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MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS WEEKLY T*XJ"C‘ 1 A Paper Devoted to th^ Upbuilding VOL. 9, NO. 49. KIWANIS CLUBS IN CONVENTION AT GREENVILLE View MAHUEY PIHE. BLUPP PILOT FIRST IN 1 NEWS AND ADVERTISING of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina Aberdeen, North Carolina % MR. PAGE HONORED arolinas District Expected to Honor R. N. Page with Lieut. Governship INVITED TO PINEHURST President Murdoch Johnson of the Knvani^ rlub of Aberdeen and about ? doz n other m?mbers of the local I'o'arization left Wednesday after- loon by a’ltomobile for Greenville, S. .. t:' attend the annual convention the Carolinas district, in session "h:re th? last half of this week. The - hief interest of the local Kiwanians V; the convention is the election of “he Hon. Robert Pag’e of Aberdeen a> limtenant g'overnor of the dis trict. and the securing- of the next c- nvention for Pinehurst in 1930. Among those accompanying Mr. Johnson were Frank Shamburger, Richard Tufts, Arthur S. Newcomb, Herbert Vail, Frank Buchan, G. A. Charhs, Shields Cam?ron, Gordon Cameron, John Bloxham, Dr. L. B. McBrayer, R. L. Hart, and Willard Dunlop, Dr. McBrayer will offer Mr. Page in nomination for the lieutenant gov ernorship and it is stated that his election is assured, at least nine dubs of the 16 in the district hav ing instructed their delegates to cast their ballots for the former Congress man. The invitation to hold the next convention in Pinehurst is expected to be accepted, although it is under stood that Charlotte will also extend an invitation. Thousand in Attendance Kiwanians of the two Carolinas, numbering close to 1,000, together with their ladies and friends, gather- ^ d at Greenville Wednesday. The convention opened with a meet- in£T of the district trustees Wednes day afternoon and a meeting of the executive committee w’as held at 7 o'clock Wednesday night. Following this every club in the district except the Greenville club put on a special pi’ogram. Thursday morning was the first bus iness session. Group conferences start Thursday with W. T. Joyner, of Ral eigh, presiding over the presidents' 'inference; W. L. Westzell, of Gas tonia, presiding over the secretary’s conference, and Plato Durham, of Gas tonia, leading the district trustees’ conference. Discussions in the presi- cnt’s conference will be led by Allen ARMISTICE DAY FEATURED BY LEGION DRIVE Friday, November —— WINS POPULARITi '^'*^^ W * Q * FIVE CENTS Mayors of Southern Pines and Aberdeen Call Upon Citizens For Observance The Hon. Robert N. Page To be elected Lieutenant Governor of the Carolinas District, Kiwanis Clubs, at the Annual Convention in Gre.riville this week. PEACH MEN OF TWO CARO! INAS MEET THURSDAY Growers and Hortfculturalists to Discuss Wnys of Saving’ Indusfrv TO GATHER AT HAMLET (Please turn to Page 8) Picquet Re-elected by Theater Owners National Association Honors “Charlie” and Banquet is Ten dered Him at Memphis The meeting of peach growers of the two Carolinas sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen, Cheraw i and Hamlet will be held at Hamlet next Thursday and Fridav, November i a 4th and 15th. Its objects are to dis- ; cuss and work out the difficulties fac ing the peach industry of this sec- i tion. I Many of the leading peach growers of ths Sandhills are planning to at tend the sessions, to which all inter- : ested are invited. I A committee comnosed chieflv of I growers, and of the horticulturist.^ of the two states are arranging the pro gram which is to be divided into two parts. Dr. J. H. Beaumont and Prof. R A. McGinty, horticulturists of North and South Carolina respective ly. are to have charge of the program the first day and evening, at which time the production phases of the pcach industry will be discussed. The important phases of soils and soil management in the peach orchard fer tilization, pruning, thinning, insect and disease control and orchard san itation will be treated. A committee composed of George Ross, Ashley Haywood, L. I. Guion, T. B. Young and Fred P. Abbott were ap pointed to complete the balance of the program for Friday, November 15th. During the Friday sessions, the out- jlcok for the psach industry, the co- ! operative movement, financing, mar keting, distribution and other vital ! problems will be taken up. j Soil Management ; Tentative plans so far perfected for j the program for Thursday, November ’ 14th, promise interesting and hopeful ELEVENTH ANNIVERSARY Next Monday, November 11th, is Armistice Day, the 11th anniversary of the command, ‘‘Cease Firing.” Both the Mayors of Aberdeen and Southern Pines have issued proclamations call- j ing upon the citizens of their towns ; to observe the occasion by giving I thought to the sacrifices made by j hundreds of thousands of Americans, I ard, in the words of Mayor D. G. I Stutz of Southern Pines, “asking God I that our country may be blessed and i that peace may reign in the future.” I Coincident with the celebration of Armistice Day the Sandhill Post of the American Legion is launching its annual drive for new members. This drive starts next week, and Command er Tom Black of Pinehurst and the other officers of the local post are endeavoring to enroll every ex-serv- ice man in the Legion, their slogan being, “If you wc're in the World War, you belong in the Legion.” The regular monthly meeting of the Sandhill Post will be held Tuesday evening, November 12 at 8 o’clock at the Civic Club in Southern Pines, to which those wishing to join the Legion are invited to attend. The making of Sandhill Post the largest in North Carolina is the aim of the present membership drive. Armistice Day I The proclamation of Mayor Stutz I and the Board of Commissioners of ! Southern Pines, passed at the meet- I i:':g of the board on Wednesday night, i is as follows: j “In honor of the heroes who so gal- I lantiv sacrificed their lives in the JEROME BILES mLED WHEN - AUTOS COLLIDE Marston Youth Victim of Acci dent on Hifi^hway Near Pinebluff HITS DR. McCAIN’S CAR MISS MIRIAM JOHNSON (Please tuin to Page 8) OXFORD ORPHANAGE HEAD ADDRESSES MASONS HERE Miss Miriam Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Talbot Johnson of AVer een, was the winner of the Pop ularity Contest held last week by Srr rintendent Wr!ght. the teachers and the grade mothers of the Aberdeen Schools, with a total of 3.835 votes cast in her favor. Miss Mary Thomas of Aberdeen was se:o'd and Mis? Mari? Adcox of Pinebh^'ff third. Mis" Johnson and Miss Adcox are 10th grade students. Miss Thomas in t^T eighth grade. One hundred and fifty- e^en dollars was realized, the votes being sold at a penny apiece. The, money is to be used for redecorating in the Grammar school, where on last Thursday night the results of th'- contest were announced during the P’estival held by the Grade Mothers. Ths contest created 1 inch int r:st and excitement and th: ■ - ''■"It wa^ in coubt until the last ! minute. Charles W. Picquet, operator of the Carolina theatres of Southern Pines and Pinehurst, was re-elected 1st vice-president of the Motion Picture Theatre Owners Association of Amer ica at the annual convention of that body held last week in Memphis, Tenn. M. A. Lightman of Memphis, o\\Tier of a string of 25 theatres in Arkansas, was re-elected president. The convention passed resolutions c*f thanks to those in the industry who were helpful in bringing about the re drafting of 3,800 contracts effecting a saving of over $1,000,000 in rentals to ?mall independent exhibitors through- 'Ut the country, including in its vote =f gratitude Will H. Hays, tsar of ■h? industry. Walker F. Eberhardt, of the Association of Motion Picture Advertisers, pointed out that the in dustry is spending $70, 000,00 a year in advertising, of which $50,000,000 ^ uys newspaper space. Our own Charlie Picquet, besides being honored by his re-election as "ist vice-presid^lit, was tendered a ^ anquet at the Hotel Peabody by Dav- R. Hochreich of General Talking Pictures Corporation, at which Mr. Lightman, the re-elected president, i*nd others prominent in the motion : icture field were present. Mr. Picquet returned to the Sand hills in time for the opening of the '^arolina Theatre at Pinehurst Mon- ■^ay night. (Please turn to Page 8) AVIATOR YOST RETURNS TO KNOLLWOOD AIRPORT The Rev. Dr. Proctor gave an in spiring and enlightening address on the work being done at the Oxford Orphanage, of which he is the head, at the benefit supper party given by the Ladies’ Aid Society of the x\ber- deen Baptist Church to the Masons and their wives and guests last Tues day night in the Gichner & Johnson Building. The Orphanage has for some time been a beneficiary of the local Masonic body, and a large num ber turned out to hear Dr. Proctor. Murdoch Johnson acted as toastmas ter, a splendid supper was served an “a good time had by all.” The society cleared approximately $50.00 after its minor expenses, the money raised to be used toward de fraying church expenses. HARVEST BALL TO BE HELD THANKSGIVING EVE Charlie Miller Association Up in Arms After Two Members Are Hit Pass Resolution Callirg Upon Brother Elmore to Stick to the Railroad After Pe Crashes into Automobiles, Porches and Telegraph Poles Lloyd Yost, in charge of aviation at the Knollwood Airport, has returned to the Sandhills for the winter season after a successful summer in the north, and is tuning up his planes in preparation for what he expects to be his most successful seaS'on here. I The field was never in better condi- I tion than at present, and improve- j ments in the way of lighting and equipment are under way. Gasoline tanks are being placed conveniently for refueling planes. Mr. Yost will give flying lessons and take up pas sengers from now on. WILL A. BLUE ILL IN I HOSPITAL IN RALEIGH Will A. Blue, president of the Aber deen & Rockfish Railroad is in a hos pital in Raleigh as the result of an attack of the stomach trouble which has confined him to his home on for mer occasions. Mr. Blue was over come while on business in Raleigh end removed to the hospital. Members of his family have been spending most of the week there with him and last reports are that he is not recuperat ing as rapidly as hoped for. I After postponment from its usual j Hallowe’en 'date, the annual Harvest Ball is slated for Thanksgiving eve, November 27th, at the Pinehurst Country Club, and the committee in I charge has secured for the occasion a nationally known orchestra and plans other attractions which indi cate the largest attendance in the his tory of this yearly social event. In vitations are to be sent out this week containing the list of patronesses and with full infonnation concerning the event. The committee in charge of the ball this year comprises Charles W. Picquet, Jerry V. Healy, George H. Moore, Roy E. Pushee and Nelson C. Hyde. The orchestra, which is coming from one of the well known night clubs in New York, is to play before the dance at a special feature show at the Carolina Theatre, Pinehurst, now being arranged by* Mr. Picquet. TOBACCO PLENTIFUL HERE There was a good break on the local tobacco market yesterday, with leaf plentiful and prices well up. Much high grade tobacco is now find ing its way to the Saunders and Aberdeen Warehouse Company floors with better prices resulting. One house rorch, two Charlie Mil lers and three automobiles constituted the casualty list at the end of C. L. Flmore’s motoring expedition through Sandhills highways and byways last' Saturday night. You could pretty well tell where C. L. had been by the wreckage he left behind him. In the first place he ran his own car into another near McDonald’s Filling Station on Route 50 in Aber deen. The latter contained Charlie Miller of Aberdeen and his wife. Bouncing off Charlie Miller’s car, the , mieguided motor crashed into the ■ house across the road from the filling station and took the front porch off that. You may have observed it. The roof of the porch is still nestled no-, ticeably if not neatly on the ground. I Then C- L. proceeded on his merry way to Southern Pines, where he crashed into another car being driv en by a soldier from Fort Bragg whose name was also Charlie Miller. It was Charlie Miller night so far as Mr. Elmore was concerned. After this col- ^ lision, and to prevent complete erad- ! ication of all Charlie Millers that I might be loose in North Carolina, the police took a hand. In fact they took both hands of Mr. Elmore, Deputy, Sheriff Dave Knight taking no chances. He bundled the prisoner into his own car and led him before Justice of the Police Theo Berg in Aberdeen, whereupon Mr. Berg bound him over for appearance in Recorder’s Court at Carthage despite Mr. Elmore’s denial of guilt and complaint that three cars had run into him that very day. This wasn’t all. Brother Elmore still i had to get home. After release he : started out in his own car which : w^as still comparatively intact, j Whether he felt guilty at this stage I of the game and decided it wasn’t fair i to still possess an undamaged motor I after what he had done to Charlie I Miller and Charlie Miller, we do not know, but any wav he crashed into a ^ el'graph pole, broke it in two and called it a day for both himself and his automobile. We are told that Mr. Elmore is a «fction hand on the railroad, and are informed that the Charlie Miller As sociation of North Carolina has passed a resolution calling upon him to stick tc the railroad and keep off the highways. j Jerome Biles, 21 years old, residingr I I on Marston Route 2 near Hoffman, j was instantly killed Tuesday night I about 7:30 o’clock when the automo- I bile which he was driving crashed I head-on into the State Sanatorium I Dodge being driven by Dr. P. P. Mc Cain, superintendent of the Sanator ium, about two miles south of Pine- bluff on Route 50. The Biles Ford, cut down to imitate a racing car, was completely demolished, and Dr. Mc Cain’s car badly wrecked. Dr. McCain and Dr. Frederick D. Hopkins of New York, executive sec retary of the National Tuberculosis Association, were on their way to Pinehurst from their trip through the western part of the state in the in terest of the forthcoming Christmas "eal campaign when the Ford, with only one light, dashed around a bend in the road near the Felix Addor farm. So great was the force of the colli- ?’on that young Biles was thrown from the driver’s seat of his own car partially through the windshield cf Dr. McCain’s car. The condition of his body showed death must have been instantaneous. Clarence Rivers, s young Marston man riding with Biles, was thrown clear of the wreck age and suffered only minor bruises. Dr, McCain and Dr. Hopkins were bacly cut but escaped serious injur ies. Police Take Charge The racing Ford was hurled con- 'derable distanc? and what was left of it landed beside the road. Wreck age was strewn along the highway for some distance. Deputy Sheriff W. D. Shannon of Aberdeen was promptly ''r the pce e of the accident and pro cured all available information to pre sent at the coroner’s inquest. Meas urements of the position of the cars at the time of the accident were tak- ^ vntnersed by A. F. Dees, Aberdeen right patrolman, B. C. Cox of Pine- M’ ff, O. B. Wilson of Hamlet and Bilton Fletcher, night policeman at Pinebluff. A. W. Welch of the State Highway Patrol were promptly on the scene and assisted in the procur ing of evidence. The McCain car was taken to the Highwsf^ Garage at Pinebluff in a badly damaged con- (PI a?e trr’i •~age 4) * To Observe National Education Week Here THE PADDOCK TO OPEN FOR THANKSGIVING PARTY Parents and Patrons Invited to Schools to See Work Child ren Are Doing “The Paddock” at Southern Pines, the new clubhouse built by a group of New York winter visitors, will be opened for the season at Thanksgiv ing time when a number of those in terested plan to spend the holiday there. Among those who will be the first guests at the clubhouse are Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Tompkins, Mr. and Mrs. Bra-dley Delehanty, Mr. and Mrs. William P. Willetts and Mrs. George Murnane, all of New York. A ship ment of horses owned by various members of the party is expected v/ithin the next two weeks to remain at The Paddock stables until March. DR. EMERSON ADDRESSES HEALTH & WELFARE ASS’N. Dr. Kendall Emerson, managing di-^ rector of the National Tuberculosis, addressed an enthusiastic meeting of the Moore County Health & Welfare Association in the Carolina Hotel at Pinehurst on Tuesday night, telling cf the work of his organization in its fight against the spread of tubercu losis. Dr. Emerson has been touring the state in the interest of the asso ciation, whose Christmas seal cam paign, from which it derives its en tire fund for the year’s expenses, is about to be^n. The Aberdeen Schools will observe Education Week, beginning Monday, November 11th as follows: ARMISTICE DAY PROGRAMME at the High School building at 10:15. November 12th—H 0 M E and SCHOOL DAY. On this day the Home Economics Department will give a porgramme at the High School build ing at 10:15. November 13th—KNOW YOUR SCHOOL DAY. Patrons are expected to visit their school this day. At 9:00 o’clock at the Grammar School build ing the Primary grades will give a Chapel programme. The High School Vv’ill give their Chapel programme at 10:15. The Grammer grades will also give a programme at 11:45. Through out the day the grades will be at home to the patrons of the school, and it is I V.oped that a large number will be ; present and observe the work in the school room and out of doors, as demonstrations of the work in phy- j sical education will be given on the ! school grounds during the morning hours, a grade at a time. The Parent- Teachers Association hopes parents I and patrons will spend as much time as possible going through the schools j so they may acquaint themselves with i the work their children are doing. At 8:15 in the High School Audi- (Please turn to Page 8)
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