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VOL. 11, NO. 38.
SCHOOL MAHERS
ARE CONCERN OF
MEETING TODAY
County Commissioners and
School Board Meet to Discuss
Ways and Means
SUGGEST COUNTY AS UNIT
The county commissioners and
county schc^ol board are in joint ses
sion today (Friday) at Carthage for
the purpose of considering school
matters. One subject that is schedul
ed is the special tax districts and the
special charter districts and* their re-
lati,on to the county adminstration
of schools, as well as their taxing
features anc the bonded debt of the
districts. This situation has been
brought sharply to the fore as a re
sult of the acv f>i the recent General
Assembly 'vvhereby the State assumed
responsibility for the six months
term.
Three sepsirate sub-divisions of
school work characterize M0|0re. The
special tax districts, the charter dis
tricts, and th3 general territory not
embraced in either of these. The spec
ial tax districts and charter districts
have been an authoiity to themselves
in their extended scho,ol term, but
under the new law it appears that
arrangements can be made whereby
the schools of the county can be op
erated more as a county-wide unit.
Several suggestions will be entertain
ed at the joint meeting, but until the
t\v,o boards get together the members
of either board decline to predict what
will be the outcome as the field is
new and all is to be worked out at
the meeting.
Ready for Invasion
Of Seaboard Golfers;
Country Club Officials and Ho
tel Management Complete
Arrangements
Preparations are being made by the
management of the Southern Pines
CouKtry Club for the advent of the
Seaboard Golfers on Labor Day. One
hundred and six reservations have
been made by members of the associa
tion in the popular Park View Ho
tel, and arrangements are being made
ftor the reception of the private cars
of officials of the Seaboard Airline
among others C. R. Capps, Chief
Traffic Officer; E, E. Bagwell, Gen
eral Manager; L. P. Powell, E. W.
Smith and A. Parsons, receivers.
SOUTHERN PINES YOU^H
IS GOVERNMENT ENGINEER
Arthur G. Olmstead, recently grad
uated from the University of Ohio,
has been employed by the Federal
government with 'the ,office of the'
United States engineers in river
work in the vicinity of Catlettsburg,
Kentucky, where much construction
and maintenance in navigation on
thiee rivers, the Ohio, the Big Kan
awha, the Big Sandy center. He came
out of the University with a go,od
record, iito a line of work and sur
roundings* that look congenial and
pr,omising. He grew up in Southern
Pines, his folks living on Weymouth
Heights.
WM. F. KOHRING DIES
AT HOME ON LEAK ST.
LAKEV/iew
MANUEY
^=====HRST in
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SDVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Aberdeen. North Carolina
Friday, August 21, 1931.
FIVE CENTS
William Frednck Kohring a resi
dent of Southern Pines died in his
home on Leak street Tuesday follow
ing a l)Ong illness. Mr. Kohring was
28 years old having been born in New
York in 1903 and leaves a mother,
^Irs. Christine Kohring, and a sister,
^Rss Florence Kohring.
Brief funeral services were held in
the home, the body accompanied by
^lis m,other and sister being taken
north Wednesday night for interement
in Woodlawn cemetery, New York.
Mr. Kohring was engaged in the
radio business here until failing health
forced him to quit.
ATTENDS FUNERAL
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C. T. Patch hurried n<orthward
Wednesday night to attend the fun
gal of his brother-in-law, J. C. Guth-
I’ie an old and respected resident of
Peacham, Vt.
State Shows Big Increase in
Food Crops Over Last Year
Who Can Tell Him?
Local Citizen Puzzled by Con
tents of Package from
the North
^ Believe it or not, a well known
citizen of Southern Pines following
the receipt ,of a package of light
.t)rown sweet stuff from New
Hampshire appealed to other well
kno^n citizens to ascertain “What
that stuff w^as” and “What It
could be used for” and was las-t
seen entering a drug store for a
pr,offessional opinion.
MISSING MAN IS
IN SANITARIUM
IN SAN ANTONIO
Family of S. E. Sloan Leams of
His Whereabouts Through
Fraternity Members
MISSING OVER A WEEK
Considerable anxiety has been felt
over the disappearance of S. E. Sloan,
manager ,of Freeman’s Furniture
House, here. Mr. Sloan disappeared
about ten days ago. He took with him
a change of clothing and mentioned
to his wife that he was g(Oing on a
trip. A few days later a letter was
received from him to the effect that
the car in which he left would be
found at a_ garage in Salisbury. The
car was found and returned to Aber
deen, but no further word w^as re
ceived here until yesterday when
members of the family w’^ere relieved
t,o learn that Mr. Sloan was in a san
itarium in SanAntonio, Texas.
It seems that Mr. Sloan went from
Salisbury to Concord where fellow
members of a fraternity came to his
aid and sent him t,o the sanitarium
which is maintained by the order. Par
ticulars as to Mr. Sloan’s condition
have not been received here.
Judge McRae Holds
Court in Carthage
Several Are Sent to States Pris
on and the Roads for Ex
tended Stays
Judge Cameron F. McRae presided
over a term of Superior Court for the
trial of criminal cases in Carthage
this week. Judge T. B. Finley, who
was scheduled to perside, was kept
away (On account of illness.
Buddy Caples and Nelson Alexan
der were found guilty of breaking and
entering a railroad car in Aberdeen,
and were sentenced to serve at hard
labor at State’s Prison not less than
two nor more than five years.
Henry Armstrjong and Holly Mc-
Crimmon pleaded guilty to breaking
and entering Bibey’s store at Clay
Road Farm and were given State’s
Prison sentences of not less tl an two
years nor more than five years.
John Jernigan, wh,o was up for
forgery in three counts, having oper
ated around Aberdeen, was given four
months each on two cases to be con
fined t,o work on the road’s of Moore
county, or any other county where the
commissioners see fit to send him.
The third case was nol prossed.
Gurney Cockman, charged with
breaking and entering, was found not
guilty.
Prayer f,or judgment was continued
tc January in the case of J. M. Broad-
hurst, charged with giving a worth
less check. Oscar Garner, for violating
the prohibition law, is to show goiod
behavior at each term of criminal
court until further order.
A caee against Elmore Harris and
Mary Halcomb, charged with forgery,
was heard Tuesday morning. Harris
was found not guilty and Mary Hal
comb was given four months in jail.
Prayer for judgment was continued
to the January term on condition that
he pay $10 on the day of the trial as
to Alex Wallcs ca$,erueca^Vh
to Alex Wallace, accused of the lar
ceny of some com. The $10 had not
been paid Tuesday miming.
Farmers Will Live at Home iii
More Comfort Than
Last Winter
While the Federal Farm Board’s
proposal for the cotton farmers to
plow up every third row has been
receiving varied comments from
Southern G,overiiors, ranging from
Governor Gardner’s suggestion that
the board and all other holders of
cotton destroy one-third of it, ,t,o that
of another that every third member
of the board be shot. North Carolina
has been going ab|Out raising the big
gest food and feed ^rop in its his
tory.
This State, based on the August 1
condition of the crops, as ascertain
ed by the Federal-State crop report
ing service, will produce this year
nivore than seven million bushels of
corn more, nearly two million more
of wheat, nearly two millions more of
white and two and a half million
more ^of sweet potatoes, while each
of the three main fruit crops, apples,
peaches and pears, are almost twice
as large as last year.
The application is that even if the
main cash crops, tobacco, cotton and
peanuts, bring little, the people of
the State will have t,o spend much
less for foods and feed, and can
“live at home” much more comfor
tably this winter than they did last
winter. They will at least have food.
The crop report ,of August 1 shows
an Increase of food and feed prod
ucts of the big items, as compared
with last year, in bushels generally,
in tons for hay and gallons for sor
ghum syrup, as follows:
Wheat 6,180,000 4,288,000
Corn 59,198,000 51,865,000
Oats 8,181,000 <6,521,000
Barley - 1,352,000 924,000-
Rye 1,443,000 1,068,000
Buckwheat 200,000 120,000
Potatoes, 1, 10,544,000 8,590,000
Potatoes, S, 12,075,000 9,505,000
Apples 5,329,000 2,555,000
Peaches 2,988,000 1,800,000
Pears - 289,000 115,000
Sorghum Syrup.. 1,900,000 1,230,000
Tame hay 990,000 748,000
Wild hay 51,000 46,000
Alfalfa 26,000 18,000
Tobacco acreage is off 7 per cent
and the estimated production ,off 11
per cent. A poor stand with average
production in peanuts is indicated.
Anyway, North Carolina didn’t
plant that third row in cotton this
year, having reduced the acreage 28
per cent in two years, G,overnor Gard
ner told the Federal Farm Board in
particular and the world in general.
The proposal is injust and impracti
cal, he warned, saying its unfair to
make the already depressed cotton
growers bear all the brunt, when hold
ers of last year’s crop will benefit if
one-third of the growing crop is de
stroyed. He suggests that the board
and all other holders destroy one-
third of the Holdings as they have ask
ed the growers to do. Which he
knows they will not do.
S. Clay Williams, president of the
R. J. Reynolds T,obacco Co., suggests
a plan which he admits is impracti
cal, but not as much so as the Farm
Board’s proposal. It is this: Tliat the
Farm Board takes over one-half of
the growing crop, st;ore it, pay insur
ance and hold it for a certain price,
say 12 cents, or some other figure;
let the growers dispose of the remain
der of the crop as best they can, then
refrain alt^ogether from growing cot
ton next year. By this he says, the
growers could get a good price for
the cotton held and take a vacation
next year “with pay.”
Mr. Williams, in a recent radio talk
from Raleigh, also had c,omments to
make relative to tobacco, in which he
is most interested. Two or three times
he mentioned closer contact and
more cooperation betweer^ manufac
turer and growers of tobacco in
raising the types for which the
manufacturer has built wp a market,
the kinds needed for the products.
Mother Nature and the desire of the
average grower to get a few pounds
more often play havoc with efforts to
piroduce certain kinds of tobacco,
hopever, he realizes.
It is admitted that the average
gr,9wer knows the kinds of tobaccos
PROMPT ACTION
OF BYSTANDER
AVERTS TRAGEDY
Two Cameron Men Have Narrow
Escape from Death While
Fishing
RESCUED JUST IN TIME
A near tragedy was averted Monday
when two men were saved from death
by drowning at Lakeview. Henry Ma
ples and Dr. Sl»oan, druggist, both of
Cameron, were out in a boat fishing
at some little distance from the shore.
Dr. Sloan in turning around to fish
from the ,other side of the boat lost
his balance and fell out. Maples saw
that Sloan could not swim and jumped
into the lake in an effort to -save
him, but was immediately taken with
cramp and became helpless. Dan Ray,
who was fishing from the shore, saw
the man fall into the water and upon
realizing that the men were both in
distress, hastened to H. H. Flemm’s
boat which was near at hand and went
to the rescue. He reached Maples just
as he was going dowm for the third
time and pulled him into the boat.
Maples seemed little the worse for
his experience.
By the time Mr. Ray was able to
reach Dr. Sloan he had become un
conscious and had started d,own for
the last time, but succeeded in haul
ing him into the boat, and after re
sorting to artificial respiration for
some five ,or six mnutes Dr. Sloan
again began to breathe, but was un
conscious for about 45 minutes.
Additional Police
Are Recommended
Southern Pines Authorities
Move to Provide Ample Protec
tion for Residents
Anxiety over ccnditi.ons arising
from the attack on Mrs. Day some
time ago has been dissipated by the
prompt action of the Southern Pines
Cfommissioners. Several meetings of
the mayor and board were held last
week to give consideration to the re
port of their law and ordinance com
mittee: A. B. Yeomans, E. C. Stevens
and Charles Patch, the latter being
chairman of the committee.
It is understood that the report rec
ommended the employment of an ad
ditional policeman and the installa-
ti,on of a more adequte system for
the summoning of the officers when
and w’here needed.
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MADGE PICKLER IS BRIDE
OF J. DOUGLAS DAVID
Aberdet-f^
,ommerce Body
"^bacco Market
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Kiwanis Speaker
e Campaign to Be Waged to
increase Volume of Sales
on Local Floors
HON. H. F. SEA WELL
Hon. H. F. Seawell
Addresses Kiwanis
Gives Interesting Description of
His Work as Member of
Board of Tax Appeals
The Kiwanis Club met Wednesday
noon at the sch,ool house in West End
and were served an excellent fried
chicken dinner. In the absence of a
speaker for the occasion, Hon. H. F.
Seaw^ell was prevailed upon to re
count some of his experiences during
his travels over the country as a
member of the United States Board
of Tax Appeals. He also told some
thing of the w,orkings of the board.
During a trip to Texas he had occa
sion to see a sulphur mine in opera
tion and described it most interestng-
ly. He also told ,of a trip to Chicago
and described that city from his view
point.
Local Negro Pastor
Enters Field off Art
His Painting Is Accorded Hon
orable Mention at Harmon
Foundation Exhibit
(Please turn to Page 8)
A quiet wedding took place at the
Baptist Parsonage in Hamlet on Mon
day morning, August 17 at 10:30
o’clock when Miss Madge Brinkley
Pickier became the bride of J. Doug
las David of Aberdeen. The impres
sive ring cerem,ony was performed by
the Rev. Willis, pasttor of the First
Baptitst church. The cerem6ny was
witnessed by Mrs. E, F. Pickier, Mr.
and Mrs. 0. C. Adcox and litttle Miss
Qwendolyn Pickier of Pinebluff and
Jake Maurer of Aberdeen. The bride
was becomingly attired in an ensem
ble of beige and brown with accessor
ies t,o match. She wore a shoulder
corsage of brides’ roses and baby’s
breath fern.
The bride is the attractive daught
er of Mr. and Mrs. J. W\ Pickier of
Pinebluff.
The groom is the son of Mrs. Mary
Trueluck of Aberdeen, formerly (Of
Bennettsville, S. C.
Immediately after the ceremony the
young couple left by motor for a
trip through the Shenandoah Valley,
Washington', Baltim<ore and other
points of interest.
GOLFERS LOSE TO RALEIGH
Rev. W. A. Cooper, pastor ,of the
A. M. E. Zion church in West South
ern Pines, in addition to being a
popular preacher who fills his church
painter of striking ability. Some time
agp, in the effort to give greater in
terest to his church service he un
dertook to illustrate some things with
pictures, and he met with so much
success that he went further afield in
the artistic horizon anfd begaln to
paint pictures of landscapes and still
life. Then he branched out and took
up portrait work, and some sketches
in oil done at the seashore have at
tracted attention. His skill reached
the notice of the Harmon Foundation
exhibit in New York, and in Febru
ary of this year he was accorded
honorable mention for a picture of
“The Vanishing Washwroman,” a typi
cal colored woman at the tubs, a -real-
vistic effect that will appeal to any
body who knows the colored madonna
of the washbioard.
About his home near his church
this past,or-artist has a considerable
collection of creditable things he has
done, and for which he gets high com-
mendati,on. His productions are wholly
the work of his own aptness, for he
has been without artistic training ex
cept such as he could pick up by
study of the few books available and
his own persistent study and work. At
the present time he conducts'a \class
in his neighborhood, and some of the
work his students are accomplishing
is a source of much gratification to
their teacher. He welqomes friends to
look over his display at his home not
far from the church.
EQUALIZATION BOJRD
COMPLETES ITS WORK
Representing Southern Pines golf
ers Johnson, Morrison, Vetterlein,
Jordan, E. E. Davis, 9. R. Davis, F.
Page, Woodward, Daniels, Clark,
Shepard and Willon journeyed Ral
eigh Wednesday afternoon meeting
defeat by members of the Raleigh
Golf Association to the tune of 13-
3. Vetterlein and Jordan scoring 2
and the Davis 1 for the home play
ers.
The Board of Equilization and Re
view has finished hearing complaints
of the various taxpayers who were
not pleased with the revaluation and
it seems that everything has been set
tled in a satisfactory manner. All f>i
the figures have not as yet been com
piled, but indications are that the new
total valuation will be somewhat low
er than the previous one.
At a meeting of the officers and
directors of the Aberdeen Chamber
of Commerce, held Tuesday afternoon
of this week, the two t,obacco ware
houses reported that from present in
dications there would be much more
tobacco sold ,on the Aberdeen Ware
house floors this season than during
any other tobacco seasn since the es
tablishment of a t^obacco market here.
The crops throughout the section
served by the Aberdeen Market ap
pear to be better than in years and
the leaf is reported of a very high
quality. All of the tobacqo companies
will be represented here, as usual,
and the warehouses and the Chamber
of Commerce are on their toes to
make it a big season. Another meet
ing will be in the Community House
ing w’ill be held next week in the
Community House in Aberdeen, prob
ably Monday night at 8:00 o’clock t^
which the business people of Aber
deen are invited for the purpose of
formulating plans for the further
ance jof the market.
Since the tobacco market was es
tablished in Aberdeen an effort has
been made continually by the Cham
ber of Commerce or other influences
to broaden the Horizon and attract
sellers to this center. The Chamber
of Commerce is now making an ef
fort to reach out into a wider terri-
t,ory and more energetically, for the
members are satisfied that some
changes are to be made in the mar=-
keting of tobacco and that the com-
r.i’jr.ities that put thcir.zcl^cz :n shape
to be most efficient as marketing
points will do the business. Back ,of
this movement that is now forming
I are Murdoch Johnson, president of
the Chamber of Commerce, G. C. Sey
mour, Henry Blue, Frank Shamburger,
Dan McKeithen, A. L. Burney, Dr.
McLeod, Neill McKeithen and other
' active residents of Aberdeen, and
they say they mean to introc a e some
new factors in pushing this market
to the fr,ont. McLeod & Ma irer will
operate the Saunders Warehouse, a
team that is right wide-av/ake and
well-known. The new warehouse will
be again in the hands of Edwards,
Lewis & Williams, with Neill M. Mc
Keithen as local manager. The w’are-
house layout is therefore seen t,o be
all right. But the member'^ of the
Chamber of Commerv;e insist that
it takes more than the warehouse men
to make a market. It is necessary to
have the aggressive help ,of every
body in the tow^n and the community
to make the success that can be made-
Murdoch Johnson, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, urges that the
Community building be filled with
earnest pushers next Monday night
that this movement may be set on
foot with the right kind of a swing,
for he says more effort is going t,o
be made by every market tovrn this
fall to catch the trade and the man
who is not at the fishing hole early in
the morning is n,ot going to catch
many fish.
j Mr. Johnson bays a discussion of
I the conditions that govern the mar-
! keting of tobacc.o in this section will be
j featured, and plans and suggestions
I are expected from the men in many
lines whose interests are affiliated
with the success of the sale of the
crop. He intmates that now is a right
go,od time for everybody with busi
ness interests to get out and lend a
hand in shaping the plans that are to
be worked out this season in making
Aberdeen a permanent market, for it
is likely that some of the smaller
markets that fail t,o do business
enough to justify the expense of main
taining buyers may be discontinued,
and Aberdeen wants to make a show
ing that will guarantee its permanence
among the markets that survive.
Dr. McLeod says the situation is
sueh that energetic action is needed
tfi make the season what it can be
made, and he backs Mr. Johnson in
asking a crowd to be out. It is ev
ident that some warm discussion will
be in order, for the meeting is not
to be any tea-party, but an aggres
sive inauguration of a campaign that
will bis^ng home some bacon.
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