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VOL. 15A. NO. 3.
Southern Pines and Aberdeen. North Carolina, Friday December 14. 1
SOUTHERN PINES
TO ENLARGE CITY
OFFICES, LIBRARY
Board of Commissioners to Ap
propriate Fund For Needed
Expansion
SPACE NOW INADEQUATE
Southern Pines Municipal Building'
In Municipal Park on East Broad
street is to be enlarged. Increased
space will be provided for the South
ern Pines Library as well as for the
City Clerk.
The decision to appropriate funds
for the work was reached by May
or D. G. Stutz and the Board of Com
missioners yesterday, and Alfred Yeo
mans, architect and member of the
board, went over the structure with a
contractor to lay out plans for
prompt remodeling. It is understood
the project will cost under $1,000.
The plans call for widening the
library quarters on the south side
of the building, and extending the of
fice of City Clerk Howard Burns on
the east, or rear end of the building.
Both have been occupying cramped
space for several years, and the need
for action has been particularly felt
this season with increased demands on
bo^h the city headquarters and the
library.
Many meetings of the Board of
Commissioners are open sessions and
when any sizeable delegation appears
before the board the present meet
ing room, which is also Mr. Burns’
office, is inadequaie. A recent meet
ing called for tho Municipal Building
had to be transferred at the last mm-
ute to the High School auditorium
because those attending could not be
accommodated.
It is understood the work will be
done as ine.xpensively as possible
consistent with safety and conven
ience, as the hope is still held out
that Southern Pines may in the near
future afford a new, permanent head
quarters for its municipal govern
ment, to include not only executive
offices. but police headquarters,
courtroom and assembly room for
public meetings. The present building,
a former residence, is not adapted to
the purpose for which it is used ai:'1
has always been considered a tem
porary cne for the town’s purpose.
Farmers to Vote Today on
■ Cotton'andjfTobacco Bills
Hc-
County Ajjent Garrison U(rjfes [
All Eli}(ible Growers to . 1
Cast Their Ballots
Starts 11th Year
250 Hear Townsend
Old Ag-e Pension Plan
Enthusiastic Mass Meeting? Held
Saturday in Carthage; Many
Petitions Sijjned
All cotton and tobacco growers will ‘
have an opportunity today, Friday, |
to vote on the Bankhead Cotton bill [
and the Kerr Smith Tobacco bill, i
This will be held in the form of a
regular election at one place in each ’
of the different townships. Ail par
ties who have grown tobacco this
year under a contract or an allotment
will be entitled to a vote on the
question of whether the bill will be
continued next year or not. All par
ties will be entitled to vote on the
cotton bill who have a contract this
year or have received' tax exemp
tion certificates.
“The Administration at Washing
ton is anxious that all counties get
their vote out. whether you are for
or against the.se bills,” says Coun
ty Agent E. H. Garrison, Jr. “In
the case of tobacco, landlords are re
quested to get all their tenants out
to vote on the tobacco bill. The only
record we have is the address of the
landlord, so in many cases we do not
have the address of tenants. I regret
that we are only permitted to nave
one election place in the township,
but I think that most of our farm
ers this year have ^realized enough
from the program that they can go
to a little expense of a short trip to
the voting place. These votes can
not be taken at this time at Carthage
but must be cast at the place you
are notified to vote. Letters have
gone to all those on our list notify
ing them of the places for voting,
which are as follows for the various
townships: .
Carthag:e at Carthage. McNeills
at Vass, Greenwood at Cameron,
Sandhill at Aberdeen, Mineral
Springs at West End, Bensalem at
Eagle Springs. Sheffield at Acorn
Ridge, Ritters at Highfalls and Deep
River at W, J. Harrington’s farm.
Those who still have Cotton Ex
emption Certificates may turn them
in to Mr. Caldwell at this office,
through Saturday of this week. This
time was extended to the 15th due to
the fact that some of the certificates
came in late and after the time the
National Pool was closed.’’
Train, Mail Schedules
To Change on Sunday
Postmaster Buchan Announces
New Closinjj Hours at S. P.
Postoffice
FIVE CENTS
PUT TUBERCULOSIS HAS CAPACITY TO CARRY
SEAL SALE OVER, ON AS D«CRACY, ASKS BAILEY
LEADERS URGE in TALK BEFORE KIWANIS CLUB
CH.VRLES VV. IMC’CiLK’l'
Larjje Fund Needed in Fijjht
Aj;ainst Disease in Moore
County
COUNTY AIDS CAMPAIGN
More than 250 per-son.s attended the
mass meeting held in the courthouse
at Carthage last Saturday to stim
ulate interest in the Townsend Plan
for retirement pensions, and many
petitions to Congress were signed to
swell the total of those signing up
at previous gatherings. So enthusias
tic were those at the meeting that
another gathering has been called tor
next Saturday afternoon at the
courthouse. Those present insisted on
this additional meeting that they
might round up their friends in fav
or of the cause.
It has been decided. President J.
M. Windham t^^ld The Pilot this week,
to give the organization here the
name of the Southern Pines and Moore
County Townsend Club, enlarging the
scope of the society’s activities to
include the whole population of the
county.
At Saturday’s meeting Thaddeus
McLean of Aberdeen, former Assem
blyman A. B. Cameron of Carthage,
Dr. J. Symington of Carthage and
others spoke.
TO OPEN BIDS ON NEW
BRIDGE NEAR ABERDEEN
A new steel and concrete bridge to
replace the one burned and destroy
ed on the Aberdeen-Laurinburg high
way last summer is on the list for
bids to be canvassed by the State
Highway and Public Works Commia-
sion at its meeting in Raleigh next
Wednesday, December 19th. This is
the only project in this section.
Lighted Christmas trees are to be
placed by the clly authorities at the
north and south city limits on U. S.
No. 1 highway.
Postmaster Frank Buchan of
Southern Pines yesterday announced
changes in mail schedules after Sun
day next, due to changes in the sche
dule of a number of Seaboard Rail
way trains which go into effect on
that day. Train No. 3, from the north,
will arrive at 7:18 instead of 7 p. m.;
No.4, from the south, will arrive at
10:57 instead of 10.17 a, m.; Tram
192, the evening northbound train,
is due at 6:47 instead of (5:45 p. m.
No chang:e in the arrival time of the
morning train from the north, 8:40
o’clock.
Mail for No. 4 northbound will now
close at the postoffice at 10 o’clock
in the morning instead of 9:45, Mr.
Buchan announces. Mail for No. 3
southbound will close at 5:45 p. m.
instead of 6 p. m. The 9:00 o'clock
closing for the last night mail re
mains the same.
After Sunday mail will be distri
buted in the boxes at the postoffice
at night if the train from the north
arrives by 8:20 o’clock, Mr. Buchan
stated. This is 20 minutes later than
formerly, di\p to the 18 minute later
scheduled arrival of No. 3.
HOSPITAL DIRECTORS MEET
The Board of Directors of the Moore
County Hospital transacted routine
business at its quarterly meeting
Wednesday afternoon, and heard re
ports from Treasurer Paul H. Dana
and Business Man.ager Edwin T. Mc-
Keithen.
Mr, and Mrs. Lewis Stoner of
Montreal, Canada, have leased the M.
H, Turner residence on Weymouth
Heights for the winter season and
have already taken possession.
PICQUET AGAIN
HEADS CAROLINA
THEATRE OWNERS
Twin State Organization Refuses ,
Plea of Local Movie .Man j
For Retirement |
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SCORE FREE RADIO SHOWS'
The effort.s of Charles W. i’icquet, '
manager of the Carolina Theatres in
Pinehurst and Southern Pines, to re
tire as president of the Theatre Own- ■
ers Association of North and Soiith
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Carolina after ten years’ service were j
frustrated when that group met the
forepart of this week in Charlotte and '
re-elected officers. His plea for a
respite from the executive duties ot ^
the organization fell on deaf ears.,
H. R. Beery of Hartsville, S. C., and
S. S. Sle^^enson of Henderson were
elected vice-presidents, and Miss
Ruth Hardin of Charlotte secretary
and treasurer.
Keen opposition to the “unfair
competition” caused by free perform
ances over the radio, to the exhibi
tion of commercial motion pictures
in-schools, and to fees charged thea
tres for use of music under the copy
right act, was expressed in resolu
tions adopted Monday by the asso
ciation.
Fees imposed on theatres by the
American Society of domposers. Au
thors and Publishers were termed
“unfati-, unjust and unwarranted”
and the association went on record as
“bitterly opposed” to the fees. An
investigation by the federal govern
ment was advocated as a means of
granting the theatres relief from “this
burdensome imposition.” Repeal of 1
that part of the copyright act which I
allows “collection of these unjust and :
unreasonable fees” was demanded. |
The association went on record as ^
opposed to a program recently sug-1
gested by Mrs. Robbins Gilman of the i
National Congress of Parents and I
Teachers, whereby commercial mo-1
tipn pictures would bo exhibited in I
public school building.s and support
ed by taxation.
Disapproval of the present system
of block booking of pictures was ex
pressed, along with opposition forc
ed inclusion of any short product
booking when theaters are negotiat
ing for the purchase of feature pic
tures.
The national code authority was
asked to eliminate the "totally unfair
competition” |uf free performances
over the radio. Changes in the cancel
lation clause of the code for the in
dustry were advocated.
The theater owners passed resolu
tions thanking the producers for the
"great improvement” in pictures pro
duced during the last year.
STRUTHERS BURT RETUItNS
Struthers Burt has returned to his
home here from a lecture tour
through northern states.
The County Tuberculosis Commit
tee profited to the tune of $10.00 in
its Christma.s Seal Sale by an ex
periment made the past week by E.
W. Reinecke, contractor, and hopes
that other contractors may follow
the example of Mr, Reinecke. On a
construction job in Pinehurst he had
his foreman call together the work
men and explain to them tlie purposes
of the Seal Sale, what becomes of the
money, the need for the fight against
tuberculosis, and so on, with the result
that the men dug into their pockets
and produced a local of $10.00,
The Seal Sale campaign is reported
as progressing satisfactorily in many
sections, slowly in ethers, and all
chairmen and workers are urged to
put on pre.ssure this week and put
the fund "over the top.” The fact that
the County is matching all that por
tion of the money which stays in the
county from the sale of seals, 75 per
cent, should be an added impetus this
year to private contributions. Mr. W.
D. Hyatt reports splendid coopera
tion on the part of business and pro
fessional men, civic bodies and others
in Pinehurst. Tho total raised in
Southern Pines thus far is reported
as inadequate for the necessary work
of next year in the fight against the
disease here, especially among the
colored population, and workers are
urged to redouble their efforts. A
follow-up campaign throughout the
county is planned for the next two
weeks, but any person -not personal
ly solicited is asked to purcha.se seals
at the drug stores.
A ten-dollar Christmas Seal bond
was delivered to the Kivvanis Club this
week for its contribution, voted at a
recent meeting.
Silk from Pine
Synthetic Yarn from Forests
of the South by New
Process Di.scovered
Will Meet or Fail Its Test as
People May Determine,
Says Senit<»r
MI ST MAINTAIN CREDIT
Three Divorces Granted
Here hy Superior Court
Property of Hiijh Falls Manu
facturing Company Order
ed Sold at Auction
A term of Superior Court for the
trial of civil eases convened in Carth
age on Morday with Judge J. H.
Clement presiding.
Divorce cases were the first on the
calendar and divorces were granted
in the following cases: Vota L. Batts
versus C. O. Batts on the grounds of
two years’ separation; Lillian C.
Evans versus L. W. Evans, two
years’ separation: Beulah Dillehay
Vann versus Thomas Calais Vann.
It appearing that all matters in
controversy in a case in which Jonah ]
B. Ritter was plaintiff and the Car-'
olina Power and Light Company, de-,
fendant, had been compromised, the ;
coui't, with consent of all parties, ad-'
judged that the plaintiff recover ot!
the defendant the sum of $450 in full j
settlement and that the plaintiff pay ;
the costs. '
In a ca.se entitled Gurney P. Hood,
Commissioner of Banks, Ex Rel Page
Trust Co^, and S. J. Hinsdale, liqui
dating agent of Page Trust Co.. and
others versus High Falls Manufactur- i
ing Company be sold by Harvey B.
Jones, permanent receiver heretofore
appointed, at public auction to the;
highest bidder for cash at the door
of the office building of the plant on
Monday, December 31st, 1934 at 10
o’clock a. m., the property to 1: e sold
as a whole.
Old Buck Guano Company versus
J. D. Mclnnis: the plaintiff was call
ed and failed to appear to prosecute
the action, so it was decreed that the
case be non-sutied and the plaintiff
taxed with the costs.
Synthetic silken yarn from .south
ern pine trees the first ever made -
was shown in New York last week
with announcement of the discovery
of a process through which the pine
forests of the south can be made to
clothe tho world.
The making of artificial yarns from
southern pines has been a goal of
chemists and a commercial dream for
years. The supply in southern for
ests is inexhaustible, and literally
large enough to meet all the needs
of the human race for clothing.
Eager efforts were made to tap
this cellulose source because it was
expected to be more economical, and
the announcement quotes basic ma
terial cost prices half of those of the
current markets.
The yarn, a shining white skein,
was exhibited at a dinner at the
Chemists club in honor of Dr. Char
les H. Herty, of Savannah, Ga„ dis
coverer of the process, Francis P.
Garvan, president of the Chemical
foundation which has been backing
the research, and Morris Poucher, a
famous chemist.
SANFORD NAMED
DISTRICT RELIEF
i HEADQUARTERS!
.Moore Grouped With Lee, Chat-1
ham and Harnett (’ounties in
New Set-l‘p !
CARTHAGE BRANCH OFFICE
The consolidation of counties |
into district units for administering |
federal emergency relief has result- |
ed in the discontinuance of the Moore ,
county office in Carthage, which has ’
been under the direction of Miss ,
Elizabeth Head for more than a year. |
Moore ha.T been grouped with Lee, |
Chathamgand Harnett counties with'
the administrative office for the dis- !
trict located in Sanford.' I
Miss Head stated on Tuesday that
the new set-up would not do away
with the Carthage office of the case
workers and clerks, and that the case
work supervi.sor, farm supervisor and
farm foreman would be retained.
Mr. Johnson of Pinebluff, who has
been a member of the county force,
has been transferred to the district
headquarters as disbursing officer.
The reorganization was made in an
effort to strengthen the social work
and at the same time reduce the to
tal cost of administration.
From now on it will be neces.sary
for all reliet orders and bills to be
mailed to Sanford for payment, it
was annouViced this week.
-MISS ELSIE CII.XNDLER TO
WED R. S. TARLTON SATl KDA^
Miss Elsie Chandler, daughter of ^
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Chandler ot '
Southern Pines, and Richard S. Tarl-1
ton, son of Mr. and Mrs. V. F. Tarl-,
ton of Aberdeen, will be united in i
marriage tomorrow, Saturday after- j
noon at 4 o’clock at the home of!
the bride’s parents on South Ashe I
street. The Rev. Mr. Keller cf San- i
I
ford, a former Aberdeen pastor, will
officiate, assisted by the Rev. J.
Fred Stimson of the Southern Pines
Baptist Church. The only attendant
will be Sam Tarlton, brother of the
bridegroom, who will serve as best
man.
COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL
ASSOf'I.ATION TO MEET
The Moore County Sunday School
Association will hold a conference at
8 o’clock Monday night at the
Church of Wide Fellowship in SouUi-
ern Pines, to arrange plans for
Leadership Training. Anyone inter
ested is cordially invited to attend the
meeting.
KIWANIS “BIG CHIEF"
TO SPE.AK IN RALEIGH
Dr. W. J. Carrington of Atlantic
City, N. J., president of Kiwanis In
ternational, will address an inter
city meeting in the Hotel Sir Walter'
in Raleigh tomorrow, Saturday night.
The meeting is called for 6:15 o’clock,
A number from the Kiwanis Club of
Aberdeen are expected to attend.
Has America the capacity to carry
on under a constitutional democracy
in the face of the problems con
fronting her?
That Ls the foremost question of
the day, United States Senator Jo-
siah W. Bailey told members and
guest.° of the Kiwanis Club of Aber
deen at its annual Alumni Day
meeting held Wednesday noon in the
Pinehurst Community Church. Near
ly one hundred residents of the coun
ty heard their senior Senator in
Washington make as fine a talk as
has ever been heard in this section,
a challenge to the citizenry to face
squarely the issues confronting the
country. The answer is theirs.
"I can give no assurance, only
hope, that we can meat the situa
tion,’’ he said. "The responsibility
and the consequences are the peo
ple’s. As the people determine, so
constitutional democracy will either
meet or fail its test.”
He cited what Japan has done on
numerous occasions in triumphing
over national disasters, how' it has
displayed a fortitude “more valuable
than all the legislation cf all the par
liaments of the world, all the gold in
all the national treasuries."
Submits Sample truestiouH
We must reduce the general con
fusion of mind in the country to sim
ple questions that can be answered
yes or no. And here are sample
questions he put to his hearers, prob
lems for the citizens to answer. Why
is England enjoying a housing boom
while we have fiom nine to ten mil
lions out of emploj'ment largely due
to the .fact that building in this
country tod^y is only 10 percent ot
what it was in 1928? England has
no Housing Act. How is the Feder
al government going to bear the
burdens the people are putting on it?
They now demand everything of the
F'edeial government, not of their
state, their county their city. The
farmers, the home owners, the banks,
the railroads, business—they all look
to the Federal government for aid.
A vested interest in public borrow
ing and public spending has been
created. How can the government
survive with the entire burden of the
people on its shoulders? We owe
twenty-eight billions of dollars, are
running behind at the rate of three
billion dollars a year. This is all
borrowed money which must come
out of mines and mills in the future.
It cannot come out of capital.
Must Maintain Credit
"Once we destroy the credit of the
country we might as well give up the
game,” the Senator said in plead
ing for a balanced budget. "Paper
money leads to political hell. It has
destroyed every government that has
ever tried it.”
The Senator stated he was not un
hopeful. The ultimate common sense
of the people will prevail if Ameri
cans will take the trouble to think
through, to apply themselves to the
practical questions of the situation,
to hold their public officials to a true
course. Sensible men can hold the
country. But we must put men in
public office and keep men in public
office who have intelligence and
character, not men who get there
and stay there through the dispen
sing of federal patronage and prom
ises to pay, pay, pay.
Our Past Inspiring
He urged a thought to the past.
“One trouble is,’’ he said, "the aver
age American has no defined sense
of his past, gleans no inspiration
from those great men who have gone
before us. Should we pause in our
busy rounds, stand by the graves of
the great men who laid the founda
tions and wrought out the principles,
draw inspiration from them, the
country would receive an access of
strength, hope, and courage we can
get in no other way. We need the
inspiration of the noble and immor
tal Americans of the past as never
before.”
Senator Bailey was introduced by
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