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THINK ABOUT FIRE PREVENTION N’EXT WEEK THE A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 17, NO. 46. ^^A«THAO« aAGI.K spniNCS Xpinbbujm PILOT FIRES TAKE HUNDREDS OF LIVES IN U. S. EVERY YEAR of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina, Friday, October 8, 1937. TRAVEL EDITORS AND EXECUTIVES TO VISIT HERE ' ~ —■ ■ % Southern Pines Plans Reception at Highland Pines Inn on Sunday, October 17 85 EXPECTED IN PARTY Southern Pines will welcome the caravan of travel executives, counse llors, writers and editors who will Tae the guests of Governor Hoey’s HospitaJity Committee on a tour of North Carolina, at a reception at the Highland Pines Inn on Sunday morn ing, October 17th. The reception is being planned jointly by the Cham ber of Commerce and the Board of Town Commissioners, with Robert L. Hart and Howard Burns as co-chair- men. After an inspection tour of Pine- hurst the large busses and private automobiles containing the 85 or more visitors to the state will come to Southern Pines, guided by a dele gation which will meet them in Pine- hurst and lead them here via Knoll- wood where the Pine Needles Inn and golf course and the Mid-Pines Club and its course will be pointed out ta the sightseers. They will be given a glimpse of the business section here, and guided to the Highland Pines through the attractive Weymouth Heights section. At the Inn a reception committee headed by Dr. George G. Herr will be on hand to greet the party, and sand wiches and other refreshments will be provided. The party is breakfast ing at 6:30 that morning in Winston- Salem and should be ready for a • snack by the time it reaches here, 11:30 o’clock. The visitors are to lunch as guests of Brig. Gen. Manus McCloskey at Fort Bragg at 2:00 that afternoon. They will be In Southern Pines half an hour. To See All of State The itinerary of the trip is an ex tensive one, designed to fully acquaint the travel executives and writers with the attractions of the state. The tour starts in Asheville and the first five days will be spent in the mountains of Western North Carolina. The visit to the Piedmont section will follow, ■with stops in Lenoir, Hickory, Gas tonia and Charlotte. Then will come Concord, Kannapolis, Salisbury, Lex- (Please turn to page 6) Army Officer Talks of Alaska at Kiwanis PAIR ARRESTED IN CARRAWAY CASE PRESENT AUBIS Prove They Were on Payroll in North at Time of Mur der Here Air Mail Plane To Visit Sandhills Tuesday CASE NOW AT STANDSTILL Major Burkhead of Fort Bragg Tells Experiences of Three Years in Territory Major Calvin H. Burkhead of the United States Army Signal Corps, stationed at Fort Bragg, told mem bers of the Sandhills Kiwanis Club on Wednesday all about Alaska, and painted such a picture of the coun try’s northernmost possession as to make the Klwanians want to move up there. Major Burkhead spent several years In Alaska installing radio sta tions for the government. The Army maintains the only telegraphic com munication there, he said. He praised the climate which, though extreme, is dry and healthful The lowest temperature he had ex perienced was 72 degrees below zero. But In spite of such cold, his family had no Illnesses In three 3'ears, and his wife, a semi-lnvalld when they went there, has been well since. He told about the Inhabitants, the Indiana, Eskimos and American colonists. The major was loud in his praise of the work being done m Alaska by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, which is developing crops that will grow there and crtt- tle that will thrive there. He believes the inhabitants will soon be self-suf ficlent insofar as food is concerned, in fact will be able to export grains and certain vegetables. Missions of the Hiplscopal and Eo man Catholic churches are doing a great work In Alaska, he said, and “will make it a big ■tate.” An inter esting fact about the Kpiacopal mis sions, he said, is that 90 percent of the minionaries of this church there are from North Carolina. Although Joe Hensley, Pinehurst taxi driver who went with Officers Grimm and Lambert to New York last week to view two men w’hom of fleers had arrested as suspect mur derers of J.. E. Carraway near Sou thern Pines on August 6, was able to pick the two from a group be cause of their close resemblance to the men whom he carried to Raleigh on the day of Carraway’s disappear ance, he was positive that they were not the same men. The pair, whose names were given as James DeGruiccio, 25, and Albert Whiteworth, 22, were released July 4th from 60-day road sentences serv ed in Moore county for hoboing, and they were able to prove that they had been on a payroll in the north at the time of the Carraway murder. The officers and Hensley returned 1 by way of Reading, Pa., to work on | a clue there, reaching Carthage Fri- i day afternoon of last week. Sheriff; McDonald «till has an angle or two i which he plans to look into, but he says that a present the case is prac tically at a standstill. The Sheriff was told by New York officers, after he had laid all of his evidence and information before them on his recent trip there, that it was not necessary to look Into anything else until the two northern suspects had been eliminated as the evidence pointed so strongly to them, he said, and Hensley is quoted as saying that the men arrested as suspects were enough like the two he carried to Raleigh to be their twin brothers. Here are the planes that will carry Moore County air mail during the “Firirt North Carolina Air Mail Flight” which will be made when Captain Dick Fell, avjation representative. Gulf Oil Corporation, makes his scheduled flight through North Carolina towns, picking up air mall which will be placed aboard Eastern Air Lines mailplanes for dispatch to final destina tion. This photograph wa^j made at the municipal airport, Raleigh, and shows Eastern Air Lines passenger mail plane and Captain Fell’s four-place Stinson. Poll and Dog Taxes Help Educate Youth and Care for County Poor - - FIVE CENIB All In *’or Air Mail Day Here; Envelopes For Mailing From SandhiUs Chamber Plans Series of Fall Entertainments Collins Festival To Be Seen in Southern Pines on Successive Saturdays Starting Oct. 30 Robert Lee Hart has been nam ed general chairman of the program of entertainments to be put on by the Southern Pines Chamber of Com merce on successive Saturdays start ing October 30th. Serving with Mr. Hart will be Dr. George G. Herr, Nelson C. Hyde, Dante Montesanti, Frank Buchan and Hugh J. Betterley, who were named at the first fall session of directors held on Tuesday at Jack’s Grill. The Chamber has arranged with the Collins Management Services of Rochester, N. Y., to bring here what has become nationally known as the "Collins Festival," four weekly pro grams which have been scoring tre mendous successes on tour through out the country. On October 30th the King’s Ambassadors Quartet will be presented; on November 6th, Har old D. Elde, noted Arctic explorer, will give his dramatic story of "Build ing a City in the Shadow of the North Pole," which will be illustrat ed with pictures; on November 13th (Please turn to page 12) High SchooFs Annual Stunt Night Tuesday Eleven Sketches on Program of Music, Dancing and “Mellerdrammer” The students of the Southern Pines school will present their annual pro gram of stunts in the school au ditorium next Tuesday evening, Oc tober 12, at 8:00. The program is composed of elev en 4-to-8-minutes novelty sketches for all-women, all-men and mixed groups, and the casts range from one to Eis many as you like. The acts start in Fun’s low gear, shift instantly to second and then into high with a roar and a sp^ed that will break all .records of former Stunt Nights. The directors of these midget fore, es are fun specialists who believe va. (Please turn to page 12) Library Opens W'inter Schedule Resumed and New Memberships Effec tive Until January ’39 The Southern Pines Library is now open and the regular winter schedule in force. The hours are from 10:00 to 12:00, and from 2:00 to 5:00 daily. Action in regard to the reopening of the library was taken at a trustees' meeting held on Tuesday afternoon. A few new books will be added to the shelves immediately, with a more exten sive list to come later. All books now in circulation are due, and should be returned promptly. New memberships taken out at this time will be effective until January 1, 1939. This is a real book bargain: fifteen months of reading for the price of twelve) And bear In mind that the more the library is used, the more new book there will be. Breakdown of Budget Shows Where Taxpayer’s Dollar \Vill Go During the Year 1937 Deer Season Here Opens With a Bang! George Colton, Ben Braden and Vander Robeson Among Ten To Bring Down Bucks Last Friday morning the? deer hunt ing season in North Carolina opened with a bang—with a series of bangs, in fact—and since that time the nim- rods—veterans and tyros alike— have roamed the fields and woods in search of venison on the hoof. Hardly a day has passed but what has brought word of one or two suc cessful shots throughout the local area and a check up with Donald Bowers, well-known Moore county guide, reveals that he has heard of ten bucks brought down in the coun ty up to and including Wednesday. Three of the deer were shot by Southern Pines residents. Georgs Colton got a fine eight-point buck weighing about 150 pounds; Ben Bia- den a six-point buck of similar weight, and Vander Robeson, hunt ing with Howard McNeill, downed a magnificent 185- pound, ten-point buck. AORICUL.TURAJL FAIR AT HEMP ATTRACTS CROWDS The Hemp Agricultural Fair drew j large crowds this week after its op ening on Monday night. An excellent array of exhibits portraying fullv the agricultural products of upper Moore county were judged Wednes day, with more than 100 prizes be ing awarded. Many of the exhibits were unique In their portrayal of the many diver sified activities ,and Industries of Hemp and Its vlclnty. President of the fair is W. H. JacTc- son, Jr., with CJarl Scoggin and Way- land Kennedy serving as aTecretary and treasurer, reapectively. As the new tax paying season be gins when Mr. Taypayer will be ask ed to pay his poll tax and his tax on pet aogs as well as his tax on real estate, it is fitting that he should know that every dollar he pays as a dog tax goes to help the youth of his county in acquiring an education and that fifty cents of his poll tax will be used solely for the | poor of the county while the remain ing $1.50 is turned into the consti tutional school maintenance fund. The appropriations resolutions adopted by the County Commission ers provide the following amounts for the various branches of county gov ernment and institutions: The County General Fund for which there is an ad valorum tax of 12 1-2 cents on the $100 valuation is appropriated as follows: County Commissioners, $1,200; Listing Property, $8,000; Collection of Taxes: Current, $5,000, Foreclosure. $5,000; Sheriff’s Office, $8,000; Gen eral Elections, $1,750; County Ac countant’s Office, $3,500; Court House and Grounds, $3,000; Register of Deeds Office, $1,000; Coroner, j $300; Fire Control, $1,200; Jail, $5,-) 000; Agriculture Agent, $2,130; Su perior Court, $5,250; Clerk Superior Court Office, $2,500; Recorder’s Court, $4,500; Juvenile Court, $1$$; County Attorney, $1,000; Auditing, $1,600; Care of Insane, $200; Juror Expense, $3,500; Home Demonstrator, $860; Compensation Insurance, $300; Cap turing Still, $500; Aisrport, $2,000; Contingent, $1,590. Total, $69,000. Health Fund $22,005 Health Fund—Rate, 2 1-2 cents: Health Department, $13,388; Hospi tal, $6,667; Vital Statistics, $450, Moore County 'Tuberculosis Associa tion, $1,500. Total, $22,005. Poor Fund, ad valorum, 5 cents, and 50 cents on each taxable poll for males between a^es of 21-50: County Home, $5,500; Outside Poor, $4,000. Total, $9,500. Contitutional School Maintenance Fund: Supplementary Current Ex pense (9 1-20, $27,723; Capital Out lay (12 l-2c), $65,588; Debt Service (13 l-2c), $25,666. Total, $118,977. The ad valorum tax of 35 l-2c Is sup plemented by $1.50 poll tax and $1 on each male dog and $2 on each female dog. County Debt Service: Road Bonds and Interest (14 l-2c), $30,920; Court House Bonds and Interest (6c), $13,500; County Funding Bonds (2c), $3,765. Total, $48,185. Welfare Fund: 11 cents: Admlhls- tratlon, $6,360; Aid to Dependent Crhlldren, $3,969; Old Age Benefits, $7,500; Aid to Blind, $1,800. Total. $19,629. Special School Districts: For sup port and maintenance over and above the constltutioilftl school ^erm: Pinehurst, 10c; Southern Pines, 30c. For debt service: Southern Pines, 15c; Vass-Lakeview, 50c; Aberdeen, 40c; Carthage, 33c; Pinehurst, 10c; Cameron, 58c; West End, 10c; Hemp, 12c; Mineral Sprtags, 16c. 2d Best in South Charleston Airport Only One Better Than Knollwood, Says Aeronautics Official The North Carolina Air Mall Week celebration at Knollwood Airport next Tueday morning will mark not only the first air mail flight from the airport, but will also constitute the first formal public ceremony to be held at the newly completed $75,000 flying field. Starting about two years ago with nothing but the bare skele ton of the requisites for an up-to- date airport, Moore county and the towns of Southern Pines and Pine hurst have spent over $50,000 in grading and improving the land ing field and the lengthening of the runways, and the succe.9s of the enterprise can readily be gaug ed from a remark made recently to Richard Tufts by a high official of the Bureau of Aernautics, De partment of Commerce, who said that Knollwoexl was the best air port north of Florida and south of Washington, with the sole ex ception of the highly developed Charleston, S. C. field. Plane Dropped Down at Knoll wood Airport Yesterday on Test Flight ALL INVITED ON TUESDAY BISHOP W.J.HAFEY TO LEAVE DIOCESE FOR SCR™N, pa. Head of Catholic Church Here Named Cu-Adjuter Bishop With Rights of Succession PARENTS RESIDE HERE The Most Rev. William Joseph Haf- ey of Raleigh, bishop of this diocese of the Roman Catholic Church, last Saturday was named by Pope Pius co-adjutor bishop with rights of suc cession to the diocese of Scranton, Pa., according to announcement from Vatican City. Bishop Hafey, whose parents. Mr. and Mrs. James J. Hafey, reside In Southern Pines, went to Raleigh in July, 1925 as first bishop of the diocese which encompasses this sec tion of the state. He has been active in establishing new parishes and parochial schools. Since his arrival the membership of his diocese has been doubled. His seminary training; was obtained at Mount Saint Mary’s at Emmitsburg, Md., and he left there in 1914. He was ordained almost im mediately. From 1914 to 1920, he was assistant pastor at Saint Joseph’s church in Baltimore. From 1920 to 1925, he was chancellor in Baltimore. He studied in the Georgetown Law school. Bishop Hafey was recently in Sou- thrn Pines for the opening of the new Notre Dame Academy for girls on Youngs Roads. Democratic Women To Meet in Raleigh Large Delegation Fipm This Congressional Disrict Ex pected To Attend Democratic women of the state will meet in Raleigh, at the Sir Wal ter Hotel, on October 28th, and a large delegation from Moore coun ty is expected to attend. After the session at the hotel when affairs of state and party will be discussed, the ladles will attend a tea given In CTielr honor by Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey at the Governor’s Mansion. Mrs. Sidney Windham of Aberdeen told The Pilot this week that It was hoped to have a good representatioa from the Eighth Congressional dis trict, and asked that those desiring to attend notify Mrs. P. P. McCain at Sanatorium, Mlsa Bess McCaaklll at Carthag« or herself at Aberdeen. At 8:30 yesterday morning a yel low Stinson monoplane dropped out of the sky at Knollwood Airport and taxied up to the hangars where a re ception committee comprising Pine hurst Postmaster F. T. Currie, Mrs. Gerald Thompson, I'epresenting Sou thern Pines Postmaster P. Frank Buchan, Richard Tufts, Howard Burns, Airport Manager HardTd Bachman, Katherine Buchan, and representatives of the press werj awaiting its arrival. The occupants of the plane were Capt. Dick Fell, aviation representa tive of the Gulf Oil Corporation, and C. A. Sikes, district traffic manager for Eastern Air Lines, and their ar rival at Knollwood marked the sec ond stop of an 840-mile survey of the conditions along the route to oe flown by Capt. Fell next Tuesday during the “First North Carolina Air Mail Flight,” when he wall pick up air mail from every North Carolina airport to be placed aboard Eastern Air Line mail planes for despatch tt) final destinations as a part of the celebration of North Carolina Aii Mail Week. Captain Fell and Mr. Sikes brought with them copies of the Wednesday evening’s Houston (Tex.) Chronicle that had been mailed in Houston Wednesday night at 8:00 o’clock and had been delivered in Raleigh at 3:00 o’clock Thursday morning, this as an evidence of the speed of air mail de livery. After a short stop to inspect the airport, the two men took off for Rockingham Captain Fell was not able to state definitely what time he would ardve at Knollwood Airport on Tuesday. The schedule has not been compfletei), he said, but the information will be available by the end of this week and due announcement will be made of the time of the arrival of the plane. .\U Invited To Airport Postmasters Buchan and Currie ^nd the Southern Pines and Pina- hurst Air Mail Week committees are most anxious that as many persons as possible make use of the air mail (Please turn to pafc,< 6) Mostly Out of County Tobacco on Local Flooi s Average Price Expected To Rise When Better Quality Leaf Comes to Market For the second successive week an Influx of large quantities of common grade tobacco from South Carolina and eastern North Carolina has pour ed in to the local markets and has been highly instrumental in lowering the day-by-day average prices on the Aberdeen and Carthage markets. Highly authoritative estimates in- dlcatv that only about 40 per cent of the tobacco now being offered foi sale at Aberdeen and Carthage is the product of strictly local growers and th^t^the remaining 60 per cent is the tail end of the crop from the Border and Bright belts. The same sources of information are convinced that, due to late curing and a desire to put the best possible grades of tobacco on the market, it will be another week or ten days before the local growers begin to bring the bulk of their crops to market. In the meantime, howevei, that lo cal 40 per cent of the daily sales oh the two Moore county markets is commanding prices far aoove aver ages established for similar grades on previous or contemporary mar kets. For example; one grower brought 16 piles of tobacco, totaling 4,021 pound, to Aberdeen this v/eek and re ceived a check for $1,731.04. The to bacco sold frohi a high of 51 cents a pound to a low of 38 cents a pound, and the average was slightly over 43 cents. Another grower averagea (PleaM turn to page 12) I