Friday, August 13, 1937.
THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina
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Distributing Point for the Sandiiilis Area — ABERDEEN — Leading Railroad Center of the Peacli Belt
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O'nntntUttittJ HutytJCtlittOSl^* |Cotton Crop tstimat^
AOeraeen K^ommunuy nuppvimiyai Thelma P. Strother 11 I'ereent Over 1936
. and Mrs. David Knight, Sr.,, home for ten days with mumps.
Mrs. David Knight, Jr. and children,
Mr. and Mrs. Haney Harris and Mrs.
Grace Brasington, with Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Knight of Hamlet, attended the
Neill Knight Clan reunion at L,ake-
view last Thursday.
Misse.s Elizabeth and Katharine
Johnson »were shopping visitors in
Raleigh last Tuesday.
. The Rev. and Mrs. E, M. Harris
^nd son Richard, M. S. Weaver and
C. C. Bethune spent two days this
■week at Myrtle Beach, S. C., visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. J. Talbot John
son
Haney Harris and Clayton Brasing
ton attended the Jubilee convention
of the North Carolina firemen held
in Greensboro this week as delegates
from the Aberdeen Fire Company.
Miss Nancy Wimberly is spending
some time in Greensboro visiting her
sister, Mrs. Joseph I. Chandler.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Page and
daughter of Winston-Salem and Miss
Mary Taylor of Carthage were re
cent guests in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. T. B. Wilder.
Mrs. Stewart Weaver has return
ed home after visiting relatives in
Sanford, Fla., and Orangeburg, S. C.
Mrs. A. B. Hoskins and her friends.
Miss Buckner of Asheville, and Miss
Lois Barkley of Statesville are arriv
ing this week to visit their sister,
Mrs. S. E. Sloan.
The Rev. and Mrs. Murdoch Mc
Leod and daughters. Misses Dorothy
and Jane, are stopping with the Rev.
and Mrs. E. L. Barber this week en-
route from Myrtle Beach, S. C., to
their home in Nashville, Tenn.
Mrs. Mary David has returned from
Birmingham. Ala., where she spent
some time visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Fred Johnson.
Mrs. Stewart Woodward and dau
ghters, Misses Inez, Josephine and
Annie Lee of Bon Air, Va., were re
cent guests of Mr. and Mrs. David
Knight, Sr.
Frank McCluer and his guest, iris-
tram T. Hyde, HI. of Richmond Va,
spent the past week-end at Myrtl.>.
Beach, S. C., visiting Misses Minam
and Betsy Jean Johnson.
Joe Campbell of Troy visited friends
in Aberdeen last Saturday,
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus H. Beck have
taken rooms with Mrs. Ada
Weaver on the Raeford highway.
Mrs. Malcolm Pleasants and dau
ghter Anne, Mrs. Francis Pleasants
and son Francis, Jr., and Miss Edna
Maurer were shopi>:.ig visitors m
Raleigh last Wednesday.
Mrs. Will Martin and little grand
daughter, who have been visitmg
Mrs J D. Thompson and Miss aes-
sie Gunter for the past month have
returned to their home in Atlanta.
ft
Mrs Wimberly Bowman is spend
ing some time in Lewiston, Va., vis
iting friends.
Mrs. Maud Wilkins, her father, J.
T Land and brother. Havers Land,
visited Mr. and Mrs. Earl Rogers m
Fayetteville last Sunday.
C. J. Johnson. E. L. McBride and
Mackie Caldwell spent ^nday
in Washington, D. C., where they at
tended a big league ball game.
The Rev. E. M. Harris ^as return
ed home after spending ten days i
Ansonville where he held revival ser-
Mr. and Mrs. William Melvin md
children. Tommy and Audrey, o -
mington, Del., are guests of Mr. and
■Mrs J. K. Melvin.
. Gordon Keith has returned from
Cumberland, Md., where he took a
course in dry cleaning and rug clean-
^°Mrs. Murdoch Johnson and small
son James McNeill Johnson are spend
ing some time in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. I. A. Thompson.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Blue and
daughter, Miss Lida bIu-
Miss Mary Taylor Hinnant
fort as tbeir guest, are spending two
weeks at Myrtle Beach.
. Misses Mary Mclnnis.
,,n and Nancy Ruth Da^d aUendeU
the opening of the new ^^ck s 5 10
•and 25c Store in Sanford last
“ Mi» M.rg.p.t McWod has retun.-
ed to her post of duty at Keith s
Dry Cleaners after being confinea at
Edwin T. McKeithen, Jr., of New
York City and Jerry McKeithen of
Charleston. S. C., are spending their
vacations in Aberdeen visiting their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. T. McKeith
en.
Miss Valda Hartzell and Frank
Lowry spent the past week-end at
Wadesboro visiting home folks.
Miss Mary Ella Bethune spent two
days this week in Moncure as tht
guest of Miss Bettie Hannon.
Mrs. T. B. W'ilder has returned
from New York City where she vis
ited her daughter, Mrs. Karl Pohl.
Sam Turner of Fayetteville former
ly with the A. & P. Store here spent
4ast Sunday in town with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. James Eller and chiU
dren of Wadesboro were visitors of
Mr. and Mrs. Claude T. Johnson last
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Windham and
their house-guests, Mr. and Mrs. E'i
Payne of Winston-Salem, spent the
past week-end at White Lake.
Prof. and Mrs. L. J. Dawkins have
returned from a three weeks motor
trip through the mountains of west
ern North Carolina.
Bob Wilder has returned home j Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Lampley are
from Wake Forest College where he spending some time in Dondridge,
attended Summer School and took
the preliminary medical course.
Harold Weaver, who holds a po
sition in Chapel Hill, spent last
Ashley Hei^^hts Girl is Bride of Federal Hoard Fiffures Would
Aberdeen Merchant in Mean 812 Million Dollars
Church at Richmond ! at Today’s Price
Miss Thelma Pauline Strother and •
, , , . i Government experts predict a
John Kelly Melvin, Jr., were unit- .
. „ , , , ' bumper cotton crop of 15,593,000
ed in marriage on Saturday, June 19. . ’
1937 in the parsonage of the BroaJ
Street Methodist Episcopal Church:
bales.
The acruracy of the estimala is-
in Richmond, Va. The Rev. Benjamin | by the federal crop reporting
M. Persinger performed the cere-1‘^'^ard was questioned by Chairman
I Smith, Democrat, South Carolina, of
Mrs. Melvin is the daughter of Mr. ! Senate agriculture romnuttee. He
and Mrs. J. W. Strother of Ashley
Heights. She received her education
at Raeford High School and High-
smith Hospital School for Nurses,
Fayetteville.
Mr. Melvin is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. K. Melvin of Aberdefen, ami
was educated at Aberdeen High
School, Coyne Electrical School and
the University of Chicago. He is in
the mercantile business with his fath
er and uncle in Aberdeen and South
ern Pines. After September 1st, the
young couple will make their home in
Aberdeen.
PINEBLUFF
expressed belief the board might be
as much as a million bales off.
The 1937 yield predicted by the
federal board would be 3,194,118
bales lajger than last year’s. The
board said the crop is expectod to
yield 223.3 pounds per acre. Such a
yield would be the highest per acre
ever recorded, the board ileclared.
It was estimated unofficially that
a crop of the size the board fore
cast would be worth !SS12,000.000 on
the basis of the closinij October fu
tures price at New York on Monday
—10.42 cents a pound.
The botvrd .predicted 33,429,000
acres would be harvested, an increase
of 11 per cent over last year but IS
per cent less than the average dur
ing the five-year period from 1928 to
1932. The 1937 crop is expected offi
cially to be 25.8 per cent larger than
the 1936 crop of 12,399,000 bales and
Sunday in town visiting his mother,
Mrs. A. K. Weaver.
Mrs. Alva Taylor of Pittsburgh.
Pa., is spending some time in Aber
deen as the guest of Mrs. H. E. Bow- I some time with Mr. and Mrs. J. R
Tenn., visiting Mr. and Mrs. Wade
Thompson.
Mr. and Mrs. John Fiddner and
son, Dighton, Miss Alice Wilkes, Mr.s. | P®*’ above the 1*J2S to 1932
Arch Wilkes and Carl Wilkes spent j ^'"^'rage of 14,667,000 bales
the past week-end at Windy Point.
Mrs. Lawton P^'oushee and daught
er Joan, of Durham, are spending
man.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Gerstbrich, who
have been visiting their sister, Mrs.
C. V. Miller, have returned to their
home in Baltimore.
Among those who enjoyed the
past week-end at Sneed’s Ferry
Lampley.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Von Boskerck,
Mrs. Carson Palmer, and Mrs. C. E.
Jordon spent part of last week at the
beach.
Miss Julia Lampley returned Sun
day from Candor where she has beeu
were George Martin, C. W. Sey- visiting her sister, Mrs. Groland Mc-
mour. Jack Taylor, Lee Page, R.
C. Zimmerman. J. L. Grady and C.
P Osborne.
Miss Charlotte Miller is spend
ing some time in Greensboro visit
ing her cousin. Miss Bettie Martin
Osborne.
Mrs. W. A. Brown of Ander.son, S.
C., is the guest of Mrs. R. H. Boles
on Rush street.
Policeman W. B. Kelly has re
covered from a recent illness and
is able to do patrol work again.
Mrs. R. F. Roach of Charlotte is
visiting her son Finley Roach who
Caskill.
Douglas Allison has been spending
a few days in Mount Gilead visiting
friends.
Miss Catharine Rowe of Aberdeen
was the week-end guest of Miss Es
ther Farrell.
Mrs James Baker of Carthajfe was
the guest of Miss Florence Fowler
Friday evening.
Sargeant Castner and family of
Fort Bragg spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Randon.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Odell of
M. H. FOLLEY
Lumber, Millwork and
Builders' Supplies
Aberdeen
Hemp
Danbury, Conn., have rented the Glen-
is connected with the Mid-South Mo- | wood cottage.
tor Co. I Prof, Berg of Florida is visiting hlg
Miss Etina Maurer, Frank Blue ! son, Theo Berg.
Miss Mary Meinhardt has returned
una Scott Russell motored to
Greeiisboro last Sunday.
Miss Ruth Brown of Erwin is the
guest of Miss Lillian McBride.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Wilson and
sons Clifton and Robert are enjoy
ing their vacation at Ahoskie where
they are visiting relatives. They
were accompanied as far as Enfield
by Miss Lanie Ruth Gunter, who is
stopping there with her aimt.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Norris and
son Kelsey are pending their va
cation at Boone with relatives.
Sidney L. Windham, Eugene B.
MajTiard and L. T. Avery spent last
Tuesday in Lumberton attending the
opening of the tobacco markets.
Bill Mclnnis, who spent his va
cation with his mother, Mrs. W. C.
Mclnnis, left this week to accept a
position in Columbia, S. C.
Francis Harris, has returned from
summer school Bt Marte Hill Col
lege and will spend a few weeks
with his parents here before return
ing to school there.
from Hampton, Va„ after spending
the summer with her daughter, Mrs,
Lewis Nelson.
Miss Alberta Fletcher spent the
JACKSON SPRINGS
Mr. and Mrs. W. E, Graham and
children and Misses Lucille and Eva
Richardson attended the funeral of
their aunt, Mrs. Josephine Faircloth
of Parkton Sunday afternoon. Bur
ial was at Roseboro.
Mrs. B. W. Walker of Hemp visit
ed her sister, Mrs. C. R. Cole here
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Whit Purvis are on
a visit with Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Hen
derson.
Miss Vysta Markham of Carthage,
and Irvin Markham of Greensboro
spent last week with their mother
Mrs. C. P. Markham.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Clark left Mon
day for Crozet, Va., where Mr. ClarK
expects to be engaged in trucking
peaches to points further north.
Miss Doris Jamison of Montgom
ery, Ala., is the guest of her aunt,
Mrs. R. G. Matheson.
Miss Jewell Blake has returned
home after spending some time with
her sister. Mrs. Clyde W’illiams.
L. G. and Neill Melvin,Tilon Stubbs
and Roy Carter spent a few days
’ last week at Carolina Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. David of High
Point spent the week-end at Caiolina
Beach. Walter Richardson accom-
week-end in Southern Pines visiting j pained them and they returned to
relatives.
Robert Austin, who has been visit
ing relatives in Belleville, N. J., re
turned home Thursday.
News was received this week of the
death of George Van Huel in Ashe
ville. Mr. Van Huel spent a number
of winters in town. His health hav
ing failed in the last fe-.v months,
he went to Asheville hoping to re
cover. The remains were sent to East
l^ong Branch, N, J.
SEABOARD INAUGURATES
ALL EXPENSE BERMUDA TOL KS
MRS. HALL IS HOSTESS TO
WALTER PAGE BOOK CLUB
Mrs. L. M. Hall was hostess to the
Walter Hines Page Book Club last
Thursday afternoon at the Metho
dist Parsonage, where an interest
ing literary programme wa.s enjoy-
.ed by all present. Mrs. Evelyn Pleas
ants reviewed the book, “Bugles
Blow No More,” in most interest
ing fashion, with Mrs. W. T. Hunt
ley giving a splendid paper on the
celebration at Manteo. A social hour
jfollowed the meeting with the host
ess serving refreshments.
STATE HUNTING REGULATIONS
FOR 19S7-S8 SEASON READY
The State Department of Conser
vation and Development released Its
1937-38 hunting law extracts this
week, placing otter and fox squirrel
for the first time on the “protected
list" of ^ame which may not be
killed at any time of the year.
Paul Kelly, assistant department
dlrtn:tor, said the deer season was
made “practically uniform” through
out the State for the first time.
Arrangements for pleasure-planned,
all-expense summer and fall tours to
Bermuda have just been completed
by the Seaboard Railway and the
Furness Bermuda Line. The tours
utilize Seaboard air-conditioned
trains to and from New York, anJ
famous Furness liners between New
York and Bermuda.
For economical travelers, low cost
six, seven and eight day tours have
been arranged. One of the most at
tractive is the thirteen day tour em
bodying two days in New York, four
days of pleaisure-planned cruising,
five and one quarter days in Bermu
da. Sightseeing in New York and
Bermuda is also Included.
Bermuda is renowned as the “Mag
ic Green Isle in the Sea,” a surf-cooled
garden where life flows in leisurely
British fashion, with traffic “bobbies”
and shops that reflect old Bond
Street or Picadilly. Many points of
interest, and all favorite sports and
diversions are enjoyed from dawn
till dusk.
Details of the Seaboard-Furness
tours are available from Seaboard
Agents anc Travel Agencies.
NOTE—Rather than have your
printing sent out of town or out
of the county The Pilot will meet
the bona fide quotation of any
reputable printing concern.
Mrs. J. P. Richardson’s Sunday
night.
Mrs. Sallie Hinson returned home
jfrom Groveland, Fla., last Wednes
day. She has spent the past several
months there with her sister, Mrs. E.
E. Edge. Frank Patterson came with
her for amonth’s visit with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Patterson.
Mrs. J. E. Currie and Nancy Ray
and Joseph left Tuesday for Norfolk,
Va., for a week’s stay with her sis
ter, Mrs. G. R. Kloss. Charles Dil-
ling, Jr., accompanied them on tha
trip. He will also visit his brother,
McCoy Dilling, there.
Mrs. Earl Skeen and son Billy,
have returned to Biscoe after having
spent the past two weeks with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Stubbs.
Mr. and Mrs. Bivens Jackson of
Dunn spent the week-end with Mrs.
Jackson’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. -I.
P. Clark.
Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Thomas and
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Thomas were
shoppers in Albemarle last Tuesday.
COL. WALKER TAYLOR DIES
SUDDENLY IN WILMINGTON
Col. Walker Taylor, 72, of Wilming-
ton, one of the jnost prominent in
surance underwriters in the state,
died at the Cape Fear Hotel Tues
day afternoon a few minutes after he
left a meeting of the Wilmington Ro
tary Club.
Colonel Taylor had spoken briefly
to the club and was standing just
outside the hotel when he was strick
en. He was removed inside and doc
tors who were hastily summoned
found that death was due to coron
ary thrombosis.
Funeral services were held yester
day afternoon.
Col. Taylor has been a frequent
visitor in Pinehurst for many years,
hooking after much of the insurance
business of Pinehurst, Inc. He is well
'known throughout this section of the
state.
Leonard Spence, champion swimmer, says
he enjoys Camels—especially at mealtimes
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AFTER EATING
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