ATTEND THE FAIR
Carthage
October 14-18, 1930
THE
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 10, NO. 45.
OEMOCRATS NAME
J. W. LAMBETH TO
OPPOSESPENCER
Wins Long Term Nomination
While Hinton James is Nam
ed For Short Term
hanuey
PILOT
18 PAGES
TWO SECTIONS
THIS WEEK
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Aberdeen^ North Carolina
Friday, October 10, 1930.
FIVE CENTS
MRS. HAMMER HONORED
J. Waltei' Lambeth of Thomasville
IS the nominee of the Democratic
]iarty to succeed the late William C.
Hammer in the Congress of the Unit
ed States from the Seventh district of
North Carolina. He will oppose Colin
G. Spencer of Carthage, Moore county,
’n next month’s election. This is for
the full term of two years beginning
March 4th next.
For the short term, the unexpired
< rtion cf Mr. Hammer’s term wind
ing up next March, the Democrats
nomniated Hinton James of- Laurin-
i'urg. He also opposes Mr. Spencer,
tiie Republicans having nominated the
( aithage man for the short session.
Mrs. William C. Hammer refused the
nomination for the short term to suc
ceed her late husband.
John Walter Lambeth, Jr., the Dem-
(icratic nominee for the long term, a
native of Thomasville, is comparative
ly young, being only 36 years old, but
has had wide experience. He served
as a member of the North Carolina
State Senate from the Twenty-Third
district following his graduation from
Trinity College (now Duke Univer
sity) in 1916 and post-graduate
courses at Harvard, Columbia and the
University of London.
Served in France
During the World War he was a
sergeant with the First Army of the
American Expeditionary Forces. He
i? a member of the Kappa Sigma fra
ternity, the Masonic Lodge, and the
Methodist Church. He is engaged in
the furniture manufacturing busi
ness in his native town. He is a son
of John W. and Sumner Lambeth. He
announced his candidacy for Congress
last spring, but later withdrew, leav
ing Representative Hammer unop-
jiosed.
Hinton James, Laurinburg banker,
farmer and business man, who is the
nominee for the short term, has serv
ed as former mayor of Laurinburg
and has been actively identified with
the Democratic party and public and
civic affairs all his life, though he is
still a young man. He is a son of
the late Alexwinder L. James, for
many years an outstanding citizen
and business and civic leader of this
section of the State.
J. P. Morris, Editor, Sandhill Citizen
For Many Years, Dies in 77th Year
Publisher Took Over Reins of
Southern Pines Paper on
Death of Dr. Foss
HAD BEEN ILL FOR YEAR
Tobacco Farmers To
Hear of Co-Op Plans
County Chairman T. D. McLean
Calls Meeting at Carthage
Today, Friday
The Moore county meeting of to
bacco farmers to discuss the propos
ed co-operative marketing of their
crops ■•as been called for this af
ternoon, Friday, at 2 o^clock at the
Court House at Carthage by T. D.
McLean, Moore county chairman of the
Governor’s Tobacco Relief Commit"
lee. In a statement to The Pilot Mr.
McLean said yesterday:
The plan of marketing tobacco
will be explained and organization
committees appointed, consistmg of
^hree men or women for each com
munity in the sections where tobac
co is grown. The State College, either
through its county agent or voca-
toinal teacher, will explain the con
tract for the marketing of tobacco.
Fveryone who is interested in a bet
ter price for their leaf is urged to
attend this meeting.”
Mr. McLean and D. A. MeLauch-
lin of Vass, vice chairman for this
our.ty, are to have charge of or
ganization in this county. Meetings
in other counties have been held' dur
ing the past week.
PARENT-TEACHERS MEET
ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
Joseph F. Morris, for many years
the editor and publisher of the Sand
hill Citizen, Southern Pines, died at
S o’clock Tuesday morning at the
residence of Lloyd Clark, which Mr.
and Mrs. Morris had been occupying
during the summer months. Mr.
Morris had been in failing health for
about a year, and was confined to his
bed for a week before his death. He
was in his 77th year.
Mr. Morris came to the Sandhills
several years ago at a time when Dr.
Foss’ death left the Sandhills Citi
zen of Soiithern Pines in a receptive
mood, and being an old newspaper
man from the North he concluded a
deal whereby he secured possession
of the property and at once proceed
ed to carry out the board policies of
Dr. Foss and also to expand with the
forward movement of the territory.
He enlarged his plant, provided much
new machinery, increased his force,
and soon had entered a broader pub
lishing field than any one had sus
pected as the fate of this part of
the country.
As Southern Pines grew he helped
in the lead of every new thing, and
he added materially to the name the
Sandhills section has enjoyed with
the press of North Carolina. For a
time he carried on a printing business
in Pinehurst, but the growth of his
business in Southern Pines called for
the concentration of his energies, and
advancing years compelled him to give
his time to the parent pl^nt.
He took a^' active part in commun
ity affairs, and with his wide ex
perience in newspaper life he had
the knowledge that made his useful
in his village activities.
Mr. Morris is survived by his wid
ow and by one son, born of a prior
marriage. Hiram Westbrook, who for
many years has been associated with
him in the publication of the Citizen,
is a brother-in-law.
Throng Attends Funeral
The Rev. Murdoch McLeod of the
Pinehurst Community Church offi
ciated at the funeral services held in
the Church of Wide Fellowship,
Southern Pines, of which Mr. Morris
was a deacon and regrular attendant.
The Rev. J. Fred Stimson of the Bap
tist Church in Southern Pines assist
ed, and Mrs. Maxwell Grey officiated
at the organ. The services were at-
HAIL EHRINGHAUS
AS NEXT GO\TOOR
IN MEETING HERE
Crowd at Dixie Theatre Hears
Plea for Bailey and
Democracy
FLAYS G. O. P. REGIME
JOSEPH F. MORRIS
ABERDEEN LEADS
ALL MARKETS IN
AVERAGE PRICES
One Lot Sold Here Yesterday
For 50 Cents and Many
Above 40
NEW RECORDS IN SIGHT
The average price paid for tobac
co on the Aberdeen market thus far
this season has been higher than ^on
any market in any of the tobacco belts.
The Pilot was authoritatively inform
ed yesterday. Exceptionally high
grade leaf has been coming in regular
ly to the local warehouses.
Yesterday upwards of 70,000 pounds
sold here at an average of 17 cents.
The average for the week has been
17 1-2 cents, with sales for the week
totalling 225,000 pounds.
One lot sold on the Saunders’ floor
yesterday at 50 cents, J. L. Hall be
ing the fortunate farmer to score
high for the day. A. R. McKernan
sold a lot at 40 cents, L. F. Ellis at
45, R. E. Kiddle at 40, John James
at 36, Joe Burns at 30, R. A. Mc
Intyre at 37 cents, J. R. McIntyre
and J. R. Oxiders at 40, C. C. Allen
at 38 and others at prices ranging
from 30 to 45 cents. Tobacco is com-
tended by the multitude of friends the j ing in from far points because of the
deceased had made during his many high average which Aberdeen has been
The Aberdeen Parent-Teachers As
sociation will hold its October mee4>
^iig on next Wednesday afternoon,
October 15th, at the Grammar School
at 3:00 o’clock. A full attendance of
all members is requested.
years of residence in this section,
large delegation of members of the
Kiwanis Club, of which he waa the
eldest member, attended in a body.
Mr. Morris, or “Uncle Joe,” as he was
familiarly called by the members, had
for years been an active Kiw’anian
and faithful in his attendance at the
club’s weekly meetings. He was also
a member of the Southern Pines
Chamber of Commerce and active in
iis affairs. Resolutions of sympathy
to the widow and expressive of the
great loss to their reppeetive organi
zation and to the community were
enacted by both the Kiwanis Club
and the Chamber of Commerce at
their last week’s meetings,.
Mrs. Morris accompanied the body
north on Wednesday night, the bur
ial to be at the Westbrook family plot
in the cemetery at Ridgewood, New^
Jersey. Mr. Morris came to this sec
tion from New jersey, where he had
taken a prominent position in the
business and social world until the
milder climate of the ^outh tempted
him to make Southern Pines his
home.
GENERAL BUTNER ASSIGNED
TO COMMAND IN HONOLULU
making thus far this season, and there
appears to be every evidence that the
local market will run well ahead of
the state average this year, as it has
done in all years since the market was
established here with the exception of
last season. A new record for total
sales is also likely to be established
this season if the present rate keeps
up, which seems probable in the light
of the advertising which this market
getting for its high averages.
IS
General H. W. Butner, former com
manding officer of Fort Bragg and
brother of M. F. Butner of Pinebluff,
has been assigned by the W"ar De
partment to command in Honolulu,
and sails next Sunday to his new
post of duty. He will be there for the
next two years. General Butner is
well known to residents of the Sand
hills. His brother, M. F. Butner, spent
several days with the general in Win-
ston-Salem this week prior to his
departure for the far-off island.
Club Adjourns Out of
Respect to J. F. Morris
Kiwanis Holds Brief Meeting
After Which Members At
tend Funeral in a Body
The Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen; held
a brief meeting on Wednesday, ad
journing, after necessary business had
been transacted, out of respect to
the memory of its deceased member,
Joseph F. Morris of Southern Pines.
Mr. Morris was the oldest 4.iember
of the local club, and one of the most
faithful attendants at the weekly
luncheon meetings. A committee was
appointed to draft resolutions to be
sent Mrs. Morris and published in
the newspapers, and the members
were called upon to attend the fun
eral held Wednesday afternoon in a
body.
M. G. Nichols of Southern Pines
was introduced to the club as a new
member and made a brief speech of
appreciation in response to the Rev.
J. F. Stimson's remarks of welcome.
Dr. J. Symington, County Health Of
ficer, called the members^ attention
to the Cancer clinic to be held next
week at Carthage.
In all the years o^ the remarkable
growth of North Carolina under
Democratic control, the tremendous
expenditure of State funds involved,
not a page in its histoiV reveals the
slightest shadow of financial scan
dal, and today North Carolina stands
above every state in the union, Ala
bama alone excepted, with the lowest
per capita cost of government, J. C.
B. Ehringhaus of Elizabeth City told
a crowd of several hundred residents
of Moore county gathe^’ed to hear
him in the Dixie Theatre in Aberdeen
on Wednesday night. Mr. Ehringhaus,
here in the interest of the party’s
campaign for the election of Josiah
William Bailey to the United States
Senate and a full Democratic repre
sentation in the House of Represen
tatives, was introduced by Murdoch
M. Johnson of Aberdeen as “our
next Governor.”
On the rostrum with Mr. Ehring
haus were two Democratic candidates
chosen last week to succeed the late
William C. Hammer as Representa
tive in Cong^ress from the Seventh
Congressional district, J. Walter Lam
beth of Thomasville for the long term,
and Hinton James of Laurinburg for
Mr. Hammer’s unexpired term. Both
spoke a few words to the assembled
gathering and were enthusiastically
received by their potential constitu
ents. Chairman Johnson also intro
duced Judge G<*orge H. Humber of
the Recorder’s Court, County Solicitor
M. G. Boyette, Sheriff Charles Mc
Donald and Clerk of Court John Will-
cox.
Party Accomplishments
Mr. Ehringhaus presented what he
called a panorama of progress in civ
ilization’s upclimb in the state of
North Carolina, recalling the educa
tional advance launched by Governor
Aycock, the solution of social prob
lems under Governor Glenn, the hand-
Img of the delicate problems of the
World War by Governor Pickett, the
start of the good roads campaign un
der Cameron Morrison, the institu
tion of economic stability through the
budget system in State government
by Governor McLean and, coming
down to the present day, the launch
ing of what Governor Gardner terms
“the fight of the little man for a
chance to live,” the “Live-at-Home
program initiated by the Governor
this year.
The speaker spoke in the highest
terms of the Democratic candidate for
United States Senator, Mr. Bailey, of
whom, he said, we may well be proud
to have represent the State at Wash
ington. He answered some of the ar
guments of the Republican candidate
for Senate, Mr. Pritchard; he dis
cussed national affairs and wanted to
know what had become of Republi
can campaign promises of two years
ago on farm relief, prosperity, pro
hibition enforcement; he stated that
90 per cent of prohibition enforcement
effort was being carried on by State
and municipal authorities instead of
the national government carrying its
load of 50 per cent as required under
the terms of the prohibition law. He
w’anted to know what had become of
the great leadership we were promised
if we elceted Mr. Hoover to office,
and leapt upon various and sundry
officials of past Republican adminis
trations for various and sundry mis
conduct in office. And he flayed the
Republican tariff, citing examples of
its serious effect upon industries of
North Carolina.
Fair to
•mm
Jloore
Attra^ Q thousands to
Carthage Next Week
Educational and Farm Exhibits, Entertainment
Features and Athletic Contests
Scheduled Each Day
Get Acquainted Week
County Fair Provides Oppor
tunity For Educational, En
joyable Days for All
There is no better occasion for
a community get-together than a
County Pair. The Joseph G. Hen
son Post No. 12, American Legion,
and the officials of the Fair As
sociation headed by Sheriff Charles
J. McDonald are to be congratu
lated on providing the opportunity
for such a gathering of the clans
at Carthage next week, and we.
bespeak the support of the entire
citizenry of Moore County.
There will be something of edu
cational value for all. Clean, whole
some entertainment features have
been provided for all ages. Pile the
children into the flivver and head
for the County seat on Tuesday or
any day thereafter next week. Let’s
make it “Get Acquainted Week”
in Moore County.
—Editor, The Pilot.
Seek Local Funds For
Advertising Route One
A.?sociation to Raise $500 in
Towns of Sandhills Along
U. S. Highway
Of the $4,000 to be raised in three
s-tates for advertising the U. S. No.
1 Highway this winter, two-fifths
each are to be raised in South Caro
lina and Georgia and one-fifth in
North Carolina, Shields Cameron, sec-
i£tary of the Southern Pines Cham
ber of Commerce told the board of
directors of that body when they met
at the Country Club there on Tues
day. And of the $800 thus allotted to
North Carolina, the budget calls for
the raising of the following amounts
in the various towns of the Sandhills
along the route:
Aberdeen, $100; Lakeview, $50;
Pinebluff, $50; Southern Pines, $250,
and Vass, $50.
An extensive advertising and pub
licity campaign has been outlined to
try to induce the northern public to
more freely use Route 1 on their
journeys south. Dr. L. B. McBrayer,
president of the Chamber of Com
merce, and Secretary Cameron at
tended a meeting of representatives
of North Carolina towns interested
in the campaign last week, at which
time the plans for raising the fund
were discussed.
MRS. WINN, COLIN SPENCER
ADDRESS G. O. P. MEETING
FUN IN STORE FOR ALL
Sideshows, Clog Dancing, Old
Fiddlers, Greased Pole, Hog
Calling, Horseshoe Pitching
Among Stunts Scheduled for
“Get Together Week.”
OPEN GOLF EVENT AT
SOUTHERN PINES OCT. 24-25
A golf tournament open to golfers
throughout the state was announced
yesterday for the Southern Pines
Country Club on Friday and Satur
day, October 24 and 25. Eighteen
holes will be played Friday and eigh
teen Saturday. The field will be di
vided into three groups, according to
handicaps, and trophies will be award
ed the low net scores in each divis
ion.
Mrs. Juanita Gregg Winn, vice-
chairman of the Republican State Ex
ecutive Committee, and Colin G.
Spencer, Republican candidate for
Representative in Congress from the
Seventh Congressional district were
the speakers at a Republican meeting
held Tuesday night in the Civic Club
in Southern Pines. Mrs. Winn discuss
ed the issues of the day as they par
ticularly apply to the women voter,
and made a distinct impression on
her hearers. Mr. Spencer spoke brief
ly in behalf of his candidacy to suc
ceed the late Congressman Hammer at
Washington.
THE ARK TO OPEN SCHOOL
SEASON NEXT TUESDAY
The Ark, Mrs. Millicent A. Hayes*
school in Southern Pines, will open
on Tuesday of next week with a large
number of pupils, some of whom will
make their residence at the school dur
ing the winter. Mrs. Hayes has im
proved the approach and grounds at
The Ark since last season and some
minor ch nges have been made inside
the building preparatory to the open
ing of the school year. Several new
teachers have been added to the fac
ulty.
»
The Moore County Agricultural
Fair, a community exposition revived
from the bygone days when the Pine
hurst Race Track was the scene,
cpens next Tuesday at Carthage,
“bigger and better than ever.” Con
ceived in the minds of the Carthage
Post of the American Legion some
months ago as something worth re
storing for the education and enter
tainment of the citizens of the county,
the committee in charge, headed by
the Legionnaires, has been busily en
gaged since then to put on a worth
while show, and if the preliminary
announcements are any criterion, the
reincarnated exposition will be well
worth a visit by every resident next
week.
We cannot begin to list the at
tractions. The PremJum Book presents
page after page of prizes for pro
duce of the local farms. The program
of amusements offers day after day
cf entertaining stunts, clog dancers,
old fiddlers, greased < pole climbing,
horseshoe pitching contests and what
not. There’ll be a dog show, education
al exhibits by pupils in the county
schools, essays on the industries of
the county, on its resources, on the
county’s history.
Every day of the fair will be bright
ened with some mirth-provoking
event. The clog dancing is schedul
ed for Tuesday, October 14, at 3
p. m., on the midway. Five dollars
V gold goes to the dancer who re
ceives the loudest and longest ap
plause, as determined by the judges.
Paiticipation is limited to members
of the colored race. The old-time fid
dlers will perform on Wednesday, the
second day of the fair. The gold award
of $5 goes to the fiddler who receives
the oldest and longest applause.
The “greasy pole” contest will be
staged on Thursd?»y, and the hog
calling contest on Friday. A horse
shoe pitching contest ,to be held un
der the rules of the American Horse
shoe Pitching Ajssocfi'ation, will be
staged at 3 o’clock on Saturday, the
closing day of the fair.
Many Premiums Offered
The Premium List offers gold
prizes and ribbons for the best ex»
hibits of corn, gi'ain, hay, soy beans,
tobacco, field crops of all kinds, flow
ers, fruits, nuts, vegetables, breads
and cakes, candles, canned fruits and
vegetables, fruit juices, jellies, pickle.s,
linens, arts and crafts, dairy cattie,
beef cattle, swine and chickens.
A number of prizes on school ex
hibits and essays are offered to the
students of Moore county. These in
clude: High school exhibit, grammer
grade exhibit, primary exhibit, agri
cultural exhibit, home economics ex
hibit, essay on “Industries of Moore
County,” essays on “Resources of
Moore County,” essays on “Moore
County iHHitry,” ;exhibit oif Moore
county industries, and map of Moore
county.
Another interesting feature of the
fair will be the Moore county bench
show to be held under the direction
of Ed Fry, famed Moore county hun
ter and dog breeder. IMzes are of
fered for the best pointers, setters
and hound dogs. The bench show will
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ABERDEEN 6, CARTHAGE 0
Aberdeen High School defeated Car
thage High in a fast and furious
football game at Carthage last Fri
day afternoon. Tii^^ score was 6 to 9.
Mott, halfback and Dumeer, end,
starred for Aberdeen, while Baker,
center, shone for Carthage.