MOORE COUNTY’S
leading NEWS
WEEKLY
THE
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
Oh. 10, NO- 25.
LAKEVIEW
HAHlOlY
PINCS
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NEWS AND
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Aberdeen, North Carolina
Friday, May 23, 1930.
FIVE CENTS
hospital WORK
IS DISCUSSED
BY KIWANIANS
£)r. Monroe Discussed Problem
of Charity Cases and Praised
Duke Endowment
earners should ASSIST
Dr. Clement Monroe, surgeon at the
core County Hospital, made a
■plendid talk at the weekly luncheon
, f the Aberdeen Kiwanis Club at the
rii'chner-Johnson building Wednes-
iay on the service that the hospital
V rendering to the people of Moore
ounty. Dr. Monroe stated that the
ate James B. Duke had done more
lor humanity than most people realiz-
,! in establishing the Duke Endow
ment Fund of which the Moore County
Hospital receives seventy-five thous-
nd dollars. By the establishment of
this fund Mr. Duke has made it pos-
ble to care for many charity cases
hat would otherwise probably go
.vithuut treatment. He further stated
that Moore County has one of the fin-
,st equipped hospitals in the state
.md i^^ fulfilling a much needed pur-
At the conclusion of Dr. Monroe’s
address, Robert N. Page, who is a
-nember of the Board of Directors of
:he institution, made a brief talk on
l e work that the hospital is doing.
lit stated that we were very fortunate
i having Dr. Monroe as head of the
r.stitution and that he is building a
splendid reputation as a surgeon. He
lurther stated that it is the custom
m many counties of the state to con
tribute funds to a hospital of this
Kind to help in defraying the expense
f a large number of charity cases
that the hospital staff is called upon
tc treat. He asserted that it is the
mty of every citizen having an in-
ame to make an annual contribution
a small amount to the hospital to
?.id in the treatment of so many
ases of people who are without means.
This is one of the most serious mat
ters that confronts the Board of Di
rectors of the institution.
WATSON LAKE FILLING
On Tuesday noon the gates at
the big Watson dam on Aberdeen
creek near Pinehurst were closed
to permit the pond to fill with wa
ter. It is expected that the time
required to fill the area will be
about three weeks, depending
largely on the amount of rain that
falls in the time. The dam and
the embankments are now complet
ed and in a short period »the new
lake will be one of the finest bits
of scenery in the Sandhills.
GRADUATES FROM
ABERDEEN HIGH
NUMBER 14
Commencement Programs Are
In Full Swing This Week
and Next
REV. STIMSON TO SPEAK
CAN YOU BEAT IT?
Fire alarm versus noon meal call
was further complicated for the
Sandhills in Southern Pines Mon
day when the fire alarm went off
at ten minutes of noon, and all and
sundry set their watches and clocks
ten minutes ahead and went home
for dinner, and ten minutes later
when the noon whistle sounded ran
3ut looking for the fire.
C. Petty Dies at
^ Home in Carthage
A Native of Moore
She and Her Family Have Long Been
Prominent Both Business and Social
Circles of the State
The Aberdeen school commencement
I oxercises— are in full swing this
week, the school work being practi
cally over for this year, and the pu
pils busily engaged in passing their
examinations. The senior play, “The
Whole Town's Talking^’ was voted the
Living Room in Struthers Burt’s i test play ever given in the history of
Home Is Interesting Bit i high school, and Prof. Charles
of Construction | Coble, under whose direction this
I play was staged, was complimented
Old Lumber Used In
Remodeling Room
Answering the “Chow Call” of
Post Commander Thomas L. Black,
Legionaires of Sandhills Post 134,
One of the most interesting bits of | highly for his wonderful coaching.' their wives, thieir friends and many
“Chow Call” Answered
By Many Legionaires
Barbecue Was Well Attended
and All Had a Good
Time
building construction in this section is
ihe job J. A. McPherson is conclud
ing at the home of Struthers Burt on
Weymouth Heights. Mr. McPherson
has converted the big living room over
30 feet square into a new apartment
The two act play given by the gram
mar grades in the high school auditor
ium On last Friday night was most
successful, and greatly enjoyed by the
large assemblage of people present.
The musical recital, under the di
veterans of other wars gathered
around the old Boiling Spring Tues
day evening to enjoy the barbecue
prepared by “Colonel” Bill Milam of
Spanish War fame. Not all the en
joyment was in the consumption of
that is unique in many ways. Floors | rection of Miss Elizabeth White, supper, the mingling of old comrades
and walls are made of lumber recov- j music teacher, will be given tonight! in the firelit shadows of the great
ered from old houses of the upper part | ip the High school auditorium, and is ' pines and the swapping of yarns gave
of the county, and no one knows how | expected to be very much woith a zest to the affair to be long remem-
old the lumber is. Mr. McPherson ! while. i bered by all participants. With appe-
made a search up in the Cabin creek | The baccalaureate sermon will be | tites satisfied the gathering of nearly
country and bought the lumber from 1 held in the Page Memorial Methodist ^ two hundred closed in to the colors to
two or three old buildings, which he
brought down and sent to the planing
church in Aberdeen on Sunday evening hear the address of Paul Dana urging
at 8 o’clock, the Rev. Fred Stimson of the membership of all veterans in
mills at Sanford, A. B. Yeomans had Southern Pines preaching the sermon the. Legion, and the increase of the
drawn plans for the new' room, and and the high school choir will be Sandhills Post from one hundred to
with the drawings and with other | present and render several numbers, one hundred and thirty-live. Mr. Dana i ury weather made it impossible for
orawings from the floors and walls of j The recitation contest will be held was followed by Beverly Walters, and ' them to get their grain ground at
the building the lumber was worked I in the Aberdeen high school auditor- then Commander Black called for the! home. It was to this Thagardsville
Carthage, Moore County, and the
State at large have sustained a great
loss in the passing of Mrs. William
Carey Petty, aged 76, beloved resi
dent of Carthage, who on Tuesday
evening peacefully slipped away from
those near and dear to her to en
ter the fuller life which she was con
fident awaited her in the Great Be
yond. Mrs. Petty’s life here was so
rich, so filled with interest in and
active service to those around her,
that we cannot think of her as be
ing dead—only as having been pro
moted to a larger field of service.
Virginia Emma Thagard was the
eldest daughter of W. C. Thagard and
Lucy Jones Thagard and was born
and reared at Thagardsville on Lit
tle River, some six miles west of
Vass. She attended the boarding
school of Mrs. Cattie Robinson Mc
Queen at Carthage, one of the finest
schools to be found in this section of
the state at that time, and later
taught in her home community.
Mrs. Petty was a wonderful woman,
possessing a strong personality and
£ n unusual amount of executive abil
ity. In the home she reigned supipme
and her children were her loyal sub
jects, giving to her their love and re
spect. She was greatly interested in
the people around her and in her the
poor and unfortunate found a help
ful friend.
In recent years Mrs. Petty had
been spending her winters in the
homes of her children, returning to
Carthage for the summers, but for
some months she was confined to her
bed and she realized that her time
on earth was growing short. But for
this noble Christian woman. Death
held no fears; it was only a
stepping stone to a better land. With
her usual calmness and forethought
she made known to members of her
family her wishes in regard to funeral
arrangements and casually remark
ed that she wished that she could go
to sleep and awake in Hevaen,
Thagardsville in those days was The funeral service was conducted
quite important as a turpentine and from the home at eleven o’clock
trading center. In additio nto a tur
pentine distillery, there was a store
a lumber plant and a corn and flour
iiiiil located there, and people from
lh« remote Deep River section jour
neyed to Thagardsville to mill when
that W. C. Petty went as a young man
from his home near Sanford, to clerk
in the store, and it was there that
he woed and on January 30, 1873 w'ed
Virginia Emma Thagard. There their
into panels and mouldings and var-! ium on Monday evening, May 26th at selection of delegates and alternates
icus shapes until the whole surface S o’clock, at which time several chil- to the State Convention tc be held in
of the remodeled room is a succession ; dren will compete. The High School Winston-Salem in August, members
of intricate patterns made of the old j Glee Club will give several songs of the post selecting Tom Black, Paul
wood in its natural colors, but match- j and there will be a number of piano Dana and Max Backer a4 delegates
ed and fitted with the high skill of | .^elections by Miss White ahd her tind J. F. Sinclair, R. L. Hart and
modern machinery after the drawings I music pupils. The awarding of seventh Lloyd Wooley as alternates.’ Short Jerman, was born. j president of the State Federation of
of Yeoman's ablt ocfice force. T. S-. | K^rtide ce*~tificates will be held at this t£*k-K were made by Mr. Dwight of After two years Mr. and Mr^ Petty i omen’s Clubs; Mrs. . B. Waddill,
Fowler, who has made a name fori time by Supt. N. E, Wright, Lakeview^ and L. L. Woofey of South- ?nd baby went to Manley to make j of Henderson, head of the Welfare
Thursday morning with the Rev.
Archibald Cree of Salisbury officiat
ing. Mr. Cree was the beloved ^pas
tor of Mrs. Petty in the early days at
Manley. Active pall bearers were her
grandsons, W. C. Petty, Jr., of Char
lotte; Palmer Jerman of New York;
William, Carey Petty and Edwin Wad
dill of Henderson, and a nephew,
Thagard West of High Point. Inter
ment was in the cemetery in Carthage.
Surviving are the following child
ren, all of whom are prominent fig
ures in the life of the country: Mrs.
first child, Cornelia, now Mrs, Palmer Palmer Jerman of Raleigh ,former
his wood carving in Southern Pines,
did a lot of striking work in the pan
els and decorations in the room at the
Burt house, the design of the general
The graduating exercises of the ern Pinas. Ten names were drawn their home artd to launch out into j work in Vance county; W. C. Petty,
senior class will be held on Wednes- fi-om which the delegates to the Na- the business world for themselves. < manager of the Selwyn Hotel in Char-
day evening, May 25th, at 8 o'clock, tional Convention held in Boston in That was before the towns of South- i lotte and holder of extensive in-
and an interesting program will be Octobsr will be selected. Colonel Mi- ern Pir.es ?nd Raeford had come into , terests elsewhere; Herbert Petty of
Aberdeen Presbyterians
To Hold Revival Soon
Mrs. Yates of Atlanta Will Sing
and Dailv Vacation Bible
Schooi Will Be Held
A series of revival services will be-
^in at the Presbyterian Church in
Aberdeen Wednesday evening, June
'=th. The Rev. E. L. Barber will
-leach. He will be assisted in music
ly Mrs. Clara M. Yates of Atlanta,
the sweet singer of “Atlantic Res-
:*iie M ission” and of radio fame.
Aberdeen will be glad to hear Mrs.
i ates, as she is considered one of the
greatest soloists of the south. Mrs.
Yates studied voice in Chicago and is
from the Moody Bible Institute of
-hat city.
In connection with this meeting a
laily vacation Bible school w’ill be
for the young people from the
eg-inners class through 14 years of
uge. The public is cordially invited to
i^ttend these services.
scheme affording him ample ground j given, which will be a treat to all ipm called foith for thanks for the existence and what is now Aberdeen
for the good results he has achieved.: those present. The class motto is “We “chow” introduced four other veter- was merely “Blue’s Crossing.” Here
Mr. McPherson met some curious ; have crossed the bay; the ocean is be- ans of the Spanish War, E. J. Wood- Mr. Petty erected a spacious home
experiences in gathering up the old i fore us,” their class colors being that ward, Frank Wilson, and J. M. Wind- w'hich was the birthplace of the other
lumber and working it over into the of the rainbow^ and their class flow- n&m, and Commander dismissed a children of the family, Flla Manley,
fine effects that are presented. He i er the sweet pea. Those graduating gathering w’hich enjoyed the “chow,” | now Mrs. W. E. Waddill having the
found some beams tw^enty-two feet | are Lucille Brooks, Elizabeth John- the good fellowship, and the friendly ■ distinction of being the first child
long from which he expected fine re-1 son, Grace McBride, Lou Martin Mil- greetings of comrades. born in the town whose name she
suits, but on pulling them down they ler, Fannie Mae Morton, Stowe Peele, bears.
were found to be almost powdery in-! Margaret Pleasants, Frances Pleas- Those wishing to make a donation j Mr. Petty engaged in the turpentine
side, and in other pieces the years had I ants, Hazel Smith, Allice Wilder, Lacy toward necessary repairs at the Aber- 11 usiriess, operated general store which
so badly wrought that many that | Adcox, Clyd(B Boyles, Bradford Me- deen lake will find subscription lists! drew trade from a large scope of
at the drug stores.
looked to be of the highest quality Lean, Wilmer Smith.
v>^ere useless. In many places worm
holes were abundant, and in the finish
ed job on the walls many nail holes
have been puttied, which adds to the
pleasing appearances and to the notes
oi age. The floors are of the old ma-1
terial, and they show- to excellent ad-1 William Yonker, near Manly, who glass and hurried along in the eari-or
'‘Live At Home"' As Practiced by
William Yonkers Family of Manly
territory and was for many years
agent for the Seaboard Airline Rail
way Company at Manley. He believed
in w^ork and by his strict application
to business attained a marked degree
of success. Later, on conditions which
meant virtually the same as owner
ship, he leased the railroad which
vantage. The finish is in wax and | ^ six-acre plot on the old Archie season to be ready when the weather; I'^^s from Cameron to Carthage,
oil.
l EARING DOWN ANOTHER
OF THE OLD LANDMARKS
Blue home place, is a pretty fair il- is warm enough to care for it in the i known as Petty s Railroad, an ex
lustration of the wisdom of Governor open. ' tended the line to Hallison to con-
Gardner’s idea of living at home. Mr. This man’s occupation is that of with the Durham and ar otte
Yonkers is a Hollander, coming from builder. He looks after his garden in i railroad. In the early 90 s a ter av
a people who know how to make the his periods of idleness or after his become president of the rai roa ,
iU OBSERVE HALF HOLIDAY
DURING SUMMER MONTHS
The merchants of Aberdeen have
^ ecided to again give their employees
half holiday during the summer
-iionths and announce this week that
?^)eginning Wednesday, May 28, they
'Vill close at 1:00 p. m. each Wed-
. csday to and including Wednesday,
August 27. This action is practically
-J-animous. The drug stores will of
ourse remain open as will the cafes.
Word comes from Southern Pines
i^nat the merchants there are contem
plating taking the same action, and
>vould probably close Wednesday af
ternoons during the same period.
Another of the ancient structures of j ground give up its possessions. For | day’s work is done. And to help keep
Southern Pines, Dr. Swett’s old barn j a time he lived in Southern Pines | his hand in he has built a new house,
long standing in the shelter of the I where he always had a garden that j The old one reached a point where it.
trees in the City Park is in process , was the envy of many a neighbor, did not satisfy him, and he began
of demolition. Erected at the same I Then he went to Manly and bought I gathering material, and from time to
time as the Doctor’s residence, now
the Municipal building, the ivy clad
barn, long sheltering the ambling
white mule once so familiar to the
earlier settlers, reached the very re
spectable antiquity of thirty-eight
years.
HYDE-PLEASANTS
he severed his business connections m
Manley and built a home in Carthage
in order to be more conveniently lo
cated for his new interests. Here he
took an active part in the affairs of
the town in the religious organi
sations, serving as an officer in the
Baptist churclTand as superintendent
of the Sunday School. His successful
life came to a close in Jajiuary, 1906.
During all these years the influence
of Mrs. Petty was a potent factor, and
the husband, in talking with friends,
OUTHERN PINES WOMEN
HONORED BY FEDERATION
In the gathering of the North Car-
iina Federation of Women’s Clubs
«t Pinehurst Friday Miss Elizabeth
^'chwarberg of Southern Pines was
elected treasurer. Mrs. Charles R.
Whitaker was selected as a delegate
to the biennial convention in Denver,
Colorado, June 5th.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Pleasants an
nounce the marriage of their daught
er, Martha, to Nelson C. Hyde, pub
lisher of The Pilot, on Saturday, May
17th, in Washington, D. C. After the
ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Hyde were
entertained at a wedding supper by
Congressman and Mrs. Clarence E.
Hancock of New York at the May
flower.
SPEND WEEK-END AT BEACH
Among those spending the past
week- end at Myrtle Beach were Mr.
and Mrs. W. D. Hyatt, Miss Mar
garet Fuller, Mr. and Mrs L. L. Bid
dle, all of Pinehurst; Mrs. W. C. Ar-
kell. Southern Pines and J. W^. Page,
Jr., of Aberdeen, N. C.
the old Blue home. He makes a gar- time building a little wall, or a bit
deh there that goes a long way to i of wood work, until gradually it has
keeping the family, and which not risen to such magnitude that the fam-
cnly helps throughout the summer, , ily lives in the new house, which is
but all through the winter as well, ^ still progressing. He builds what lie
for he has things growing that will be i can as he has the time, and buys ma-
stored in their ripened condition for terial to meet the requirements of
the months whsn gardens are not what he will do as he goes forward.. . ^
very prolific. Sunday of this week he He builds substantially, and with a j remarked that is success in i e was
expects to have new potatoes and i proper eye to the finished job, and j
string beans. He has had much of presently that six-acre lot will be
cabbages, lettuce, beets, and various | one of the interesting spots of his
things, not only for his table, but a | neighborhood.
surplus already for market. His vines I The family is interested in the big
have little tomatoes as' big as golf i rabbits that are called hares. They
balls. Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, ^ raise a number of them, sell some,
peas of various kinds, including a ^at some, sell some furs, and find
variety that he secured from Mon- pleasure in the association. Mrs. Yon-
tesanti, that other devotee of the gar- i kers is also a helper and a worker, and
den, and which promise to be of much i they are raising a family of robust
promise. young folks that give evidence of the
The hog lot is producing its contri- value of a good garden as an adjunct
Indianapolis; J. C. Petty of Wash
ington, D. C.; and Mrs, James Brodie
cf Henderson. All of these were pres
ent for the funeral. ^
Seven grandchildren and the fol
ic wins- sisters and brothers survive,
also: Mrs. C. C. Yates, Carthage;
T\lis. M. D. McNeill, Cameron; Mrs.
J. A. Bryant, Aberdeen; C. D. Thag
ard, Los Angeles, California; R. L.
Thagard and J. C. Thagard, both of
Alabama.
Carthage, Moore County and the
State at large have sustained a great
I(,ss in the passing of Mrs. William
Carey Petty, but, thinking on the
other side of the qifestion, they have
been supremely favored by having
been allowed to have in their midst
tor so many years a Christian wo
man of such strength of character, a
friend of such tender compassion, a
mother endowed with wisdom to la
bor so faithfully and so well. Earth
is and will ever be richer by far for
her having passed this way and tar
ried for a while.
A. 0. Gailey, Resident
of Pineibluff, Dead
Former Pittsburgh Resident
Dies Suddenly at His Home
In Pinebluff
bution to the family larder, and also
it is improving the condition of the
of the table. Mr. Yonkers has seen
much of the world as a sailor in the
Mr. and Mrs. Petty were industrious
&nd systematic, running their home
according to schedule, and in the
training of their children they did
not neglect to emphasize the import
ance of industry, not did they fail to
see that it was practiced. A son of
theirs once told that in his boyhood
days in Manley he was required by
his father to take a mule and wagon
and haul empty turpentine barrels and
unload them, then reload and haul
them elsewhere, just that he might be
engaged in work. This may have been
['garden soil, for the hog lot is a mov- ^ars, and is an active member of ! slightly overdrawn
able affair. Where the hogs were , Prank Buchan’s Bible class. His bus-j ® ® 4? +u'
quartered last year is a tomato patch, | iness philosophies are to work, to instilled into t e you o is
and it is to be asked to contribute a j take care of himself and family and
profitable crop a little later in thr | —
season. Much stuff is started under I (Please Turn to Page Ten.)
family, and the wisdom of tliese par
ents is reflected in the achievements
of the sons and daughters
A. O. Gailey died suddenly at his
home in Pinebluff Sunday afternoon.
His death was due to heart trouble.
Mr. Gailey was born in Indiana, Pa.,
in 1862. He made his home there un
til 1879 when he moved to Pittsburgh.
He was in the real estate business in
Pittsburgh, and was chief assessor
lor that city until he came to Pine-
biuff five years ago. At the time of
his death he was tax collector for
the town of Pinebluff.
Mr. Gailey is survived by his wife,
and one son, James, of Pinebluff,
two brothers and one sister, all of
Pittsburgh.
Funeral services, conducted by the
the Rev. Thompson, were held at the
Methodist church Wednesday after
noon at 3 o’clock, interment following
at Bethesda. Pall bearers were Mr,
Hopple, J. L. DeYoe, A. G. Wallace,
J. H. Suttenfield, Grey Lampley and
Mr. Parker.