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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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