .lames B. Swett. John C. Barron,
Mns. V\'. E. McCord, the Rev. Voigt
O. Taylor and Carl G. Thomp,son, Jr.
District Officers
Meet With Kiwanis
(Jovernor Sounders Savs Clubs
Can Heljy to Huild Lines of
Home Defense
A "Victory Garden ' di ive. to en
courage growing of luitiitious foods
j as a part of the health and c(mserva-
' tion progr am in civilian defen.se, was
j lii I chod. in Moore County this week. |
i At a meeting Monday in C'arthagel
I community house, repre.sentatives ofj
farm agencies, teachers from county |
schools and other citizens made plans |
to carry the "victor.y garden" i^ro.;
.grant into each community in thoi
county. ^
Purpose of the Victorv Gard<'ii |
drive, as outlined by County Agent:
K. H, Garri.son, Ji'., his assi.stant Mr. |
Caldwt'll and Miss F'lora McDonald,'
home donionsti'ation agent, is to as-'
sist all families with garden facilities j
to grow a part of theii' own foods.
Pointing; out that a recent physi.j
cal examination of school children re
vealed considerHhlo malnutrition and}
undernouiishment, Miss .MiDinaM
emphasized the la'ed f(U' planting the
Victoi'v Ganlens with nutritious veg
etables.
Voiatiorial at>,rieultiir-:ii teachers
'nd home oeoiiomirs toaciiers hav,'
I'oeii n‘=''e.i t'> eoo' erale in setting un
the X'ictorv Garde;i.> and in proper
-'election o!' seeil td b" plantod.
I.irriis \i,ill:(l>le
,'^peakiii'.: for H’.e Karrn Seciir’ilv
\'.'mirii.sl!Mti u, Hei-m:tii M i.v-
■ y. th" I’ormi r Miss -Xi.ne Wil«o:i.
iionio .-■.'le'A'i.; r- for l','>\, said th,i:
!hi:i Ki'il' ial fa’ni fin.'iri'inu organi':. -
lion wis pri ivire'i to make ioar's 1<
c'nldr-eu or' adults to ho usi'.i in fi.
'■..■■.nciiTv \’i tiM'v < lavd'-e.s. .'<he oiithn-
■ ■! "onie of tile pi'o ’ 'dure for’ obtain.
'11" th"S.' I wr:..; and .“^aid fur ther in-
‘■ 'rmatioii co'tld be obtained from the
office in Carlhagi'.
In pr-'senting the program, it w;.
•■'ointed nut that the demands of the
".■ar upon tlv food .suntilies 'f lire na
tion called for re doubling lire effort-!
of the "Food for Freedom" drive which
has been imderway for .some time.
Planting of .vear.round gardens.
Of Time and War
In iir<ordiini'e with (lie recent
•\ct of CongreNH and the proela-
niation of (iovemor Kroiight^in,
the Sandhills, with the n^st of
the State and nation, with leave
sun time and go on da.vlight sav
ing time, iM'glnning .Momla.v, Kel>.
ruary 9. Rei'ause this tinit change
is nationwide, aulhori/.ed l>.y Con
gress,, it is ex|»eet«><l Wiat all of
ficial times will Im> changeil to
conform with the national effort.
The change of one hour will <«•-
cur during t'he night of Kehru-
ary 8 and J), when all cim'ks in
the nation should Im- set forward
one hour.
TIuirsda.v I). <J. Stut/., Seaboard
agent, received word that all
trains would go on daylight sa\.
ing lime, at the scheduled hour
of 'i a. lu. .^londay, Fehruarv !l.
This will mean that arrivals
uill he a|i|iro\lniately <Hie hour
late on that day; hut Ihert'after.
the present Mhedules »(ill be fol-
loueil on daylight tlna'.
I>espife siinte idijectitins from
ratron>-, tin' local Seho<d Board
this ueeU also decided t'liit the
schools, hi'(;inning Monday,
Would go on da\light time, with
no i-hanges in the tinio of ses
sions.
,‘iged, li''i ,i:ise Ilf ai; anti,
• l at d .^lii-rtago in c.inniiic facilitie.--
^\h'c]l wotdd rilake it ilifl'ic ilt to )irc.
••'i-rve bo’i!e-j;ri/Vvn foo.is bv cnnniiig
■’’lie pla'ili'ig of a ye:ir-r .riiid gard,'.
would help r elieve ;i I'aniily’"' f'i !'
s'tiial ion.
Ml- Gar'i’isoii otfi s-d i.iie prc. aiitioa
Testimony of (Jovernment Wit
ness Tends t<> Explode One
of the Indictments
LOCAL CASES INVOIA'EI)
Government pro.secutora in the
Rockingham trial of Herbert F. Sea-
well. Jr.. Carthage attorney, on
charges of embezzlement and false
reports while a Federal receiver,
j seemed this week to be rushing to u
I conclrision their evidence on at least
four complete indictments.
Oni> witness, W. Clem Barrett of
Carthage, offen^d by the special pros-
I ecu tor, Irving L. i^angbein, appear.
I ed to have given testimony unexpect-
j cd by the Government, as it tore
apart one of the indictments.
I Barretts testinion.v concerned a
[charge against Seawell of embezzling
; 'about ,‘SIO" whili' .serving as referee
for .S. Newcomb of Soiithern Pines,
I ri bankruptcy in liKiS. The govern,
nient .sought to .show that from the
1 .‘Uini f)f about .isiOO impounded by
! .seawoll, til'' r'ofereo failed to account
' for almost ,S'.iO. .\ewconib testified
fh t lie had receive! no I'cfuiids front
' the SlOO and b.ad left whatever bal-
iTtic" K ni.-iiue,! ;is a m,liter between
. I■.ar'i'i-tt. his ,itlorney, and Seawell.
t’-tified I’l.'it lie was paid
' .iliout ,S7tl for his lcL;al .-icrvices and
\--e''.Ml! >i-;a'ii"d the remaining $3^'.
Ti.slMiiony indi',ited that Senwell's
lee \v.i-; not 'iht of jirii)mrtion.
Another- i-id'Clnieut irivolvi'd a
‘ ( ii,-i!-ge by tile (|i'Ver niiier't that Seaw-
11 h.ui embezzled approxi:n;itoly $7.")
ti',al '.'-.IS s-ig,gi'st"d by a r,ieni'>. r oflwiiilc s.-r-viiig as r-ofer-ec for William
the grouo. Me said that ther e '-liou'I, rati-iielor- of Aberdeen, v.lio appoar-ed
i-e no " aste in >;ardens and that onlv
llio.«.' fair,iiies which li.id yood i.iiri
a'ul would give constant attention ana!
(-are to the .garden sh iiild undert.'ike
t . (riant them. An anticipated seed
shortage was .-il.so'di.scii.s.sed, and th ■
war-ning issued that seed should not
I/O wasted.
Places Named For Registration
Of Men 20 to 45 On February 16
Plans Set for Third Repistralion
in Mo<)re County Under Se
lective Service Act
Registration of every Moore County
man whc became 20 years old on or
1 ‘‘ore December 31. 1941, and of
e (1 y man who has not r'eached his
. th birthday on or- before February
i:>. will take place at voting places
in the county on Monda.y, February
I*), it was announced by the Moon*
County Draft Board this week,
I The call for new registration of
men from 20 to 4,'i, who have not pre-
viou.sly registered under the Selec.
tU’c .Service Act was issued this weoK
i;-r a proclamation from the Pi’esident
of the United States. This will be the
third registration day for the ua.
tion.
It was emphasized that those who
have already regi.ster-ed in one of
the two previous I'egistrations will
not bi> required to take part in this
one. However, a large number of men
not previouslv affected uniler tho
previous age limitations will be re.
((uired to r-egister imder the law ex
tending the age limit to 4,^ at on<'
. end and reducing it to 20 at the
other. There are no exemptions to
registration.
Kxcept that men in Kast Carthage
will register at the Draft B<jard of.
tice in the courthouse, all pro.spcctive
registrants will report to their pre-
BOAKD TO SEEK
PAVING OF ROAD
County Petitions Highway Coni-|
mis.sion to Hard Surface
Vass-Carthage Hisbway
Welcome news to the Va.ss-Laki-
view and P'lrreka sections of the coun
ty is that the county commissioners
nioetijig Monday, voted to petition
the State Highway and Public Works
Commission to hard surface the road
leading from Carthage to Vass, this
iieing a highway upon which there is
much traffic,
James Tufts, chairman of the Mt)ore
County Defense Council, was allow,
ed an expense account up to $2S per
month for carrying on the work of
the council.
Complaint having been madi' as to
the way in which the Underpass Ser
vice Station, a beer dispensing place
r ear V'ass has been operated, it was
decided to notify R, L. Poindexter
that a hearing will be held before
the commissioners at 2:00 p. m. Mon
day, Feb. 16, upon the question of
Revenue Man to Aid
Income Tax Payers
A repre.sentative of the Office of
Internal Revenue from Greensboro
vnll be in the Sandhills this month
to assist taxpayers in filing their In.
come tax returns, A representative'
will be in Southerr. Pines at the post
office on February 18, 20 and 21 and
at the Pinehurst post office February
18. Income tax returns are due March
15,
Kiwanis can be an instrument.alityj.
(, tool, to build up strong lines of
home defense, declared J. Maryon
Saunders of Chapel Hill, Carolinas
District governor, wheji he met with
the S.-indhills club in Aberdeen Com-
rinriity House Wedne.sday.
He added that the 1942 convention
to b*> held in Pinehurst the latter
part of October should become a
"patriotic rally’’ where local clubs
can report on their contributions to
the war effort.
Di.strict Secretary Herbert Hennig
of Darlington, S. C.. and Maurice
Hill of Chapel Hill, chairman of the
"On to Pinehurst" district commit
tee, also met with the Club Wednes.
day. Following the regular meet
ing, the convention committee spent
a good bit of the afternoon making
preliminary plans with the district
officers for the 1942 convention.
The woman’s auxiliary of the com
munity hou.se served the luncheon and
planned to turn receipts over to the
FoJiool hrnch room program in Aber.
deen. Other guests of the club were
M. F. Grantham. Frank Wilson of
Dunn, and Lt. Alwin Folley.
the revocation of his beer license, at
cinct voting places for registration | which time he r-nay present his wit-
luider- the Selective Service Act. nesses.
Following are those designated by, ^tta J. Dunn of Stoeds was allow-
the comity board to be in charge of,,.,| per month for support, and
the registration in various voting .i^.^^oo valuation on property of Kath-
places: nrine A. Keith, 33 acres
Aberdeen J. G. Farrell, Cameron—
P. F. Lowi^’, Kast Carthage- Mrs.
Paulino C. Baxley, West Carthage—
S. C. Riddle, Deep 'River—George VV,
Willcox, Kureka—Mrs. D. J. Blue,
Hemp W. F. Bryant, High Falls—
,\l'-is Martindale. Wnebluff J. Vance
Adams; Pinehurst—H. F. Kelly, Rit-
tei.H—L. B. ’Hitter, Southern Pines--
rliram VV'estbrook, Spencerville — D,
/V. Dunlap, Spies—W. J. Baldwin,
Va.s.s. -Ben H. Wood, West F^nd—W.
\. Johnson, and Bensalem—C. C. Un
derwood.
in Green.
wofKl township, and the .same amount
'.•!i Mrs. Walter Baker’s Estate. 33
acres, was deducted on account o(
timber having beeji removed.
Father Harkins Takes
Over Duties in Parish
Major P. J. Mitchell
To Speak to Legfion
M.a.ior P. J. Mitchell of Catlette,
Va., commanding officer of the 67th
quartermaster regiment stationed at
' Fort Bragg, will address members of
' Sandhills Post, American Legion, at
I their meeting next Monday night.
Distinet Commander Sinclair will
I i.lso be present to give a brief re.sume
; of the Department meeting in Golds-
, boro last week. Members and other
! ex_scrvlce men are Invited to attend
the meeting at the Legion Hut on
Maine avenue.
I Members of the Legion Ladies Aux-
I iliary will also meet Monday night
' at 8 o’clock with Mrs. L, V, O’Callagr-
han.
Father Scholly Transferred from
Ladv of Victory Church;
New A.ssistant There
The Rev. Herbert A. Harkins from
St. Kdwards <;^urch in High Point
took charge of the St, Anthon.v’s
Catholic Church parish this week,
replacing Father T. A. Williams,
transferred to Kinston.
A native of New York ('ity. Father
Harkins was ordained May 26, 1934,
at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore.
His mother. Mrs. Annie Harkins, will
make her home with her son here.
Another change in the Catholic
priests here occurred this week when
the Rev. Joseph Scholly was trans,
ferred to Newton Grove, after serv
ing as as.sistant to the ReV:-Ambrose
McAdams, past’jr of th» Lady of Vic
tory Church. Replacing Father Schol.
ly is the Rev. Thomas Maher, a native
of Brooklyn, N. Y., who assumed his
new duties this week.
'i>ef"t-e .‘^.'awell in bankr'u|it' y in 1938.
.\ third iridic-liiiont related to a fii^'
coat tian.saetion. in which the Gov-
' 1 riment clariiii the dcA'iidant pur_
chased thi coat, coptirig ovor $100 in
Grcenslioro. and money u-;is drawn
I'rofi tho official rol'ereo bank account
I as apart from his personal bank ac-
1 count, both of which wori' handled
! through the Car thage branch of the
Pank of Pinehurst.
I Langboin. tho pro.'(o(-iitor, announc
'd he planned to bring .seven indict
ments Iw'foro tho court during this
trial and that he held thrve other in.
dictmi'Uts, di.sposition of which he
has not decided.
Indications woi-o tbal the Govern-
inont would complete its evidence late
'ihursday or early Frid.iy A jury se.
loctod in Richmond ( ouritv is hearing
I the case.
BLAZE DAM.4GES
OLD HAYES HOUSE
Fire and Water Cause .\bout $1.
000 Estimated Damage; None
In.jured but Little Puppy
•A fire that blazed fiercely last
Tuesday aftemoon for nearly a quar
ter of an hour brought damage esti
mated at over- $1,000 to the Hayes'
house on Southeast Broad Street be.
ing occupied by the families of Mr.
and Mrs. L. K. Grover and Mr. and
Mrs, W. G. McAvoy.
Both trucks of the Southern Pines
Volunteer Fire Department respond
ed to tho alarm, turned in shortly
before ,'i o'clock, and soon four hoses
were playing on the flames, which
were mostly confined to the rear
wing of the house.
The fire apparently started ,in a
woodshed at the very back of the
house and .shot rapidly up a back
stairway into the second and third
■stories of the stnictiire. .Mthougb
the actual fire was confined to the
south and east ends of the house,
:n the upstairs part, ther-e was con.
siderable water damage. The fire
crept along the roof and broke out
through the composition roofing, Al-
t.hough firemen left about 8 o’clock,
with the blaze nearly out, they re
turned about 9:30 to put out one or
two bursts of fire which had been
smouldering.
The only near casualty of the fire
was a Spitz puppy belonging to the
McAvoys, which was rescued from i
smoke-filled room and resu.sitated by
Dr. J. 1. Neal.
Voluntei^r woiker.s cleared out most
of the furnishings and personal be-
loiiging.s of the families before fire
.'r water could damage them.
Both the Grover and the McAvoy
families asked The Pilot to express
their appreciation tn the volunteers
who helped to save their personal be
longings.
"Not a thing wa.s damaged and
everything of value was saved,” they
said, adding that they wished they
could thank each one individually.
The house, one of the oldest in
Southern Pines, was built about 1896
hy the late Kmeraon Hayes and was
occupied by Mrs. Hayes until her
death in 1936. It is now owned by
\rthur N. Hayes of Chicago, her son.
The fire sent clouds of black smoke
billowing over the town and attracted
a large aftemoon crowd, both to fight
the fire and to watch It