I MOORE COUNTY'S leading news weekly VEJIT? J. fXJC> A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 11, NO. 45. MANUCY N. c f^.j, „ PILOT SELL YOUR TOBACCO ON THE ABERDEEN MARKET of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina Aberdeen, North Carolina Friday, October 9, 1931. FIVE CENTS MINOR CIVE CASES TO BE TRIED IN RECORDER’S COURT Tudi»e Humber, Re-appointed, to Hear Actions Where Not Over $1,000 is Involved relieve SUPERIOR COURT The Nation’s Loss Beuinning on December 1, 1931, Moore county’s Recorder’s court will have jurisdiction over civil suits in which not more than $1000 is involved, : accoi’ding to a resolution adopted by j the Board of County Commissioners on Monday of this week. George H. Humber was appointed Judge of said court until December 1, 1932 and un- i til his successor is elected and qual-1 fied, and the clerk of the Superior Court was named ex-officio clerk of said court. In speaking of this action, Wilbur H. Currie, chairman of the board, said that this seemed to be in ac cordance with the wishes of the peo ple. This measure has been under consideration for some time and has been placed before the public through the press in order that expressions from the people might be heard. It is thought that the Recorder’s court will be able to dispose of many cases which hitherto have taken up the time of the Superior court and that a great saving in court costs will be effected. The taking over by the State of sev eral roads in the county was discuss ed and it was ordered that the Board of Commissioners recommend to the State Highway District Engineer that the State take over these roads, plac ing them on the map for upkeep by the State. One of these is the road ASK BETTER SIGNS AT ENTRANCES TO SOUTHERN PINES Merchants and Hotel Men Peti tion Chamber of Commerce for Aid in Informing Tourists 'A ^ Q ^ O Co Moore County Fair SAY TRADE SAILS PAST DWIGHT WHITNEY MORROW SANDHILLS MOira DEATH OF SENATOR DWIGHT MORROW Mrs. Morrow Spent Winter in Soutnern Pines When He was Mexican Ambassador PLANNED TO RETURN HERE The news of the death of Dwight Whitney Morrow, United States Sen ator from New Jersey, was received with sadness in the Sandhills. Al though Senator Morrow was not a frequent visitor here himself, Mrs. Morrow and her son, Dwight Morrow, Jr., spent some time in Southern Pines from Hemp by way of the Pinehurst | several winters ago, occuping the Dr. Silk Mill to Tory Hill and the old | Ramsey house on Weymouth Heights. Plank Road to Calvary church at | Senator Morrow spent a few days in Route 902. j Pinehurst last winter recuperating Another is the road beginning on | from his strenuous campaign for the the Troy road at the John L. Davis senatorship of New Jersey. old bar room place, continuing the old Yadkin Road by Dover school house and continuing across old Pee Dee road to the Montgomery County Senator Morrow passed quietly away at his home in Englewood, N. J., last Monday, the result of a cerebral hemorrhage. He had been in excellent line, connecting with the Montgomery | health, and had made a radio speech county road. On petition of 43 taxpayers the Board will recommend-, the reopening of the old Pee Dee road from Union Church to near Deaton’s nursery and the rebuilding of the bridge and road from Eureka by Ray’s bridge to the Southern Pines highway. The Board will recommend also the taking over of the mail route road be- (Please Turn to Page 5-' McBrayer Heads U. S. Highway No. 1 Ass’n. Meeting at Cheraw Votes $1,000 Fund To Advertise For Winter Travel Dr. L. B. McBrayer of Southern Pines was last Friday elected pres ident of the U. S. Highway No. 1 As sociation at a meeting of that body held at Cheraw, S. C., and attended by some forty pr,ominent citizens of towns along the highway through southern states. Dr. McBrayer was also recently chosen chairman of the Carolina-Virginia nnit of the associa tion. An advertising program inv,olving the expenditure of $10,000 to pro claim to the touring public the ad vantages of traveling south over U. ^ No. 1 was decided upon at the meeting, and Dr. McBrayer is chair* man of the advertising: committee. Funds will be raised in the various cities and t,owns along the route. Those attending the Cheraw meet ing from Southern Pines were S. B. Richardson, president of the Cham ber of Commerce at Southern Pines. Secretary Shields Cameron, Town Clerk Howard Burns and Dr. Mc- Brayer. HARVEST BALL OCT. 30 Charlie Picquet and Jerry Healy bave plans well under way for the annual Harvest Ball to be held HalljO- we’en, October 30th, at the Pinehurst Country Club. Jelly Leftwich’s orches tra from Duke University has been engaged to provide the music. in a drive for Jewish charity funds the night before. His death was a great shock to the nation which had grown to love him as a retiring, mod est statesman who had carried his creed of neighborly frankness into fi nance, diplomacy and statecraft v<|ith such success that he was frequently mentioned as a logical candidate for the presidency. Mr. Morrow was ambassador to Mexico when Mrs. Morr,ow and her son occupied the Ramsey house here. The extensive additions and altera tions to the Ramsey house this past summer had given rise to the rumor that the Morrows and possibly their distinguished son-in-law and his wile, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, would occupy the house this winter. It is known that Mrs. Morrow was very favorably impressed with South ern Pines and the Sandhills when here, and considered this an ideal spot for restful relief from the cold winters of the north. No confirmation of the report that the family would be here this winter has been procured. Surviving the Senator, besides his wife, are three daughters, Miss Eliz abeth R. Morrow, Mrs. Anne S. Mor row Lindbergh and Miss Constance C. Morrow, and one son, Dwight, Jr. SANDHILLS KIWANIANS BROADCAST FROM W. B. T. ^ Interest aroused through the cir culation of a petition resulted in the largest meeting of the year of direc tors and members of the Southern Pines Chamber of Commerce on Tues day at the Country Club. The petition to the Chamber of Commerce called for more adequate signs at the en trances to the town, and was signed by practically all hotel men, mer chants and residents of the downtown section. Frank Welch of the Belvedere Ho tel presented the petition to the Chamber of Commerce directors, and explained its purpose. He stated that the present sign listing all the ho tels was not readable by motorists traveling at the pace they usually set in approaching’ the town, and that there was no other sign of any size letting them know that they were ap proaching Southern Pines. Both Mr. Welch and Chief of Police Beasley cited instances where tourists had in quired, while inside the city limits, where the nearest town was, where they could find a restaurant, etc. The fact that U. S. Route 1 does not go through the business section has mil itated against motorists stopping in the town, it was claimed, and the : purpose of the signs requested is to inform the traveler, in large type, lighted at night, that they are en tering Southern Pines, that hotels and restaurants and stores are there ready to serve them, that there are tv/o 18-hole golf courses, tennis courts, etc. New Signs Approved A motion was passed approving the I idea, and authorizing a committee to I cooperate with the merchants and ho tel men in preparing proper signs for I either end of town along U. S. No. 1 highway. President S. B. Richardson named Dr. W. C. Mudgett, George Moore and W. L. Baker as the com mittee of the directors. M. G. Nichols, recently returned from Asheville, told the meeting of Asheville’s brave attempt to restore that town to normalcy after the ser ious financial time it has gone through due to bank failures, defalcations and the like. Mr. Nichols spent the sum mer in Asheville, and says he has never been so impressed with the ef forts of any town to revive. The mer chants introduce themselves to all strangers, invite them to play golf and enjoy other local attractions; the po lice put themselves out to be agree able, permit visiting cars to park hours over the time limits by issuing courtesy cards, and close their eyes on minor infractions of traffic rules. Mr. Nichols thought there was much to be leamed from the cordiality of CHARLES J. MCDONALD, E. H. GARRISON, Old Days of Moore County Depicted in Hemp Country Fair Exhibits The Loom of the Past Vies with Modern Inventions for Inter est of Visitors * Bob Denny, Shields Cameron, Al bert Adams, Frank BuchaJi, Louis McBrayer, Charlie Picque., Bill Dun lop and Murdoch Johnson went t,o Charlotte to broadcast over Station WBT Tuesday night for the Aber deen Kiwanis Club, to attract a large attendance at the Carolina District convention t^o be held October 21st, 22nd and 23rd at Pinehurst. Following several numbers by the double quar tet Murdoch Johnson gave a five minute talk. Announcements have been received of the wedding of Lila Bonnie Brig- man to Raym