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7/7 MOOUE COUNTY’S leading news- WKEKLY MMHI rMH VASg EVIEW MANUCV SOUTHERN JACKSOH SPRIMOS PtMES ABEROtE>«^ PtNEBLUPF PILOT . FIRST IN NEWS AND ADVERTISING A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territo^v of North Carolina 4^’ Aberdeen, North Carolina Friday, January 9, 1931. page trust CO. adds $1,609,811 TO TOTAL ASSETS Remarkable Gain in Resources and Deposits During Year of 1930 OPERATES 11 OFFICES The growth of the Page Trust Com pany during the past year is reflect- ed in a comparative statement issued during the week by this banking in stitution and appearing in The Pilot advertising columns today. Total re sources of the bank have jumped from $3,067,898 on December 31 a year ago to $5,277,709 on the same date of 1930, a gain of $1,609,811, a remarkable record at any time and an exceptional tribute to the man agement during a period of financial stress in many parts of the country. Deposits reflect the annexation of several banks during the year, jump ing from $3,270,960 a year ago to $4,696,077 at this time. The capital account has increased, showing the following figures: Capital stock, 1929, $250,000; 1930, ^400,000. Surplus, 1929, $100,000; 1930, $125,000. Undi- nded profits, 1929, $46,937; 1930, S56,631. The item of banking houses, furaiture and fixtures also jumps as a result of the taking over of several smaller institutions, showing $103,- 629 today as against $55,087 a year ago. Loans and discounts jumped from $2,841,088 to $3,482,566. The com pany has no bills payable. The Page Trust Company now op erates banks in Aberdeen, Apex, Carthage, Hamlet, Liberty, Raleigh, Raeford, Ramseur, Sanford, Siler Citv. Thomasville and Zebulon. Rob- FIVE CENTO No News! Nobody Bit Leo, the Movie Lion While in ^ndhiils on His Wcild Tour No news. Nobody bit Leo, the movie lion who passed through her« Tuesday on his way south. Leo is the Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer trademark whose picture you see just before every M-G-M film. He rolled through here Tuesday in hisy automobile palace car, much to the entertainment of people in South ern Pinep and Aberdeen. He was put through his stunts in front of the Carolina Theatre shortly be fore noon, and before the Dixie Theatre in Aberdeen soon after. Leo is on a world tour. LOCAL CHARITIES TAKE OVER WORK OF XMAS DADDIES JAMES BOYD TO BE TOASTMASTER AT C. OF C. DINNER Strutbers Burt, Richard Tufts, Dr. Fleming, Bion Butler, A. I. Creamer Speakers ANNUAL BANQUET JAN. 15 A notable toastmaster and list of speakers has been procured for the annual banquet of the Southern Pines Chamber of Commerce, to be held at the Southern Pines Country Club Thursday night, January 15th at 7 o’clock. Because of the limited capac ity of the club, tickets are expected to be at a premium, and those desiring to hear the talent offered by the banquet committee will do well to purchase their tickets early. James Boyd, author of “Drums,” “Marching On,” and “Long Hunt,” is to be toastmaster. Those who have heard “Jim” Boyd “toastmast” need read no farther. They will be there. For those who don’t know what to expect from him, the committee of fers Dr. Fleming, probably the fun niest dentist in the country. There may be folks who cannot believe Richard Tufts outlined his plans i there is such a thing as a funny den- for guiding the destiny of the Kiwanis club of Aberdeen this year at his first Army of Women Besiege County Commission to Plead for Retention of Home Demonstration Agent \ Their Argruments Save Office But at Reduced Salary for Mrs, Ryals SPLENDID WORK PROVEN Kiwanis Plans to Pro-Rate Balance of Fund to Three Towns meeting as president, held Wednesday noon at the Southern Pines Country Club. His policies were thoroughly approved by the members present, Moore county women as a rule are quiet, home-loving jpeople, and can usually be found in the middle of the day looking after the affairs of their households and preparing tasty meals for their husbands and families. But that they can let friend hus band’s appetite look out for itself for a day and that they can, if there is enough at stake, leave home even on a Monday morning and ignore the noon-day whistle to let the world know how they stand on certain is sues was demonstrated with force last Monday morning when home demon stration club members to the number of—well, we hesitate to estimate the number, workers in the court house who saw the procession go by liken ed it to :in army—assembled in Car thage to have a talk with the county commissioners on a subject that was very near their hearts. It had been noised abroad that the new commissioners were considering doing away with the home demonstra- Honored Kiwanis Club Elects Five to Honorary Membership for Year 1931 The Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen annually elects a few representa tive members of the community as honorary members. The club’s board of directors at its monthly meeting last Tuesday night chose to honor the following for 1931: Leonard Tufts, S. B. Chapin, the Rev. T. A. Cheatham, Bion H. But ler and Judge Wiliam A. Way. Library Acquires Site For Permanent Home Southern Pines Association Buys Lot at Corher of May Street and Mass. Avenue tist, but this one, who hails from Louisburg, N. C., procures all the • tion work in the county in order to laughing effects of laughing gas with- put on a full time welfare worker; out the use of a cylinder. ; their economy progilam would not Then there’s Struthers Burt, provide for ooth workers. And this Struthers writes books and things j was what brought from their homes and hearty cooperation was pledged { and lives in Southern Pines more j through a downpour of lain on Mon- Property has been accepted, and the the new executive. i than half the year and has a new : day morning these rural women, wo The club approved a report of the : book coming out soon and is, like joint committees on Public Affairs j “Jim” Boyd, a contributing editor of and Needy and Underprivileged Chil- ' The Pilot, and runs a ranch out west A deal was closed Wednesday of this week for the acquisition of a lot for the erection in the future of a building for the Southern Pines Library. The site, selected on vote of the trustees of the library asso ciation, is at the corner of May street and Massachusetts avenue. An offer made to Myron Richardson for the . ’MISSION LOPS salaries OF FEW COUNTY OFnCERS Mrs. Ryals Reduced $200 per Year, Farm Agent Garrison Cut $300. ASSESSORS GET INCREASE men who are not accustomed to go ing before official bodies to make { trustees of the library have known their wants and wishes, but j negotiating for land ^or a per- who overcame their innate timidity 1 ii^anent home for the institution for tor oncfj on the strength of their love j some time, and at a meeting held Though no county jobs were done away with, something came of all the recent talk about salary cuts when the new Board of County Commis sioners met in Carthage Monday of this week. Messrs. Currie, Shaw and Mattheson let it be known right from the start that their administration is to be one of curtailed expenses inso far as they are able to operate the county government satisfactorily. After electing Sam R. Hoyle of Carthage county attorney at a sal ary of $200 per year, they sharpened the big pruning knife and 'began shearing. The following reductions in salaries were voted, effective as of January 1st, 1931: Warden of the County Home, re duced from $150 per month and $25 allowance for labor to $100 per month including labor. H. M. Caviness is the official effected. Janitor of the Court House, reduc ed from $65 per month to $55. Tom Caddell is the incumbent. E. H. Garrison, county farm dem- onstrlation agent, reduced $25. per month. Mrs. W. L. Ryals, county home dem- deed will be transferred as so^n as | onstrator, reduced from $900 per year the necessary papers can be prepared, to $700 .per year. Confer on Location of U. S. Hospital Today Genera! Hines Invites Senators and Representatives to Ses sion at Washington Miss Estelle Tillman, who works both for the auditor’s office and the sheriff’s office, reduced 10 per cent. Jail Fees Reduced Then the board tackled the question of jail fees, and voted two to one to dren as to thecontinuanceof the work [ and hates billboards and Drys and V..., launched by the Kiwanis Christmas | bridge whist. _ i . ert N. Page is .president, and John Daddies at. Christmas time. It was Richard Tufts will be one of the j for :^r.d interest in the work that | Tuesday afternoon of this week a G. Xichol? executive vice president, voted to sponsor the continuance of ; principal speakers that night, tellin;? Mis. \V. F. Ryals has been carry- vote was taken on three sites wMch ^ the work, but through organizations i something of the future of the Sand- ing on so helpfully in the county. | been selected by a committee. The , p^j. p^i^oner allowance 20 already formed in Aberdeen, Pine-■ hills as he sees it. Andrew I. Cream-i With Mrs. Jane S. McKinnon, Stal j j vote was almost unanimous in fav-| cent, making the rate 48 cents hurst and Southern Pines for that i er of the Highland Pines Inn will i home demonstiation agent, and Mrs. the Richardson property. Thvi | prisoner. Commissioner purpose rather thar through the Ki- ' speak, and last but not least, the sage i m. C. McDonald, chairman of the i was not given out for pubhca-'j voted for 50 cents per day per wanis club directly. In Aberdeen the ' of the Sandhills, Bion H. Butler, is on ! county council, to act as leaders, tho The a^^sociation has a building , work will be handled by the Good | the program. j delegation visited the commissioners i lund staited and hopes that in the Upon motion. Chairman Currie was Eellow’s Club, in Pinehurst by the j Members of the Boaid of Directors j to plead their cause. And right no-I near future jt nay be able to lay the confer with chairmen j Pinehurst Brotherhood^ and in South- j have tickets for sale, or they may j ern Pines by the newly organized | be obtained of R. L. Hart at the Cameron | committee on unemployment, of which i Broad Street Pharmacy. Southern United States Senator Monis m and the North Carolina del-'G. Nichols is chairman. Five hun- ! Pines. Save January 15th, is our rec- dred dollars of the ballance of the i ommendation. fund donated to the Daddies for relief i egation in the House of Representa tive? are conferring today with Brig adier General Hines at the Veterans’ | -work in the Sandhills is to be pro- M. G. Nichols Chairman of Employment Body Bureau in Washington relative to the location of the U. S. Veterans’ Hos pital, to be built under federal appro priation in one of the southern states. Kfforts to have this hospital located in the Sandhills section were made some time ago on the initiative of the rated among these three organiza tions, to be used as they see fit, the balance of the fund, some $200, to be 1 “ . retained bv the Kiwanis club for 1 Southern Pines Committee Lt- emergency cases. I f«cts Permanent Orgaliiza- It was suggested at the meeting ti and Elects Officers that not only should the work of aid- Kiwanis Club and the Southern Pines , the poor and needy contiune, but Largely due to the efforts of M. Chamber of Commerce, and Edwin i that members should keep in mind the I Nichols, and following the exam McKelthen of Aberdeen and P. continued need for additional funds, Frank Buchan of Southern Pines i and that volunteer subscriptions be went to a hearing held by represen- ple of many of the larger cities of our country Southern Pines has a bly did thev do this. ' cornerstone for its home. At present ; Board of Education and the Mrs McKimmon Soeaks occupying crowded ^ as tg reductions in „ ‘I i.- K , i quarters in the Municipal buildmg. j „ salaries. Miss Maida Jen- Mrs. McKimmon informed the body . . ^ i „ ^ 1 u ^-4. ^ 1 ^ ' kins and John C. Muse are employes of the importance and ^ j ghrlne Club Eye CUniC !of both these departments and will demonstration work and stated that i ^ ^ j ,• ^ , not one county discontinued the work ■ Treats Thirty Cases ' effected if reductions of these since the financial depression came ' tatives of the Veterans’ Bureau at Charlotte, at which time the advan tage? : f North Carolina were point ed out. Early this week General Hines in cited Southern members of Congress to meet witli him today. Many sec tions -if this state, as well as of all Oiher .'Outhern states, are bidding for the instljition. courted through the year. Dr. Sym- | Committee of Unemployment, a per- ington, county health officer, stated | nianent organization being formed by thL there are still many needy fam- j delegates from varjous civic bodies I meeting in the Southern Pines Coun- jtry Club Monday night. The delegates, 'Messrs. Case, O’Callaghan, Cole, Rich- ilies in the county. A. R. CHISWELL FUNERAL on. She aigued that having the work Club’s Annual Meeting and Elec saved the county much more than the I tion of Officers to Be Held amount of the demonstration agent’s j Next Week salary. She also cited the fact that | these rural women in coming togeth- i The Sandhill Shrine Club in com er where they could exchange ideas | pleting its 1930 program held an eye and general information were in a | clinic Tuesday and Wednesday at the position to know where welfare work j Moore County Hospital. Dr. Lilly of was needed and that they themselves ! Fayetteville had charge of the ex- were doing much along that line. • amination, fitting and adjusting th^ After Mrs. McKimmon had stated glasses. Y. P. Elgren, manager of her opinion and listened to the ar- the -City Optical Company of Fayette- gument of the board, she asked that ville, assisted. some of the club women tell what ! The tonsil and adenoid clinic will -,,7 t:^ xr 4- n wr t? the demonstration work had meant to complete the year’s work. This clinic i j r r i H will be held at the hospital next week. W. L. Stubbs, G C Cole, 0. H. Turner, J. B. Horner, J. L. Richard- I joint salaries are decided upon. I The compensation to be paid the various list takers and assessors for revaluing property in the county in. 1931 was “changed from a former or- _ i der of $3.50 per day to $5.00 per day as per the terms and conditions of the following order,” . The juiy drawn for the February Civil Court was as follows: D. D. Sneed, N. A. Morgan, Zeb Fry, R. L. Caddell, J. B. O’Quinn, N. A. Moore, S. J. Flinchum, J. J. McKenzie, J. D. R. W. Tate, J. A. Monroe, F. S. Ingold, J. S. Shields, J A. Camp'bell, them, and their expressions were HFtn HERE MONDAY I ardson, J. C. Barron, Heyward, Clark, very convincing as to its value, in The work will be done by the staff p’i ‘comer and Lonnie M Man- HELD HriKli .I'lurNUAi , „ I wavp tliTrtv pve son, r. L. L.omei ana i^onnit m. i Funeral services for Alfred Robert Chiswell, aged 46, who died in th son and Pottle, and Mesdames Eckert and Blair and Miss Burnham elect ing M. G. Nichols, chairman, J. C. Matinee Club Races on Card for Wednesday Moore County Hospital Saturday i BarrOn, vice-chairmari^; morning following fatal injuries re ceived in the wreck of his automobile treasurer and Miss Ethel Burnham, secretary. Thursday night, were held in Emman- I Following a lucid exposition of uel Church at two o’clock Monday af~ j county-wide conditions by the chair- ternoon. Rev. T. A. Cheatham, of man, S. B. Richardson was named as ^'ot a Horse Entered in Pine- ! Pinehurst officiating. Interment in hurst Events Has Record | Mt. Hope cemetery was preceded by the Masonic litual, members ot Southern Pines Lodge Number 481 of Over 2.12 Nexi Wednesday, January 14th, is next Race Day at Pinehurst and is surt' to bring out some of the fastest 1 me for the season to date as t e trr(.]r }(. perfect condition and trotters and pacers are more leady” than heretofore to step out front. iiiay be interesting to lovers of ^Port that not a horse taking part in officiating. Mr. Chiswell, a native of Plymouth, England, was long a res ident of Pittsburgh where he married chairman of the Employment Com mittee; Frank Buchan chairma*n of the Information and Job Committee, and Charles Macauley _chairman of the Publicity Committee, leaving the naming of a chairman for the Finance Committee for further consideration. Alice Gregson, the service being per- Near the close of this enthusiastic formed by Kev Mr. Cheatham. Sur- meeting Mrs. Eckert suggested a viving his death are Mrs. Chiswell, bridge party for the purpose of rais- and a son, Alfred. thes 2:12 6 niat'inees has a record of over ^«d from that point their rec- go down the scale to 2:04 or less, he racing card for Wednesday will ude the Eighth Annual Mid-W'in- Trot, the Twelfth Annual Janu- Page and the First Annual Pine- ^^st Class. A full and interesting Program of equestrian sports has also oeen arranged. Increasing crowds attest to , the owing interest in the events of the Pinehurst Matinee Club. CHURCHMEN’S DINNER HELD AT HIGHLAND PINES INN The fifth annual Churchmen’s Din ner in Southern Pines was held last night, Thursday, at the Highland Pines Inn, with Andrew I. Creamer, the genial and perpetual toastmaster, acting as host to a large and en thusiastic crowd. Tom Kelley led the sinffinff. and Mr. Creamer called upon prominent citizens a'nd guests of the community for speeches. A complete report of the dinner will be carried in next week's issue of The Pilot. ing funds and with the aid of Mrs. Nichols this will be held in the South ern Pines Country Club Friday af ternoon, January 16th; tickets, in cluding refreshments, only 50c. PATHE FILM OF PINEHURST GYMKHANA ON TONIGHT The Pathe Sound pictures, recent ly taken of one of the thrilling gymk hana events h(eld diiring the race meeting of» the Pinehurst Matinee Club, are to be shown at the Caro lina Theatre in Pinehurst tonight, Fri day, for the one and only time, Man ager Charlie Picquet announces. helping them meet their household problems. They had done welfare work, as club workers, that was note worthy, also. One group had visited the Quaker orphanage in upper Moore to sew for the children there. Others had canned large quantities of vege tables and divided with the unfortu nate. It was suggested, too, that if ^ nual event looked forward to, will people were taught how to live, and I be given at the Pinehurst Country that is what the demonstration work ! Club the latter part of February or teaches, there would be less need ; the first of March, of welfare work and the results would of the hospital. There were thirty eye cases and fifty tonsil cases. The annual meeting of the Shrine Club will be held next w^eek, with a report of the year’s activities, elec tion of officers and outlining 1931 program. The Shrine dance, which is an an- ess. Political Notes be permanent. One of the duties of the welfare woik is to look after the school ab sences and as one expressed it, “chase the children to school.” That there was no special need for that phase of the- work was proven by figures which were hastily procured from the superintendent's office, figures which showed that the average attendance in the schools of the county increased four percent the year following the discontinuance of the full time wel fare worker. This was evidence of the efficient welfare work being done by the county superintendent and the health department. No set of Moore county commission ers had ever been called upon to face such a demonstration as this, but the new board bore up well under the PARENT-TEACHERS MEETING TUESDAY, NOT WEDNESDAY Assemblyman U. L, Spence of Car thage placed in nomination the name of Willis Smith, of Wake county, as Speaker of the House at the Demo cratic caucus in the Capitol at Ral eigh Tuesday night. Mr. Smith was nominated by a vote of 71 to 39 over Fred I. Sutton of Lenoir. (Please turn to Page 8) The attention of the mothers of' the Aberdeen school district is called to a change in the date of the Par- ent-Teacher meeting which will be held Tuesday, January 13, instead of Wednesday. The change in date is made so that the mothers may have the opportun ity of hearing Dr. Blanch, the state dentist, who will next week conduct dental clinics throughout the county. The meeting will be held Tuesday, January 16, at 3:00 <p. m. in the grammar school building, and all par ents, especially the mothers, are urged to come out and hear Dr. Branch. Have you your 1931 license plates? The motor cops will get you if you don’t watch out. Senator Murdoch Johnson of Aber deen took his seat in the Senate Tues day night for the first time and par ticipated in the election of Rivers Johnson of Du.plin as president pro- tem of the Senate. After the session Mr. Johnson found a number of friends from the Sandhills waiting outside to wish hiin God-speed on his legislative career, among them Reed Page, Ralph W. Page, Paul Fenner, former Moore County Auditor Ches ter 0. Bell and Mrs. Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson C. Hyde and George Ross. North Carolina’s now United States Senator, Cam Morrison, has been as signed to two important committees, those of Appropriations and Banking and Currency of the U. S. Senate.