FIRST IN NEWS, CIRCULATION & ADVERTISING rp"ETT7 J. HZ2# A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding SPRINC* lAKBVIEW SPRINOS PINKeUiPI> PILOT MOORE COUP^Y^ LEADING NEWS-WEEKLY of the Sandhill Terri torjT ^ Carolina VOL. 19, NO. 37. Southern Pines and Aherdeen. North i,H> Friday. Au>;ust 11, 19.?9. A.O • FIVE CBNTjj THREE NAMED TO APPRAISE TENANT LOANS AND FARMS Farm Loan Advisor Poole, Dunlap and McLeod To Act As Moore County Advis ory Committee E. G. ODOM SUPERVISOR Three Moore county farmers have been named by the Farm Security Admintstrati<»n, U. S. Department of Agriculture, to help County Supervis or Edward G. Odom of Carthage car ry out the tenant purchase program. J. Hawley Poole, West Elnd; Dan iel A. Dunlap, Route 1, Hemp, N. C. 1 and William Martin McLeod, Route 3, Carthage^ well known farmers, were chosen members of the County FSA Advisory Committee. The an nouncement was made early this week by Vance E, Swift, FSA State Director, Raleigh, who said he had just received the official wire from Regional Director, Howard H. Gor don, Raleigh. Advisory groups now have ’jeen named in counties in which loans will be made this year to tenant farmers for the purchase and improveiiiont of j farms. These include counties desig- j iiated last year as well as new coun^ ties recently added to the list ASK STATE TO PUT \ Armistice Declared in War SCHOOL BUS ROADSi ^Moore County Fair fIV A 1 rniVniTIAIVI ^artha^e i.effion Post With- 111 tUillilllUlX draws—but Has Plans For Commissioners Want Blind Cur- ' ves and Danger Points Along j Routes Eliminated OTHER TRANSACTIONS Another Year The moot question of Who’s to Stage This Year's Agricultural Fair in Moore County appears to have been settled. As for 1940, that’s another question. The Board of County Commission ers recently granted the application J. Hawley l’o«le When the 67 school buses which , will be used to transport Moore coun- ify children to and from the insU- Joseph G. Henson post of ihe ; tutions of learning begin to roll this Legion, the Carthage post, ' fall, they will find the routes over operate the 1939 fair, i v.-hich they travel in the very bes» ® ® ■ondition that it will be possible for Herbert F. Seawell, Jr. i the county commissioners to have them. If the recommendations of this so-called County Fair for body are carried to completion. | years. At the meeting held Monday, the' JUDGE SINK TO HEAR 52 CASES HERE NEXT WEEK Board voted to most urgently recom- ■ • , i n.u o n I 6 Legion or with Seawell This started a nice little war in , the county seat, folk.3 taking sides *1. t i-i. r,. ’ with the Legion or '?ublt w u J Highway and ^^^, gut its all straighten-1 ,Pubhc Works Commission immediate- this year_by the Le-' I y put in shape all school bus routes, retiring from the picture' ' piirv blind I _temporarily_-as per the following dangerous statement to The Pilot; I 1 fills and bridges. The Board asked Peter Astra Winner Pinehurst Trained Trotter Takes Rich Hamblstonian at Goshen, Wednesday further that all temporary roads not I on the system on which school buses Murder Charge,:'^*'® routed by the state vSchool Com- 'I'hree Manslaughter in i mission be made safe for travel. Criminal Court * ^ it was ordered '•hat the State Highway Commission be asked to Editor, The Pilot: It has been and now is the ambi tion of the members of the Joseph G. Henson Post No. 12 cf the Amer ican Legion, of Carthage, to operate an agricultui’al fair for Moore coun ty, not for any selfish motive or any profit to themselvesj, either indivi dually or as a post, but for thi^ laud- ible purpose of advertising the pro ducts of Moore county and for the Peter Asira, a Pinehurst train ed trotter and the 2-5 favorite, won the rich Hambletonian at Goshen, N. Y., Wednesday after noon, his share of the purse being $21,342.35. Peter is owned by a 70-year-old country doctor, L. M. Guilinger, who paid $3,250 for the colt two years ago but has since been offered $37,500. Dr. H. M. Parshall who winters in Pinehurst with n large string of trotters, trained Wednesday’s win ner and also drove him to victory. This was the second Hambletonian win for the Doctor, having driven Lord Jim in 1934. Cherrj’ Hanover of Hanover Farms, also trained in Pinehurst, came in third in the I first heat. I Fifty-two cases are on the docket over and maintain the road _|for the criminal term of Superior ^'^®ding from Drowning Creek to the Court convening in Carthage next ;Samarcand Manor The County committees were chos-1 ®^®"day, wlt^ Judge H. Hoyle Sink I ^ - en by the Secretary of Agriculture presiding. Among them will be the' iy one hklf mile r I c„ the .d.ice of the Stat. f.™ ad-llH., of a,,ph f.r mu^.r i Id d.n“ , a J.l tho.. engaged in vinory committee from *>«“>; and tbr„ manslaughter cases involv-11* maintained to the Moore county' h”Jl'e»Mn3c by County FSA Supervisors an.1 Farm i line i highest sense of com- Agents. These local committees will! ” ® and; i tnunlty pride that the members of study applications for loi^ns, choose I'^«f^‘tchell. I Aid for Boy I this post agitated the spon«joriag of tenants who have the cha’-acter andj 'liiere are a number of embezale-! amount of $68.50 was ordered a worthwhile agricultural fair that ability to pay for a farm, and ap praise the farms successful appli cants want to buy. Tenants are placing their applications for loans with County supervisors who will as sist successful applicants in building or repairing their houses and in lay* ing out their farm plans. Congress has appropriated $40,000,- OOO for tenant purchase for this fis cal year. Of this amount the Sec retary of Agriculture last week aJ- lotted $2,102,533 to North Carolina. This will enable about 443 industrious farm tenants to buy and improve farms in this state. Who Can Get Loans? United States citizens who arp fa m tenants (not owners), share croppers, farm laborers, or others who obtain or recently have obtained I most of their income from farming are eligible for loans. ^ Preference will be given to mar ried persons or persons with depend ent famUies; to persons able to make a down payment; or to persons who own livestock and equipment neces- »a y to carry on farming operations. No loans will be made to persons who c«x» '■ -n an adequate loan for the purcJisie of a farm from other sourcM at reasonable terms. The Farm Security Administration, through its County Rehabilitation Supervisors, will make the loans. If you live in a selected county, obtain an application blank from the County Rehabilitation Supervisor. Fill it out carefully and return it to him, eith er personally or by mail. It is ad visable to call at his office and talk the matter over v»rith him or his as sistant. Loans are made for a 40-year per iod at three percent interest. The regular annual payments will be 4.3 percent of the sum borrowed. ment cases, numerous assaults, one charging Mack Upchurch, Willard Upchurch, Joe Upchurch, Clinton Williams and Ralph Williams with as sault with a deadly weapon with In tent to kill; another involving Ho ward Williams, Howard Davis and Clyde ‘Buck” McKenzie on a It was ordered that lots Nos. 5 and „u . as shown on a map of the south- charge; one charging Tony Taylor* * ine souin ivitv. ^ addition to the town of Carth- with resisting and assaulting an of- u... > j valued at $200 and the coun- ficer on the streets cf Carthacer two ^ . charges against Earl L. Edwards and a^^coun an e ordered to list said Edna Elizabeth fJdw.rd., on. tor “■? 'ft' ' inclusive, in the name of Leveda paid to the treasurer of the State of! would efficiently and creditably ad North Carolina for the support of; vertise to the public generally in the Winthrop McLauchlin on account of state at large the diversified products his training. Winthrop is a colored' produced, grown and manufactured boy who lost a leg at a mill and un- j in Moore county, der the rehabilitation program he is in the past for several years agri receiving training as a barber. , cultural fairs upon this high plane forgery ari one for fraudlent burn ing of a dwelling house. Youthful J. P. Morgan of the Hemp section will face the court on the charge of stealing the choice lumber that his grandfather was sav ing to build himself a coffin, with which J. P. made himself a boat, and for stealing a bicycle to transport him to and from the river where he moored the craft. Several will face Judge Sink on reckless driving charges, several on liquor charges. Phillips and that taxes be collected. Also, that the tax supervisor list were sponsored and operated by the members of the American Legion post of Carthage. Fairs that reflected credit not only upon the post which sponsored it and the members of the post who unselfishly gave their ser vices in making such a fair possible and such an outstanding success. It was the purpose of the Legion to con 67 acres In Carthage township in tne! duct a fair of the same high type, and name of J. C, Black Estate and one that would reflect credit upon compute taxes for the years 1935 i the county. JACK’S GRILL. TO MOVE TO NEW LOCATION OCTOBER 1 LOCAL GIRL HAS EXTOBIT IN ART STUDENTS LEAGUE Ednah Bethea of Southern Pines, •who has been studying this summer at the Art Students’ League In New York has had an exhibit hung in the Final Student Concours. This exhibit will be held in the League Gallery through August 18th. The exhibits are selected by the class instructor as the outstanding work done during the summer ses sion. This exhibition is fr^^e to the public. It will bf open daily from 9:30 a. m. to ‘*:30 p. m. with the exception of Saturday and Sunday. Jack’s Grill will be moved from its present site to the Stevens Build ing^ next to the Broad Street Phar macy, the. first of October, O. R. Conrad, its proprietor told The Pilot this week. through 1939. Also, 27 acres In addition to 36 acres of land in Sheffield township, E. B, Manests Estate, at a value of $224 and compute taxes for the years 1935 throu?,h 1939. These are tracts which were not listed for taxa tion. All members of the Board were present at the meeting, Aberdeen To Vote On Two New Bond Issues Needs Fire Truck, Street and Water Repairs—$2,500 For Community House New Fire Alarm Blaze in Pinehurst Home Dis covered When Short-Circuit Starts Buzzer Buzzing The Hugh Carters have discov ered they have an automatic fire alarm in their cottage in Pine hurst. At least it was automatic last Saturday morning, and saved the house from more serious dam age, possibly from burning down. Mr, and Mrs. Carter had not yet arisen. The maid was busy housecleaning. Suddenly the buz zer started to buzz, and kept on buzzing. It sent the maid scurry ing about |to see who wanted what. • That’s how she discovered the fire. It had been started by a shprt circuit, and the short circuit had started the buzzer. As it turned out, the damage was not great. Mrj. Carter is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. T. A. Cheatham. Citizens of Aberdeen will vote on September 5th on the question of is suing bonds in the amount of $15,. 000 for a new community hous^, new fire truck, repairs and extensions to the water system, a:nd the repair ing, improvement and widening of several streets. The ballots will per mit of a separate vote on $2,500 for the community house, and $12,500 for the other items. A special registra tion is necessary for the bond elec tion. Aberdeen’s present bonded indebt edness ig approximately $49,000. LOCAL. HORSEMEN JUDGING IN NORTHERN HORSE SHOWS PETHICK TELLS OF JAP COURAGE LN TALK TO ROTARY Fearlessness and Power of Im itation Has Made Them World Power GEORGESAUNDERS INSTANTLY KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Son of Mrs. H. B- Fowler of Sou thern Pines VicUm of Crash Near Cameron EARL RITCHIE INJURED George Saunders, son of Mrs. Harold B. Fowler of Southern Pines, was killed and Lourln Earl Ritchie, also of Southern Pines, was injured when a car driven by Saunders left U. S. Highway No. 1 a few miles north of Cameron early Sunday morning and struck a tree. Saund ers' death was instantaneous. Rit chie^ whose home is in the Pinedene section, was carried ti the Lee County Hospital where his injuries were found not to be serious. Ritchie told Patrolman Paul Mi- chaux, who investigated the acci dent, that he was asleep on the back seat of the car and knew noth ing until the impact came. He and Saunders, caretaker for Mrs. Cath erine Bailey at her home on Massa chusetts avenue, had been to San ford and were on their way back home. Tire marks indicated that brakes were applied to all four wheels at a speed of approximately 75 miles per hour when the car ran off the road on the right side. The tree, a large pine, was uproot ed by the impact and tossed against another tree. Neck Broken Saunders’ neck was broken and he sustained other injuries. Ritchie received head Injuries, bruises and lacerations. The car was a Hudson sedan, owned by Mrs. Bailey. Coroner J. Foster of Lee coun ty stated that he did not deem an Ask Creditable Fair The members of this American Le gion post have not sought to take any unfair advantage of those who have been conducting the so-called agricultural fairs for the past few years or of any living person. The sole purpose in securing the passage of the Public Local Act empowering the Board of County Commissioners of Moore county to pass rules and regulations governing the operation and conduct <-f agricultural fairs in Moore county was f