•lAF. 2 0 1937
MOORK COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
THE
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 17, NO. 16.
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BiUlUK
SPRINGS
ALAKKVISW
PILOT
FIRST Niuwa,
CIRCULATION &
ADVERTISING
Southern Pines and Aberdeenr N^th Car^ina, March 19, 1937.
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Stringent Slot Machine Law
Passed; Supported by Poole
FIVE CENTS
Over Brush in One of the Steeplechase Races Here Last Sat%^
:S
County Attorney Hoyle Corrects
Impression Made by Action
of Ministerial Group
In a communication received by
The Pilot this week, County Attorney
Samuel R. Hoyle cf Carthage endeav-
ors to clear up the impression made
upon the public by resolutions pass
ed recently by the Sandhill Minister
ial Association with regard to the
position of Moore county’s Represen
tative, J. Hawley Poole on slot ma
chine legislation.
The resolution adopted by the
clergymen, in part, read: “ . . .
having heard that a local bill is be
fore the Legislature exempting
Moore county from protection against
slot machines . . .urge our Represen
tative to withdraw said bill and . . .
cooperate with those who are trying
to protect us from this vicious evil.”
That Mr. Poole was one of the
leaders in the fight for outlawing slot
machines throughout the state is the
evidence presented by Mr. Hoyle, who
writes:
Editor, The Pilot:
In last week’s papers, I note that
the Sandhill Ministerial Association
adopted a resolution addressed to
Representative .T. Hawley P^ole, urg
ing him to withdraw a bill introduc
ed by him in regard to slot machmes.
Evidently this resolution was offer
ed because of a misunderstanding as ^
to the contents cf the bill introduced
by Representative Poole.
As I drew the bill at the request
of the Board of Commissioners of
Mcore county, who have used every
effort including this bill to outlaw
slot machines, I deemed it advisable
to explain the purpose and contents
ff this bill.
Stringent Law
The bill was House Bill No. 369.
Section 1 exempted Moore county
from the provisions of Chapter 282,
Public Laws cf 1935, which is the
law under which Judge Rowe of the
Recorder s Court held slot machines
were legal of the type put out by
the Fayetteville Vending Machine
Company. Section 2 re-enacted Chap
ter 37 of the Public Laws tf 1935
W. p. A. Project
Aberdeen Gets Allocation of
$5,531 For Sidewalks on
Busy Streets '
Aberdeen learned with pleasure
this week of the approval of a
federal W. P. A. project involving
the expenditure of $5,531. for the
paving of sidewalks on P*oplar
street (U. S. Highway No. 1)
throu(?h the city, and on Main
street in the business section. The
work is to get under way at once.
SEAL SALE TOPS
PREVIOUS RECORDS
IN MOORE COUNTY
Tuberculosis Drive Nets $1,-
542.46, With Response Gener
al Throunhout Community
—Photo by Eddy
CLOSE FINISHES
FEATURE ANNUAL
RACE MEETING
Great Crowd Sees Leading^
Horses and Riders of Coun
try in Action Here
COLORED RAISE $147
The 1936 Seal Sale for the preven-
ticn of tuberculosis broke all prev- i
ions records in Moore county, topping
the $1,500 mark for the first time.
The total was $1,542.46, with every
section of the county ccntributing'
I and with a generous response from
I colored as well as white residents,
j The County Tuberculocid Ccmmit-
I tee held an enthusiastic meeting in |
i Pinehurst on Monday, with represen-1
I tatives from Aberdeen, Carthage, |
I Southern Pines and Pinehurst pres
ent. Dr. J. Symington, County Health
Officer, reported that the county
showed a mcst encouraging decrease
the prevalence cif tuberculosis. Out
of the 2,608 children recently exam
ined, only one active case was found.
GENERAL BUTNER
FORMER “C. 0 ” AT
Dr. H. A. Derthick, President of
Milligan College, Here on Sunday
FORT BRAGG, DIES; Speaks Here Sunday
Brother of M. F. Butner ofj
Pinebluff Led Brigade in i
World War I
BURIED IN ARLINGTON
The last chapter in the notable
army career of Major General Henry
W, Butner of Pinnacle. N. C., was en
acted Monday when his body was
laid to rest in the Arlington National
cemetery. The distinguished North
Carolinian was buried with full mili-
and this is being placed in the State honors.
the cooperation of the general pub
lie.
The reports shows the following
(Please turn to page eight)
Judge R. W. Winston
General Henry W. Butner, recent
ly relieved as commanding officer of
the Panama Canal department, died
last Saturday at Walter Reed hospi
tal.
Born in Pinnacle April 6, 1875, Gen
eral Butner was appv.inted to the
West Point Military Academy on June
20, 1894, and was a member of the
class which was graduated ahead of
schedule in April, '1898, at the outset
of the Spanish war. He was commis
sioned a second lieutenant of the field
artillery, and had risen to the rank
cf lieutenant colonel by the outbreak
of the World war. He became a brig
adier general, temporarily, during the
war. and was promoted to the lank
Civic Club Speaker I of major general last February.
_ ;— _ I Up to the time of the World war,
Local Organization Invites Pub- ■ General Butner had seen service in
lie to Hear Noted Author Cuba, the Philippines, Hawaii, and
and Biographer j mcst of the field artillery posts
' in the United States. He was for
Judge Robert W. Winston of ^^^‘^gprne time commanding officer at
ham will be the guest speaker at ■ Bragg. He was on the Mexican
a meeting of the Civic Club in Sou-
them Pines this, Friday, afternoon to,
which all men and women of the'
that the Ministerial Association for community arc iiivilcu. One of the
the Sandhills and all other good cit- . school of southern gentlemen and
izens would not Intentionally do Rep- j scholar, Judge Winston is a force- ^ ^ ^ ^ August 5-
resentative Pocle an injustice, and ,,,, delightful sneaker His life August o
will gladly correct the erroneous Im-|a m“t LerSune c“e ind
I has been a most interestmg one, ana, Meuse-Argonne, October 1-Novem-
it is fron: his newly published aulo-|^^^ g. Germany until
biography, 'It’s a Far Cry.” that 26, 1919. He became command-
will draw bis text.
Sanatorium by the committee.
The reports of the various sub
committees showed an organization
I alive and watchful, with a determi-
I nation to make Moore county absc-
I lutely free from the dangers of the
in its application to Moore county,' disease.
prchibiting th“ manufacture, sale, j M,.g Anna F. Cheatham, county
possession and use of slot machines, I chairman, presented the best report
gambling apparatus and devices. ^ jjj ^he history of the Seal Sale, made
Chapter 37 above referred to is the' pcssible by the splendid workers and
most stringent slot machine law ever
re-enacted in North Carolina until
this session of the Legislature when
Senator Edd Fiannigan of Pitt coun
ty introduced in the Senate a slot
machine law outlawing all kinds of
slot machines except mechanical
clcrks or vending machines.
While in Raleigh yesterday, I talk
ed with Senator Fiannigan. and he
stated that Representative Hawley
Poole was one of his ablest lieuten
ants in the House in securing the
paissage of the Statewide Slot Ma
chine Law recently ratified by the
Legislature.
I am writing this because I know
PURSES TOTALLED $1,700
A crowd variously estimated at
I from 10.000 to 18,000 witnessed the
third annual hunt race meeting of the
Sandhills Steeplechase & Racing As
sociation on the Barber Estate course
midway between Pinehurst and
Southern Pines last Saturday after
noon and saw some fiin^uc..] aa c.
citing as anyone could ask for. They
saw some of the finest steeplechase
horses in the country tearing over
timber and brush jumps, ridden by
many of America’s leading riders.
The day was perfect, with a cloud
less sky and the temperature just
right for the sport. Parking spaces
around the big course were at a
premium, in fact cais were parked
in double and triple tiers at various
points. Officials of the association
sponsoring the meet report that the
gross receipts were greater than at
the two previous meets, and beyond
expectation. It is believed that from
subscriptions and parking space sales
there will be a sufficient balance m
1 the association’.s tr^iaaury to mak*!
Tennessee, neces.sgry improvements to the
grounds before next year’s meeting.
People were here from all parts of
j the state and scores from Aiken.
I Thaddeus A. Cheatham is in- Camden and other points in South
viting the public to attend a very in-' Carolina, to say nothing of large
teresting service at the Pinehurst Vil-1 numbers who came from the nortiv
Talk on Work in
Mountains To Be Preceded by
Organ Recital by Miss Harding
Dr.
DR. H. A. DEKTHICK
BILL LEGALIZING
VOTE ON SCHOOL
PASSES HOUSE
He went to France with the Six
teenth Field Artin<>iy on May 21,
1918. He participated in the opera-
pression that he was attempting to
legalize slot machines, when in truth
and in fact he was working diligently
to procure them to be outlawed In
the state as well as in Moore coun
ty.
—S. R. HOYLE,
County Attorney.
March 17, 1337.
JOHN WlLXiCOX MOVES FROM
“HOUSE IN THE HORSESHOE”
Judge v;inston cast the electoral
vote of North Carolina for Grover
Cleveland in 1884. He has shaken
hands with every President since
Lincoln. He was a slave owner. Af
ter his retirement some years ago
from the bench he resided in Wash
ington, then returned to his old col
lege In 1924 "to become a Freshman
again at Sixty.” This episode of his
John Willcox. clerk of the Moore i life he once wrote up in Scribner’s
county Superior Court, has purchased
the Major Petty place In Carthage
and will move his family there with-
ing a few days. For many years the
George Willcox, the owner’s broth-
House in the Horseshoe,” one of the
show places of the county located
several miles out from Carthage.
George Willcox, the woner’s broth
er, will move into this house and will
supervise the large farm.
magazine. He has written several bi
ographies, among them the lives of
Andrew Johnson and Robert E. Lee,
His new book is reported as most
Interesting and is expected to be oi^
sale by the end of the week in the
Hayes bookshop here.
He will be introduced at tcday’s
meeting by Robert L. Hart, presi
dent of the Southern Pines Cham
ber of Commerce.
Early Actiion on Measure For
Referendum in Southern Pines
Expected in Senate
er of the First Field Artillery bri
gade October 1, 1918.
On his return to the United States
in 1919, he went to the Army War
college in Washington. He occupied
positions of high command at posts
in this country, Hawaii and the Phil
ippines, and in July. 1936, sailed for
Panama to become commanding gen
eral of the Panama department. He
was on the general staff eligible Ifst.
General Butner was a brother of
M. F. Butner of Pinebluff and had
been a frequent visitor here. Other
survivors include a sister, Mrs. J. S.
Atkins of Elkin and a brother, Ar
thur L. Butner of Winston-Salem.
At the union church service at the
Church of Wide Fellowship Sunday
night the Rev. Voight Taylor of
Duke University will preach on "Pe
ter’s Fall.”
Dr. George G. Herr, chairman of
the Southern Pines School Board, re
ceived a telegram from Representa
tive j. Hawley Poole, in Raleigh yes
terday advising him that the bill pro
viding for a referendum in the South
ern Pines School District on the sub
ject of a bond issue to finance the
much discussed expansion of the
school's physical facilities, has pass
ed the Hcuse and is now on the Sen
ate calendar awaiting an early pas
sage in the upper house.
By State law it is necessary for the
School Board to have such a law
enacted granting permission to hold
a special election cr referendum be
fore any further steps can be taken
and it is expected that, in view of
the fact that the Assembly adjourns
in the near future, the bill will paiss
the Senate within the next few days.
MRvS. STONEBRAKER TO SING
IN VILLAGE CHAPEL SUNDAY
Mrs, S. D. Stonebraker will sing
at the morning Palm Sunday service
at the Village Chapel in Pinehurst
this Sunday. In two weeks Mrs.
Stonebraker returns to her native
Vienna to sing in a series of con
certs. The public is cordia’.ly invited
t( hear her Sunday.
lage Chapel this Sunday evening at
8:15 o’clock. From 8:00 to 8:15 p. m.
there will be an organ recital by Miss
Irene Harding. The speaker of the
evening will be Dr. Henry J. Derthick,
president of Milligan College, Tennes
see.
Since young manhood Dr. Derthick
has spent his life among the moun
tain people of the South; he has serv
ed them both as minister and educa
tor and has been a tower of strength
to those who have planted "a mighty
home of mankind strong, to learn the
right, reject the wrong.”
For the past 11 yeais as the presi
dent of Milligan College in the moun
tains of East Tennessee, Dr. Der
thick has repeatedly stated that "as
we turn to the hills of the Appala
chian region for our sole remaining
strain of pure Anglo-Saxon stock, so
should we turn a portion of our re
sources toward these institutions of
learning — the small colleges—to aid
them in their unselfish, unsung work
of educating the youth cf today for
the parental and national responsi
bilities cf tomorrow.”
for the big week-end. The races
themselves lived up to their expecta
tions. There was not a bad race on
the card, and the times recorded in
the various event was unusually fast.
Piize winners in the different
races were as follows:
The Catawba, one and one-half
miles over hurdles: Mrs. Marien T.
Git/ison’s It.saboy first, Vemer Z.
Reed’s Little Hurd second, Mrs. Ran
dolph Scott's Hydraulic third. Pur-se,
$300.
The Croatan Steeplechase, two
miles over brush: Mrs. Gibson’s Lit-
(Please turn to page eight)
Mrs. Akeley, Noted
Explorer, Here Sunday
“Adventures in African JunKle”
Subject of Lecture in
Pinehurs^t Theatre
Mrs. Carl Akeley of the American
Museum of National History, New
York, will give her lecture, ‘‘Adven
tures in the African Jungle,” at the
Dr. Cheatham not only says that ! Pinehurst Theatre on Sunday evennig,
March 21st. at 8:30. She will tell of
her adventures with her hus
band, the late Carl Akeley, explorer
and naturalist, while collecting great
mammals in Equatorial Africa on the
Akeley-Eastman-Pomeroy expoditi n
for the American Museum. She will
also recount her experiences on her
1936 expedition in South Africa, Zul-
uland and Portuguese East Africa.
Mrs. Akeley is adviser in piom t-
ing the Akeley African Hall in the
New York Museum. After her hus
band’s sudden death of fever in the
— I Belgium Congo, Mrs. Akeley was the
The volunteer firemen of Southern | leader of the expedition for five
Pines are holding their seventh an- months in the African jungles. She
nual ball for the benefit of the local had a Safari of 300 natives and trav-
company next Thursday evening, eled several hundred miles cn foot
March 25th at the Green Pines Casi- before returning tc any settlement,
no. and if this year’s event is any-1 She was knighted by the late King
thing like those of the past a most. Albert of the Belgiums for her scien-
enjoyable evening »s #n store for tific work. She is the author of four
Dr. Derthick's message is full of
“human interest” but states that he
is an “inspiring speaker.”
An invitation to attend this service
is extended to all visitors te or resi
dents of Moore county.
Crowd Expected At
Firemen’s Annual Ball
Affair For Benefit of Southern
Pines Volunteers Scheduled
For Thursday Night
the many who are planning to at
tend. Royal Campbell’s 12-piece or
chestra is coming to prpvide the
music, and those who know this
band know what to expect.
Tickets have been going rapidly,
not only among those who plan to
attend but by all who desire in this
way to aid the men who volunteer
their services for the protection of
Southern Pines homes "and property
throughout the year. They are only
one dollar and should be in the hands
of everyone in town by Thursday
night.
books:
“Carl Akeley’s Africa,” “Adven
tures in the African Jungle,” "Lions,
Gorillas and Their Neighbors and
“Restless Jungle.”
Mrs. Akeley is a graduate of
Bryn Mawr and of Columbia Uni
versity and a Fellow of the Royal
Geographic Society. She has a moun
tain in northern British Columbia
named for her in recognition of her
early exploration where she did re-
conaissance survey and mountain
climbing for the Canadian govern
ment.
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