© w © S> Convicts Succeed In Saturday Break From Prison Camp Bloodhounds Trail Fugitives In Vain; Second Try Is Made Intensive search was under way this week in this and • nearby counties for three white convicts who successfully made their es cape late Saturday 'Shfternoon from the highway prison camp near Carthage. An- attempted escape was foil ed Monday as prisoners from the camp were working on the streets of Jonesboro. One of them at tempted flight and was shot in the* arm as his capture ended a five-mile chase. He is said not to be seriously hurt. The three who got away Sat urday were Paul ’ HaUman, of Cherryville, who has served more than three years of a 10-15 year sentence for robbery with fire- arms; Otto Newman, of Asheboro, who began a seven-year sentence last December for highway rob bery; and Howard Saunders, of Ferguson, in for six to eight years for larceny, auto theft and a pre vious escape. Reports of the escape differ one saying that they walked out of a cell block believed locked, another that they picked a lock to get outj and then walked out of the main gate open for Saturday deliveries.' T. K. Gunter, Sr., and J. E. Mayes were saic} to be the guards on duty, unarmed .at the time as all prisoners were supposed to have been locked in their cells. A trusty is said t'o have attempt ed to stop the flight through the main gate, but to have been thrown off. The alarm reached the sheriff’s department at about 5:30 p. m. Bloodhounds were secured from Ashebor(j and Lillington, and the search went on to well past mid night, when the trail was found to end at the Carthage cemetery. It is thought probable that the men were picked up by a caf. Two men were in stripes and one in denims. One of the striped suits was found at a pond near the camp. NURSE TRAINING Rofafians See Ford Motor Movie A movie of the Ford Motor company was shown i at the luncheon meeting of the Southern Pines Rotary club, held- Friday at P6pe’s restaurant. The enter tainment was gi^en through the courtesy of E. Nolley Jackson, local Ford dealer. The Rotary-Elks ball game, big coming event of the week, was , “cussed and discussed’’ with en thusiasm by the members, as ‘ plans were laid for a sweeping Victory. LIBRARY SUMMER SCHkoULE The library is closing Saturday afternoons as well as the regular Wednesday afternoons through out the summer. ^ The lucky young lady who will l;>e sponsored by the Sandhills Veterans' associa- lion through a nurse train ing course will be chosen by the board of judges at a meeting at the Moore Cojinty Hospital Nurses' home Satur day at 10 a. m. Those who have applied and others who are interest ed are asked to be present. Applicants must be high school graduates, fulfilling standard requirements for nurse training. The 15 veterans have scholarship funds on hand to see a girl through her course without financial worries, and ask just one thing in re turn: that she return to this county to practice her profes sion. This is their contribu tion to Moore county's health and welfare. Judges are Col. G. P. Hawes. Red Cross chapter chairman: Miss Ellen Bruton, superintendent of nurses. Moore County hospital; Dr. Clement Monroe, resident surgeon. Moore County hos pital; H. I,ee Thomas, coun ty superintendent of schools; William L. White, president Sandhills Veterejns' associa tion and secretary to the board. Radio Stations Proceeding ^Apace To Opening Dates Fire Department Warning JULY FOURTH The Southern Pines Fire de I partment asked this week that the public’^ .attention be called to Section 15 of the Town Ordi nance, requiring that automo biles, trucks, and other vehicles come to a stop at the curb, per mitting fire trucks called to a I fire to pass. Chief O’Callaghan asks the co operation of the citizens of the I town in seeing that the streets are cleared, in order that the appara tus will not be delayed in getting to and from fires. Blocking of the streets is not only dangerous to the firemen and to the operators) of the vehicles, but a few min utes delay might mhan serious | loss of property. Tie warned. Section 15 of the Town Code I reads as follows:'“When the fire alarm sounds, every automobile, truck, and other vehicle is requir ed, to immediately come to a full stop at the curb, until the fire truck has passed, and pedestrians are required to clear the streets at| once.” , Notice is also given that this or dinance will be rigidly enforced. Heifers Be Given 4-H Boy And Girl By Kiwanis Club Developments this week jn connection with the two Sand hills radio companies appeared to be bringing nearer the day when two stations will be on the air from Southern Pines—a day I “' '“J"*?’- “ not far distant, in, fact. I companied him With Radio Station WSTS of the Sandhills Broadcasting cor poration nearing completion in its studios On East Broad street, and almost ready to go on the air. Jack Younts, general man ager of the Sandhills Commun ity Broadcasters, Inc., an tirely different outfit, announced I^ m n' last weekend that his concern’s' ^ McDonald i; application for a federal fran chise had been amended to se cure a permit for a 1000-watt sta tion instead of a 250-watter; that it is expected to get the nod from the FCC within a couple of weeks; that construction is be ginning on a studio and trans mitter building south of town, and that the station should go on i j ♦ , , the air before the end of the sum- :ner. Purebred Guernsey heifers will be presented two' 4-H club mem bers, a boy and a girl, at next week’s luncheon meeting of the Sandhills Kiwanis club, as 5 gift from the Kiwanians furthering the cause of good stock in the county. They are to be raised by their recipients as a 4-H club project, perhaps to be the start of new dairy herds, and, according to a 4-H plan in general use, their first heifers will be passed on to other 4-H club members for the same purpose. Announcement was made at the Kiwanis meeting at the Skycruise club this week by Haynes Britt, chairman of the agricultural committee, in charge of the pro ject, that the heifers have already been purchased from two Cabar rus county herds. He was assist ed in the purchase by E. H. Gar rison, Jr., county agent, and W. G. Caldwell, assistant, who ae on a buying trip this week. Selection of the boy and girl recipient was to be left with Cald well, who is in charge of the boys’ 4-H program, and Mjss Flora Mc Donald, home demonstration agent. Caldwell gave his choice as Billy Nall, 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Nall, of near is away on her vacation but it is hoped she will return in time to choose a girl ’4-H member, so both can be guests of the Kiwanians next week. Billy was chosen on account of his good work and interest in two previous projects' in which he bought his own heifers, Caldwell said. One of these was shown and Dr. R. R. Hilborn, Robbins Couple Injured In Wreck Dr. R. R. Hilborn, of Robbins, was critically injured, and Mr. and Mrs. Elsie Jordan of i Robbins also sustained se\ hurts when Dr. Hilborn’s car, in which all three were riding, went out of control near Robbins and was wrecked Tuesday night of last week. All were taken to the Moore County hospital, where this week Mr. and Mrs. Jordan were said to | be resting fairly comfortably des pite several broken bones, and Dr! | Hilborn was reported still seri ously ill. His severe internal injuries were followed by pneumonia, and | slight improvement had been shown. His wife, Dr. Caroline! Hilborn, is remaining at his bed side. Dr. Hilborn was said to have been taking the Jordans to their] home' in the country after an of fice visit, when the accident oc curred. General holiday will be observed next Friday, July 4, with the bank and practi cally every store, office or other business closed in ob servance of Independence day. Some stores may remain open Wednesday afternoon, in view of the all-dky closing Friday, but no accurate check was possible at this time. There will also be some of fices closing for the full weekend, to alloyr their em ployees a real vacation. The Broad Street and Sandhills pkarmacies will re main open until noon, while the Southern Pines pharmacy will close. Windows will be open at the post office from 8 to 10 a. m. for mail delivery and the sale of stamps. Incoming and outgoing mail will be worked as usual. Two sports events are on the loced calendar, the Amer ican Junior League game be tween Mloore County and Troy at 10 a. m., and the Peach Belt League game, Sputhern Pines vs. Hamlet, at 3:30 p. m. And of course, many will attend the all-day festivity at' Carthage, with fun for all by courtesy of the Carthage Jaycees. ' Good Ball Played By Moore Co, Teams Be Climaxed With Local Games July 4 Legion Juniors Gel Going With First Victories Of Season Three Games Scheduled Here In Coming Week Aberdeen Women Make Page Library Look Like New The Hilboms,, general practi tioners, moved to Robbins about VYVV^ at l-iic mont Fat Stock show at Greens- His previous application had been' held up, he said, with many boro, the first to be shown from Moore county. Guest speaker at the Kiwanis others pending investigation of L, - speaxer at possible channel clearance diffi- J culties in connection with some l^xon of Raeford, prominent of them. The stepping up to a attorney, who spoke -- s p ® I on the various types of wills, and 1000-watt regional- freouenev 1vanuus types or wins, ana giving a broader coverage^ obvf-I of leaving a valid Bted this difficulty as there is far less interference in this frequen cy range. Timber is being cleared on land just south of the Southern Pines Tourist cottages, on High way 1, and materials are on hand for Erection of a building by (Continued on Page 8) will for disposal of estates both I small and large Elks And Rotarians Fight It Out In Grueling Ball Battle Here Some thirty Rotarians and Elks met in head-Vm conflict on the Southern Pines field Wednes day afternoon, staging a ball game that for tense moments and brilliant .... we said “brilliant” .... play had the edge on any and every game witnessed by this writer ... we said: “witnessed” . . . this year. Or perhaps any year. Ump ‘Weaver called the play ers out at two, pronto, and it was almost four when the last hero limped from the field, followed by the admiring plaudits of a throng that was estimated, by some . . we said “some” . .' . as being well over three, thousand ballfans. You might say that both teams bad a versatile line-up. Any player could do anything, and did.. Or tried to. So quick were the changes from one position to an other that a certain dizziness overtook the crowd, not to men tion the teams, as they tried to make out who was who. And Driver Strikes Child Tries To Make Amends A crowd gathered on East Broad street following an accident Sat urday morning, drawn by interest in the fine behavior of a Negro driver involved as well as by the fact that a little child had been hit. Struck by a car driven by Rob ert Lee Jacksdn, of Pinehurst, Lee Taylfl(r, 'five years ol(^, picked himself up, brushed himself off and went to join his grandmother. Page Memorial Library Aberdeen has been undergoing a face-lifting. Under the 'chair manship of Mrs. J. Talbot John son, with a committee consisting 1 of Mrs. E. T. McKeithan, Mrs. f ur years ago from Midland, Forrest Lockey, Mrs. Ralph Cald- friends in the well, and Mrs. Courtway, pub- member, the old building Moore Clounty Medical society has come to life again and the ‘=°^’^fesy staff of the jump in its circulation of books, almost 500 percent, is evidence of They served for a number of what this means to the people of years in the past as medical mis- Aberdeen ^ Seventh Day Ad- The Library, under the loving yentist church among the Arabs care of Miss Mary Page, has al- in Africa, and in other foreign -ways been a vital factor in the life of the community, but was handicapped through unavoidable factors. It has now been thor oughly refurnished, wallfe swept, new chairs and rugs Installed. Also, biggest job and most need ed, the books have been reclassi fied through the volunteer help of many returned sehpol and coll ege students and the ladies of With a pingpong tournament | town, under County Libra and dance schediHed for Satur- T*^” Avery’s direction, day night, a girls’ softball game lights, installed this afternoon (Friday)' la big volunteered by class out for golf instruction Mancey , Harris of the Harri every Wednesday and. numerous other events being arranged for the young people’s pleasure, the summer recreation program is getting into its stride, with re sponse and injerefet increasing daily. Attq^idance has been good from | the start, according to informa tion from both A. C. Dawson, di-1 rector, and Miss Aline Todd, as-j sistant in charge of girls’ activi- •des. Pingpong Tourney, Dancing, Games On Play Schedule (Continued on Page 8) Cub Spouts And Leaders Unite In Sunday Service where. Star of the mound was Madi- tnrew a mean ball, if ever we the A & P Store ' ovlr their^ea?s^\! H stopped with to riaJt L IS’ r f sought toe child Ed (Coon hiintp 1 catcher and asked to take him to a doct- -hif'me Sail was rfaPv Investigating officers termed hit me bajl^^was^ really sompin.] the accident unavoidable and Cub Scouts with their parents, den mothers and den chiefs Vili An anneal ic ™ a .n.- | Unite in worship at the .Brown- X.»S r? S-urch *5T.TL,. Lrted lasl'wSk Witt L do and solf clnh, group photograph will be made ^’loaned Thev ^ar^ of all Cub Scouts in uniform, toe Xfn^' ^ l ^ bo .taken to This is one of the Men s club, recreation pro fueTs Im^TsoTe I under way, and will fittingly cli- ppreciated, j^ax the organization program be- Moore County Juniors hit their stridg last week with two bang- up victories, their first, and lifted themselves to sixth place in the American Legion Junior league, leaving the cellar spot to Albe marle, with Troy in seventh place. Playing better ball all the time, the combined entry of the coun ty’s Legion posts gave promise of producing real thrills at their next three local games — with Asheboro Tuesday at 4 p. m., with Rockwell Thursday at 4 p. m. and with Troy Friday, July 4, when they expect to draw holi day crowds at 10 a. m. At Hamlet The 6-5 win with Richmond County at -Hamlet Tuesday was voted the best game in years by many attending, and, broadcast over the Rockingham station, held radio listeners here on the edge of their seats. The .score held 1-1 from the first until the Moore County half of th^ sixth inning, when Billy Baker knock- e<^ a double into right field to clean all four bases. Dallas Gibson hurled three-hit ball for eight and one-third inn ings, striking out seven men. He retired his first man on strikes at the top of the ninth for Rich mond County, then walked his first man of the day. Richmond County got to him on an error and scored three straight ' hits, bringing the score to -5-4 when Gibson was replaced by Billy Baker. Squeeze Play The first man Billy pitched to pulled a squeeze play which brought the tieing runner in ;from third, and the battle was joined from then on. Richmond tried a bunt but Tommy Stewart, catcher from Carthage, foiled it neatly for a seebnd put-out, throwing to Richard Newton of Southern Piiies for a fast double play which retired the side for Rich- ond County. With Moore County at bat, aid ed by two errors of the opposing team, Francis Pleasants of Aber deen got home in the last half of the ninth, giving Billy Baker credit for the winning play. Leading hitters were Baker and Newton, with two hits each. The final record showed Moore County, six runs, nine hits, three errors; Richmond Qounjty, five runs, six hits, six errors. Troy Defeated The Juniors chalked up their first win bf the season last -Thurs day against Troy, scoring 4-2 in an 11-inning game in which godd ball was played throughout and, Billy Baker showed masterful pitching qualities. Saturday night, at Kannapolis, the boys got rattled by the bright lights and Sig crowd but by the time they got through the Kan napolis team, league leaders last (Continued on Page 8) a series of pack activities which have been lately Two Wins Maintain Peach Belt League Lead For Town Team Five Double Plays Help Close Win At Raeford By Slim Forsythe The Southern Pines Town Base- - ball team maintained their lead in the Peach Belt league this week by winning two and drop ping one. At Laurinburg Saturday after noon the locals lost to . the Wav- erly Mills team 8-5. Nelson Coop er was the Southern Pines pitch er and because of a long lay-off, was unable to hold the mill town sluggers off. Playing on their homp grounds Monday afternoon, the local team defeated Hamlet 6-5 in a closely conteated match. jTrjailing five to four m the last half of the ninth inning Clyde Dunn reached first safely and Ed Newton was issued a free walk advancing Dunn to second. Les McNeil knocked out a long single, scor ing Dunn and advancing New ton to third. Joe Garzik stepped up and slapped oat a hot ground er, scoring Newton and ending the game with a Southern Pines win. Les McNeil and Joe Garzik knocked in the earned runs. Be- hind errorless fielding. Art Pate was toe winning pitcher allow ing 11 hits, striking out 4 and is- sping 8 bases on balls. At Raeford, Wednesday after noon, the Southern Pines team eked out a 8-7 win. ‘’Red” Smith, the winning pitcher, altho reliev ed by Woody Davis after 7 1-3 inningSj allowed nine hits, struck out three and issued five walks. McKenzie, Raeford hurler, allow ed seven hits, two strikeouts, six bases on balls in the four innings he pitched. He was relieved by fast-ball pitcher McKeithen, who allowed three hits, struck out one and walked four. / Southern Pines lived up to its reputation as the best defensive club in the league by executing five double plays against the Rae ford club. Outstanding was Wil son's catching a fly ball in left field and throwing all the way in to home plate, catching a runner coming in from, third base. Bert ' Perham, second baseman, had a hand in the remaining four double plays. Les McNeil scored three of the Southern Pines runs. Southern Pines returns to Lau rinburg Saturday afternoon, (to morrow) and goes to Hamlet Wednesday afternoon. The next local game will be on July 4, with Hamlet. BUSINESS CHANGES HANDS The Bobbitt Furniture cpmpany at Aberdeen, established 10 months ago by Richard Bobbitt, has been sold by its owner to E. P. MeSwain, of Sanford, it was announced this week. The business is now closed, for extensive remodeling preparatory to the store’s reopening in about a month. The new owner has not announced the name of his store. County Turns Down Proposal Of Resort Airlines To Buy Land Rntorv u i. | no arrest. They persuaded o Lee, who lives in Florida and the game started with Pat Pat terson coming up to bat. This is a player who combines form with personality. He mows ’em down . . . in the bleachers, especially. Patterson, (oh-oh, printer’s error) connected, forced to second he stole third, and then, on coaching error slid toward home plate. Here he connected with the clergy in the shape of the catcher and retired, dazed. Next to bat was the heavy hit ter of the day, Newton, wljo (Continued oh Page 5) IS visiting his grandparents, to allow himself to be taken to the Moore County hospital, where his in juries were found to be minor. CARTHAGE BIBLE SCHOOL The daily vacation Bible school n of the Carthage Baptist, church ■will close with exercises at the church tonight (Friday) begin- "ning at 7:30. Seventy-one were enrolled, with 15 teachers. The entire school went on a picnic and swiam 'Thursday afternoon at Aberdeen lake. and used. The golf class is being given use of the Southern Pines Coun try Club course by courtesy of W. W. Sherman, proprietor, who has also made an etra special rate of 25’ cents for members of the class playing around at other times. The girls’ softball game will be held at 2 p. m. today on the ath letic park. Tl\e pingpong tournament Sat urday evening will be for all boys and girls 13 , and up. There will be refreshments, and danping will follow if it is desired—and it usually is. The program now owns three pingpong tables, one at the Civic club, one at the Men’s club and one, a gift from Johnny Prizer, to be placed in the Men’s club (Continued on Page 5) lore the summer recess. Monday afternoon, the group of some 30 boys with their den mothers and A. L. Burney, cub- master, had another of their in teresting series of tours “behind the scenes.” They came to The Pilot plant, where they saw how a newspaper is put together, and where an “extra” was run off just lor them; and then went to Re sort airfield, where they were shown the offices and equipment, and were allowed to get into one of the big planes. Both visits appeared full of in terest for the boys, and they ask ed many questions. The pack picnic, scheduled lor Wednesday at 6 p. m., at the City Hall park, was postponed to Thursday on account of the ball game. No action is to be taken on Re- .sort Airlines’ proposition for nom inal, purchase and subsequent improvement of a portion of the county airport property, it was learned by The Pilot this week from G. M. Cameron, chairman of the board of county commission ers. Last April Maj. L. C. Burwell, president of Resort Airlines, Inc., presented a proposal to the board that his company buy the strip containing the administration building lor the nominal sum of one dollar, and mortgage it for money for improvements, the mortgage to be amortized out of regular earnings. Though title Would pass to the airline company, the sale con tract would allow lor repurchase by the county at any time for the original dollar, plus the cost of the improvements placed there on. The county commissioners dj.d not favor the plan. Chairman Cameron said, feeling that the ti tle should not be divided, nor that any of the land should pass out of the county’s name. Other factors also entered in, Cameron said. Previous legal ad vice on sale of county-owned property had been to the effect that it had to be done at public auction. When Major Burwell was infwmed of this, he to all effects withdrew the proposition, saying he preferred not to place the land in position where higher bidders might enter in. When queried as to the legal as pects of. the matter, M. G.‘ Boyette, county attorney, replied as fdllows: “The' commissioners of Moore county, in my opinion, are not authorized to sell the Knollwood airport or any part thereof to a private party or corporation without finding that in the judgment of the commissioners the same may not be required for aeronautic purposes in ac cordance with the laws of North , (Continued on Page 8)

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