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.X C47?o,, c \ MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS^ WEEKLY THE 6y LAKEVffiW piNceuipr Aberdeen, North Carolina September 26, 1930. SELL YOUR TOBACCO ON THE ABERDEEN MARKET A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 10, NO. 45. FRANK PAGE NOT TO HEAD TOBACCO CO-OP HjbVEMENT Believes as Chairman of South eastern Regional Council He Can Render Greater Aid of the Sandhill Territory of N^th Carolina ‘ C* ^ J. R. PAGE MENTIONED Frank Page, Aberdeen and Raleigh banker, declined on Monday to head the movement for organization of a tobacco co-operative association, bas ing his declination on the belief that its chairman of the Southeastern Re gional Council he could be of greater assistance in solving the trouble of the tobacco grower than in the new position unanimously offered him last v;eek. The Southeastern Regional Council was formed last spring at Asheville at a conference of govern ors and business men of seven south eastern states in an effort to improve business conditions. Mr. Page declar ed that the tobacco problem is a prob lem for all the states engaged in growing bright leaf tobacco. . ''J hftve pledg-ed to Governor Gard- nei* wy and all my energy in carrying through this Southeastern Regional Council," said M;r. Pagte, '‘and it seems to me that the problem of the North Carolina tobacco grower today is merely a part of the work this council is .^undertaking. I ani sure that the men composing this council realize that a non-prof it abl© crop in any of the area is a loss to the whole area, and it will be the purpose of the next meeting of this council to take up vigorously the mattfrir of growing and marketing tobacco in what is known as the Southern bright belt,” ?P Aecepts Bigger Job *‘Mr. Page, in refusing to lead a State organization, accepted even a bigger job today in pledging his sup* port to lead the way for relief to the tobacco growers in the Southeast,*’ Governor Gardner said in comment ing on Mr. Pagers refusal to take the leadership in a State organization. In the meanwhile, organization of a tobacco cooperative in the state con tinued with the adoption at Raleigh of a tentative ct)ntiract, charter and by laws by a corfimittee of growers and farm leaders, to be submitted next Monday to the general organiTralion committee* And whiley this was going on, names were being considered for the job of heading up the ol'galiizatioii in view of Frank Page's 'refusal to serve. Prominent among the men mention ed for the position was T'rank Page s brother, J. R. Page of Aberdeen, banker, farmer and business man. W. G. Clark, proriiihent Edgecombe county leader, was another mentioned. Work on New Road from Aberdeen to Laurinburg to Be Started Soon Contracts WiU Be Let at Next Meeting of Highway Commis sion.—To Improve No. 1 That work on the new road between Aberdeen and Laurinburg will begin almost immediately and that available funds will be used for the prompt im proving of U. S. Route No. 1 south of Aberdeen was the outcome of the meeting held here on Monday of this week when Moore, Scotland and Hoke county representatives met with State Highway Commissioners J. Elwood Cox and James McNair. The meeting was held in the office of Johnson & Johnson Monday afternoon after the commissioners had spent the day in specting the roads of this section re quiring attention. The contract for the section of the Laurinburg road from Aberdeen to the point where the route crosses the river two miles below Blue's Bridge will be let at the next meeting of the High way Commission, it was said. Hoke County highway engineers were here Monday ready to bid on the job then, but because of the fact that the road will be built partially from Federal funds, there must be a public letting of the contract after proper bids. The load win be of sand and gravel at first, to be paved later. The Scotland county end oif the construction work is ready to go ahead, it is said, the contracts both the highway and On Lipton’s Yacht Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Eckert of Southern Pines'View Races as Guest of Sir Tom I <Pleiise turn to 5) STATE AND COUNTY CLINICS START FIRST OF NEW YEAR Standing alongside the rail with Sir Thomas Lipton as he watched his Shamrock in its losing quest of the world’s yachting supremacy were Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Eckert of Southern Pines. Mr. and Mrs. Eckert were guests of Sir Thomas throughout the recent races be tween the Shamrock and Ameri ca’s Enterprise off Newport, Rhode Island. Mrs. Eckert’s brother represents an American firm in London and there met Lipton some time ago. It was through him that Mr. and Mrs. Eckert became acquainted with the famous challenger for America’s cup, and when he came to America again this year he in vited the Eckert’s to spend the per iod of the races with him on his facht, from which they followed the progress of the four races. Unfor tunately for Sir Tomas, it was not a cheerful view, for his Shamrock ivas always trailing behind the craft sailed by Harold Vanderbilt. BEHER CONWHON IN CfflNA AID TO TOBACCO GROWERS China Second Only to Great Britain in Importation of U. S. Bright Leaf USES 160,000,000 POUNDS Many of the children of Moore county ard looking forward eagerly to the State clinic which is planned to begin about the first day of 1981. This clinic is made possible by a most generous personal offer of $900.00 by Mrs. Francis T. Keating of the Health & Welfare Association who has done so much in the past in the interest of the health and welfare of Moore county. Mrs. Keating has guaranteed the fund necessary to procure the State clinic for Moore county. The dental clinic at present being c(?nducted on Saturday forenoons from 9 to 12 o’clock started through a gift of $500.00 from Mrs. Keating, is be ing very well attended and the ma jority Of the dentists of the county are planning to give their services free of charge and so with the splen did grift of the dentists the clinic will be made free to those children who cculd hot otherwise have their teeth treated. This will mean much to the health of the children who are priv ileged to attend these clinics. COUNTY-WIDE INTEREST IN FAIR AT CARTHAGE Three Auto Accidents, During Past Week Sailors Have Narrow Escape in Collision at Vass.—Baby Injured FIVE CENTS POLO PONIES ARRIVE FOR SEASON At PINEHURST It begins to look like this winter season at the Pinehurst race tr*«k and polo fields. Eleven new ponies from Texas ’have arrived for S. V. Slocock to school for the winter tour naments, and the Sandhill Polo Club ponies, the Raymond ponies and Col. Hawes’ horses are coming down from Winston-Salem next week. They have ! t en turned out up there during the Fummer months. OR. MUDGETT ENJOYED XONDON-PARIS FLIGHT Dr. William C. Mudgett, of South- <-rn Pines, who has just returned from study in the hospitals of Edinburg, Scotland, enjoyed a trip from London to Paris by airplane while abroad. It >.vas the doctor’s first adyehture in the air and he states that after the first few minutes of recovering from the sensation of flying the trip Across the English Channel was most enjoy able and a worth while experience. Interest in the forthcoming Moore County Fair is becoming county-wide, and farmers particularly are prepar ing for the event. The Premium List is out and shows splendid prizes for all kinds of produce, needlework and goodness knows what-all, and if you have the best something in the county, you are sure to leave the fair richer for its exhibit there. Those needing any help in making selections of exhibits should call on County Agent E. H. Garrison at Car thage or drop a line to the Fair Asso ciation there. Sheets of all this in formation are being prepared for dis tribution to those desiring them. The Fair is scheduled for October 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18. REVIVAL SERVICES Three automobile fe<!cide’htSi> all ap parently due to cireJleiS driving, marked the week ifi 'Sandhills. For tunately, none of a very serious nature, but tl^ heed for a State oper ators’ liceiv^ law is becoming more and mdife vital to curbing recklessness and isfatighter on the highways. Last m'oht'h’s death toll in the state, due to the automobile, was a serious re flection on the state’s lack of control over drivers. “Sailors’ luck” was given as the explanation of the miraculous escape from death or injury of H. D. Fore and J. L. Forbes of the U. S. S. Wy oming on Sunday afternoon when the car in which they were being given a lift collided with the automobile of Jim Elliott as he was about to leave the highway in Vass to turn onto the Union road. The sailor boys, who were enroute to Atlanta, had been picked up this side of Sanford by S. B. Howell, a school teacher, who was on his way to Florida. Howell’s car struck Elliott’s and then turned over against an electric light pole, badly damaging the car, but inflicting no injury whatever to the occupants, El liott’s wife and little adopted son and “Aunt” Charity McKeithen, all high ly respected colored residents of Vass, were in the other car and they too es caped injury. Miss Hilda Gorrell, of Mt. Vernon Springs escorting two, teachers of the Gibson school southward on Route 50 about 4:00 o’clock last Sunday af ternoon were struck by a Ford car coming out of Young’s road. The Ford driven by Eddie Williams, colored, threw the heavier Buick off the road, badly damaging both cars. Some of Eddie’s colored passengers were se verely bruised and shaken while the passengers in the Buick escaped ser- By Bion H. Butler Talk on the floor of the warehouses Tue*='day points to a rather definite state of satisfaction among the far mers, who appear to regard the prices and prospects of the market as better than they had expected, and with a feeling that things are not as bad as they had been painted. The quality of the leaf on the floors told of a better crop than the average, and from what tobacco men who have been in other sections say the harvest in this section has been of a higher grade than in many of those places where prices have been less satisfac tory. It is true that some complaint is ^eard of the effect of the dry weather, although on the other hand the weath er conditions al*e credited With the pro duction of a bettel* type of tobacco. As is usual niany opinions are forth coming these lines as on others at all timeSv It is believed that the dis play feft the warehouse floors on Tues day wias one of the best ever shown irt Aberdeen in the opening days. No doubt this had to do with the more satisfactory prices than were expect ed. But it is predicted by observers of the offerings in other sections that thfe local market, will continue to bring out higher g^rades than the av erage over the state, which encourages hope of prices that will be reasonably ratisfactory. ^ Other influences are mentioned by tobacco men. One is the interest that is said to be shown by independent buyers, men who represent concerns that are securing tobacco for export that are securing tobacco for export, or on their own responsibility, or for smaller manufacturing agencies that are calling for a considerable quantity of good leaf. This factor is said to be growing important in the trade from year to year, although the figures are not at hand to determine to what ex tent, Another influence is thought to be seen in the apparently improved civil conditions in China, War over there has been disturbing all com merce, which includes imports of to bacco. With the tidings of peace in China hope is expressed that the Chinese tobacco trade will stimulate the local markets. In 1928 the ex ports of American manufactured bright flue cured tobacco to China reached 160,000,000 pounds, making China, next to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the big gest buyer of American unmanufac tured tobacco, and so close a second to Great Britain that these two coun tries took over 320,000,000 pounds of American bright flue-cured, furnish ing the chief market. It is noticeable that while these two countries take such a vast quantity of American bright flue-cured tobacco they use lit tle of any other types, the hurley go ing abroad in unmanufactured form being not more than two per cent as much as the lltight leaf to China and Britain alone. 70 Per Cent Exported Another thing that gives much in terest to the war conditions in China is that China and Britian together tcke in unmanufactured form almost was offered 15 for it here. Prices ran from two to three cents on an average better for the same quality leaf as Bull Market Greets % acco Growers on Opening Day of New Bright Belt Here Nearly 200,000 Pounds Sold on Warehouse Floors at Average Close to 16 Cents BEST OPENING DAY IN HISTORY “The best opening day in Aberdeen’s i grower refused six and one-half history as a tobacco market,” as sev- cents for a lot at another market and eral expressed it, seems to size up the story of Tuesday’s opening on the floors of the two local warehouses, i on the earlier markets. It was a reg- Everybody seemed happy, and the far- I ular bull market. Saunders had over mers, basing their expectations on 1100,000 pounds on the floor that morn^ prices paid in earlier markets else- j ing, v/^here, a little surprised at the returns | Edwards,^ Lewis & Williams, who from their leaf. I are again operating the Aberdeen It was good tobacco, and the buy- | Warehouse this year, had a fine op- ers ready to pay for it, \with the re- ening day business Tuesday afternoon,, suit that the average price for the j Their quantity was not quite as great nearly 200,000 pounds offered here I as at the morning session but prices Tuesday ranged around 16 cents. | held up. At both warehouses the Strange as it may seem in the face of | prices paid for inferior grades was a reports from other sections so far I surprise. Another surprise was the this season, this average is better by' excellent quality of the better grade two and one-half cents than the av- ; leaf. One lot sold at 55 cents, erage on Aberdeen’s opening day a E. B. Maynard of Aberdeen spent year ago. The sales also exceeded last' a busy Tuesday as auctioneer. It wa? year’s opening day sales by about r. hot day and E. B. looked as if he’d 100,000 pounds, but last year’s open- : just played four quarters of a foot ing was a rainy day and many grow- ^ ball game in July before he’d gone ers failed to put in an appearance. | aown one tier of baskets. You could On the first sunny day of last year’s wring him out. We meant to get his local market, sales reached 150,000 j weight before and after taking. He pounds. The first three days’ total a lost more than his shirt. year ago was 300,000 pounds. This iigure was almost reached in two days this season. Big Crowd on Hand B. B. Sounders had the opening ses- Wednesday was an anti-clim^ix to the big opener, but some 75,000 pounds came to town and brought good prices. Meanwhile, Carthage did well at its sion Tuesday, and the vicinity of the j opening. About 150,000 pounds was warehouse looked as if the circus disposed of there, the price averaging had come to town. Parking space any- j well up toward 14 cents. The quality where near the big building was at a' of the offerings were unusually high, premium. Crowds watched the sale. Much tobacco was here for which far mers had refused what they consider ed too low a price on other markets. nnd the farmers agreeably surprised with their returns. Sanford had a record quantity on hand and was unable to market it all and were rewarded for waiting. One the opening day. Home-Coming at Old Bethesda October 5 Barber Has Trouble Addressing Kiwanis Dr. A. R. Shaw of Charlotte, a Son of the Church, Will Preach in Morning John Bloxham: Tries to ‘Hog’ FIcfor But President Rules Him Out The annual Home Coming at Old Bethesda will be celebrated on the fnst Sunday in October, the 5th. An all-day program is being planned. Dr. A. R. Shaw, of Charlotte, a son of the church, will preach the sermon at the mornnig hour of worship. This is an announcmeent of interest to all as he has has wide family connections liere and throughout the state, and still a wider circle of friends who will be glad to see and hear him. An trum, but this inspired Murdoch John- The Rev. Ernest L. Barber of the Aberdeen Presbyterian Church, after considerable difficulty, was assigned the job of principal speaker at this week’s Kiwanis Club meeting heW Wednesday noon at the new Pinehurst Community Church. John Bloxham, of the Program committee, announced that he himself would speak and car ried four huge volumes to the ros- outstanding layman has been asked to speak to the congreg^ation at the afternoon hour, and as soon as his ac ceptance has been secured further an nouncement will be made. A basket dinner will be served on the grounds. The importance of all comers bringing baskets well filled cannot be stressed too much. We trust that all will see to it that such bas- son to arise in his wrath and state that the club had heard from John so much of late the members were getting sick and tired of it. The Rev. Fred Stimson of Southern Pines also objected on the ground that John was not properly clothed to address the club. John was wearing his short pants. Presidenjt Shamhurger ruled Brother Bloxham out as speaker, and kets are prepared for they will be Mr. Barber stepped to the front. Of needed. It is also asked that those who are interested in the old church and home coming will extend special invitations to former members and friends who have moved away, that they may be here on that occasion. PRITCHARD AT CARTHAGE A large and enthusiastic audience numbering Democrats as well as Re publicans turned out to hear the Re publican Senatorial nominee, George M. Pritchard of Asheville at 8 o’clock last night in the Court House. Con gressman Pritchard discussed issues of the day as affecting state and na tion. The revival services scheduled for the Presbyterian churches at Union, Cypress, Lakeview and Vass during the month of October are being looked forward to with much interest by the various congregations. Mr. Brigham, an evangelist singer of note, will come from Binghamton, N. Y., to assist the pastor, the Rev. Charles A. Lawrencp, during the four weeks. FOOTBALL HERE TODAY Aberdeen High School’s., football team plays its first home game of the season this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock against the strong Elise Academy team. The game will be played on Keith’s Field. (Please Turn to Page 5.' W, N. HUTT OF WEST END MARRIED IN NEW YORK W. N. Hutt of West End and Miss Anne E. Cox of New York were mar ried in New York on August 30th, ac cording to announcement just receiv ed here, and after a northern honey moon will return to the Sandhills early in October. CHILD INJURED Little Dewey Cameron, five-year- cld 6on of Mr. and Mrs. Mack Cam eron of Lemon Springs was riding with his father on a truck last Mon day, when he accidentally fell off, fracturing his skull and also receiving internal injuries. (Please turn to page 5) DR. JACOCKS TO SUCCEED LATE DR. LAUGHINGHOUSE Dr. William Pickard Jaeoks of Edenton has been elected secretary of the State Board of Health to succeed the late Dr. Charles O’H. Laughing- house. Dr. Jacock’s acceptance of the position came in the form of a cable from India, where he is engaged in health work at present. Dr. Jacocks captained the University of North Carolina football team in his college days, and was probably the greatest quarterback of his day. Dr. L. B. McBrayer of Southern Pines had been among those promi nently mentioned to succeed Dr. Laughinghouse, LIGHTNING STRIKES ON FARM OF BEN BRADIN While the family was away from home Tuesday afternoon fire, sup posed to have come from a stroke of lightning during the fierce storm, broke out in the poultry lot at the house of Ben Bradin, east of South ern Pines, and for a time threaten ed to destroy the entire group of buildings, house and all. But the neigh bors arrived and confined the flames to the minor structures and a small number of fowls. The whole valley of the upper James creek was blanketed in smoke for a brief period, and with the wind blowing fiercely and the storm raging the outlook was not promising. But it proved to be less extensive than appearance indicated. course it was all in fun. “Things we should do to make the community a better place in which to live,” was the subject of Mr. Bar ber’s talk, and he stressed the need of advertising, organizing, deodor izing, spiritualizing and a few other- izins hereabouts. Mr. Barber couldn’t find much to complain about with the Sandhills and wants the world to know what a grand place we have here. It was decided at the meeting to elect delegates to the State convention at Raleigh November 5, 6 and 7 at next week’s meeting. COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR MAKES EXCELLENT REPORT J. D. McLean, county tax collector, has made settlement for 1929 taxes with what is considered an excellent showing. Nearly 92 per cent of the 1929 taxes was collected, about sev en per cent sold for taxes and certif icates of sale covering the sales, and about one per cent was declared in solvent. Mr. McLean was reappointed Tax Collector.
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