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VOL. n, NO. 26.
NEW BUILDING ON
LINDEN ROAD AND
EYMOUTH HTS.
Big Cotton Show to be Staged by
Vass Woman’s Club This Week
HANLCY
ABEROIEjEJi
FIRST IN
. NEWS AND
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Terri^<i\ ’ of North Carolina
Aberdeen, North Carolina
Friday, May 29, 1931.
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Move Launched To Make Cot
ton Products More Popular
and Broaden Market
Dr. Arthur Ramsey To Add Six
Rooms, Four Baths To
Residence
By Bion H. Butler
Next week Vass is to'have a Cot
ton Show, or more oarticularlv n
ivf STOVER ALMOST. READY i n,ovem..f r.
’’ j i^^ovement is to be encouraged that
]3. Yeomans, of Southern Pines, I to make cotton
- wings about ready for two ; P^’oducts more popular with the peo-
s. ilding jobs that w'ill be under ! ple that the market may be broad-
s soon as the finals csn be ex j ened. it is a pretty good idea, yet
One is an addition, or rebuild- :jt forgotten that Vass, and
f the house occupied bv Dr. Ar- . . , . , , ,
*'tt- 1,1 J country round about, has been ac-
Prnsey. near the Highland ^ ^
/ . ' 1 4.1, 1, /tt 1, for years m stimulatmg the cot-
V-' formerly the home of Hugh . . , s xic
“ i nmi 1 ., ton trade.
Tv Kahler. The plans provide for 4.1 • i. , 1
^ • - 1, J.I. I the ancient landmarks about
n of six rooms, four baths, ',
extensions and improve- “8® 7" cotton
i',.t will involve about $S,000. «'*" the Leshe farm, where cotton
, . ,, ’ was an active factor on that fine old
T m-' erty is on one or the attrac- ■ , ,
... , I . plantation. It is true that cows have
r kes, convenient to everything i i
. , , 1 J ,1 . . neiG their rule better than cotton on
neighborhood that was creat- * .,
‘ \ r X . .... , . , the place. Nevertheless the Leslie
P., rhose fortunate conditions which r t. , ,
; , ,. . .n . , ^ , farm has had its influence in the
ce'rn'ilcd a selection of the right type , , , . ,
, ^1, • 1,4. 1 • J 5 u "11 cotton trade, which will live yet for
, ■ ■ ' ^le, the right kind of build-
' " eno«« ^^^^uy a yeai’. The cotton mill at Vass
on ample grounds to give -space . ^ , , , , « .
- - - - IS a monument to the breadth of vis-
lu'..'
& •
way
ecu"
ill;
t: -
to ^'iTV out the unified park scheme
thai cha; acterises the Highland Pines
Cv^''"er.
ion and confidence that inspired a
group of men headed by A. Cameron
to establish the plant which .Tor years
The present house stands on a^ com been the source of livelihood to a
iiia-ding rise of ground on which it number of people, and a mar-
gave an excellent impression of its increased cotton crop in
fitness. Mr. Yeomans has suite t e neighborhood. Famous in the
aduitions to the original structure in ^ lifetime has been the
snch manner as to cany ou,. t e cotton farm below Vass
or vinal note of pleasant country everybody who knew it confi-
h, re amid the shrubbery’’ and ^rees expected a good crop of good
of the knobs that constitute the Hig^ - things that are essential
to profitable production of cotton and
to the life of the cotton industry.
Frequently I have gone down there
’v\ith my fine old friend, A. Cameron,
land Pines group of homes, and in
getting his results has extended the
building in its wings to secure the
appearance of a house of sizo and
soliciity, and with the grace of mtel- , / ^
^1-^4. rr.1. 1 •!» 1,^ to discuss the proQuction of cotton,
ligent architecture. The work viU be- . , ^ ^ ’
• J X i! 4.1. ' tor he was interested in his cotton
gin soon and the rest of the summer . „ 4.1. ^
... mill from the cotton seed to the case
Cotton Style Show
Vass Woman’s Club Sponsors
Public Showing of Var
ious Uses of Fabric
Time—Thursday evening, June
4, at 8 p. m.. Place—Vass Town
A.uditorium. Sponsors—Vass Wo
man’s Club. Purpose—To encour
age use of cotton goods by bring
ing to the attention of the pub
lic the attractiveness and desira
bility of the many cotton fabrics
now on the market, realizing that
1 more extensive and intensive use
3f our great Southern product will
.'iiean greater prosperity in the
South as a whole.
Prizes offered for several dif
ferent classes of dresses, and all
ages are eligible to compete. The
[ist is as follows:
Boys up to six years—Best play
suit and best dress-up suit.
Girls up to six years—Best play
5ress and best afternoon dress.
Girls seven to twelve, inclusive
—Best play dress and best after-
loon dress.
Misses from thirteen up—Best
sport 4ress, and best afternoon
dress.
Ladies—Best house dress, best
sport or street dress, 'best after
noon dress.
Misses and ladies—Best evening:
dress.
The club invites all girls and wo
men of the town and community
to compete for the prizes, and the
Dublic is invited to attend the show.
Attractive entertainment features
are being planned.
D. A. R. HONORS MAN
FOR WHOM MOORE
COUNTY IS
% A
—
FIVE CEI^TS
Lucky Dog
Eats Some Pills, Throws a Fi,;
Drinks Some Licquor,
Whoopee—Lit!
'^cord Session
Portrait of Judge Alfred Moore
Unveiled at Carthage with
Fitting Ceremony
I The old man was sick. Sick and
disgruntled. The thing had hung on
! until he was disgusted. He went over
'to th^ doctor. Doc gave him a little
Legislature
Comes to End
ATM 1A iMTVTVTTPQ A pV i box of pills. He took one or two and isenator Johnson of Moore Re*
ON l/6th ANMVLRbARY 1 Accomplishments Dur
ing 141 Days at Raleigh
felt better.
The wife has a dog that is a much |
appreciated member of the family. |
The birth of Judge Alfred Mqore,
for whom Moore county was named,
was fittingly celebrated at Carthage | Bowwow has a complex appetite—one
t I mrkTTorl oi- +-irvic»c? nc!i4-iT Tnim V»nn4-
last Thursday when the Daughters of
the American Revolution presented to
the county an oil portrait of the Rev
olutionary patriot to be hung on the
PRAISES U. L. SPENCE
moved at times by curiosity. The mut ;
saw the pill box on the window sill I After a record session of 141 days,
and sampled it. The pills tasted good, j five days longer than any former ses-
They all seemed pleasing to the pal- j sion, the North Carolina General As-
ate. The mut stowed them all away | ggj^^bly adjourned at 9:49 o’clock
wall of the court house. It was the then complained of a pain in his ! Wednesday night.
; I76th anniversary of his birth. Asso-
' ciate Justice W. J. Adams of the
' North Carolina Supreme Court made
ithe principal address.
tummy.
The wife came in in time to see the
mutilated box. She called the old man.
Bowwow acted curiously. The old man
telephoned doc both to know about
Mrs. H. F. Seawell, as chairman the loss of his pills and the effect on
; of the occasion, called the meeting to the dog. ^^Won't hurt him any,” said
4 order, and, after the invocation, which Sawbones. '‘But he is acting dread-
I was given by the Rev. W. S. Golden, ful sick, doctor,” said the wife,
j pastor of the Carthage Presibyterian
Church, introduced Mrs. J. Talbot | teaspoonful of something that the
j Johnson, of Aberdeen, regent of the
j Alfred Moore Chapter of the D. A. R.
As final passage in the Senate of
the revenue bill and its enactments
were formalities after the 120-day
battle over it, the biggest business
before the assembly on its last day
was the passage of the appropria
tions bill, allotting approximately
$57,000,000 to State institutions,
which now include the public school
Doc suggested to give the dog a | and highway departments.
The amount is the largest in the
chemist designates as C2H60. The old j history of the State despite drastic
,, J , . . man hustled around the house until 1 cuts for both maintenance and per-
Mr., Johnson in a fittmg speech, ^ „gp^ Vin.’-isonnel. In this total, however, is re-
nien ^le y e aims o t e - swelled about like what the doc : fleeted $9,000,000 to be raised by tha
ired Moore chapter, and recounted | ^ i 15_„ent ad valorem levy for public
how the chapters dream of present-The effect was so good the schools, as the entire school mainte-
‘7 iwife urged another dose, and before ; ranee fund is included,
c ' ^ oung and oin, of bottle was emptied the mutt gave j Immediately after adjournment,
ou ein ines. an artist o renown ' „ -^ood imitation of being lit up. He | Moore county’s representatives,
a 2-c
an a member of the Alfred Moore ^lave made a hit in Charlie Pic- 'Murdoch M. Johnson of Aberdeen in
c ap er, was secured, and after care- j animal picture show. jthe Senate and Union L. Spence of
“Doggoned good doctor,” said the I Carthage in the House, returned to
ful study of her subject accomplish
ed a splendid piece of work. Mrs. j man. “One prescription cured me their homes.
Sandborn, who was present at the
exercises, received much applause
from the audience appreciative of her the pills,
ard cured the dog. Good old doctor.” | Interviev/ed by The Pilot, Senator
Between ourselves the old man did]Johnson reviewed the aceomplish-
- distinctive talent. Mrs. Johnson then
things will carry that same old note
of the hammer and handsaw that
characterizes Weymouth Heights
in which his yarns were packed for
shipment. One thing to bear in mind
regarding the stability of the cotton
84,280 CUT IN
ments of the record session. He said:
“Of course, the first question the
tax-payers want to be answered is,
practically from one year’s end to T''? ' ^ —
another. ' Tom Burgess has been a” the world ,s that
awarded the building contract.
Linden Road Activity
fundamental principle adhered to by
Mr. Cameron of making his yarns in
the field. Good lint makes good goods
Mr. \eomans has also another set good goods sell the cotton. A lot 1
of plans on the drawing boaids, ^he old-timers made good cotton. Revenue
but he hated like the dickens for his
presented th-% potrait which stood on |
presented the portrait which stood on |H0W MUCH RELi£F, IF ANV,
United States flags and against a ' likker is hard ; WAS AFFORDED IN THE LONG
background of a North Carolina ; | DRAWN OUT SESSION OP THE
flag. ,j ^ i GENERAL ASSEMBLY JUST
TmT 'mir^^-r-rm-r As chairman of the Board of County i T^,T-irr i BROUGHT TO A CLOSE? There has
IN MOflRF rOIWTY commissioners, \V. H. Currie, on be-\ ^ , ;been levied in Moore county, I be-
V.-TP ..-p rJclll 1^C0C2.S x\0|5SlI*S I Hcve, a county wide tax of fifty-six
I cents for schools. The Revenue Act
half of the commissioners, accepted
the portrait, and G. H. Humber, judge
enlargement of Edward King s Pme-^ McQueen, Will McNeill, John
hm-.t home, not far from Warmg. Cameron, out to the eastward, the
on the Linden road. This will involve .vicLauehlins down the Lobelia road,
about $7,000 in the erection of tv;o
ymgs, making the main front of the j,i,,Crim-
tuilding about 112 feet, a cottage working at the foundation of
style that is handled with Yeon-.ans’
usual skill, and which will be another
Bill Reduces School of the Recorder’s Court, gave expres- i Recommends New Pipe Line and ; just pas-sed increases the equilization
Levy from $125,061 in 1930
to $40,781
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$10,000,000 IN STATE
Kiwanis Heais Foimuia
Tax reduction of nearly $10,000,- * ^01* SuCCGSSf 111
Plumbing System at
County Prison
fund by $6,000,000.00 or more and
reduces the general levy for schools
to fifteen cevjts. This, therefore, takes
In its report to the Judge, the off forty-one cents of the tax in
grand jury recommended needed re-
interesting addition to that Linden
road development. This will follow
that line of construction favored by
the builder in the broad areas in this
the cotton trade today by endeavoring 000, or, to be exact, $9,667,186, will . i? i
to make better cotton now than the ^^g^l^ property owners of
ordinarv Ut ^ . er at Weekly Meetmg Gives
Varied Interests : Carolina for each of the next; Allies To Happiness
The Cotton Show at Vass will be a »"der the approved Reve- !
success. For when it is on the folks, ! nue Bill, according to a table of fig-
section, where room is abundant, and : addition to talking of how to induce ^ ures prepared by the State Tax Com-
the homemaker can have all the , use and buy more co^.*'on i mission.
ground he wants for his designs . will be telling about how many | assess-
^vithout having to go into the air and | chicks some particular prize hen has ;
allot too much of his plans to sec
ond story.
The Linden road has made such poultry
decided advances in the last two or , are to be harvested this 1135,244 for current expenses of the
three years that it has fixed it» i gp^mg, or the grain that is shaping j gj^ months school term. On the same
pairs at the county jail. They found
the water inadequate and the plumb
ing and fixtures in bad condition, so
much so that two spigots would not
run at the same time. The Jury rec-
j ommended a new pipe line from the
Prof. R. C. Dorsett of Siler City . street, using 1 1-2 inch pipe instead
was the speaker at the weekly lunch- 1 of |-]^e 3_4 jji ^se, and a new
eon meeting of the Kiwanis Club of | system to take the place
Aberdeen held Wednesday noon in ; of the old one. The kitchen floor
- the Civic Club at Southern Pines. Dr. ■ needed renairs and window classes
hatched, or how many eggs a prize- ' ^ valuation of $2,978,710,226 for the requirements for : and screens should be replaced. The
^ -I r\ork j_i. _ 1. _ T . _ J _ j_ _ XI- *»
and orderly con-
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26 Seniors To G-t
c *T'
on'ght
Dr. W- N, Walker of S*ate Uni-
versity To Deliver Address to
S. P. Higfh School Seniors
Class Day exercises of Southern
Pines High School were held yester
day, Thursday, in the school court, be
fore a large and enthusiastic audience
winner has contributed, or the weight | 1930 in the whole state, the 100 a successful life, and considered hap- | jail was in sanitary
of poultry produced, or the dewber- ^ counties had a total tax levy of $14,- piness as one of the chief ingredients. ' dition, otherwise, and the prisoners
To obtain happiness and success, he ' seemed satisfied with food and treat- parents, relatives and friends of
said, you must first find yourself. ; ment Another cell to enable better I Seniors. Thirteen boys and thir-
footing on a permanent basis of ' up for the coming harvest, or the pig | assessed valuation at the proposed I i segregation of the races was recom- teen- girls are m tne ^ giaauating
tractive and impressive rural homes. ^ tj,e ,„,iik yield, or any of the ; i5_cent tax rate the total levy will I’" cannot hope to be happy, amended. yesterday’s program
The prophets say that before long ! ^^-jany things that have been creeping ' $4,469,058, by which it is seen on the right track, work is es- j a few minor repairs to the court THomphon, Jr^ who ma e
an outlet through the Sandy Run farm practice in the country that the levy for the next two years : ^“^^^tial, and work will be a pleasure .house were recommended. The county presidents addres^, lifton am-
country out in Verner Reed’s section | about Vass. It is doubtful if ^yijj $9,667,186 less than in 1930. ^^cause you are doing that for which
^’ill tempt more people, and in 'due
reason tie in the whole of the Deep
Moore county has- ever been in the
you were intended. “Fight,” he class-
Moore county, the report shows, had i j.
attitude of greater promise for the j assessed valuation in 1930 of $27,- ® another essential to success.
Cveeis- valley with Pinehurst and the tjijg spring. Observers say . .
Drowning Creek neighborhood down t^e Slough of Despond has about been i ’ ’ . rate was |
at the Eldridge Johnson and the He- | crossed, and that the pilgrims are I expenses of the
Kinney plantations. ; emerging with muddy feet at the foot , J”!
-..T 1 T-i- • 1- J « , ^ 1 .L 1 1 n/r .1. ■ I. ^ 4.1, + the total tax levy for this county
Westover Nearly Finished of the Delectable Mountain but that ^ j i i I ms-
rp, ^ , . • m i?- i. 4. 4. ! !j>125 061. The proposed In-cent levy ^
ihe Westover house, that surpass- they are emerging. The first start up j , „ i 4.- r • -n
’ on the same valuation basis will mean
home and prison camp were found in historian; Inath Donaldson, gift-
excellent condition. |orian; Hubert Weatherspoon, grumb-
' jler; Gordon Gifford, class prophet
j and Malcolm Grover, the testator.
D. W, N. Walker, dean of the
County Must Pay
For Samarcand Trial
then “Love.” Love for your fellow
man, for your community, for your
progress and improvement make for
happiness and success. “Keep grow-
he said, for when you stop ' State Refuses To Meet Expenses the Seniors tonight, Friday, in the
gTowing and progressing you begin of Entertaining Firebugs ! school auditorium. The Rev. J. Fred
School of English at the State Uni
versity. will deliver the address to
at Carthage
I Stimson will pronounce the benedic-
■tion; Miss Blanche Elizabeth Sher-
new creation at Knollwood ^ the hill will not be as joyous as the taxes in 1931 and 1932, or last but not least in his ^
Heights, is now so near* finished that i climb will be farther on, but the pro- ^ j^duction in the county of 84 28o! ' for happiness and success :
the painters and paper hangers phets say the hard days are over, and ; . ^ ' f .m i was cooperation. Despite the fact that the school at man, salutatorian, will read her essay;
• * — amount, it is pointed put, w, Jj TTpvhpr+ F Seawell of the ^ Samarcand is a state institution, and William Joseph Woodward will give
2nd plumbers are left on the job. They
sre bringing out the finishing touches,
9i^-d the house is losing nothing as the
building draws near its final atten
tion?. From the first conception of the
^fi^a , through the hands of the men
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McCORMICK IMPRESSED BY
GROWTH OF THE SANDHILLS
be felt appreciably in the tax bill of ' ^ j. •
K, . J- -J , . . United States Court of Claims was
I the individual taxpayer in every ^ i i
^ ^ a guest at the luncheon and spoke
county in the state. a si. ^ ^ • 4. u
! j of the happiness it gave him to be
back among- fellow Kiwanians after
that not one of the girls who recently ithe valedictory; Superintendent of
destroyed the buildings there by fire i Schools H. Lee Thomas will present
was from this county, Moore county the diplomas, and Mrs. J. B. Swett
must foot the bill for the trial of the award the D. A. R. Medal for excel-
THIEF GETS $6 FROM
a long absence. “In my travels across ' girls at Carthage last week.
lence in American History.
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1 EQION SPONSORS MEMORIAL
day SERVICES ON SUNDAY
Sandhill Post, American Legion, is
sponsoring Memorial Day services at
the Baptist Church, Southern Pines,
next Sunday, May 31st, honoring for
the 13th time since the World War
those comrades who sacrificed their
^ives for their country. The Rev. J.
^red Stimson will deliver a memorial
sermon at the services which start at
11 o’clock. All veterans are invited.
Harry McCormick, of Harrisburg,
Pa., uncle of James and Jackson Boyd
of Southern Pines and a brother of
Vance McCormick, former chairman
of the Democratic National Commit
tee, spent a few days in Southern
Pines last week, the guest of Jackson
Boyd. He was greatly impressed by
the chranges, improvements and
growth of the section during the six
years of his absence from the Sand
hills. Mrs. Harry McCormick, before
her death, gave $5,000 to the Civic
Club of Southern Pines as a memorial
to her sister, Mrs. Dull, one of the
founders of the club.
GARAGE CASH REGISTER j the continent of late, I have seen
I nothing to equal ‘ the Sandhills in
Suspecting nocturnal pilfering from | beauty,” he said. “Nor a better look-
the cash register of the Brown and
Clark garage Virgin Clark remained
outside of the office Sunday night.
His patience was rewarded shortly
after 11:00 o’clock by the entrance
through a rear window of a man who
proceeded to open the cash' register
in the office, securing about six dol
lars and escaping with his booty by
diving through the sash of the street
door closely followed by a shot. His
cap remains as a clue for the Police
Department.
ing crowd of men!” Jerry Healy in
troduced a new Kiwanis song which
he got Charlie Picquet to lead for
him. And Charlie and Bill Dunlop
sang a duet. Vice President Dan Mc-
Keithen presided in the absence of
President Richard Tufts.
In accordance with past custom,
Aberdeen stores and shops will close
Wednesday afternoons during the
summer months, starting next Wed
nesday, June 3d.
Assemblyman U. L. Spence of Car- | Diplomas are to be awarded the
thage introduced House Bill No. 1426 (following:
in the Assembly at Raleigh Tuesday, Barbara Betterley, Margaret Cam-
its purport being to have the state eron. May Dingwell, Inath Donald-
pay the expenses of trial of the Sam- i son, Evelyn Edson, Rosalind Hender-
arcand girls in the sum of $1,611.41, json, Irene Maples, Millie Montesanti,
which amount covered the board and Barbara Pierce, Blanche Sherman,
lodging of the youngsters in the jails | Maurine Sugg, Mary Swett, Mabel
of Robeson, Montgomery and Moore j Wilson and Robert Abel, Clifton Cam-
counties as well as the trial costs. It
seemed a reasonable request to make
of the state, considering that the
girls were the state’s charges.
But the House killed the bill, and
the brunt of the expense falls on
poor old Moore county.
eron, John D. Chisholm, J. Gordon
Gifford, Malcolm Grover, Barrett
Harris, Brantley Henderson, Adrian
McCarr, Antonio Montesanti, Alexan
der Stewart, Carl Thompson, Jr., Hu
bert Witherspoon and William Wood
ward.