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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 11. NO. 10.
HAHUCY
PlNEBLUFF
PILOT
FIRST IN
NEWS AND
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territoi * ^j.r-^^Torth Carolina
Aberdeen, North Carolina
Friday, February 6, 1931.
FIVE CENTS
SCHOOL BILL MAY
REDUCE TAXES IN
COUNTY 40 CENTS
Six Months Measure Will Not
Affect Management, Says
H. Lee Thomas
Sandhills To See Return of Stage Coach
Webster Knight, Son-iii-Law of Vice-President Curtis, an En
thuisiastic Horseman, To Revive Ancient Sport.—Buys
Estate on Weymouth Heights
TOBACCO MARKET
aOSES AFTER A
RECORD SEASON
31 ST A REVENUE SHIFT
The McLean bill, making- it manda-
ill the State to maintain the
six months school term from sources
other than ad valorem tax, as passed
bv the General Assembly last week
\\ith overwhelming majorities, will
havA little effect on the organization
and management of the local schools,
<ai(] H. Lee Thomas, county superin-
ten<ient of schools in an interview giv-
■n to The Pilot this week,
“It ii? nothing more than a resolu
tion \vhich directs the Legislature to
?hift the source of the revenue for
school purposes. Instead of passing
the responsibility down to the county
1 ommissioners to levy a property
tax, as in the past, the Legislature
ha:' a?i^umed the task and will raise
the money from other sources. The
monfy will probably be distributed to
the counties in much the same man
ner as the State Equalization Fund
has been distributed in the past,” Mr.
Thomas said.
“Bases of distribution of the funds,
safeguards of economy in their expen
diture by setting up uniform stand
ards and other details will be embod
ied in a machinery bill which is be
ing prepared by sub-committees of the
House and Senate Committees on Ed
ucation. If any salaries are cut or
jobs abolished for purposes of econ-
The close of the transaction by Ar-, in going down. A skilled and careful
thur Newcomb which conveys to Web- j driver can negotiate practically any
ster Knight, 11, of Providence, Rhode i hill in this section with only the rar-
Island, the home of Walter Maples | est recourse to the brakes and with-
adjoining The Paddock on the east: out punishment to his beasts,
side of W.eyir.outh Heights, near i Old Time Coach
Southern Pines, is one of the signifi- ^ Mr, Knight has one of the few old
cant events of the winter. Mr. Knight | time coaches in this country. William
is one of the prominent textile men , H. Vanderbilt, of Rhode Island, drives
of New England. For a diversion Y\2 : one, and here and there another for-
is enthusiastically interested in ! tunate man has been able to secure
horses. Particularly he is interested in one, but most of them have passed out
coaching and coach horses. While he of existence. Mr. Knight hunted the
will bring to the Sandhills some huii- country over in hopes of picking up
ters and will ride in the fox hunts, an Old Concord coach but it was im-
hunters will not constitute the main possible. The coach horse is not very
factors of his tables. The incentive numerous in the United States. Great
that brings him to the Sandhills is j Britain and the continent have given
the cockney horse and a revival of more attention lo this type. Mr.
the famous sport of coaching. ^ Knight’s man is now in Holland look-
Mr. Knight has a force of carpen- ing for some animals over there. Be-
ters at work rebuilding the Maples fore the automobile came on the road
home for his present uses, and the the French coach horse had gained
barn on the place will be adapted for considerable popularity in the United
six or eight horses. Four or more of States, but of late years he has been
these will be coach horses which will j neglected.
arrive as soon as quarters can be : It is Mr. Knight’s desire to have his
provided for them. With them will , stables in shape to get his coach on
come a French coach, which Mr. the road by the opening of the Pine-
Knight has had put in thorough re-, hurst Horse Show next month. He
pair, as it is from the earlier days, feels right confident that if condi-
Million Pounds More Leaf Sold
in Aberdeen Than in Any
Previous Season
TOTAL OVER ,000,000
The Aberdeen tobacco market clos
ed for the season last Friday with a
new record for total sales. The actual
figures have not been released by the
Federal-State Departments, of Agri
culture as yet, but it is conservative
ly estimated here that gross sales for
the season ran around 5,500,000
pounds, producers’ sales around five
million. If the official figures show
this to be so, the Aberdeen market
handled approximately one million
more pounds of tobacco this season
than in any previous season.
Although the local market can boast
of its growth in total sales, it cannot
say as much for the average price
paid throughout the season. Off to a
good start the first month, when
Aberdeen led all markets of both the
Old and New Bright Belts in average
price, it failed to maintain its pace
and wound up the season fairly well
This is a large vehicle with a capacity tions prove to be as satisfactory £.s j down the list. Buyers here say the
for sixteen people. In addition to thi they seem the possibilities for coach- | quality failed to materialize, that both
room inside twelve persons can be car- ing* will lead other people to unite ! the Sanford and Carthage markets
ried on top, which is after all the with him in establishing this new ; handled a better grade of leaf this
popular deck of the coach. Four horses form of outdoor enteitainment. Tn season. This varies from year to yea?,
are driven to this coach. Mr. Knight the air is a little talk of a coaching' : dependent- upon local conditions,
is a driver of much skill and pleased . club. As the work develops much skill 1 Efforts are in the wind for the e.^
with the road conditions of the neigh- | on the part of the driver, handling a ' tablishment of a re-drying plant in
borhood. I four-in-hand or pair or tandem bt*-| Aberdeen befoie the opening of the
auunoiicwi xv/i. wx v-v-vyw Like the other horsemen who have j comes about as fascinating a game as j 1931-32 season. It is said that a proni-
omy, it will be contained in this bill. | been bringing their animals to this any of the others that engage the wi?i- , inent man in tobacco circles is inter
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General Sales Tax on All
Commodities Favored by
Chamber of Commerce
Transport Pilot
George- Colton of Knollwood
Airport Wins Coveted Li
cense from Unde Sam
Pilot George Colton of the
Knollwood Airport is now a full
fledged transport pilot, having re
ceived this coveted license from the
Aeronatics Branch of the U. S. De
partment of Commerce following a
rigid examination and a difficult
test.
Henry M. Dingley, of Pinehurst
has been granted a private pilot’s
license by Inspector Lanter of the
same department.
Major Lloyd Yost flew in from
Asheville at an average speed of a
little better than 150 miles per
hour.
Pilot and Mrs. Burrel White, Jr.,
are frequent visitors at the port.
Dr. Ruggles, of Pinehurst, hold
er of a transport pilot license^
made a flight Thursday.
Resolutions Passed After Stormy
Session of That Body in
Southern Pfnes
OPPOSE) NUISANCE TAXES
Additional Taxation of Hydro-Elec
tric and Tobacco Companies and
Auto Trucks Proposed in Document
Forwarded to Representatives in
State Senate and Legislature.
272 SEER JOBS AT
RELIEF OFFICE IN
It is generally expected that this bill j neighborhood the sand clay roads ap
H’iil be TnodelcJ after the famous Han-I pgal to him. They are easy on th«i
teek Act. i horses’ feet. This is important in the
“If the Legislature is successful in i case of the coach horse, which is a
passing an act adequate for produc-! rather large animal, weighing from
ing the required revenue to maintain thirteen to fourteen hundred pounds,
the six months school term without j and as the coach is tooled along at
r esorting to a property tax, it will | the rate of seven or eight miles or
vesult in a reduction of approximate- I more the spanking gait requires a
ly 40c on the hundred in Moore road surface on which the horses can
county. The total county rate now be- j get a good footing without pounding
ing- SI.05 on the hundred, this pro- ] him up.
posed reduction on schools alone
would be more than 38 per cent.”
Yeggs Blow Safe in
Postoffice at Vass
The hard roads will be avoided on
ter population here. Moreover coach- ested in a proposition to operate in the
ing has this added advantage that it j old plant opposite the Gulf Refining
gathers a group of a dozen or moi e : Company, and with some building im-
congenial people in an exhilaratmg i provements to take a long lease on
outing in which they can spin about in the pioperty. The establishment of a
all quarters of the country in long or | re-drying plant here would undoubt-
short drives as time or inclination ! edly mean a great increase in to-
dictates. ' acco sales on the Aberdeen market.
Mr. Knight has a park coach which . The nearest plant at present is at
he uses in the North where it is bet- 1 Duiham.
of more interest in this rural neigh
borhood.
To those who are old enough to ro-
Employment Committee Find
ing Work for Jobless, Beau
tifying Town
TO LAUNCH CAMPAIGN
j The Finance Committee
i Southern Pines Committee
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N. N. MCDONALD, ABERDEEN
SHOT NEAR LUMBERTON
of tho
of Em
ployment held its first meeting last
Wednesday at the Country Club. Dr.
George G. Herr, chairman, reported
that contributions are now received
daily and plans are underway for a
Opposing nuisance taxes but fav
oring a general sales tax on all com
modities of not more than one-tenth
of one per cent, the Board of Direc
tors of the Southern Pines Chamber
of Commerce (passed resolutions at
its meeting Tuesday calling upon the
State Senate and Legislature to re
lieve the landowner of the heavy bur
den of taxation now borne by him.
The resolutions were passed after a
stormy session of that body, the dis
cussion centering principally upon
whether it was fitting and proper for
the Chamber of Commerce to take
official action in the matter. The vote
was five to four for the resolutions.
Some directors failed to vote, others
voted in opposition on the ground that
the subject was not ‘‘a Chamber of
Commerce matter.”
Proponents of the general sales tax
held that this tax would fall heaviest
on those most able to pay, and was
fair and equitable. The resolutions
called for additional taxation of the
hydro-electric companies operating in
the state on the ground that they
were using natural resources belong
ing to the people for profit.
Tax Tobacco Companies
Another paragraph of the resolu
tions called for further taxation of
the tobacco companies. “These com
panies ought willingly to share more
evenly with the farmers the burdens
of taxation,” the document reads. Un
der the terms of the resolutions, pas
senger and freight carriers using the
i campaign to be launched within the i Putlic roads would come in for heavy
i next ten days. The goal has heen set | taxation, on the basis th^t they ar?
this account, the clay roads being i member the days of stage coaching
numerous enough to afford many | ter adapted for park and city driv
Watch and Jewelry, Property of
Postmistress, Principal
Loot Secured
miles of agreeable drives over wide
territory. Another feature that adds
to the interest in this vicinity is the
absence of long -steep hills which are
laborious in the ascent or dangerous
ing than the larg'e coach. It is doubt
ful if he brings it down, but certain
ly not right away as he is of the opin
ion that the large vehicle will prove
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By forcing their way through two
doors, one opening off the street and
Page Trust Acquires
Bank at Albemarle
Two Killed as Auto
Upsets Near Pinehurst
the second leading from the lobby Adds 14th Office and $600,000' New York Youths Lose Control
into the main office, burglars somt}-
‘inie during: Sunday night made theiv
way into the Vass postoffice wheri?
fhey I'lew open the safe and rifled
it, broke the lock on the cash and
tamp drawer and made a thorough
'^eairh for valuables. Fortunately, only
s -.mall amount of change and a fev>/
tamp< had been left in the office
in Deposits in Annexing
Stanly Institution
of Car, Which Turns Over
Three Times
Confidence in the future of North j Losing control of their Ford road-
Carolina and her citizenry was evi- j ster in an attempt to pull back on the
denced in the announcement this week j hard surface after one of the wheels
of the acquiring of another bank by ' had slipped off the shoulder of the
the Page Trust Company of Aberdeen, i highway, two young men, Hirsh Le-
—iiciu utjcii .c.u the Stanly Bank & Trust Company of ! vow and Nicholus De Carlo, of New
fluvint.; the week-end, and the loss to | Albemarle. It is getting so the taking i York, were killed when their car up-
tne iostal department was negligible. | over of banks by the Page Trust Com. I set and turned^ over three times neai
Robeson county officers are con
ducting a search throughout that sec
tion for Booker T. Currie, colored,
charged with shooting N. N. McDon
ald of Aberdeen with a shotgun last
Saturday. McDonald is in the Baker
sanatorium in Lumber with some sev
enty five shot in his right thigh. His
condition is regarded as very serious.
The shooting followed an alterca
tion between McDonald, who is a sub
contractor at a school building being
etrected at Orrum, and the Negro, a
laborer. It is said they fought dur
ing the morning and had to be (parted
and that McDonald was throwing
bricks at the Negro at the time of the
shooting.
NEW FERTILIZER MIXING
PLANT FOR ABERDEEN
; at $5,000 as the amount of monjy | competing unfairly with the railroads
that will be required to relieve the and should come under the same re-
quirements and regulations as do the
railroads.
Advertising* signs would be taxed
and censored under the terms of the
demands made upon the Assembly
by the Chamber of Commerce. The
resolutions call for a board of cen
sorship and control over the road
signs, a boaid comprising men and
Aberdeen is' to have a new industry
Hnwtver, ciuite a bit of personal prop- 1 pany is ceasing to be news. It is al- the Carolina Power and Light Com- ; in the form of a fertilizer mixing
■itv belongin.. to Mrs. Bertie L. Mat- ! most a weekly occurrence. The lo- pany sub-station between Pinehurst | plant, according to announcement
th™,. the postmistress, was stolen, i cal institution has already tak.n , and West End, on Route 70, Tuesday | made during the week by G Ober &
Tho robbery was discovered at 4:30 | charge at Albemarle. ! afternoon. The men, both about 20 | Sons, of Baltimore. The Ober con-
^londay morning when J. M. McMil
Ian and his son. Worth, who carry
iiiail from the postoffice to the
'•atif went in to deposit the mail
an early train. They found that
the doo! s had been opened and fume
The Stanly Bank and Trust Com
pany was organize^.in 1904 with the
years of age, were on their way from jcern, well known in the fertilizer field.
New York to Florida. Levow died on ! will establish a plant about one and
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late J. R. Price as president and J. ; the way to the Moore County Hospi- i one-half miles from the town on the
M. Peeler as cashier. A. C. Heath | tal, De Carlo about three hours after | Aberdeen & Rockfish railroad, near
succeeded Mr. Price and when Mr. reaching the hospital. Relatives from the old Blue Fertilizer plant.
Heath died in January 1930, E. E. New York claimed the bodies at the ’ It is understood that a new build
“c naa oeen upuneu axiw neani uicu m ^ i • ^ i ^ m ’
f ni , . -oiycerine which was used in | Snuggs became president. A. R. Hav- ; Powell undertaking rooms in Southern mg will be erected, To be about 50 oy
' Pen’iifj the safe were still strong.
McMillan promptly notified
Matthews and upon her arrival
" f >i nd things in a state of general
u: .on. The safe door was open
and mr.TK-y order books, insurance pol-
and other valuable papers were
around on the floor, but
th-: y V ' t e not damaged. A watch, sev-
■ ’ a pif f*es of jewelry and other arti-
‘ - ' herished keepsakes of Mrs.
'Matthews, were missing.
cash and stamp drawer had
forced open and was considerably
"Hniaged. The thieves did not both-
the few stamps that were in the
flvawer, but they removed the small
change that had not been deposited on
Saturday.
Sheriff C. J. McDonald and the pos
tal authorities were notified and Sher
ris became cashier' in 1913 and de- { Pines on W^ednesday.
posits of the institution had increased !
from $100,000 at that time to more HOME OF E. L. PLEASANTS
than $600,000 at the close of busi
ness December 31, 1930.
Addition of the Albemarle branch,
60 feet in size. The output will be
’ 100 tons per day, and it is hoped to
: have the plant in operation by Feb-
DESTROYED BY FIRE j ruary 16th. B. B. Saunders, head of
I the Saunders Tobacco Warehouses
The residence of E. L. Pleasants on ' here, will be in charge.
whiclT wm be operated in the Stanly ; Bethesda Road, Aberdeen, was prac-
bank building gives the Page organ-! tically completely destioyed by fire j INTERNAL REVENUE MEN
ization 14 banks extending from Ze- | early yesterday afternoon. Fire is be- j TO ASSIST TAXPAYERS
bulon in the east to Albemarle in the j lieved to have originated around the ,
, west. Combined assets of the banks | fireplace chimney. The furniture on
I are given as being more than $6,000,- | the ground floor was saved, but the
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000.
i loss upstairs was complete and the
Representatives of the U. S. In
ternal Revenue Department will be in
Aberdeen next Monday, February 9th,
house will have to be completely re- j to assist taxpayers in filing their
BURT MADE HONORARY | built.
MEMBER OF KIWANIS j
Struthers Burt was honored by the
Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen when it.^
Board of Directors elected him an
honorary member at its monthly
meeting held Tuesday night at the
Pinehurst Country Club.
Marriage License
License to marry has been issued
to Wm. Claudius Ferguson, Manly and
Miss Mary K. Phillips, Manly. Both
are popular young people of Moore
county.
Federal income tax returns. Those
desiring to avail themselves of their
assistance should take their blanks
with them to the Postoffice.
These government officials will also
be in Carthage on February 16th. Res
idents of the lower end of the county
should call at Aberdeen the 9th, those
in tet upper end at Carthage the 16th.
condition that is now existing among i
the laboring class of people. To date j
272 people, including both men and ^
women, have registered at the em- ■
ployment office in the Bernstein Build-
j ing on East Broad Street. The larg- '
{er number of those registered are
I negroes, however there are a few
1 white men that have applied for; , , . ,
I work. The work of beautifying the : women who desire to preserve and
! highway is now well underway and a . Promote the natural beauty along the
I force of men, in co-operation with : highways,
the town are busily engaged fillin/j ^ Copies of the resolutions Passed a.
in parkways and cutting underbrush. | the meeting, which was held at the
Teams and drag pans are cutting; Southern Pines Country Club on
down the sandbanks and filling in tho ^ Tuesday noon, are to be sent to th..
i low places. The construction of dii’t. President of the State Senate, .he
; sidewalks will start in a short tim’?. i Speaker of the House, Senator M.
^ E Morell, who is in charge of the Johnson and Representative U. .
i planting for the Chamber of Com- j Spence, the latter representing Moore
' merce, expects to start setting out, “ the two brancnes of the
i shrubbery within the next few days General Assembly.
! along the parkways that have been ‘ The squabble at the meeting arose
j completed.
I Teams and a large force of men are
j going ahead with the extension of
I the lower end of Pennsylvania' Ave-
j nue. The work on the avenue is pro-
giessing very rapidly at the present
I and the grading on the east side of
McDeeds Greek is making a big
'change in the appearance of the street.
, The town has received plans for the
! construction of a concrete culvert
I and it is expected that a contract will^
I be let an early date. The street will
! connect West Southern Pines and will
open a new short route to Pinehurst. lows:
It will run near the greenhouses of WHEREAS, the State of Nortn
Judge William A. Way. Carolina is now in the throes of the
To date 63 men have been given greatest financial depression that has
work on the highway and Pennsyl- visited it in many years; and
vania Avenue. This represents 63 fam- WHEREAS, the General Assembly
ilies or 308 people who have been pro- in session at Raleigh, N. C., is concern-
vided with food and other necessities ed in reducing the expenditures of our
of life. There has been a total of 88 i state and county governments and in
men given jobs since the work was finding new sources of revenue in or-
first started ten days ago. This inr , der that the overburdened land-own-
eludes men that have been employed | ers of the state may be benefitted
at the Country Club and with private | thereby; and
families. All of these people were! WHEREAS, many proposed meab-
without funds and many of them in ures have been and will be presented
almost destitute circumstances. I to the General Assembly, proposing
The extension of Pennsylvania Av- i new sources of revenue for the pur-
over whether the Southern Pines
Chamber of Commerce shouli not
stick to matters w'hich are purely lo
cal in character, rather than enter
in'^' into -sffairs of state government
ard attempting to influence legisla
tion. Those opposing this idea main
tained that matters of state taxation
vitally affected the residents of
Southern Pines and that the matter
v.’as therefore one properly before the
house.
The Resolutions
The resolutions adopted were as fol-
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