MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
THE
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 15. NO. 21.
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Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, April 20, 1934.
FIVE CENTS
CROP LIEN FEE
HOLD-UP DENIED
BY HARRINGTON
George R. Ross to Head Rural
' Rehabilitation Program in N. C.
Register of Deeds Brands as
False Report He Demands
Farmers Pay in Advance
POLITICAL PLOT HE SAYS
What has been to date as quiet a
political campaign in Moore county
as any in some years developed into
something else again this week, with
Register of Deeds W. J. Harrington
the target of hostile rumors. The
story, circulated about Carthage for Emergency Relief Administration
Moore County Citizen Resigns i
F'rom State Farms to Ac- !
cept Important Post I
George R. Ross of Jackson Springs |
last Saturday was placed in charge
of the North Carolina Emergency Re-1
lief Administration’s program of re-1
j habilitating destitute persons in rur-:
I al communities. |
j The program, a far-reaching sue-1
cessor for CWA, will be launched im
mediately. Appointment of Mr. Ross
wa.s announced by Mrs. Thomas
O’Berry, State director of the Federal
several days, comes to this part of
the county through a signed state
ment received by The Pilot from Mr.
Harrington. It says:
“I understand that a report is be
ing circulated from the Seed Loan
Office in the Courthouse in Carthage
that the Register of Deeds has re
fused to record the 1934 Crop Liens
for the farmers unless the farmers
pay the recording fees in advance.
This statement is false and both C.
C. Culbreth, manager, and M. G. Dal-
rymple, assistant know it is false.
"Because of the fact that the Seed
To accept the new post, Mr. Ross
resigned as director of State-owned
farms with the State Highway and
Public Works department. Chairman
E.* B. Jeffress of that department
said that the post would not be filled
as Mr. Ross left the State farms in
such good shape that district super
intendents would be able to carry on
his program. «
Plans for the rural rehabilitation
project were laid at the meeting of
the State Relief Commission shortly
before the end of the civil works pro
gram, and at that time Leland H.
No. 3 on List
Sandhills in Peach Blossom
Time One of Ten Beauty
Spots of State
The Raleigh News and Observer
'ists the following sights as being
the ten most beautiful places or
things in North Carolina:
1. The State Capitol.
2. Christ Church in Raleigh.
3. The Sandhills in peach blos
som time.
4. Linville Gorge.
5. Nash street in Wilson.
6. The gardens of the Pem
broke Jones estate in Wilmington.
7. The Duke Chapel.
8. The Wright Memorial at
Kitty Hawk.
9. Red Springs Swamp.
10. The sand dunes at Nags
Head.
A. & P. LEASES
TWO STORES IN
McBRAYER BLDG.
Festival Aftermath
Consensus of Opinion Appears
to Be That Week Was Suc
cess, Future Assured
~ ^ Frank Buchan, a former member.
Rebuilding of Burned Structure ' Wednesday he
on Broad Street Calls For
Model Grocery ^
TO BE READY IN AUGUST
Spng Festival
Again in I93S,
Chamber Votes
viUd him to tell about the Spring [ pj^ectors Hear Report of Week’s
Blossom Festival and Frank had lar-1
Dr. L. B. McBrayer has started the
"Jimmy must have
Frank said.
work of rebuilding his brick block cn j
West Broad street, recently partially i
destroyed by fire. The job is in the,
hands of E. V. Perkinson and will be
known it,”
Activities, Revealing Clean
Bill of Health
PLAN NOW FOR NEXT YEAR
Sam Richardson batted for Frank
hurried along to a finish so that it Kiwanians a fine report
may be occupied about August. The
walls are in good condition and will
be used again, but aside from that the
chief construction will be of steel
from the cellar floor up. The parti
tions will be on a steel basis as well
as the floors, and roof, making a
fireproof structure as well as one of
definite solidity.
of the success of the Festival. “Our
first effort was enough to convince
me there is a great future for this
annual event in the Sandhills,” he
said. "We have a New Orleans Mardi
Gras in the making here.”
Aberdeen and Pinehurst pledged
whole hearted support for next year’s
Kitchen of Scotland Neck placed Mr.
Loan Office in Washington refused „ . ... -
Ross in nomination for the director-
to pay me the legal fees for the 1933
crop liens, I did refuse to extend credit
to the Seed Loan Office here for the
1934 crop liens and I refused to ex
tend credit to C. C. Culbreth, man
ager of the office, until the Washing
ton Office paid me for recording the
1933 liens.
"At the time I refused to extend
credit to the Seed Loan Office for
1934 crop liens, I told C. C. Cul-
ship because of his wide experience
in farming management and interest
in the farm tenantry problem.
Mr. Kitchen referred to Mr. Ross
as a man of "vision and initiative.”
The board voted unanimously to
procure his services in the event he
could obtain his release from the
Highway and Public Works Commis
sion.
Qualified for Job
Mr.'S. O'Berry, in announcing the ap
SHIRT FACTORY
MAY MOVE FROM
RALEIGH TO VASS
, ,, , J . ' Festival. "It should be a community
The lower floor will be made into . ...
, ^ - . I project: it benefits the entire section,”
two stores, one of which will be : , n, , ,
,. 1, .. ^ {Please turn to page 8)
practically the equivalent of two ot |
the old stores. This will be built to
specifications to fit the needs of the
A. & P. store, which will occupy this
part of the building, and will be one
of the most modern stores in this sec
tion of North Carolina. The fittings
and furniture will be of steel of the
latest design for store uses. The
Manufacturer Looks Site Over store will be one of the leading units
With View to Manufacture of
1200 Shirts Daily
WOULD EMPLOY FIFTY
Daniel Boone shirts. He was inspect- ing engaged already. Dr. McBrayer
bieth and M. G. Dalrymple that I
would be glad to record the liens for pointment. pa'id high tribut^ to the
the farmers if the farmers would be qualifications of Mr. Ross for the
responsible for the fees. There is undertaking. An ultimate aim of the
not a farmer in Moore county who program is to alleviate conditions of
knows me personally that will believe, f^rm tenantry that have been in ex-
this false report which in my opin- . jstence for many years, and to place
ion, was circulated against me for tenants upon farms upon which they
political purposes. I ^j^jy become self-sustaining I
“I have been engaged in farming jjut which eventually they may own.'
for more than 40 years on the same , ^r. Ro.ss is a native of Randolph' people would
farm and my interest has always county and was graduated from State ! at first and more later. “PoVCrty Flats” tO Bc
been with the farmers .and I have 1 college in agriculture in 1911. Be-! , TJttlp Finals
used my Influence in helping to reduce tween the years of 1912 and 1921 he oeople with the exception of enough xiicaLie r
of the A. and P. in the South.
The other store on the ground floor
is to be occupied by a tenant who
will make of it an equally attractive
place of business and in keeping with
BASEBALL SEASON
OPENS HERE WITH
PINEHURST GAME
First of Five Game Series To Be
Played on Southern Pines
Diamond
MATERIAL NEEDED
There is a possibility that Vass the future of the town. The second
may have a shirt factory in the near .floor will have a series of seven apart-
future, says this week’s issue of The ' ments, which may be occupied as of-
Captain. M. A. Smith of Raleigh was ' fices if desired, or for living purposes,
in Vass Friday looking the situation; These will be provided with baths
With the report of the first Spring
Blossom Festival revealing a clean
bill of health from all standpoints,
the Board of Directors of the South
ern Pines Chamber of Commerce in
session yesterday noon voted unan.
imously to make the event an annual
one, and set April 10th to 16th as
1935 Festival week.
S. B. Richardson, who with Shields
Cameron served as business manager
of the Festival this year, read the
financial report of the Spring Blos
som Festival Inc. which showed that
the week’s activities not only paid
for themselves but returned a slight
profit. The report was received with
acclaim by the 23 members of the
Chamber of Commerce present at the
meeting, and votes of thanks to
Messrs. Cameron and Richardson and
all others who devoted thei.- time and
energy to the success of the under
taking followed.
Three citizens who worked tireless
ly on various Festival activities were
added to the Chamber's board of di
rectors at the meeting, John J. Fitz
gerald. manager of the Mid-Pines
Country Club; Herbert Cameron, who
The Southern Pines Baseball Club
opens its season tomorrow, Saturday was in charge of the equestrian events
afternoon with the Pinehurst team' on Sports Day, and Harry Buckley,
_ _____ opponents in the first of a prob-' of the Highland Pines Inn, who play-
over. Hi^factory,"which is”Vn Ral'j and other'fadlitles ’trsuit' the five-game series between these ed a major part in making a success
eigh, makes the Kinp Cotton and : of the tenants, most of the suites be- ‘ clubs. The contest will be played of the pre-Festival dance held ia
jn the Southern Pines field and will Pinehurst and in the contest for tha
. stftrt at 3 o*cloclf
ing the old tobacco warehouse as a will have his office in one group of i .
probable location for his factory rooms, and Mrs. Charles Hafer will . Pines has been practic-
should he decide to install one here. I return to the building as soon as about two^week^ and is
Should the factory become a real- space is available.
taxes on the farms in Moore county, developed large farms in Richmond,
There are 143 Democratic voters in j Moore and Montgomery counties.
Deep River Township. Most of them j jje went to Raleigh in 1924 to head
are farmers and 136 of them voted ' the division of markets of the State '
for me in the primary of June 4, 1933 Department of Agriculture, remain- ‘ 1^00 shirts daily.
and they will do it again the coming | i„g in that capacity until 1929 when M* - seemed to be well pleas-, ^ the team
primary. These people have known he resigned to become director of ^ass and it is greatly hoped al production of the sea- ■
me and lived by me all through life state-owned Farms
and if I were not a friend to the far
mer and the working man they ^ man and he is well-fitted for his new ! Captain says
would not do it.”
selection of the Festival Queen.
Many ideas were suggested for the
1935 Festival, plans for which will
ready to go. Loss of Ketchum, Law- [ get under way immediately. Officials
hon. Tew, Fisher and McCall have ^ of the Seaboard Air Line Railway are
left the team in a bad way for bat- expected here soon to discuss their
tery material, but it is hoped that part in making a success of next
this trouble will be remedied before year’s gala week. t
the start of the league season. Myrick,
people with the exception of enough
experienced workers to train the lo
cal help. Three-Act Melodrama, Clever and Millar form the mound- riiih« nf <^iv
Such a factory as Mr. Smith has in Burlesque, to Close Season I pi'esent. Myrick will prob- TVT^ 4. IT
For Local Amateurs ! start the game tomorrow. 1 Counties JVleet Here
The addition of John Hunter has {
Next Tuesday and Wednesday a great help to the attack of W. P. Morton of Pinehurst Elect
ed Vice President of Teach
er’s Organization
Signed.
-W. J. HARRINGTON.
that he can be induced to come to: Sandhills Little Theatre Pinehurst has been at work all
"Mr Ross is a thorouehlv canable Vass and build a shirt factory there, I presented in the playhouse at ''’«ek and prospects are bright for a , —-
Mr. Ross is a thoroughly capable , p.antain snvs I Aberdeen. They will stage "Poverty ' season. The team has made sev- J spring meeting of the Affiliat-
Flats,” a three-act western melodrama improvements since last year, Educo Clubs of North Carolina was
job,’ said Mr. Jeffress. “He did , of the old-fashioned kind. ^ good, close game is looked for I at the CartJiage Hotel on Mon-
cellent work with us. and he got his:jV|l*s, JiLVereSt President : An all-star cast has been eathered ‘^'’‘"o^row afternoon and it is hoped! evening at 8 o’clock with around
farming operations in such go^^ ThistlC Club ^ together for this production. This in- ^ ®:ood crowd will attend. Ad- men teachers in attendance. H.
that we will be able to carry on with eludes Robert Cornwell as Martin P®**^ Thomas, superintendent of
our camp farm superintendents with- , ^ .... ^ n u Martin I schools in Moore roimtv nrt<»ri na
out engaging anyone to take his '^O^en s Organization to Hold , Kimbaiyhe sheriff: Stuart Cameron 7',,; ' ioastmaster
Annual Picnic at Country | as Dick Randall, the heartless cap- Seven KlWaniS Clubs loa.imasier.
Club on Wednesday ! tain of an outlaw band; the Rev.
I Craighill Brown as Jim Turner
Local Glee Clubs
Take Top Places p,ace
His salary with the Relief Admin-1
Both the Boys and Girls Groups istration was not revealed but it is
and the Combined Group Take
First Places in Division
Just a week after the Dramatic
Club of Southern Pines High School
was awarded the State champion
ship at Chapel Hill the glee clubs,
under the direction of Frederick Stan
ley Smith, placed Southern Pines
at the top once more.
Competing in the Eastern district
contest beld at Durham last Friday,
the local singers made a clean sweep
of the three events in which they were
<?ntered. The boys took first place in
their group event, the girls did like-
understood it is considerably more
than he was getiing on his State job.
The rural rehabilitation program
is to be effective, in general, in com
munities of less than 5,000 popula
tion. The prime objective of the pro
gram is to make it possible for desti
tute persons eligible for Ireiief in
such areas to sustain themselves
through their own efforts.
Relief case workers have been
checking all rural relief cases since
(Pleane fitrn to page 8)
the
Mrs. Charles P. Everest was elect- | hero; the part of Tom Gray, a miner,
ed president of the Thistle Club at | is taken by Dick Sugg and Fred Cole
its meeting this week in the South-' plays the role of Win Lung, a Chinese
ern Pines Country Club. Other offi-, cook. Raymond Kennedy appears as
cers chosen were Mrs. Gould, vice'
president; Mrs. Thrower, treasurer;
Meet Here Wednesday
Aberdeen Club Divisions Host at
Golf Tourney and Meet
ing in Pinehurst
Mrs. Milliken, corresponding secre
tary and Mrs. Carl Thompson, re
cording secretary. The club decided to
have its annual picnic next Wednes
day, April 25th, at the Country Club
and all members are cordially invited
to attend and ^o bring their husoands.
Those who do not know what refresh
ments they are to bring are request
ed to communicate with Mrs. Ever
est.
Eight tables were in play at the
weekly bridge party of the Thistle
niem^bers and the following won the „„ IZ ~
’ “ I as director of the piece.
j REV. G. \V. HANNA, ANTIOC’H
I IS PRESBYTERY’S MODERATOR
wise, and the singing of the combined [
clubs was also given top rating. j -^hg Fayetteville Presbytery met in
This gives Southern Pines glee 1 Spring session at Bethesda Church in
clubs the eastern championship of 1 Aberdeen on Tuesday and Wednesday
North Carolina. Next week they .go to I and elected as moderator the Rev. ? I”’,**®® = Everest. Mrs. Richards,
Gr€6nslDoro to comoete for the Sta.te i \xr Miss Efson, IVIrs. Skinner. Mrs. Bui- ,
,G. W. Hanna of Antioch. Dr. Homer i Wicker, Mrs. Pickett and admission and one dollar Leo C. Fuller in charge of the pro
The principal address of the even
ing was by Leroy Martin, secretary
of the State School Commission, who
di.scussed the new arrangement for
State support of schools, dealing with
its advantages and disadvantages.
Officers for the coming year were
Judge Kirkland, a devout disciple of 01 u <• .i.- ^ ^ ■
Blackstone; Dan Duffy, porter and ^ r ^ ^ J'
handy-man is Beverly Walter- the Karolinas district will be the Lowiance, principal of the Raeford
part of Jack Wilson, a member of i Vice-president, W. P.
the outlaw band, is taken by Aubrey , Wednesday with a golf j Morton, principal of the Pinehurst
Norris. Jr. The ladies in the cast in- ^ff^ule for the ; .chool, and Secretary. W. E. Pell,
elude Bannie Cornwell as Marion the divisional ^ principal of the Troy School,
sheriff’s daughter and Emilfe Mae / n T""'L ^
Wilson as Biddy Houlahan, the queen ' nf tt ? r j Carthage High School glee clubs ren-
of the camp governoi of the Carolinas district, | dered a splendid program of music
: will be the guest of honor and prin-' that was enjoyed by all present
The play is very humorous through- cipal speaker. Lieut. Governor Char- i Included in the affiliated clubs are
out, even m the spots where stark les Scales of Selma will preside. I those of Cumberland. Moore Hoke
tragedy is predominant. The entire The Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen is ' Harnett
action is a clever burlesque. Walter making extensive preparations for counties.
Frankl is doing his usual good job the visit of their fellow members from
six clubs. Willa,.'d Dunlop is in charge
Prices for this event are fifty cents j of the golf tourney in the afternoon,
championship against the winners In McMillan, executive secretary of
the western division.
DR. DANIELS TO BriLD
ON PENNSYLVANIA AVE.
Dr. L. M. Daniels of Southern Pines
has purchased from E. W. Reinecke
a lot on Pennsylvania avenue front
ing the roque courts, and announces
his plan for a small building to houM
his dental offices.
The Sandhills Daily News will dis
continue publication for the season
with the issue of Sunday April 22.
Home Missions for the Southern
Presbyterian Church, was the speak
er of the session.
At the Historical hour a sketch of
Old Bethesda was read and a copy
of Bion H. Butler's book, "Old Bethes-
da-at the Head of Rockfish,” was
presented to the Presbytery.
Mrs. Jordan.
NEW PASTOR OF PINEHURST
CHURCH ARRIVES HERE
Duplin and Montgomery
E. B. KEITH TO LEAVE
PINEHURST LUMBER VO.
E, B. Keith, manager of the Pine-
for reserved seats. Advance tickets gram for the evening meeting and
may be purchased at the Carolina entertainment. Charles W. Picquet I hurst Lumber Yard for a number
Hotel and Carolina Pharmacy, Pine-; will put on a musical program. Dr.' years has accepted a position with
hurst, the Broad Street Pharmacy E. M. Medlin of Aberdeen, president! *^he Home Loan Association and will
and Sandhills Book Shop, Southern of the local club, will open the bus-! enter his new work in the Salisbury
The Rev. and Mrs. A. J. McKelway j Pines. The curtain will rise promptly ‘ iness meeting and introduce Lieut. I offices the 20th. The family will not
CHERRY BUYS LOT
Miss Emily Mae Wilson this week
sold to L. K. Cherry a lot on Indiana
avenue located between the R. F.
Potts house and Cross street, direct
ly opposite Mr. Cherry’s residence.
and their two small children arrived
Monday from Roxboro Mr. McKelway
to be pastor of the Pinehurst Com
munity Church succeeding the Rev.
Murdoch McLeod. The manse had
been made ready for occupancy with
a fresh coat of paint inside and out
and the women of the church had an
ticipated immediate need with a well
stocked pantry.
at 8:30 on the nights of this produc-j Gov. Scales. move until after the close of school
tion, Tuesday and Wednesday, April Kiwanians wii. be here fom the [ early in June.
23 and 24. following towns: Selma. Smithfield,
Fayetteville, Lumberton, Sanford and
Raeford. I
— 1 “The Dark Shore.” a story of the
Complaints against telephone serv
ice in the section were discussed by
the Chamber of Commerce on Thurs-
NFAN JAMES BOYD BOOK
STARTS IN SCRIBNER'S
Work on the new bridge over the ] eighties by James Boyd of Southern
day and the matter referred to the' Seaboard tracks at the south end j Pines starts in the current issue of
Public Utilities committee, of which j of Southern Pines is well under way. I Scribner’s Magazine, to run in four
J. A. McPherson is chairman.
The old bridge has been demoiui'''!. j numbers.
a