MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 18, NO. 33.
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of the SandhUi Territory of North Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina. Friday, July 29th, 1938.
WAR GAMES SET
AT FORT BRAGG
FOR OCT. 3 TO 17
Four Coast Artillery Regiments
and Upwards of *100 Planes
To Participate
CIVILIANS TO AID
“Ted” Barrow Plans New Resort
Development For Crystal Lake
The War department announced
early this week it would enlist hun
dreds of North Carolina civilians in
“the largest and most important air
defense exercises yet devised by the
firniy.”
In war games to center at Fort
Bragg, anti-aircraft artillery and
several score fighting planes will be
utilized in testing an elaborate air.
craft warning network.
From about 300 temporary sta
tions, extending about 150 miles from
Fort Bragg to the Atlantic coast,
warning will be sped, chiefly by tel
ephone, of the approach of "enemy"
planes.
I
Similar warning systems have I
been organized for the defense of i
London and the principal continental
capitals. In this country, however, it
has been tried out only to a limited
degree, at Muroc Lake, Calif., and
in the Army Air Corps maneuvers in
the Northeast last May.
The results of the test employ
ment of civilians, the War depart
ment said, would be of "much more
importance in formulating plans for
the installation, in time of war, of
such nets, which are an essential
part of the defense of the country
against enemy attacks from the air.
About 75 officers, 2,000 men of i
four Coast Artillery regiments, and
upwards of 100 planes of the mo
bile General Headquarters Air force
will engage in the war games.
For purposes of the test, it will
be assumed that the
Army On the March
Tar Heel Troops Enroute To
Defend “Invasion” of
Gulf Coast
The gieatcst peace-time military
movement in the history of the
South is now under way.
In 27 cities and towns of the
State and at Foit Bragg, officers
and men of National Guard and
regular army have begun the
march to the Gulf Coast of Miss-
issippi for the maneuvers of the
Army of the South during the
first two weeks of August.
North Carolina’s National
Guardsmen will form part of the
"Blue” defending army.
The' invading army will be
known as "Brown." In it will be
the regular army artillery organ
izations from Fort Bragg.
BREEDERS’ASSN.
WILL HOLD SHOW
ON AUGUST 20TH
Mfwe County Group Making
Plans For Big Event at Hemp
Late Next Month
A meeting" of the Moore County
Breeders Association was held on
July 19th at the home of the pres
ident, Charlie Hussey. The purpose
the meeting was to make plana
for a big show to be held at Hemp.
August 20th, to be put on by the
-loore County Breeders Association:
this show to consist of mule and
horse colts of the different ages, best
Fort Bragg I pairs of horses and mules, best young
Reservation contains an important ‘ cattle and cattle of different ages-
base airdrome, defended by co-ordi.
nated anti-aircraft units and pur
suit aviation. Portions of the GHQ
air force will represent the invaders.
Brigadier General Fulton Q. C.
Former Manager of Sheraton
Hotel, High Point, Leases
Barber Estate Property
YEAR ’ROUND RESORT
For the past three months work
has been in progress at Lakeview
that, when completed, bids fai,' to
result in one of the finest resort de
velopments to be found anywhere in
the mid-south. The development,
which compiises 600 acres, includ-
ELECTION BOARD
HEARS FURTHER
BURGIN CHARGES
Apparent Congressional Nomi
nee Files Answers Through
Attorneys
FIVE CENTS
Southk-’f^ Pines Rotarians
Q ♦
Celebrate Charter Night
TO CERTIFY NEXT WEEK
The State Board of Elections, near-!
ing the end of its study of affidavits
in connection with alleged fraudulent'
ing beautiful, 100-acre Crystal Lake, ;u.so of the absentee ballot in the
centerp around the Crystal Lake Ho-1 eigiith Congiessional district vote in
tcl, a 30-room establishment with a | Davidson County, yesterday (Thurs-
scven room annex and four furnished; day) received new charges of fraud
cottages, and the entire property, a in Richmond county in the same dis
part of the Barber Estate, is untler' tiict.
lease to Theo (Ted) Barrow, for-1 Attorneys for W. O. Uurgin, ap-
mer manager of the Sheraton Hotel, ■ nomination |
at High Point, who is supervising p.^.^^nted the State board with an ^
the woik. i answer to an appeal by C. B. Deane'
Mr. Bar row. for five years previous f Rockingham, the apparent loser ^
to April of this year, was manager j contest, which incorporated'
of the Sheraton Hotel and prior to, wholesale irregularities^
that time was engaged in hotel work | ^nd fraud in the second primary on'
in Washington, Pittsburgh, Philadel-1 2. Deane's appeal is from de-i
phia and Buffalo. For several seas
ons, since he has been a resident of
North Carolina, he has leased a cot
tage at Lakeview and each season
he has become more and more im
pressed with the possibilities of a
large scale resort development there.
Finally, during this past winter, he
made the arrangements and signed
the lease and, in April, set about the
preliminary work In connection with
his plans.
Already the Crystal Lake Hotel
has been newly redecorated and re
furnished and Mr. Barrow has
brought from High Point several of
his former employees to serve as the
cisions of the Richmond County board
of elections, which ruled out nearly!
80 Deane absentee ballots on the
grounds of irregularities.
Burgin, with W. F. Brinkley of
Lexington and Howell R- Kyser of
Thomasville, members of his legal
staff, rushed to Raleigh Wednesday
from Davidson county to join for
mer Governor J. C- B. Ehringhaus in
the preparation of the Burgin an
swer in the Richmond case, and also
to assist in the preparation of Bur-
gin’s answer from an appeal by
Deane from the rulings of the Mont
gomery county board of elections,
which also was presented to the
nucleus of a thoroughly and com-,
1 v. I State board yesterday,
petently tramed staff. New kitchen 1
equipment ha."! been installed and | Both Brinkley and Kyser said that
within the next few weeks a glass j their visit had "absolutely no other
enclo.sed supplementaiy dining room purpose” than to prepare the an-
will be built around the side and front [ swers
of the building. A new 75 foot by 25
Must File Expenses
Secretary of State Warns Pri
mary Candidates to Comply
with Law
Secretary of State Thacl Eur*'
Wednesday thi'eatcned to invoke
the coirupt practices act against
all primary candidates who have
failed to comply with the State
law lequiring the filing within
20 days after any primary of com-
1 letc statements of campaign ex
pen.-cs.
Euro notified several of those
who have not filed statements
that unloFs the accounts are filed
immediately, he will inform At
torney General Harry McMullan
of the violation of the law and
request that McMullan take ap
propriate action.
Included among the group who
have not filed expense accounts
is C. B- Deane of Rockingham,
candidate for Congress in the
eighth Congressional district,
whose protest of the apparent
nomination of W. O. Burgin of
Lexington is now before the State
?oard of Elections.
Cluh Members From Entire Dis
trict, ()luests and Friends
fiather Here
ABOUT 200 ATTEND
LOC AL LEGION
POST ELECTS
1939 OFFICERS
Gardner of Fort McPherson, Ga., will
command the defending force com
prising coast artillery regiments
from Fort Sheridan, 111-, Fort Totten,
N. Y., Fort Crockett, Texas, and
i This will proDaoly be one of the
I biggest things put on in the county-
; The young mules in the county are
about as good looking as can be
seen anywhere, and with the stock
now in the locality of Hemp and
the adjoining territory, there isn’t
any reason why Hemp can’t put on
a show that would be a credit to
the county and equal to anything
Fortress Monroe, Va., and planes l^hich has been put on in the state
from Langley Field, Va., Self ridge ^ j^^jy^herc-The Hemp section has been
Field, Va., and a signal corps bat-_ (PUaae turn to page f ive)
talian from Fort Monmouth, N. J.
Brldag|.r General Arnold N. j PrOpOSCd
stad, of the air corps, will command _ ~ *2 ..
the attacking force. This force will -1.0 oltlte V/OllStltlltlGIl
include planes from Langley Field,
Mitchell Field, N. Y-, Barksdale Field,
La., and March Field, Calif.
Files Suit Against
General Motors Corp.
Southern Pines Woman AHeges
Assault bv Representative of
G. M. A. C.
Asking actual damage in the sum
of $10,000 and punitive damage in
the amount of |5,000, Georgle Hack,
ney of Southern Pines has filed a
complaint in Moore County Superior
court against J. Earl Parker and
General Motors Acceptance Corpora
tion, allefdng that she has been "ir
reparably damaged in mind and body”
as a result of an assault by the de
fendant, Parker, while acting as an
iagent in the employ of the defend
ant corporation.
The plaintiff sets forth that Par
ker, while collecting for the corpor
ation, called at her home, parked
his car within a few feet of her
home, and requested her to pay a
Certain sum due by her husband,
which she did; that the defendant
Parker sat in his car and pfepared a
receipt, opened the car door and
handed her the receipt, and that aa
she reached out her hand to take the
same, he seized her by the hand with
great force and drew her into his
automobile and while she was strug
gling to loos* herself, he assaulted
her until he was frightened by the
approach of a cok)red woman. The
plaintiff allegetr that she received
such a shock that she has become
completely unnerved and cannot sleep
and that th* assault has affected her
physiqfi> and meatal condition.
Would Set Up State Justice De
partment and Increase County
Officers Terms
Two amendments to the constitu
tion of North Carolina are to be
submitted to the voters of the state
at the general election of November
8. Up until this time little attention
has been paid to the measure, but
it is expected that both of the pro
posals will be subjects of consider
able campaigning before voters go
to the polls-
One amendment would authorize
the general assembly to set up a
state department of justice as a
unit of the attorney general’s of
fice.
The other would increase the terms
of office of county sheriffs and cor.
oners from two years to four years.
Governor Clyde R- Hoey has indi
cated that the state administration
will back the department of justice
proposal, providing the amendment
flnst is endorsed by a legislative
study commission. This commission,
headed by Major J. P. McLendon, of
Greensboro, has been investigating
the feasibility of such a department
for more than a year.
Governor Hoey has said that s^me
authorities on North Carolina law are
of the opinion that the legislature
has sufficieDt power, without a
change in the constitution, to set up
the justice department. It is possible,
therefore, that If the amendment
falls to carry, the matter may come
before the 1939 legislature.
The purpose of the department, a«
defined by the 1937 law calling for
an amendment, would be the “prose,
cutlon of crime” and the “admlnis.
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j foot out-door dance pavilion has been
erected and even now a regular
schedule of Wednesday and Saturday
night dances to the music of a ten-
piece orchestra is in progress. Other
evenings there is dancing to an elec
tric phonograph and the attendance
at these dances attests to the pop
ularity of the idea.
Other recreational facilities at'
Crystal Lake are boating, swimming!
and fishing. There are now ten boats I
in the water there and more are |
planned. A new boat-house will soc'~ 1
be built to house them. Fishing there
has always been popular, but never
as it is now. Within the past two
weeks ten 7-pound bass have been
taken from the lake, in addition to
countless numbers of smaller bass,
jack and brim.
Mr. Barrow has started work on a
150-yard white sand bathing beach
on the hotel side of the lake and that
should be completed within a short
time.
But these Immediate improvements
and renovations to the hotel and the
adjoining recreation facilities are
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Miss Berta Rivers
Dies In Aberdeen
Passes at Home olK!!ousin Mrs.
Mary L. David, Alter Pro
longed Illness
in the Richmond and Mont
gomery cases, Brinkley adding that
‘ we have been advised of no rulings
of the State board so cannot, of
course, go any further in the mat
ter than we have so far."
Sudden arrival of Burgin and his
attorneys in Raleigh gave rise to a
C’op of rumors which floated over
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Tobacco Sales Cards
For Early Marketers
County Agent Gives Rules For
Selling On Early Markets.—
W'ants Farm Data Sheets
By E. H. (iarrison, Jr.
Any producer with an acreage al
lotment for tobacco who wishes to
sell on the early markets before he
receives his marketing card, can not
ify the county office in writing a
day or two before he wishes to mar
ket his tobacco and a tentative mar
keting card will be prepared, which
he can get by calling at the County
Agent’s Office. The operator should
call at the County Agent’s In per
son as he will have to sign for the
card- This card will permit him to
sell a limited number of pounds per
acre and his card for the remainder
of his quota will be Issued as soon
as final calculations can be made-
On July 6th and 7th we asked that
all producers meet the Committee
men from their representative com
munities and fill out a farm data
sheet. We got a great many of these
reports at these meetings, and since
that time a good many have called
at the County office and given us
this data. There are still some who
Miss Berta Rivers died early Tues
day morning, following a lingering
Illness, at the home of her cousin,
Mrs. Mary L. David, with whom she
made her home- She was a native of
South Carolina, Coming to Aberdeen
to make her home a number of years have not compiled with this request,
ago, where she made many lasting | Before the poundage can be Issued
friends, and had been active in het“ < to a producer or for a farm we shall
church work and various civic enter-. have to get all this Information. Our
prises, J first group of applications, flor
She left no immeidiate famUy, but!those who attended the meetings, has
those nearest of kin are Mrs. Mary
L. David of Aberdeen; Mrs. Ella
Jones of Florence, S. C.; W. A. Me*
Danlely of Jackson, N. C.; J. E. Mc
Daniel of Camden, S. C.; Clarence
Terrell and Miss Ada Terrell, of Che-
raw; Billy Terrell of Hartsville, S. C.
George Terrell, of Marion, S. C. and
Dr. B. McLeod of Oio, S- C,
’The funeral services were held at
the Baptist Church In Aberdeen aa
Wednesday afternoon, July 27th, con
ducted by her pastor, th« Rev- & 1C.
Harris, the crowded church attevtinf
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already gone to Raleigh. Those com
ing In later will be held up a little
while and the late comers may be
some time In getting all their sales
cards.
Please do this just as soon as you
can. We are getting some Informa
tion !mailed in. I appreciate this
much in regard to the farm, but in
many cases we do not have enough
Information to even start on. Please
come by the office or see some of
the Committeemen In your section-
They will fill our your <}at« sheet
completely-
F. M. Dwight Succeeds Shields
Cameron As Commander.—
Plan Fish Fry Aug. 12
Sandhills Post of the American
Legion met on the second Thursday
night at the Club House in Southern
Pines with Commander Shields Cam
eron presiding. D. C. Phillips serv
ed as acting Adjutant in absence of
Adjutant Williams, who was away
in the north.
Upon motion of Rassie E. Wicker
the Post voted to sponsor jointly
with other Legion Posts and Civic
organizations the organization for the
preservation of the Old Jackson Cov
ered Bridge over Deep Rivei" at
Highfalls in Moore county. Mr- Wick
er was designated by the Conimlknder
to act for the Post in this matter.
The Commander announced the ap
pointment of a special committee
composed of C. B. Fields, L. V-
O’Callaghan, John Stephenson and
Harry Zirkle to hold a dutch treat
fish fry at Manly Springs on Friday
night, August 12th. The affair, which
is to be open to all ex-service men
and their famiiies and guests, is to
be somewhat of a celebration in hon
or of the newly organized Sons of
the Legion Squadron and the mem
bers of the Legion Junior Baseball
Club. State Commander Hector
Blackwell and Adjutant Jim Cald
well are to be honor guests at the
Celebration-
Following the business meeting the
Annual election of officers for 1939
was held- The following officers were
elected and will be installed in No
vember: Commander, Francis Mar
ion Dwight; Vice Commanders E- L.
McBride, E- D. Andrews, and Charles
B. Fields; Service Officeva, L. L.
Woolley; J- F. Sinclair; John Hem-
mer; Guardianship officer. Judge J.
Vance Rowe; Chaplain, L. L. Wool
ley; Sergeant-at-arms, R. K- Zirkle;
Historian, R. El Wicker; Athletic
Officer, J. F. Sinclair; Child Welfare,
Capt. A. R. McLaniel; Graves Regis
tration Officers, L. L, Wooley and
R. E. Wicker; Emplojrment officer,
L, V. O’Callaghan; Chairman Sons of
Legion, John H- Stephenson; Public
ity Officer, D. C. Phillips.
Last night, Thursday, .oome 200
Ptotarians and Rotary Anns from the
188th Rotary district and their
fiiends and guests gathered at a
banquet at the Highland Pines Inn
to celebi’ate the presentation of Char
ter No. ■4713 to the newly organized
Rotary Club of Southern Pines. The
! local Rotarians were the ho.sts at
I the Charter Night festivities and
I their guests on the occasion includ
ed members of Rotary from the oth
er clubs in the district, members of
the local Kiwanis and Lions Clubs
and a selected list of local guests.
The banquet hall was attractively
decorated in the Rotary colors of
gold and blue and each table had as
a certer-piece a small stand holding
a combination of miniature Ameri
can and Rotary flags. At the back
of the speaker’s table was a large
central decorative theme of a Ro
tary flag beneath an American flag,
with wings of alternate blue and
white bunting on either side.
Following the Invocation by the
Rev. Paul Hardin of Wadesboro,
Cleveland Thayer, past district gov
ernor of Rotary, introduced the
g iests of honor. H. Glenn Lee, a past
president of the Troy Rotary Club,
addressed the gathering on the sub
ject, "Our Neighbors in Rotary.”
John Park, past district governor,
from Durham, outlined “What Ro
tary Can Do For Southern Pines,”
and the response, “What Southern
Can Do For Rotary,” was delivered
by present District Governor J. Mack
Hatch, of Belmont.
Following the addresses, J. Shep
herd Bryan, past district governor,
presented the charter to the Rotary
Club of Southern Pines and the lo
cal president, June A. Phillips, made
the speech of acceptance.
Special guests at the celebration
were Mr. Bryan, Mr. Hatch and H.
G. Lee, a special representative of
Rotary International.
Officers of the local club are: June
Phillips, president; C. J. Simon.s,
vice-president; Garland A. Pierce,
secretary and M. F. Grantham, trea.s.
urer.
Katherine Shields and
Perry Melvin Are Wed
Daughter of the Late Dr. H. B.
Shields. Carthage, Marries
Roseboro Man
MARTIN HOME ROBBED
While Mrs. George Martin and
daughter. Miss Louise Martin, were
away from home a short while last
Tuesday evening, their home on Pine
Street was broken into and robbed
of two shot guns, a watch and a
ladles coat. Neighbors saw a young
white man loltertnj' around the prem
ises a short while before the robbery
was discovered, but bo clue has been
found up to UiU wrltlnc-
Miss Katherine Gheen Shields of
Carthage and Perry Jenkins Melvin
of Roseboro were married at 6:00
o’clock on the evening of July 25th
in a private ceremony at Christ
Church Chapel, Raleigh.
Tall white tapers In five branched
candelabra burned ort the altar, flank,
ed by vases of Ea.ster lilies and fern.
The bride was attractive in a cos
tume of navy sheer crepe flecked
with white, the vestee of which was
of white embroidered organdy. With
It she wore a matching full length
coat of navy anii white. On her shoul
der was a corsage of white brides
roses and valley lilies.
Mrs. Melvin Is the daughter of
the late Dr. Henry B. Shields and
Flora Hartsell Shieids of Carthage.
She is a graduate of Guilford College
and took her degree In Library
Science at Drexel Institute, Phila
delphia- She has held a position in
the Charlotte Public Library and
was for several years librarian at
Boyden High School, Salisbury, N
C. For the past two years she has
been a correspondent of several of
the State papers.
Mr. Melvin Is the son of the late
John G. Melvin and Della Sykes Mel.
vin of Roseboro. He is a graduate of
the School of Pharmacy at the Un
iversity of North Carolina and is
now located as a druggist in Rose
boro.
After a trip through the moun
tains of North Carolina, Mr. and
If rs. Melvin will be at home In Rose,
boro.