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Sandhills Section
To See Steeplechase
Southern Pines, N. O., Mar. 8.?The
Sandhills section has completed plans
(or its big steeplechase racing day on
Saturday, March i9, huu iuuW? fur a
record crowd of enthusiasts from ail
parts of the state. This annual event
attracted upwards of 16,000 last year
and early demands for reserved parking
spaces Indicate many more here
this year.
Five races are on the day's card,
featured by the Yadkin Steeplechase,
two and one-half miles over brush for
a purse of $1,000 aqd a trophy. The
three-mile timber race this year Is for
a new Sandhills Challenge Cup, which
must be won three times for permanent
possession, and there is also a
rider's trophy in this event, presented
by Verner Z. Reed, Jr., president of
the Sandhills Steeplechase and Racing
Association, In memory of the late
Noel lining, former secretary of the
association.
The Catawba, first event of the afternoon,
Is one and one-half miles
over hurdles. Then there's The Croatan
Steeplechase for maidens and
winners of one race, two miles over
tlit brush courses and The Midland,
oil" and one-quarter miles on the hat.
Richard Wallach, Jr., racing secretary,
reports good entries in oach of
the racea. He ex pec la Km ape 3rd,
Richard K. Mollon'a bay gelding
which won the Sandhills Cup laat
March, to face the barrier in a try
for repeating hia victory. Escape won
the big timber event in the recent
Waaliington'a Birthday racea at Caindon,
8. C. In the $1,000 bruHh race
Uioat of the leading steeplechase
horaea in the country will be Keen In
action.
The racea start at 3:00 p in. on
the iiurber ealaie eourae, midway be
tween l'inehursl and Southern Pines.
Reaerved parking spaces are $10 and
$a, and there will be non reserved
apacea around the rail at $3. There
la no general udmiaHion charge, the
parking feu taking cure of car occupant
a.
The racea are to be preceded the
day before by hunter trials at tire
Puddoc, Southern l'inea, with four
claaaea to bo ahown over nine fencea
and a ditch.
Stewards of the race meeting will
bo A. 8. Craven, representing the National
Steeplechase and Hunt Association;
F. Wall is Armstrong, of Philadelphia;
S. A. W. Ilaltazzl of Aiken;
and Harry 1). Kirkovert of Camden.
Judges are Jackson and James Boyd,
of Southern Pines; C. W. Middleton,
of Oreonwlch, Conn.; and Ernest I.
White, of Syracuse, New York.
MEETINGS CALLED TO VOTE
ON MARKETING QUOTA
On Saturday, March 13, all people
who produced cotton In 1937 are asked
to go to one of the places listed
below and vote as to whether or not
they are is favor of the marketing
quota being in effect for 1938. The
poles will open at 8:30 and close at'
7 p. m. The voting will be held at
the following places:
Camden?Court House
Lugoff?James Rosborough's store.
Blaney?Blaney school.
Charlotte Thompson? Charlotte
Thompson school.
Boykin?Truesdale's store.
Antioch?Antloch school.
Midway?Midway school.
Bethune?Bethune
Raley's Mill?Raley's Mill.
Mt. Pl8gah?-Mt. Pisgah school.
Kershaw?Kershaw
Three C's?Three C's school house
Liberty Hill?R. C. Jones' store.
We8tvllle?Stokes' store.
Baron DeKalb?School house
Red Hill school house.
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Dr. Davis Shot To
Death by Early Caller
I>r. W. M. Davis, practicing physloluu
of MayuSYlllu. was shot to ((oath
I and bis wife wounded in tho foot
shortly after 3:30 o'clock this morality
at their homo. TUo assassin oa
cuped in his cur luimu<l'.U.oly after thp
shooting.
Mrs I)avis,;was stun wnou alio stoppod
Into the hall duriug the shooting
Shu saw the killer plainly, hut
declared lie* was a stranger Uoyond
tho fact that ho was a white man, the
officers had little to work on.
A flashlight that did not belong to
l>r Davis was found in the hall ami
was believed to have been dropped
by the killer.
ltural Officer l*. (.'. Tlsdale was
called to the Davis home immediately
after the shooting. After making
a preliminary Investigation he notified
Chief of Rural Police W .1 Seale. ;
who went to Mayesville to take
charge of the case. This morning, I
at the request of Chief Scale, W. C. !
Klrven, chief of city detectives, also'
entered the case.
Dr. Davis and hie wife were awak,
ened by a knock on the front door
'shortly after 3:30 this morning. Dr.
Davis slipped on a bathrobe and went
to the door. Mrs. Davis did not hear
what the caller said, but she heard
Dr. Davis reply: "I don't know you.
If never have aeejy ynn before" The
man apparently drew his pistol at this
point and Dr. Davis called for help
and grappled with him.
Several shots rang out and Mrs.
Davis rushed into the hall. One of
the bullets struck her on the foot and i
she fell. Dr. Davis also fell to the j
floor, mortally wounded and bleeding |
profusely. A neighbor rushed over,
but when he arrived Dr. Davis was'
already dead. One of the pistol bullets
struck him In the head, another i
In the thigh and several In his body, j
He was hit either four or five times, j
An autopsy, scheduled for today, was
expected to show just how many of,
the bullets struck him.
There were powder burns on Dr.!
Davis' hands, showing that he grappled
with his assailant in an attempt
to wrest tho pistol from his grasp.
Neighbors heard, the roar of a car
leaving from in front of tho Davis
home a few seconds after the shooting.
Tire tracks showed that the killer,
had parked his car in 'front of the
Davis home and headed hack towards
the highway. Whether he headed towards
Sumter or Florence after the
shooting could not be determined.
Mrs. Davis was brought to the Tuomey\
hospital for treatment. Her
wound was not of a serious nature.
Davis was a native^ of Florence
county. Ho was 54 yeaiB old. After
receiving his medical training ho
moved to Mayesvllle and had been
practicing there for 39 years. He was
popular and well known throughout
the county.
Officers had practically no clues to
work on today but were tracing down
every piece of information they
thought might have a bearing on the
case. No date has been set for the
coroner's inquest, Chief Scale stated.
Dr. Davis was the son of the late
R. C. Davis and Eugenia Corrle Davis,
of Florence county.
He is survived by his widow, Klma
Mayes Davis, the daughter of the late
J. R. Mayes, of Mayesville, and Klma
Evans Mayes, formerly of Clarendon
county; one sister, Miss Matilda Davis;
and one brother, George A. Davis,
both of Florence.
Dr. Davis leaves a host or iriendB
to mourn his death. He was a popu
lar and useful physician, and held in
the highest esteem as a man and physician
hy the entire community. He
had a very wide practice, and will be
greatly missed in this community.
Body Recovered
Ridgeway, March 4.?Searchers recovered
yesterday the body of Doll
Dean, 34, of the Winnsboro mill village,
from June Creek, about ten
miles from here.
Dean and J. A. Jeffcoat, also of
Winnsboro, were drowned Jnmijgry
25, while Ashing in the Wateree river.
Jeffcoat's body wus found that night.
In Seaboard's Reclining Seat,
Air-Conditioned Coaches
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Here are a feu) of tlte many features you u i< '
enjoy air-conditioning' to give you the most
healthful temperature an J cleanliness; softly
upholstered rectiniitg seats; cfcan head rests;
complete laoutory facilities; lou) cost meals;
pilloio set vice at nominal cost and subdued
lighting at night so you can steep restfully.
IN O other transportation give* i
you to much for so little! These modern coaches on
all Seaboard through trains embody the latest developments
of the car-builders' art. Plan all your trips
this way?economicsdly?for speed, and the utmost
in safety and comfort. Look at the example* of
gas dwy fares?similar fares to all other points.
iSeaboa>icl
iRailway
Fares from Camden, 8. C., to
. NEW YORK $13.40
PHILADELPHIA 11.30
WA8HINOTON 8.30
niGHMOND . 3j30
JACKSONVILLE ... 3.33
TAMPA 11.13
8T. PETER8BURQ .. 12.00
W. PALM BEACH ... 12.30 %
MIAMI 14JW
J. L. CARTER, D. P. A.
1 Arcade, Columbia, 8. C.
Telephones 3821-3387
ENFORCEMENT of the 20,000 POUND GROSS WEIGHT
AND 90-INCH WIDTH LAW WILL MEAN:
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I 1 (a) Increase to farmer approximately 60 cents per ton
II I on fertilizer.
(b) Crippling of the farm produce market in the
coastal area where truck growers now ship by motor
carriers in less than carload lots.
(c) Decrease price of cotton to farmer as his transi
portation costs increase.
II Loss of revenue to State which will handicap farm to
1 market road program and other highway planning by
j a> virtue of a loss of revenue from gasoline tax and loss
of revenue from license fees.
Loss of employment to approximately 35,000 truck
j J drivers, mechanics, warehousemen, clerks and others.
j Textile Mills of South Carolina will lose their markets
jffl to N. C. and Eastern Mills where the average gross
weight for trucks is in excess of 40,000 pounds.
p Loss of revenue fd thousands of service station owners
H and employees | resulting also in a loss of investment
"to banks and indxvidusds.
j A Increase the cost of foodstuffs and other necessities in
j Q South Carolina.
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7 Economic isolation of 520 communities in this State f
having NO rail service.
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8 The State will become less attractive to industries
wishing to locate here. .
9 Discrimination against our own carriers (private and
for hire) because the gross weight for trucks in our
neighboring states, Georgia, North Carolina and
Florida, is 40,000 lbs. or over and the width 96 inches.
4 It The thousands of interstate carriers, who buy gas, oil,
ill tires, equipment and other necessities will be obliged
^ to pass around South Carolina.
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n Competitors in adjoining states will be able to undersell
our ntajiufacturers because of the .availability of
economical motor transportation to the consuming centers.
The building of an economic "Chinese Wall" around
| I South Carolina, thereby advertising us to the world as
I ? a backward State. WHY ? Because motor transportation
is an iihportant phase of Progress. "TIME . -
MARCHES ON." f
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The General Assembly, now in session, is being
asked to pass a truck bill permitting a gross load
of 40,000 pounds and a width o4 96 inches in
order that our industries may he placed in position
to compete with industries in neighboring
states whose gross weight allowance is 40,000
pounds or more. For the economic advancement
of South Carolina this measure should be enacted
into law before adjournment.
NOTE ? Enforcement of the present
law would unquestionably bring economic
disaster to the State. The passage
of a truck law permitting 40,000
pounds gross (truck-semi-trailer and
load), and a width of 96 inches
(standard width in ALL States except
South Carolina) DOES NOT MEAN
that trucks double the present size
will be allowed. QUITE THE CONTRARY.
For several years trucks
have been operated without any limitations.
We advocate limiting the
size to 40,000 pounds gross and a
width of 96 inches.
MOTOR TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION#
ol^flOUTli CAROLINA. Inc. ?::??;' ,
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