MOORE COUNTY^
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 15, NO. 4L
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FIRST IN NEWa
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ADVERTISING
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y of North Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, September 7, 1934.
FIVE CENTO
RAILROAD LINKS
Clergy Important Factor in
VOTE OF PEOPLE
Prospect Bright as Leaf
STARSCOMPETE
IN IWRRT HRRE
Community Life of Sandhills
♦
1 Editor of The Pilot Pays Tribute
TO DECIDE HEMP
WATFR OIIRSTin\
Market Opening Nears
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Fair Weather and a Golf Course
in Fine Condition Add
to Visitors’ Fun
COMING AGAIN NEXT FALL
Two days and a half of beautiful
ly clear weather, rather cooler than
usual, and then the Seaboard golfers
were treated to a nice gentle little
shower at noon Monday that caused
but little embarrassment as all the
principal events were run off during
the morning hours and the work of
the scorers, presentation of prizes, and
election of officers for the coming
year was concluded in the club house.
For this, the 8oth Annual Tourna
ment and meet of the Seaboard Air
Line Golf Association beginning on
Saturday and finishing on the after
noon of Labor Day, one hundred and
fifty members and guests were here.
One hundred and twenty-five of them
paced through the hotly contested
rounds. Nearly all of the principal
officers of the Seaboard Air Line
were present. The private cars of E.
C. Bagwell, General Manager; T. \V.
Parsons, Assistant General Manager,
and C. R. Capps, Chief Traffic Offi-
cer, were parked below 4;he depot with
two dining cars. A numerous delega
tion of officers of the R. F. & P.
R. R. including President Norman
Call were also here.
The Powell cup, won last year by
J. C. Bennett, w'ent to C. E. Gatlin, of
Great Falls, S. C.
The Capps Cup, won last year by
Sheriff J. H. Braswell of Rocking
ham wa:., won by A. W. Carey of
Alu.
The Southern Pines Country Club
Cup, won by \V. E. Smith, went to
P. M. Browning, Cordele, Ga., this
year.
The Bagwell Cup,' won last year by
J. R. Bradley, went to W. D. Simp
son of Norfolk. •
The qualifying medalist for the
Capp.'! Cup for visitors was Alfred
Buckett of Durham, and for members,
G. L. Cook of Norfolk.
Besides a number of other prizes
for various scores, medals for low
gross scores went to W. D. Simpson
and R. T. Bunting.
Officers elected for the year were
C. T. Bell, president; J. C. Brady,
secretary; C. T. Milicr, 1st vice pres
ident, and W. D. Simpson, 2nd vice
president. Before adjournment it w’as
voted to hold the tournament of next
Labor Day on the links of the South
ern Pines Country Club, and many
members voiced their appreciation of
the wonderful condition of the course.
As in former years the Park View
was official headquarters of the as
sociation with the overflow filling the
Belvedere and the Woodworth. Also,
quite as usual, Alfred Grover con
tributed materially to the comfort and
pleasure of the golfers, his score
sheet being highly commended. Rich
ard Sugg had charge of the orfice.
coming New Pastor
The complete returns
cent school bond election
lows:
of the re-1
are as fol-
Re<iat'd
Yes
No Not Vts
E. Carthage
.. 245
43
73
129
W. Carthage
395
91
105
199
Bensalem
391
34
108
249
Spencerville
125
101
4
47
Spies
... 118
77
18
23
Hemp
. . 372
64
189
119
Ritters
... 148
32
28
78
Highfalls
223
144
15
64
Vass
150
3
20
169
Cameron
342
9
97
236
So. Pines
633
7
71
555
Eureka
115
103
2
10
Aberdeen
294
15
28
251
.Pinebluff
127
1
31
95
Pinehurst
606
12
74
520
West End
266
52
48
166
1 Total
4769
790
996
2973
A reception for Dr. C. Rex-
ford Raymond, new minister of
the Church of H'ide Fellowship,
and hiH family will he held by
the ladles of the rhurrh in the
assembly room tonight (Fri
day) at eight o’clook. Everjone,
young and old, is rordlally In
vited tu Irrespective of
religious afitUution.
SOUTHERN PINES
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
TO OPEN TODAY
' Some Changes in Faculty Are
Noted in Final List
l*ublished
EXPECT BIG ENROLLMENT
The public schools of Southern
Pines open today (Friday), with the
registration of the grades, with the
high school students scheduled to reg
ister tomorrow.
The faculty for the coming term
consists W. Webster sup
erintending principal; Mrs. Ruth
Warner, Miss Pauline Miller, Mrs.
Janie H. Simmerman and M. N. Hun
ter of last year’s staff, and Belmont
Freeman of Ellerbe, high school
teachers are Mrs. Ellen W. Brown,
t
first grade; Miss Marjorie Skinner,
second grade; Miss Emilie Mae Wil
son, first and second grades; Miss
Jc^n McI. Lane, third grade; N’iss
j Leiiora O. Riggan, fourth grade; Mkss
I So'rr>a Stegall, fifth grade. Miss Km-
jily Richardson, sixth grade; Misi Sara
I Falkener, sixth grade; Miss Ann P.
I Huntington, seventh grade: and Miss
Jessie Fitzgerald of Monroe, thir ! and
fifth grades.
Mr. Webster and three other teach
ers took post-graduate work during
the summer—Mr. Webster and Mr.s.
Simmerman at Columbia University,
and Mr. Hunter and Mr. Freeman at
the University of North Carolina.
Frederick Stanley Smith is back
and will again have charge of the
music in the local schools. This work,
while not financed from public funds,
is nevertheless an important feature
of the local schools. The glee clubs
last year captured some important
state and district prizes.
Indications are that the school en
rollment this year will slightly ex
ceed that of last year.
JURY IS DRAWN FOR
CIVIL TERM OF COURT
The jury as drawn at the commis
sioners’ meeting on Monday for the
term of Superior court for the trial
of civil cases which convenes on Sep
tember 17 is as <’ollows;
J. B. Pankey, Z. R. Robertson, C. H.
Davis, A. M. Covington, C. W. Hor
ner, A. M. Snipes, H»irry P. Gold
smith, J. W. Graham, W. A. Dunn,
Alton Maness, H. P. Shields, Charlie
E. Reeder, Leon Keith, R. W. Pleas
ants, W. I. McKenzie, Shulon Dowd,
J. H. Suttenfield, H. F. Garner, A.
D. Way, J. A. Pendergraf, Jesse W.
Page, J. L. Marion, A. J. Rosser and
C J. Benner.
VAN KEUREN ADDS TO
KNOLLWOOB HOLDINGS
Announcement comes this week
from L. L. Biddle, II of Pinehurst of
the sale to George Van Keuren of
Englewood, N. J., of a lot adjoining
Mr. Van Kfeuren’s home in Knollwood.
It was purchased from the Swoop es
tate. Mr. Van Keuren plans to en
large Kis surrounding considerably,
and do soma landscaping on a larger
scale.
PICQUET ,\ND THOMPSON
ELECTED KIWANIS DELAGAES
The meeting of the Aberdeen Ki-
wanis Club held Wednesday at The
Church of Wide Fellowship A. P.
Thompson and (Charlie Picquet of
Pinehurst were elected delegates to
represent the club at the annual con
vention to be held in Asheville Octo
ber 10th, 11th and 12th. Howard F.
Burns and Bill Dunlop were elected
alternates.
The club adopted a resolution to be
sent to Federal authorities request
ing that North Carolina be the main
entrance to the Great Smoky Nation
al Park.
DR. MUDGETT RETURNS
FROM NORTHERN VACATION
Dr. William C. Mudgett returned
this week from a two months’ va
cation. After spending some time in
Nova Scotia, he studied during the
month of August in tht Massachu
setts General Hospital in Boston, do
ing post graduate work. Joining Mrs.
Mudgett, they visited their son and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Henry M.
Dingley, Jr., in Auburn, Me., before
their return here
By Rlon H. Butler
I have been thinking that it is
curious how we lay stress on almost
every factor of our community with
few exceptions, and that the chief
exception is the personality of our
clergymen. To my mind the clergy of
the Sandhills is about the most im
portant thing, if it happens to be of
the type that fits. This thought is
brought out by three events that per
tain to the clergy during the last few
days. The first is the announcement
that on Sunday a new face appears
at the Congregational church in the
person of Dr. C. Rexford Raymond,
a man of unusual attainments and
experience, whose work has brought
him to the point that in ordinary pro
fessional life would classify him as
a specialist in some of the moat con-
.spicuous branches of his v/ork. That
such a man comes to the church in
Southern Pines is more than an ordi
nary event, and one that as a com
munity we ought to feature, and
what is still more, to encourage with
the greatest vigor, for after all is
said the Rev. Fred Stimson was cor
rect when he made the statement not
long ago of what the world owes the
church, as well as what the church
owes the world.
The Congregational church in the
hands of Mr. Seri made a distince
place and name for itself, and some
people have been wondering if the
same positive influence is to contin
ue. From what is said of Dr. Ray
mond it is to be expected that no let
down is to be met. But this man
should be received by the whole peo
ple with the same enthusia.sm and
cordial backing that we would meet
a prominent and skillful golfer, or a
new industry, or any other big thing
that comes our way. To revert again
to ' 'r Stimson, the church is trying
to carry a load that is of more con
sequence than anything else the
community undertakes to do. That
it may succeed is of the first impor
tance, for the church is struggling to
build character. Seri was a character
builder, as Stimson is, and as it is
to be assumed that Raymond is, for
with the work he has been doing he
could be no less. Therefore this man
is entitled to the most vigorous wel
come, not for his own pleasure, but
that the work he undertakes may be
stimulated by the full power and
appreciation of a congregation and
also of a community that will make
his efforts the most productive pos
sible. It looks as if this is an unus
ual opportunity if we all stand by
and discuss and encourage the new
man. I think we ought to include in
our list of attractions in Southera
Pines and neighbor communities the
fact that we have one of the strong
est clerical forces to be found very of
ten in a cluster of small villages like
ours.
This subject was impressed on me
again by a call at my house one even
ing within the week from Rev. Father
Dillon of Southern Pines and a vis
iting clergyman of his faith, Rev.
Father Raphael Arthur, an instruc
tor and priest at the Belmont college,
near Charlotte, and a man of unusual
powers of thinking and philosophical
bent. We talked a bit about the
weather and the various things that
lead up to the political and economic
situation, and Roosevelt and the
strike, until my opinion was asked as
to the probable outcome of some of
the perplexities ahead of us. I dis
claimed any powers as a prophet ex
cept for one thing, which is that the
laws that swing worlds will bring us
through. Then we agreed that the
original power that started existence
untold ages ago on a basis that has
kept things moving to the present
time and with such exactness that
can direct millions of stars and suns
(Please turn to page 4)
Commissioners Set October 25
as Date for Election on
Bond Issue
NEW REGISTRATION
The Hemp water question came
into the limelight again last Mon
day when the Hemp Sanitary uistrict
Board appeared betore the commis
sioners to petition this Doay to can
an election to .submit to tne voters
the question whether the sanitary
Board shall be authorized to con
struct the proposed water supply
system and issue and sea coupon
bonds in the sum of Sttu.uuu ana levy
such taxes from time to time as may
be nece.ssary to pay such principal
and interest of said bonds as the net
income from the operation oi tne wa
ter system may fan to pay.
The Board granted tne election
and the date named is October 25. A
new registration was ordered.
Th^ Pinehurst Silk Mills, which was
not in the sanitary district as estab
lished a few months ago, has peti
tioned for the extending of the dis
trict so as to include its property.
The proposal, as outlined by the
Hemp Sanitary District Board, is to
procure from the Federal Emergency
Relief Administration of Public
Works the sum of $80,000, thirty per
cent of which is expected to be made
as a grant, thus making the actual
cost $60,000, and to issue bonds num
bered from one to 120 in denomina
tions of $.iOO each to bear interest at
four per cent per annum, payable
semi-annually, said bonds to mature
serially in numerical order annually
from Nov. 1, 1935 to Nov. 1, 1949 at
SI..500 per annum and thereafter an
nually in the sum of $2,500, the final
maturity to be Nov. 1, 1964, with the
provision that the schedule of matur
ities may be amended by the FERA
of Public Works in the event the
same is so required.
The commissioners ordered that the
1927, 1928, 1929, 1930 and 1931 de
linquent taxes be turned over to S.
R. Hoyle, ounty attorney, with in
structions to file suit on all r^al
property for same before October 1,
1934. The order specifies that the at
torney i.s to be paid a commission of
5 per cent on all taxes collected be
fore suit is brought, and the fees
fixed by statute for bringing suit.
McKellar McLean was duly appoint
ed constable for Bensalem township,
the appointment to be in force from
the time that he posts approved bond
in the sum of $250.
It was ordered that the registrars
in the special school bond election be
allowed three cents per name for said
registration.
Funeral Held Here for
Former City Librarian
Mrs. EUa Lynch Passes Away
at Kings Daugfhters Home
in Durham
Funeral services were held in the
Baptist Church at 4:30 Wednesday
afternoon for Mrs. Etta Hazeltine
Lynch, a member of the congrega
tion, and formerly a resident of
Southern Pines who died in the King’s
Daughters Hoin^ Durham, Monday
night.
In the absence of Pastor Stimson,
the Rev. Dwight Ives of Carthage of
ficiated. A quartet consisting of A
L. Adams, Wm. Dale, Mrs. Ralph
Mills and Mrs. L. C. Smiley sang.
Interment was made in Mt Hope cem
etery. Mrs. Lynch, born in Nevin,
Iowa in 1859, the widow of Thomas
W. Lynch, came to Southern Pine?
about 25 years ago soon affilated
with the church where her fine voica
became a feature ■ of the choir. Li
brarian of the Southern Pines Li
brary 1922-1925 Mrs. Lynch number
ed a wide circle of friends and ac
quaintances when she left the city a
little more than one year ago for
the home in Durham where funerad
services in charge of Dr. Frank S.
Hickman, of Duke University were
held Wednesday afternoon. The only
surviving relatives are several ne
phew’s and nieces.
Editorial
M.\INTAIMNG THE PE.ACE
The news of Thursday brings the
information that Gov. Khringhaus
has called out the troops to main
tain the peace of the state, in his
call he announces his intention of
preserving order as against any in
fluences that are not within the
limits of the law. He recognizes
no rights of any individual or any
body of Individuals under any pre
text to interfer*' with the lawful
rights of others. He Is s|>e<‘Ific In
saying that a striker has the right
to strike, but that the man who
wants to work has the same right
to work without Intimidation or
hindrance on the part of strikers
or pi<-kets or aii.v one else. He rec
ognizes the right to picket |>eace-
fully under the law, but is spe«'If-
ic in his warning that the picket
ing must he peaceful which in
dicates that niohs with clubs, that
breaking Into mills to stop work
cn the part of those who do not
want to strike, tearing up webs of
woven goods, danuiging miwhinery
and the many other acts of violent
lawleissness, assault on workers in
and out of the mills, and the other
features that have resulted in call
ing out the troops, are not acts of
p« aceful picketing—if there ever
was such a thing as peaceful pick
eting.
However, all these things are
lully understood. A striker, because
he is a striker, has no rights of
lawle!«s action, and especially such
lawlessness as comes very close to
In.surrectlon and revolution with
arms and clubs and related instru
ments.
The governor has no re<‘ourse
but to maintain the peace, and the
sit wit ion Is not modified because
the viohitors of the law are strik
ers, for the striker has no special
privilege of overriding any law.
The governor has no alternative but
to uphold the law, to maintain for
the worker who does not want to
strike the same privilege the
striker claims for himself, and in
unoertaking this extremely un
pleasant task it is the duty of
every loyal citizen to uphold the
executive in every step he takes.
This is not a time when the state
authorities can fiddle. Either the
state authorities must Im* supreme
and guarantee to every citizen the
rights of following his MTupation
In safety and peace, or the state
cea.ses to he an authority that can
be respe«‘ted and obeyed in any
thing, or that can l>e of services to
its iieople.
Gov. Fvhrlnghaas has on his hands
a responslhillt.v that no man would
covet, and he can not shrink It.
That is why he must be assured
the iHtcking of his [>eople. He is the
executive, with the authority. He
has but the one duty, which is to
enforce the li»w that will give
safety and 'eights to every man,
striker or not, but no privilege to
transgress on the rights of any
others.
The strikers are making a grave
mistake in allov\ing conditions to
reach the present crisis, for the
vast body of .American people are
still friendly toward the mainte
nance of law and order and of th«-
indlvidual rights of the citizen,
whether union or not, and of the
manufacturer, of the buyer, of
property, and of other fundamen
tals tha.t are factors in our pros
perity and progress and happiness.
The strikers could make a hit by
stopping the objectiona.ble practices.
Then the governor could call the
troops back home. But until he does
law and order will be with him, as
it must.
START WORK ON NEW
••FIRE TOWER” HERE
Are Seeking Type of Leaf
Grown in Section
Prospects for the AVjerdeen tobac
co market get brighter as the open
ing of the middle belt draws nearer.
Never in the history of the market
has there been such a fine spirit of
cooperation between business men,
merchants, warehousemen and every
body that lives in the town.
The motorcade is being used as an
advertising medium this year in ad-
' dition to the regular advertising by
j the newspapers and other means,
i Wednesday the motorcade covered the
1 towns of Laurinburg, Pembroke, Red
I Springs. Parkton, Elizabethtown,,
I White Oak. Cedar Creek( Fayetteville
j and Raeford and the intervening rur
al sections. The route Thursday took
the motorcade through Vass, Pine-
view, L.llington. Sanford and Carth
age. Friday the route will cover East
wood, VVe.st End, Candor, Etaer, Nor
man, Ellerbe Springs, Jackson
Springs, Derby and Hoffman.
All who went on the trip the first
day were enthusiastic about it and
promised to have twice as many cars
in line for today’s trip. Crowds
are reported to have attended every
stop along the road.
Aberdeen will have more buyers
than ever before and some of the
best known buyers will represent the
different companies. Among the buy
ers expected on the market are Ivy
Winston for Imperial; Rufus O.
W’hite. Reynolds; Joe DeBerry,
' American; John G. Webb, Export;
Frank Ferrell, Dibbrell Bros.; Ter-
* rell. A. C. Monk & Co.; L. T. Avery,
I Liggett & Myers; and many represen
tatives of the independent buyers.
W’ith this line up and B. B. Saun
ders at the brick warehouse and
Roberts and Cozart at the “tin top,"
the merchants and citizens of Aber-
j deen feel safe in assuring the farmers
j of the Aberdeen territory that they
I will be satisfied with their sales here.
Wm. W. Maurer Dies
After Month's Illness
Came to Aberdeen About Forty
Years Aro and Engaged in
Lumber Business
William W. Maurer, 63, well known
Aberdeen citizen passed away at the
Moore County Hospital yesterday af
ternoon at 2 o’clock, following an
I illness of more than a month.
He was carried to the hospital about
two weeks ago when his condition be
came serious fcllow'ing an infection of
the foot. Complications set in and a
series of operations were performed
in an attempt to .save his life, but
the infection continued its spread, fin
ally causing his death.
Mr. Maurer came to Aberdeen
about 40 years ago from Pennsylvan
ia and represented the Penn Lumber
Company here. He married Miss
Ethel Adams, a sister of Vance
Adams of Pinebluff, about two years
after he came south. She died sever
al years ago. He spent several years
in Bennettaville, S. C., with the Scott
Lumber Company, but returned to
Aberdeen and made l.is home.
For many years he had been close
ly associated with the business af
fairs of the Sandhills, having been
intimately connected wtih Dr. A. H.
McLeod and B. B. Saunders in va«^
ious enterprises. He had a wide cir
cle of friends and acqvaintances, and
his ready wit and cheerful disposi
tion made him a favorite in many
gatherings.
He is survived by five sons and
twc daughters, John Maurer of Apex,
and William, Jake, Robert and Don
ald of Aberdeen, and Mrs. Francis
Pleasants and Miss Edna Maurer of
Aberdeen. One daughter, Margaret,
died in 1928.
A detail from the C. C. C. camp at
Jackson Springs has been busy for
several days levelling, spreading
gravel, and preparing foundations for
the proposed “Fire Tower” to be lo-
•'ated west of Mt. Hope cemetery on
a plot donated by Paul Barnum.
From Providence, R. I., comes the
annoimcement that John F. Pottle
of Southern Pines, assistant mana
ger of Brown University football
team, has been named to manage the
Brown eleven a year hence. The an
nouncement was made by the Univer
sity Athletic Council this week. Mr.
Pottle is the son of Frank Pottle,
"5wner and manager of the Holly-
A^ood Hotel here.