HAHI-CY
SOUTHBRM
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 11, NO. 1.
Aberdeen, North Carolina
MOORE COUNTV-S
leading news
weekly
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PILOT
THE PILOT
TEN YEARS OLD
THIS WEEK
of the Sandhill Territory of Nort^7^4^i^rolina
Friday, December 5, 1930.
cents
TO OPEN BIDS ON
NEW ABERDEEN TO
LAURINBURGROAD
Highway Among 22 Construc
tion Projects Involving Cost
of $1,500,000
A federal aid road
Figures Reveal Valuable Aid
Rendered by County Hospital
Nearly 8,000 Patient Days
Sho^Ti in 10-Months Report*
Many Colored Patients
The grading, structures and topsoil
oil Route 241 of the State Highway
system, running from Al3erdeen to
the Hoke county line, 'and the gi'ading,
structures and topsoil of 3.49 miles in
Hoke county from the Moore line to
the Scotland county line are includ
ed in the list on which bids will be rp.. . „ . „
, . ^ ^ 1 lotal income from full pav natients
received bv the department next week, ^ P y P tients,
Some figures that tell of the work
of the Moore County Hospital at Pine-
hurst for the ten months up to the
fiist of November give the following
comparison:
Full Part Total
Pay Pay Free Patient
Patients Patients Patients Days
White ....2,766 1,585 l,l54 5,505
Colored .. 156 5979 1,447 2,200
Totals ....2,922 2,182 2,601 7,705
Percent .. 37.9 28.3 33.9 100
December 9th. This means the prompt
starting of work on the new road from
Aberdeen to Laurinburg, added to the
State Highway system last year. Fed
eral fund? are available toward the
cost of this highway.
Twenty-two highway construction
projects, involving about $1,500,000,
are included in the list on which bids
will be received at the State Highway
office in Raleigh December 9, John
D. Waldrop. State highway engineer,
announces. These include an aggre
gate of 25.5 miles of concrete, 11.42
miles of ^sphalt, 14.31 miles of gravel
surfacing, 21.13 miles of grading and
structures, 3.49 miles of grading,
^structures and topsoil, three bridges
and the structures on another road.
Nineteen of these projects are ap-
pro\1sd for Federal Aid, estimates
being that half a million dollars in
Federal money will be utilized on
except those in Martin, Tyrrell and
Sampson count»«!^* ’I'he $500,000 cour.ty
equalizing’ fund and funds from the
districts will be used on these pro-
$19,261.16; from part pay patients,
$3,976.10. The average per patient
day: full pay patients $6.59; part pay
patients, $1.82. The average daily
cost per patient, $5.25.
This shows an extremely large pa
tronage of the hospital by the colored
people of the county, or 29 per cent
of the total number cared for. As two-
thirds of the colored patients were
free it is easy to see that the institu
tion is doing a great work for that
group of the county population. One-
fifth of the white patients were treat
ed free, W’hich is further evidence of
th big" work the hospital is doing wit-
out pay, te total services of the hospi
tal is doing without pay, the total
services of the hospital given free
amounting to a little over one-third.
The number of full pay patients was
somewhat over a third of the full
irumber, and the part pay patients a
LT. GOV. FOUNTAIN
TO OPEN POULTRY
SHOW ON DEC. 11
Promotion of More and Better
Bred Birds Purpose of Vass
Exposition
NEW COMMISSION
TAKES OFFICfTO
GOVERN COUNTY
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Currie and Shaw Succeeded to
Positions of McLaucHlin and
McDonald
HAVE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE
IN TOBACCO WAREHOUSE
Plans for the first annual Sandhill
Poultry Show, which will be held in
the tobacco warehouse in Vass on
December 11, 12 and 13, ane rapidly
goin forward, and in addition to the
large number of poultry exhibits that
will be on hand, a very attractive pro
gram has been arranged. The fair as
sociation has been very fortunate in
procuringi the services of Lieutenant-
Governor R. T. Fountain to make an
address on the opening day, Thurs
day. This address will be at foui
o'clock in the afternoon, and special
features have been arranged for each
succeeding day.
The purpose of the Sandhills Poul
try Show, as stated in the very at
tractive catalog which has been is
sued, is to promote more and better
pure bred poultry in the Sandhills.
It is a non-profit organization, strict-
By Bion H. Butler
Monday I went over to Carthage to
nose around a little. The news com
missioners were given charge 'of the
county g-overnment that day. Dan Mc-
Lauchlin and Mose McDonald gave
way to Wilbur Currie and G, C. Shaw,
the latter a former member of the
bo^ard. Tf.ie new orgr^ii?i,ation took
hold with an air of familiarity, which
was to be expected, as E. ,C. Mathe-
son was a hold-over from the retir
ing board, and Currie a man familiar
with business affairs and, as a resi
dent of Carthage, and one who has
always been in contact with county
proceedings and experiences.
The new board goes into action with
the credentials of a big vote, which
says the people of the county have
been decisive in their selection of the
men who are to have control of af
fairs for the coming two years. Con-
sidrable effort was made to overrun
the political standing of the county
government; but the result left no
c’oubt as to the confidence of the ma-
/"jority of the people in the authority
that has been accepted. Moreover, the
“It Is More Blessed-
Earnest Appeal Made For
Clothing for Needy Fami
lies of County
ly educational
First and second cash prizes ar- of- ! brought out many features
fered for various exhibits of Amei
of county operation, and the new
little less than a third. The part pay |ican breeds, Mediterranean breeds afTd |
Coroner’s Jury Says
Hussey Was Murdered
Death Due to Blow oh Head Ver
dict After Body of Farmer
is Exhumed
That Dock Hussey came to his death
from a blow on the head by a blunt
instrument in the hands of an un
known party was the verdict of a
coroner’s jury, after the body had been
exhumed and examined and after the
examination of witnesses, of necesity
postponed from Saturday until Sun
day on account of a furious fight en
gaged in by a son of the deceased and
Turner Brown, had been completed.
Dock Hussey, a man of some sixty
years and a resident of the upper sec
tion of Moore county, was found dead
in the barnyard of a neighbor, Har
vey Sheffield .Coroner D. Carl Fry
and Deputy Sheriff Slack went to
the scene and sa w the body, lying in
the barnyard, frozen, but as there
was no evidence of foul ptay and as
the family did not suspect anything,
no inquest was held. The body was
interred at Smyrna Church cemetery.
Some two weeks later, rumors that
the man’s head was burst began to
circulate, and on Nov, 29, at the re
quest of the fanlily, an order was is
sued for exhuming the body. This was
done on last Saturday, and an exam
ination was made. A knot on the head
which was not noticeable when the
body was in a frozen condition was
plainly visible. An examination of
witnesses was started, but so much
disturbance was raised by a son of
the deceased and Turner Brown, fol-
patients, three-fourths as many as the
full pay patients, pay about a fifth
as much as the full pay patients, or
to be more specific, the full pay pa
tients, a little over a third of the en-'
tire patronage of the hospital, pay
four-fifths of the income of the in
stitution from its services.
The Pilot presents these figures
with its comparisons that the people
may understand how fully the hospi
tal is serving- the entire population of
im
r
English breeds, and in addition th^re ! of the people, but with
is an interesting list of sweepstakes ^ Popular mandate as to what
IF thoug^ht about county government
by the people. County business af-
and special prizes offered by several
business men of the county The jjJcfg-
ing will be in the hands of comp«ht
judges from State College, and mill
fairs disK!^r:!::35d ir; the l"rt
campa gn than is usually the case,
and p -ipular sentimert was more
thoror. vhly indicated during the pro;®-.
1 ress c Hfthe campaign.
tion is open to the Sandhills, but | Not An Enviable Job
Mayfield, the secretary, states that I So t ie voters have selected a bunch
anyone who wishes, regardless of of thi le m^n in whose ability eon-
That unusual conditions exist
within the bounds of our county is
certain, and there is a great op
portunity for that part of the pop
ulation enjoying the comforts of
life to render assistance to the
less fortunate ones, and that with
out incurring any hardship. There
are families where the need is very
great; there are others where the
father in the home has at least part
time employment and can provide
food for the family, but can not
stretch his meager earnings far
enough to make them provide
clothing suitable for the winter
months.
An earnest appeal is being made
for discarded clothing for distri
bution among the needy of the
county. Garments which the own
ers ^consider unfit for further wear
may be just the things that some
mother would be thankful to have
to cut down into clothing for her
little children.
Those wishing to make a contri
bution will please send same to
one of the following Christmas
Daddies:
Aberdeen—Murdoch M. John
son.
Carthage—H. Lee Thomas.
Knollwood—John Bloxham.
Pinehurst—Willard Dunlop.
Southern Pines—P. Frank Buch
an.
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KIWANIS Cl,
ABERDEEN ELECTS
OFFICERS FOR 1931
Richard Tufts President, Dan I.
McKeithen, Vice President, W.
L. Dunlop, Trustee
BIG GIFTS FOR XMAS FUND
be done according to the rules of^the
Standard of Excellence.
According- to the catalog, comc^i
lAKEVIEW BOY IS
Kn i EB BY GUN
IN MAR
Vernoi Mclnnis, 12, Victim of
Trag-Ji Ajccide«it While
Hunting Duck
the county, rich and poor, black' and Viy'e&, will be allowed to j fidencc is re^isteied, ^and the boarJ j LOOKED AT WRONG TIME
white aiHke, and the burden that is
placed on someone that the work may
be done and nobody turned away for
want of means. From this information
it is easy to see that every who can
contribute even a little to this neces
sary work is welcomed to add his sum,
much or little. Funds are necessary to
carry on, and it can come in the form
of a check, a bushel of potatoes, a hen,
a dozen of eggs, or anything that will
be useful in an institution that has so
many caills for help from folks who
can not pay but who must be cared
fx»r.
The hospital’s birthday “pounding”
was a great success, generous frjends
throughout the county sending food
enough to fill the storerooms and pan
tries for severa:l di.iys. Gifts of this
sort mean a great deal in keeping
down current expenses, and all such
gifts win be welcome at any time.
Pounding Big Success
A letter received by The Pilot this
week from Dr. Clement Monroe, sur-
geon-manager of the hospital, reads:
^‘On Novenrber 25th, the first an
niversary of the Moore County Hospi-,
tal,a pounding was given the hospi
tal by people throughout the county.
Judging from tbe quantity of articles
of food received, I think alnaost every
one in the county contributed some
thing. This will l5e a great help to
lowing words over some trivial mat- • the hospital in its rather strained
ter in‘connection with the case, that j condition and I think the spirit behind
I the whole moverfient was most beau-
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MRS. J. C. STANLEY DIES AT
HOME IN MASSACHUSETTS
Coming to The Pilot through a let
ter to a friend is the news of tbe
death of Mrs. John C. Stanley in her
home in Newburyport, Mass., Wed
nesday, November 26th, the funeral
services being held during the af
ternoon of Friday. Coming ..to South
ern Pines with her husband, John
C. Stanley in 1898 this estimable lady
became endeared to many friends who
will be saddened by her loss. Spend
ing her winters here Mrs. Stanley be
came an earnest tneniber of the old
King^s Daughters Association and was
noted for many acts of Mndneas,. Her
Itusband survives.
tifiil and encouraging. The donors
were extremely poor people as well
as those in better financial positions
and I -also was told of several in
stances where colored or very poor
white people gladly gave articles of
food when it would have been abso
lutely impossible for them to give the
smallest amount of money. They real
ized what the hospital has meant to
them and are grateful for it—making
us recall distinctly the Widow and her
Mite.”
ELMER HARR5NOTONS» ARRIVE
Mr. and Mrs. J. Elmer Harrington
and children arrived from Bethlehem,
N. H., Wednesday evening. Mr. Har
rington will open the Southlaud Ho
tel fihortly.
compete for the prizes this year.
The program is as follows: Thurs
day: 4.00 p. m.—Address by Lieut.-
Gov. R. T. Fountain; 7:00 p. m.—
Basketball games, Farm Life School
vs. Vass-Lakeview (boys and girls).
Friday: 4:00 p. m.—Talk by Paul
Sease, State Poultry Specialist; 7:00
p. m.—Basketball games, Pinehurst
vs. Vass-Lakeview (boys and girls).
Saturday: 7:00 p. m.—Fiddlers’ Con
vention.
The officers of the poultry show
are Martin Cameron, president; Au
brey Keith, vice-president; D. A. Mc-
Lauchlin, treasurer; R. L. Mayfield,
secretary. Directors, S. D. Byrd, R.
H. Cox, H. A. Borst, Aubrey Keith,
Dan S Ray and R. L. Mayfield
Anyone wishing infoimation in re
gard to the show should communicate
with R. L. Mayfield, secretary.
MRS. CURRIE HOSTESS TO
BOOK REVIEWERS’ CLUB
Mrs. W. H. Currie, president of the
Book Reviewers’ Book Club, was its
gracious hostess last week, at which
time a most impressive feature was
the initiation into the club of two
new members, Mrs. L. P. Tyson and
Mrs. J. L. McGraw. The president’s
address of welcome to them was par
ticularly enjoyed.
assem led Monday with the assur
ance that they are chosen for their
ftdmir strr.tion after dv3 considera
tion ' nd careful judgment. That
starts them off with a good fee iup
toward thsir job. It may be said that
with a clean slate and a clear sky
they 1 ave the situation fully in their ^
hands as they would wish. The next ^^‘^ting
thing is for the people of the county
tc stand by the men they have engag
ed for the job of carrying on the bus
iness of the county. It is an easy
matter to complain of public officials,
but very often a little help from the
people will lessen the occasion for
complaint. These three men have not
a very enviable job on their hands. >
The responsibility is great and their
work is given to the county practi
cally for nothing. To get the best
results from thie new board i^ is
well to remember that they wiU have
their hands full during their tBrm of
office.
Instea d of looking on them as a
source of every thing that any of us
may want from the public crib, it
will be far more profitable to the
county if we all determine to en
courage these men to use their best
judgment on every proposition that
comes up before them. They will be
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Vernon Mclnnis, 12- year-old boy
of Lake view, was instantly killed
about 4 o’clock Thanksgiving after
noon when he was accidentally- shot
by a gun in the hands of his uncle,
Howard Mclnnis, aged 13, while out
The boys with James Lee Blue, 14,
v/ere out on the lake in a bo-at hunt-
iiig ducks. James Lee was sitting in
tlie center of the boat, rowing, and
the other boys were in opposite ends
Howard spied a duck and as he told
his companions about it raised his
£,’un to fire. Vernon raised up to look
and the load struck him, tearing off
the top of his head.
The horror- stricken children
screamed for help and other Lake-
view boys hunting nearby went to
their aid. Howard and Vernon were
unusually devoted to each other, hav
ing been constant companions from
babyhood, and Howard was almost
frantic with grief over the horrible
accident.
Funeral services were held in the
Lakeview Presbyterian at 2 o’clock
Friday afternoon, conducted by the
pastor. Rev. Charles A. Lawrence, and j
'^tribution committee. All needy
Christmas Club Candidates Neck
and Neck in Race for $1,600.00
The second lap of The Pilots Big j people can help make this campaign
Giristmas ^^5^? i a great success by lining* themselves
Tuesday, December 2nd, the first | ® . , , . ^
period having ended Monday night, | behind their lavorite candidates
December 1st. The contestants are ! and help them to win the prizes. Some
covering towns, communities and rur-1 worthy contestant you may be ex- RIPLEY’S BOOK, FILMED, TO
the church was filled to capacity with
relatives and friends of the family.
Interment was made in the Lakeview
cemetery. Vernon was a member of
the fifth grade of the Vass-Lakeview
school and was popular with his class
mates.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Clem Everett; several brothers
and sisters; his grandfather, D. J.
Mclnnis, and a number of uncles and
aunts, all of Lakeview.
The Kiwanis Club of Aberden eat
its annual meeting held in the Pine
hurst Country Club Wednesday', elect-
Richard Tufts, of Pinehurst Presi
dent for 1931, succeeding Frank
Shamburger, of Aberden; chose Dan
L McKeithen, of Aberden, as vice
president, Willard Dunlop, of Pine
hurst, trustee and re-elected I, C.
Sledge, Pinehurst,^as treasurer. Seven
directors were elected as follows:
Paul T. Barnum, Southern Pines;
Henry M. Blue, Aberdeen; M. G.
Boyette, Carthage; Ralph Chandler,
Southern Pines; Nelson C. Hyde, Ab
erdeen; Chairles J. McDonald, Car
thage and Hiram Westbrook, South
ern Pines.
In a gracious speech of acceptance
after his unanimous choice as pres
ident, Richard Tui^s ackncKvledged
the honor as in his opinion “the
greatest to be accorded an individ-
! ual in Moore county.” ‘ He outlined
: briefly some of his plans for the com
ing year, and invited the outgoing
as well as the incoming officers and
directors to be his guests at a dinner
on December 18th to discuss the fu
ture of he club.
Committee chairmen gave their an
nual reports, as follows:
Underprivileged Child Committee,
the Rev. Murdoch McLeod; Agricul
ture, Gordon Cameron; Auto Legisla-
ion, Rober N. Page; Fininc, Gloma
^<irdries; aii^ ^ion,
Hiram Westbroo^:; Mmbership and
Jrjnes Tuxts; Kiwanij Education, Hi-
Classificaticn, E. T. McKoithen; Mus
ic, Shie'ds Cameron; Pcblic AfJailfe,
Paul Dana; Publicity, Nelson C.
Hyde; Roads and Planting, F:-ank
Buchrn; School Attendance. D. I.
I.IcKoithen; Ladies’ Night, John Blox
ham; Greenhous-9 Committee, John
Bloxham.
Gift of $200
Frank Buchan, chairman of the
special Kiwanis Christmas Daddy
committee, reported the donatio i of
$200 by Gammack & Company, New
York brokerage house with a bianch
cffic3 in Southern Pines, the receipt
of other cash contributions, iiiuch
^'lothing and many toys and urged
the members to continue their efioi’ts
toward making this Christmas period
one long to be remembered by the
less fortunate members of the com
munity. The club voted a sum of
.$200 from the treasury to aid this
committee in its work of aiding the
unemployment and poverty in Moore
county. The clothing and funds will
Lc distributed by a committee of
clergymen, aided by the county
physician. Dr. J. Symington. Other
donations for this worthy cause
should be sent to one of the follow
ing: Frank Buchan, Southern Pines;
H. Lee Thomas, Carthage; W. L, Dun
lop, Pinehurst; John Bloxham, Knoll-
wood or Murdoch Johnson, Aberdeen.
The Rev. T. A. Cheatham, Rev, M.
M. McLeod, Rev. J. F. Stimson and
Rev. E. L. Barber compose the dis
eases
al sections iA Moore county and sur
rounding territories, yet there are
some they have not reached.
The first period of the race clos
ed with the contestants neck and neck,
and one good week of hard work
would bring the contestant with the
lowest standing right up to the top
of the list That is just how close
it is. They are leaving no stone un
turned and are diiving with full
force for just as high a standing as
possible for them to atUin during
the next two and a half weeks.
pecting to call on you and so far has
not reached you would appreciate
your getting in touch with her.
People Can Help
We are not running a standing of
contestants in this issue owing to
the fact that we have not finished a
complete audit of first period votes.
It takes several days to do this. Look
in next issue. All details of the $1,-
600 Christmas Cliib Campaign will be
found in the page advertisement in
this issue. The contest closeis De
cember 22nd.
BE SHOWN AT PINEHURST
Charlie Picquet announces that the
picture entitled, “A Devil With Wo
men,” which shows on Monday night,
December 15th at the Carolina Thea
tre, Pinehurst with Victor McLaglen
starring, was taken from the novel,
“Dust and Sand,” written by Clement
Ripley, of Samarcand. Mr. Ripley is
well known throughout the Sandhills,
having spent many winters here both
before and since attaining fame as an
author.
are to be thoroughly investigated.
Mr. Buchan announced that stores
had agreed to donate groceries and
provisions, and that Charles W. Pic
quet, manager of the Carolina Thea
tres, had donated 20 per cent of the
proceeds from the picture “Along
Came -Youth”, to be shown at the
Southern Pines theatres Dec. 18, 19,
and 20th.
Send Eight To College
Edwin T. McKeithen then reported
for the Moore County Educational
Foundation, a club charity which aids
^worthy young high school graduate s
in further pursuing their education,
that $1,858 had been received during
the past year and loans granted to
the amount of $1,734. Four boys and
four giris are being aided through
college by means of this fund.
I. C. Sledge read the treasurer’s re
port for the year showing a balance
in excess of a year ago, and secretary
Herbert VaiFs report showed increas-
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