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AlOORE COUNTY’S
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NEWS-WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 18, NO. 41.
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FIRST IN NEWS,
CIRCULATION &
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina. Friday, September 9, 1938.
FIVE CENTS
Aberdeen’s Warehouses
: Ready For ’38 Opening of
Tobacco Market Tuesday
Falk Carter Leases Old Saun
ders House; “Tom” Smith
and Maynard Hack
FULL CORPS OF BUYERS
Next Tuesday, September 13, under
the auspices of the Aberdeen Tobac
co Board of Trade, the Aberdeen to
bacco market will open for its 20th
season since B, B. Saunders opened
the first tobacco warehouse there in
the fall of 1918 on the site of what
is now the Doub Supply Company.
This year, however, as last, Mr.
Saunders will be missing from the
local scene. Last year the big brick
warehouse was sold tg Claude W.
Covington, who operated it as Cov
ington’s Warehouse. And this year,
again, there wUl be a change of man
agement there, the premises having
passed into the hcinris of R- Falk
Carter, formerly associited with the
Carthage tobacco market, who will
operate as Carter’s Warehouse.
Associated with Mr. Carter will be
Dune McCrummen as sales supervis
or, Earl Kimble as ticket marker, G.
E. Crutchfield and Billy McKinney
as clerks, Mrs. Juanita Hobb as
bookkeeper and A. A. Nelson as auc
tioneer. Mr. Carter will be on the
floor at all times and will operate
his own sales.
T. J. "Tom" Smith and Gene May
nard will once again operate the
popular Aberdeen Warehouse, better
known as ‘‘the tin warehouse,” and
with them they will have W. T. Rob.
erts, who vvill divide the sales man-
agerial duties with Mr. Smith. Mr.
Maynard will, of course, be the auc
tioneer. Other associates will be H.
B. Glisson, bookkeeper; June Camp
bell, pay-off man; Paul Troutman,
clip man, and Dwight Troutman, tick,
et marker.
Full Corps of Buyers
Again this year all of the large
manufacturers will have buyers at
Aberdeen, and in addition many of
the smaller companies and jobbers
will be represented. “Judge” L. T-
Avery will buy for Liggett and Myers.
Jim Crawford will represent R. J.
Reynolds Tobacco Oompany. The Im
perial Tobacco Cojnpany will have
W. E. James on the scene; J- G.
Webb will represent the Export Leaf
Tobacco Company, and S. A. Wor
ley will buy for the American To
bacco Company.
The following companies will also
have buyers at Aberdeen, although
it has not yet been definitely deter
mined who they w'ill be; P. Lorillard
and Company, A. C. Monk Tobacco
Company, J. P. Taylor and Company,
Dibrell Brothers, Garrett Tobacco
Company, Piedmont Leaf Tobacco
Company and Bohannan & Company.
For the past several weeks many
of the buyers and representatives of
both warehouses have been travelling
throughout this and adjoining coun-
tiea contacting fanners throughout
the Middle Belt and the concensus is
that the opening of the Aberdeen
market will see a good working crop
of high grade smoking tobacco—
good grain and open faced Ipaf of a
high average quality—that will be
bound to bring attractive prices.
Reports indicate that a large pro
portion of bottom leaf grown here
in the Middle Belt has been carried
to the Border Belt markets for an
early sale and local warehousemen
feel that they should caution Middle
Belt farmere against the expensive
procedura they axe adopting by car
rying their top grades such gpreat
distances to sell at prices which, while
good, will Certainly be bettered on
opening day on the local market.
The Aberdeen market has always
had a reputation for excellent prices
and that, plus the csalibre and exper
ience of the warehousemen operating
here this season, augers well for the
prosperity of Middle Belt tobacco
farmers who sell their crops to Aber
deen-
HOSIERY PLANT IN DR. E. LEVIS PRIZER PWA Grants $11,250 For
ABERDEEN TO GIVE SUCCUMBS AFTER Southern Pines Library;
Special Election Called
64 EMPLOYMENT YEARS OF ILLNESS
4th Largest Crop
North Carolina Farmers Ex
pect a Total of 538,400,000
Lbs., 10% Under 1937
North Carolina’s farmers expect
a crop of 538,400,000 pounds of
tobacco this season, a reduction of
10 per cent compared to 1937, a
State Department of Agriculture
crop report says.
The New Bright Belt has an
acreage of 310,000 as compared
with 330,000 last year. The indi
cated yield per acre is 875 pounds
as compared with 925 last year.
The production is expected to be
271,250,000 pounds, or 11 per cent
below last year.
With realization of the indicat
ed production, North Carolina’s
growers will produce their fourth
largest tobacco crop. Last year’s
record totaled 595,530 pounds-
The acreage this year is six per
cent less than harvested last year.
The indicated yield per acre is only
35 pounds below the 1937 average.
New Building Will Have Space Stores to Close During Services
For 20 Full-Fajshioned i For Distinguished and Beloved
Knitting Machines Resident of Southern Pines j
LEASED TO N. Y. CONCERN CAME HERETO LIVE IN 1920
G- C- Seymour of Aberdeen, speak-. Death came this week to one of
ing for the Aberdeen Betterment Southern Pines most beloved and
Company, announced Wednesday that highly respected citizens, Dr. Edward
the brick work on the one-story Levis Prizer. In his 18 years of res-
brick and concrete building, now in idence in the Sandhills Dr. Prizer not
process of construction in Aberdeen ^ only had endeared himself to all
adjacent to the Taylor Chemical ^ with whom he came in contact, but
Company, and which will house a had commanded the admiration of
branch factory of the Crystal Hosiery his fellow man for his bravery and
Company of New York City, will be fortitude against overwhelming odds-
completed within the next ten days,' it took Death to win the fight he
and that it is hoped that the building | waged against the arthritic condition
will be ready for occupancy by No-
vember 1st.
The Aberdeen Betterment Com
pany, an organization of local busi
ness men whose aim it is to direct
the financing of buUdings for occu
pancy by reputable business concerns
that can be persuaded to move to
New Record
Southern Pines Schools Open
With Largest Enrollment
in History
which incapacitated him physically
early in life. For he never surrender
ed to it-
Dr. Prizer was 54 years old. He
was born in Rochester, N. Y., the
son of a distinguished father, Ed
ward Prizer, one of the official fam-
ily of the Standard Oil Company of
296 RAILROADERS
ENJOY LABOR DAY
GOLFTOURNAMENT
Seaboard Officials and Guests
Initiate Southern Pines’
New Grass Greens
ROTARY CLUB TO MEET
The Rotary Club of Southern Pines
will hold its regular weekly lunch«on
meeting today, Friday, at 12:15 at
Jack’s GriH.
RECEIVER POWELL HERE 1
;
The weather was good to the 296
officials and guests of the Seaboard
Air Line Railroad who gathered in:
Southern Pines ovtr the Labor Day'
holiday for the annual meeting and i
tournament of the Seaboard Golf As- \
sociation, and the 1938 conclave was ^
voted one of the most enjoyable in \
the long series of these Sandhills |
parties-
It was a distinguished railroad
crowd, not only of top men in the!
management and operation of the i
S. A. L-, but including executives of |
other important railroad lines- “Top-1
pest” of the Seaboard crowd was j
Leigh R. Powell, Jr-, receiver of the;
road, and among other S. A- L. of-1
ficials present were the following:
W. R. Cocke, general counsel; H;.
J., Gallagher, counsel for the receivers;
H. A- Benton, general manager; G,
B- Rice, chief freight traffic officer;
C. E. Bell, passenger traffic mana
ger; B. F- Allen, treasurer; Joseph
F. Johnson, assistant general coun
sel ; C. E. Mi'ller, freight traffic
manager; J. C. Wroten, superintend
ent of transportation; C- H. Gattis,
assistant passenger traffic manager;
E. H- Roy, superintendent of motive
power; W. J. Kenealy, general pas
senger agent; R. T. Ethridge, E- W.
Long and P. H. Bryant, assistant
freight traffic managers; D- Leard,
assistant to the general manager,
aiid R. W. Rogers, assistant general
manager.
The Highland Pines Inn and the
Southern Pines Country CJub were
the headquarters for the convention,
and the latter offered the Seaboarders
its new grass greens for the first
time they have been played on- All
were loud in their praise of the turf,
and amaxed at what h£id been accom
plished in the way of improvements
to the course since the last time they
were here, a year ago.
Bennett Golf Winner
Again this year, as in the past two
years, J. C. Benneft of Hamlet made
off with the lion’s share of the prizes
in the three-day golf fest- Bennett
defeated W. E« Smith of Portsmouth
on Monday in the finals of the mem
bers’ match play tournament, by a
score of 4 and 3, and his three-day,
54-hole medal play score of 250 won
the Powell trophy, emblematic of the
best low gross score turned In by a
member.
Smith, in addition to figuring as
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Aberdeen, has, for nearly a year, been .Xew Jersey. His mother was Marie
engaged in negotiations to bring the Crowther Prizer. He was graduat-
Ci-ystal Hosiery Company here as ed from Harvard College in 1908,
the first step In its industrial expan- and from the Harvard Medical School
Sion program. in 1912. It was while engaged in the
The new building, 100 by 112 feet, study of medicine at Harvard that
will provide room fOr 20 full-fashion-1 his illness began, and by the time
ed hosiery machines, of which ten ^ he had moved to Southern Pines In
will be moved in as soon as the January, 1920, he was incapacitated
building is ready for occupancy. The for any but mental labors,
superintendent, who has not as yet | Varied .\rtivltieH
been designated, will be the only! That his brilliant mind was ever
previous company employe at the keen and active is best evidenced by
new factory and it is estimated that, his accomplishments along all lines
it will furnish employment for ap- during his residence here- Dr. Prizer
proximately 64 local people. | at the time of his death was a mem-
When, as and if the business re-1 Southern Pines School
quires the move, another ten ma- j ^ trustee of the Library, chair-
chines will be moved into the build-1 board of trustees of the
ing and additional help employed. i Wide Fellowship and tea
The Southern Pines schools op-
ened on Wednesday with an all
time record enrollment, it was re
ported yesterday- The actual fig.
ures will be available for publica
tion in next week’s Pilot. It was
stated the high school started its
fall term with a greater enroll
ment than it has ever had at the
height of the season.
ABERDEEN’S LIOIS
CLUB TO RECEIVE
CHARTER TONIGHT
Two Hundred Expected To At
tend Banquet and Dance To
Mark Inaugural
MANY FROM OUT OF TOWN
Aberdeen's new Lions Club will re.
ceive its official charter from the
International Ajssocia.tion of Lions
Clubs tonight, Friday, at 7:30 o’clock
at the “Tin Warehouse.” Lions and
Lionesses from clubs throughout this
section of North Carolina will join
with the charter members of the
Aberdeen club and their friends for
the launching of the organization lo
cally.
The Lions club becomes the third
Legal Technicality Requires
Another Vote on Purchase of
Civic Center Site
CALLED FOR OCTOBER 24
The Public Works Administration
this week announced a grant of
$11,250 for a new Southern Pines
Library building, to be erected on
the property adjoining the Postoffice
on W’est Broad street provided that
property is acquired by the Town of
Southern Pines. This grant is 45 per
cent of the proposed cost of the
building and property.
The proviso requires explanation.
Although the residents in special
election held in July voted approval
of the purchase of the Harrington
property for a Civic Center, it devel
oped recently that due to a legal
technicality the $9,000 bond ordinance
voted at that time failed to meet the
requirements of the State Government
Commission at Raleigh. Despite ef
forts to correct this technicality
without the necessity of calling anoth.
er election, the State body and bond
attorneys have ruled that auch an
election must be held, and at a
meeting of the Town Board on Wed
nesday night the date of Monday, Oc
tober 24 was set for the election.
S12,000 Bond LsKue
In order to take advantage of the
offer of $11,250 by the federal gov
ernment for a new Library building
on the Civic Center site, the board
also voted on Wednesday night to
increase the amount of the bond
issue to be voted on this time to
$12,000. It was pointed out that the
building itself will cost $16,400, the
furnishings $2,000, the lot $9,000 and
that incidental expenses will bring
tht' total to $29,000, in round num-
The 1‘ear end of the building is so 1 adult bible class; he was, international organization to estab-
constructed that, in the event future j chairman of the executive committee lish a chapter in the Sandhills. The i jjpj.g ^he" Gove^-nme t
expansion becomes necessary, addi-jMoore County Boy Scout or-1 Kiwanis Club was organized here in pj-ovides $11,250 the nronosed hnnd
tions may be built at a minimum of I and keenly interested in 1922, the Rotary Club about a year
I all youth activities, serving a year ■ ago.
I ago as chairman of the finance com-1 officers of the Lions Club ,are:
jmittee for the American Legion Jun- r l. Barber, president; J. D- Me-
iol baseball team. He had long tak-1 Lp^n. 1st vice-president; C. L. Guion,
en a deep interest in music and in 2d vice-president; C- J- Johnson. 3d
making music a major factor in the, vigg p^esldent; T. S. Melvin, secre-
extra-cuiricular activities of the: tarv-treasurer; J- D- Farrell, Lion-
Southern Pines schools- He, with tamer; L. J- Dawl|j^, tail-twister;
Struthers Burt and Alfred Yeomans, Knox V. Matthews, A. C. McDonald
was the prime mover in bringing a' and C. G- Farrell, directors. All are
full time music supervisor, Frederick residents of Aberdeen.
expense.
Supreme Court Has
Burgin-Deane Contest
Neither Candidate Has Any
Idea of Withdrawing
Pending Decision
The State Supreme Court has the
Burgin-Deane case, docketed on ap- Stanley Smith, here. During depres-j Tonight’s Charter Night will be
peal from the recent ruling of Su- j sion eras Dr- Prizer ‘was always a, "Ladies’ Night" with members ex-
periop Court Judge W. C- Hajris re. j leader In relief movements, giving pected to bring wives, daughters or
straining the State Board of Elec- not only of his time and energy to
tions from certifying Deane as the ! the cause but liberally of his funds.
Democratic party’s nominee for ^ He was a liberal contributor to all
Eighth District Congreasman and
ordering that Burgin be certified in
his stead. Early argument of the case
is expected, with a decision, which
should settle the matter once and for
all, on September 21st.
Meanwhile, neither Deane nor Bur
gin, whose heated second Democratic
primary race for candidate for Con
gress from this district landed in
worthy charities and civic activities,
-Always Affable
It was ever a pleasure to citizens
of Southern Pines to meet the fa
miliar wheel chair on the streets and
lady friends- The program will con
sist of an excellent dinner, good en
tertainment, short addresses and a
dance after the banquet. The cost
of the banquet is to be $1-00, with
50 Cents additional for those remain
ing for the dance. The Lions expect
the affair to be one of the largest
have a word with the doctor. Al-j ^^i^brations that the Sandhills has
ways smiling, always affable, he put gome time. Invitations have
immediately from the mind of those ^,^5^ sent to members of the Kiwanis
greeting him the consciousness of his
condition. Only those closest to him
the highest tribunal in the state, is have ever known to what extent he
willing to retire from the field pro
vided the other does* they said this
week.
Rumors In circulation the last day
or two purported to reveal the will
ingness of one or both men to re
tire from the race and leave the
way open for the Eighth District
Congressional committee to select
a Democratic candidate to opposs
John R. Jones of North Wilkesboro,
former State solicitor, the Republi
can candidate.
But both Mr. Burgin and Mr.
Deane denied they had indicated they
were planning to withdraw aad both
expressed the view that now that the
contest had progreefjed to the present
point they would see it through to a
final decision. Both were of the opin
ion that It would be best not to com
ment on the situation, however, since
the case is shortly to come before
the Supreme Court for a ruling.
THE SOUTH IS -ALRIGHT
The statisticians have a way of
explaining the financial and econqpiic
conditions of the coimtry. Recent
charts show that aU but one of the
Southern States are enjoying busi-
nera conditions equal to, or better
than the national average.
suffered. He was taken to the Moore
County Hospital ten days ago, and
died there early Wednesday morn
ing. His sons, Edward and Johr, re
turned from a summer camp in the
mountains to join Mr®. Frizer and
daughter Catherine and be with him
at the end.
In addition to his wife, two sons
and daughter. Dr. Prizer leaves two
brothers, John C. Prizer and W-
Douglas Prizer, and two sisters, Miss
Mary Prizer and Mrs- George t*al-
mer, all of East Orange, New Jer
sey where the doctor resided for some
time before coming here. Dr. Prizer
married Miss Anna Beattie, of the
Province of Ontario, Canada, in
Southern Pines shortly after coming
here to reside. His son, Edward, last
year ranked No. 1 among 400 pupils
from high schools of North Caro
lina whose names were submitted to
the University of North Carolina for
a State scholarship, and enters the
University this fall.
Funeral Today
Funeral services will be held at
the home at Massachusetts avenue
and May street at 4:00 o clock this,
Friday, afternoon, the Rev. Voight O.
Taylor of the Church of Wide Fellow-
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and Rotary clubs and to Others as
well as to Lions from other nearby
clubs. F. D. Farrell, chairman of
the Invitation committee, looks for
more than 200 present-
The charter is to be presenlpd by
District Governor Charles A. Lane
of Sanford, and Neil Hester, past
president of the Raleigh Lions Club
will act as toastmaster.
TOBACCX> PRICE R.4NGE IS
FROM 20 TO 23 1-2 CENTS
With tobacco farmers in the Mid
dle Belt awaiting the cry of the auc
tioneer at the opening of the first
sale next Tuesday morning at Aber
deen, the prices that they may expect
to receive for the golden weed is the
thought that is uppermost in their
minds.
As an indication, the last avail
able average daily prices quoted on
the New Bright Belt w'ere as fol
lows:
Markf^t Pounds Av. Price
Goldsboro 178,282 $20.34
Smithfield 136,2^2 20.11
W’endell 63,712 22-59
Ahoskle 71,344 ' 20.83
It is the concensus of the buyers
and wareh*us«men at Aberdefen that
prices there on opening day will be
appreciably higher than current
prices on the markets now open.
issue $12,000, and the Library $2,-
000 from its treasury, leaving approx.
imately *1,000 to be raised from
other sources. This, the board was
informed at the meeting, has been
guaranteed by friends of the Li
brary.
So that the total amount necessary
for Southern Pines to acquire a park
and Civic Center and a new Library
building is in sight if the voters, in
special election, authorize it. With the
federal gft of $11,2.50, and the dona
tions from the Library and its
friends, Southern Pines is getting
$29,000 worth of valuable real estate
plus fine nc.v Library building for
$11,750. It is therefore not considered
likely that the residents will fail to
approve the bond isisue in the spe.cial
election. “A bargain,” one prominent
reslTlent termed it yesterday-
Books Open Sept. 26
The P. W. A.’s contribution is an
outright grant, not a loan. The only
loan involved is the $12,000 bond
issue to be voted on, advertisement
for w'hich, as well as the advertise
ment calling the special election, ap
pears in this issue of The Pllot-
The election will require special
registration, neithar the registration
in the July special election nor in
regular town or county elections
counting. The books will be open
from 9:00 a. m. to 6:00 p. m. on
each day except Sundays and holi
days for three weeks beginning Mon
day, September 26th and ending Sat
urday, October 15th. Hiram West
brook has been appointed registrar,
and J. M- Windham and Mrs. J. H.
Tilghman judges of election.
Miss McQueen Resig^ns
County Welfa! e Post
Will Continue Course of Train
ing in Social W'ork at
Chapel Hill
Miss Flora McQueen, of Carthaare,
efficient case worker with the Moore
County Department of Public Wel
fare, has tendered her resignation to
the county autJiorltles, and will con
tinue her training in the school of
welfare and social work in Chapel
Hill, beginning September 15. Mi?s
McQuedk will specialize in child wel
fare.