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Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina. Friday. May 5, 1939.
*50,000 CHECK
HANDED COUNTY
BY ABC BOARD
Commissioners Vote Approval of
Management and Appor-
, lions Funds
HEALTH, SCHOOLS, NEEDY
At the regular monthly meeting
of the Board of County Commission
ers held on Monday, the group ac
cepted $50,000 from the ABC Board
and voiced its commendation of the
Board for the way in which it had
bandied the ABC stores.
The money was ordered turned
over to the county accountant for
distribution. Of the amount, $30,000
was placed in the county general
fund; $5,000 in the health fund; $10,-
000 for the poor^ and the remaining
$5,000 was placed with. the school
fund for capital outlay.
Mrs. J. R. Page was re-elected to
the Welfare Board for a term of three
years, and n'mcere appreciation of her
loyal and unselfish service on this
board was expressed.
The Board voted to recommend
that the State Highway and Public
Works Commission regrade and sur
face treat a county road now leading
from Richmond county line at Mark
ham's bridge in an easterly direction
by Addor to the Hoke county line
at a point near Buchan’s farm.
It was ordered that $1,000 be
transferred from the county general
to the county poor fund.
Small amounts were voted for the
relief of several needy residents of
the county, and beer licenses were ap
proved for O. W. Baker, T. J. Seawell,
Alton Scott, G. C. Whitaker, H. J.
and Roscoe Myrick, The Great A. &
P. Tea Co.. at Southern Pines and
Pinehurst^ James Katsos, L". L. Bid
dle, II, Jessie aaude Frye, Pinehurst.
Inc., for Pinehurst Country Club and
Carolina Hotel.
In attendance at the meeting were
Wilbur H. Currie, chairman, W. J.
Dunlap, L. R. Reynolds, T. Frank
Cameron and Gordon Cameron.
Re-elected to Southern Pines Board
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ECONO.WYINCITY
AFFAIRS PROMISED
NEXT TWO YEARS
Expenditures “For Municipal
Needs Only,” Mayor Stutz
Tells Hoard
FIVE CENTS
Stutz Re-elected Mayor of
Southern Pines; Board of
Commissioners Retained
Executive
BASEBALL FENCE “OUT”
H. J. BETTEULEY
L. V. 0’CALL.\GII.\N
ROBERT L. H.ART
EU<JENE C. STEVENS
ABERDEEN ELECTS
McLEAN MAYOR,
WITH NEW BOARD
Taylor, Lockey, Edwards, Med-
lin and McNeill High of
Dozen Candidate s
John Duncan McLean was unani
mously elected Mayor of Aberdeen
In Tuesday’s election, succeeding
Frank D. Shamburger.
With twelve candidates In the field,
there was spirited voting for the
five places on the Board of Commis
sioners, with the following receiving
the highest number of votes:
John M. Taylor, orest Lockey, J.
B. Edwards, Dr. Erbie M. Medlin
and W. H. McNeill. Mr. McNeill is
the sole surN'lvor of the previous
board.
Borst Reelected Vass
Mayor For 5th Term
Heavy Votins With Two Tickets
in Field.—Smith, Beasley
Again on Board
In an election In which Interest
was so keen that more than the
usual number of citizens cast their
votes, H. A. Borst was reelected May
or of Vass on Monday for his fifth
consecutive term. R. P. Beasle^ and
S. R. Smith, who had served two
years, and A. M. Cameron were elect
ed commi.s.sioners. These four com
posed the ticket that was officially
nominated at the town caucus in Ap
ril and their votes were as foUowa:
Bovst. 73: Beasley, 71; Smith, 70;
Cameron, 77.
A second ticket polled votes as fol
lows: For Mayor, F. L. Taylor 23;
for commissioners, J. J. Parker, 14,
W. D. McCraney, 22; Charlie Gsch-
wind, 22.
One vote was cast for J. E. Byrd
for mayor and three for J. M. Tyson
for commissioner.
Yes, ’Twas May 2d, But Br-r-r!
The Pilot, Upholding the Freedom of the Press, Breaks Rule
One of the Book of Etiquette to Report
on Tuesday’s Weather
“We are going to confine our
I expenditures strictly to the budget,
I and for municipal needs only.”
I This was the statement which
greeted the Board of Commissioners
I of Southern Pines at Its first meet
ing since election, held yesterday af
ternoon in the Municipal building.
The speaker wa.s Mayor D. G. Stutz,
re-elected on Tuesday for his eleven
th year.
“Hew strictly to the line," was the
platform he advocated for the next
two years.
The first project to feel the blow
of the new economy program in Sou
thern Pines affairs was the proposed
fence for the ba.seball field, for which
$500 had been asked from the City
treasury. The board appeared to
ngree with the Mayor that this was
not a municipal need, and a number
of tlie Commissioners could not agree
with the proponents of the proposal
that it would prove of particular
value to the town. The motion to ap
propriate the money, made by one
Commissioner, was not even second
ed, so the matter did not come to a
vote.
The board did approve improve
ments at the Southern Pines Country
Club, to include grass greens for the
.«!hort nine-hole course and enlarged
tees for the 18-hole course, but the
work is to be done by club employes
without expense to the town. Play
was so heavy during the peak of the
I season this year that It was con-
i sldered a profitable move to improve
: the short course.
DORSEY G. STITZ
ROTARIANS HERE
FOR CONVENTION
OF 188TH DISTRICT
Talk Business, Hear Able Ad
dresses, Play Golf and En
joy Governor’s Ball
Rule No. 1 in the Book of Etiquette
for resort towns reads something
like this:
“Under no circumstances shall
there be any publicity about Incle
ment weather.”
Well, we stuck by the rule through
a long winter season, and now that
it’s over, we refuse to be suppressed
any longer. After all, America is
suppcoed to have a free press.
We took Monday morning off to
pack the winter clothes away in
mothbolls. The week-end had been
warm enough to don white ducks and
sit out of doors. Walter Ives had
driven up to the mountains to es
cape the heat, and Mr. Chandler was
delivering more than the usual
amount of ice here and there, mebbe
for mint juleps, mebbe Just because.
Early Tuesday morning—very ear
ly—a storm broke over the Sandhills.
There was lightning and thunder. A
house was struck in Pinehurst which
routed out the firemen to say noth
ing of the family. Came the dawn,
and Br-r-n Mothballs rolled all over
the closet floor when we extricated
the winter suit.
I We must be crazy; this is May 2d,
' we said as we ventured forth to
work. But we weren't. After return
ing for an overcoat, we strolled down
Broad street. Doc Hart’s thermome
ter was down around the freezing
' point. We peeked inside the door and
saw a huge electric fan on display.
It hurt to look at it. Folks joshed
about possible snow, only to leam in
' a few minutes, via radio, that Ral
eigh had awakened that morning to
' find Itself clad In a coat of white.
They shoveled hailstones off the
streets of Sanford. Hemp had a sleet
storm that was almost snow, and
just as bad. The peach growers us
Candor and West End way tore their
hair for the third or fourth time
this Spring, and we fear, for the
last Moore county’s crop is going
tc be a pretty sorry one this year.
Hawley Poole and “Mose” McDonald
were making inquiries up In Car
thage how to get on relief rolls. (We
couldn’t confirm this.)
Well, to sum up in a few words
how bad it was around here: Even
the real estate salesmen were wear
ing overcoats l .
This “Joker” Puts Joke
on Assembly’s Joker
Tom Bost Writes of Something
That Slipped By Our
Mr. CleBg
Charleston Had Golf 144 Years
Ago, Richard Tufts Tells Kiwanis
Richard Tufts of Pinehurst told the
Sandhills Klwanls Club on Wednes
day all about the origin and growth
of the game of golf, a sport which
dates back to the 15th century,
though no one knows just where or
when It was started.
^ The first reference to the game
goes back to 1457, Mr. Tufts said, at
which time it was looked upon and
officially condemned as a menace. It
seemed that the goveining powers of
England frowned upon the growing
popularity of • the game because it
was detracting from archery. Even;
the churches opposed and fought the j
new gamev
The earliest clubs, or sticks, were
all wood and It is not known just
when irons came into the pictu.’e,
but it was not until some time in
the 19th century, ^n 1850, he said,
a set of clubs, comprised seven woods
and four irons, among them a driv
er, a grass club, a long spoon, a mid
dle spoon, a short spoon, or baffle, a
wooden niblick and a putter. Balls
were originally of leather stuffed
with feathers. The gutta percha ball
was introduced In 1850, and these
were called “guttles.” It was some
time later before the Introduction of
the rubber-cored ball.
Played Here in 17!)5
St. Andrews in Scotland is the old
est known golfing organization, and
the first rules for the game were
drawn up In J754. The first .reference
to golf in the United States men
tions the game in Charleston, S. C.,
in 1795, but the first organization of
a club was In 1888, at St. Andrews,
near New York city, a club which is
ttill operating. It originally
three holes. Golf was introduced in
(Pleate turn to page four)
j One of the best jokers of the 1939
I general assembly was Representative
I W. R. Clegg, of Moore county, but
I the first discovered legislative joke
j was on him, writes W. T. Bost in
I the Greensboro Daily News.
Moore is one of the two counties
In the state which have a mixed ABC
system. There are two townships in
Moore well populated with northern
ers who probably drink less than
their Tar Heel neighbors, but think
better of the legal traffic in alcohol.
Since 1935 these townships have had
their township system. The county as
a whole never has voted.
Nor will it have any such oppor
tunity unless the general assembly of
1941, or some special session earlier
than that, should undertake to repeal
8 Senate bill postponing any county-
wide expression for three years. It
was this bill of Senator M. G. Boy
ette which got by Watchman Clegg,
an innocent little proviso in it de
ferring all polls until 1942. Under
the 1937 act counties could avail
themselves of a vote on either side
at any time unless there had been
within certain limits a vote on the
same subject. Senator Boyette seems
to have fixed Moore so that It need
i;ot worry for another three years.
Mr. Clegg and his senator did no
Jonathan and David, Damon and
Pythias acts and did some neat
blocking on several occasions. On
the Moore poll the representative was
taken out of the play, according to
the findings of Moore citizens.
In most of the ABC counties there
has been no agitation for a new vote.
The stores are fixed fo rthe mo
ment. But Moore as a whole might
not vote to retain its township sys
tem.
HEAVY DAMuVOE TO PE.VCHES
One hundred thousand dollars dam
age is the estimate for the peach
crop of Moore, Richmond and other
. ■ nties In the Sandhills peach belt,
nrding to T. A. Haywood of Rock
ingham.
1 Rotarians, hundreds of them, with
' their Rotary-Anns, flocked into the
Sandhills yesterday from the two
Carolinas for the second annual con
ference of the 188th district of Ro
tary International. They were regis
tering all morning at the Carolina
Hotel in Pinehurst. after which the
Rotary members settled down to a
business session, their wives and lad
ies to o'etting acquainted with each
ether and the Sandhills.
Cleveland Thayer, conference
chairmaji, called the convention to
order in the ballroom at the Caro
lina yesterday morning, and was fol
lowed by June A. Phillips, retiring
president of the host organization,
the Southern Pines Rotary Club, and
Richard Tufts of Pinehurst in words
of welcome to the assembled dele
gates. James C. Williams of Wil
mington responded. J. Mack Hatch
of Belmont, Governor of the district,
made his annual report, past gov
ernors and honor guests were pre
sented, and the vurious convention
,committees announced.
Karl Miller of Dodge City, Kansas,
director of Rotary International,
brought a message from the parent
body ,and John A. Park of Raleigh,
editor of the Raleigh Times, spoke
on “The Binding Tie of Rotary’’ at
the morning session. There wag a
recess following Mr. Park’s talk, for
lunch for the Rotarians in the main
dining rom at the Carolina, at the
Highland Pines Inn, Southern Pines,
for the Rotary-Anns. At the men’s
luncheon Dr. Hornell Hart, profes
sor of Sociology at Duke University,
made an able address on “The World
Crisis."
The Rotarians played golf at the
Pinehurst \Country Club yesterday
afternoon, the ladies at Southern
Pines, and those who don’t play the
game enjoyed sight,'»eeing or bridge.
The Governor’s Ball, feature of the
convention, was enjoyed in the Car
olina ballroom last night. The con
vention continues through today.
WORLD’S FAIR OPENS
The New York World s Fair opened
on Sunday, though many of the ex
hibits are not yet in place and a few
of the buildings still to be completed.
Miss Miriam Johnson of Aberdeen,
chief hostess of the North Carolina
exhibit, reports everything shipshape
In her department, and ready to re
ceive visitors.
Only 70 Votes Cast in Municipal
Election Tuesday, With Cau
cus Nominees “Walking In”
STUTZ ON BOARD 20 YEARS
Mayor Dorsey G. Stutz was re
elected Mayor of Southern Pines in
Tuesday’s mild election here. Only
70 voters cast their ballots, and only
four failed to endorse the ticket
nominated at the town caucus held
in the High School auditorium last
Friday night. The entire Board of
Commissioners was returned to office:
L. V. O’Callaghan, Charles S. Patch,
Eugene C. Stevens, Robert L. Hart
and Hugh J. Betterley.
Though the total vote was 70, no
candidate received that many votes.
The tabulation shows the following:
Mr. Stutz for Mayor, 67; for Com
missioners, O’Callaghan, 69; Patch,
68; Stevens, 68; Hart, 67, and Bet
terley, 67. The name of George W.
Ca.se, former Commissioner, was
written in on four ballots for Com
missioner.
The absence of any “fight" this
year, and the inclement weather of
Tuesday was responsible for the small
turnout of voters.
C'aucus Quiet
There was a sizeable attendance at
the caucus on Friday night, but this
ran off as smoothly as the election.
Frank Buchan presided, and Howard
Burns acted as secretary of the
meeting. Mi Stutz wa« the sole nom
inee for Mayor, with the following
names being submitted for Commis
sioners: Charles S. Patch, H. J. Bet
terley, L. V. O’Callaghan, R. L. Hart,
Eugene C. Stevens, George W. Case
and W. Duncan Matthews. Mr. Bet
terley was high man with 64; Ste
vens and O’Callgahan each received
63 votes, Hart 53 and Patch 52, Mat
thews 39 and Case 37.
The Mayor made a brief talk about
municipal finances, the operation of
the Southern Pines Country Club by
the town, and the new Civic Center
and library. Commissioner O’Callag
han. who has been a member of the
town board since 1926, spoke briefly,
urging the citizens who have com
plaints to make to present them at
hoard meetings rather than on street
corners.
Country Club, Baseball
Former Mayor S. B. Richardson
asked for a rising vote of the citizens
present endorsing the Mayor and
Commissioners for their management
of the Country Club, and everyone
stood up. There was a brief discussion
of the project to fence In the baseball
park, to provide a playing field where
admissions can be charged, and the
gathering voted approval of this pro
vided funds can be found to finance
It
Mr. Stutz, as a result of the elec
tion, begins his eleventh year as
Mayor. He has been Mayor or Com
missioner without surcease since
1919, or 20 years of service to Sou
thern Pines. Asked by The Pilot af
ter the meeting what he considered
the outstanding achievements of his
long term of office, he said:
“Weathering the depression with
out defaulting on bonds or interest.
“Finding that streets could be
hard-surfaced without a cement base,
and paving and paying for these
streets. The old cement-treated
streets are still being paid for, with
ten years yet to run.
“The extension of our sewer sys
tem.’’
CARTHAGE REELECTS MAYOR
SH.WV AND COMMIS.SIONE:n
Carthage re-elected it.' present
Board of Commissioners in Tuesday’s
election, and Mayor Clyde B. Shaw,
who was unopposed, was returned to
office with 268 votes.
Out of a total of 304 votes ca?t for
commissioners, C. F. Barnes re''eiv-
ed 239; J. M. Morgan, 238; Gfeorsfe
P. Thomas, 258; D. Carl Fry, 149;
H. F. Seawell, Jr., 227; and S. R.
Hoyle, 234.