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VOL. 11, NO. 45.
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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
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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-
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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<ond B. Wicker April 12,
1931, at Chesterfield, South Carolina.
The young coupla are at home on
West Vermont avenue. Southern
Pines.
The intermingling of the past, as
lived by ,our pioneer forefathers, with
present day marvels of science, could
hardly be more forcibly illustrated
than was the case Tuesday at the
Hemp Country Fair, when on one side
of the exhibition tent, linsey-woolsey
was being woven by the identical
methods in vogue 100 ,or more years
ago, and just across the way, a play
by play account of one of the World
Series games between the Athletics
and Cardinals was coming in loud
and clear from Philadelphia by radio.
It is being conclusively demon
strated this week by the exhibits on
display' at the Hemp Fair that the
northern part of Moore county, com
posed of Bensalem, Ritters and Shef
field townships, is truly a “‘Land of
Living at Home.”
In addition t^o an excellent showing
of farm products, canned goods and
examples of modern domestic are of
which a larger and more densely pop
ulated. community might well be
proud, the collection of antiques rep
resenting the old time life of north
ern Moore county, is most unique,
giving as it does, a true insight int<o
the former modes of actually “‘living
at home” as practiced by our own
home people.
Historic Antiques
The interesting exhibit of antiques
and novelties is under the capable
management of Mr. and Mrs. Jac
ques Busbee, owners ,of the famous
Jugtown Pottery, which is located
near Hemp, their handiwork in this
County Fair Days
Tuesday, October 13.—Ameri
can Legion Day—Artillery Firing,
Band Concert, Barbecue for ex-
Service Men, Speeches.
Wednesday, Oct. 14. — School
Day—Free admission to School
Children, Interesting School Ex
hibits, Plenty of Free Attractions.
Thursday, Oct. 15.—Home Com
ing Day—Native Sons and Daught
ers Welcomed back Home for the
“Big Day.’’
Friday, Oct. 16.—Live at Home
Day—Experts will Discuss Govern
or Gardner’s New Agricultural
Policy.
Saturday, Oct. 177. — Colored
Folks Day.—Fair Grounds to be
Turned Over to Their Education
u,nd Enteitainment.
County Fair
to Open Gates
Next Tuesday
All in Readiness at Carthage For
Best Exhibition in History
of Enterprise
FUN FOR ALL, ALL WEEK
Vass Curve Claims
Another Auto Victim
J. 0. Bullook, Rockingham, Kill
ed When Truck Fails To Make
Curve at Underpass
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Neill A. McLeod Dies
at Age of 73 Years
Death Comes To Prominent Cit
izen of Moore County After
Lingering Illness
Neill Archibald McLejod, 73 years
old, died yesterday, Thursday morn
ing at his home l^tween Addor and
Blue’s Bridge, after a lingering illness
of several years. Mr. McLeod has been
one of the most beloved and substan
tial citizans of this community
throughout his lifetime. He was a
member and active w,orker in the
Presbyterian Church here until his
health failed.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Annie Camp
bell McLeod, he leaves a brother, John
Knox McLeod. Dr. A. H. McLeod of
Aberdeen is a cousin and the Rev.
Murdoch McLeod of Pinehurst a ne
phew. Funeral services will be held
at the Aberdeen Presbyterian Church
this morning, Friday, at 11 o’clock,
with the Rev. E. L. Barber and the
Rev. Murd,och McLeod officiating.
Burial will follow in Old Bethesda
churchyard.
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Dr. E. E. Holt Dies in
Hospital He Founded
Southern Pines Winter Resident
Was Prominent Member of
Medical Profession
Dr. Erastus Eugene Holt, for the
past decade a winter resident of
Southern Pines, died in the Maine
Eye and Ear Infirmary, Portland,
last Friday morning, having been a
patient in the institution which he
fouded in 1883. Dr. Holt, a skillful
and distinguished member of his pro
fession, was born in Peru, Maine, on
June 1st, 1849, and graduated from
Bowdoin Medical College in 1874,
College of Physicians and Surgeons of
Columbia University the following
year. He was a 32nd degree Mason,
a member of the American College of
Physicians and Surgeons and many
other societies, and was a voluminous
contributor to medical journals. Dr.
Holt came to Southern P lenisna -e9
Holt came to Southern Pines in Feb
ruary, 1921, erecting in that year a
home on Massacrusetts avenue, where
he resided with his daughter, Miss
Dorothy K. Holt. Other clpldren sur
viving are Dr. Clarence H. Holt. Dr.
Eugene E. Holt, Jr. and Dr. Maribel
H. Walker of Portland; Ralph T. Holt
of New York City, Benjamin D. Holt
of Cleveland and a sister, Mrs, Nel
lie Sanborn of Qulncey, Mass,
An,other fatal accident occurred
Wednesday afternoon at the Seaboard
underpass a mile south of Vass, when
a Chevr^olet delivery truck failed to
take the sharp curve in the road,
climbed the embankment and turned
over. J. 0. Bullock of Rockingham,
who was driving the car, suffered a
broken neck and died instantly. L. C.
High, a tobacco salesman of Durham,
who was with Bullock, was severely
injured and rushed to the Moore
County Hospital, where he is said to
be recovering.
That the truck was traveling at a
high rate of speed is evidenced by the
fact that a 4 by 8 inch post standing
in the path of the car was snapped in
two, and also that the car climbed
nearly t,o the top of the railroad'em
bankment
The accident occurred about 4.15
o’clock. The men had stopped at a
Vass garage, where they changed
seats, Bullock taking the wheel from
High, who was in charge of the
truck, it is said. The truck is said to
be the property of I. L. Sears ,of Dur
ham. It is believed that High picked
Bullock up somewhere between Dur
ham and Vass and gave him a lift.
High is well known In this section,
having a number of customers here
abouts.
NEWCOMB, TUFTS NAMED
CONVENTION DELEGATES
The gates of the fair grounds at
Carthage will officially swing open at
noon next Tuesday for the start of
what is confidently predicted to he
the best exposition of its kind in the
history of Moore county. The wide
spread interest, the number and va
riety of exhibits, the class of enter
tainment and educational features and
the enthusiasm of those iii charge of
arrangements all combine to promise
a week of value and amusement for
residents of the Sandhills.
A large attendance is looked for on
opening day, which has been official
ly designated as American Legion
Day. The fair is being conducted un
der the auspices of the Joseph G. Hen
son Post of the legion, the Carthage
post, and the more than 100 mem
bers of that post will be out in force
to greet legionnaires and war veter
ans of other sections, and to aid In
giving the 1931 fair a big send-off.
Wednesday will be School Day for the
children, Thursday Old Home Day,
Friday Live at Home Day and Satur
day given over to the entertainment
and education of the colored people.
County Agent E. H. Garrison, who
is also commander of the legion post
at Carthage, announces on ’another
page of this issue that more interest
than ever has been shown by the far
mer in this year’s fair, necessitating
the doubling of the size of the agri
cultural exhibit tent. Practically
everything grown in the county will be
on exhibit, and judges will be kept
busy throughout the week awarding
the cash prizes to the best exhibits in
the various classifications.
Manager 0. B. Welch states that the
big carnival of entertainment feat
ures will be in readiness for the op
ening. Among the free acts will be
juggling and stage acts twice daily,
a bucking Ford act twice daily, ani
mal acts consisting of dogs, monkeys
and ponies twice daily, and a balloon
ascension and fireworks every day.
The carnival is being put on by the
Florida Exposition Shows, and com
prises a group of midway acts which
are reported as “going over big” in
many of the county fairs in this and
other states this summer.
Arrangements have been made for
the sale of tickets for produce as
well as cash, on the following basis:
ojie adult ticket for 20 lbs. of wheat,
one adult ticket for 20 lbs. of com,
one adult ticket for 10 lbs. of seed
cotton, and one child’s ticket for one-
half the above amounts.
Any child twelve years of age or
under will be admitted to the fair free
any day when accompanied by parent
or grown relative.
Farmers More Pleased
With Leaf Prices Here
Arthur S. Newcomb and James
Tufts were elected delegates of the
Aberdeen Kiwanis Club to the annual
convention of the Car,ollnas district,
to be held at Pinehurst October 21,
22 and 23. Wednesday’s weekly meet
ing of the local^club was held at the
Community House In Aberdeen. Tal
bot Johnson reported on plans for the
f/orthcomilig convention, ILeon Sey
mour of Aberdeen was welcomed in
as a new member, and tobacco buy
ers of the Aberdeen market were
guests at the meeting.
Goodi Break Yesterday With
Better Grade Leaf Selling
Above 20 Cents
The Aberdeen tobacco warehouses
had a good break yesterday and the
farmers appeared well pleased with
their returns. Here are a few tlclkets
(Observed at random on the floors:
Owen Bullard, 180 lbs. at 18, 70
lbs. at 24 1-2; A. A. Smith, 226 lbs.
at 10, 114 at 15, 132 at 13 1-2 and
30 at 15 1-2; J. R. Boyd, 76 lbs. at
10 1-2, and E. R. Smith, 16 lbs. at
21.
There was a lot of good looking leaf
on the floors this week which brought
good prices. The average was kept
down by a number jof lots selling
around one and two dollars a hun
dred, but It is said that Aberdeen is
faring better than many of the mar
kets on general average, and there
seems to be less “kicking” on the
part of the growers who have found
out in their trips t^ various markets
that their **sorry’^ tobacco Isn’t go
ing to net them much anjrwhere.