MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 14, o. 7.
THAOE
SPftlNOS
LAKEVIEW
MAHUKY
SPRIMOd
PlliCS
PILOT
FIRST IN NEWS,
CIRCULATION &
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Southern. Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, January 12, 1934.
FIVE CENTS
MUCH INTEREST
IN HUNTER TRIALS
HERE MARCH 23
Horses From Some of Country’s
Leading Stables Expected for
First Annual Event
SUITABLE COURSE SOUGHT
Prospects are bright for the first
annual Hunter Trials to be held in
Southern Pines on March 23d. Much
interest has been created by the an
nouncement of this horse event here
and already a large number of own
ers of hunters both in this section
and from more distant points have
announced thalt they would make en
tries.
The committee in chavge of the
•vent, headed by Nelson C. Hyde and
Noel Laing, the latter prominent in
hunting )and steeplechasing circles,
has been looking over the country
hereabouts during the past v^reek for
a suitable course for the hunter trials.
The aim is to lay out a course of ap
proximately two miles with a variety
of jumps of the type horses are re-
■quired to negotiate in the south. The
course which appears thus far to
best meet the requirements is one
over natural counti-y in the vicinity of
The Paddock, but the committee plans
to thoroly comb the neighborhood be
fore it definitely decides on the lo
cation.
Mr. Laing spent two days in Cam
den, S. C. this week in an endeavor
'to interest some of the horse owners
there to enter hunters in the March
23d event here. He believes that
horses will be here both from Cam
den and Aiken, among them entries
from some of the country’s leading
stables. Many of tJie best hunters in
the country ^vin^ter in North and South
Carolina and th'ere is every likelihood
that the Sandhills will have an oppor
tunity to see many of them in ac
tion. Laing is also on the look-out for
suitable judges for the event here,
l^oral Horsemen Enthusiastic
Many of the horses which hunt in
Pinehurst and Southern Pine.c during
the winter season will be among the
entries in the hunter trials, local own
ers having already informed the com
mittee of their enthusiasm over the
forthcoming event. Some local horses
are to be shown in the trials at Cam-
<len on February 21st, among them en
tries from the stables of Ernest I.
White. Mr. White won fjrst and sec
ond at Camden last year in the light
weight hunter class,with his Double
time and Allure, respectively. In fact
Do"*>letime, now stabled at The Pad
dock, has won the lightweight event
at Camden for the past two years.
Steeplechase races will follow the
hunter trials at Camden the follow
ing day, and Noel Laing expects to
ride Mrs. T. H. Somerville’s famous
Trouble Maker, which he rodle to
victory two years ago in the Mary
land Hunt Cup and took to England
last year for the Grand National, in
one of the races. He will probably
have other mounts in other races
there.
It is the plan to make the Southern
Pines hunter trials an annual event
of importance in the Sandhills, and
every effort is being put forth to
have the initial meet this March a
great success. "
Things Changed Since C. T. Patch
Started Business Here 37 Years Ago
Successful Mercantile Establish
ment Is Celebrating Birth
day This Week
By Bion H. Butler
Thirty-eight years ago C. T. Patch
and wi^e alighted from a Seaboard
train at Southern Pines, and under the
shadows of night caught their first
glimpse of the Sandhills as condi
tions were in that primitive period.
Mrs. Patch was not impressed with
the white sand, and the crudeness of
the surroundings, but Mr. Patch re
minded her that as they had some ex
perience in the sandy region of New
Jersey this would not be wholly a
strange land. But moi'« convincing
was the soft night air and the odor of
the pines that were then abundant on
all sides.
They found a place to stay, and in
a short time Mr. Patch was active in
a store he opened in the Tarbell build
ing which stood about where Hayes
carries on his book store. Hayes was
then down the street about where
W'int ham’s office is, and a few oth
ers were scattered here and there up
and down the street, but not many
who are here now. Grout, Ruggles,
Chandler, Sugg, Hayes and Patch are
about the list of those who wei’e in the
game at that time. Junge & Beck,
and P. R. Stebbins, of Pennsylvania,
came down with the old timers, and
Mr. .Junge is still in Southern Pines,
but has not had an active finger in
business in many years. Dr. Swett
r.vas he^e and prominent, and hi^
children live here now, but he has
long passed from the scene.
Mr. Patch wandered about the town
next day, what there was of it, look
ing it over. In a buggy he took his
wife through the sand-drowned roads,
and landed at Pad Kelly’s meat mar
ket near where the postoffice is now.
There they wanted a drink, largely
because they saw a contrivance to
make milk-shakes. This was done by
putting milk in a tumbler and the
tumbler into the machine which pump
ed it violently up and down and made
it soft and foamy and Patch says he
doesn’t know whether it was good
or not, but it was a novelty.
Pigs is Pigs
He secured a place to live, and the
house was one that stood Up from
the ground on posts. During the day
the hogs roamed the streets and at
night they came to stay under the
house, which was not to the joy of
sleepers in the room above. Plum
Irees grew about the yard and around
the town and the hogs favored plums
as an article of diet. A few vigorous
razorbacks chewing earnestly on
plums and plum seeds is a monoton-
oue note. One night Patch tired of the
persistent noises and he went out in
the moonlight with his rifle. He saw
a long, thin, loose-geared rooter start
c'own the road toward Jimtown and
laised the gun. But about the time
he was ready to fire his wife pulled
his arm and the bullet went into the
air and the pig was saved to root
Code Complaints
N. R. A. Compliance Bo:»rd to
Hear Any Reports of
Violations Jan. 23
The N. R. A. Compliance Board
for Southern Pines has been duly
organized and John C. Barren is
chairman. The committee will me> t
on Tuesday evening, January 23rd
at the office of the city ;lerk to
hear complaints for any violations
of the code. Forms for filing
claims can be secured from the
The names of those filing the com-
postmaster and must be in writing,
plaints are treated in strici confi
dence, and should be file<i with the
chairman or Howard F. Burns, sec
retary.
E.C. STEVENS NEW
UBRARYHEADIN
SOUTHERN PINES
A
Elected President of Board at
Annual Meeting to Succeed
A. B. Yeomans
LIBRARY BUSY DURING 1933
STATE HIGHWAY
ENGINEERS SURVEY
2 PROJECTS HERE
Commissioner Hardison Ex
presses Hope For U. S. No. 1
Connection and New Bridge
j At the annual meeting of th«
I Southern Pines Library Association
I E. C. Stevens was unanimously elect-
j >ed president for the forthcoming
year. Other officers elected were:
[First Vice-President, Struthers Burt;
j Second Vice-President, Miss Mary
; ikhwarberg; Third Vice President,
I Dr, E. M. Poate; Treasurer, Mrs. J.
I K. Walker; Secretary, George P.
Hardison. -
I Trustees elected were A. B, Yeo-
j mans, retiring president, Alniet Jenks,
I Flank Webster, Hiram Westbrook,
: Richard Wilson, Miss Anna B.
I Jenks, Mrs. James Boyd, Mrs. Jane
I Towne, Mrs. James Swett, Mrs. H.
j E. Throwei, Mrs. Struthers Burt and
1 Mrs. M. A. Hayes.
It was generally conceded that the
year 1933 was a very successful one,
not Ironi a financial standpoint but
for the services rendered the com
munity. It is regretted that the list
ol now books bought during the past
12 months was not as large as the
library would like to have made it,
due to insufficient funds. The Li
brary Association hopes for greater
Much Action
on Carter s Against
County Reliei i>istribution
Want a Farm?
Those Desiring Land or Farm
Labor Should Register at
Reemployment Office
James A. Davis, manager of
Moore County Re-employment of
fice, announced this week that his
office is now ready to register land
lords and farmers who are in need
of farm labor of any kind. I.ike-
wise, families desiring to rent a
farm and unemployed fai'm lab(»'
are urged to register.
Families who left farms for
work in towns or factories and are
now interested in going back to
the farm are urged, Mr. Davis s-?id,
to register and give the Govern
ment a change to help them find
the kind of employment they prt -
I'er. There may be some families
api)lying for farm placement who
do not have enough food and cloth
ing to “run"' them until the crop
is made. Under ccrtain conditions,
provision will be made to extend
help to such families, he said.
Lack of Cooperatioin Between
Relief and Employment Of
fices Among Complaints
INVESTIGATION INVITED
State' Highway engi (,’ers have
been in Southern Pines during the
past week making surveys for two
projects which the Chamber of Com-
, , I- J cooperation m the conimg year that
merce has been recommendmg and I , , , , ^ o' ■
, . , . • . Its list of new hooks may be increas-
seekmg for some tmie: | j' •
1. An optional Route 1 via under-
pass or overhead bridge leading from | Library Had Busy ^ ear
the main highway near Manly across 1 The report of the librarian, Mrs.
or under the Seaboard tracks near j Fisher, revealed the wide extent the
l-ovejoy’s log cabin and connecting | library was used during the past year,
with the northern end of West Broad | The attendance was 7,160, the circu-
street. Purpose: to divert southbound i lation of books, 10,069, with more
traffic through the business section > than 2,000 books circulated free for
K. D. TROUSDELL
BUYS WEYMOUTH
HGTS. RESIDENCE
of the city.
2. New bridge over the Seaboard
the use of school children. One hun-
c.red and thirty-eight new books'were
tracks at the southern end of town | pruchased during the year, and 67
providing separate lanes for pedes- ' conducted.
trian traffic. Purpose: to make the | Special attention is called to the
bridge safe for children enroute to fibres which represent the coopera-
and from school. '
James Hardison of 'Wadesboro,
member of the State Highway Com
mission, was also here this week and
in conversation with Fi'ank Buchan
held out hopes that both these pro
jects would be approved for con
struction in the near future.
Asks Expedition of
Pinehurst Postoffice
LEGION POST OPTIMItsiIC
OVER CHANCES FOR HOUSE
Sandhill Post No. 134 of the
American Legion met in semi-monthly
session at the Scout Hall, Southern
Pines on Wednesday evening. A re
port was heard from the committee
having the proposed Legion hut in
charge. Unofficial assurance has been
given that the CWA has approved the
project but as yet it has not been of
ficially announced from the Raleigh
headquarters.
The dance committee reported a
fair sum raised from the recent
dance held at the Country Club. A
resolution was drafted approving the
four-point Legion program for 1934,
a copy of the resolution to be for
warded to congressmen from this dis
trict. The post voted a letter of con
gratulation to Jim Caldwell, State
Adjutant, who w»s rweiilly married.
(Continued on Page 7)
Jack M. Taylor Weds
On New Year’s Day
Head of Taylor Chemical Com
pany in Aberdeen and Miss
Queen Married in Georgia
The marriage of Miss Ulma Queen
of Fort Valley and Atlanta, Georgia
and Jack M. Taylor of Aberdeen was
quietly solemnized on Monday after
noon, January 1, at 2 o’clock, at the
home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. 0. Queen, in Fort Valley.
The Rev. M. D. Reed, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Fort Valley,
performed the ceremony in the pres
ence of a gathering of relatives and
intimate friends.
The bride entered with her father,
who gave her in marriage. They were
met at the altar by the groom attend
ed by his brother, L. C. Taylor, of
Macon, as best man.
Following an informal reception the
young couple left by motor for K
brief wedding trip and are now at
home in Aberdeen, where the groom
is head of the Taylor Chemical Com
pany. He is a mepiber of the Kiwan-
is Club here.
Congressman Lambeth Wants
Action on Two Buildings in
His District
The supervising architect of the
Treasury Department has already
taken steps toward erection of the
two new postoffice buildings in the
eighth district, the only one in North
Carolina fortunate enough to have
two postoffices authorized by the pub
lic works administration reads a re
port from 'Washington.
The government already owns a
site in North Wilkesboro, where one
of the new buildings is to be con
structed. The plans for this building
have been completed, and the super
vising architect will advertise, for
bids soon.
Proposals have been submitted for
a site at Pinehurst, where the other
buildings will be erected. The inspec
tion given by the library to the pub
lic school during 1933. This service
was begun during 1932, but was de
cidedly increased during the past
.year. For instance, last spring the
(^rustees voted that any school pupil
who had a vacation membei’ship
could obtain books without paying
the regular 5c fee. The figures for the
four summer months shows that in
this way 900 books were circulated.
This service was greatly appreciated
by the children. Because of this free
service the library has a re-binding
bill which will amount to $50.00. But
also on this account, the CWA is pro
viding a worker for repairing books
which are much worn but not yet
ready for re-binding.
Citizens Bank Elects
Three New Directors
C. T. Patch, R. L. Hart and R. L.
Chandler on Board Chos
en Tuesday
Three new directors were elected
to the board of the Citizens Bank
& Trust Company of Southern Pines
at the annual meeting of stockhold
ers held on Tuesday in the bank’s
quarters. They are C. T. Patch, a
tor who visited Pinehurst will make j former member of the board but who
his report soon. As soon as the site had not served during the past year;
has been purchased, the plans for the | Robert L. Hart, proprietor of the
new building will be drafted in the Broad Street Pharmacy, and R. L.
Former Tiers House on Indiana
Ave. and Highland Road
Sold by Welch
Since the publication last week of
the letter of William V. Carter of
Carthage, former assistant director
of relief in Moore county, in which
he charged Miss Elizabeth H«(ad,
present relief head, with incompetence,
much discussion has been heard but
little action taken with a view to any
changes in the distribution of jobs
and relief in this section. There have
been a few informal meeting of cit
izens in various parts of the county,
and a number of plans advanced for
changeb in system and personnel,
but nothing definite has come out of
it all.
One complaint was filed with U. S.
Commissioner J. P. Thompson dur
ing the week, according to a report
from Elizabeth City. Mr. Thompson
received a letter from Aberdeen ask
ing “if there is any wi»y you can
have an investigation at Aberdeen,
Moore county. Most all of the people
employed here are from South Caro
lina and the people who live here in
the county can’t get any work at all.”
The letter charged that two and three
memberi of the same family were
given employment while other fami
lies were without job.s.
L^pon learning of this complaint
Mrs. Thomas O’Berry, State CWA
.Administrator, made the following
statement:
“We understand a complaint was
made that ‘most of the people em
ployed’ in Moore county are ‘fron
I South Carolina and the people who
Swift on the heels of the important ; live in the county can't get work at
real estate transactions in Pinehurst all.’
and Knollwood conies the report this
week of the sale of one of the largest
lesidences in Southern Pines. Ken
neth D. Trousdell of New York has
acquired the Tiers house on Indiana
“Immediately upon reading this
report in the newspapers—it was not
made directly to this office and there-
frre investigations were delayed—we
ailed the Moore county CWA admin-
avenue, opposite the Highland Pines ] istiator and asked for an explanation.
Inn, from Frank Welch, and has al-1 ‘<\Ve vipre told that there was one
ready started remodeling the house. | person, a clerical helper, assisting the
This residence was built in 1916 di.'-bursing officer in ti’e county. This
by T. S. Burgess for 'VV. T. Tiers. It j clerical helper had had specific ex-
is a white Colonial type house cover- perience in a South Carolina CWA
ing considerable ground at the corner | office an,] the Moore county admin-
')f Highland Road and Indiana avenue, | jstrator asked her help in making the
Weymouth Heights. It commands an Uptup for the disbursing office there,
expansive view of the Country Club ! T^is clerical helper, however, was not
golf cour.ses and surrounding country, j imported from South Carolina. She
.At various times during the past, j was residing in Moore county at the
the building has been used by the , time she was employed and her em
ployment, for three days each week, is
temporary. So far as could be learn
ed, she was the only South Carolin
ian on the CW'A pay roll there.”
Sifting Accusations
In attempting to locate definite
reasons for the undercurrent of dis-
-satisfaction with relief and job dis
tribution in the county during the
past week The Pilot has found little
Highland Pines Inn as an annex,
Mr. Trousdell has been coming to
Southern Pines for several seasons.
Last winter he and his family occu
pied the F. F. Travis house on Ridge
Drive in the Country Club section and
this year they are in Mrs. Pushee’s
Cape Cod cottage in Knollwood. They
plan to make Southern Pines their
permanent winter residence.
This is the third large real estate definite evidence. The complaints seem
transaction here within the past few I to boil down to these:
week, last week’s Pilot reporting the , 1. Lack of cooperation between the
-sale of the Olmsted-.Austin house in | relief office, headed by Miss Head,
Knollwood to Millard F. Tompkins of and the re-employment office, headed
New York and the Bausher house, | by James A. Davis of Carthage,
one of the fine i^esidences of Pine- j 2. Some feeling of favoritism in
hurst, to Eberhard Faber of New ; the dispensing of jobs by the re-f.m-
York. I ployment office.
I 3. The fact that Miss Head is ‘‘an
Kiwanis Hears Burt > outsider’ and not sufficiently famil-
f« J* ^¥7*1 wT ^ with local conditions.
Tell of Wild West: 4. -it', . j„b,
supervising architect’s office.
Representative Walter Lambeth of
the Eighth district has asked that
work be expedited. The post offices
in both places are now in leased quar
ters, which have been reported by
postoffice inspectors as inadequate in
space for the mail service.
REGISTRANTS ASKED TO
REPORT ON EMPLOYMENT
All people both men and women
who registered in the National Re
employment Office prior to January
1st, are requested to return to this
office in Carthage and state whether
or not they are still actually unem
ployed. This does not mean those who
Chandler, local representative of the
Carolina Power & Light Company.
Messrs. Patch, Hart and Chandler
succeed H. O. Riggan, deceased; M.
G. Nichols and Dr. A. McN. Blai*, the
latter two having declined re-elec
tion. Directors re-elected on Tuesday
were D. G. Stutz, G. C, Abraham,
Frank Welch and Frank Buchan.
The directors will meet in the near
future and elect officers of the bank
for the fiscal year.
The Citiums Bank & Trust Com
pany has enjoyed splendid business
since the bank holiday in March. One
of the first institutions in the state
permitted to reopen after the holi
day, its deposits have steadily increas
ed since then and its current state-
Author and Rancher Addresses
Club at Weekly Meeting
in Highland Lodge
are at present employed on either
PWA, CWA or in private employment went reflects a most healthy and li
since their original registrations. Quid condition.
Struthers Burt told wild western
stories as were wild western stories
at the weekly meeting of the Kiwanis
Club held Wednesday at Highland
1 Lodge in Southern Pines. Most of them
j experiences of his own and his neigh-
I bors in the Jackson Hole country of
Wyoming, where Mr. Burt has his
ranch. He also told what the CCC was
doing to the lower East Side and
Brook’yn boys sent out chere for for
estry work, and how amusing it was
.to see them in the wide open spaces
far from the sidewalks of New York
when they first arrived, but how soon
they were calling each other “How-
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man’s.”
5. Too much money spent for ad
ministration.
Some suggestions have been made
along the line of co-ordinating the
two offices under one head, that head
to be a man in whom all citizens of
the county have implicit confidence
I and one familiar with -county condi
tions. Another plan, reported favored
j by thf County School Board and some
'ntembers of the County Board of
[ Commissioners, is the appointment of
a full-time welfare officer for the
! county and the placing of reUef and
! employment matters under that of
ficer.
I As for any suggestions of misman
agement in the two offices in Car
thage, both Miss Head and Mr. Dst-
is have invited a thorough investiga
tion of their office, books, reports,
correspondence, etc.