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MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS WEEKLY THE A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 11, NO. 52. &AGLE SPRINC9 #LAKE\/feW wasr £HD HANlEV JACKSOH SPRIMOS SOU THERM PtIiCS ASHuev MEtCHTS PIMEBLUPP PILOT FIRST IN NEWS AND ADVERTISING of the Sandhill Territ •'t- Carolina Aberdei n and Southern IMnes, North Carolina, Friday November 27. Of A: FIVE CENTS RESIDENTS PLAN ! TO RID ‘JIMTOWN’ OF undesirables: James Boyd, Author, Pictures the i French Idea of America’s Attitude To Survey West Southern Pines | and Try to Send Transients On Their W'ay ‘We Give Layman Appearance of Seeking World Economic and Military Supremacy” KIWANIS HEARS AUTHOR NO WORK FOR STRANGERS West Southern Pines on Wednesday iii(?ht held a meeting to discuss the eneniployment situation which is be coming chronic there. The meeting was called by Jim Bethea, Evander Mc- Iver, John Williams and other influ ential men of the village, and a call was extended to Krank Buchan, chair-; >ears, and scratched under thi' man of the unemployment committee James Boyd, author of “Drums,” “Marching On” and ‘‘Long Ihmt,” told the Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen Wednesday what the French man in the street considered was the mat ter with America and its relations with the rest of the \v,orld. The South ern Pines writer has spent consider able time in France dui'ing the past of Southern Pines, to be with them and help to thresh out the situation. After preliminary talk Mr. Buchan presented some views on the condi tions that are making the trouble, ♦ ipecially the overfl,ov.' of outside strangers, some of them of good character, some of them open to ques tion, and some the victim of circum stances, largely rising from their re-, factures, meant that France moval fr,om their neighborhoods to i P''ecluded in a large measure surface to find the true sentiment prevailing there about us over here. Mr. Boyd said that the first dis appointment in us came to the French when they discovered we were not behind President Wilson in his | League* of Nations proposal. Then | came the l,oas of export business be- i cause of prohibition, which, coupled | with our tariff wall on other manu-' was , from ^ JOHN WATSON HAS NARROW LSCAPE FROM DROWNING Eastern Air Transport to Consider Altering Route to' Serve Sandhills Directly Mclorhoat Traveling: at .‘55 Miles An Hour I'psets in Watson Lake Christmas Cheer FOOT ( AI GHT I NDER HOATl JAMES BOYD the crowded center of Southern Pines. us the war debts we demand-' “Too many strangers are coming ; goods. That lueanl heavy here,” .Mr. Buchan told his audience. of gold to this country, “In their home communities these *'->ntil we had most of the w, )rld's sup-> strangers could depend on their home P'y- DENTISTS OF 20 COUNTIES MEET HERE ON MONDAY folks and' home c,onditions. No place ■ in this state or South Carolina, from which most of the strangers come, will allow their colored folks to starve. “The conditiion of the folks in the country at the present is non better , than in the towns and villages, for on the farms is food to carry through the winter, and not many country peo ple are going tosuffer. Therefore that is the place for these people to stay. To leave people who could provide ra tions and shelter and come hero to find cash jobs is to be disapi? linted, for here the unemployment commit tee can only hope to care for those who live heie and who are in need. We have no funds to care for atiy hut , *jur own, and no funds to hold oul an offer of work. We have a certain amount of money, and we e.xpect to pay it to those in actual need, ami reijuire of them work in return unless in case of .inability or other factor making plain charity necessary. N»> Work for Strangers “There are n,o jobs here. Local help is overabundant, for many people are decreasing the number of employes; rather ^than taking on more. So we! have to provide work for those of our I own who have nothing else in sight.' Our own folks are more than neces sary to take all the available jobs, so • strangers coming here complicate the (Please turn to Page 4) Jeffress Won’t Promise Improv ements to U. S. 1 Southern Pines Delegation Vis its Highway Head to Urge Work in Moore County s. B. Richardson and Dr. W. C. Mudgett, rejjiesenting the Chamber of Commerce and F.ugene (’. Stevens, representing the Board of Commissin- ers of Southern Pines had a confer ence in Raleigh Wedne.sday with State Superintendent of Highways E. B. “You insist upon payment >if war debts, on the one hand, but prohibit | us from paying you on the other,”' seemed to be the sentiment. And the French called attention to the fact i that it had not seemed to work much to our favor. “You have the most gold—and the most poverty. The most wheat, and the most hungry people; the mo>t cotton and the mos^ ^ pwple crying for clothing.” Then they mentioned the disarma ment iirogram suggehtcd by the Unit- ■ ed .States, which they claiin v.-as fine I so far as we, in our state of isola tion are concerned, “but how about us'; j We are the l)attle giound of Europe. You have not the problem of fear, hith economic' and militai y. You dim t know what it is," they said. They cannot disarm, they say, unless oth er nations will gimrantee their se-! curity. the • United States them. They must maintain an army at top strength until they see the League of Nations functioning ICO per cent, or make a treaty with America to pi'otj'ct them. In America’s position are all the elements t,o cause the average ^ l'ench- man to believe the United States seeks woild economic and military domination. Through our alo. )fness, our demand of debt payments, our tai'iff wall we give every appearance of desiring economic leadership. Through our withholditvg- membershii) in the League >of Nations we would appear to de.sire military .supremacy. This in spite of ,our pious expressions, our talk of honor and glory and all that. ‘‘That,” said Mr. Boyd, “is the nugget of the misunderstanding be tween the two nations.” Weiinesday’s meeting ,of the Kiwan-1 is was held at the home of Mrs. J. li. Page in .Aberdeen, and the pro- : ceeds of the luncheon were for the I Barium Springs Orphanage. Third District Society MemF)i*rs Will He Guests of Southern Pines Two Days HAN(U ET AT H. I». INN The 11th annual meetiii-,' of the Tliivd Uistrict Dental Society of North Carolina will be held at the Highland Pin^s Inti in .Southern Pines next Monday and Tuesday, .Vovembe)' .‘U)th anti DecemLer 1st. The third dis trict takes in sixteen countie.-i and over one hunilred dentists are ex|)ect- ed to attend. Dr. (leorge (J. Herr is the chairman of the .\rrangement and Hanciuet C,ommittee and the .Moore Countj Deijtal Society of which he is the se'- Patrol Lieut. Beck Fined $45 and Costs retary has arranged a most interest ing progiam of entertainment for the guests. The principal events are the goU arid archery t(turnament# at the among Southern Pines Country Club an 1 the haiuiuet at the Highland IMnes Inn •Monday evening. The Chanibei- of Comineice of S/)Uthi“rn Pines has pre sented a siher cup as a first pi'ize for the golf tournament. The mana-;ement of the Highland Pines Inn, .Messrs. Creamer and Tui- ner, have been most gracious in their extension of hospitality to the society and everything possi! le is to be (.!one io make this iiamiuet a >u;cess. The Highland Pines Inn will be the head- ((uarters and special rates have been made as an encouragmeiu for all to attend. Anv>ng the speakers Dr. .1. T. I^ur- rus of High Point is the most promi nent. Dr. Burru--'. is president of the .North Cai'olina .State Board of Health anil past president of the .State .Medi cal Society. The Moore (\nmty .Medi cal Society has accepted an invita tion fi'om the .M.oore (bounty Dental So. iety to be guests. S. B. Chapin of New Yoik and I’inehurst will be a special guest at the bamjuet. .Mr. Chapin is a friend of dentistry, hav ing been president of a prominent cental college at one time. It will be recalled that it was .Mr. Chapin who donated funds for ecpiipping the den Jeffres.s, the purpose of which was Chas. I). Farmer Attends tal office at .Moore County Hospital. to ascertain what, if any, plans were finderway for the imi)r,ovement of State highways in Moore county. The cbmpletion of U. S. Highway No. 1 as a concrete roadway through the county was the principal request made upon Mr. Jeffress by the del egation. Upton their return to the Sandhills that night they reported “No definite answer as regards Route 1.” Jeffress told them that until his department had some definite figures on the re turns from the sale of 1932 automo bile license plates he could promise nothing by way of a construction pro gram. He did intimate, however, that the department would make a survey of the conditions existing between Aberdeen and Drowning Creek in Moore County, both as to. condition of the lyiadbed and the amount of traf- fice over the highway, with a view of placing the requested improve ments to this stretch on th^ list for early attention if conditions war rant. ' Hearing But Does Not Participate This department has an annual dona tion (^f $100.00 per year frt)m a friend in Pari«. The .Moore County Dental .So.iety officers. Dr. L. V. Henderson of Pine- Rutherfordton, Nov. 24—(i^*)—Lieu tenant R. H. Beck of the State Highway Patrol, arrested here Nov-jhuist, president; Dr. G. G. Herr of ember 11 and charged with parking | Southern Pines, secretary and treas- by a fire plug, public profanity and j urer, and Dr. K. M. Medlin of Aber- assault upon an officer, was fined .$451 deen and Dr. L. M. Daniels ,of .South end coats in recorder's court here to- ern Pines, executive committee, are day. Ten dollars of the fine was f^or parking by the fire hydrant and $35 for assaulting Officer George Hodge. Other charges were nol prossed. Patrolmen George Allison of Shel by and H. R. Frymoyer of Hender sonville who were als^ involved in the clash between Beck and 'local of ficers were not tried. Charges against them )vere nol prossed. Beck entered a plea of nolo cionten- dere to the charged of parking by a fire hydrant and assaulting an officer. He agreed to pay all costs, of the incident and apologized to all persons concerned. doing all in their power to make this convention a complete success. On Speakers’ I.ist Among the speakers Monday will be: Dr. J. T. Burrus of High Point, bi. J. N. Johnson of Goldsboro and Dr. E. .M. Medlin ^f Aberdeen. On Tuesday morning, after an invocation by the Rev. J. Fred Stimson of South ern Pines and an address of welcome by Robert N. Page of Aberdeen, the following are on the program: Dr. T. E. Sikes, Greensboro; Dr. Henry C. Car of Durfmm, presiaent ,of the Third District society; Dr. Dennis Keel of .lohn Warren Watson of Philadel- l)hia anil Pinehurst had a narrow es- ca))e from drowning when his speedy iiK,toiloat, traveling at a rate of ap proximately IJ-) miles an hour, upset in the "Wats/m lake here Tuesday af- ii 1110(111, turning over on top of its owner. .Not only is .Mr. Watson unable to swim, but hi"! foot was caught in fittings attached to the motor, and he was some time under water lietore he could extricate himself. .Mr. Watson has just taken tVie fam ily of Keese Hearn, who is employed at “.Sunnysands,” the Watson estate between Southern Pines and Pine- burst, on a trip around the lake. Leav ing them at the dam end of the lake, he started back for his lyuithouse alone in the boat, which has an out board motor. With the weight of mo tor an<l pilot all in the stern of the craft, the bow was well out of water until -Mr. Watsm “opened her uj).” When the boat leveled out it had at tained a high rate of speed. •\t this iioint, the light craft met some of the swells caused by its pre vious tii[) around the lake, and these 'aught it broadside, again throwing the low into the air. Desoite ru‘'i'ui.; efforts to keep the Iviat on even keel, .'ir Watson suddenly found hiin>elt' in cold water, beneath the liull, ai .1 with his tuot caught, lie succeedeo ni ter what seemed hours, aicoi'iliti f to him, in extri.ating himself. .Xr'iiTu; to the surface he scrambled on ‘i'y of the overturned boat and managed to keep it and himself afloat imti' . Ilearn iiaddled out to the scene of thi' accident and rescued him. Toe .'.it was towed bottoii-iide i.ji . > li;;' I shore, an ! its owner hurried to i i.u- hurst i, r ijiy clothiti;. . Extra! C'ameion Store Ilobbed ior 11th Time Two .\rrestn .Made Yeste^'day .Swell Nunil)er of Hendrick’s I hieves to Kightecn •\dd two more to the HI who ai'e j serving time for the robberies at T. •A. Hendrick’s store in CameiiOn. .And add one more burglary to the ten whi. h have been perpetrated at Mr. Hendrick's expense in the past 1.’5 months. The store was entered again .Mon day night. Merchandise of all kinds j again disapi eared, including both food and clothing. Yesterday the Ualeigh police ar rested two .Negi'ies and iielieve they have solved the latest of the series of robberies at Cameron. The men laught were Ollie Lewis and Henry .Johnson, Negroes, who admitted that they took j part in two of the thefts and wh,> had in their possession merchandise which ' was identjried as being pilfered from ■ the Hendricks store. I They were turned over to the cus- 1 tody of the Moore county sheriff yes- i terday. Johns/jn is from South Caro lina and Lewis said his home was Hen- ' derson. The Negroes were arrested by Of ficers .loe Lowe and Bruce Poole fol lowing a tip-off that thej- were con- j nected with a gang that robbed the ' Hendricks store. M.on- arrests in the I case are expected. I Hendricks, a cripple, was in Ral- , eiglv yesterday to identify various ar- i tides found in the Negroes' posses- j sion. j Sixteen men are now serving sen tences for the first 10 robberies of the Htuulricks store, one it awaiting trial, in addition to the two captured yes- i terday, and two women are in jail charged with breaking and entering I and receiving stolen goods. Do Your Giving Early Thru Lo<‘al Organizations on the Kiwanis Club In every community in Moore county a local organization is planning to give C’hristmas Cheer and relief t.o destitute and needy families in thejr respective com munities. The Kiwanis ('lub of -Aberdeen endorses this work and lecommends your support of these oi’ganizations in this good work. The survey of the Kiwanis Club last year has cwnvinced all that there will be great need of this work this year. Collection depots to receive clothing, food, cash i.ona- tions, toys, etc., will be opened in these various communities and all are urged to get in touch with the heads of their loial organizations and to contribute libeially. .Anyone wishing to contribute to this work thiy)ugh the Kiwanis Club may make their checks payable to Her bert Vail, Secretary or to Gordon Cameron, chairman of Kiwanis lie- lief work. Local Field Likely To He Regu lar Stop if (lOvernment Ap proves Air Mail Here LINE OFFICIAL FAVORAliLE RELIEF SOCIETIES LAUNCH PLANS FOR XMAS WORK <Please turn to Page 4) METHODIST SERVICES The Rev. N. C. Ball will preach at the Page Memorial Church Sunday in,orning at 11 o’clock. The Rev. A. L. Thompson of the Youngsville cir cuit will preach at Vass at 11 a. m.. Mr. Ball will preach at Vass at 7:30 p. m. of the same day. Flo! 7’o He Completi’ly ('over- ed liy ()»*ganizations in Fach of the Towns KiWANIS TO LK.M) AID I'ur providing i nri-tma.' cheer .or t. '• .'ui'iiiiills’ needy were launch ed iii all l ire tions during the past wnk. . .\ith thv- nanii ro,.;s ^.rgani- ;;ati,)ns lining- ui> their forces for the \v,.rk of collei'ting and distributing io.,d an clothinj; there is reason to Lelii\e that the field will be coinplete- 1\ lovered and that none will go hun gry or suffer from the edit at Saniu t'la .s tiiiK. 1 he Kiwanis Culb committee vis ited Aberdeen, I’inehurst and South- iin l ines during the week and went ovei the [ilans with the relit organi zations of those towijs. The club plan> thi.-i year to assist in the work of the local charity ,organizations rather than have tile local bodies assist the cki. as was done last year. Gonion Cam eron annouiued at the Kiwanis meet ing Wednesday that the Civie Club in Southern Pines was sponsoring the work there, and organizing uniler the name of the W.unen's Board of lie- liei. This group 'will do Chri.stinas work exclusively, the unemployment proidem in .Southern Pines being han- ! dlvd by the Committee I'r Unemploy ment and Relief, headed by I'rank Buchan. o In Pinehurst, the Sandhill Broth- erhiyjd and the Ladies’ elass of the Comnii.nity t'liurcli will have charge of the Christmas ci)llections an.i dis tribution,‘^and the .Aiierdeen Good Feil.iws Club will endeavor to cover the field in its territory. This club held an enthusiastic meeting last Tuesday to formulate idans, and next I'uesday will meet for the ele.tion of new officers. Southern Pines Relief On Monday afternoon a group of earnest women, repr<*si<nt/ing the churches of Southern Pines, was call ed together by Mrs. C. R. Whitaker, president of the Civic Club. The re sult was an organization to be called the Women’s Board of Relief of .Southern Pines. The purpose of this board is to dispense present relief where necessary and the usual Christ mas cheer to those who are less for tunate. The following officers were elected: Chairman, Mrs. C. R. Whit- I aker; Vice Chairman, Mrs. A. McN. Blair, Secretary, Miss Birdila Bair; Treasurer, Mrs. J. C. Barron. This phase of the relief work has been left in the hands of the women Both air mail for the Sandhills anil the inclusion of the Knollwood Air port as a regular sto]) on the mai'i iNew York to Floi ida line of the East ern Air Transp,)rt looine . as iirigiit prospects in the local field of progress this week. Informal lonferences were held by various committees of Soutlii-in I’ir.es and Pinehurst liui'ing tlie i'i:< of which brought ahouL a decis- . ii'n to petition the Postofiice De uui- r.K nt at Washington at onie i jr reg ular air mail service for this section. It is understood that with regular service furnished by an established air line which already has numerous mail contracts, there is ,i distinct possibil ity of the granting of this petition. The next step was to ascertain w'htther the Kastern Air Transport line« coulc; bp prevailed upon to make lull, llwood, which means Southern l ines, Pinehurst and the rest of the Sat’dhilN. a regular stop on its ser vice Lctween the Newark, N. J. air- ])ort and Miami, Florica. A confer- en.e was held yesterday with one pf the leading officials ,of the trans port line, who spent Thanksgiving in Southern Pines, and he informeil rep resentatives of the feouihern I'ines ('hamber of Commerce and the Ki wanis. Club of Aberdeen, who waited U|)on him that he felt C(onfident that the Eastern .Aii Transport Company would change its main route suffi ciently to. include Knollw-ood provided ihe govein:nent grants the petition for air n.ail and his .oiniiany is succe>s- lul ill gettiiu the Ci>nlia.t. he said he woul recommend if to the c.perating staff. Kivilhvood was recently .granted a, - provai to opei ite a shuttle line ser vice to mei t the Ea tern Air trans port at Ualeigh. but inclusion of the local lielil on the legular through -chedule would mean so much faster and more efficient service for the Sandhills that every eflort is to De made to arrange it. Christmas Seal Sale Aids Many in County Health and Welfare As.sociation Reports on Use of Funds Raised Year Ago W jth the opening this week of the annual Christmas Seal Sale, the pro ceeds of which are use<l in the work of preventing and curing tuberculosis, conies the report of the Moore County Health & Welfare .As<ociation for tne past year. The re. ort, as made l y the president, .Mis. Francis T. Keating, of I'inehurst, sho\.s what the sale of the little stamps ac.omplishes in this county. The report follows: Patients at .Nprth Carolina Sanator ium, whose exjienses have been paid by the Health and Welfare Associa tion from Novem er I'.KiO to Novem ber 1S»;U are as follows: Sarah Harrison, tied, .Aberdeen, ji-lO.OO. Ora Sellers, Vass, $307.70. Aiari,>n t’lark, died, Jackson Ham let, .lames Wall, near West End, $173.00. Floyu Foster, young lad, Carthage, 112.00. frentiss tilark, Jackson Hamlet, .'i!fi2.C0. -Alice Benson, Taylortown, 3 chil dren $31.00. Total lor year, $702.00. The two ('larks are brothers, both mai ried, members of a family with a (Please turn to page 5) COl N1 V RED CROSS TO EI,E(T OFFICERS MONDAY (Please turn to page 8) The annual meeting of the Moore County Chapter, American Red Crons, foe the election of officers, will i>e held next Monday, November 30, at 11:15 A. M., at the Community Church in Pinehurst. All branch chairmen are urged to be present. /
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