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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
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FIRST IN NEWS,
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of the Sandhill Tei‘^^'>ry of North Carolina
VOL. 18, NO. 22.
Southern I’ines and Aberdeen, North Carolina. Friday, April 29, 1938.
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FIVE CENTS
PUPILS OF COUNTY
HEAR VOCATIONAL
LECTURE PROGRAM
Nine Schools Send 320 Pupils to
Hear Kiwanls Clubs One
Day Lecture Program
25 SUBJECTS ON LIST
Morton Tenders Resignation
To PinehursVs School Board
Submits Resignation
A total of 320 Junior and Senior
class students from nine high schools
in Moore county were present Mon
day at the Southern Pines High
School to hear 25 local business men,
leaders in their professions, explain
the details, intracies, advantages and
possibilities of their various voca
tions. The program was sponsored
by the Sandhills Kiwanis Club's Vo
cational Guidance Committee, under
the supervision of Chairman John
Howarth^ and was presented with
the assistance of the superintendents
of the various achoois represented
and the local business men who gave
of their time and knowledge to make
the program possible.
The record ot attendance last Mon
day shows that interest in the pro
gram was literally county-wide. The
attendance by schools was as fol
lows; Southern Pines, 65; Aberdeen,
69; Carthage, 55; Pinehurst, 40; West
End, 26; Hemp, 22; Cameron, 20,
Vass, 18 and Farm Life, at Eureka,
' Superintendent For Past 14
Years Asks To Be Relieved
of Duties June 30
ACTION AT MAY MEETING
W. p. Morton, for the past 14
years superintendent of the Pine
hurst Public Schools, announced yes
terday that he had tendered his res
ignation to the School Board there
to take effect on June 30th this year.
Mr. Morton became superintendent of
the Pinehurst Public Schools during
the summer of 1924 and during his
administration the schools have
made marked progress. Both the av
erage attendance and the number
of teachers have more than doubled.
During his term of office as head
of the Pinehurst Schools, the Pine,
hurst Elementary School has been
made a Standard School. Both the
white and colored high schools have
become accredited High Schools. The
Pinehurst Parent-T((acher Associa
tion is one of the strongest in the
state.
Before coming to Pinehurst, Mr.
Morton had been Headmaster of the
I Columbia Military Academy of Co-
1 lumbia, Tennessee. He had also been
' superintendent of some of the slrong-
' est .school.s in his section of the
I state. He received both the B. S. and
■ I M. A. ilegrees from Peabody College,
Lonj; Time Sandhills Resident Nashville, Tennessee. He is a mem-
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W. p. MORTON
MRS. A. S. NEWCOMB
PASSES SUDDENLY
AT HOSPITAL HERE
SANDHILLS HOTELS
IN READINESS FOR
CONVENTIO^NSHERE
Medicos and A. T. and T. Mana
gers Meet at Carolina and
Pine Needles on Monday
BUSY FOR TWO WEEKS
With the gradual approach of the
end of the Sandhills tourist season
the hotels in the locality are work
ing overtime preparing for the flood
of conventions that annuaUy con
verge upon Pinehurst and Southern
Pines at this time or the year.
There have been several such
gatherings in the past few weeks
but the coming week will be the
high point of the season from a con
vention standpoint with five schedul
ed at three hotels in the two towns.
On Monday at The Pine Needles
about 70 district commercial mana
gers of the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company from all over
the country will gather for a full
week of business and social meet
ings that will close on Saturday
night.
On the same day, also, the North
Carolina Medical Society will con
vene, 400 strong, at The Carolina
Hotel in Pinehurst. On Tuesday The
Highland Pines will be the scene of
Reductio >m County Tax
Rate Seen As A Result of
ABC Board Yearns Profit
Primary Registration
Registrar Will Be at Southern
Pines Municipal Building
on May 7, 14 and 21
Hiram Westbrook, Registrar for
the Southern Pines election dis
trict, announces that he will be at
the Municipal Building in South
ern Pines the first three Satur
days in May; the 7th, 14th and
21st, for the registration of voters
for the Pi’imary Election in June.
The registration books will close
on Saturday, May 21st, at 5:00 p.
m.
All voters who voted in the 1936
General Election are now register
ed.
Currie Prophecies That Rate
Can Re Reduced at Least
Ten Cents Next Year
PRAISE ENFORCEMENT
KIWANIANS HEAR
GEORGE ROSS IN
PLEA FOR YOUTH
15.
The
Had Been In Hospital Only
Few Hours When End Came
Iviwanis Club V'^ocational i
iNclSnvIlit, JL clilitooCC. xic io a, -1. 1. • t. ^ otn/1 Kon
ber of the Phi Delta Honorary Fra- a one-day district meeUng and ban
TrnZ L has done special and' quet for Standard Oil Company rep
graduate work in the University of' resentatives from North and South
vucauuuitii Mrs. Arthur S. Newcomb, one |-j-pj^i^essee, the University of Chica-1
Guidance Committee was anxious to! the most popular and widely known QQji,rnbia University, New ^ Wednesday at The Carolina the
'-Iv> da dllXlUUa lO , ^ ^0, 0
kiaow what subjects interested the' of the Sandhills, died at 10:45 york
students most and a questionnaire | o’clock last Friday night at the
was prepared and submitted for theCounty Hospital, where she atnw.
purpose. The results indicated that i liad been a patient but a few hours. Wg' town and coun-' Pected to attend.
Beauty Culture headed the list with ^ Her death came as a great shock superintendent of The last convei
I North Carolina Bar Association will
, 1 t u I meet and will remain in convention
Since coming to Pinehurst, he has ; meei “uu wm
. . A. ' throusfh Friday. About 3oO aic cx-
taken an active interest m the com- ’-mouou
' Tie'
The last convention scheduled will
Candidate For Congress Lauds
Vocational Guidance Activity
and Says County Needs More
Members of the Sandhills Kiwan
is Club, at their regular weekly meet
ing held at the Methodi.st Sunday
School building in Aberdeen, heard
Georpre Ross of Jackson Springs, can
Speaking for the Board of County
Commissioners of which he is chair
man, Wilbur H. Currie of Carthage
stated Tuesday that in all probabil
ity the county will be able to reduce
its tax rate at least ten cents next
year, 1938-1939, as a result of the
revenue from the ABC stores in the
county.
This statement followed the receipt
Monday of the sum of $40,000.00
from the ABC Board, representing
the net cash profit from the stores
located in Southern Pines and Pine
hurst, and the information that the
stores have brought and paid for ap
proximately $23,000.00 in furniture,
fixtures and stock, which brings the
total net profit for the period from
March 25, 1937 to March 31, 193S
to approximately $03,000.00.
The $40,000.00 was paid to the
county in two checks when the Board
of County Commissioners, the
Board of Education, and the Board
of Health met in joint session Mon
day for the purpose of hearing the
report of the ABC Board and ap
pointing a member to succeed that
member of the Board whoso one-
year term expired at that time. E.
R. Brown of Hemp was elected for
a 3-year term to succeed himself.
The report of the ABC Board,
luty Culture headed the list with Her death came as a gieai superintendent of
98 students attending the class, j her many friends, as Mrs. New- g^mday School of the Pinehurst bo the\ North Carolina Building and
Electrical Engineering was scored comb had been in apparent good church for the past sev-
—■ - 'health throughout the winter. Mrs.
with 86; Home Economics, third.
with 81; Journalism, fourth, with 68;
Medicine, fifth, with 60 and Civil
Engineering was sixth, with 53.
The Kiwanis Club Vocational
Guidance Cojnmittee and Superin
Community Church for the past sev-
eial years. His work with the young
people in all of their activities has
been outstanding. This is his third
term as president of the Educo
Club of Moore county. He was twice
Newcomb, the daughter of R. H
Pippen and Julia Pillsbury Pippen,
was born in Biddeford, Me., Febru
ary 7, 1873.
Guidance Cojnmittee and Superin- Mr. and Mrs. Newcomb came to of the Moore County Ed-
tendent Webster of the Southern; the Sandhills from Biddeford, Me., : Association. Last year he
Pines High School wish to thank the ! their northern home, in 1904 and
officials and students of the cooper- 1 huilt a home in Lakeview shortly af-
ating schools and the local business! ter their arrival. They have played
men who presented the various sub-: prominent part in the upbuilding
jects for the fine cooperation that
resulted in such an enthusiastic re
ception of Vocational Guidance Day.
Laura Kelsey Wins
Pine Dodg-ers Title
Defeats Eleanor Barron In Han
dicap Match Play Finals,
7 and 5
cation Association. Last year he
served as president of the North Car
olina Peabody College Alumni A.s-
sociation.
If the School Board accepts his |
Loan Society, whose 2l'0 members
will meet at the Carolina frpm May
11th through 13th.
W. D. Sabiston, Jr. To
Open Own Law Office
Car(hase Attorney Leaves U.
L. Spence Office to Build I p
Own Practice
of the community, taking an active ' ^^g^iar May meet-; ‘^beeu^assL'ated
interest in social, religious and c.vic g, distinct loss; ‘ V . .u ,„ actice of
affairs in Pinehurst and Southern pinehurst and Moore county. If ^ ..t ’ Carth'^aV' announces that he
Pines as well as m Lakeview. | ^oard accepts his resignation. | ^ ‘
Francos, as she was known to her t^e pupils, the faculty, and a large j ^ Spencer
many friends, was noted for her un- majority of the patrons and friends j ' offices of Co
failing courtesy and pleasant man. Pinehurst Schools will sin- i soencer
ner, endearing her alike to intimate cerely regret his leaving. i m
associates and casual acquaintances. | Morton's letter follows:
Many expressions of regret, as well pinehurst School Board,
a.T of sympathy for Mr. Newcomb i>inehurst, N. C.
in his great loss have been voiced, ^p^r Friends: i- ^ ir>,^ntinp-
A memorial service, attended by j 1 hereby offer you my g^’^^g^gtant counsel for
a multitude of friends, was held in tion as Superintendent of the Pme-1 m ^ ‘ g^‘ j Land Bank
the Village Chapel. Pinehurst. at hurst Public Schools to take effect | the Atlantic Joint Stock Land Ba
“ i . _ . . . _i T.? ti 1 til crVi
Laura Kelsey of Southern Pines
became the Pine Dodgers’ champion i
last Satin-day afternoon at the South
ern Pines Country Club when she 3,^ o’clock Sunday afternoon, the' at the close of this present school j of Raleigh,
defeated Club Captain Eleanor Bar-1 rp ^ Cheatham officiating. ' year, June 30, 1938. This decision I ~
ron in the 18-hole handicap match I Washington,' was' :aade after due and careful;
p ay final of that event by the de- ^ Saturday night for ci-ema- consideration,
cisive score of 7 and
lin G. Spencer.
Mr, Sabiston is a highly capable
attorney, and has made many warm
I friends since he came to Carthage
; to make his home. He is a native of
and to the point speech in which he
j told the club that they could do won-
. ders for the future of the commun
ity if they would take it upon them-
i selves to promote a movement for
I additional advantages and further
■ education, particularly along voca
tional lines, for the children of the
j locality.
Mr. Rons' talk, coming as it did on
the immediate heels of the Kiwanis
j Club's Vocational Guidance Day last
I Monday for the high schools of the
! county, soimded a familiar note with
I the members.
The speaker, in pointing out the
I importance and scope of such an en--
; terprise, states that one-third of the
I entire population of Moore county
! consisted of children under the age
j of 15 yeai’s.
j J. Talbot Johnson reported to the
j club that the Board of Commission-
; ers of the county has agreed to im
prove the road from Knollwood to
Caithage, past the Airport, and that
the committee pushing the project
would continue to work on the mat
ter until definite steps have been
taken to go ahead v^ith the work.
5.
Although the handicaping in the
event has been a marvel of accur
acy, and although Miss Kelsey cer
tainly deserved her win over the
Club Captain, it was Miss Barron’s
inability to control her short game
yesterday that resulted in the one
sided victory.
In the consolation divi^n, Mrs.
Clarence Edson won her final match
from Mrs. Howard Burns, 4 and 3.
In Class B Mrs. George London
defeated Mrs. Barbara Lansing, 1
up.
tion.
MOTION PICTURE “PINEHURST”
WILL. BE GIVEN SHOWEVG HERE
Manager Charles Picquet announc
ed yesterday that, by special ar
rangement, he has been able to se
cure the RKO-Pathe Sportscope,
“Pinehurst,” that was made here
about one month ago, for showing
at the Southern Pines theatre on
Friday and Saturday of this week.
This film had its premier at the
Rivoli theater last Saturday and was
shown In Pinehurst Monday after
noon and evening. It’s quite unumial
to see a motion picture of people
and scenes that are thoroughly fa
miliar to you and the showing of
“Pinehurst” wUl be an opportunity
to do this.
Mrs. William F. King ^
Passes at Age of 75
‘Miss Addie,” Southern Pines
Resident For 30 Years, Dies
Following' Short Illness
Mrs. William F. King, 75, a resi
dent of Southern Pines for the past
30 years, died in her home on Ben
nett street at 11:00 o’clock Saturday
night. Funeral services were held in
the Baptist Church of Southern
Pines at 11:00 o’clock Tuesday morn
ing, her pastor, the Rev. J. Fred
Stimson officiating. A quartet com
posed of Albert Adams, J. B. Gif
ford, Mrs. Ralph Mills and Mrsy cs
Bryan Poe, accompanied by Mrs.
Laurie Williams, gave a * song ser
vice.
Mrs. Mary Adelaide Allen King
was born in Norwolk, Conn., on June
20, 1863, the daughter of George S.
Allen, and came to Southern Pines
to assist her aunt, Mrs. M. M. Bar-
tram, long the proprietor of “Tara
Nook.” She succeeded to the man
agement in 1909, and under the care
of “Miss Addie,” as she was affec
tionately known to a former genera
tion, the house became noted among^
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For several reasons it may be wis
er to withhold this communication
until later in the school year. I am
placing the same in my School Board
file and shall present it to you at
the opportune time.
I like Pinehurst and the good peo
ple of the Pinehurst School District,
I love the children of the Pinehurst
Schools. It has been a great honor
and a privilege to be their Superin
tendent of Schools for the past four,
teen years. These years will alway«i'
be remembered by me as some of i
the happiest years of my life. j
The people of the Pinehurst com- j
munity and the people of this en- ]
tire section have been lovely to me j
and to my family. Before we leave
Pinehurst, we shall do our very best
to express our love and appreciation
to all of them.
This present year is one of our
very best school years. The Parent-
Teacher Association as well as the
patrons and friends of the school are
giving a fine type of sympathetic
co-operation. The faculty and stu
dents are giving the superintendent
their most loyal support in our pro
gram of progress.
My position as Superintendent of
the Pinehurst Schools is one of the
most delightful in the state. This
position will attract some of the
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First Bequest
Moore County Hospital Left
$800.00 by Mrs. Lamm,
Late of Southern Pines
Paul Dana, treasurer of the
Moore County Hospital, has an
nounced the receipt of the first
bequest ever made to that insti
tution
Mrs. Cynthia E. Lamm, for
many years a well-known resi
dent of Southern Pines, remem
bered the hospital in her will with
a gift of $300,00. George W. Case,
of Southern Pines, executor of
Mrs. Lamm’s estate, has turned
that sum over to the Hospital,
and in the absence of any specific
directions for its use, the bequest
has been gratefully added to the
endowment fund.
Mrs. Lamm, who died on Febru
ary 25, 1937, was a native of
Maine. She and her husband, the
late Joseph T. Lamm, came to the
Sandhills about 25 years ago, re
siding first at Manly. Later they
moved into the village of Southern
Pines. After Mr. Lamm’s death
his widow continued to live at
their residence on North Ashe
street, where she took a keen in
terest in religious and civic af
fairs.
, . ^ ^ ^ - ... which wa.s given by James W. Tufts,
dadate for Congressman from this ® f ,
^ ^ 4. was accepted and the Board was
district, make a short, informative * , ,
commended for its splendid work.
In its report, the Board was high
ly coinp’imcntaiy of the effective
work done by the law enforcement
officers in reducing the amount of
illegal distilling being done in the
county as well as in reducing the sale
of illicit liquor. Reference was made
to the whole-hearted cooperation
given by the Sheriff and his depu
ties.
A detailed report of the work aone
by the law enforcement officers v.as
as follows:
Number of stills captured, 34;
number of gallons of beer and mash,
8,680; whiskey, 184 1-2; total num
ber of defendants up for violating
the prohibition law, 26; acquitals,
none; amount of fines, $353.35; to.
tal length of time sentences, 14
years and 10 days. Some $400 or $r>00
had been paid to the Federal couri;
in fines, the report recorded.
The profit and lo,ss report of thf>
two stores from March i25, 1037 to
March 31, 1938 was as follows:
Sales, $305,202.25; cost of sales,
$196,680.49; gross profit on sales,
$108,521.76; discounts taken, $3,-
131.18; making- a total of 4^111,-
9.52,94.
Expenses: Salaries, .$15,210,75;
taxes. $20,102.49; C/ther, $10,358.43.
a total of $45,671,67.
Profit, $66,281.27; Law enforce
ment—5 percent, $3,314.06; net prof-
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Rumored Sale of Manor
Hotel Denied by Owner
Mrs. W. H. Parkinson Slates
That No Negotiations Have
Been Completed
I During the past few days there tt i rincincr
; has been a rumor making the rounds j »10ieiS^ Old,ri
; of Southern Pines and Pinehurst As Season Nears End
that The Manor Hotel in Pinehurst' ____
has been sold by Mrs. W. H. Park- Southland and Hollywood Clos-
inson to E. G. Fitzgerald, former ed.—Pine Needles To Close
manager of The Carolina Hotel and on Sunday
presently manager of the Forest
Hills Hotel at Augusta, Ga. ' The closing days of the week, and
When questioned by a Pilot rep- the end of the month marked the
sent^atlve on Wednesday, Mrs. ' close of the season for the majority
Parkinson declared that there was of the hotels of Southern Pines. With
absolutely no truth to the rumor: a shorter season than usual, all the
and stated that, although The Man-! hotels were crowded to capacity
or !s for sale, no negotiations have , when the tide of travel turned this
been completed and that, in any | way, and at the peak prospective
event, she has had no conversation ; guests sought accomodations in vain,
with Mr. Fitzgerald regarding the 1 The Southland closed on Tuesday,
matter. j the Hollywood on Thursday, The
I Pine Needles closes to the public on
CII.4RLES M. NES WILI^
I Sunday and The Highland Pines Inn
FILED FOR PROB.'VTE i will carry on until some time in
May.
The Park View, the Jefferson,
Highland Lodge and the ColoTilal Inn
will remain open until June 1st. At
that time the dining room of the
Park View will close, although the
house wUl remain open, as will the
Belvedere and Pine Cone Lodge, dur
ing the summer naonthu.
ter I ■ i -
A copy of the will of the late
Charles M. Nes of York, Pa., has
been filed for probate in the office
of the Clerk of the Court of Moore
county. Mr. Nes willed the greater
part of his property, including that
in Southern Pines, to his two sons,
Charles and David Nes.