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Aberdeen, North Carolina
piNEHURST HAS
WORST FffiE IN
VILLAGE HISTORY
iHidry and Dry Cleaning Plant
mpletely Destroyed Wed
nesday Night
TORNADO RAZES
FOUR BUILDINGS
IN VINA VISTA
of the Sandhill Territory of Carolina
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Friday, May 16, 1930.
FIVE CENTS
SS AROUND $40,000
Packhouse,.. Barns., and Sheds
near Biddle Residence Blown
to Atoms
PEACH TREES DESTROYED
. v<t suffered the biggest fire
story when the Pinehurst
: ' and Dry Cleaning- establish-
us completely destroyed early
.ay evening".
aines shot up from under the
- anks at about 8 o’clock just
- , 'light force was starting to
and the entire plant was al-
V ’ imediately enveloped. Several
: ^irls employed on the ma-
-caped w’ith difficulty, and
\ > no possibility of saving' ma-
; and contents of the building.
, ., ^ nt hurst Fire Department re-
d promptly, but was pow’erless
:t the raging flames and spent
- rgies in saving the luniber
.: : rd power plant located near the
^ e tire may have originated in the
-Laning apparatus, it was stated
r->terday. but just how it started
. ;.l probably never be ascertained.
uilding w’as an old frame struc-
- f and a ready prey for the flames.
11 the absence in Charlotte of F.
. . Taylor, manager of the plant, an
'mate of the loss could not be
rarned yesterday, but it is known
at several thousand dollars w'orth
new equipment was installed re-
»^ntly and that the loss is probably
mplete. Forty thousand dollars was
in insurance with the Mason
'ardner agency in Pinehurst. The
aut and equipment w’ere owned by
j'f :::st. Incorporated.
R. I.. Chandler Honored
bv Masons of State
'southern Pines Man Elected
^re<^ident of Order of the
High Priesthood
^alpn L. Chandler of Southern
i-cal head of the Carolina Pow-
(i' Light Company, was elected
-laent of the Order of High Priest-
( -f Masonry in North Carolina at
annual convention held this week
< oncord. Among other officers Dr.
^Mudgett of Southern Pines was
V cte i recorder.
-' table Masons from every section
* :;.e state were in attendance and
‘ ' dahs of candidates, 26 in num-
er. appointed, consecrated and set
... a'I To the order was the largest on
■ d. The convention was presided
c ■ .y President W. Hill Horne of
eenville, who made an address rel-
to matters of the craft,
s ritualistic part of the cere-
ies was presided over by A. B.
:ze. P. M.. of Raleigh, whose in-
i relation is noted for impressive-
. In recognition of his services the
ention gave him at hearty vote of
.a,:ks.
Appropriations were made to the
■< id orphanage and the Masonic
Eastern Star home at Greens-
Besides Mr. Chandler and Dr. Mud-
' t the following officers were elect-
serve during the ensuing year:
' iliam R. Smith, Raleigh, vice presi-
: W. L. r^dgen, Durham, chap-
? 'r ; Ja«ies W. Payne, Salisbury,
asurer; E. L. Somers, Reidsville,
a ter of ceremonies; F. M. Pinnix,
'ford, conductor; C. M. Gueth High
nt, herald; T. Troy Wyche, Ashe-
ilc. steward.
ARROW ESCAPE FOR
REV. AND MRS. E. L. BARBER
Ilneir car skidding out of control
nen they ran into a sudden down-
•our of rain last Saturday afternoon,
e Rev. and Mrs. E. L. Barber and
"heir children of Aberdeen narrowly
^scaped serious injury near Monroe.
he car turned over. Mrs. Barber was
'aken to a hospital for X-ray exami-
- ation but the pictures did not reveal
i^ny broken bones. All were shaken
ip. bruise dand cut, and their car
''^^as considerably damaged. Mr. Bar
er is th€- new’ pastor of the Pres
byterian church here.
Four buildings were completely de
molished, another partially destroy
ed and peach‘trees uprooted and blown
hither and yon when a young tornado
swept down from the skies and visited
the farm of Livingston L. Biddle II
between Aberdeen and Pinehurst ear
ly Wednesday afternoon.
The Vina Vista freight station
alongside the Norfolk Southern tracks
ih front of the Biddle estate w^as pick
ed up bodily and deposited on the
tracks with a crash which shattered
it to kindling. A train was held up
for some time w'hile the right of way
was cleared. The large packhouse
owned by the Sweet Valley Wine
Company in tne heyday of the wine
business, but leased the last few years
by Mr. Biddle as a packhouse for
peaches, w*as badly damaged, the
eastern end of the building being
blown off and much of the roof car
ried away. Back of this w’ere tw^o
smaller buildings, a barn and shed,
which were reduced to heaps of lum
ber. The barn fell on two mules, but
both escaped unscathed.
Cuts Narrow Path
Near the Biddle residence some
three quarters of a mile from the
highw’ay another barn w^as destroyed.
No damage was done to the Biddle
lesidence nor the other farm buildings
adjacent, the wind cutting a narrow’
swath which took all in its path but
leaving unharmed buildings and sheds
but a few’ feet .away.
Numerous peach trees w’ere uproot
ed, one being carried twenty feet,
others scattered helter skelter about
the orchard. Boards and timber from
the razed buildings were blow’n all
about, many found at great distances
from their starting points.
The lines of the Carolina Pow’er &
Light Company were torn down by
falling timbers and a crew’ hastily de
spatched to the scene to make the
necessary repairs.
The tornado struck during the heavy
rain which fell around 2 o’clock on
Wednesday afternoon. News of the
damage left in the wake of the storm
came as a great surprise to those not
residing near the path of the storm,
as there did not appear to be suffi
cient force to the wind in other
places nearby to cause any severe
damage. Many cars halted at the
scene of the devastation during the
afternoon, attra<?ted by the mass of
debris and the change in landscape
caused by the complete di.sappearance
of the buildings, especially the little
freight depot bearing the sign '‘Vina
Vista,” which has long been a land
mark on the highway a few miles out
of Pinehurst toward Aberdeen. •
This w^as the first windstorm to do
any serious damage in this vicinity
since the destruction of the village of
Ashley Heights two years ago.
CELEBRATES TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY NEXT WEEK
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CLEA^, WEEK
STARIOFPLAN
TO IMPROVE CITY
Aberdeen Citizens Urged to Co
operate Next Week in Civic
House Cleaning
TRUCKS TO HAUL RUBBISH
An old Sketch of the Present Citizens Bank & Trust Company Building, Southern Pines
Built in 1925:
\Citizens Bank & Trust Co.
I Celebrates 25th Birthday
■ Southern Pines Institution Opened for Business May 22, 1905.
! Has Increased its Resources Half a Million Dollars in
Last Ten Years
STILL A DIRECTOR
Women’s Federation
Meets at Pinehurst
President Commends Club Wo
men of State for Aid Render
ed During Year
The women hold the fort in Pine
hurst this week, the Carolina being
the scene of the 28th annual conven
tion of the North Carolina Federation
of Women’s Clubs which opened Wed
nesday with delegates from all parts
of the state in attendance.
There were approximately 300 wo
men present when Mrs. Edward M.
Land of Statesville, called the ses
sion to order. In her annual address,
Mrs. Land reviewed the work of the
federation in North Carolina during
the past year, commending the club
women for their fine spirit in carry
ing forward the state’s program.
Mrs. Land urged all women of the
state to vote and also favorably re
ferred to the world court in her ad
dress. She urged the women’s federa
tion to rally to the cause of prohi
bition.
■ Welcoming addresses were made by
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Tired of the hazards of “penny
l anking” and too busy to use the then
far off banking conveniences of San
ford or Raleigh, C. T. Patch, C. B.
Grout, P. H, Beck, W. F. Junge and
C. D. Tarbell founded a banking in-
S'titution in Southern Pines in May,
J905. And next Thursday, May 22d.
the Citizens Bank & Tiust Company
celebrates its twenty-fifth annivv^r-
sary, a thriving institution of more
than a million dollars in resources.
The little bank started with a cap
ital of SI0,000 on that May day a
ciuarter of a centuiy ago. Mr. Grout
i'tcame the first president, Mr Beck,
vice-president and G. H. Kimball cash
ier. The doors w’ere first opened to
the public on the 22d, the bank’s
or.arters then being in the old Mun
icipal building standing about where
the Arcade building is now located.
From this location it moved to its
new home on West Broad street and
New Hampshire avenue, now the site
of Patch’s store. This was in October,
ll^OS. A year later the institution was
leorganized, Mr. Grout remaining as
president, with Messrs. Junge, Patch,
Arthur S. New^comb and R. E. Wiley
directors. H. O. Riggan became
cashier.
In May, 1910, the bank’s deposits
were $43,000, with total resources of
55,000. In May, 1915, deposits had
climbed to $74,000 and resources to
$92,000. On January 17, 1922 Mr.
Grout completed seventeen years of
faithful service as president, and, with
Directors Patch and Junge, retired,
tbeir holdings being acquired by Page
interests. Robert N. Page became
president, the new’ board comprising
Mr. Newcomb, S. B. Richardson, Dr.
Wiley, H. A. Page, J. R. Page, Ralph
W. Page and R. N. Page. Upon the
death of Dr, Wiley Dr. W. C. Mudgett
became a member of the board.
The May statement for that year
.showed deposits of $400,000, resources
of $510,000.
The old quarters in the little red
brick building so' familiar to the
earlier generation of Southern Pines
was now becoming all to cramped for
the expanding institution, and as a
natural fulfillment of nearly twenty
years of progress a new home was
discussed. In 1925 the present site
v/as secured and Aymar Embury II,
we]] known New York architect, was
instructed to proceed with plans for
a modem banking building. The pres
ent home of the Citizens Bank &
Irust Company was completed in
January, 1926, and the books, papers,
cash and furnishings of the bank were
moved in on February 8th.
Early in 1927 the Page interests
were sold to J. E. Bernstein and
others, Mr. Bernstein becoming chair
man of the board of directors, H. O.
Riggan, president and cashier, C. T.
Patch, Roy E. Pushee and Ralph W.
Page, vice presidents; Miss Ethel
Jones, assistant cashier; Robert S.
Montgomery, R, C. Dah'ymple,- Misa
Lillian G. Roberts and Miss Edna
Shaw, tellers. The present board of
f'ii ectors comp; is9s G. C. Abraham,
J. E!. Bsrnstsin, A, McNeill Blrir, P.
Fiank Buchan. T. S. Buigess, Ern
est W. Bush, Andrew L Ciearner, W.
il. Flynn, Emmett Frnech, J. J. Har-
.in.'ton, George G. Herr, Arthu. S.
Newcomb, M. G. Nichols, Ral h W.
Page, C. T. Patch, John N. Powell,
Ivoy E. Pushee, H. O, Riggan, Dorsey
G. Stutz, F. F. Travis, 'SI. H, Turner
and Frank Welch, Jr.
A recent statement shows deposits
(f approximately .?G00.000, with le-
sources at $1,186,14 j. For a banking
institution in a small community the
Citizens Bank & Trust Company has
leason for pride, especially in its ten-
year increase in resources of over
half a million dollars.
Of the original, directors of the
bank, Messrs. Patch, Grout and Junge
survive, and Mr. Patch is still a
director.
P. W- Thomson to Build
New Pinehurst House
Next w’eek is Clean-Up Week in
Aberdeen, sind citizens and civic or
ganizations are planning to make it
the most complete clean-up of the
business and residential sections of
town in history. Aberdeen residents
are awakening to the fact that with
comparatively small effort and ex
penditure and with systematized
planting their village can be made
as attractive as any hereabouts, and
the campaign to accomplish this starts
on Monday next. The cooperation of
all local residents is asked by the
Mayor and Board of Town Commis
sioners, the Chamber of Commerce,
the Parent-Teachers Association, the
Aberdeen Book Club and all civic
bodies. The Boy Scouts are going to
pitch in and help, and from present
indications, everyone will be lending
a hand tow^ard beautifying the town
next week.
Mayor Henry Blue announces that
on Thursday next trucks will visit all
residences and places of business
west of the Seaboard tracks, and on
I Friday will call on those east of the
tracks. Property owners are urged to
have trash and rubbish ready by then
for the trucks to haul away to the
dump heaps.
Following Clean-Up Week a nuiii-
fcer of prominent citizens propose to
go into the matter of civic planning
and zoning looking tow^ard the future
development of Aberdeen from the
standpoint of beautification and sys
tematic growth. Aberdeen is ideally
rituated to become one of the prettiest
^villages in the state if guided in its
destiny, and public spirited residents
plan to take a hand in chaining the
course.
C. T. PATCH
One ot founders of Citizens Bank and
Trust Company and a member of the
present Board of Directors.
Kiwanians Hear of
Crossnore School
NEW INSURANCE
AGENCY ACQUIRES
MASON & GARDNER
Mid-South Comp.any Takes Over
Business and Building in
Pinehurst
MR. GARDNER MANAGER
Work to Begin at Once on Res
idence to Cost Around
S75,000
Another prominent real estate de
velopment is anJnounced this week
at Pinehurst. P. W. Thomson, who
for many years has been a Pinehurst
winter visitor, has been looking with
favor on a location opposite the Dun
lap home, and a short time ago he i
closed negotiations for the purchase j
of two large lots in the vicinty of ;
where the old warehouse and freight |
station stood. Holleyman of Greens
boro was instructed to prepare plans
for a house. Reinicke & Dixon have
been given the contract, and work
will go forward rapidly on what will
be another of the fine homes of the
Sandhills.
Since the removal of the railroad to
a new location the ground occupied by
the road and the buildings has been
planted with trees and shrubbery,
roads laid out, and work carried on
which has brought the location into
excellent shape for home making. The
elevation is high, and a fine outlook
afforded. The site is but a short dis
tance from the Carolina, around it
are many of the leading homes of the
village, in the immediate vicinity more
of the more ambitious new projects
are springing up, and Mr. Thomson
has begun a new movement that will
character to this section. The house
will probably represent an outlay of
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Charles P. Mason and Lloyd L.
Gardner who, as Mason & Gardner
have played a prominent part in real
estate and insurance fields in the
Sandhills for several years, have sold
their insurance business to the re
cently organized Mid-South Ifnsurance
Agency, the new company taking over
not only all business written by Ma
son & Gardner, but the building in
Pinehurst in which the latter concern
has for some time been located.
This announcement comes coinci
dent with the report of the formal or
ganization of the Mid-South company
c>t Pinehurst, with I. C. Sledge as
president, Walker Taylor, vice-pres
ident, Richard S. Tufts, John F. Tay-
loi and A. P. Thompson directors and
L. L. Gardner as local manager. The
company has already taken posses
sion of its newly acquired building,
and will handle all forms of insur
ance. Close affiliation with the agen
cy operated by Walker Taylor in Wil
mington, N. C., gives the new concern
broad powers and a wide field.
Mr. Gardner is thoroughly famililar
with the local insurance field, hav
ing handled the insurance end of the
Mason & Gardner business. The com
bination of the state-wide reputation
enjoyed by the Taylor company, the
prominence of the directors of the
new Pinehurst company and the per
sonal touch with the local field which
Mr. Gardner commands spells a
bright future for the Mid-South
company.
Mr. Mason retires from active in
terest' in local insurance circles but
continues with his real estate inter
ests.
Dr. Mary Sloop Interesting
Speaker at Weekly Meeting
of Club
Dr. Mary Sloop, head of Crossnore
h“chool at Crossnore, in Avery county,
told of the work being done among
the poor children of the western
mountain section of the state in a
talk before the Kiwanis Club at its
Wednesday meeting in the Gichner-
Johnson Buflding in Ab3rdeen,
The school is maintained through
the donation of old clothes from or
ganizations and friends throughout
; the state, it being, one of the Kiwanis
} club b2neficiaries. The clothes are re-
])aired and renovated by pupils in the
bchool, and sales are held four days
a week when the garments are dispos
ed of. There are 600 boys and girls in
the school now, coming from miles
■ around that section. They are taught
I rug making and other forms of utili-
i tarian endeavor. From the old clothes
j alone a sum in excess of $100,000 has
been realized in the 15 years the
school has been operated.
Dr. Sloop is a most interesting
speaker and greatly interested the
I Kiwanians in the splendid work which
I she is doing among a class of people
I in North Carolina which few in the
! more settled sections of the state
know exist.
R. Henry Hanson, secretary o fthe
National Pipe & Supply Association,
which has been in session during the
W'eek in Pinehurst, told the Kiwan
ians that business conditions through
out the country are basically sound,
judging from reports coming to his
office from all sections.
ANONYMOUS DONOR GIVES
TENNIS COURT TO HOSPITAL
The new Moore County Hospital an
nounces an anonymous gift of a ten-
r:i& court for the use of the medical
staff and nurses. The court is to be
built immediately, on the land in the
rear of the hospital building.
ABERDEEN WINS
Aberdeen High School defeated Car
thage 11 to 7 in a hotly fought base
ball game Tuesday.