MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS-WEEKLY ijpjr Tjr^"n A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 15, NO. 42. CAKTHAOe SPAINCS lakeview MANI.BY «tAO?. This will probably be re built on another location, and in a manner that will result in a building possibly superior to the present structure as the Reinecke company is skilled in its work whether of origi nal building or recreating older houses. The new house will be built for the present owner of the property, A. Marland Woolnough, of Toronto, Can ada, who has been coming to the Sandhills off and on for a dozen or more years, and vho in finding the Heywood property, concluded that there is a pleasing spot on which to work cut his ideas of a home for thi.s latitude and climate. Ample ground at the intersection of Massachusetts avenue and W'eymouth gives room for the large building, which is to be over 60 feet by 50, two stories with base ment, of the Georgian type of archi tecture, which gives Holleyman, the architect, a fine opportunity to bring out the points Mr. Woolnough has in mind in the new creation. Out over the valley the view is one that covers the whole ridge to the south-west, and from the second story the out look will be a majestic one. As the landscape work is to be carried out in harmony with the new house, and to bring out its basic principles, and to broaden its outlook and its harmonies no better spot could have been chos en for the building. The material will be Sanford brick, from that excellent shale up there that has been giving a good ac count of itself for years. It will be painted w-hite, as ivory will be a fac tor in the color selections with stone steps and trim from the native stones of the county. Balconies and railings of complicated grille work are shown in the plans, for both inside and out side work. The windows will be of plate gla.ss, the (’ours and other prom- inent windows of beveled glass pan el.?. The house will be aii' conditioned, with steam heat, and the modern heating and lighting facilities. Baths will be many, each sleeping room hav- ing its own in addition to those on lower floors. In the basement will be p. large billiard room beneath a sun parlor which will be designed for comfort and pleasure. A living room 38 feet in the k>ng dimension with library 18 by 34 will afford the ar chitect and builder a chance to dis play their skill and the decorators will have a problem in ivory in the walls and cornices that will bring out fine results. ' High Ceilings Plann.^d Twelve-foot ceiling will not only give free play for artistic execution, but also to give effects that will be in harmony with the builder's idea of a home. Circular approach from the living room to the large main stairway will be done in grille work to be built for the plans. Twelve rooms, all big and on the same gen erous basis, will characterize the main accommodation of the building. A sunken bath will be a feature. Tile roof, large fireplaces and many other attractions show on the drawings. Georgian architecture Is one of the best adapted to the South, as it is the basis for the famous old homes from Virginia to the Gulf and the Mississippi, and many structures of that school are found here in the vi cinity. It is the beginning of the American co’onial, coming from the Georgian prevalent in England when the early settlers came this way. Originally it was of Italian origin, los- ing in English hands some of the Italian excess of dccoration, but gain ing in England strength and substan tial appearance better suited to the more northern region. Some of the (Please turn to page 4) Miss Helms, Former Teacher Here, Saved on “Morro Castle” Husband of Sister of Mrs. E. C. Eddy Also Among Surviv ors of Liner Burned at Sea Miss Nannie Belle Helms of Sum mit, New' Jersey, a former teacher in the Southern Pines schools, was among the survivors of the ill-fated Ward Line steamship Morro Castle, which burned off the New Jersey coast early last Saturday morning while nearing New York from Ha vana, Cuba with the loss of 133 lives. Eben S. Abbot, chief engineer of the ship and al.so among the surviv ors, married Miss Ada Crosby, a sis ter of Mrs. E. C. Eddy of Southern Pine.s. Mrs. Abbott has been a fre quent visitor and has made many friends here. Miss Helms taught' in the local school for several years up until about eight years ago. and is well known in Southern Pines. She was among the several hundred passengers on the Morro Castle cruise to Cuba. No details have been learned here of how she was rescued from the burning vessel, whether by jumping overboard as did so many, afterwards picked up by lifeboats from rescu ing ships standing by or by being among the few' passengers lowered in lifeboats from the Morro Castle it self. According to reports Abbot was among the members of the crew who escaped in lifeboats. Fire was di.scovered aboard the vessel at around 2:30 oclock Satur day morning. Conditions could not have been worse, as a few' hours be fore the captain of the ship, Robert R. Willmott, had died of a heart at tack on the bridge, heavy seas were rolling and rain was pouring down. Aboard were 318 passengers and a crew of 240. The ship was finally beached' oft Aatrry Park, New Jer sey, a smouldering inferno, but not until the tragedy had taken the lives, by drowning or burning, or 133 per sons. A number of investigations as to how the fire started and gained such headway before SOS signals were sent out are now under w'ay. NO FKDEK.VL All) FOK SC HOOL BOOK.S; LOC AL FI NDS ASKKI) 419 Pupils Enroll Slijjht Increase in Rejfistration in Southern Pines Schools and More Expected The Southern Pines schools, op ening last Friay for the schoolastic year of 1934-35, report a slight in crease in registration over last .year, and Supennlendent Web ster expects at least 20 more as families arrive from the North. By grades the enrollment is 1st grade, 4.5; 2nd grade, 50; 3rd grade, 46 .. 4th grade, 31; 5th grade, 49; 6th grade. 47; 7th grade, 39, total 307, an increase of 7 over last year. High School- - 8th gradf, 36; 9th grade, 35; 10th grade, 19; 11th grade, 22, total 112, an increase of 3. Grand total, 419. TO DISCUSS plan; NEXT WEEK FOR SPRING FESTIVAL Resort Business North Ahead of Year Ag*o .lames Tuf(« Tells Kiwanians of Trip Through New Eng land States The Southern Pines Schools have just received word that the funds given each year by the Federal gov ernment for school books for needy children will not be forthcoming this year. The funds will have to be rais ed by local residents, and any contri- buticn.s. no matter how small will be greatly appreciated. The money is needed now. Checks or cash may be sent to Mrs. James S. Milliken, South ern Pines. MANY .\LKEADV KETl KIXCi F(M{ THE WINTER SEASON The population of Southern Pines has been swelling during the past week, largely due to the opening of schools. Many winter residents have made their appearance and a number of homes closed for the summer months have been opened. Other fam ilies are ■expacted during the comnig week. Merchants are reporting an in crease in business as a result of the early seasonal activity. ST.\TE FAIR OCT'OBER 8-1S James W. Tufts, back at Pinehurst Srom a trip through northern states, reported to the Kiwanis Club of Aber- deen at its Wednesday meeting on the resort busines.s at .simim.er hotels. He told the members the result of inter views he had with leading hotel pro prietors in various New- England states. During June and July busi ness with them was ahead of a year ago. August was slightly below 1933. Repeal, those interviewed told Mr. ^ufts, had not in their opinion affect ed business one way ci the othe". It has been more of a service to guests than a means of additional profits, they said. During his trip north Mr. Tufts en joyed a cruise up the Hudson River to Albany and through the New York State Barge Canal to Lake Ontario with a party of friends on a motor yacht. They passed through 62 locks on the barge canal between Albany and Oswego, where they entered Lake Ontario. Nelson C. Hyde told the club mem bers some incidents of his recent trip through New Yoik state and New England. Sandhillians encountered by him W'hile north included John J. Fitz gerald of the Mid Pines Chib, whose Oyster Harbors Club at Osterville, on Cape Cocf, has had one of its best seasons^ and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gil- kyson. Mr. Gilkyson is hard at work at Leete's Island, Conn., on a new book and Mrs. Gilkyson preparing for her first appearance on the stage this fall, in a new play by Edward Carpen ter who has frequently visited in Southern Pines. The Rev. A. J. McKelway. pastor of the Pinehurst Community Church, was introduced to the club as a new' I member by his sponsor, Willard Dun- ; lop. Chamber of Commerce Must Shape Program for Early Advertising by Seaboard nrKE-DAVIDSON GAME The Chamber of Commerce will get to work next w'cek on the program for the second annual Spring Blos som Festival to be held in Southern Pines early in April. The program of principal events must be prepared this far in advance in order that the Sea board Air Line Railw'ay's publicity and advertising departments may include it in the literature and time tables which they .spread about the country throughout the winter season. A few events are already arranged, among them a baseball game between Duke University and Daviilson College on Saturday of Festival Week. Last April the Duke-State §;a.me was the biggest drawing card of any of the week's events and there is no doubt of a general turn-out for a Duke-Dav- idson game. Military Day will again feature Festival Week, with as large or lar ger R detachment of troops from Fort Bragg here as usual, a bigger and better parade, and in addition there will be a district meeting of the Daughters of the American Rev olution in Southern Pines on that day, bringing to town many of the prom inent women of North Carolina. Other events, which proved so popular last year, such as Old Slave Day, Sports Day with its equestrian and other events, and All-States Day, will be repeated, and it is hoped that the Rose Maiden Festival or a similar music treat may be presented under the direction of Charles W. Picquet. Yes, there will again be a Queen of the Carnival. Plans for her selection have not as yet been made but if the excitement over the contest develops a? it did last April when Miss Marjory Skinner of the High School faculty was choscn the Festival will get off to a good start. The crowning of the Queen will be the opening gun again this year, and the week will termi nate as before with a Festival Ball. The Festival Committee of the Chamber of Commei'ce will meet next week and form its plans that the Sea board officials may herald the event throughout the country. 50,000 Pounds of Sold in Aberdeen on Opening Day of 1934 Season Critically 111 E. B. JEFFHESS E. B. Jeffregs. head of the State ' Highway Commission and one of the j owners of the Greensboro Daily News, j is in a serious condition in Memorial ! Hospital at Richmond, Va. He under- j w'ent a brain operation at the hospi- I tal two weeks ago. BASEBALL OVER AS ABERDEEN-WEST END TEAM WINS Season Winds I’p With Mon day’s Victory Over S. P.-Vass Nine in Play-Off Series (JAMES ATTRACT CROWDS News of the Week In State and Nation as Glean ed from Tele.ijraph Reports and Daily Papers POLIC E ON W ATC'H FOR I PROCTOR CiANG LEADER Wilmer Allison. No. 2 ranking ten. nis player of the country and a regu lar contestant in the annual North & South tennis tournament at Pinehurst j each year, was defeated in the final I round of the national tournament at Forest Hills, New' York, this week, but only after a close five-set match with the present champion, Fred Per ry of Great Britain, rated the world's best, * The acnual North Carolina State Pair is to be held in Raleigh from October 8th through the 13th, with the usual attractions. Moore county police officers are on the look-out for Tom Moore, alias Melvin Archer, former chief lieuten ant in the Worth Proctor gang of safe crackers and robbers w'ho oper ated throughout this section of the state. Moore escaped this week from State’s Prison and a reunion of the old gang is looked for by officials. Gaston Rigot, Battle-Scarred Veteran of World War, in Court From Rockingham comes this story of Gaston Rigot of Pinehurst. Gaston Rigot, a shell of the man who marched against Germany’s hosts as a Belgium youth of 14. was brought into federal court this week to face charge of violating the prohi bition law. His face and body scarred from the marks of 17 wounds suffered in de fending his native country, Rigot was one of the most interesting figures ever to appear in a Rockingham courtroom. He said he was 14 1-2 years old, to be exact, when he en listed in the Belgium army in 1914. Wounded so many times even he has difficulty in recollecting where he suffered each one, Rigot was a stranger, a pathetic character on the witness stand. He told of coming to America in 1920 and later joining an orchestra. Eventually he got down to Pinehurst and settled there. Judge Hayes listened clo.sely to the man’s story. He ordered that Ri got be put ou probation for three years. Rigot was formerly a member of the orchestra at the Carolina Ho tel, of late has been living near the C^alfonte Hotel. Hope of early settlement of the tex tile strike was dispelled yesterday de spite efforts of the President's medi ation board to arbitrate with the strikers and employers. The board an nounced its inability “to secure an agreement from the group of manu facturers on any bas.^ for an arbi tration or its equivalent. Many (Caro lina mills are affected. Dfinocrats were victorious in Maine elections; Cole Blease was defeated for the Democratic nomination for Governor of South Carolina; Gov. Eu gene Talmadge was renominated in Georgia. Gov. Ritchie in Maryland, in the w'eek’s political news. George T, Dunlap, Jr., of Pinehurst, national amateur golf champion, will see another crowned to succeed him this week. George w'a.s eliminated from the national tournament at Brookline, Mass., on Wednesday by Willie Turnesa, amateur brother of the famous Tumesa professionals who are well known in Pinehurst. Detroit still leads New York by a (Please turn to page 4) After a postponement of four days due to rain, the West End-Aberdeen team took a single game on Monday to clinch the play-off series of the Sandhills League by a 3-1 margin, thus ending the local season. The score of Monday's game was 4-2 in favor of the vis’tors. Southern Pines-Vass was unable to present anywhere near its full strength, as only one Vass player showed up. Hcrnd&n pitched fine ball for the winners, allowing only four hits in hia six innings on the mound. Mil lar hurled for the losers, giving up five bingles as he wont the route. The game was limited to eight in nings because of rain. A big sixth inning when a walk, two hits and an error netted three runs clinched the win for West End- Aberdeen. This was the third straight win for the champs, the Southern Pines- Vass outfit winning the first game of the series on Labor Day for their only victory. Coy Thomas' shutout hurling was the feature- of the game last W’ednes- day. Although he was touched for nine blows, eight of them coming in the last four frames, he was aided by splendid support and by the in ability of local batters to hit with men on. His mates garnered but six hits off the combined deliveries of Callahan and Turnley, but they bunched them in the second, fifth and seventh frames for a run each time and a 3-0 win. \ Ritter In Cinod Form A big sixth inning on Tuesday afternoon of last week gave the series winners six runs and a 7-2 win over their opponents. Willie Myaick was the victim of this uprising, although Charlie Ritter pitched fine ball for faulty support started the rally, the winners in going the distance. He allowed eight hits and received error less support while the losers com mitted five misplays. The Labor Day game drew the largest crowd of the series, about 700, and they saw the Southern Pines-Vass team triumph in a slug ging match by the score of 11 to 5. The winners treated Coy Thomas badly in this game, as they rapped him for 12 hits and nine runs in the seven innings he labored on the mound. Ralph Wallace, his succes- (P/ease turn to page 4) Price Aver.ij{e is 28 Cents a Pound, Record for Recent Years; Optimism Reij^ns CARTHAGE HAS HI SV DAY With both its large warehouses in operation and with a full corps of buy ers from all the leading cigaiette companies on hand the Aberdeen to bacco market opened for the season on Tuesday. It was an auspicious op ening featured by the sales of more than 250,000 pounds of leaf brought to the floors from all .sections of Moore and adjacent counties and by an average for the opening day of 28 cent.s per pound, a recoid for re- j rent years. The range was from four ■ to 65 cents pei' pound, i Moore county’s other tobacco mar- \ ket center, Carthage, also reported a big opening break and high prices, with the result that growers through out the section are highly optimistic over the prospective returns from their 1934 crop. Aberdeen looked like a metropolis on Tuesday. Cars and truck.s jammed the streets. Little groups gathered on every corner to “talk shop" and com pare notes. Merchants reported a brisk business. “If prices will only hold, things will be ro.sy,” seemed to be the slogan fjr the day. And with the government's crop reduction pro. gram showing its first effect insofar as tobacco is concerned there were many who predicted a continuance of good sales for quality leaf. Wednesday and yesterday show'ed the usual second and third day reac tions from the opening, the quantity and quality of leaf coming to the warehouses dropping off as has l%een the custom for years following a big opening break. Even so the price held up to an average of around 23 cents. “They bring in the best of the early cured the first day, then follow up with inferior leaf for a few daj's,” said one of the warehousemen. Bet ter tobacco and more of it is expect ed to reach the floors next week. B. B. Saunders at the big Brick warehouse was highly pleased wtih the opening here, as were Roberts and C'zart at the Aberdeen Ware house. Ail expressed optimism for the season as a whole, both in Aberdeen and throughout the state. Miss Florence Kane Weds in Pennsylvania Winter Res-ident of Southern Pines Is Bride of Albert Johnson at Kushequa The marriage of Miss Florence Kane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eli- .sha Kent Kane of Kushequa. Pa., to Edgar Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Johnson of Mt. Jewett, Pa., took place on Tuesday, August 28th at the home of the bride, “Silverside” situated on a hillside overlooking Kushequa lake. The bride, who has been a winter resident of Southern Pines for many years, w'as attired in a princess mod el of white satin, with a long veil and halo of tulle. She carried a bouquet of blue and w'hite delphinium. Miss Virginia Kane, was the nmid of honor, wearing a white organdie gown made w’ith ruffle trimmed skirt. Arthur Johnson of Mt. Jewett w'as the best man and little Betty Kane of Kane and Zella Elilen Kane of Kush equa, and niecee of the bride were the flower girls. Mrs. Johnson is a graduate of the Simmons college in Boston and of the New York School of Applied Design. She also attended Oberlin College. Mr. Johnson attended Allegheny College in Meadville and is employed by the State Highway department of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson will reside on Kushequa road when they return from their wedding trip to points in Canada. The Home Owners’ Loan Corpora, tion has paid out $15,369,975,81 in North Carolina since the corporation was organized 14 months ag», to take up the mortgages on 6,044 homes. It was announced this week by C. Scott Noble. State manager of the organ ization.