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VOL. 11, NO. 23.
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FIRST IN
NEWS AND
ADVERTISING
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of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Aberdeen, North Carolina
Friday, May 8, 1931.
COMMISSION HEARS
PLEA FOR AID FOR
COUNTY HOSPITAL
Hospital Board, Kiwanis Club,
Red Cross, Woman’s Auxil
iary at Board Meeting
ask place in budget
The plea for county financial sup
port tor the Moore County Hospital
was presented to the Board of County
Commissioners at Carthage Monday
uv representatives of the Board of
Directors of the hospital, the Kiwanis
v.jub of Aberdeen, the Women’s Aux
iliary of the hospital and the Moore
county chapter of the American Red
tross. Those appearing before the
board included Paul Dana, P. Frank
Buchan, M. C. McDonald, Henry Blue,
Mrs. M. W. Marr, Mrs. Leonard Tufts
and Arthur S. eweomb.
The financial condition of the hos
pital was outlined to the commission-
rs by Mr. Dana, treasurer of the in
situation. It was shown that the hos
pital has been provided for the
county free and clear of debt, but
-hat there is the usual annual operat
ing deficit which attends all hospitals;
;hat much of the work of the hospi
tal is for charity patients, cases which
would be a county expense but for
the existence of the hospital; that
therefore the county is at present
saving money because of the institu
tion, but that this cannot go on with
out county financial support, as pri-
Triple Anniversary
Dr. and Mrs. Jackson Cele
brate Joint Birthday on
Their 48th Wedding Day
On last Tuesday evening a sur
prise party was given Dr. and Mrs.
C. L. Jackson at their home in
Pinebluff by members of Aberdeen,
Carthage and Pinebluff Baptist
churches, it being the occasion of
their 48th wedding anniversary, as
well as the birthday of both Dr.
and Mrs. Jackson. Special music
was furnished for this occasion by
the Greenwood Gospel Trio. Among
other gifts were checks amounting
to $65.00 given as a token of the
high esteem in which this worthy
couple is held in this community.
More than 100 persons registered
during the evening. A delicious
birthday supper was served at the
close of a delightful evening.
BUMPER PEACH
CROP IN PROSPECT
FOR 1931 SEASON
Abbott Looks for 12,000 Cars
from Georgia, 4,000 More
Than Last Year
HEAVY CROP OF ELBERTAS
BOARD POSTPONES
ADVERTISING LAND
FOR COUNTY TAXES
Commiss>^oners Authorize $40,-
000 Note Issue, Vote
Money for Hospital
I The 1931 peach crop in the Sand-
I hills has reached the point where
thei*e is no longer any question of
quantity, but considerable of price.
1 One of the largest crops in years is
anticipated by the growers, and with
reports coming from other peach
growing states of bumper crops, prices
are not likely to be what they were a
year ago. The growers will get their
returns from quantity shipments rath
er than from high prices.
Fred P. Abbott, secretary of the
peach growers’ association in this sec
tion, in a letter to local growers on
conditions throughout the peach belt,
has the following to say:
At this time it would appear that
most every important peach produc
ing section in the United States has
prospects for a normal crop in the
1931 season. Principally due to unfav
orable seasonable conditions and
acreage reductions the 1930 move
ment for the United States amounted
IcP.
FIVE CENTS
Southern Pines Votes Down
Recorder’s Court, Elects Stutz\ vor;
Aberdeen and Other Election .<esults
Aberdeen Elects
New Commissioners
John Duncan McLean Only Mem
ber of Old Board Re-elect-
ed on Tuesday
PINEBLUFF AND CARTHAGE
The election contest in Aberdeen
settled about selection of five of eight
candidates for the Town Board of
Commissioners at Tuesday’s election.
There was no contest over the mayor
alty, the present incumbent, Henry
McCoy Blue, being the only candidate.
John Duncan McLean and H. W.
Doub led in the balloting for the
commissioners with 87 votes each. J.
G. Sloan received 80 votes, Frank D.
Shamburger 79 and A. H. McLeod 68.
These five with Mayor Blue will gov
ern the detinies of the town for the
next two years. The unsuccessful
candidates for the commissionerships
were J. Vance Rowe, State Senator
Murdoch M. Johnson and Henry A.
Page, Jr.
McLean, Doub, Shamburger, Sloan
and McLeod succeed the present board
Re-Elected Mayor
G. C. SEYMOUR QUALIFIES
to only 38,461 cars which was 7,710 comprised of M. M. Johnson, C. J.
The Moore County Board of Cim-
missioners met in regular session on
Monday with all of the old members
vate donations to the hospital, plus j of the board present, and G. C. Sey
mour, one of the new commissioners
aid of the Duke Endowment, are m
sufficient to meet the yearly arrear
age.
The good work accomplished by the
new hospital thus far was shown, the
number and variety of cases treated,
'he county-wide aid rendered, the
economical operation considering the
work done—all these things were
pointed out in the request presented
for inclusion of a small tax in sup
port of the institution in the next an-
i:ual budget.
The commissioners promised to give
he matter careful consideraion be-
cars under average for the past five
years.
An inspection trip through the Geor
gia peach belt which presents the
main competition in the marketing of
the Carolina peaches has just been
completed by the writer. In every
Georgia peach center an abundant
crop of all varieties is in evidence.
Most growers are taking very good
appointed by the General Assembly,
qualified and was present.
Several important matters were up care of their orchards and some at-
for consideration, but the one of great- tempt to revive abandoned orchards
est interest, perhaps, to the county at was noted. The curculia is emerging a
large was the question of extending little later than last year and appears
the time for the payment of taxes, at this time to be greatly reduced in
It w'as unanimously carried that the
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I sale of land for .taxes for 1930 be
' extended to the first Monday in Oc-
I tober 1931, and the advertisin;^' there
for will be made on the first Mon-
; day in September.
Johnson, J. R. Page, G. C. Seymour
and John Duncan McLean, Mr. Mc
Lean .being the only member of the
old board re-elected. One hundred
and nine ballot were cast for Mr.
Blue for mayor.
Vote at Pinebluff
At the town election held Tuesday
in Pinebluff, the entire caucus ticket
was elected. Two independent tickets
were in the field. A. G. Wallace was
re-elected mayor and the following
chos»„'i as commissioners: C. G. Far
rell, 63 votes; E. D. Backus, 58 votes,
and A. W. Thompson, 56 votes. Mr.
Wallace received 48 votes. Farrell and
numbers, however, growers are alert
and are prepared to combat this in- g^ckus succeed M. F. Butner and J.
sect with all known means at their j DeYoe, whose terms as commis-
disposal. I sioners expire June 1st, 1931.
The car-load movement for the | ^he present mayor and commis-
past four years is represented as fol- , sioners w^ere elected in 1929, at which
Record Vote Out to
Settle Court Fight
Entire Board of Commissioners
Re-elected Despite Failure to
Ratify New Judiciary
EXCITEMENT AT POLLS
DORSEY G. STUTZ
Elected Mayor of Southern Pines at
the Polls on Tuesday.
RECORDER’ COURT
SUSPENDS; MAYOR
TO TRY ALL CASES
Due to the excitement over the new
ly established Recorder's Court,
Southern Pines turned out almost en
masse for the municipal election on
Tuesday, and the largest vote ever
recorded in a local contest was the
result. No less than 340 ballots were
cast, in startling contrast to the 34
votes counted in the town’s election in
1930.
Dorsey G. Stutz was re-elected
mayor by a vote of 270 to six for At
torney P. P. Pelton. Mr. Stutz was
the nominee of the caucus held at the
High School building last Friday
night. The entire caucus ticket was
elected to the board of commission
ers, the electorate returning all five
members of the present board for
another term. E. C. Stevens led in the
balloting for commissioners with 283
votes, followed by L. V. O’Callaghan,
282; A. B. Yeomans, 277; George B.
Case, 276 and Charles Patch, 266.
Votes for others were as follows:
Woodward, 16; VanCamp, 3; Clark,
13; Maze, 1; Buchan, 1.
I The big fight in Southern Pines
I was over the question of the munici-
Defeat at Polls Automatically , p^] Recorder’s Court, established a
Ends Career of New
Tribunal
WATER RATES LOWERED
fore making up the budget. Nothing I 0“ thing: proposed, which
, , T .1 J. I. J -over to next week for decision, is that
can be done regarding the next bud- i ^ i •
i ci. i. 1 • 1 4. a township committee be instructed in
get until the State legislature ad- i ^ .
. 1 „ each township to make personal in-
journs, for no one knows at present i . . ^
1 quiry into all property listed, chiefly
what is to be taxed and what isn t, ; t
that inequality in valuations may be
arrived at, and especially that prop-
low^s:
1927 -1928 1929 1930
8,631
2,139
or how much.
County Hands Roads
To State on July 1
erty that has not been reported to
Has Map Ready Showing High
way System To Be Taken Over
Bv New Commission
Hanging on the wall in the hall of
the Court House at Carthage is a
blueprint o fthe map of the road sys
tem of Moore county as drawn far
the State Highway Commission to in
dicate the roads that will come under
the jurisdiction of the state July 1,
when the county passes out of the
bu.'^iness of building and maintaining
county roads. The map presents s.
right complete road outfit, which un
der the jurisdiction of the county
management has been built up to ex
cellent condition. Under the new
Board of County Commissioners as
directed by the state authorities the
work and responsibility will be hand
ed over to new administration, in
creasing the work of the county com
missioners and centralizing to great
er extent the county government and
likewise the state government of lo-
■ al units. Th new plans will unfold
a 5= the legislature determines its tax
policies, and as organization under
the new laws can be effected to
take up the new tasks.
time there were outstanding notes
against the town amounting to $1,-
537.50 for fire fighting equipment and
road machinery, and w^ater bonds
amounting to $41,200. On May 1st,
j and $3,000 had been paid off on the
1931, there were no outstanding notes,
water bonds, leaving a total indebted
ness of $38,200'. There are $1,792.64
of the 1930 taxes that are past due
and unpaid, and $1,189.40 of 1929
TAX LISTING CONTINUES;
ADVERTISING POSTPONED
A. A. McKeithen is still listing
taxes at the Aberdeen Hotel build
ing and those in Sandhills Township
who have not as yet seen him should
do so as the time is nearly up.
City Clerk H. M. Gunter of Aber
deen announced this week that ad
vertising city tax delinquents had
been postponed until July 1st, but
stated that penalties will begin to ac
crue from now on for those who do
not pay their share.
Ga. 11,882 15,926 5,401
N. C. 1,702 3,242 1,244
S. C. 644 866 551
About 12,000 Cars
It is perhaps too early to make a
the assessors in recent years may be reliable estimate of the Georgia peach
placed on the tax books. It is argued production but judging from past
that enough unlisted property will performances and figured on a math-
be found to add materially to the ematical basis it is the writer’s opin- j taxes which have not been collected,
taxes received, as it is said that in ion at this time that between 11,900 j niaking a total of $2,982.04 of unpaid
practically every township much land and 13,388 cars of peaches will be | taxes on the town’s books, according
has been overlooked, as well as per- produced in Georgia in the 1931 seas- j report of the town treasurer,
sonal property. This will be disposed on. Considerable cold weather was ex- George E. Wells,
of next week. The rate of taxation perienced in Georgia while peaches Muse Carthage Mayor
could not be announced until the ac- were in the making and this might be Carthage elected J. E. Muse mayor
tion of the legislature in caring for the cause of an abnormally heavy Tuesday by a vote of 199 to 77
for S. H. Miller. There were ten can
didates for the town’s board of com
missioners, and the following five
were chosen:
Walter Williamson, 225 votes; J. A.
Lang, 203 votes; P. H. Undei-wood,
194 votes; W. E. Porter, 188 votes
^ ^ and L. R. Flinchum, 161 votes. The
other balloting for commissioners gave
Dolph Blue 100 votes, J. L. McGraw
38„ B. C. Wallace 129, H. G. Poole
68, H. F. Seawell, Jr. 64.
Vass Elects Borst
The election of town officers for
Vass was held on Monday with the
following result: Mayor, H. A. Borst;
Commissioners, A. M. Cameron, D. A.
McLauchlin and W. D. McCraney.
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Auto License Law Slain to Keep
Company with Highway Victims
So R. N. Page Tells Kiwanis Club
in Report of Auto Legisla
tion Committee
Dollar Days
“The automobile operators’ license
law was slain to keep company with
the victims of the highways,” the
Hon. Robert N. Page, chairman of the
Kiwanis committee on Automooile
Legislation, told members of the Ki
wanis Club in his report to the or
ganization at the meeting held Wed
nesday noon in Aberdeen’s attrac
tive new (Community House. It was
the first meeting held in the old Me- |
Keithen home, oldest house in Aber- ;
deen, and the Kiwanians were sur-1
prised at the charming interior of
the old homestead.
This week’s meeting was the club’s
monthly business session, and the
committee reports were featured by
that of “Mr. Bob,” chairman of the
committee delegated to see what could
be done with the legislature toward
curbing recklessness and slau^*hter
on the state’s highways. The club has
long fought for an operators’ license
law, to protect the public from in
competent and fool-hardy drivers and
to reduce the huge annual death rate
from automobile accidents in North
Southern Pines Merchants
Launch Series of Bargain
Sales on Monday, Tuesday
Monday and Tuesday are Dollar
Days in Southern Pines. The mer-
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chants are inaugurating a series
of these bargain days through the
summer months, and offering some
golden opportunities for Mr. and
Mrs. Ultimate Consumer. You will
find a page in this issue of The
Pilot devoted to the first of these |
Dollar Day bargains on Monday |
and Tuesday next. j
SUFFERS FRACTURED SKULL
IN FIGHT AT LOCAL CLUB
Carolina. It was hoped that with a
member of the House and a member
of the Senate on the club’s committee,
U. L. Spence of Carthage and Mur
doch M. Johnson of Aberdeen, that
the present legislature might be pre
vailed upon to pass some remedial
legislation. An increase in the State
Highway Patrol was also backed by
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Henry Pierce of New York, a win
ter resident in Southern Pines, was
seriously hurt in a fracas which oc
curred last Saturday night in the
Club Skyline which, though closed for
the season, had been rented for a
private party. Mr. Pierce suffered a
fractured skull and was taken to the
Moore County Hospital. It is said that
improper language in the presence of
ladies resulted in starting the trou
ble, and that a number of husky local
youths finished it, with Mr. Pierce the
chief victim of the battle.
Sunday is Mother's Day.
Give a thought to the best friend
you ever had.
I few weeks ago under act of the leg
islature, and although the voters up
held their present administration by
returning it to office without a change
, in personnel, they went against the
The new Southern Pines Recorder’s ' ^Yiayor and commission on the court
Court was automatically done away; pj^opog^tion. The vote was close, 168
with by the failure of the voters to against the court and 157 in favor of
uphold its establishment through ref-
erendum at the polls on Tuesday. The Aggressive Opposition
act passed by the present legislature ; Opposition to the new court, whicii
establishing the court provided for it established by the town author-
subject to approval of the electorate i^ies to replace the Mayor’s court,
at the next municipal election, and developed recently when it was real-
by the narrow margin of eleven votes, ' ^^ed that the court’s jurisdiction un
it was defeated. i the gen^'al laws of the state ex-
Dr. E. M. Poate, appointed to pre- tended a distance of five miles out
side over the court, automatically re- ^ the corporate limits of the town,
tired from “the bench” Tuesday , ^vas also set up that the
night, and at the Wednesday night | was foisted upon the town with-
session of the Board of Town com- j ^^t preliminary warning and without
missioners, Mayor D. G. Stutz re- ^ny knowledge on the pare of the
established a Mayor’s Court, over ^ citizens as to its scope and duties,
which he himself will preside. Dr., p p^ank Buchan and others waged
Poate tendered his resignation as city aggressive campaign against the
attorney at this meeting, but was im- ' continuance of the court, and muster-
mediately re-appointed by the board. ^ enough votes at Tuesday’s election
Howard F. Burns was re-appointed | to defeat the proposition by the close
city clerk, J. Hardy Tilghman tax ^^argin of eleven,
collector, and Dr. George Herr and | There was excitement aplenty at
Frank Maples were named to the ' the polls Tuesday, many appearing to
school board. yote finding that their names were
A resolution offered by Commis- not on the town book, A few of
sioner Charles Patch reducing the these were residents who had voted
water rate from $5. to $4.50 per quar- ; for years in Southern Pines, and one
ter beginning July 1st was passed. Ad- ' woman, told she could not vote, re-
vertising of delinquent tax payers was | fused to leave the polling place un
postponed until June 1st; The mem- til she was permitted to cast her bal-
bers of the board, all re-elected on' lot, stating she had voted at every
Tuesday, were sworn in for another j election in the town for many ye^rs.
term, Messrs. O’Callaghan, Patch I Her adamance won her the franchise.
Stevens, Yeomans and Case. Some 15 ballots were thrown out as
Mayor Stutz announced .that here- not properly marked,
after the activities of the Southern j Caucus Friday Night
Pines police force will be confined ex- i Despite the inclement weather of
clusively to the corporate limits of ^ last Friday night over two hundred
Southern Pines. * ^ residents of Southern Pines gathered
No Act Was Needed * in the High School auditorium for
Thus ends for the present the es- i the annual caucus,
tablishment of the Southern Pines S. B. Richardson was selected as
Recorder’s Couii: Strangely enough, it chairman, and Howard Burns secre-
need never have been submitted to a | tary. P. P. Pelton received the first
referendum. The court was establish- ,nomination as a candidate for the
ed by act of the legislature, and this mayoralty, this nomination being fol-
lowed by that of the present incum-
((Please turn to page 4) bent, D. G. Stutz. The result of the
—^ — balloting was 114 votes for Stutz and
McNAIR TEMPORARY HEAD i 55 for Pelton. Nominations for Town
OF HIGHWAY COMMISSION | Commissioners included the members
' of the present board, Stevens, Case,
James L. McNair, of Laurinburg, | O’Callaghan, Yeomans and Patch, and
was elected temporary chairman of I also F. W. Van Camp, C. A. Maze, E.
the newly appointed State Highway | J. Woodward and L. T. Clark. The
Commission at its organization meet- j names of the latter forur and A. B.
ing Wednesday, to serve until Rep- Yeomans appeared on a printed slip
resentative E. B. Jeffress, of Greens-; passed around the hall before the
boro, appointed by Grovemor Gard- | vote for mayor, but following a pro-
ner as chai^an of the commission,, test by Dr. Daniels the chairman rul-
takes the oath of office. R. A. Dought- | ed against the use of these printed
on retiring chairman of the commis- ballots. The result of the balloting as
sion, left last week for his home in
Sparta.
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