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PILOT
FIRST IN
NEWS AND
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territ'=' 'v of North Carolina
Aberdeen, North Carolina
Friday, August 28, 1931.
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ABERDEEN VOTES
0 BACK TOBACCO
MARKET 100%
Enthusiasm Features Meeting of
Citizens Held To Discuss
Plans for Season
FIVE CENTS
VOTE ADVERTISING FUND
United support of Aberdeen busi-
mill and citizens was pledged the
r, •tlu'oming tobacco market at an en-
ti.usia^^tic meeting of the Chamber of
• ommerce held in the Community
Houri- Monday evening, and the ma
chinery ?et in motion to make this a
rocoid yesr locally.
Senator 3Iurdoch Johnson outlined
the purpose of the meeting and called
n various citizens present to express
: ;r\vs of what should be done
-Q stimulate the market which opens
’ , ,nptember 22d. Among those
WIG ;"'ke in favor of concerted and
rous action this year were J. R.
P .j, T. D. McLean, Frank Sham-
r, G. C. Seymour, Dr. A. H.
M I.eod, “Judge” Avery and Bion H.
Builer. All maintained that the con-
' nued growth of the tobacco market
vitally essential to the welfare and
u-)building of Aberdeen, and that the
n'lirket’s development should be made
• nited effort of the citizens.
It was voted to raise through pop
ular subscription the sum of $500 for
advertising the Aberdeen market, and
F ank Shamburger was named chair
man of a committee to get in the
funds. Another meeting was called
for next Monday night to report on
progress and to make further plans
for the opening the 22d of next month.
Some Wild-Fire
In some sections of the tobacco belt
much wild-fire is raising havoc with
the crop. The damage seems confined
to certain sections, Vass, Carthage
and out the Raeford way showing
most effects. But in the main the
crop is passing the most satisfactory
ever raised in this belt. The general
aveiage of all the leaf is of better
type. Rains, w^hich harmed that which
suffers from the wild-fire, seem to
have stimulated a good growth in
mo?i fields, and this is so pronounced
■hat the tobacco men figure on an
average quality so good that prices
pioniise to be better than a year ago.
The price for similar grades is run
ning on the border markets about
like a year ago, but as the quality is
better in this section than last year
the expectation is that the price for
a full warehouse floor, day by day
will show a higher total for the same
number of pounds.
The w’arehouse men are much en
couraged by the outlook as they hear
from all sections that farmers are
coming this way with their leafThe
signs ai'e that a larger total of good
tobacco will be sold in Aberdeen than
in any previous year, and that prices
be satisfactory.
New Belt Opening
Xext Tuesday, September 1, auction
sales of tobacco will start on the new
bright belt of the North Carolina to
bacco market.
There are 18 markets in the bright
'■elt and last season 68 warehouses
were operated. ,
^'ith the state of North Carolina
Prosperous
Hemp, Oblivious of Depres
sion To Celebrate with Fair
-Week of October 5
The people up around Hemp
haven’t heard anything about this
depression business. The prosper
ity that has come over the neigh
borhood in the upper end of the
county is moving the folks to plan
for a fair week October 5 to 10, in
the village. Farm crops have been
unusually good, grain and poultry
have made fine showing, fruit and
similar crops are gratifying, and
along with that the industries of
the village and vicinity are thriv
ing.
The Silk Mill is carrying a large
payroll, with the people prosperous.
Building is active. The people want
a home-coming and merry-mak
ing, and a few days of old-time
mixing, and a fair is projected.
Paul Waddell of Carthage and
Stacy Brew^er of Vass, a former
resident of the upper section, have
been enlisted to help the game
along. Exhibits prepared for the
fair at Hemp can be taken the
following week to the fair at Car
thage, which Mr. Brewer says w^ll
be the case with many of the
things offered. The state highway
between Biscoe and Carthage has
been finish^ed and opened for trav
el, giving perfect facilities for ap
proaching Hemp from all direc
tions. So the folks have figured on
bringing in J:he neighbors and
making a holiday.
NEWLY EQUIPPED
DIXIE THEATRE TO
OPEN TO PUBLIC
First Performance With New
Sound System and Feature
Films Tonight, Friday
THREE SHOWS EACH DAY
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MeKEITHEN, WILDER BACK
FROM EUROPEAN CRUISE
Sdwin T. McKeithen, Jr., of Aber
deen returned Wednesday niglit froHi
'd cruise of European waters as a mid
shipman of the United States Naval
Academy at Annapolis. He was aboard
the U. S. S. Arkansas. The middies
''vere gone two months and, accord-
to Edwin, had a wonderful time.
Fi^ank Wilder, another Aberdeen
‘Outh who made the trip, also re-
home this week.
AT THE MOVIES
Oarolina, Southern Pines, "i^urs.,
Sat., Aug. 27, 28, 29—“Mother’s
•Millions” with May Robson.
Mon., Tues., Wed., Aug., 30, 81»
Sept. 1—‘'Transp.tlantiQ,” wiiii Ed-
“ iiitid Lowe and Lois Moran.
I^ixie, Aberdeen: Fri., and Sat.,
August 28th and 29th—Constance
Bennett in *TRe Common Law.”
After a long period of inactivity,
the Dixie Theatre of Aberdeen opens
tonight, Friday, at 7:30 p. m. under
the new management of E. S. Holle-
man and J. C. White of Charlotte.
The Western Electric sound sys
tem has been installed, assuring pa
trons the latest in talkie equipment.
New and up-to-date -pictures featur
ing the most popular stars will be
shown. It is stated that all the larg
est producers have been contracted
with for the new pictures to be pro
duced during the seasons of, 1931 and
1932.
The policy will be four pictures
per week. These to be run Monday
and Tuesday, one picture Wednesday
and one Thursday and Friday, with
a new program for Saturday.
The admission prices will be: Mat-
iness. Adults 30c, night, 40c. The ad
mission for children will be 10 cents
at all tpimes.
Matinee shows will start at 3:15
every afternoon, with doors opening at
3:00 p. m., so that all will have am
ple time to purchase tickets and get
seats before the performance starts.
These matinees will be given daily
until further notice. The night shows
will start at 7:30 p. m. with doors
open at 7:15. Two shows will be run
each nigllt.
There will be no matinee perform
ance today, Friday, the opening show
starting at 7:30.
SEABOARD OFFICIALS HERE
TO PLAN GOLF T©URNEY
Three officials of the Seaboard Air
Line Railway, J. C. Wroton, R. T.
Etheridge and W. D. Simpson were
guests of the PaTkview in Southern
Pines this week. Mr. Wroton is chair
man of the tournamei^ committee of
the Seaboard Golf As^^iation and Mr.
Etheridge is secretary and treasurer
of the organization. Their visit was
the final consultation with officers
of the Country Club prior to the big
meet of next week.
U. S. No. 1 will be completed as an
all-paved route from Maine to For-
ida prior to the date of the celebra
tion.
IMPETUS GIVEN MUCH OPPOSITION
BROILER RAISING TO SCHOOL PLAN
IN MEETING HERE FOUND IN COUNTY
Dr. Orton of Statesville Gives
^ Poultry Association Pointers
on Successful Production
BIG LOCAL POSSIBILITIES
Profitable broiler product],on was
the keynote of the round table dis
cussion, led by Dr. Orton of States
ville, which featured the third meet
ing of the Moore County Poultry
Association held in the Community
House at Aberdeen last Friday night.
One of the first questions asked Dr.
Orton was in regard to battery bro,od-
ing and brought forth the comment
that in his opinion it was successful
as a method of br,oiler production
within certain limitations. He called
particular attention to the fact that
most battery brooders are overrated
as t,o capacity and emphasized the
danger of overcrowding. In the course
of his remarks on battery brooding
he spoke of s,ome successful home
made battery brooders which he
thought might meet the needs of local
poultrymen.
Upon being asked to name the best
breed for broiler production purposes
Dr. Orton declined to name any in
particular but did point out some ,of
the advantages and disadvantages of
some of the breeds most used for
the purpose. He said that where
broilers w^ere t,o be raised on a com
mercial scale he preferred a cross
bred chicken, preferably the cross ob
tained by mating either brown or
w'hite leghorn hens to a Cornish cock
erel. This cr,OSS, he stated, gave an
easily hatched egg, a chick strong in
vitality, quick feathering and heavy
breast and thighs.
The importance of fattening and
finishing broilers properly was stress
ed, and in this connection the speak
er said that the feeding of semi-sol-
id buttermilk during the fattening
period of seven or eight days, along
with a well-balanced fattening ration,
gave the best results.
Big Market Possibilities
R. L. Mayfield, vocati,onal teacher
at the Vass-Lakeview School, pointed
out the great local market afforded
by the hotels of the section during
the m.onths of January and February,
and said that this market would pro
vide an outlet for around two hun
dred broilers a week during the
heighth of the season. It was an
nounced that Mrs. W,orsham would
start operating her hatchery any time
this month or next that enough eggs
were available. It was pointed out
that there was necessity for prompt
action if I,ocal poultrymen expected
to supply the local market this sea
son.
The association was welcomed to
Aberdeen by G. C. Seymour, county
Southern Pines., and- Pinehurst
Want To Retain Control of
Their Institutions
UPPER END UP IN ARMS
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Further Postponement
of Tax Sales Talked
Advocates Claim Another Month
Would Aid Farmers in Meet
ing Obligations
Possible further postponement of
county tax sales for an additional
month is expected to come before the
Board of County Commissioners at
their next meeting. Advocates of the
scheme say the farmers by that time
will have some money from sales ^ of
tobacco, cotton and other things with
which they can pay their taxes, and
that the sales will be materially les
sened. That involves other things, for
one the early collection of this year’s
taxes, as the new book is not de
livered until the old one is closed. The
legality of further postponement is be
ing looked into.
The wisdom of enlarging the jur
isdiction of Judge Humber s court to
take from the Superior Court further
small cases is likely to be presented
to the commissioners at the, next
meeting.
Take it all around, not many critics
have had the audacity to intimate
that the commissioners are not earn
ing the thirty or forty dollars a yea»
they are paid in salary.
In sounding out sentiment with re
gard to the proposed taking over of
special school districts by the county,
The Pilot finds considerable opposi
tion to the plan.
Ralph Chandler, of the Southern
Pines school board^ says that when a
somewhat similar project was pro
posed some time ago the sentiment
against merging Southern Pines
schools with the county schools w’as
vigorously opposed. Not en6ugh mem
bers of the board are in Southern
Pines now to g6t an official expres
sion of opinion, but Mr. Chandler says
he thinks the prevailing attitude is
that local control of its schools will
suit that district better than county
control, as conditions in Southern
Pines are different than in most of
the county.
The Pinehurst sections appears to
be averse to surrendering its author
ity and individuality if such a course
can be avoided, although Pinehurst
is not in a separate charter district,
but in a separate tax district. But
Pinehurst wants its own particular
high-class type of long term schools,
and has been walling to pay for what
it gets.
Reprisals Threatened
In the north end of the county a
diffeient reason opposes the propo
sition, as many of the folks up that
way think they cannot pay for more
than a six-months teim, and that
they should not be brought into the
general county unit with the special
districts with bonds and debts per
mitted to pass their obligations along
to the whole county to share in the
payment. Argument that is used to
balance that protest is that ultimate
ly new school houses will be built in
some of the upper districts with
county funds to offset the school
houses that will be taken over, along
with their debts, from the special tax
districts.
The feeling is so pronounced in
some sections that it threatens to get
into politics, and north of the river
the statement was heard that if the
movement was carried out the Demo
crats of the lower side of the county
will have to come to the river with
a majority of a thousand votes at
next election or be murdered by Re
publican votes in the north, supple
mented by the votes of disgruntled
Democrats.
The commissioners and the school
board are not disposed to talk of
the situation, but they are trying to
work out what looks like a difficult
task, and which has stirred . the
county more than anything since the
stock law, war several years ago, a
memorable event in Moore county’s
history.
Plan Bigr Celebration
of U. S. 1 Completion
Gov. Roosevelt of New York May
Be Principal Speaker at
Cheraw Sept. 17
Dr. L. B. McBrayer and Shields
Cameron attended a meeting of the
committee in charge of the U. S. No.
1 celebration, at Cheraw last week
as representatives of the Southern
Pines Chamber of Commerce, and re
ported at the Chamber meeting on
Tuesday of this week that big plans
for a big affair at Cheraw Septem
ber 17th are under way. An effort is
being made to have Governor Frank
lin D. Roosevelt of New York there
as the principal speaker. ’
The local Chamber of Commerce
has been asked to sponsor a contest
for a beauty contest to be held in
connection with the celebratidh of
U. S. I’s completion, the winner to
be crowned “Miss U. S. 1” at the cel
ebration. Pretty girls from towns
along the famous highway will com
pete at Chef*aw for the honor. The
plans for the selection of the repre
sentatives of the Sandhills are now
being formulated, to be announced
later.
School Boai v ^*4^ eposes
County AsJ.ume Debts
of Special Districts
Would Transfer to County General School Fund
Annual Debt Payments of All School
Taxing Districts
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Resolutions
Adopted by School Board Fav
oring County Assuming
School District Debts
EQUALIZATION PROJECT
The following resolutions are tak
en from the minutes of the Moore
County Board of Education, adopted
at a meeting on Friday, August 7,
1931.
“Whereas certain special school
taxing districts in Moore County are
heavily burdened with local school
house debt, and w’^hereas certain of
these districts have defaulted in the
payment of said debt obligations,
thereby impairing the credit of the
county, and whereas about
Plan Would Lower Taxes on
About Two-Thirds of Prop
erty of County but Deprive
One-Third of Full Benefit of
Tax Cut Provided by Recent
Legislature.
A tough nut to crack has been put
up to the Board of Commissioners of
Moore county by the County Board
of Education. It came in the form of
resolutions adopted at a recent meet
ing and the long and short of it is,
to transfer to the county as a whole
the annual debt payments due, and in
some instances in default, from the
1,000 I special school taxing districts of the
school children from districts free | several townships of the county, to
from local school house debt are at-| , i t ^
J. , 1 . ii J. -1 make these obligations a part of the
tending school in the aforesaid spec- j
ia sc|hool taxing districts, using | general school fund,
buildings and equipment erected and j The toughness of the nut is due to
provided from funds derived from ; the fact that the proposed scheme.
special school taxes collected exclu
sively in said special school taxing
districts, and whereas there is con
siderable complaint ,on the part of
certain tax payers of said spec-
though lowering taxes on about two-
thirds of the property of the county,
would keep the other one-third from
receiving the full benefit of such tax
ial school taxing districts against ! reduction as the recent General As-
the existing inequalhy of local tax i sembly provided. And this, natural-
burden for equal educational advan- i ly, is not pleasing to the residents
tages, and w'hereas there is great 1 of the townships involved,
need for simplifying the process of! Proponents of the plan cite as a
local school administration and sup- - precedent in their favor that the
ervision, as w'ell as further equaliz- county highway system was first
ing public educational opportunity j built on the township or district plan,
and the local school tax burden, | each township voting its own bonds
now, therefore, be it resolved. | for road construction. These town-
1. That the Moore County Board j ships road bonds were later trans-
of Education go on record as favor- ferred to the county general road
ing a thorough investigation by the | fund, and this is just what it is
Board of County Commissioners of ^ proposed to do with the school in-
the proposition of assuming and pay- debtedness of the various townships,
ing from the general county school! Equalization‘ Problems
■debt service fund the remaining spec-1 months school
ial district schoolhouse inaebtedness : there is a uniform reduction in
of all the rural school districts of school districts here of 29 c^nts.
the county, thereby abolishing all' As the county rate under the 1930 debt
special district school taxes for debt -g district,,
ser\ice, and that of all charter dis-1 leaves 27 cents as the county
tricts desiring to surrender their char-, required under the present plan,
ter and join the rural school system., the district and county rate com-
2. That the County Superintend- under 1930 requirements var-
ent of Schools be instructed to ti ans- according to the indebtedness of
mit a copy of these rescolutions to (ijstricts, aind
each member of the Board of Cunty, Aberdeen has an annual in^
Cmmissioners.” ! debtedness of $15,121.75, Glcjndon,
McRae, Carbonton, Mt. Holly, Put
nam and Roseland have no annual
debt payments to meet. Whereas the
district and county rate combined in
Aberdeen last year was $1.16, the rate
under the proposed charge would be
79 cents, a saving of 37 cents, while
the saving in the case of the other
Garner Home Struck
Twice by Lightning
Mother and Child Have Narrow
Escape When Streak Plays
Around Their Iron Bed
During a severe electric storm which } districts mentioned above would be
occurred one night last week, the cents.
home of Hugh Garner out the Car
thage way from Vass was struck
twice by lightning. Much damage was
doi\e to the building, and members of
the family were badly frightened but
received no serious injury.
Mr. Garner was at a tobacco barn
near the home, and members of the
family had retired. His mother and
one of the children were lying on an
That some rearrangement of the
present system seems equitable and
necessary appears to be pretty much
the consensus of opinion, as there are
a number of factors involved which
are concededly unfair. One of these
is the fact that children residing in
territory not contributing any local
tax toward building debts are attend
ing schools in special taxing districts,
bed near a window when the 1 •« buildings erected from funds de-
iron
first thunderbolt came. The light
ning came through the window, ran
completely around the iron bed, melt
ing one of the locks, and jumped to
the floor, tearing a hole in it. It is
reported that it also set to the
soot in the chimney. It seems almost
miraculous that Mrs. Gamr^ and the
child ascaped injury.
Mr. Garner, realizing that the house
had been struck, hastened to see the
extent of the damage. After he reach
ed the house, the building was stduck
the second time, but on the oppo
site side. Holes were tom in the
roof, bricks were knocked from a
chimney and other damage done.
A. S. Higgins and Frank Maples
ticket off a net of 68 to win the
best ball of pair, medal play, tourna
ment held by the Pinehurst Summer
Golf Club last week. Full handicai^
were allotted.
rived from local or State Loan dis^
trict taxes. Delving into the records
The Pilot finds the following:
Unfairness Cited
At Eureka—25 children from Sum
mer Hill section.
Cameron—100 children from Spring
field, Wade Spring and White Hill
sections.
West End—120 children from Ben-
salem. Big Oak, Samarcand and Pine-
crest sections.
Carthage—210 children from Beth
lehem, Mt. Holly, Priest Hill, Pine-
wood, Horseshoe, Glendon, Putnam,
Hallison, Plank Road and Spring
field communities.
Aberdeen—50 children from Rose
land.
Hemp—250 children from Buffalo,
Tory Hill, Mt. Carmel, Manxes in
Bensalem, Maness in Sheffield, East
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