MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING NEWS
WEEKLY
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^ A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 12, No. 4.
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FIRST IN
NEWS AND
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Aberdeen and Southern Pines, North Carolina, December, 25, 1931.
CAR’LINA DISCOUNT
SELLS AUTOMOBILE
DEPT. TO C. L T.
Home of Carolina Discount Corporation
Local Corporation To Ccucen-
trate on Increasing Business
on other Lines
C I. T. BRANCH HERE
The Carolina Discount Corporation
of Aberdeen closed negotiations this
week for the sale of its automobile
financing department to the C. I. T.
Corporation of New York. Cai’olina
Discount Corporation will continue its
rapidly growing business of dis
counting paper other than automobile, i
and the C. I. T. will maintain a per-|
manent branch office in the Carolina:
Discount building to handle the au
tomobile paper.
The C. I. T. Corporation is one of
the two largest automobile financing
companies in America, doing a na
tional and international business. In
the Carolinas it maintains branch of
fices in Greensboro, Raleigh, Ashe
ville, Charlotte, Hickory, Columbia,
Greenville and Florence, to which willj
row be added Aberdeen. |
It is understood that the staff of j
the automobile department of the
Carolina Discount Cotporatioin will
be retained by the C. I. T., and that
no change will be made in the per
sonnel of the department to be con
tinued under Carolina Discount man
agement.
Chalmers Clifton Second American
to Conduct the Boston Symphony
ROBINSON BUYS
LARGE ACREAGE ON
ROCKFISH CREEK
FIVE CENTS
Adds To Holdin$;s by Acquisi
tion of 100 Acres Adjoining;
Callery Estate
W.T.Huntley ed Tax
Collector of Cob^ .y upon
Resignation of J.D.McLean
Aberdeen City Clerk Elected by Commissioners.—Board Peti
tions Congress for .Moratorium on Land Bank Loans
To Aid Farmers
PLANS NATURAL PARK
ASK VOLUNTARY SALARY CUTS
Distinguished Southern Conduce-
lor. Guest at Highland Pines
Inn, Has Had Notable Career
Rufus Beck Resumes
Highway Patrol Duties
Takes Charge of Headquarters
at Morganton on Reinstate
ment by Capt. Farmer
Following lifting of his suspension
by Captain Charles 1). Farmer, R. H.,
Beck, of Marion, again (ionned a lieu
tenant’s uniform and resumed his post^
with the North Carolina Highway Pa- j
trol after being relieved of active!
duty for a month because of minor
law violations which he ^;ommitted in.
Rutherfordton Armistice Day. |
Lieutenant Becks reinstatement j
w as the aftermath of an airing of i
his case before the Highway Commis
sion recently, at which time Captain
Farmer was authorized to talk the
matter over with the suspended offi
cer and decide if he could be I'eturned
to the force without injuring the mo
rale of the patrol or adversely affect
ing the public’s attitude toward it.
As before, he will be in charge of
the Highway Patrol in twenty west
ern counties, with headquarters at
Morganton.
Regarded as a yaluable member of
the patrol. Beck’s friends rallied to his
'£iid and literally hundred.s of requests
for his reinstatement poured into the
offices of the Highway Commission.
The commission took the attitude
that he has been punished enough and
v;as genuinely penitent for his mis-1
deeds. » |
After his conference with the sus-1
pended officer. Captain Farmer felt |
that Beck could satisfactorily be giv
en another chance on the patrol.
FOOD MATINEE PROVES A
SUC(-ES.S FOR THE HUNGRY
Charlie Picquet’s Food Matinee at
the Carolina Theatre in Southern
Pines Tuesday afternoon, donated
for the benefit of the Unemployment
and Relief Fund, proved to be a suc
cess from the viewpoint of those
who will share in the division of the
grocei-ies.
About 300 attended the perform
ance of “The Big Parade,” and food
valued at $100 was turned over to
the Relief Committee to be divided
among the proper organi7;ations in
Pinehurst, Southern Pines and Aber
deen for distribution to the needy.
MORELL TO TELL SOCIETY
STORY OF THE HOLLY TREE
The Women’s Society of the
Church of Wide Fellow'h’p will meet
on Thursday, December 31at at 3:00
p. m. in the church. E. E. Morell,
landscape artist, will speak on "The
Story of the Holly Tree.”
Invariably the Winter season brings
to the Sandhills resort personages
famed in the arts, in music, in liter
ature and in the professions, said
The Charlotte Observer on Wednes
day. Most of these could not escape
being heralded abroad, even if they
wanted to keep quiet, but among them
i> an occasional celebrity who suc
ceeds in herding among the common
folks until his identity is discovered
by the newspaper man who carries
his nose for news around with him.
So it happened, that an Obesrver
representative ran across Chalmers
Clifton, who with Mrs. Clifton, has
been abiding almost unrecognized
pmong the guests of the Highland
Pines Inn, at Southern Pines, so far
with escape from the “interviewer.”
Conductor Clifton, as he is known in
the musical worW, represents the dis
tinguished in Southern Musical tal
ent. The extent to which he has gain-,
e(i fame is indicated in a circum-
t lance of high merit. He is to conduct
the Boston Symphony Orchestra in
three concerts—at Sanders Theater,
('ambridgo, on the evening of January
1-lth; and at Symphony Hall, in Bos
ton, on .lanuary ir)th and Ifith, in reg
ular subscription series. This is an
h( nor—that of conducting concerts in
the regular series of the,Boston Sym
phony Orchestra—which has been con
ferred upon but one other musican of
.American birth, !Mr. Clifton, being
not only American, but Southern-
l.oi’n, ./ackson, Miss., the place of his
nativity.
Conducted in Paris
This distinguished Southei’n con-
cuUor was graduated from the Ar
tist’s Department of the Cincinnati
Conservatory of Music, at the age of
19, after which he went to Harvard,
wheie he took his degree, “summa
cum laude,” in 1912, and it was there
he won the P’rederic Sheldon Travel
ing Fellowship, which gave him two
>ears study in France and Russia. Mr.
Clifton was conductor of the Musi
cal .■\rt Society of Boston for several
seasons and was conductor of a-series
of festivals and pageants up to 1917,
when he laid down the baton to take
up the gun, having served as first
lieutenant in the Intelligence Service
()f the A. E. F. until the close of the
war. Before he returned to the Unit-
e(i States he conducted the Paris Con-
sei vatoire Orchestra in a program of
-American compositions which created
much interest in Paris in American
music.
During the season of 1920-21, Mr.
Clifton conducted opera in the San
Cai'lo Opera Company and the Italian
Lyric Federation, and was/the musi
cal director of the Plymouth Ter
centenary Pageant at Plymouth,
Mass. in 1921. Since that time lie has
appeared as guest conductor of the
Cincinnati, Baltimore and Minneapo
lis Symphony Orchestra. In 1922 Mr.
Clifton was. appointed Musical Direc
tor of the American Orchestral So
ciety, Mrs. E. H. Ilarrisan, president,
since which time he has given eight
seasons of concerts in New York.
Mr. Clifton is interested in all
phases of musical development in
-America and is active on the advis
ory committer of the society for the
Publication of American Music, the
American Section of the Internation
al Society fftr Contemporary Music,
and of the League of Composers; is
a member of the board of directors
of the Edward MacDowell Associa
tion, a member of the Visiting Com
mittee of t*e Department of Music
at Harvard University, and of the
Examining committee of the Ameri
can Academy in Rome.
A Child and a Dog
Young.ster and Pet Whisked
from Tracks To Safety as
Train Approaches
Mrs. How'ard Butler and Miss
Helen Butler were coming from
Pinehurst on the double road last
Friday. As they entered Southern
Pines they noticed on'the railroad
track opposite the Grout home a
two-year old baby with a dog. Up
the track they saw the morning
train bound north, and stopping
their car they hurried down over
the bank and grabbed the child and
had it off on the side of the road
jis the engine whizzed by.
The child could not tell where it
belonged, but it insisted that “dog
gie go" when it was picked up and
carried away. The rescue expedi
tion brought the baby and the dog
down town and hunted for a line
on its identity. Mary Cameron rec
ognized child and dog, and they
were taken to the Standard Fill
ing Station in Southern Pines to
the father who was surprised to
see his baby in strange hands, but
delighted when the story was told
to know that nothing worse had
happened. The .'ather was Ed Mc-
Gaffney. The family lives up on
the hill near Maine avenue and
Highway No. .50.
$1,393.26 RAISED
IN COUNTY’S RED
CROSS ROLL CALL
.Mrs. Suttenfield, Chairman, Ex
presses -\ppreqiation for Splen
did Support of Great Cause
795 ANNUAL MEMBERS
.4 total of .$1,393.20 was raised in
Moore county in the fiOth Anniversary
Roll Call of the American Red Cross,
according to the report of Mrs. J. H.
Suttenfield of Pinebluff, Roll Call
chairman for the county. In submitt
ing her report Mrs. Suttenfield ex
pressed the appreciation of herself
and the officers of the Moore County
chapter for the splendid work done
by the Roll Call helpers throughout
the county, and all those who con
tributed to the cause, and she felt
I that considering the times Moore
county had done, its part lobly.
The report shows the amount re
ceived in money in the different towns
■ of the county from the various classes
I of Red Cross memberships and from
j donations. Pinehurst led in total funds
r?.ised with followed by
Southern Pines with $378.00. Next in
order came Aberdeen $140.30; Pine-
bluff, $87.00; Carthage, $04.00; Eagle
Springs, $45.00; Cameron, .'f21.r)0;
West P]nd, $18.00; Niagara. $10.00;
I Lakeview, $15.00; Vass, $13.75; Hemp,
j .$12.00; Addor, $7.00; 3'anly, $3.00.
The report show's 795 annual mem
bers, 25 contributing, members, sev
en sustaining members, four support-
Francis H. Robinson has concluded
the purchase of a hundred acres of
land from the Hamp Gould property
on Rockfish Creek, adjoining the
Callery lands and extending down the
creek to the Fort Bragg property
line. This gives Mr. Robinson about
500 acres in the Rockfish neighbor
hood, the southern limit reaching
well out toward the road from Aber-
(iten to Fayetteville, and covering
murh of the hill and valley country
around the McNeill properties to the
Fort Bragg line, and to the hill coun
try east of the Bethesda road. Mr.
Robinson has made an interesting
home on the edge of the Southern
Pines Country Club, not far from The
Ark and the Grover home. He has also
bought four or five hundred acres
over near Knoll wood.
Mr. Robinson is much interested in
the Sandhills, which is evidenced by
the acreage he is securing. His inter
est goes not merely in coming into
possession of the territory but like
wise in the attitude he holds toward
the land and its ownership. He is plan
ning a continued system of natural
development, allowing the trees to
follow their own j)lans of coverage
and of growth, with the ancient roads
as an access to any part of his hold
ings. He recognizes the w'isdom of the
old settlers in picking locajjons for
their roads, and for their buildings
and for their iriends and their indus
tries. The roads of a long time ago
will be continued, not particularly any
more for neighboi'hood traffic, for
ll'.at is pretty well ended. But the in
finite charm of a ride or drive along
the valleys of the streams on the
property or over the ridge between
Rockfish and Aberdeen in hardly sur
passed by anything in the Sandhills.
The knobs between the Bethesda road
and the old Leavitt road are among
the loftiest and the most rugged of
the entire hill country bordering the
Piedmont. That gives the valleys a
picturesque effect that holds the lover
ol rural landscape.
Natural Park
Mr. Robinson does not propose to
make any notable changes in the foi'-
cstry or the landscape of the area
he now holds. He will undertake to
hold to the harmony of the plans that
have centered about, Weymouth, and
w.Mch are pushiiK farther out toward
the Fort Bragg line all the time with
the ultimate idea of a natural park
of several thousand acres for the fu
ture pleasure of the people who will
be fortunate enough to live in this
country.
(Jradually, but none'the less steadi
ly , the lands between Soutliern Pines
and the military reservation, are
falling into the bands of persons who
are working for that one aim of a
big play ground and pleasant rural
retreat, until now but few pieces re
main and those of small acreage. A
feature of this section is that none of
it is acquired as a speculative ven
ture, but jiractically all of it is taken
because of the long time prospect of
> growing into something that will be
I attractive and wholesome in its ulti-
I mate aims, .\long the entire Fort
' Bragg western line very little land of
any magnitude remains in Moore
county that may be obtained by the
man who might want to enter the at
tractive region.
At a recent meeting of the Board i board forward to our Representatives
of Commissioners of Moore countyjand Senators in Congress the follow-
held on Monday with all members ing resolution:
piesent, W. T. Huntley of Aberdeen i -Ask Farm .Moratorium
was eleceted county tax collector for] “Resolved, that the Board., of
the tax year 1931 ending October 1,, County Commissioners petition the
1932, at a salary of $150 per month.: United States Senators and Represen-
Mr. Huntley was elected by a ma-j tatives in Congress from North Car-
jority vote on the fourth ballot which, olina to use their influence in secur-
was made unanimous on the fifth bal-! ing appropriate legislation providing
lot, provided: “This election is to be-ja moratorium for two years on all
come effective upon the said W. T.'Federal and Joint Stock Land Bank
'Huntley’s filing a surety bond in the loans, to enable farmers to save their
sum of $50,000, duly approved by the j farms and not lose them by foreclos-
Board of Commissioners, and it is,ure.”
further ordered that tax collector use! The members of the Board unan-
the Bank of Pinehurst as depository.”! imously carried a motion that they
J. I). .McLean tendered his resigna-i voluntarily take a cut of 10 per cent
tion as tax collector lor the county,' in the per diem salary beginning Jan-
5nd the resignation was accepted by uary 1, 1932. They also voted to re-
the board. ; (luest the judge of the Recorder’s
W. T. Huntley is at present city f’ourt, the solicitor of the Recorder’s
clerk of Aberdeen. He has resided, Court, and the deputy sheriffs to vol-
here for some 15 years, during much' uiitarily submit to a reduction in sal-
of the period in the employ of the ary of 10 per cent and the sheriff to
Seaboard Air Line Railroad. He be- a reduction of 5 per cent. “The com-
came city clerk about a year ago^iissioners felt that this will be more
upon the resignation of Hardin Gun- in line with the present status of
ter. Mayor Henry Blue of -A.berdeen' ether business affairs, the other of-
said yesterday that Mr. Huntley’s , ficers of the county having taken a
.'Uccessor as clerk would be named reduction from 10 to 40 per cent,”
ly the town board as soon as his res- the minutes’ record,
ignation had been receTved and acted The Boar 1 voted to allow the town
upon. I of Hemp $25 per month on a special
The county board ordered that the olficer’s salary from January 1, 1932
Ui29 tax sale certificates be turned 1 to July 1, 1933," j.rovided this order
over to the county attorney for col-1 shall be effective only for such
lection and said attorney is to fore-. months during said period that ^uch
close same if necessary to make such | ftfficer is a duly qualified and active
collcction. I deputy sheriff appointed by the sher-
Upon petition of tax payers ot the {iff of Moore county and having fil-
eounty and on motion duly carried, it, <‘d a lond duly approved by the sher-
•.vas ordered that the clerk of thejitl of Moore i.ounty.”
Santa Claus To Visit
Needy of the Sandhills
2.87.‘» Benefited by
County Dental Clinic
All Charity Organizations Busy Dr. Pigford Completes Work
Distributing Food and Cloth- .Made Possible by Generosity of
ing Throughout Section .Mrs. F. T. Keating
(Please turn to page 8)
MAILED EARLY
On account of Christmas falling
on Friday, this week’s issue of
The Pilot is mailed on Wednesday
night, which accounts for much of
the usual correspondence being
left out.
ABERDEEN WAUEHOISE CORP. |
DECLARES 6% DIVIDEND'
At a meeting of directors of the
Aberdeen Warehouse Corporation heid
Monday of this week a six per cent
6ash dividend was declared, payable
on stock of recor<l December 21st,
1931. /
The Aberdeen Warehouse Corpora
tion owns the tobacco warehouse here
occupied this season by Edwards,
Lewis and Williams of Mullins, S. C.
The warehouse was also used during
the last peach season for packing
peaches. It is owned by a number of
residents of Aberdeen.
Christinas is upon us, and never has
the s|)irit of “It is more blessed to
give than to receive” been more i>ro-
nounced in the Sandhills than this
year. A1 charity organizations re
port large donations of money, food
and clothing, and workers have al
ready started their toil of love in the
distribution of the contributions to
the poor and needy.
Ill .A.berdcen the store in the Ho
tel building given over to the Gopd
Fellows Club for the collection of
food and clothing was almost stacked
to the ceiling Wednesday, and more
gifts comins> in every hour. The Good
Fellows, aided by church, school and
other local organizations, have a
long list of deserving folks for these
articles and will see that no family
in need goes without on Christmas
day.
The Sandhill Brotherhood and Lad
ies’ Class of the Community Church
in Pinehurst have collected quantities
of clothing and food for the many on
their list, and the Rev. Mr. Cheatham
is taking care of many of those who
have been the recipients of his char
ily over a long period of years.
The Civic Club has been aided by
all other civic and religious organ
izations in Southern Pines in assem
bling a large collection of food and
clothing there, and the store ir. the
Barnum building, headquarters for
Santa Claus, has been a scene of ac
tivity all week preparatory to the dis
tribution in that neighborhood. Re
ports from Carthage are to the effect
tl'.at the needy families of that end
of the county will be made happy on
Christmas day by the large collec
tions made in that quarter.
Funds raised by the Kiw’anis Club
through donations and benefit shows
l>ut on through the generosity of
Charles W. Picquet of the Carolina
Theatres have been turned over to the
organizations in charge in each of
the Sandhills towns to aid in the pur-
c’ase of such articles as are found
wanting when the Christmas baskets
are all packed.
The dental clinic carried on dur
ing 1931, which is now brought to a
close for the year has afforded re
lief to 2,ST3 chiltlien so far this
year, 2,380 white and 493 colored. The
work started with Dr. Guy E. Pigford
at Cameron on the lirst week of the
>ear. In three weeks Dr. Pigford han
dled 207 children at Cameron. In the
succeeding five weeks he treated 293
at Hemp and Needham’s Grove, mov
ing February 28 to Cedar HilH There
and at -\corn Hidge, Moody, Zion and
Putnam he relieved 214 cases. The bal
ance of .March accounted for 170 chil-
(hen at Plank Road, Putnam, Rock
Hill, Dover anil Brown’s Chapel.
On .^pril 4 Dr. Pigford went to
Glendon and High Falls, caring there
lor 128 children. Thence to Caro
lina Bi^le School,* Ingram Branch,
Jackson Springs and Carthage in
.April, caring for 282. In May 100
were handled at Carthage, September
opened at East Philadelphia, and
there. West Philadelphia, Putniim and
Eagle Sjirings 154 children were car
ed for. In the latter part of Septem
ber and through October 412 chil-
rren were handled at \’ass, Lakev’iew
ar.d Pinehurst, with 194 at .\berdeen,
Pinebluff and Pinehurst during No
vember. The work continued in Car
thage and Aberdeen in December, the
total up to the close of the report be
ing 102, a total of white children for
the county of 2,380.
The colored children were cared for
by Dr. L. C. Holliday, a colored den
tist from Fayetteville, a man of ex-
ctptional ability who did good w'ork
lor his 500 patients. The reports that
come from the work tell that it was
much needed, and that the children
of the county are now in infinitely
better condition than before the work
was done.
I The outlay was above $2,000, of
which Mrs Francis Keating of Pine
hurst contributed materially above
two-thirds of the cost, the public
treasury supplying the remainder.