MOORE COUNTY’S
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WEEKLY
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
\0L. 11. NO. 29.
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FIRST IN
NEWS AND
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Aberdeen, North Carolina
Friday, June 19, 1931
12M00RE COUNTY
LAWS PASSED BY
1931 ASSEMBLY
Increase i« Board of Commis
sioners and Annexation of West
Southern Pines Chief Measures
XEW COURT’S LIFE SHORT
Relatives and Friends Mourn
Death of Mrs. T. J. Smith of Vass
Born in Lobelia Section Belov
ed Woman Had Spent Greater
Part of Life in Moore County
Mrs. T. J. Smith, for many years a
beloved resident Vass, passed away
at her home at 11:00 o’clock Monday
morning, her death bringing sorrow to
the entire community. Mr^. Smith had
been ill since April of last year, but
was able t© sit up some and to take
an active interest in the affairs of her
household until on Wednesday of last
week when her condition became
worse, and she gradually sank until
the end came on Monday after three
days of unconsciousness. Throughout
the long months of her illness, every
thing possible was done for her com
fort both by her family and by her
faithful physician. Dr. R. G. Rosser.
The funeral service was conducted
at Cypress Church, of which the de
ceased had been a faithful member
since childhood, at 4:00 o’clock Tues
day afternoon with a throng of rela
tives and friends present to pay their
last loving tribute to one whose life
ance to the school and road acts, is j^^d meant much to them. The Rev.
aheady showing its value in bringing [ Charles A. Lawrence was assisted in
Moore county had a total of 12 laws
enacted by the 1931 General Assem
bly which relate ^o the county or its
activities or th/ communities in the
county, designated as Public-Local or
Private Laws, the records o fthe Sec
retary of State show.
These, of course, are in addition
to the numerous other Public Laws,
which relate to the State as a whole
•r to some large part of it, such as
*he school, road, local government and
jthev enactments which reach every
county, and the numerous laws which
^r’.ich each county in a general way
only.
The Local Government Act, which,
in many respects is equal,in import-
Private Lawr,, the records of the See
the financial affairs of the counties,
dues, tov^s and other units, some
of which were in sre need of the aid
the law gives.
Some of its value, however, is to
^e nullified, especially for this year,
and in particular by those counties
which take advantage of the law
fnacted which permits county commis-
the service by a former pastor, the
Rev. M. D. McNeill of Cameron. Mr.
Lawrence read comforting passages
of Scripture and spoke most highly
of the life of the deceased. Mr. Mc
Neill, who had known Mrs. Smith
since childhood, spoke of her early
school life, of her love for her church
land missionary society, and classed
Death Breaks Ranks
Jack Flynn Dies, Leaving
Brothers Jim and Bill of
Highland Pines Partnership
Death took Jack Flynn away last
Friday.
For many a year the Flynn broth
ers have been the nucleus of the
efficient staff at the Highland
Pines Inn on Weymouth Heights.
Their affectionate regard for one
another bound them together, and
no better team ever served a mas
ter than the Flynn trio served
Creamer & Turner.
The partnership is broken. A tel
egram received in Southern Pines
announced the sad passing of Jack
in a Salem, Mass., hospital last
Friday. No details have been learn
ed, but there is no doubt in the
minds of friends of the boys that
Jim and Bill were with him at
the end. William Flynn is chief as
sistant to Proprietors Creamer &
Turner at the Highland Pines. Jim
is head porter, and Jack was all-
around handy man. He leaves a
host of friends in the Sandhills,
and his friends throughout the
country, winter guests of the Inn,
are legion. Their hearts go out to
Jim and Bill.
CHOOSE VOCATION
EARLY AND SUCK
TO PREPARATION
This is the Day of the Expert,
Dr. Waggett Tells Kiwanis
and Boy Guests
Early N. C. Red Birds
Sell for $4.00 in N. Y.
her as one of the most faithful per-
;?oners to postpone the collection of isons whom he had ever known.
rj31 taxes, or the foreclosures, for j xUe following young men served as
delinquency in paying such taxes, un- .311 bearers: Alton Thompson of Max- Bumper Crop of 78,000.000 Bush-
about a readjustment and stabilizmg j ton, Neill McKeithen of Aberdeen,
postpones such foreclosures, that Eugene Keith, Leon Keith and Alex
McGill of Vass, nephews of Mrs.
county will find it hard to market its
bond^s or notes this year, according
to Charles M. Johnson, director of Lo-
•al Government. Bond buyers are
afraid of such postponement, he
states.
The new local acts of this county
are as follows:
New Laws
Authorizing establishments of Mun
icipal Recorder’s courts in Moore
Smith, and on^ cousin, Billy McGill
of Vass. The body was laid to rest in
els Estimated by Agricul
tural Bureau
Early shipments of North Carolina
peaches are selling up to $4.00 a
the old Cypress cemetery where many ! bushel in New York, for Red Birds,
of her loved ones are sleeping, and
the mound was covered with floral de
signs of unusual beauty.
Of Prominent Family
Mrs. Smith was before her mar
riage Miss Lovedy Ann McKeithen.
courtv, as amended, (since nullified by I She was born ^nd reared in the Lo-
referendum.) section of Hoke county, which
Providing for registration of maps j was^ at that time a part of Cu^ber-
‘ V plats in Moore county.
Amend Secs. 2763 and 2768, Ch. 56,
^\i't. 11) Consolidated Statutes, re
lating to fees of building and electri
cal inspectors in Moore county.
To provide for recording instru
ments filed in the office of the Reg
ister of Deeds and Clerk of the Su
perior Court in Moore county by pho
tography.
Repealing and abrogating the char
acter of the Town of West Southern
Pines and to annex territory within
territorial limits thereof to the Town
•'if Southern Pines in Moore county.
Providing for biennial elections in
certain cities and towns of the county.
To correct a typographical error in
'"h. 61, Public-Local Laws of 1929, re
lating: to salaries of officers.
^reating five districts for the elec-
ti fi of county commissioners.
To fuvnish adequate police protec-
for the village of Hemp.
\ alidating the Came^rom Special
Taxing District School election.
Amend Ch. 214, Private Laws of
1005. being the charter of the Town
<">f Southern Pines.
Amend Sec. 2366, Consolidated Sta-
to make provisions thereof ap-
p'^cable to Moore county (making re-*
f’l al to perform contract ground for
iisriossession).
land county, the daughter of Daniel
B. and Celia McDonald McKeithen.
The family was prominent, Mr. Mc
Keithen being a large landowner and
planter of his day. She attended the
famous Union Home School and later
studied at Mt. Vernon School where
she displayed noticeable talent in art.
Pictures which she painted some forty
years ago are among the cherished
possessions of t he family today.
In 1895 she was united in marriage
to T. J. Smith of the home commun
ity, and after spending a year or two
on a farm on Little River, Mr .and
Mrs. Smith went to Vass to make
their home. Here they reared a fam
ily of four children, and following
the death of Mr. Smith’s sister sev-
U. S. No. 1 large in less than car
load lots, one dollar more than was
paid this week for the same peach
from Georgia. Georgia has begun car
load shipments, while to date only
two cars have been shipped from this
state. At this time last year North
Carolina had shipped 12, Georgia 485
as against 385 to date this season.
Prices ranged from $1,12 1-2 for
small Uneedas to $3.50 for Red Birds
received in New York from Georgia
early this week.
According to the Bureau of Agri
cultural Economics at Chicago the
peach crop this year is estimated at
78,000,000 bushels, 46 per cent more
than last last year. Of tliese 19,000,-
000 bushels are credited to the ten
southern states, compared with 10,-
000,000 bushels last year.
Westem states, except California
and Oregon, probably will have many
more peaches than last season. New
York expects a lighter crop, but
other eastern and central states prom
ise greatly enlarged production.
Illinois and Arkansas look for an
especially big crop compared with
eral years ago, they took into tlieir , ^
home and hearts the two motherless | practically no peaches m 1930
nieces. Myrtle and Catharine McMil
lan, and Mrs. Smith has been to them
is a mother. She was industrious and
generous ,a kind neighbor, and will
be greatly missed.
Mrs. Smith is survived by her hus
band, two sons, D. A. Smith of Vass
and Neill M. Smith of Jacksonville;
two daughters, Mrs. N. N. McLean
Lightning Hits Fry
House at Carthage
Adjoining Building, Ford Car
and Valuable Tools Burn
ed—Bolt Stuns Family
During a severe electrical storm in
and Miss Agnes Smith of Vass; two the Carthage neighborhood on Monday
STIUJTHERS BURTS LEAVE
FOR RANCH IN WYOMING
Mr. and Mrs. Struthers Burt, with
^'neir son, Nathaniel and daughter,
Juli.1, left on Wednesday to spend the
’ Jnimer at their ranch near Jackson
Hole, Wyoming. During their absence
-h\ and Mrs. Paul T. Barnum will oc-
^’"^Py their house. Mr. and Mrs. Burt
plan to return early next fail.
During the absence in Europe of
Mr. and Mrs. Almet Jenks, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Gilkyson are occupying
the Jenks residence on Youngs Road,
outside Southern Pines.
sisters, Mrs. J. A. Keith and Mrs.
Sarah M. McNeill of Vass; one broth
er^ Smith McKeithen of Raeford, and
numerous other relatives.
A number of people from Maxton,
Carthage, Aberdeen, Lakeview, Ral
eigh, Raeford, Cameron, Warsaw and
other places were present for the fun
eral service.
TO LIGHT HOTEL SIGNS
JUDGE WAY ON VACATION
Judge and Mrs. William A. Way
of Knoll wood motored to Pittsburgh,
Pa., this week for a brief vacation.
Arrangements are being made be
tween the Chamber of Commerce of
Southern Pines and the Town Board
for the lighting of the hotel signs at
the northern and southern entrances
to town over Route 50.
AT THE MOVIES
Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
June 18, 19, 20—Warner Oland in
“The Black Camel.”
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
June 22, 23,24—“Women of All Na
tions,” with Victor McLaglen.
night, lightning struck the home of
Ed Fry, causing considerable damage
to the house and destroying an ad
jacent building. Members of the !Pry
family were stunned by the bolt.
The lightning struck a chimney in
the middle of the house, shaking the
whole building and upsetting the
furniture in most of the rooms. It
followed an electric wire to an apart
ment house and garage in the yard,
which caught fire, destroying a new
Ford car, some house furnishings and
tools valued at around $100.
The Carthage Fire Department hur
ried to the scene but was helpless,
the fire having gained such rapid
headway as to resist all efforts. The
firemen concentrated their endeav
ors on saving the house.
All the members of the Fry house
hold with the exception of one child
felt the effect of the bolt, being con
siderably stunned for several mo
ments, but with no serious after af
fects.
CROWD HEARS EDUCATOR
This is no time for the jack-of-all-
trades, but for the expert. Plant the
seed of vocational desire early in
youth, that the boy or girl may get
an early start toward becoming the
expert, and that the interest thus
created in attaining that goal may
keep him out of mischief in, the mean
while.
That is the sum and substance of
the talk on vocational guidance made
before the Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen
Wednesday by Dr. James MacPhail
Waggett of St. Charles, S. C., the oc
casion being the annual “Boys’ Day”
of the club. So many of the members
brought youthful guests that every
availagle room in Aberdeen’s new
Community House was pressed into
service for the luncheon. It was the
biggest meeting in many months, and
according to the members, the most
interesting, educr.tional and entertain
ing—all rolled into one.
Dr. Waggett is a native of Dum-
fress, Scotland. He was educated in
English and Canadian schools, has
numerous and deseived honorary de
grees. He is prominent in the educa
tional work of the Young People’s
Conference of this Presbytery. And
he’s the father of Miss Enid Waggett.
Enid was 12 years old on Wednesday.
She came here with her father to ac
company his songs on the piano, and
played with such marked talent and
technique she—to use the language of
the stage—threatened to run away
with the show. Dr. Waggett sang a
numter of songs to enterliain the
boys—both big and little.
Plant Seed Early
Vocational guidance as a part of
our educational system started in
1919, and is still in the experimen
tal stage. Dr. Waggett said. It used
to be that a young man or woman
drifted into something, and that so-
called talent played a major part in
the selection. The tendency now is to
get away from the idea that one must
have a special talent for a vocation.
Better far to plant the seed for a
vocation eariy^ and let the talent grow
with the desire and the education all
the way along the line. Alertness,
concentration and ingenuity are per
quisites in building toward a vocation.
Association and environment ^vill
plant the seed. Select your vocation
early, start to work on it. and stick
to it. Early interest in your future
works a double advantage. It keeps
you interested in the work, thereby
keeping you out of trouble (and sav
ing fathier’s gasoline) and it leads up
to the expert stage. This is the age
of the expert.
Quoting Henry Ford and Edison, Dr.
Waggett said genius is nine-tenths
perspiration and one-tenth talent. He
also stressed the point that joy in
living is not attained from the mere
earning of money, but from service
rendered your fellow man, and he told
a story of the doctor who has a bat
tered teddy bear in a glass case in
his office. It was given him by a poor
child whose sight he had restored; it
was his fee for the service—and the
most valued fee he ever received.
Dr. Waggett’s talk was inspiring to
old and young alike. Interspersed
with amusing stories to illustrate his
points, he kept the large audience in
rapt attention, and much of the time
in an uproar. The Kiwanis Club de
votes considerable time and energy to
vocational education work in this sec
tion, and Dr. Waggett gave a decided
stimulus to this work. He was intro
duced hy the Rev. Ernest L. Barber
of Aberdeen.
DEWBERRIES BRINGING
UP TO $2.75 A CRATE
o
FIVE CENTS
Finds Lincoln 'TOEENBOYS
^4TTLESH1PS
Mrs. Tracy of Southern Pines
Has New York Herald An
nouncing Assassination
Mrs. E. A. Tracy, for 18 years a
resident of Southern Pines, but for
merly of Bradford county, Pennsyl
vania, has a copy of the New York
Herald which tells of the assassina
tion of Lincoln. It was found among
the papers of her father when Mrs.
Tracy was back at the old home. In
addition to the story of the assassina
tion a brief reference is made to the
situation in the field where the' ar
mies were about concluding the great
drama. Lee was reported close to a
surrender and Sherman was coming
up in the vicinity of Goldsboro on his
way to Raleigh and Durham, and the
final action.
Mrs. Tracy’s people were early set
tlers in Wyalusing section of the Wy
oming valley of Pennsylvania, famous
for many things, but aniong the others
for the local war that took place
there in Colonial times. Her folks
were from the Connecticut stock that
settled in Pennsylvania, and for
years were residents of the Connecti
cut valleys in the pioneering stages of
that colony. Connecticut claimed a
territory in Pennsylvania, and dur
ing the Revolutionary war with In
dians, British, Pennsylvanians and
Connecticut folks, the mix-up was one
of the most bitter and bloody of the
etire eight years of strife. Pennsyl
vania after the war effected a set
tlement between Connecticut and
Pennsylvania settlers and the Wyom
ing valley thrived and Mrs. Tracy’s
I folks took a prominent part in the
I development of the region, her fath-
|er being widely known.
Rix’lIING WILKINS
Frank Wilder on Wyoming, E. T.
McKeithen, Jr., on Arkansas,
First Boats to Heed S. O. S.
975 MIDDIES ABOARD
Former Teacher at
Pinehurst Weds Here
Miss Ophelia Snow of Macon, Ga.
Bride of Roy E. Copeland
of Asheboro
Dewberries have been bringing
from $2.50 to $2.75 a crate on the
ground at Cameron this week. Many
truck and rail shipments have clear
ed out of Cameron the last few . days.
The occasional rains during the week
have greatly helped the growers, who
Were threatened with heavy losses if
the drought continued.
I In a ceremony of impressive sim
plicity and beauty the wedding of Miss
i Ophelia Snow of Macon, Ga., and Roy
; Eugene Copeland of Americus, Ga.,
' and Asheboro was solemnized in the
I Pinehurst Community Church Tues
day evening, June 16, at 6 o’clock in
the presence of a large assembly of
friends- The Rev. W. Murdoch Mc
Leod, pastor of the church officiated,
using the beautiful ring ceremony.
The vows were given before an altar
banked with palms and ferns with
baskets of shasta daisies used on
stands and flanked by large urns
holding magnolia blossoms.
As a prelude to the ceremony Mrs.
;E. B. Keith gave an organ program
I of nuptial music and then accompan-
jied Mrs. L. V. Henderson, who sweet
ly sang “Love’s Old Sweet Song.”
Just prior to the entrance of the
bridal couple, “The Sweetest Story
Ever Told” tsras charmingly sung by
Mrs. Raymond Johnson. The wedding
j march from ^Tjdhengrin” .was played
as a processional and “Oh Promise
Me” was played softly during the cer
emony.
The bride was beautifully attired in
a going away suit of blue georgette
with accessories of eggshell. Her
smart costume was completed with
en exquisite shonlder corsage of brides
roses and lillies of the valley. She
wore a beautiful crystal necklace and
bracelet, the gift of the groom.
Mrs. Copeland is the attractive
daughter of H. S. Snow of Macon
and is a graduate of the Georgia State
[college for women and has done grad-
iuate work in the University of N. C.
For the past year she taught in the
schools of Reidsville and for four
years preceding was a popular mem
ber of the faculty of the Pinehurst
schools.
She has a host of friends here who
are interested in this happy event.
Mr. Copeland is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. W: E. Copeland of Americus,
Ga., and holds a responsible position
with the Norfolk-Southern Railroad,
with headquarters in Asheboro.
After a wedding trip of two weeks
to Washington, New York and Nia
gara Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Copeland
will be at home in Asheboro.
First on the scene in, Answer to S.
O. S. calls from the submarine Naut
ilus, helpless in mid-Atlantic, were
the United States battleships Wyom
ing and Arkansas.
On the Wyoming is Midshipman
Frank Wilder, so^i, of Mr. and Mrs.
T. B. Wilder of Aberdeen, and on the
Arkansas is Midshipman Edwin T.
McKeithen, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. T. McKeithen of Aberdeen. It is
young McKeithen’s first sea exper
ience, this being his first year at the
U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis.
The Wyoming 'and Arkansas have 975
midshipmen aboard, on their summer
cruise. Wilder is an upper classman
and has had previous sea experience.
An .associated Press despatch from
Washington, under date of June 15,
states:
With the polar submarine Nautilus
in tow the battleship Wyoming made
slow way toward Queenstown, Ireland,
tonight, while Navy Department offi
cials sought to have a tug sent to re
lieve her.
Rear Admiral Claude C. Bloch ra-
dioded to the Chief of Naval Opera
tions here that in his opinion the
Nautilus, in which Sir Hubert Wil
kins plans an undersea dash to the
North Pole, would have t© be towed
all the way. On Admiral Bloch’s rec-
I ommendation Admiral William V.
! Platt wired to W. Herbert Adams,
New York, manager of the Wilkins
expedition, urging him to have a tug
sent from Queenstown immediately.
Battleships Long Delayed
Meanwhile the battleship Arkansas
left the Wyoming and Nautilus be
hind and steamed on for Copenhagen.
I The battleships, bound for Euroipe
jwith 975 midshipmen on their summer
I cruise, had been delayed nearly two
i days in going to the assistance of the
submarine.
Heavy seas made it impossible to
get a line to the Nautilus until early
this morning after the battleships had
stood by all night and most of yes
terday. When,the Nautilus finally was
made fast to a steel cable six inches
in diameter and the Wyoming started
with its tow for Queenstown, it v/as
found that speed of no more than five
knots could be maintained. At this
rate the Wyoming faced the 'pi%spect
!of a week of steady sailing before
'reaching the Irish port. t ,
! Engines and Batteries Dead
The engines of the submarine were
still disabled and her batteries were
dead.
Navy officers expressed the belief
that the breakdown would leyd to
greater precaution and less hazard
of a mishap in the trip beneath the ice
to the pole.
They voiced the opinion that the
engines and batteries of the Nautilus
I would be given a thorough overhaul-
jing, with a long test run, before the
I craft started its polar journey. The
craft will have spare parts aboard
! when it starts for the pole.
STORES TO CLOSE MONDAY
INSTEAD OF ON JULY 4TH
Southern Pines stores will close on
Monday, July 6th in celebration of
I the Fourth of July, instead of on
I Saturday, the fourth, merchants there
decided early this week. They are
keeping open Saturday as a conven-
jience to the many out of town cus-
'tomers who are unable to do their
' shopping except on Saturday after
noons and evenings.
J. W. ATKINSON LOUD IN
PRAISE OF NEW HOSPITAL
NEW PINEBLUFF CHURCH
The handsome new church at Pine-
bluff is nearing completion, the win
dows being placed this week.
J. W. Atkinson of Southern Pines
has returned home from the Moore
County Hospital where he was operat
ed upon for appendicitis. Mr. Atkinson
spoke in high praise of the county’s
new hospiatl, saying he had no idea
before going there how complete the
institution was, the service and treat
ment available and the efficiency of
the staff.