“A" ^ THURSDAY. AUGUST 11. 1955
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New York Detectives Pick Up Prisoner
Held Here, Say He Is Noted ‘Con Man’
Two New York City detectives
came to Carthage last week and,
took Bertram Lcoby, alias Pres-j
ton Looby, alias Betty A. Perry,
from Moore County jail back tO|
the big city to answer to grand
larceny charges. j
From them' members of the
sheriff’s department learned that
.the smooth-talking Negro, glib
with his answers to every ques
tion, was a “con man” of consid
erable note, on the “wanted” list
since he skipped bail in July,
1954.
, He had been hiding in Moore
County since last January, for a
while in West Southern Pines
then among the rural Negroes Of
Jackson Springs. He impressed
them with his tales—aU fiction—
of war heroism, encouraged ru
mors that he was an FBI under-
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MAKES BIRD FEEDER—J. R. Marsh of 535 Morganton Road
inspects a “squirrel-proof” bird feeder he built at a cost of 69
cents for the vertical iron rod that is bent into a horizontal brack
et, as shown at the top of the picture. Suspended frtrm the notch
on the end of the rod is a tray holder made from an old coat
hanger. The tray, customarily containing bread spread with pea
nut butter and raisins, is an aluminum foil individual pie dish
like those in which frozen pies are packaged at grocery stores.
Located in front of the window near which Mr. Marsh and his
wife spend much of their time, the feeder accommodates dozens
of birds which live in the neighborhood. Like human beings, the
Marshes have noticed, most birds like to eat three times a day—
moirning, noon and night. Several fillings of the small tray are
usually required to keep up with their daily demands. The
Marshes have other bird feeders and watering places throughout
their yard which is densely planted with a great variety of shrubs
and flowers. Gardening and landscaping are hobbies they share,
along with caring for the birds. (Pilot Photo)
Council Decides Not To Undertake Any
Municipal Insect Control Program Now
sects are developing resistance to
DDT sprays.
Gnats breed in organic matter
in the soil. Private sprayings
around animal pens and privies
is recommended and careful sani
tation in disposal of waste and
garbage is also stressed in advice
on how to control gnats.
For personal comfort, insect re
pellent helps many persons who
must remain outdoors.
cover agent and frightened them
with hints of a mysterious past.
However, he apparently wore but
his welcome by staying ■ around
with first one, then another, with-
put paying and none rallied to his
aid during two weeks he lan
guished in jail for lack of money
to pay court costs on a compcira-
tively trivial charge.
Looby was picked up by John
K. Sharpe, ABC law enforcement
officer, of West End, for improper
operator’s license and car regis
tration. These, bearing the name
pf Betty A. Perry, had obviously
been altered to fit his description.
Convicted July 18 in Moore re
corders court, he was sentenced
to pay costs, or serve 30 days in
jail.
, The name Betty A. Perry, thg
New York officers said, was that
of his wife, who is dead. He
adopted the name along with her
car and papers. Other papers he
parried—including an altered
.Army discharge—been his other
names and touched off the sher
iff’s investigation which ended
with his return to New York. The
Negro waived extradition.
, One of his rackets, the detect
ives said, involved his imperson
ation of an attorney foreclosing
mortgages on homes under FHA
and veterans’ loans. He collected
large amounts from the mortga
gees to “prevent” foreclosure.
The man is a cripple, and claim
ed his 1946 Oldsmobile was given
him by the government, specially
fitted to enable him to drive. The
special equipment. Sheriff Mc
Donald found, consisted only of
the standard hydromatic drive.
The car is in storage at West End,
where it will be held until a
qualified administrator of Betty
A. Perry’s estate lays claim to it,
or until—after a reasonable at
tempt to locate sucl^ a person is
made—it is sold for storage
charges.
Blue Heads Ne,w
Water Committee
state Rep. H. Clifton Blue of
Aberdeen was appointed by Gov.
Luther J. Hodges this week as
chairman of the advisory com
mittee to the State Board of
Water Commissioners.
The committee, which, will ad
vise a water' commission author
ized by the General Assembly, is
composed of three members of
the State House, two from the
State Senate and, as ex-officio
members, thb commissioner of
agriculture, the State health offi
cer and the director O'f the De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment.
Governor Hodges has indicated
that he considers the work of the
committee very important.
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The problem of pesky gnats
that buzz around the eyes and
ears cf persons outdoors in South
ern Pines and the Sandhills these
days—seemingly, unusually num
erous this year—came before the
town council at its meeting last
’Thursday night.
The council informally decided
that municipal control measures
would be both too late in the
summer and too expansive to be
undertaken this year.
Mayor "Voit Gilmore said this
week that he had called Charles
M. White, chief of the insect and
rodent control section of the State
Department of Health, to ask
what assistan e could be given by
the State.
The official told the mayor that
it is not the State’s policy to fur
nish equipment for spraying—
airplanes or any other equipment
—but that the State would furn-!
ish insecticide to be applied with
local equipment.
Two methods are recommended:
a residual treatment with 25 per
cent DDT concentrate, in the
early summer, that is effective,for
about three months, killing in
sects on their contact with it; and
a weekly “fog” spray with five
per cent DDT.
Gnats stay in the air so much
that a residual spray is not too
effective, it was stated. Also, in-
4/5 QT.
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