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NEWS-WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 17, NO. -24.
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Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina,' May
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
1937.
CAUCUS VOTES FOR
PURCHASE OF LAND
FOR CIVIC CENTER
Two New Commissioners
Asks Favorable Action on Ac
quisition of Site Adjoining
New Postoffice
ASKING PRICE, $14,000
Assembled in town caucus Tuesday
night the vcters of Southern Pines
passed along to Mayor D. G. Stutz
and the newly elected Board of Com
missioners their opinion that the
Town of Southern Pines should im
mediately acquire the remaining 122-
foot frontage on West Broad street
from the new postoffice property to
the Mudgett Building line for a Civ
ic Center.
The price set on this property is
$14,000.00 net to the town and that
figure met with considerable opposi-1
tion in the caucus, but the question!
was eventually passed to be referred
to the new Board of Commissioners
with instructions to secure, if possi
ble, a reduction in the purchase price
of the property.
Alfred B. Yeomans presented be
fore the meeting a landscaped chart
of the Civic Center in its proposed j
completed form nad pointed out the I
various steps that will constitute the |
project. The first step will be the
erection of a new Public Library and
it is hoped that this building can be
built bjf popular subscription. Future
plans call for a new Municipal Build
ing to be built adjoining the Library.
It is estimated that each of these
buildings will cost in the neighbor
hood of $15,000.00.
James Boyd led the discussion in
favor of the prcject and told the as
semblage that, in his opinion, it was
vital to Southern Pines as a resort
area. Resort towns all over the coun
try are beautifying their communi
ties and leaving no stone unturned tv
cater to the convenience of their
guests, he told the caucus, and the
proposed Civic Center would be a
tremendous step in that direction.
With the postoffice, the Library and
the Municipal Building all located
together and with the proposed land
scaping and beautification completed
the property would become a valua
ble and useful addition to the town’s
holdings, now and for years to come.
And as such Mr. Boyd earnestly rec
ommended the immediate acquisition
of the property.
It is expected that the Board of
Commissioners will take up the mat
ter in its first meeting.
Collegiate Golfers in
Conference Battle Here
Duke, Defending Champion,
Seeking Third Consecutive
Title in Big Field
HUGH J. BETTERLEY
ROBERT LEE H.ART
KERR scon TELLS
KIWANIS OF PLANS
FOR AGRICULTURE
State Commissioner Says State
Has Lagged in Farm
Development
Today and tomorrow at Pinehurst
Country Club the cream of the col
legiate golfers In the Southern Con
ference will face the starter in a
two-day tournament to decide the
conference championship.
Duke University, defending cham
pion, will seek its thini consecutive
team title but will have to face much
sterner opposition than when it tri
umphed over North Carolina, Wash
ington and Lee and Virginia last year
at Hot Springs. Additional entries
year, who will complicate Duke’s de
fense of Its title, are Richmond, Wake
Forest, South Carolina, North Caro
lina State and Davidson. The Univer
sity of Virginia is not competLng here.
Captain Spence Kerkow, of Coving
ton, Ky., will lead the Washington
and Lee contingent which includes
Bill Brown, Toledo, Ohio, Jack Bear,
Montgomery, Ala. and Jack Simmons,
Richmond, Va.
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RABIES INNOCULATION
PERIOD IS EXTENDED
Bxtendlng the time limit one week
for the innoculatlon of dogs against
rabies, Dr. J. I. Neal wishes it known
that he will be at Swlnnerton’s Sta
bles in Southern Pines this after
noon, Friday, from 4:00 to 6:00 and
will Innoculate All dogs brought to
him there at that time.
HAWLEY POOLE ON BOARD GAME ON SATURDAY
W. Kerr Scott, State Commissioner
of Agriculture, was the guest of hon
or of the Kiwxinls Club at its weekly
meeting held Wednesday noon in the
Aberdeen Community House and gave
a most Interesting lalk on the work
of his department, Its plans for the
development of North Carolina’s
agriculture.
"North Carolina has been rapidly
progressing in industry in the last
ten years, but it has not kept apace
in agriculture,” he said. “When one
realizes that two-thirds of the pop
ulation of the state is rural, the im
portance of development along agri
cultural lines is appreciated. And It
is my aim to guide this necessary
work in the right direction so far as
I am able.”
Mr. Scott outlined the functions
of the various branches of his de
partment, the inspection and regula
tory work, the prevention of plant
diseases and epidemics, eradication
of bugs, prevention of livestock di
seases, especially hog cholera which
has, he states, cost the farmers of
the state millions of dollars is the
past. He told of the work of the ex-
penimental station, and said that
North Carolina would soon have the
third best seed laboratory In the
country, ranking next to the govern
ment station In Washington and New
York state’s station.
Inaccurate Scales
He mentioned the importance of
the work of the Weights and Meas
ures division of his department, tell
ing the Klwanlans that a check-up
of dairy scales In the state had
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TO ASK BIDS FOR NEW
POSTOFFICE THIS MONTH
DRUNKEN DRIVING
IN MOORE COUNTY
SERIOUS PROBLEM
Reckle|j;Kness on Highways In-
crea.sing; Nine Offenders in
Court This Week
OFFICIALS SEEKING CURE
The situation in Moore county
with regard to reckless driving of
automobiles is becoming acute.
The Recorder’s*Court docket each
week shows a preponderance of cases
involving dangerous operation of ve-
hicle.s on the public highways, more
often than not with liquor playing a
prominent part. No less than nine
offenders faced Judge J. Vance
Rowe this week, and one case was
the result of an accident in which a
coloied driver, mixing alcoho' and
gasoline, ran into and fatally in
jured a pedestrian.
The drunken and reckless driving
cases in the county are on the in
crease, and what can be done about
the situation is worrying officials of
county and towns. Whether offend
ers are getting off with too light
sentences, or with fines when they
should be jailed, or whether the time
has come when the county must em
ploy motorcycle police to patrol the
loads are questions which both the
officials and the citizens of the coun-
By BEN BOWDEN , , . ^
. . ty are turnmg over m their mmds.
In spte of the fact that less than! . ... j i. j ^
^ i That something needs to be done to
one-half of the $1,000 necessary to | curtail the recklessness on the high-
insure the financial security of the; ways is certain.
proposed American Legion Junior j in Recorder’s Court this week D.
Baseball team has been subscribed, i l. Allred and T. N. Clark, white, of
the committee of representatives of ^ Aberdeen, were charged with drunk
en driving and unlawful possession
LESS THAN HALF
OF FUND RAISED
FOR BALL TEAM
FIVE CENTS
K
Stutz ReeiJ
Southern Pii.? ^^•'tterley,
Hart New Comr. assioners
High Man
Record Turn-Out of Voters, with
W'holesale Cutting of Cau
cus Nominees
Southern Pines Only Town Near
Its Quota For Support of
Legion Juniors
E. C. STEVENS
Who led in the balloting in the South
ern Pines election on Tuesday.
Postmaster P. Frank Buchan has
just received word from Congfess-
man J. Walter Lambeth to the effect
that the Procurement Division of the
Treasury Department has advised
him that advertisement for bids on
the new Southern Pines postoflflce
building will be made some time dur
ing the month of May.
That Information amounts to vir
tual assurance that construction will
start this summer and that the
building will be completed and ready
for occupancy before the end of the
year.
HIGHLAND LODGE REMAINS
OPEN UNTIL JUNE 1ST
Reporting the closing dates of the
hotels of Southern Pines The Pilot
last week included the name of High
land Lodge among tWase reported
closing on May 1st. Mrs. M. H.
Grearson states that her bookings
for May are heavier than usual and
that the Lodge will remain open un
til June 1st.
the various Sandhills civic organiza
tions working In conjunction with
the American Legion are going ahead
with plans for the organization of
such a team In the hopes that the
necessary amount will be raised by
the time It Is needed, and have
scheduled a practice game between
two teams of eligible youngsters to
be played this Saturday afternoon
at the high school baseball field at
3:00 o’clock. At that time a team
composed of boys from Southern
Pines and Lakevlew will oppose a
team made up of aspirants from
Pinehurst and West End and at the
conclusion of the game the commit
tee expects to have some sort of a
line on the calibre of the candidates
for the Sandhills team.
To date approximately $400.00 has
been subscribed and paid in to Treas
urer E. Levis Prizer and, of that
amount. Southern Pines has been re
sponsible for about $350.00. At the
last meeting of the committee that
matter was brought up for discussion
and the representatives from Pine
hurst, West End, Aberdeen and Vass
were urged to get behind the move
ment in an effort to contribute their
proportionate share of the amount
necessary to equip the team and
provide a margin for travelling ex
penses.
Expect $500 Here
Southern Pines, it was pointed out,
expected to contribute a larger pro
portionate share than ^any of the
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Southern Pines Defeats
Rockingham, Sanford
High School Baseball Team
Breaks Losing Streak Behind
Parker’s Pitching
The Southern Pines High School
baseball team finally put an end to
its prolonged losing streak with two
brilliant, one-sided victories in their
last two home games of the season.
Last Friday, behind EJdgar Par
ker’s shut-out pitching, they white
washed Sanford High School, 12-0.
Parker allowed only three scattered
hits and Southern Pines collected 15
safeties off Stout of Sanford. Par
ker led the hitting for Southern
Pines with three hits out of four
trips to the plate. Hall was Sanford’s
leading hitter with two out of three.
On Tuesday Southern Pines aveng
ed their recent 6-1 defeat at the
hands of Rockingham when they
jumped on pitcher McChuson and
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of liquor, and Clark with driving
without license to operate a car. All-
red was sick and unable to attend
court. Clark was found guilty of
drunken driving and driving without
license, but not guilty of unlawful
possession or transporting. His sen
tence was 60 days on the roads, to
be suspended upon payment olf a
fine of $50 and the costs, and he is
not to drive for twelve months.
License is Revoked
J. R. Bumgardner, white, of Ral
eigh, was found guilty of drunken
driving and driving without license.
His license was revoked for twelve
months, and his three months’ road
sentence was suspended upon pay
ment of a fine of $75 and the costs.
Grady Covington, white, was given
a 30-day sentence, to be suspended
upon payment of a fine of $25 and
the costs, for careless and reckless
driving In Southern Pines. S. E. Han
non, who was charged by Grady Cov
ington with careless and reckless
driving and with running into his
car, was found not guilty.
Luke Preston, colored, of Sanford,
was charged with careless and reck
less driving and msinslaughter as a
result of an accident occurring in
Vass in which Dougald Murchison
was fatally injured. Probable cause
of guilt was found, and he was
bound to Superior court under bond
of $200.
For careless and reckless driving
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State Medical Society
Honors D\\ McBrayer
Silver Service Presented at Tes
timonial Dinner to Retir
ed Secretary
Miss Margaret Gifford
Bride of J. D. Hobbs
Marriage of Young Southern
Pines Couple Solemnized Here
Last Sunday
The wedding of Margaret Etta
Gifford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
B. Gifford of Southern Pines, to
James Daniel Hobbs, son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. M. Hobbs of Fayetteville, v.’as
solemnized Sunday afternoon, May
2nd, at 4:00 o’clock at the Congrega
tional church in Southern Pines. Dr.
C. Rexford Raymond performed the
ceremony and Mrs. Charles Gray was
at the organ.
The bride wore a travelling suit of
blue faille with white accessories and
carried a corsage of orchids, and her
matron of honor, Mrs. Harold McAl
lister of Florence, S. C., wore pur
ple with white accessories and car
ried a corsage of talisman roses and
valley lilies.
Harold McAllister, of Florence, S.
C., and Gordon Gifford of Southern
Pines were the ushers. The bride was
given in marriage by her father.
The church was beautifully decor
ated for the occasion with pine, mag
nolias and Easter lilies. Following
the ceremony there was a reception
at the Gifford home for the families
land attendants, immediately after
wards the couple left on their wed
ding trip for Florence, S. C„ and
Augusta, Ga.
When they return to Southern
Pines they will be at home at The
Beverly.
TWO MURDER C.4SES ON
SUPERIOR COURT C.\LENDAR
STEVENS LEADS TICKET
In one of the most hotly contest
ed elections within recent memory
the voters of Southern Pines support
ed the caucus-nominated town tick
et for Mayor and Board of Commis
sioners last Tuesday and re-elected
Mayor D. G. Stutz and Commission
ers E. C. Stevens, L. V. O’Callaghan
and Charles S. Patch. The new Com
missioners are Hugh J. Betterley and
Robert L. Hart.
Although the caucus-nominated
ticket went into office without a cas
ualty there was considerable opposi
tion to the slate. There were 344
registered voters eligible to ballot
in the election and 227 of them turn
ed out last Tuesday to exercise their
franchise—along with about 50 oth
er would-be voters who were turned
away for failtire to register. No one
could remember when a larger vote
had ever been polled in a town elec
tion.
The principal opposition to the
caucus ticket was furnished by sup
porters of George W. Case and Dr.
L. M. Daniels, the two retiring
Commissioners, who were replaced on
the ticket by Betterley and Hart. Of
the 227 votes cast only 62 were for
the straight ticket and the remain
ing 165 were split in favor of other
candidates.
The final result of the balloting waa
as follows:
FOR MAYOR:
D. G. Stutz 177
S. B. Richardson 22
E. C. Stevens 2
R. L. Chandler 1
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS:
E. C. Stevens 199
L. V. O'Callaghan 197
Charles S. Patch 165
H. J. Betterley 139
Robert L. Hart 137
George W. Case 99
L. M. Daniels 55
Paul T. Barnum 31
Alfred B. Yeomans 1
Several votes were incomplete for
final computation when the voters
wrote in new names on the ballots
but neglected to check them as re
quired, and 12 votes were thrown out
completely.
Mayor Stutz has called a meeting
of the new Board of City Commission
ers for this evening at 8:00 o'clock
in the Municipal Building, at which
time the members will be sworn into
office. No business wiM be transact
ed until the following meeting.
A gathering of about 200 evenly
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Dr. L. B. McBrayer of Southern
Pines was given a testimonial dinner
by the North Carolina Medical So
ciety at its annual meeting held this
week In Winston-Salem, In appie-
ciation of his long service as secre
tary and treasurer of the organiza
tion Dr. McBrayer retired from the
post last April due to ill health, hav
ing served 21 years.
As a token of their appreciation
for his years of service the members
of the society presented him a silver
serving set at the conclusion of four
laudatory addresses by friends of the
honored guest. The speakers were Dr.
A. Brenizen of Charlotte, Dr. Grady
Dlxson of Ayden, Dr. W. H. Smith of
Goldsboro and R. W. M. Copprldge of
Durham.
Superior Court will convene in
■^arthage May 17th for a week’s
term of criminal court, to be follow
ed by a second term for the trial of
civil cases beginning the 25th.
Among the cases of outstanding
interest for the first week are the
McCormick and Freeman murder
cases. McCormick Is charged with
murdering his wife, Effie Watson
McCormick, at Cameron In 1921. He
was apprehended ih Oklahoma a
few months ago, where he had ac
cumulated a small fortune.
Freeman is charged with the mur
der of Lena Scarboro at her home
in upper Moore county.
W ANT HIGHWAY OFFICE
LOCATED IN CABTH.\GE
Bankers, Rotarians,
Dentists Meet Here
Convention Follows Convention
at Carolina Hotel.—Gurney
Hood Speaker
Political leaders of Moore county
have started an aggresive campaign
to have the sixth district office of
the new State Highway and Public
Works Commission located in Car
thage, the pounty seat.
D. B. McCrary, of Asheboro, Is
the sixth district’s representative on
‘ligli
inoi
delegation of Moore county leaders
are slated to call on him within a
short time and discuss the proposal.
North Carolina bankers, who open
ed their annual convention at the
Carolina Hotel in Pinehurst on Wed
nesday immediately following the
closing of the North Carolina Den
tists’ three-day convention, likewise
wind up their affairs today to make
way for the district convention of Ro-
tarlans that opens there tomorrow
morning.
One of the high spots of the bank
ers convention came when Gurney P.
Hood, State bank commissioner, pro
duced before the body figures show
ing that the resources of the Stato
banks on December 31, last, were
$344,008,321.40, “the highest f^.
State backs in history” and that com
mercial banks had earnings in lOl’:
of 26.9 per cent on common stock
after deducting preferred stock divi
dends.
Today Revenue Commissioner A. J.
Maxwell and Robinson Griswo.d,
Maryland banker and vice-chairman'
of the trust division of the Ameri
can Banker’s Association, will speak
at the general closing session
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