MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING NEWS
WEEKLY
VOL. 12, NO. 3.
9PRIHCS
LAK£VieW
MANLEY
SPPIHOS
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PILOT
FIRST IN
NEWS AND
ADVERTISING
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Aberdeen and Southern Pines, North Carolina, December, 18, 1931.
FIVE CENTS
CARTHAGE HONORS
MEMORY OF LATE
MRS. ROY J. HART
Book Reviewers Present Library
For Classroom She Served
in Graded School
No Construction, No Road Building,
No Work in Peach Orchards Means
Many Unemployed in the Sandhills
MISS SEAWELL’S TRIBUTE
Frank Buchan, Chairman of
Committee on Unemployment,
Explains Program for Relief
AID TOWN BY AIDING IDLE
In an impressive service, the chief
feature lof which was the presenta
tion to the school of a book rack fill
ed with books, the Carthase Book Re
viewers on Thursday morning at the
Carthage graded school held its me
morial for one of its charter mem
bers, the late Mrs. Roy Hart. The
chapel period of the school was given
over to the club for the service, and
Miss Bess Stuart, chairman for the
occasion presided.
With the singing of a Christmas
hymn by the audience, comprising
the school and many visitors, the
service opened, and following the de
votions, led by Prof. 0. B. Welch, the
Round Dozen Music Club, of which
organization Mrs. Hart was a talent
ed member, sang “Give of Your Best
to the Master," a favorite hymn of
Mrs. Hart and .one she was frequently
requested to sing as a solo. The
president of the Book Reviewers for
1931, Meade Seawell, brought
the message of the club, saying:
“One cold evenini>: in February, now
nearly five years agr^, a jjroup of us
niet together for the purpose of
forming a book club. We felt the need
of study and desired the benefit of the
social and" intellectural contact which
such a club makes possible. In con
sequence the Book Reviewers came
into being. But one who w’as with us
at that first gathering, whose faith
mingled with our faith and whose
strength joined with our strength to
make real our proffered dream, has
been called away and has passed be
yond our reach.
“This brief service this morning,
marked by simplicity as she would
have wished it, is in menioriam for
Augusta McKeithen Hart, our loved
member whose gentle voice is still.
Yet we see her in the afterglow of
memory, and we may see her in the
light of faith. She was our friend,
friend in all the splendid significance
the word implies. She gave us much,
en I what she gave was of the en
during quality, things of the spirit
easily di.scernible in her daily walk.
Her life touched ours at many points
and added meaning to our own. And
today our hearts, while aching with
the loneliness her sudden death has
brought to us, are hirne up with a
thank.^giving lor what she gave and
what she was.
“Augusta was born and reared in
^loore (.ou'ity, and spent the greater
part of her life in Carthage. She felt
the beauty of our ridge with its roll
ing hills on either side, our tree-wall-
ed roadways, our genial homes com
placent in their happy and friendly
quarters; and she valued the worth of
our people, in whom she ever found
joy and to whom she ever gave a loy
al friendship. If August^ ever had
an enemy, no one knew it; but those
who loved her number many. If she
were ever unhappy, no one knew it,
for complaining was never the order
of her talk.
“She was musical and a strain of
artistry was in her veins, showing
gentleness in whatever she did, con
sideration to whomever she met. Her
singing gave pleasure to scores who
were privileged to hear her, and nev-
er was her voice sweeter than in the
songs of sacred music. Teaching was
FRANK BUCHAN
R. H. BECK MAY BE
RESTORED TO DUTY
ON PATROL FORCE
State Highway Commission Acts
Favorably on Appesil for
Reinstatement
Frank Buchan, who has been ap
pointed head of the unemployment
bureau of Southern Pines, has been
making an inquiry into the situation
and he says: “We have more unem
ployed here this winter than we like
to see.
“I have been asked by so many peo
ple why we have these unemployed in
our midst. It has been suggested that
it is due to so many colored peop'e
coming into West Southern Pines
looking for work and throwing the
residents out of jobs which they
might otherwise get. Part of this may
be ti’ue, and we are discouraging this
all we can.
“The main reason as I see it for
this unemployment is this: The poach
orchards no longer in our immediate
section employ any men to speak of.
There is no land to be cleared for
new poach orchards. There is prac-
I tically no construction work going on
j at present of any kind. There is no
I road building in this section as in
I former years. A large percentage of
the negroes in West Southern Pines
depend ,on work on the golf links here
and at Pinehurst as caddie.s. 1 under
stand thnt Pinehurst golf links are
giving preference to the negroes who
live in and around Pinehurst, which
they should do. A good many people
I am told who used to employ cad
dies are now economizing by carrying
their own golf bags. People whose
incomes have been cut, in many in
stances, are not w'oiklng the num
ber of servants in their homes as in
former years. All these things tend to
increase the unemployed situation
1 ere.
“Under M. G. Nichols’ supervision
and with the financial airl of the gen
erous people of Southern Pines the
unemployed situation was well taken
care of since January 1 of this year.
Over •‘J-l.OOO was collected and spent
in the town of Southern Pines in giv
ing work to the class of people men
tioned above and giving to the town
of Southern Pines improvements,
streets, etc., thereby relieving the
tax payers, for the work done would
ceitainly at some time have to be
paid by the tax payers.
Projects Studied
“Work will be done that can bo
carried on without teams or trucks, |
thus cutting out the cost for them, j Refuses To IK*
In employing men a committee com-1 Outdistanced by .Moonshin-
posed of E. V. Perkinson, Chairman, After Raid
Charles Macauley, James Boyd, and
FORMER OFFICER HERE
$23,142.75 Cou%, '^ax
Money Found TifcvS.^ in
Failure of Bank o^ Vass
Audit Made After Closinjif of Institution Reveals Certified and
Cashier’s Checks Issued to J. D. McLean, Tax Collector,
by Biink Not a County Depository
EFFORTS ON TO UNTANGLE FINANCES
FORMAL OPENING
SUNDAY OF NEW
PINEBLUFF CHURCH
Rev. A. Wade Thompson, Dis
trict Superintendent and For
mer Pastor Here, To Preach
The new Piiiebluff Methodist Epis
copal Church will observe its for
mal opening service next Sunday, De
cember 20, at eleven o’Vlock. The
Rev. A. Wade Thompson, District
Superintendent, will preach the ser
mon. It was under the pastorate of
Mr. Thompson that the present build
ing was erected during the last two
years. The good people of Pinebluff
have exhibited genuine sag.rifice and
shown a heautifCil spirit of Go-oper-
ation in the erection of this new
church.
Since the Rev. C. 0. Newell became
pastor (October \) the Ladies’ Aid
and (iiflerent Sunday School classes
have been very active and efficient in
raising money for the church. IIow-
The North Carolina Highway Com
mission Wednesday authorized Cap
tain Charles D. Farmer of the State
Road Patrol to reinstate Rufus H.
Beck of Marion, suspended lienten-
ant, if Beck could be restored t,o duty
without 'njuring the morale of the
patrol or affecting the public’s atti
tude toward it. Beck was formerly
night policeman in Aberdeen.
An appeal for Beck’s reinstatement
was presented by W. W. Neale of
Marion, a member of the commission.
The pati'ol lieutenant was relieved of
active duty following his arrest in
Rutherfordton for infractions of the
law committed there Armistice Day.
“The commission was inclined to
feel charitably in his case,” Highway
Chairnian"E. B. Jeffress said. He ex
plained theie was much public sen
timent in the lieutenant’s favor and it
was consensus of opinion Beck had
been published sufficiently
Beck, who was in charge of the
highway patrol in 20 western North
Carolina counties, paid fines for as
saulting an officer and violating a
tiaffic regulation, and apologized for
!'is conduct.
A number of delegations from var
ious sections of the state appeared
liefore llie commission in the interest
of highway proje ts and changes of
roads in their communities.
Requests were made for the addi-
County tax collections in the aptKvegate amount of $2.3,142.75
are tied up in the closed Bank of Vass.
An audit of the bank mads as of the date of closing, Sep
tember 9th, 1931, revealed as outstanding items a cashier’s
check in the amount of $10,032.78, dated July 9, 1931, and a
certified check in the amount of $13,109.97, dated September
9, 1931. These checks are reveal'd by the aud’toi's as in the name
of “J- I). McLean, T. C.,” the “T. C.” presumably standing for
Tax Collector.
Mr. McLean has not as yet made his return of 1930 taxes to
the Board of County Commissioners. No official action has been
’''taken by the board in the matter,
though the time for the county tax
The Food Matinee
It’s Tuesday Next, and You
Can See a Good Picture and
Feed a Hungry Family
Next Tuesday is the day you can
g,o to the movies for a few loaves of
bread, a few cans of vegetables oi
.‘•oup, or anything in the staple groc
ery line the equivalent of the price oi
admission. The matinee at the Caro
lina Theatre, Southern Pilics, that
aticrnuon is a ‘ i^'ood Matinee,” and
from all we hear everybody is going
and take something for the poor and
needy. You can take all you want, all
you can spare; there’s no maximum
limit, just a minimum. You must take
at least enough to- buy your way in.
All the food received at. the door by
t’harlie Picquet and his assi>taiits
collector’s annual return passed some
time aiio. The only action taken at
last Monday’s recessed meeting was
reported to The Pilot as follows:
“On account of the delay in getting
the tax books and receipts made out,
taxpayers will be allowed the one per
cent discount on 1931 taxes paid dur
ing the month of December. The
county accountant was ordered to
-end out immediately tax notices for
taxes for 11)31.”
These tax notices, which taxpayers
have been wondei'ing about, were re
ceived this week.
Tax Money In Bank
The Bank of Vass failed to open on
the mo.rning of September 10th. Aud
itors were put promptly to work to
disclose the condition of the bank, and
their report was iecently filed at
the office of the ('ounty Clerk in Car
thage. The presence of lunds of the
county’s tax collector in the bank at
the time of its failure was disclosed,
and the Board of County Commis-
v.ili be equally divided among the
tion of 19.1.9 miles of county roads to i three rtdief a.->sociations of Aberdeen,
the state system and the commission j Pinehurst and Southern Pines, for
accepted 117.1 miles and formally de-1 <iis*ribution to the scores of families sioners faced with a serious problem,
dined .31.1. Mecklenburg county re | v. h.. f.U7e Christmas witnoui suffi Jent | The Bank of Pinehurst is the legal de-
(luosted the largest state ac(iuisition I iood cr i.iony to buy it. h ository for fur.ds the county, and.
.'.f mileage, and the commis-, “The t ig Paiade,” one of the best. there was no authority for the (le
sion decided to take over 12.51) miles j movies e/or produced, is the attrac-' of county funds elsewhere. It is
consisting largely of short stretches ^ i.;on Tuesday at the ('arolina, aijd -aid that Mr. McLean, who resides
in the vicinity of Charlotte. Moore
ever, lai-ge (Jonations have come from j County was amonjr those tendering
outside of Pinebluff as well as from
within the town. To all such the for
mal opening will he of groat inter
est. The public is also cordially invit
ed. A brief history of the local church
v.ill be given by a member, and there
will also be special music.
Captures Pair After
Five Mile Foot Race
additional county mileage.
M. G. Nichols made a study of the
different projects suggested and
along with the Town Council decided
Community Xmas Tree
at S. P. Country Club
Youns Girls of V illage. Sandhills
Sixteen and Instrumentalists
on Wednesday Program
v.ould be well worth the piice of a
‘ I
slab of lam even if you didn’t have
the added incentive of aiding your
less fortunate neighbors.
KIWAMS EN.J()YS MUSIC
rUOCKAM AT MEETINC;
; The Kiwanis Club was entertained
' at the Civic Club in Southern Pinos
on Wednesday with a special musical
When it comes to endurance rec
ords, Officer Lambert takes the prize
and Dejuity Slack and Policeman Rey-
I what projects will do the most tax | of Hemp are 61ose runners-up.
I ra.vers the most good. three men raided a still on
I “A committee composed of of l«‘st week, about two
! ard Burns and myself select from the | ''-'los northeast of Mt. Carmel church,
applicants for jol>s men who are per- opeiators had just gotten ready
manent residents and heads of fami
lies in Southern Pines and West
for business and started a fire when
the officers appeared. They took to
tl>eir heels, with the law in pursuit.
Southein Pines is going to have
Connnunity Christmas tree exercises
at the Country Club next Wednesday
evening, the 23d, with a program ar-
langed which should fill the biii room
to overflowing. Miss Mary Yeomans
and Town Commissioner A. B. Yeo
mans are the sponsors of the gather
ing, which takes the place of the out-
-of-door Community tree of other
>ears.
Some 18 to'20 young girls are re
hearsing Christnui-< carols'to he sung
that evening. Plight members of the
Saiidh'lis Sixteen are arianging to
in t'aineron, freipiently had large
bums ot tax mi ney on hand too late
for dei>osit in the Bank of Pine
hurst, and that on his way home
irom Carthage he dejiosited it in the
Vass institution, against cashiers
checks or certifieil checks which were
then forwarded to the bank at Pine
hurst. The audit of the Bank of Vass
(ii.scloses a certified check for $13,-
U'.t.il? dated September 9th ,the last
itay the lank was open, but it also
irig, he said, “The Road to Mandalay" ‘
take a prominent part in the festi-j “The Desert Song. Dr. .-^rthu!'
vities, there will be instrumental! Fleming, prominent Louisburg den-
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They had left their car some distance nuisic by Miss Yeomans, Mr. Yeo-
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MORE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR
RELIEF CO.MMITTEE REPORTED
50 Fliers On Way To
Florida To Stop Here
New York Aviators Will Be En
tertained in Pinehurst on
January 5th
Chairman Frank Buchan of the Un
employment and Relief Committee in
Southern Pines announces a contribu
tion of |50. from Francis Robinson
of Southern Pines for Christmas re
lief. Other smaller contributions have
also been received, and a list of the
donors will be published at a later
date.
Mr. Buchan stated that David Pack
ard had set a good example for
others in sending in suggestions for
needed work of civic improvement, ac
companying the suggestions with a
check to help defray the expense.
i away, so they ran to that ho])ing to
1 escape. But they didn't know I^Ioore
j county officers. The trio had alieady
located the car and disabled it to
prevent just such a procedure, so
when the car failed to start, the race
continued. On and on they went, run
ning, then walking when ility could
run no more. Finally Slack and Rey-
A novel social function is scheduled dropped out of the race, but not
in Pinehurst January when a group i "’ith Lambert,
of .’SO aviators from New York and Aftei.five miles had been covered
Long Island will .stop at the local | blockaderr stopped a truck be-
airport on a cruise to Florida. They McConnell and Lagle Springs
are young men of wealthy and prom-; asked for a ride. Mr. Lambert ar-
inent New York families 'and the moment, nabbed one of
program is ojx'n house to them among directed the truck driver
friends at Pinehurst during their brief he did after a j
slay in the Sandhills. A number of chase, and the party returned]
mans, Miss Bishop and Mr. Kennedy,
and solos by Mrs. Kennedy. .\J1 pres
ent will J-'in in some of the Christnms
carols.
Last year Christmas was celebrated
iri a community way in the Civic
Club, and so many were present as
to tax the capacity of the hall. It was
one of the most enjoyable occasions
of the winter. The Country Club, be
ing larger, was selected for this
year’s gathering, and all are invited
there to participate in and enjoy the
program Wednesday evening.
CHRIST.MAS CAROL PROGRAM
AT ABERDEEN PRESBYTERIAN
tist, brou;:ht much laughter in a dis
cussion of the depression.
•BEN HUR’’ BENEFIT NETS
$10r>.8» FOR RELIEF FUND
ers are both white men. Will Neeham
and John Wall, of Asheboro.
Pinehurst society leaders have ar
ranged for their entertainment on
this occa.sion.
The stay at the Kaollwood port will
not be very long, possibly not over , Fifteen men have been put to work
one day, as the flight-is on a rather ■ by the Southern Pines Unemployment
definite schedule, the Florida arrival and Relief Committee on a new run-
being timed with mott or less ac- way at the Knollw^od^ Airport. This
curacy. While in the Sandhills it is; runway, running off from the han-
understood that something of an air gars in a norteasterly direction, is to
display will be pi'csented by the group be 3,000 feet long. As soon as grad-
of fliers, possibly joined by some of | ing is completed it will be sowed to
the local folks, | Bermuda grass.
A Christmas program will be giv-
to Carthage on the truck. The offend-j^.j, Pi-esbyterian Church, Aber
deen Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock.
The entire service will be ciomposed oY
Christmas carols, choruses, anthems
and solos. The combined choirs, jun
ior and senior, will sing.
The junior choir has 44 menbers,
ages from 4 to 12. They are trained
by Mrs, D. I. McKeithen. The chil
dren will wear robes.
Solos wil: be sung by Mrs. Reid
Page, Mrs. Grady Burney and Mrs.
K. P. Darby.
I)rograni of Christmas carols render-; ,.a,hior’s check for $10,-
c(t by Mrs. Raymond Kennedy, M.ss, 032.78 outstanding since July lith,
Dorothy Richardson and .Miss Kather- months before the date of clos-
ine Buv han. The trio, accompanied by i
Miss Mary Yeomans, Miss Margaret! audit of the Bank of Vass on
Bishop and Raymond Kennedy, ^1^ Sejjtember 9th revealeu total deposits
wel!-kn,own Sandhills \iolinists, sanu ,-j;i 1 i^oKj.yo^ of which Siii.'i.O') 1.30 were
While Shcphei'ds Watched Iheu (savings deposits. t)f the t, ital of $87,-
I" locks by Night, and Lilt Thin*.', j, deposits subject to check,
I'.^es to the Monntains. Two ''Ocal, jjo -- therefor county tax
.-■jilos were rendered by Aithur f Icm-1 Loans of the liank totalled
ing, of Louishurg, member of the :^.i2,89.n41 is
i\ersity of North Carolina Glee ' lexealed by the audit as haviiii> l>een
.\i,comnanied by his sister, Miss t lem- 'y officers r di
rectors of the bank. Am.jng the notes
lield by the bank were three in the
name of L). McLean, one for three
months dated July 10, 1931 for $200.
endorsed by N. N. McLean; one for
two months dated July lii, 19:11 for
ii-l,t)80. endorsed by Stacy Brewer,
and one fo' two 'm.onths dated July
10th, 1931 foi- $l,50o. endorsed by
Stacy Brewer. Mr. McLean had $1,-
242.77 on deposit in the bank at the
time it closed its doors.
liquidation Efforts
As county treasurer ,the Bank of
Pinehurst has been active since the
tailure of the Vass bank in trying to
unravel the tan.,le in so far as the
funds , )f county taxpayers are involv
ed. Because of the implied, if not ac
tual, priority of the certified and
cashier's checks issued to McLean
every effort has been ami is being-
made to bring about a li.iuidation of
the affairs of the defunct institution
for the protection of the county’s
funds and the good name of the
county. It is understood that «thc
Bank of Pinehurst has set forth cer
tain terms under w^'ch it would take
over the affairs of the Vass bank, and
that the stockholders and depositors
of the latter are making every effort
to meet these t^rms. The Bank of
Vass was capita iii.d at $20,000. There
The benefit performance of “Ben
Hur” at the Carolina Theater, Pine
hurst, last Sunday night netted $10.5.80
Charles. W. Piccjuet, who donated his
house and staff for the show, report
ed at the Kiv^’anis meeting on Wed
nesday. This sum, with the $100.30
turned over by “Santa Claus” Pic-
((uet from a previous benefit perform
ance, has been added to the Kiwanis
Club’s relief fund, which is being
used this year to aid the local char
ities’ organizations in the various
towns of the section which Kiwanis
serves.
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS
The Pilot will be published on
W'ednesday afternoon of next
week, to give the staff a day off
before Christu.oo. All copy for
publication should be in the hands
of the editor early Wednesday
morning, and should be brief.
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