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MOORE COUNTVS leading news weekly THE ^ jmrthaoe EACLE LSPAINCS jNuar \JACKSOH SPRINGS VASS A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding ABeROC£>r ^LAKEVieW MANL.EY fSOUTHCRM Piri£8 ASHUEY HKIGHTS PILOT SELL YOUR TOBACCO ON THE ABERDEEN MARKET jh, 10, NO. 44. vIOVE LAUNCHED TO SYSTEMATIZE LOCAL PLANTING riranizations Propose Joint - ommittee to Work Out Plans For General La^ndscaping EEK HARMOUNIOUS PLAN Prf4EBLU>P Aberdeen, North Carolina of the Sandhill Territo’ CoJ'^rth Carolina - • bi,7ec. Friday, October 3, 1930. FIVE CENTS \ movement has started in Southern having* for its aim the creation ati organization for the purpose making the country in and immed- tly around Southern Pines the ' usant park that is possible. With ;u aim in view the Chamber of !iimerce. Town Commissioners, Civ- I !ub, and possibly other e-xisting will appoint a joint commit- ■- to devise plans and to propose ( hods that shall give promise of . -kinfe such an end practical and suc- meeting Monday afternoon gave work a start. Among other • ngs it is proposed that with the Jvice of A. B. Yeomans and E. Mor- il a system of planting the whole i;ia.a*e as a community unite shall be esignated as a portion of the whole scheme, each separate unit to he han- :led in harmony with a plan that -hall include the whole village. Noth ing shall be done without the approv al of these or other landscape archi- lects equally capable. Such a sch-eme would do away with ihe haphazard custom of each man planting what his notion dictates, and when and where, and would give symmetry and harmony to all the streets and ways, a zoning project governing locations and districts and an intelligent supervision insuring the best possible results all over town. While the attempt to get underway is of recent date, the dream has been stirring in the minds of a number of persons, and from the favor with which the proposition is received it looks as though it would come at once into favor in Southern Pines and be a Howled in an infectious manner in the surrounding villages and commun ities, for this planting habit h*as al ready begun to, run wild. The South ern Pines idea is to carry its de signs to the village boundaries and try to have the country roads carry ■he good work farther out, and the ylief is that every outside point will undertake to connect up with the Southern Pines basic plan until all he region is planted or suggestions Congressman William C. Hammer Dies Suddenly at Asheboro Home Had Served Seventh District at Washnigton Continuously Since 1901 (Please turn to Page Seven) Annual Homecoming' at Bethesda Sunday ^iorning and Afternoon Services with All Invited to Bring Picnic Luhc'h The annual home coming will be ^' 1(1 at Old Bethesda Church on .lext o’ Tiday, October 5th, and all the t:iends and neighbors of this old -urch are cordailly invited to be pies- •nt. An all-day program is planned. Dr. V. R. Sh^w, of Charlotte, a son of i'ethesda, will preach the morning -mon on the subject: “At Fyening ’ ime it shall be Light,” and Dr. Wat- on Fairley will preach at 3 o'clock a; the afternoon. Th« sacrament of the Lord’s Supper will be administer- at the morning service. ^ All the “Old Timers’^ and friends f Old Bethesda Presbyterian Church ■ e urged to come, bring a basktt, and ' et with their friends at th-ese' ser- i >js. The choir will have si.'erial = usic for the occasioUv EACHERS’ MEETING TO BE HELD OCTOBER IITH The first county-wide teachers’ meeting of this school year will be •^ield in the Carthage high school •^■uilding on Saturday, October 11, be- ■ inning at 10:00 a. m., according to '^'formation given out by County 'Superintendent H. Lee Thomas. Dr. J. Henry Highsmith, director school inspection for the State, will be the principal speaker and sev- ' I'al other prominent educatros have ^>een invited to discuss various topics interest to the teachers. The short term schools will open Jor the fall term on Oct. 13. William C. Hammer, Representa tive in Congress from this, the Sev enth district of North Carolina since March 4th, 1920 and the choice of the Demqpr^tic party to succeed hirrj- ?c]f for another term, died sudden ly at his home in Asheboro last Fri day afternoon. Mr. Hammer had just returned from the funeral of hjs fiiend and colleague. Congressman <-harles M. Stedman, at Fayetteville. Death was due to a heart attack. Although Mr. Hammer had not been in the best health during the past year, he appeared well and in fine spirits when on last Thursday afternoon, not twenty-four hours be- for his death, he stopped to call on ;friends in Aberdeen on his way home ?rom Fayetteville. He talked inter estedly at The Pilot office of his campaign against Colin G. Spencer of Carthage for reelection to Con- •:-ress. and expressed confidence in the result. Friends who saw him last Thursday and who heard him when he addressed the local Kiwanis Club in July spoke of how much better he looked this time than on his pre vious visit. His death came as a great shock to a host of friends arid admirers in this section of his dis trict. Mr. Hammer,Was born in Randolph county, attended Yadkin Institute, Western Maryland College and the University of North Carolina. He was admitted to the bar in 1891, before whi<;h he taught school for a time. He had served as member of the city council, Mayor of Asheboro, member of the school board, county school superintendent and solicitor in Superior Court before his appoint ment in 1914 as United States attor- rey, which position he held until h-s nomination for Congress in 1920. He married Minnie Lee Hancock in 1893, and she with one daughter survives him. Mr. Hammer was a member of the Judiciary committee of the Hous3 oi Representatives. Thousands attended the improssive funeral services held at the Ham mer home in Asheboro last Sunday .;fternoon. Among those from Aber deen j>t the funeral were Mr. and I.Irs. Robert N. Page, Thad Page, James Lineberry and Murdoch M. Johnson. Martin Vice-President of Page Trust Co. WILLIAM C. HAMMER NO DEARTH OF CANDIDATES FOR SEAT IN CONGRESS Thad S. Page Prominently Men tioned as Mr. Hammer’s Suc cessor in Coming Election HAS STRONG SUPPORT Question of a successor to the Dem ocratic nomination for Congress fn»m this ^district grew to be the topic of the day soon after the shock of the report of Congressman William C. Hammer’s death had somewhat sub sided, and there have been no dearth of rumors and hats in the ring and informal nominations and withdraw als all week. The list seems to have settled down to the following a\ail- able candidates: E\'EREST HOME IN SOUTHERN PINES GUTTED BY FIRE Attractive Residence on Mass. Ave. Almost Completely De stroyed by Flames RECENTLY REFURNISHED The attractive home of Charles P. Fverest at the comer of Massachu setts avenue and Cross street in Southern Pines was completely wreck ed by fire which broke our in the attic of the house yesterday morning about 10 o’clock. Delay in getting the alarm in gave the flames a start which members of the fire depart ments of Southern Pines an 1 Aber deen had difficulty in getting under control. The roof caved in before the flcmes were finally conquered, and the loss t>y fire and water is said to be almost total. Fires were started yesterday m.orn- ing in the furnace and the fireplace. The house had not been occupied for two years, and it is believed that tiash accumulation around the chim ney in the attic caught from sparks. Mrs. Everest and Mrs. Margaret Cameron were in the house at the time, and smelled the smoke the second floor. The Everest home had recently been almost completely refurnished ready for winter occupancy. Much of the lower floor furniture was gotten safe ly outside before the water was tjrn- ed on. Four streams were played on the flames, which spread so rapidly that fear was entertained for neigh boring residences. There was a wind blowing which hurled sparks consid erable distance. The house w^as a ten-room frame and stucco structure built six years ago, and was one of the attractive res idences along Massachusetts avenue. Political Pot in County Starts Boiling on News ^ of Nr. Hammer’s Death Republicans Announce Platform and Democrats Point with Pride to IjOweiring of Taxes and Other Accomplishn^ents COLIN SPENCER IS FIGHT CENTER By Bion H. Butler sion and its employees and agencies. In the last few days I have been! so as to secure more and better roads nosing around and talking politics I with the road work more equitably with some of the fellows. Somewhat! distributed through different sec- cmietly under the surface considerable | tions, an<f service to the County at discussion of affairs in the county is j less cost. going on, and the death of Mr. Ham-1 9- We favor: (a) a reduction and mer last Friday crystallized phases i a more equitable and uniform valua- of it, as that event brought up the | ^ion of lands; (b) a diligent search Congressional situation, which in turn j and discovery of hidden property called attention to other features of! hitherto untaxed; and (c) a diligent the county battle. Difference of opin- ‘ effort to have the law amended for Thad S. Page of Aberdeen, son of!---- Ttyr»ii-i xx J former Congressman Robert N. Page MFS, MllllKen HOnOrea 2nd Mr. Page’s secretary during his by DeitlOCratiC Party career at Washington. Solicitor Don Phillips of Rocking-1 Named Vice-Chiairman of state ’ I Executive Committee for Con- Arthur Ross, Moore county, broth-j gressional District er of George Ross. Raleigh Banker Will Act Cashier of New Unit at Raleigh as The election of W. Reid Martin as vice-president and cashier of the Ral eigh unit of the Page Trust Com pany was announced Tuesday night by John Nichols, executive vice-pres ident of the Page’s 10 banks. Mr. ]\Tarfin will assume his new duties October 8. At the same time Mr. Nichols an nounced that Harry Fagan, former cashier of the„ Raleigh Banking and Trust Company, whose banking quar ters the Page took over and whose accounts the Page is liquidating, will be manager of the Page’s new busi ness department and in charge of pub lic relations. “I speak for the whole Page Trust Company organization when I say ,that w^e are delighted to get Mr. Mar- tin,” said Mr. Nichols. “He is one of the outstanding authorities on invest ment banking in North Carolina.” Mr. Martin entered the banking bus iness in 1917 with the Raleigh Sav ings Bank and Trust Company. Two, years later he wa« made cashier of this bank, a position which he kept un til the bank was mesged with the Citizens National Bank in 1927. Mr. Martin then became vice-pres ident of the Citizen’s and remained in that office until the bank became a unit of the North Carolina Bank and Trust Company. Since that time he has been manager of the Raleigh office of the North Carolina Corporation, an organization which started as the trust department of the North Caro lina Bank and Trust Company ?nd la ter developed into a holding company* as well. ' J. Walter Lambeth of Davidson. W. E. Harrington and J. Chesley Sedberry of Richmond. Solicitor Clawson L. Williams of Sanford. Robert S. McNeill, Mocksville at torney. Among others mentioned but who announced they would not stand for the nomination were Union L. Spence of Carthage, George Ross, manager of State-owned farms, also of Moore county, and Solicitor J. F. Spruill of Davidson, who has throw'n his support lo Mr. Lambeth. Mr. Lambeth, whose home is in Thomasville, formally announced his candidacy in the spring, in opposi tion to Mr. Hammer for the nomina tion, but withdrew soon after be cause of pressure of business. Much in His Favor Thad Page is being prominently mentioned in this section of t)?e ex tensive Seventh district, and has been given assurances of support from many strongholds. He has the argu ment in his favor that a Moore county man is needed to offset the strong campaign which the Republi- Please turn to page 10 ANNUAL HARVEST BALL TO BE HELD OCTOBER 31ST. The Annual Harvest Ball, which is established as the opening social event of the winter season locally, is set for the Pinehurst Country Club on Friday, October 31st The commit tee is pleased to report that it has been successful this year in secur ing the Weedemeyer Orchstra, Cv.^- casion. This orchestra needs no in sisting of eleven pieces, for this oc- troduction and everybody will agree that it is one of the best orchestras that has ever officiated at a Harvest Ball. Several attemj^ts have been made in recent years to get them back but other engagements always pre vented. The Weedemeyer Orchestra is now filling an engagement at the Para mount Hotel in New York and is broadcasting over WJZ and WEAF. Mrs. James S. Milliken of Southern Pines was last week elected vice- chairman for the Seventh Congression al district of the State Democratic Executive Committee, one of the high est honors given a woman of her 1 arty in this state since the passage of the suffrage amendment. Mrs. Milliken is a daughter of Judge James S. Manning of Raleigh, and the wife of Dr, Milliken, for years a prominent physician in Southern Pines. MRS. WINN TO ADDRESS REPUBLICAN MEETING HERE The Southern Pines Republican Club is sponsoring a meeting to be held next Tuesday night, October 7th at the Civic Club in Southerh Pines, at which time Mrs. Juanita Gregg WinU; vice-chairman of the State Republi can Committee, is to be the principal speaker. Mrs. Winn is a graduate of the Greensboro State Normal School and of Wake Forest, and is a very in teresting and forceful speaker with a thorough knowledge of State af fairs. A large crowd is expected, a general invitation being extended to hear her. The meeting is scheduled for 8 o’clock. EHRINGHAUS TO SPEAK AT MEETING IN ABERDEEN J. C. B. Ehringhaus of Elizabeth City, one of the most forceful speak ers on public questions in the state, is to speak in Aberdeen next Wednes day evening, October 8th. The meet ing will be held in the Dixie Thea tre, and because of the prominence of the speaker a large crowd is ex pected to attend this meeting. SPENCER NOMINATED FOR SHORT TERM OF CONGRESS Colin G. Spencer of Carthage was yestreday nominated for the unexpir ed term of the late,Congressman Ham mer by the Seventh District Republi can committee which met at Thom asville. Mr. Spencer is the Republi can candidate for the long term be ginning March 4th next. ion as to the outcome of the contest in the county between Hammer and Spencer had been heard, but with Mr, Hammer’s death it appears to be the opinion that Mr. Spencer has a new job ahead of him, which is the plan ning of a contest with many entirely new conditions. And that started other talk. It is hard to see very far ahead on a fog gy road, so a number of the prophets hedge in giving their opinions, and lay much stress on “if.” Generally it appears to the the sentiment that Bailey will have pretty fairly the normal vote. But there are those who say they do not know what his ed- l.erence to Smith is going to do for him, and who shake their heads at the continued tendency of the New York leaders to be noisy in favor of repeal of the prohibition laws and amendment.^ The prohibition senti ment in the county is more or less at .'•ea, and falls back on “if.” In cer tain sections of the county a tendency seems to indicate restlessness, and some of the leaders are wondeiing if it means anything. Nothing that I have seen or heard confirms any op inions. but that “if” creeps in every cnce in a while. Mr. Bailey and Mr. Pritchard, can didates for United States Senator to succeed Senator Simmons, have spok en from the platfoim in Carthage in the last few days. They view^ed with alarm and pointed with pride, and de nounced and approved, and were criticized and applauded. I did not hear either of them, but I suspect that each of them said some things that made an impression, and sqme th*at did not. Also they delivered some stuff that was looked on as stage play. Different folks have dif ferent conceptions of the worth of some political oratory. It may be as convincing as in the days when con ditions were more strained, but those who talk to me about it do not seem as thoroughly stirred. ' Republican Platform A Moore County Republican plat form has been adopted to which the candidates for the various county of fices subscribe. Here is the way it reads: 1. We deplore the wasteful and extravagant method of administration of government and public affairs in Moore County and pledge a policy of strict economy in all departments of government. 2. We pledge to the voters of Moore County a substantial reduction of tax rate and not merely a gesture at tax reduction. 3. We favor placing county offic ers on a salary basis which will not be excessive. 4. We oppose the creation of new offices and the increase in taxes thereby made necessary. 5. We favor the abolishment of all offices not absolutely necessary to the progress and welfare of the County and a curtailment of expense in the remainder. 6. We favor the abolishment of the County Tax Collector’s office and the placing of the duty of collecting taxes upon the sheriff without any additional allowance except for trav eling expense necessary in the per formance of such duty. 7. We favor good roads but con demn the law that takes private prop erty for public use without just com pensation to the owner. 8. We favor a re-organization of the Moore County Highway Commis- Moore County, so as to eliminate the abominable cost and expense of tax sale and foreclosures including at torney’s fees. 10. We favor the impartial en forcement of all laws. 11. We favor a liberal' policy in the matter of public education and a uniform State system of taxation for the purpose of giving to all children of the State an equal opportunity to secure an education. 32. We believe in progress, but we are of the opinion that it should be attained along sane and reasonable lines and always kept within the lim its of the power of the people to pay. Spencer Leads Fight ,\ This is purely local. It makes no reference to the Congressional or Senatorial contests. Mr. Hammer was coming down from Asheboro this week to lay a lance in rest with Mr. Spencer, but all that now is of the past. Therefore the work done so far Congressionally has been done by Mr. Spencer and his friends exclu sively, without opposition in any or gan ized'^'foim. For his benefit they have been exhibiting, considerable aggressiveness. Whether that is to count in the new alignment is debat ed. Yet it is probably a fact that in Mr. Spencer’s appearance in the race is found the main spring of action that characterizes the more energetic Republican movement. He is undoubt-- edly leading his party, and to some extent the discontented h?ve been glancing his way with the inquiry of whether he may be the Moses who ia to gather the protestors. Alton Cameron’s name, Republican candidate for county commissioner, is heard here and there in places that £ay he has found favor beyond the- limits of his own party. Whether the opposition to the commissioners is more than is shown at every election is hard to say, for they are always picked out to complain about, as they are the unlucky fellows who appro priate or refuse to appropriate coun ty money, who grant or do not grant favors, and who are the most striking target for reprisals of any kind. Yet as Mr. Matheson is the only member of the present board asking reelection this seems a rather curious ground for war. Democrats Point With Pride I fell in with a little group of men prominent in the Democratic party and asked them for a platform on which they are standing for the cam paign, but they confessed that they had not issued anything of the sort, and might or might not later on. But they did say positively jffiat they would be active during the four weeks from now until the count is made. I showed them the Republican plat form. They had seen it and didn’t show excitement. “But,” said Mr. Boyette, who was one of the group, *‘I think we will overlook the imprac tical features of that platform, and encourage a general adoption of the rest of it, for the useful features have already been applied by the Democrat ic officials of the County in advanc ing county welfare.” Mr. Boyette is chairman of the Democratic executive committee of the county. From what I can gather from my talk with the men in the group they expect to “point with pride” to the lowering of laxes, to the good schools, the good roads, the. readjustment of system of (Please turn to Page 8) /
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