MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 15A, NO. 22.
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of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, NV)rth Carolina, Friday, April 2fi, 1935.
FIVE CEim
ASSEMBLY BILL
WOULD ABOLISH
3 HIGH SCHOOLS
Cameron, Eureka and Vass Af
fected if Average Attend
ance Minimum is Increased
MOORE FIGHTS PROPOSAL
House Bill No. 1183, introduoed in
the House of Representatives last
week by Representative Harris and in
the Senate by Senator Lloyd Griffin
and referred to the Committee of Ed
ucation, proposes a change in the re
quired minimum average dail.v ?it-
tendance for high schools in the state
from the present 60 to SO pupils.
If this bill should become a .aw,
it would automatically aboMsh three
of Moore county’s best high schools,
according to a statement by County
Superintendent H. Lee Thomas. The
schools are Cameron, Vass and Eu
reka. A total of 152 accredited throe-
teacher high schools and 44 non-stan
dard high schools in the state would
be affected.
The bill states that “provision shall
not be made for a high school with
an average daily attendance of less
than 80 pupils unless geographic con-
ditions make it impracticable to pro
vide for them otherwise.” This would
mean in Moore county that further
consolidation where crowded condi
tions now exist would be made prac
tically mandatory upon the County
Board of Education.
The Moore County Board of Edu
cation, in session on Friday, author
ized the county superintendent to
fight to keep the high school law
from being changed by taking the
matter up with Moore’s representa
tives and representatives and school
people in the other 79 counties in the
state that would be affected. He has
already conferred with Senator
Spence and Representative Clegg,
and they have promised to use their
influence in an effort to keep the re
quired minimum at 60 as it is at pres
ent.
Hearing Refused
Mr. Thomas talked with Represen
tative Harris of Roxboro, chairman
of the House Committee on Education,
by telephone and asked if the com
mittee would give the opponents of
the bill a hearing with a view to get
ting the bill changed from 80 to 60
before It is reported out of commit-
tee again, and he definitely refused
to g^ant the hearing. He stated that
the bill positively would not be chang
ed in committee.
In consequence of this, Mr. Thomas
decided to take the matter up with
the principals of the 196 high schools
affected and ask them to lend their
support in i getting the average at
tendance requirement held at the pres
ent figure, and he has mailed let
ters to them, asking that they act at
once before the School Machinery
Bill comes up for consideration.
‘Orchard HilV to be the Scene
' of Leland-Wilder Nuptials
Rev. Mr. Barber Will Perform
Ceremony at Home of Mr.
and Mrs. E. T. McKeithen
“Orchard Hill,’’ the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin T. McKeithen near
Aberdeen, will be the scene tomor
row, Saturday night, of the wedding
of Miss Effie Leland, daughter of
Mrs. Warren Allston Leland of John
son City, Tenn., and Allison Francis
Page Wilder, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas B. Wilder of Aberdeen, Only
relatives and a few intimate friend.s
will witness the ceremony, to be per
formed by the Rev. E. L. Barber,
pastor of Bethesda Presbyterian
Church in Aberdeen. Mrs. McKeithen,
the bride’s sister, will play the wed
ding march.
Miss Leland will be given in mar
riage by her brother, Warren Allston
Leland of Baltimore. Md. Robeteau
I Wilder, brother of the groom, will
' serve a,s best man. An informal recep
tion will follow the ceremony, with
j Miss Alice Wilder of Aberdeen and
i Mrs. Robert Johnston of Pittsburgh.
I Pa., sisters of the groom, Mrs. Dan
Carter and Mrs. Charles Nicoll of Car-
I thage and Miss Emilie Richardson
! 3f Southern Pines assisting in serv
ing.
' After a short honeymoon Mr. and
Mrs. Wilder will make their home ii
Charleston, S. C., where the groom
is engaged in business.
Miss Leland is the youngest daught
er of the late Warren Allston Leland
and Mrs. Leland. She attended Mem-
minger School in Charleston and
was graduated with distinction from
Converse College, Spartanburg, S. C.,
in 1930. For some time she has been
employed as a secretary at the North
American Rayon Corporation near
Johnson City, Tenn.
Mr. Wilder was educated at Bell
Buckle, Tennessee, Severn Academy
iji Maryland and at the United State.-
Naval Academy at Annapolis. He ir
the oldest son of Mr, and Mrs. Thom-
a.s B. Wilder of Aberdeen and a ne
phew of the late Walter Hines Page,
ambassador to Great Britain during
the World War.
A number of pre-nuptial events in
honor of the young couple have been
given during the past week.
Here on Sunday
PLANS COMPLETE
FOR BUSY SPORTS
DAYINMHURST
Full Program for Week-End,
With Golf, Races, Fashion
Show and Dance
MANY NOTARLES COMING
REV. DR. C. K. PROCTOR
Style Show Feature
at Pinehurst Saturday
Leading Shops To Show Many
Exclusive Models at Coun
try Club
The Fashion Show, which is to be
held tomorrow afternoon at the
Pinehurst Country Club for the en
tertainment of Carolina Day visitors,
promises to be an affair of great in
terest to everyone. The show is be
ing planned and put on by Mrs. Nat
S. Hurd. It will begin at 4:30. ,
Three gown sliops in Pinehurst will
show exclu;^ve models, they being
Madame et La Jeune Fille, Purcello’s
and Razook’s. About forty different
costumes will be modeled by a doz
en or more young society women. A-
mong those who will model are Mrs.
Larry Seeman of Cambridge, Mass.,
Mrs L. L. Biddle, II and Miss Polly
Lovering of Pinehurst, Miss Margaret
Fuller, Briarcliff Manor, N. Y., Miss
Enizabeth Fenno, New York City,
Miss Katherine Wiley, Southern
Pines, Miss Betty Hogg. Englewood,
N. J., Miss McGregor Frame, Phila
delphia and Miss Helen Louise Heim,
New York City. One of the finest dis
plays of women’s costumes ever
shown in Pinehurst is promised and
many summer models are being im
ported especially for the occasion.
Mrs. J, B. Fagran Dies
in Hospital in Raleigh
Aberdeen Resident Was Former
Matron of Farm Life School
ai^ureka
Mrs. J. B. Fagan, prominent resi-
dent of Aberdeen for the greater part
of her lifetime, died early this week
in a Raleigh hospital. She had been
ill for some time.
Mrs. Fagan, who was a sister of the
late James McNeill Johnson of Aber
deen, spent a busy and useful life.
She was for many years matron o
the Farm Life School at Eureka. La.
ter she had charge of The Teacherag<
in Aberdeen for several years. Her
husband died many years ago.
Surviving are a son, James W. Fa
gan of Ponca City, Oklahoma; four
sisters. Dr. Alice E. Johnson of Phil
adelphia, Mrs. G. M. Ward of Wil
lard, Mrs, Ella Heckart and Miss
Mary Johnson of Aberdeen; and one
brother, Edgar Johnson of Defuniak
Springs, Florida.
Funeral services were conducted
yesterday afternoon by the Rev. E. I
Barber at Old Bethesda Church, with
interment following in Bethesda cem
etery. The active pallbearers were J.
D. McLean, Llnwood Pleasants, Wil
liam Maurer, Max Folley, Jr., Gordon
Keith £uid Francis Pleasants. Hono
ary bearers were Dr. Alex H. Mc
Leod, J. R. Page, G. C. Seymour, J.
A. Bryant, Leroy Harrington, W. T.
Worsham, Robert Stewart, W. A.
Blue, J. W. Graham and T. D. Mc
Lean.
The speaker at the Community
Hour at the Church of wide Fellow
ship at 7:30 this Sunday night, April
28, will be the Rev. Dr. C. K. Proc
tor. Dr. Proctor has been superin
tendent of the Ma.sonic Orphanage at
Oxford for seven years and has
spent 15 years as a Methodist pas
tor. He has just been elected a trus
tee of Duke University.
Seats will be reserved for members
of the Masonic orders from Southern
Pines, Fayetteville and other nearby
points. Everybody is invited. The en
tire offering will be devoted to the
orphanage. Although under Masonic
auspices, the orphanage is not re
stricted to children of Masons. The
present value of the plant, which was
established in 1872, is $1,000,000.
Announces
SEABOARD’S NEW
SCHEDULE GOES
IN EFFECT SUNDAY
N'ew Air-Conditioned “Robert E.
Lee’’ Train Arrives Here
at 6:48 A. M.
PRESBVTERIAL TRAINING
SCHOOL TO MEET MAY 2D
The Auxiliary Officers Training
School for Fayetteville Presbyterial
will meet in Bethesda Church at
Aberdeen on May 2nd at 10 o’clock.
All officers, secretari-ps of causes and
auxiliary members are urged to at
tend and are requested to bring a
light lunch.
:arries pinehurst cars
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Important schedules were announc
ed this week by the Seaboard Air
Line Railroad, to take effect this
Sunday, April 28th. The Pinehurst
and Southern Pines cars from New
York will now arrive at 6:48 o’clock
each morning instead of at 8:47 a.
m. as they have been doing all win
ter. The night train from Southern
Pines to New York will leave at 7:04
p. m., one-quarter of am hour later
than at present, but will arrive at
Pennsylvania Station at the same
time, 9:00 a. m.
It will also be possible after Sun
day to leave Southern Pines at 10:21
p. m. and arrive in New York at
11:59 a. m. This train will stop here
on signal only, and only for passen
gers for Richmond or beyond. It will
be a popular train for those going to
Washington, arriving there at 6:45
a. m.
Here is the new schedule’as it af-
fects Southern Pines:
Train No. 5, Atlanta, Birmingham
train Leaves New York at 5:30 p.
m., arrives Southern Pines 6:45 a. m.
This train will be known as “The
Robert E. Lee” and will carry Pine-
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Capacity Crowd Out
For Festival Benefit
A band of musicians entertained
a capacity audience at the benefit
performance in the Carolina Theatre
here Wednesday night. The ben
efit was to make up the deficit in
the Spring Blossom Festival, and was
-successful in this purpose, according
to Dr. G. G. Herr, chairman of the
committee.
Dr. Herr acted as master of cer
emonies and introduced the boys in
a variety of snappy numbers, includ.
ing a fan dance which brought down
the house.
The committee in charge of the
benefit show comprised Dr. G. G
Herr, Frank Buchan, Harry Buckley
and Charles Picquet.
Final arrangements have been com
pleted for North Carolina Day at
Pinehurst, A full program of sports
and entertainment is in store for the
North Carolina visitors this week
end.
On Saturday golf will start the
day off. North Carolina team match
es will be completed on that day. Don
ald J. Ross ha.s urged an early reg
istration of players for these tourna
ments. There will also be prizes giv
en for the lowest individual scores
and net gross scores for thrity-six
holes, to be completed on either one
or both of the days. The field will
be divided into three classes accord
ing to individual handicaps. A small
entry fee will be charged.
John F. Kenfield, coach of the
North Carolina University tennis
team, has promised some of the fin-
e.st tennis in the south. Several of
the finest players at U. N. C. will
compete in an informal tournament.
The finals of the trap and skeet
shooting tournament will start at 9:00
a. m. at the Gun Club and will con
tinue throughout the afternoon.
Joe Ezar, famous trick golf artist
will give an exhibition at the Coun
try Club at 5:30 p. m.
Many entertainments are being
planned for Saturday night for the
entertainment of the visitors. Carolina
Theatre will show a first run movie,
Richard Barthelmess in “Four Hours
to Kill.” The Club Chalfonte, a fa-
mcus night club in the Sandhills, will
be open for dinner and dancing. Karl
Andrews, the manager, promises a
special orchestra and floor show for
the occasion. There will be dancing
in the ball room of the Carolina Ho
tel for g;uests and their friends. The
Pinehurst Bowling Casino will also
be open for anyone interested in this
sport.
On Sunday at 3:00 in the afternoon
there will be horse racing at the
Pinehurst Race Track. H. Stacy
Smith, owner of some of the fastest
trotting horses in the country will
stage a matinee race for the enter
tainment of the visitors. Following
the race there will be several gymk
hana events. There will be no charge
for this entertainment. Besides rac
ing on Sunday there will also be
golf, tennis and trapshooting.
On Sunday afternoon from 4:30
to 5:30 tea will be served in the lob.
by of the Carolina Hotel and all the
guests of the hotel and their friends
are welcome.
Many notables in North Carolina
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Noel Laing Riding in
Maryland Hunt Race
Famous “Trouble Maker,” Train
ed Here All Winter, To
Run Saturday
Noel Laing of Southern Pines wil
ride the famous “Trouble Maker,”
Mrs. T. H. Somerville’s steeplechaser
in the annual running of the classi'
Maryland Hunt Cup race near Balti
more tomorrow, Saturday afternoon.
“Trouble Maker” was in training here
all winter. /
This will be “Trouble’s” third trij
around the historic course, looked
upon as the most difficult steeple
chase in America. He won the covet
3d trophy three years ago, with Laing
in the saddle. Two years ago he was
in England for the Grand National, in
which he ran a fine race, and las
year he was third, finishing with
Jeep gash in his chest as the result c'
hitting a post of one of the jumps. Thr
course is four miles over timber.
Among other entries is “Drinmor'
Lad,” winner of the recent Carolina
Cup race at Camden, to be ridden by
Jimmy Ryan, who won one of the
f^vents in the Sandhills meeting here
this spring.
A number from Southern Pines
^re attending the race, among them
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson H. Boyd, Mr.
ind Mrs. Almet Jenks and Miss
Julia Scott Butterfield.
DR. L. >1. damf:ls
DANIELS TOSSES
HAT IN RING FOR
S. P. TOWN BOARD
Platform Calls For Full Publicity
For Acts of Commissioners
and City’s Finances
FOR ROTATION IN OFFICE
The Pilot is in receipt of the fol
lowing: “Open Letter to the Voters
and Tax-payers of Southern Pines.”
It is with much reluctance that I
announce my candidacy for the nomi
nation as commissioner of the Town
of Southern Pines. I am aware this
is not the usual proceeding. But I be
lieve the voters and taxpayers are en
titled to some previous knowledge of
new candidates before a meeting of
the caucus. For, in the short length
of time between the nomination and
voting, the voter has no time for due
consideration of the candidate’s fit
ness and faithfulness to the interests
of Southern Pines.
Many of my friends informed me
that while they were aware of my
policies and what I stood for, I
should state them, so, one of the
reasons for this letter.
I stand for Southern Pines first,
last, and all the‘time, believing that
anything that will benefit Southern
Piues will benefit not only me, but
all of us. I believe in equal oppor
tunity for all and special privileges
for none.
I believe that the minutes of the
meetings of the Board of Commis
sioners should be published in our
local paper immediately following
each meeting.
I believe that the taxpayers are
entitled to a published statement of
the financial ronditi^'n of our town
every six months, and that all agree
ments and contracts entered into by
the board should be published in full
In fact the voters and taxpayers are
entitled to full information upon
every transaction that may affect
them. The salaries of all town em
ployes should have fullest publicity.
The fact that moat of the above
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STEEPLECH.\SE COURSE TO
BE IMPROVED THIS SUMMER
At a meeting of the Sandhills
Steeplechase & Racing Association
held last week it was voted to pro
ceed at once with necessary improve
ments to the present course on the
Midland Road, and a committee was
named to have charge of the work.
James W. Tufts is chairman, with L
L. Biddle, II and C. W. Picquet as his
assistants. Frank Maples is to super-
vie the work, which involves returf-
ing the course.
President Almet Jenks also ap
pointed a Finance comittee to raise
the necessary funds to defray the
cost of the improvements, as follows-
Sprigg D. Camden, chairman; Ver-
ner Z. Reed, Jr. and Nelson C
Hyde.
TOWNS OF COUNTY
ELECT OFFICIALS
TUESDAY, MAY 7
No Mayoralty F'ight in Southern
Pines But Several Aspire
to Town Beard
VASS eleitT^^ held up
With the town caucus for the nom
ination of candidates for Mayor a?
commissioners of Southern Pines but
one week off interest which has seem
ed in a lethargic state for some time
developed .somewhat during the past
week. Reports of a number of pros
pective candidates for the town board
were current on, the streets, though
no contestant for Mayor D. G. Stu’.z’
job ha.s put in an appearance.
The Pilot has received but one pub
lic announcement of a candidate for
the board, that of Dr. L. M. Daniels,
who states his platform in another
column of this issue. It is generally
believed that all present membery of
the board will be renominated next
Friday night, L. V. O’Callaghan.
Charles S. Patch, Alfred B. Yeo-
man.s, George W. Case and Frank
Welch. Mr. Yeomans has been threat
ening to retire for some time but is
believed to have been prevailed upon
to stand for re-election on May 7th.
Eugene C. Stevens, a former com
missioner, will in all probability be
nominated next Friday, and there is
talk of one or two others, among
whom is Harry A. Lewis.
Those entitled to vote in Southern
Pines and not already on the regis
tration books should register thei
names with Mrs. J. H. Tllghman, reg
istrar, at the City Clerk’s office to
day or tomorrow. Only those regis
tered can vote at the election o-
May 7th.
Like Southern Pines, Aberdeen has
but one candidate for mayor, its pres,
ent incumbent, Henry McCoy Blue.
For the five commissionerships there
seven candidates were named at the
recent caucus, F. D. Shamburger, J.
D. McLean, H. A. Gunter, J. M. Tay
lor, C. L. Guion, J. K. Melvin and W.
H. McNeill. Aberdeen’s election will
be on May 7th also.
One Mayoralty' Contest
Carthage has two mayoralty can
didates, Mayor J. E. Muse and J. L.
McGraw. There are six candidates
for the town board, Clyde Shaw, C. F.
Barnes, D. H. Parks, J. M. Morgan,
H. G. Poole and E. H, Morton. The
first five named are present commis
sioners.
Vass is in a muddle about its elec
tion, and indications are that there
will not be any. No copy of the town’s
charter seems to be in existence there
and Ben H. Wood, the town cleric,
has written Raleigh for one. Until
that is received the powers that be
do not know how to proceed with an
election, and as the law requires the
registration books to be open for four
weeks before an election and the
Vass books have not been open at all,
there would appear to be no possibil
ity of a vote for officials on May 7th.
Hemp, newly incorporated, will
elect a mayor and town board for the
first time in its history, and residents
have been busy registering for the
forthcoming election during the past
few weeks. Candidates include W, P.
Saunders for mayor, E. C. McSwain,
J. C. Cummings, E. R. Brown, E. M.
Ritter and Bronson Williams for com
missioners.
B.XNHERS MEET HERE M.\Y 9-10
Invitations \re out for the 39th an
nual convention of the North Caro
lina Bankers Association, to be held a'
the Carolina Hotel, Pinehurst on May
9th and 10th.
Baby Party
^iospital Invites All Those
Born in Institution to Lawn
Fete on Mav 12
If your baby was bom in the
Moore County Hospital, he, or she,
is invited to a party.
The hospital will observe Na
tional Hospital Day on Sunday,
May 12th, by holding on its lawn
at Pinehurst a reunion of all ba
bies born in the institution. Invi
tations have been sent out to the
parents. From three to four in the
afternoon is the time, and there’ll
be ice cream and such for, the lit
tle tots.
If any baby over seven years old
goes to the party he won’t be able
to get away with it. The insti
tution isn’t that old until Novem-
bei’.