MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 15, NO. 42.
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of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, September 14, 1934.
FIVE CENTS
WOOLNOUGH PLANS
WEYMOUTH HILL
Construction in Site of Heywood
House to Start Next Mon
day Morninff
GEORGIAN STLYE IS PLAN
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Next Monday morning Reinecke &
Co., of Southern Pnies will commence
the construction on Weymouth hill,
one of the most important residence
buildings in the Sandhills. The site is
the pre.sent location of the Heywood
home, which is to be removed by the
contractor.>?. 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
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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
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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-
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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.