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MOOIIE COUNTY'S LEADING NEWS-WEEKLY [Jr >^arthaoe ^PRINCS \_Wi &LAK EVIEW END MANLfiV 50UTHCRN JACKSOH SPQihOd Pm£9 ASHUSV ME.»CHTS PiMEBtUPP PILOT MUST IN NEWS, CIHCIJLATION & ADVERTISING A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina VOL. 18, NO. 26 Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolinii Friday, June 10, l!)3H POTTS QUESTIONS ON CIVIC CENTER BRING RESPONSE Effect on Tax Rate of Proposed $9,000 Hond Issue, and Other Points Explained NEED FOR PARK SPACE Upon publication last week of a letter from R. F. Potts of Southern Pines, listing a number of questions on the subject of the purchajse of the West Broad street site for a Civic Center, to be voted on in special election here next month, The Pilot asked a group of those interested in the project to submit answers. Mr. Potts’ questions with the replies fol low: 1. Will the tax rate he Increased by the proposc<I bond Issue? The town of Southern Pines holds a medium rating for the sale of bonds- Bonds sold recently on a bas is of 3 73 percent. It seems fair there fore to take 4 1-2 percent as the probable interest on new bonds, and thi.^j is used as a basis for the fol lowing estimate in figuring the an nual cost of carrying and returning the $9,00000 proposed Bond Issue: Bonds are usually issued in de nominations of $1,000.00 Possi bly these could be in $500.00. If not, the same average applies by having $1,000.00 Bonds fall due every other year. To make ex ample simple and because aniount needed is $9,000 00, per iods of 9 years and 18 years to retire bonds have been taken. Plan I Nine Year Period Basis: Average Interest per year$ 225.00 Principal Retired 1,00000 Total Amount required per Year $1,225.00 Education Needed To Keep State CLEGG WINS OVER In Front Ranks of Agriculture PQOLE FOR HOUSE; KOWE BEATS HOYLE FIVE CENTS Dean Harrelson of State College Gives Startling Figures on In come From Farms Here North Carolina may boast of her position among the first five states in agricultural production, but when the value of its products is divided by 301,000 farms and 1,700,000 who live on farms in the state, it must give a second thought to what is to be done about it. So Col. J. W. Harrelson, dean of State College at Raleigh, told mem bers of the sandhills Kiwanis Club at their weekly meeting held Wed nesday in the Methodist Sunday School building, Aberdeen. Col. Harrelson told the Kiwanians the average income per farm in the state is but $800. When you figure an average farm family as five, which is conservative, you can read ily see how far that $800 will go. “Let’s quit bragging about our to tal income from agriculture and look at its effect on the individual far mer” What we most need, he said, is agricultural research. The state is 34th on the list of money spent in this important work. Research is necessary to make the farms more productive, thereby I'^creasing the farm income. We've got to find ways of combatting foreign compe tition. We are losing out in the world cotton market. What are we doing to replace this? We are by way of lo.sing much of the world tobacco business. Not Getting Fair Share Also, he said, the farmer is not getting his fair share of the return from his products- The slate's income from industry is a billion, one hun dred million dollars. Tobacco prod- I’.cts bring in 400 million of this, cot ton products 300 million, wood pro ducts 100 million, all processed farm Eighteen Year Period Basis ^'ommoditie?- The bulk of thet state's income, about 85 percent, i.s from prociB^cd farm commodities. And the farmer averages $800 a year. The agricultural possibilities are great. Only California rivals this Kiwanis Speaker Leland McKeithen Gets N*ear Majority in Three-Cornered Race for Prosecution COL. J. W. HARRELSON United States Senator Frank Hancock Robert R. Reynolds I'tililles Coninilssioner j Stanley Winborne Two upsets marked the results in , Paul Grady CORONER FRY DEFEATED Moore C^^intyTotK^X^NE HIGH MAN Tctals for Senator, Congress man and State and County Nominations I)K.M(K’K.\TK’ PKIMAKV i;:;/.lOTINGFOR LAitiBETH’S SEAT Rockingham Man Leads Hurgin by (>92 Votes.—Ross Carries IVI(M>re County the Democratic Primary in Moore county last Saturday, the defeat for the nomination for Member of the State House of Representatives of the incumbent, J. Hawley Pnolc of West End, by W. R. Clegg of Carthage, and the defeat of Coroner D. Carl Fiy by Robert G. Fry, Jr., of Car thage for coroner. Clegg, himself a , J. Hawley Poole , former member of the lowei' house at Raleigh, won by the narrow' mar gin of 1.899 to 1,772 votes. Young's. Fry led the present Coroner by 225 ! 1446 2218 * SECOND PRIMARY CALLED . .2029j 1345 I ■MenilK'r of Congress i George Ross Roland F. Beasley C- B. Deane Giles Y. Newton William O. Burgin 129 | State II»us4> of Kepresentativcs 1 race, George Ross W- R. Clegg 1889! Springs, w io led the Moore county C. B Deane of Rockingham led the ] voting in the race for Representative 2281 ' Congressional district in 0gg ; last Saturday's Democratic Primary, 5Y5! with a plurality of 692 votes o>?er. W. O. Burgin of Lexington. Roland F- Beaslev of Monroe was third in of Jackson 35: JY72 I balloting, fourth, and Giles Y. New- Jiidge of Reeorder’s C'ourt J- Vance Rowe 2302 R. Hoyle 1373 I'rosecuting .Vttorney Plan II Average Interest per Year 213.75 Principal Retired 500-00 Total Amount per Year . . Required $ 713-75 state in potentiality. We have 23 It seems more than likely that this j ‘ypes in one county alone- Our amount could be taken out of the! fit every con- present town revenue- The yearly' commodity. We have General, or Operating. Fund is $10,- 722.07. Surely out of such a sum the maximum amount needed: $1,- 225.00, could be taken without un-j duly straining the budget. This I would mean that there would be no increase at all in the tax l ate. How- ^ ever, just in case this were not pos-1 sible. we offer the following figures' showing examples of what the in-; crease in taxes would be under eith er above- a growing season varying from 160 ' days in the mountain sections to' 270 I irt the rest of the state- We can dou ble the State’s agricultural inconie- We have the resoutces we have the people. We need to ducate them- At this point Col. Hari'lson put in a good word for such a project as the Robin Hood Farm, where it is pro posed to teach young underprivileged bo3's and girls the fundamentals of farming, at no cost to themselves. :• of the two systems mdicateu i 4.1. *• , , tv. Others at the meetmg. spoke of the Robin Hood Farm movement, Mrs. Edwin Clarke Gregory of Salisbury, daughter of the late U- S. Senator Lee S. Overman, and T. L. Vaughn of Raleigh, originator of the move ment to purchase the Manice Farm near Pinehurst for an agricultural i .school foi' the underprivileged. FIREMEN GATHER HERE NEXT WEEK FOR CONVENTION Sto,te Marshall Brockwell and Others Prominent in S^ate on Toast List Some 400 firemen, members of the Sandhills Firemen's A.ssociation which covers 34 departments in this part of the state, will gather in Southern Pines next Wednesday, the guests of the Southern Pines and Aberdeen departments. From 9:00 o’clock in the morning until Bob Machat and his orchestra play "Home Sweet H<'me'’ at the Country Club last that night there will be something doing. Leading fire fighters of the state will be among those present, includ- ing J. B- Flora of Elizabeth City, president of the State p-iremen's As sociation; W. H- Palmer, chief of Ihe Charlotte department and presi dent of the Fire Chiefs As.sociation of the state; Chief W- C. Holland of the Raleigh department and Chief Frank Shaw of Greensboro- The convention opens with regis tration at the Fire House here at 9:00 o'clock. From 10:00 to 12:00 thei’e will be a busines.s meeting at the High School auditorium, with Chief L. V. O'Callaghan of the Sou thern Pines department presiding. votes, with M. A. Hill third with j W. A. Leland McKeithen 162. J. H. Scott . .. W. A- Leland McKeithen of Aber-1 E. J. Burns deen and Pinehurst came so close' Coroner to a majority in the three-cornered! D. Carl Fry race for Prosecuting Attorney of the ■ Robert G. Fry, Jr- Uecorder's Court that it is thought i M. A. Hill unlikely his nearest opponent, E- J. j County C onindsslorer Burns of Carthage, will call a sec-’ (5th District I i ton of Gibson fifth. The totals: Deane, 12,923- Burgin. 12,231. Beasley, 8,878- Rosa, 8,061. Newton, 1,363. The Deane and Burgin totals are complete for the 202 election pre. Ig30' cincts in the 12 counties comprising 1855 district- The Beasley, Ross £Uid Newton totals are for 194 of the 202 precincts. Mr. Buigin has called for a second 878 1103 162 ond primary. In a statement to The, W. H- McNeill 1563 Deane and 20731 Burgin camps appear confident of KEPI BLK’AN PKI>L\UY Pilot Mr. Bums said this week that! Gordon M. Cameron he was undecided. The totals in this 1 -—^—_ race were: McKeithen, 1,735 Bui-ns, 1,103; J. ! H. Scott of Carthage, 878. giving McKeithen a lead of 632 votes over : ^roperty listed at 40 percent to 50 percent of sound value- X owns $5,000.00 property. Listed for taxes $2,500.00. Plan No. I costs him increase of $1.25 per year. Plan No- III costs him in crease of $-75 per year- Y owns $10,000.00 properly. Listed for taxes, $5,000.00. Plan No. I costs him increa.^e of $2-50 per year. Plan No. Ill costs him increase of $1.25 per year. 2. What use will lie made of the; present abandoned building? j At the anni'jul meeting of the When the time comes for building 1 Highland Park Hotel Company, held a Town Hall we favor tearing down i at the Highland Pines Inn on Wed- t’he present building. Until that time ■ nesday, the following officers were we favor keeping it as it is. j re-elected for the next year: S- B. 3. Wil) the cost include funds for Richardson, president; M. H. Tur- Officers Reelected By Highland Park Hotel I ■ j s. B. Richardson President, M. i H. Turner Vice-President D. i G. Stutz Treasurer keeping up the present building? The funds to be voted include only the money to pay for the land- The upkeep of the present building wUl no doubt be paid as long as it stands (as it always has been)- It would not be demolished as long as it was need ed. ner, vice-president; F. W. VanCamp, secretary and D. G- Stutz, treasurer. The officers and Dr. E. W- Bush and W. E. Flynn comprise the board of directors. The Inn ia remaining open ttiis summer under Mr. Turner’s manage ment and was reported as having been 4. ('ould the new C4vlc Center go | surprisingly busy fOr the off-season on the present site of the old town | period, building? Yes, it could. Some people favor this plan. We do not. We would like to see this town acquire all the parks It can and we believe that this mat ter of parks constitutes a most im portant point in this debate- It must not be forgotten that, though we all of ua like to emprasize (Pleaae turn to pa{f« tix) TO BENEFIT MANLEY CHURCH The Presbyterian Church of Man ley is giving an entertainment for the benefit of the Chui*ch on Friday, June 17th at 8:00 p- m. at the Pine Grove. There will be a refreshment table and games and everyone is urg ed to come. Harvard Fellowship County Commissioner (1st District) Burns- He missed a majority by only Cleveland Cagle 246 votes- \ Paul V.’addill ilowe Oofeats Ho.yle ; The race for Judge of the Record er's Court was not as close as had been predicted by many of the poli- ^ ticos of the county. Judge J. Vance Rowe of Aberdeen won the renoniina- I tion over S. R. Hoyle of Carthage, 2,- ' 302 to 1.373- Gordon Cameron of Pinehurst was 1‘enominated Coun,*(v’ Commissioner from the Fifth di3triet, the only dis trict in which there was a contest for the board. Cameron polled 2,073 votes to 1,.563 for W. H- McNeill of Aberdeen- There was only one Republican piimary contest, in which Cleveland Cagle of Carthage defeated Paul H. M'addill for the nomination for Coun ty Commissioner ir the First distiict- Ihe vote was 61 to 25. Southern Pines gave Hawley Poole its .s-'.ippoit, 239 t'' 156, and rolled up a ,310 to 90 vote for Vance Rowe for judge. It gave Leland McKeithen 2G0 votes to 10') for Burns and 38 for .Scott for Pro.secuting Attorney, 61 25 Honored by U. N. C. ■Vfter prayer by the Rev. J. Fred 1 and Gordon Cameron 270 to McNeill's Stimson Mayor D- G- Stutz of Sou-1 129 for Commissioner- In the Coroner thern Pines and Mayor Frank Sham-' lace, Robert G- Fry cari ietl Southern burger of Aberdeon Will welcome the ^ Pines by only two votes over D. Carl visitors- Addresst's will follow by J ' Fry, with M. A. Hill polling ten. Talbot Johnson of Aberdeen, E- C. j —— Stevena of Southern Pines, Mr. Flora, State Fire Mai shal Sherwood Brock-, well, John L- Miller, secretary of the State association, and L- S. Rowell, president of the Sandhills a.ssocia tion. Following luncheon from 12:30 to 1:30 the firemen will gather at the 'oaseball park where the various ath- etic and fire fighting competitions will take place. Between 4:00 and 5:00 there will bo a demonstration cf a practical hook-up by the South- ern Pines and Aberdeen departments.; Supper will be at Aberdeen Lake at: 5:30, and the Firemen’s Ball starts at the Country Club at 10:00 o’tlock. j Representatives of the following | departments will be here; Sanford, j Carthage, Pinehurst, Aberdeen, Fay-' etteville, Maxton, Red Springs, Pine- bluff, St. Pauls, Rockingham, Ham-: let, Laurinburg, Raeford, Hemp, Bis- coe, Ellerbe, Dunn, Smithfield, Pem broke, Wagram, Whiteville, Chad- boum and Elizabethtown. IllONJiV I'AC.E, HI Heiiry A- Page. HI. son of Henry A. Page of Aberdeen and Mrs. Mit- chcil Page of Asheville, has been awanled a Fellow.shij) in Political Science at Harvard University, a two- year cour.se leading to a degree of Doctor of Philosophy- "Young Henry,’’ as he is known in the Sandhills, has been a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University in Eng land for the past thiee years, having won the North Carolina competition .‘'or this prized award in 1935. He had planned to enter Chapel Hill this fall to continue his studies but was re cently informed of the Harward fel lowship, and enters Harvard this fall. As a matter of fact, Page was of- fe ed fellowships this fall by the fol lowing institutions: University of .^Tcrth Carolina, Duke University, Univeisity of Virginia, University of I Chicago, Princeton Unversity and Harvard. He is returning from Eng land in August and will spend Sep tember here. He will be 25 years of age in October- The young man is' a °ri aduate of Aberdeen High School. success in the final balloting. The vote in Moore county for the Congressional candidate-'i was as fol lows : Ross, 2,281;; Beasley, 689; Deane, 575; Burgin 129;; Newton, 35. Southern Pines voted as follows: Deane, 176; Ross. 133; Beasley, 51; Burgin. 37; Newton, 0. United States Senator Robert R. Reynolds defeated Frank Hancock ' of Oxford for the Democratic Sena- I torial nomination by a little more than 102,000 majoi'it^;'- Reynolds polled 2,218 to Hancock's 1,446 in Mooie county, and carried Southern Pines 254 to 145. Stanley Winborne was renominat ed State Utilities Commissioner over Paul Grady. Winborne carried Moore county- ' Deane Thanks Voters In an interview with The Pilot the forepart of this w'cek Mr- Deane said: "I find it difficult to express my dee]) appreciation for the fine leading : vote given me Saturday throughout our Eighth Congressioixal district- , It makes me feel very humble, be- , causae I know my friends were at woik. “My vote of 12,923, making me the I high man in Saturday s voting, is in- I dicative of a feeling on the part of I the great masses of voters that pro-’ foundly touches me- For this leading j vole I am sincerely grateful to the )nen and women throughout our Dis trict who made it possible. It is in deed significant, in view of the fact that I did not have a single mana ger or paid worker in any of the twelve counties of the district. “I had four very honorable gen tlemen opposing n;e. Any one of the (Plca/^e tiini to puge six) Old Maples Home on Bethesda Road Burned Lennie Williams and Famih’ Es- caps as Flames Destroy Old Schoolhoiise JUNIOR CHAMBER SPONSORS NEW BOY SCOIJT TROOl’ It’s now James Boyd, Litt. D- The well known Southern Pines author Southern Pine? is to have another was given the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature by the Univer sity of North Carolina on Tuesday. Boy Scout Troop- The Junior Cham ber of Commerce at a recent meet ing voted to sponsor the organization of Troop No. 4, and Ben Braden has volunteered to serve as' Scoutmaster. Tommy Atkinson will be Assistant Scoutmaster. Any young men Inter ested in joining No. 4 troop are re quested to meet with thg Scoutmas- ter at the Boy Scout Hut tonight, Friday at 7:30 o’clock. Mr. Boyd, a graduate of Princeton University, is the author of "Drums,” “Marching On," “Long Hunt,” and “Roll River,” and is now writing his ifth historical novel- The University also awarded a de gree of Doctor of Philosophy to Miss Kate Way, daughter of Judge Wil liam A. Way, of Southern Pln^. FKED WEAVER, ABERDEEN WINS LAW SCHOL.VRSHIP Fred H. Weaver of Aberdeen, son of Mrs. Ada Weaver and brother of Miss Sarah Weaver of the Carolina Power & Light Company’s Southern Pines office, was this week awarded a scholarship in Columbia Law School in New York. Young Weaver, a grad uate of Aberdeen High School, was graduated this week from the Uni versity of North Carolina at Chapel HUl. The old historic Maples house, lo cated on the old Bethesda Road, near The Paddock, was burned to the ground about 10:00 o’clock Sunday night, the tenants, Lennie William!* and family just escaping with their lives. They saved none of their cloth ing or furniture- The origin of the fire is unknown, there having been no fire in the house since early morn ing. The occupants were roused from dense slumber to find their home aflame- About 1850, a small one*room loj cabin was erected opposite this site, and used for school purposes. The house just destroyed, built prior to the Civil War, a much larger build ing distinguished by the addition of glassed windows, was erected and used as a school. Long known as the “Yearling Spring School” it w-as at tended by the children of families residing with a radius of many miles. For many years and until quite r»» cently It was thp home of the late Mrs. J. P. Maples.