, .oRE COL'NTY’S lading news weekly THE A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding voi- 10. NO. 24, ^,^CARTHAOE MAHLCY AeERoe£H ^pinieblupf PILOT FIRST IN NEWS AND ADVERTISING 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 -%V ^ Friday, May 16, 1930. FIVE CENTS SS AROUND $40,000 Packhouse,.. Barns., and Sheds near Biddle Residence Blown to Atoms PEACH TREES DESTROYED . v 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, attrat 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.