MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 15A, NO. 9.
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FIRST IN N'EWS,
CIRCULATION &
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhi
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday January 25, 19ai
of North Carolina
FIVE CENTS
PREDICTS SIX TO
EIGHT YEARS TO
RESTOREBUSINESS
System Must Be Worked Out
W'hereby Masses Can Buy
Products of Industry
SAYS DETROIT AUTO MAN
Frank Briscoe, Detroit automobile
manufacturer, in addressing the Ki-
wanis Club at Pinehurst yesterday
predicted that it would take from
six to eight years to wipe out the de
ficit caused by the depression.
It was the opinion of Mr. Briscoe
that unless some way is discovered
for the population to absorb the pro
duction of industry it will be neces
sary for a new economic set-up in
the future. The speaker pointed out
that profits from industry are added
to capital investment which in re
turn means larger production. In
going back to 1785, he stated that
production had increased sixty-four
times during that period of time
while the average income of indivi
duals in this country today is only
four hundred eighty dollars per year.
He further pointed out that there is
a imit to the w’ants of the rich and
that some system will have to be
worked out whereby the mass of
people as a whole can buy the prod
ucts of industry. This, he said, is
necessary if we are to return to
prosperity. Conditions in this coun
try are beginning to improve but it
will take years to overcome the ef
fects of the depression.
Secretary Herbert Vail read a
clipping from the morning paper an
nouncing the election of Mur
doch M. Johnson, former president
of the Aberdeen Kiwanis Club and
former senator from this district to
the North Carolina legislature, as a
member of the Hou.se of Representa
tives in the state of South Carolina.
The secretary was instructed to send
a letter of congratulation.
Murdoch M. Johnson, Former
State Senator Here, Elected to
South Carolina’s Legislature
Piles Up Huge Vote in Four-Cor
nered Race for Seat From
Kershaw County
Back in Harness
HUNT RACE MEET Purely Business Proposition
PLANNED FOR NEW I Says Chairman Currie About
MARCH 16{Naming of New Tax Collector
Oldest Member of
Pinehurst Church Dies
Mrs. (Pristine MacDonald Pass
ed Her 89th Birthday on
December 8th
"In again, out again, Flanagan,”
might easily be the slogan of Mur
doch M. Johnson, formerly of Aber
deen, now of Camden, South Carolina.
On Tuesday of this week Mr. John,
son was elected a member of the
South Carolina House of Representa
tives. Before moving to Aberdeen
several years ago to become a mem
ber of the law firm of Johnson &
Johnson he resided in Camden and
served in the General Assembly of
our sister state to the south. While
a resident of Aberdeen he was elected
State Senator from Moore county,
serving one term at Raleigh. About
three years ago Mr. Johnson return
ed to Camden, and on Tuesday was
again elected to the South Carolina
General Assembly from Kershaw
county. As far as The Pilot knows,
ho is the only person who has ever
served in the legislative bodies of |
both the Carolinas.
Mr. Johnson succeeds James R.
Belk, who w'as fatally injured in an
automobile w'reck last week. He was
loath to become a candidate owing
to pressure of his legal business in.
Camden, and made no campaign
prior to the special election. Despite
this, with three candidates against
him, all actively seeking the post, he
received more than twice as many
votes as the combined vote of his op
ponents, Fred M. Bryant, wood and
I coal dealer of Camden; J. M. Martin
and Newton Kelly, both of Lugoff,
S. C.
While a resident of Aberdeen I.Ir.
Johnson was active in all civic and
political affairs in Moore county. He
sei-ved one term as president of the
Kiwanis Club, was for several years
president of the Aberdeen Chamber
of Commerce, was active in the Good
Fellows Club, a charitable organiza-
I tion in Aberdeen, and one of the city’s
most energetic and enterprising cit- ]
izens. He made a splendid record at
Raleigh during his term in the State
Senate.
Sandhills Steeolechase Associa
tion Asks Ratification of
Date by National Body
>irRDO('H >1. JOHNSON
Mrs. Christine MacDonald, oldest
member of the Community Church in
Pinehurst, died on January 14th. A
charter member of the church and
one of its most faithful workers, she
passed her 89th birthday on Decem
ber 8th last.
Mrs. MacDonald is survived by» the
following children: Archie, Casper N.
and Kenneth, sons residing in Pine
hurst; Mrs. Sam Ferguson, a daught
er, of Southern Pines. One son, Ar
thur MacDonald, World War veteran
who was gassed in France, preceded
her to the gl'ave about three years
ago.
She was laid to rest in the MacDon
ald burying ground where her ances
tors for four generations have been
buried. Mrs. MacDonald was a life
long resident of Moore county and
the love and esteem in which she was
held by her family and many friends
were demonstrated by the numerous
kindnesses show^n her in her late ill
ness and the bountiful flowers that
covered her grave. The funeral ser
vices were conducted by her paster,
the Rev. A. J. McKelway, at her late
residence.
Salem College Head To
Speak Here Next Month
Dr. Rundthaler To Talk on
George Washington at Meet
ing of D. A. R.
COMMUNITY SINGING SUNDAY
NIGHT AT WIDE FELLOWSHIP
At the Community Hour, 7:30 p. m.,
next Sunday at the Church of Wide
Fellowship, the congregation will be
led in singing some of the oldest and
best known Christian hymns. Each
hymn will be introduced with a his
torical note by the pastor. Dr. C.
Rexford Raymond. The oldest hymn,
which was written about 220 A. D.,
perhaps sung first in Greek and later
in Latin, is well known to all church
men t - enjoy great music, and will
be S' -J Sunday night. Other hymns
from many nations and a great va
riety of religious communions will be
sung, proving that a good hymn
book is neither narrowly national nor
sectarian. All the great hymn books
of the Church are truly interdenom
inational.
The D. A. R. is planning an inter
esting meeting in February, featur
ing an historical address by the pres
ident of Salem Collage, Dr. Howard
E. Rondthaler. The subject of the ad
dress will have to do with the life
and work of George Washington.
Salem College, a Moravian institu
tion located at Winston-Salem, was
the third school in the United States
for the higher education of women,
under the name of the Salem Fe
male Academy. Dr. Rondthaler has
been its president since 1909, and
ranks high in this state as a schol
ar and historian. It is planned to have
this meeting open to the public.
MUSICAL MATINEE AT
CIVIC CLUB THIS AFTERNOON
A Musical Matinee will be given
this afternoon, Friday, at the Civic
Club at 3 o’clock. After the program
tea will be served. There is no ad
mission charge.
The Civic Club will sponsor an eve
ning of games at the clubhouse on
Friday night, February 1st. A charge
of 25c for each person is asked to de
fray expenses.
On Tuesday, February 5th, the D.
A. R. and the Civic Club are joint
hostesses for the afternoon. Dr. Rond
thaler, president of Salem College
in Winston-Salem, will be the speaker.
Everyone is invited to attend.
LEGION POST TO DISCUSS
BONUS ON MONDAY NIGHT
^VELFARE AGENCIES
IN PINEHURST JOIN
SANDS FOR SERVICE
Representatives Meet and Or
ganize to Better Administer
Relief in School District
MRS. TUFT^^ IS CHAIRMAN
On Monday afternoon the Com
munity Welfare agencies of Pinehurst
was formed at the home of Mrs. Leo
nard Tufts. This gathering waw com
posed of a representative from each
organization in Pinehurst that in any
way administers welfare. Mrs. Tufts
was asked to act as general chair
man.
Since the Federal relief has turned
back to each community all relief
families a need was felt for some i
central organization to handle the
situation in Pinehurst school district,
including Jackson Hamlet and Vina
Vista. Brief plans were made for
raising funds in order that the or
ganization may function in a definite
way as quickly as possible. Commit
tees and plans ^re to be announced
soon.
The following were present: The
Rev. T. A. Cheatham, Village Chap
el; the Rev.^A. J. McKelway, Com
munity Church; Mrs. T. A. Cheat
ham, Moore County Tuberculosis As
sociation; Gordon Cameron, County
Relief; Mrs. Gordon Cameron, Amer
ican Red Cross, Pinehurst Branch;
Donald Ross, Shriners; J. F. Taylor,
American Legion; Mrs. J. P. William
son, Pinehurst Chapter Moore Coun
ty Hospital Auxiliary; Miss H. Jane
Ewin, Woman’s Exchange; Mrs. Le-
mual Buchingham and Mrs. Chas.
Fields, American Legion Auxiliary;
Mrs. Herman Campbell, Parent-
Teacher Association; Mrs. R. P. Dav
idson, Social Service committee of the
Hospital Auxiliary.
INAUGURATE 1935 SEASON
At a meeting of the Sandhills
Steeplechase & Racing Association
held in the Village Court Grill in
Pinehurst Sunday afternoon the
members enthusiastically adopted the
plan to hold a hunt race meeting on
the new steeplechase course here on
Saturday, March 16, provided the
National Steeplechase Association
ratifies that date at its annual
meeting the last of this month.
It was al.so decided to temporar
ily discontinue the running race
meetings on the Pinehurst track, to
start up again on February 12 un
der the auspices of a new organiza
tion, the Pinehurst Racing Associa
tion. The Sandhills Steeplechase &
Racing Association will devote its
entire activity to the promotion of
steeplechase meetings, leaving the
running race events to the new or
ganization. P. S. P. Randolph, jr.,
will head the new as.sociation and
will be aided by William E. Baker.
Work is progressing rapidly on
the new race course on the Midland i
Road, midway between Southern |
Pines and Pinehurst. It is expected ;
to be in excellent condition for rac
ing by the date of the first meeting
in March. The jumps, both timber
and brush, will not be put in place
until just prior to the meeting, and
will then be erected under the su
pervision of Noel Laing. member of
the association’s executive commit
tee and one of the leading steeple
chase riders in the country. Mr.
Laing spent two days in Camden last
week and was assured of entries from
leading stables there for the March
meeting. The meeting here will in
augurate the 1935 hunt racing sea
son, with the Aiken, Camden, anu
Richmond meets following on succes
sive Saturdays.
Permanent officers of the Sanl-
hills association were elected at
Sunday’s meeting, as follows: presi
dent, Almet Jenks; vice-presidents,
Verner Z. Reed, jr., and Henry M.
Snowbound
Sandhills Residents, Guests at
White House Monday, De
layed in Return Home
The Sandhills residents who
were guests of Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt at the White House for
luncheon on Monday found them
selves snowbound in the Capital
when they were ready to leave
for home on Tuesday. In the party
were the Misses Schwarberg and
Mrs. P. P. Pelton of Southern
Pines and Mrs. J. Talbot Johnson
of Aberdeen. They motored to
Washington last Saturday. On
Tuesday word was received here
that their return would bp delayed
on account of the heavy snow in
thp District of Columbia and Vir
ginia.
The luncheon was given for
members of the Chautauqua, N. Y.
Women’s Club, of which the local
residents are summer members.
Huntley, Discarded by Board of
Commissioners, Claims 80%
of Taxes Collected
NO DECISION BY REYNOLDS
“It was purely a business proposi
tion,” said Wilbur H. Currie, chair
man of the Board of Commissioners
! of Moore County, this week in the
Pilot’s first interview w'ith him since
the board's action of three weeks ago
in electing L. R. Reynolds, one of its
members, as tax collector to succeed
W. T. Huntley, who has held the of
fice for the past three years. Mr. Cur
rie emphasized the fact that politics
’ or geographical location did not en
ter into the matter. The commission
ers, he said, were simply trying to
get the best man for the place, one
j who would get out and collect more
taxes. He stated that there was noth.
ing whatever against Mr. Huntley’s
character, nor against his work, so
far as it went.
Mr. Huntley, prior to this week,
had made no statement for publica
tion, but he has done a bit of inves
tigating in an effort to find out how
this county’s tax collections rank in
comparison with those of adjoining
counties, and the result is very fav
orable. Moore, with a tax levy of
more than double that of any coun
ty investigated, has collected 80 per
cent of its taxes, Mr. Huntley said,
while the runner-up has collected 77
Hear Inspirational Talk by Dr. Pei" cent and tlie lowest has accounted
Spring, Famed Ball Player fof only 75 per cent.
BOYS FORM CLUB
TO CARRY ON BOY
SCOUT ACTIVITIES
of 32 Years Ago
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
Then, in the matter of “Schedule
B” taxes, which include licenses for
filling stations, beer joints, slot ma
chines, swimming pools and so forth,
Undaunted by disagreeable weath- ■ Mr, Huntley produced figures to show
er 32 boys met, in i-esponse to the
directors' invitation at the Boy Scout
house last Saturday evening and vot
ed enthusiastically in favor of the
proposed boys’ club. Initial steps to
ward organization were immediately
taken, J. D. Sitterson being elected
president, Ed Newton, first vice-
MISS JEAN RIVERS, SANFORD,
AND M. L. UPCHURCH MARRIED
‘The Bonus” will be the subject of
talks and discussion at the meeting
of Sandhill Post No. 134, American
Legion, to be held Monday night at
8 o’clock in the Pinehurst Commun
ity Church. The Legionnaires are in
viting the public to attend the meet
ing.
Of interest is the announcement of
the marriage of Miss Jean Rivers of
Sanford to M. L. Upchurch on Sun
day, January 20, 1935 at the Parson
age of the First Baptist Church of
Concord, the Rev. Mr. Summers per
forming the ring ceremony. Mrs. Up
church is the daughter of Mrs. Eu
genia Rivers of Sanford. Mr. Up
church came here some time ago
from Apex and is connected with
Thrower’s Pharmacy. He is a grad
uate of the University of North Car
olina.
TO DISCUSS PLANS ON TUESDAY
FOR SPRING BLOSSOM FESTIVAL
that he h?d gone out and collected
sums greatly in excess of those of
preceding years. In 1929, 22 licenses
amounting to $219 were issued; in
1930, 18 licenses amounting to $95.
Mr. Huntley took over the job in
Dec. 1931, and his 1932 Schedule B
taxes amounted to $2,105,35, he says,
while in 1933, he collected $2,362.26,
president, Frank Buchan, Jr., second
vice-president and James Milliken, i^.j-iting a total of 229 licenses. The in-
secretary-treasurer. The boys agreed j crease in Schedule B taxes alone, he
to assume full care of the Boy | said, was more than enough to pay
Scout Hall and were in favor of | his salary.
Dingley, jr.; secretary and treasurer, | meeting weekly and of proceeding as ! Much Criticism
Nelson C. Hyde; racing secretary, P. far as possible in conformity with j criticism of
S. P. Randolph, jr.
Those attending the meeting on
Sunday were Leonard Tufts, P. S. P.
Randolph, sr., William E. Baker, Al-
Boy Scout regulations.
the board’s action, and varied opin-
met Jenks, Charles W. Picquet, Noel i jefig ability and particularly stressed
Explaining how important a boy’s |
mental attainments and school record | inasmuch as the
are for the development of real ath-1 Reynolds to the
Laing, John Thomas, Corbett Alex
ander, P. S. P. Randolph, jr., Frank
W. McCluer, Sprigg D. Camden, Nel.
son C. Hyde, and Dr. William C
Mudgett.
Pinehurst Racquet Club
Formally Opens Tonight
Stockton Heads New Organiza
tion to Promote Badminton
and Paddle Tennis
The newly organized Pinehurst
the importance of habits of obedience
to parents and teachers and respect
important post of county commission
er, it is his duty to serve in that ca
pacity until the expiration of his
for elders in the attainment of ath-1 generally conceded that
letic success. He made clear the ne
cessity of voluntary subordination by
the individual to his team, and point
ed out the practical value of the
cheerful cooperation, driving home
he is a successful business man and
a good, honest citizen, and while
some say that he lacks the training
necessary for handling the job of tax
collector, there are those who feel
his points with apt illustrations taken, ^
from actual play. He went on to ex-, Huntley, his
plain in detail something of the
technique of athletics, especially |
baseball, and to answer numerous
that his genial manner and his will-
questions until refreshments ; mgness to accommodate in every way
Racquet Club will have its formal op-, produced. The program ended with i
ening in the old Pinehurst Chapel, i the serving of ice cream and cake, dealings make him a valuable asset
opposite the Holly Inn, tonight, fol- INTF:reST SHOWN IN ! the county and they feel that in
Directors of the Southern Pines
Chamber of Commerce will meet next
Tuesday noon to hear a preliminary
report of plans for the second an
nual Spring Blossom Festival to be
held here in April. S. B. Richardson
is general chairman of the Festival
committee and busily engaged on the
program.
lowing a Warner Brothers short film,
“Good Badminton,” on this evening’s
movie program at the Carolina Thea
tre in Pinehurst. Exhibition badmin
ton games will be played. The club
also plans to introduce the new pad
dle tennis game here.
The following officers have been
elected: J. Potter Stockton, president;
Herbert Vail, vice president; Larry
L. Seeman, secretary and treasurer,
and Thomas Frydell, professional and
manager. Invitatioas to join the club
were sent out last week.
MISS FRANCi:S LEE CAVINESS
MARRIED TO LEONARD RUSSELL
FESTIVAL BENEFIT DANCE being deprived of the place under the
! existing circumstances, “He is get-
Judging from the interest mani- ting a rav,' deal.”
However, the game is on and it is
Mr. Reynolds’ time to move next. He
has been elected and it is up to him
to decide which he will be. Tax Col
lector Reynolds, or Commissioner
fested in the dance for the benefit
of the Spring Blossom Festival fund,
the Southern Pines Country Club
bids fair to be filled to overflowing
on Friday night of this week. The
committee reports a big advance sale | Reynolds. When interviewed on Tues-
of tickets, and reports of a nujnber
of dinner parties before the dance
indicated a gala evening. The danc
ing is from “9 o’clock till . . ac
cording to the announcements,
which also say the Bostonians will
furnish the music. The tickets are
SI.50 per couple.
day just before noon, he had not fully
decided in just which direction his
move would be made, whether into
the tax office and out of.the commis
sioners’ room, or vice versa.
j DR. MARCUS A. BROWNSON
1 TO PREACH AT BAPTIST CHURCH
Announcement was made this week | miNSTREL .AND VWUDEVILU:
of the marriage on January 29th last
year in Bennettsville, S. C., of Miss
Frances Lee Oaviness, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight W. Caviness of
Aberdeen, to Leonard Russell, son
of Mrs. S. E. Sloan of Aberdeen.
Mrs. Ru.ssell was graduated from
Aberdeen High School last June and
has been a student at Guilford Col
lege this year. Russell has been for
several years one of the star players
of the Aberdeen baseball team.
\
SHOW HERE NEXT MONTH
Dr. George G. Herr and Frank
Buchan, the committcw *n“ charge of
a Minstrel and Vaudeville Show to
be given next month for the benefit
of the Spring Blossom Festival Fund,
reported this week that they had pro
cured a number of feature stunts and
novel acts. They promise to an
nounce some of the program in next
week’s Pilot.
Dr.' Marcu.« A. Brownson, who for
27 years pastor of the Tenth Presby
terian Church of Philadelphia, will
preach next Sunday morning at the
Southern Pines Baptist Church. Dr.
Brownson has made his winter home
in Southern Pines since 1925. He has
spoken in the various churches of
this community to the delight of each
congregation, and the Baptist Church
is proud to invite the public to hear
him next Sunday morning.