MOORE COUNTY’S
leading news
weekly
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 11. NO. 14.
W. Southern
Pines Taken
Over by City
Annexation Bill Sponsored by
Town Commissioners Passes
General Assembly
CHARTER IS REVOKED
Citizens There Deserve Advantages in
Way of Police Protection, Public
Improvements and Sanitation, Says
Southern Pines Official.
MANLEY
Plt1L3
VI
PILOT
FIRST IN
NEWS AND
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of Norl'i Carolina
Aberdeen, North Carolina
Now It’s “Judge” Poate
Municipal Recorder’s Court for Southern Pines Created by Gen
eral A^embly and Mayor Names Author—Doctor
Lawyer as Presiding Justice
Friday, March 6, 1931.
Southern Pines is to have its own Recorder's Court.
A bill providing for its establishment was passed by the General
Assembly on Tuesday, and Mayor D. G. Stutz immediately appointed
Dr. E. M. Poate as judge. The Mayor and Commissioners decided to
establish the court at once, to take the place of the Mayor’s Court
w^hich is now in operation.
Nex t "fuesday, March 10th, at 10 o’clock in the morning, the City
Recorder’s Court will be formally opened and will hold its first term
in the new Court room on the second floor of the Municipal Building.
Judge Poate will be sworn in by Mayor Stutz at that time. Howard
Burns, Town Clerk, is expected to act as Clerk of Court.
The court will have the same jurisdiction as the County Recorder’s
Court, except that it will be limited in jurisdiction to the Town of
Southern Pines and the district w’ithin two miles outside the town limits.
All misdemeanors committed within this territory will be tried before
Pr. Poate—author, doctor, lawyer, psychiatrist and now a judge.
MANNING TO PLAN
IMPROVEMENT OF
MIDLAND SECTION
To Lay Out Development Be
tween Souihiem Pines, Knoll-
wood and Pinehurst
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FIVE CENTS
NEW ROADS UNDER WAY
The bill to abolish West Southern
pines as a corporate village and an
nex it to Southern Pines, introduced
in the State Legislature by Senator
Murdoch Johnson at the request of | Woman of Commun Was One of Earliest Settlers of
ihe Town Commissioners of Southern i ity Passed Away Tuesday af- Blue’s Crossing, Now
Pines, was passed by the General | ter Family Reunion Sunday City of Aberdeen
Mrs. McNeill Dies . Mrs. Maggie Blue,
Suddenly at Vass 111 Two Years, Dies
Assembly yesterday. West Southern r
Pines, familiarlly known as “Jim- j community was shocked on Mrs. Maggie Blue, member of a
becomes a part of the City ot \ Tuesday as it had not been in a long prominent Aberdeen family, died at
iouthern Pines> its ovrn charter re- | time when it became known that Mrs. iher home here about 4:30 o’clock Mon-
voked and its present administration i g McNeill, one of the best loved ' day afternoon after an illness of al-
antomatically suspended. I
Tl' measure has been the chief ‘^ community, had passed ; most two years during which time
topi, f fireside and street corner I she suffered three strokes of paraly-
fonversation in Southern Pines since ! Mrs. McNeill was able to be about sis. She had been in a coma for sev-1
it was introduced in the State Senate her usual duties on Sunday and had eral days and her death was not un- j
expected. She was 71 years od. j
She was the widow of the late Mai- j
colm Blue, who, died 40 years ago i
Plans for the improvement of the
territory lying between Southern
Pines, Knoll wood and Pinehurst have
j been shaping for some time. Thi-5 week
j they are about to climax in the an-
I nouncement that Warren Manning has
: been engaged to survey the situation
I and furnish a design for the work. Mr.
j Manning has been supplied with
maps and information from which he
will begin a preliminary study. As he
has already worked out the projects
for the two separate developments of
Pinehurst and Knollwood, with much
work on Midland Farms territory^ he
has the ground work for the job in
hand now. As soon as the prelimi-
County Commissiow
Five Members Provided
in BiU Before Assembly
Moore County Divided into Five Districts with One
Commissioner To Be Elected From
Each Subdivision
CAMERON AND SEYMOUR ADDED NOW
A bill to increase the Moore County * qualified voters of Moore County, and
Board of Commissioners from three the candidate from each respective
to five members was introduced in | district who shall receive the largest
the State Senate by Senator Mur-; number of votes shall be declared to
doch M. Johnson of Aberdeen on Wed- ^ the nominee of his party, duly noni-
nesday and is understood to be in inated as the candidate from said dis-
line for prompt action. Introduction ' trict for the general election, and
came as the result of a growing sen- i said candidates shall be voted on in
timent in the county that owing to the general election by all of the
the varied interests of this commun- | qualified voters of said Moore County,
ity each section of the county should ! Section 4. That in addition to the
have direct representation on the
board and also because of the enact
ment of the new State highway law
naries are laid out he will be down | doing away with county highway
boards, thus throwing additional work
on the county commissions.
Under the bill as introduced, t.»ie
a short time ago. There have been i greatly enjoyed having her entire
those who saw great danger in the ' family with her, the three daughters,
annexation of the colored commun- i and little grandson who reside else-
ity as well as those who believe it to where being at home until the late
be the only solution of government * afternoon. On Monday morning she
this way to go over the field in a
detail way, when the real work will
commence.
Mr. Manning has long had a bold
conception of this section. When the
Midland Road was first talked he ar
gued for a 200-foot road. That look
ed too visionary at the time, but he
finally won with 120 feet, which is
now seen to be too narrow. His pre
present Board of County Commission
ers consisting of three members,
Frank Cameron, of Greenwood Town
ship (District number four), and G.
C. Seymour, of Sandhills Township
(District number five), be and they
are hereby appointed commissioners
at Valdosta, Ga. She is survived bv i that, time was for
her two daughters, Misses Berta and ’ “ four-way road. A one-way road was
fertile colony. The citizens of V/est I suffered an attack of gall-stone eolic, j Ila Blue, who have been devoted at-: ^ f
southern Pines themselves are said ! but members of the family were en- tendants at her bedside all through |f
,.have been in favor of annexation “if i tirely unprepared for her passing, her last illness. Henry McCoy Blue, «>f™ately , Uve districts, but not exclusively by
county is divided into five districts, | to serve until the first Monday in
as follows: No. 1—Carthage Town- | December, one thousand nine hundred
ship; No. 2—Bensalem and Sheffield ' and thirty-tw'o.
Townships; No. 3—Deep River and j Section 5. That the laws govern-
Ritters Townships; No. 4—Green- j ing the election of County Commis-
wood and McNeills Townships, and j sioners not in conflict with this act
No. 5, Sandhills and Mineral Springs ' shall be as provided by statute.
Townships. | Section 6. That all laws and
It is the purpose of the measure to , clauses of laws in conflict with the
County provisions of this act are hereby re
pealed.
ikv could afford it,” but they qnes- which came most unexpectedly ac Mayor of Aberdeen, Will Blue, Halbert
tked their ability to do their share eleven o’clock Tuesday morning from J. Blue, Mrs, John Graham and Miss
;>3>ui)por of any program of improve- acute dilation of the heart. Louise Blue are nephews and nieces
.neni. The opponents of the measure! Funeral services were held at 3:30 | of the deceased. f i
in Southein Pines itself feared the Wednesday afternoon at the Vass | She was a member of the Metho-
in iitional tax burden of taking over Presbyterian Church conducted by the dist church since early childhood and
fhe suburb if it meant improvem.ents pastor, the Rev. Charles A. Lawrence, a consecrated Christian woman,
in *^he w'ay of sewers, proper water assisted by the Rev, M. D. McNeill Mrs. Blue was one of the settlei s
upply, proper policing, etc. of Cameron, a former pastor and of the town, coming to Aberdeen to
Proponents of the bill maintained friend of the family. Comforting pas- ' live about 1888 and it was for a me)*-
tluj self-government had not proved sages of Scripture were read and the ber of her family that Aberdeen Avas
pastor pair a high tribute to the life first called Blue’s Crossing,
of the deceased. “Nearer My God to * The funeral was conducted at her
Thee” and “Jesus Lover of My Soul” ; home here on Tuesday afternoon at
were sung by the choir, and “Some- 3 o’clock, the Rev, W. C. Ball, pastor
time We’ll Understand’ was sweetly ' of the Aberdeen Methodist church,
point of health and peace, and that rendered by Mrs. Dan S, Ray and Mrs. officiating, with interment at Old
he only solution was to bring the W. H. McNeill of Lakeview. ; Bethesda cemetery by the side of h(?r
■own under the government of South- Friends and relatives in numbers ' son, James Blue, who preceded her
crn Pines. greater than the church auditorium | to the grave about 10 years ago.
A member of the city government, could acommodate were present, and j
in erviewed by The Pilo^ immediately the floral offerings bore testimony
a^’ter passage of the bill yesterday, of the great love which the neighbors
made ihe following statement: | felt for the deceased. The body was
, I inteired in the Johnsons Grov^ cem-
•No Public Improvements
etery.
Geneial Assembly has passed
pi'evail. But to relieve this the pro
jected 100-foot road in the exten
sion of Pennsylvania avenue from
Southern ^ Pines to Pinehurst is now
contemplated. This roid has been op
ened to the west line of West South- i
the electorate of that district. The
entire county votes for all five can
didates, but one nominee must come
from each of the five districts. ^
Cameron and Seymour
Provision is made for the immediate
Section 7, That this act shall be
in full force and effect from and af
ter its ratification.
ern Pines, Judge Way, Knollwood au'l increase of the present board, the bill
Denny and Johnson
New Kiwanis Members
Midland Farms own the frontage from
West Southern Pines to Pinehnrst,
They have been discussing the advis
ability of clearing out the right of
providing for the adding of Frank
Cameion of Greenwood Township and
G. C. Seymour of Aberdeen, represeni-
ing Sandhills Township, to the com-
Club Hears Good Reports from
Committec^s at Monthly.
Business Meeting i
n uf'cess in West Southern Pines,
ha conditions were not as they
hould be, that existing conditions so
r-ar t; a lesort town weie an evji-
P'L-pnt threat both from the stand
way and disclosing on the pround the- mission to serve from the passage of
outlook that will follow the final con- the measure until December, 1932,
sti-uction of the road through thei^. The present Board of County Commls-
The plan is for 100 fe?t the whole
distance. The loute is straight from
Broad street in Southern Pines to the
tuin in the old trolley I'oute neai* tho
Rountree house on Midland Road, but
sioners, comprising Messrs, Mathe-
son, Cuirie ard Shaw, all come from
the noithern section of the county,
Robert E. Denny and Raymond
Johnson, both of Pinehurst, were
greeted as new members of the Ki
wanis Club of Aberdeen at the Week
ly meeting held on Wednesday in the
Community Church at Pinehurst, and
TYSON GETS TWO YEARS
ON LIQUOR CHARGES
keeping on the trolley route back of ed during a time when new state leg- ,
the Midland block of five-acie lots, islation effecting the county and gen-
parallel with the Midland road. eral business conditions require the
On the north side of the Midland , most careful consideration of all towm-
Road Rassie Wicker is making a sur- ships,
vey of another broad road which wiil The bill introduced by Senator John-
mark the line between Midland lots ' son appears to have county-wide sup
leaving the more populous end of welcoming speeches were made by
the county only indirectly represent- Paul Dana, Herbert Vail, the Rev.
Murdoch McLeod and the Rev. J.
Fred Stimson.
Good work was reported by the Ki
wanis Educational Committer^,
through its chairman, Elsie Keith; by
the Music committee, Jerry Healy,
chairman, and the Publicity comrriit-
Ralph Tyson, former resident
Southern Pines where he lesided on ' Midland Farms just as Penn- port, and is expected to weather the tee, of which Howard Burns is cha:i-
■,;il a ivocated by the Town Com-
i ;ntj.< abolishing the charter of
Southein Pines and including
Active pall bearers were Jesse Gara- Bennett street, near Wisconsin avp- , gylvania avenue will on the south side, legislative mill before the General As- man, at this week’s meeting, which
?r, Fred L, Taylor, Eugene Keith, J. drew a sentence of two years | This wi"
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ner, r red l,, la^ioi, HtUgene rs.eitn, drew a sentence of two years | ^his will go to the Barber and Bur-' sembly adjourns in the course of tb'‘ was the monthly business meeting.
R, Auman, John McCinimmen and N". ^nd a $500 fine in Federal Court at I ^ell White lands, opening the north , next few weeks. The Pilot has heard. The club w^as visited by a delegfi-
N. McLean. Honoiary pall beaiers Rockingham this week on charges of j side in similar manner to Pennsyl- no objections raised to its enactment, tion from the Trenton, X. J. Kiw’anis
the South. This is the public generally considering the Club, which ertertained the local Ki-
vania avenue on
Robert N. Page Again
Heads Country Club
w'ere S, R, Smith, W. B. Graham, A. fjjj^pensing liquor from his home, lie
D. McLauchlin, J. A. Keith, J. ; was arrested some time ago by Chief primary feature of the work, Wha
son, W D, Smith, W. D, Matthews , Police Beasley of Southern Pines,
and W, C, Leslie,
Mrs, McNeill, befoie her marrlMge,
was Miss Elizabeth McLellan, daught-
Dire<-tors and Officers of South-1 er of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. McLelbTKl
Sentense will be served in the Federal
Industrial Reformatory for men at
Chillic^othe, Ohio.
ni Pines Corporation Hold
Annual Meeting
of the Godwin section of Cumberland
county. She Avas from a prominent |
, family, her father having at one tim-i
X. Page was elected pi-esi- . represented hi? county in the State |
■■■( the Southern Pines Country ' Legislature. j
measure as one for th' benefit of the
Mr. Manning will do with the whclj county as a whole,
job remains to be seen. It looks as : Xhe bill as introduced reads as fol-
if the scheme will unfold quickly i ]qws:
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY! OF
NORTH CAROLINA DO ENACT:
MISS MARY LEACH BRIDE
OF NEILL A. GRAHAM
Lived Here 34 Years
On December 22, 1897, her twen
tieth birthday anniversary, she was
happily married to E. L. McNeill nnd
as a bride came to a plantation on
Little River to make her home. To this
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B l! L
JMci:
C. T
MILITARY TRAINING CAMP
at the annual meeting of the
offipp;; and directors of the organi-
zatiiVri . hich was held last Saturday
Jii.y'br ■>! the Country Club at 8:00
ocliMk, The business meeting was
by a banquet.
!)fficers chosen are: vice-pres-
M. G. Nichols; second vice-
Frank Shamburger; third;
Vicr.-v,.evident, Dr. J. W. Dickie, and l MANY HERE APPLY FOR
■ ''Cta' v and treasurer F. F. Travis.
Th v.'oard of directors for the en-
:ar was chosen as follows:
. Adams, J. C, Barron, Dr. A.
Blair, J. H. Boyd, Stiuthers
A. I. Creamer, Dr. J. W.
Hunter Eckert, H. W. Gag-,
Hayes, J. J. Harrington, Ern-
lorrell, Nelson C. Hyde, Dr. W.
li-gett, George C. Moore, Dr. J.
Iilliken, M. G. Nichols, R. N.
F. B. Pottle, J. N. Powell,
^*'rark Shamburger, J. B. Swett, M.
urner, F. F. Travis, i]. C. Stevens,
. Kelly.
^0 other impoi*tant business was
l^^nsacted, the remainder of the tinie
given over to a reading of i*e-
^^•^8 of the various officers.
Announcments were received iin
t Aberdeen during the week of the mar
riage last Thursday of Miss Mary
Elizabeth Leach, daughter of Mrs,
Ralph Leach of Aberdeen, to Neil
Archibald Graham of Durham. The
wedding was quietly solemnized at
the Leach home here. The bride is
one of the most popular and attrae-
now and cover the whole region down
to the Watson property.
$95,000 Allotted for
New Postoffice Here
Southern Pines, Included on Ten-
Year Buildin^^ Program
Awaits Appropriation
Vv'anisns with mouth organs and zo-
boes. W, L, Blackman of the Tronton
club made a few lemarks, win'^’in'i’ up
with the improvised quotatio*^, “All
work and no play makes J?.ck—and
lots of it.”
The Kiwanis Ladies Night and
Section 1. That there shall be, and held the .econ '
the sameJs hereby cieated, five dis- annou-icexl.
James McNab of Pinehurst is ch?i’r-
of the committee on ai-range-
tricts in Moore County for the nomi
nation and. election of County Com
missioners,
Section 2. That at the next gen
eral primary and the next general
election in one thousand nine hundre<l
and thii’ty-two, and every two years
thereafter, there shall be nominated
and elected lespectively one commis-
man
ments.
Driver's License Law
. Bill Passes Assembly
A number of applications have been
received from young men of Moore
county fo^r the Citizens Militjary
Training Camp at Fort Bragg from
June 12th to July 11th this summer,
and with the small quota- of eight
allotted to this county it is only a
question of first come, first served
Ninety-five thousand dollars is al
lotted to Southern Pines for a nev:
postoffice in the ten-year building
program announced bv the Postoffice : S'o^.er from each district, and the dis
tive of Aberdeen’s youn?:er set, vs-hile | Treasury departments at Wash-1 ^e numbered one, two,
Mr. Graham is assistant manager of . ^e apprnpriat- | three, four and five, and shall com-
ed by the next Congress which con-'Pi'ise tile following townships: The Genera] Assembly has passed a
venes in December, before it becomes ! (a) District number one shall be Statewide drivers’ licen.se law, for
available. When made available, post- ! composed of Carthage Township. which The Pilot has been campaign-
And Senate Votes To Increase
Size of State Highway
Patrol
the Malbourne Hotel in Durham,
where they will make their .home
HUNDREDS ENJOYED THE : office officials will visit Southern
ANNUAL SHRINE BALJj! Pines, select a site and the Treasury
/ I
' department will draw plans for tho
The annual Shrine Ball of the Sand-! building.
hill Shrine Club held at the Pinehurst |
Country Club last Friday night was
a huge success socially and finan-
Nelson C. Hyde, who is in charge of I cially. The many people present, and
enrollment in the county, has all the
necessary application forms and in
formation folders, and those interest
ed in this golden opportunity to be
come better citizens as well as to en
joy a month at government expense
should communicate with him at Tha
Pilot Office, Aberdeen.
they ran into the hundreds, had* a
good time, and the children of the
county benefitted, for the funds will
be used as in former years for exam
ination and correction of eyesight
among t*he needy ones. Donald Ross
of Pinehurst headed the committee in
charge of the dance.
(b) District number two shall be ing for some time, and Wednesday the
composed of Bensalem and Sheffields Senate approved an increase in the
Townships. • . State Highway Patrol from the pres-
(c) District number three shall be ent complement of 37 to a total of
composed of Deep River and Ritters ^ 84. These two measures should rnili-
Townships. ^ tate against the heavy slaughter on
(d) District number four shall be . highways of North Carolina in the
composed of Greenwood and McNeills future.
The passage of the educational bill j Townships. Assemblyman U. L. Spence of Cai -
MOORE TAXES REDUCED
52 CENTS FOR SCHOOLS
introduced in the Senate by Sena
tor Johnson of Duplin will result in
the reduction of school taxes for cur
rent expenses of 52 cents in Moore
county. Reductions range throughout
the state from 24 cents in Forsyth
county to 80 cents in Currituck.
(e) District number five shall be | thage introduced two new bills in the
composed of Sandhills and Mineral | House during the week, one to per-
Springs Townships. i mit the State treasurer to charge
County-wide Vote ' a lower rate of interest on balances
Section 3. iliat the candidates in I and protect State funds, the other
the primary from each respective dis-1 to enable the State treasurer to issue
trict shall be voted on by all of the I bonds and anticipation notes.