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Friday, August 28, 1931. J. C. B. Ehringhaus Announces Candidacy for Governorship Elizabeth City Democrat De scended from Sturdy Stock prominent in State’s History THE PILOT, a Paper With Character, Aberdeen, North Carolina Page Piv# J. C. B. Ehringhaus, Elizabeth City, w ho has definitely announced his can- :dacy for the Democratic nomination for govern,or, is by birth and inher- ; : r’Hce, from several generations of s inguished ancestry/, distinctly a i . r of Albemarle, the oldest settled j , 'i itory in North Car,olina. His an-| jncement that he will wage a vig-; ;us campaign, visiting every sec- ■ : and county of the state he loves,: ( vands information as to his back- j )iind, as well as the manner of man ; Mr. Ehringhaus was borji Febru-1 y 5, 1882, in Elizabeth City, where t a century and a quarter his for-* b both sides have lived and IIripated actively in the affairs ,of ; It 'oction. He is the son of Erskine an! Carrie (Matthews) Ehringhaus. ,Ie a grandson of J. C. B. Ehring- .au*=!, eloquent lawyer and N,orth arolina senator and representative, ar.i great grandson of John C. Eh- -hiiihaus, one of the pioneers in ailding Elizabeth City, where, as ca-hier of the State Bank, Clerk and "Master in Equity, and twice member f he General Assembly, he was one ,t* the most universally loved men in .his territory. Of Revolutionary Stock Mr. Ehringhaus, through both par ents, is a direct descendant of Gen eral Isaac Gregory, member of the Halifax Convention, commander of North Carolina troops in the Revolu tionary battle ,of Camden (S. ’C.)* and Albemarle Colonial leader, and is descended from General Thomas Mat thews, celebrated Virginia patriot and tatesman for whom * Matthews f’;Ounty, Virginia, was named, and also from the Eiskine, Cook, Hawley and Murphy families, through which last named family he is a second ■ousin, once removed, of Newt;on D. Baker, War Secretary in the Wilson abinet. An honor gra uate of the Univer sity of North Car.olina, Mr. Ehring- ! aus was a member of the House of Representatives in 1905 and 1907, as such starting the movement in 1905 * a teacher training school in East ern North Car,olina, and joint author in 1907 with Governor Jarvis and Dr. James Yadkin Joyner of the bill to establish such a school, which was located and is now in ,operation at At Lenox Lloyd Tate Active, Donald Ross a Visitor; Ed Fitzger ald at Roaring Gap ARTHUR G. OLMSTEAD TAKES POSITION WITH UNCLE SAM J. C. B. EHRINGHAUS Greenville. He wa sactive i nthe in terest of the rural high school system in North Carolina, and was author of the bill establishing the graded scho,ol at Elizabeth City. Active for Democracy For three terms Mr. Ehringhaus was State Solicitor of the First Judi cial district, voluntarily retiring. Since 1903 he has been active in the practice of law, having appeared in many notable civil and criminal cases. Since bec,oming of age, he has been active in every campaign, his most notable efforts having been in 1928 and 1930, in both of which campaigns he spoke daily and often twice a day in practically every county in the state, giving his time for about tw,o months in each campaign to the cause of Democracy. He was in great demand curing those campaigns, his speeches having been noted for their fairness and lack of bitterness, as well as f.orce, logic and elo quence. In 19to ,vlr. Ehringhaus w^as mar ried to Miss Matilda Bradford Haugh- ton of Washington, N. C. They have three children, J. C. B., Jr., Matilda and Haughton, twins. If Mr. Ehringhaus is elected gov- e3-nor, as his friends confidently pre dict that he will be, he will be the first govern,or from all the Albemarle section, “the Cradki of the Colony,” since James Iiedell retired in 1828, or 103 years ago, and the first from the First Congressional district since Jarvis in 1828. (Special to The Pilot) Lenox, Mass., Aug. 23.—Lloyd Tate, of Pinehurst, manager of the stables at the Berkshires Hunt and Country club stables will compete in the Horse mer by Pinehurst, announced yester day that some of the horses at the club stables will compete in the Horst Show which will be held in Pitts field, Mass., Friday and Saturday, August 28 and 29. “Ail Right,” a horse that has jumped his way to blue ribbons in practically every show in^ which he has been entered is confidently expected to add some to his collection. He competed in elev en horse shows throughout New York 2nd Connecticut last summer, after taking three blue ribbons and a red one in the Pinehurst show the pre ceding spring. During the same sea son he won prizes at horse shows in Charlotte, Greensboro, and at Roar ing Gap. All the horses at this club are from the Pinehurst stables. Donald J. Ross, noted golf course architect, builder of all the courses in the Sandhills was a guest of Rich ard S. Tufts here last week-end. Mr. Tufts left the club last Sunday for Pinehurst, and will be in the Sand hills for about a week. Mrs. Tufts is visiting in New York, and will re turn tq the club, shortly. E. G. Fitz gerald, manager of the Carolina Ho tel in Pinehurst, is at the Greystone Inn, at Roaring Gap. MANLY Arthur G. Olmstead of Southern' Pines, recently graduated from the University of Ohio, has been employ ed by the Federal government with the office of the United States engi- I neers in river work in the vicinity of * Catlett^sburg, Ken., where much constructon and maintenance in nav- ' igation on three rivers, the Ohio, the ' Big Kanawha, the Big Sandy center.! He came out of the university with a | good record, into a line of work and j surroundings that look congenial and j promising. He grew up in Southern i Pines where he has resided with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Olm stead, on Weymouth Heights. PLANTING AND CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN IS LAUNCHED Court House News IMPETUS GIVEN BROILER RAISING IN MEETIN( IRE The Chamber of Commerce of Southern Pines launched a campaign at its Tuesday meeting to attempt to get every lawn and parkway in the town planted to grass early this fall. A general planting and clean-up pro gram was discussed and citizens are to be urged to have their property, whether business or residence, look-, ing its best in time for the early ar rivals from the north. COMMISSIONER CASE BACK A verdict of not guilty as to Albert I White was pronounced, and Lawrence' Fletcher was taxed with the costs in | a trespass case. | A. L. Jones, white, of Vass was ; given twelve months on the roads for abandoning his wife and child. Deputy L. A. Kelly and David Knight went to Ocilla, Ga., Sunday to bring Jones back. He had been working at a planing mill there. Lawrence McLean and Dimp Wil liams, colored, were charged with en tering a garage owned by Pearl Broadway, breaking the glass in a Chevrolet sedan and stealing a suit case containing clothing, the property of George Valcour, Jr., and wife, val ued at $250. Warrants were issued for two more persons thought to have some of the property and the case was left open until they could be brought in. KNOLLWOOD DIRECTORS MEET (Continued from Page 1) Officers and directors of Knoll-1 wood. Incorporated, held a meeting j on Monday of this week to discuss plans for the future development of | its properties. Richard Tufts came ; down from Leno^, Mass., for the meeting. Commissioner George W. Case and Mrs. Case have returned to Southern Pines from a visit to Connecticut. Alton McLean will move into his newly completed house on Poplar street, Aberdeen, this week. Joe Erig- man was the contractor. BACK FROM CONVENTION commissioner, who said that he thought they were on the right track. He said: “The South must get away from cotton, tobacco and politics.” Mr. Seymour was followed by Sen ator Murdoch M. Johnson, who laud ed the w,ork of Mr. Mayfield in pointing the farmers of the county to ward a more diversified farm pro gram. A reading by Miss Alma Du- Meer was greatly enjoyed. Several items of business were brought to the attenti.on of the asso ciation and disposed ofc The commit tee on blood testing brought in an adverse repiort and the matter was dropped for the present season unless there should be a change of senti ment before the next meeting. It was announced that the Sandhills Poultry Show will be held at Vass November 11, 12, 13. E. H. Garris,<>n, Jr., county farm agent, announced that the management of the Moore County Fair had acceded to the re quest of th^ associatijon and that the poultry exhibit at the fair would be in charge of the Moore County Poul try Associati,on. The next meeting will be held at Carthage in October. D. A. R. MEETING Five members of the Southern Pines Fire Department, Chief Wal ter Blue, Herbert Beck, J. Ferguson, E. Renegar and H. McNeill returned Thursday evening, having spent five days in Statesville attending the State Firemen’s convention. The first fali meeting of the lo cal chapter. Daughters of the Amer ican Revolution, will be held at the home of Mrs. J. Talbot Johnson' in Aberdeen at 2:30 o’clock next Wed nesday, September 2d, with Mrs. Mc Cain acting as joint hostess. School Board Proposes County Assume Debts of Special Districts * (Continued from page one) Philadelphia, West Philadelphia, Mel- ■^on. * Eagle Springs—70 children from Samarcand, Bensalem, Oak Grove and Big- Oak, making a tctal of 825 chil dren. Those living in non-local taxing ter ritory and attending in local build ings erected partly from funds deriv ed from countywide tax are as fol lows. Highfalls, 180; Dover, 48; Acorn Ridge, 62; Moody, 59; Mt. Zion, 33; , Brown’s Chapel, 26; Melton, 53; East ^ Phila., 24; West Phila., 34; Rock Hill, 27; Cedar Hill, 55 and Needham’s Grove 51, making a total of 612 children. Those districts that have a local tax for current expenses and extend ed term, but do not contribute to ^'uilding debts contracted in the us ual way, a part of whose children at tend in local bonded territory, are: Glendon, 41; Putnam, 29; Plank Road, 45; Roseland, 50, making a to- 'al of 162 children. Total number of children attending i 1 buildings located in now bonded ■ i tory, 749. Statement by Thomas In a statement given The Pilot by rintendent of Schools, H. Lee Th- ■nms, he says: The Board of County Commission- ' ’ ' making a study of the proposi- ’ ; of tiansferring the schoolhouse of the various special taxing ' riots of the several townships of -ounty to the debt service divis- '■ the county general school fund. uilding of school houses ample c( modate all the children of the ' ' S white and colored, for the ' 'tutional six mOnths term, be- a county obligation, and the fur- '■ fact that many of the old style ol houses now in vogue in some ■ ' of the county were erected and ! ped partially from the general ''1 fund, it has been pointed out the change would be strictly in ‘ ing with the law and custom. The ' nmissioners have been reminded t about 1,000 children from non- taxing territory in the remotest School Days Cameron First to Start Term Next Monday, Others Soon After The long term county schools will open for the fall term as fol lows: Cameron, Monday, August 31st. West End, Monday, Sept. 7th. Eagle Springs, Mcjliday, Sept. 7th. Glendon, Monday, Sept. 14th. Pinehurst, Monday, Sept. 14th. • Eureka, Monday, Sept. 14th. It is very important that all chil dren enter school on the first day. Parents are urged to keep their children in schol regularly. Noth ing is more important in the suc cess of a child in school than ade quate supplies aiid regular attend ance. ^ precincts of the county are attending school in modem buildings, the cost of which is being borne strictly by the property owners within the spec ial taxing territory. “The proposal, if adopted, would lower taxes on about two-thirds of the property of the county, but would keep the other one-third from receiving the full benefit of such tax reduction as the recent General As sembly provided. “The Comity School Board, at a re cent meeting, brought the matter to the attention of the Commissioners by adopting resolutions, (which ap pear in another column). “The various school districts will receive substantial tax reduction in 1931 ,the amount depending upon the adoption of the proposal, as follows: In the following table the first col umn represents tke reduction in tax made by the 1931 legislature under the present plan, the second column represents the reduction of school tax in 1931 under the proposed plan. Eagle Springs 29 .17 Cameron 29 .52 Eureka - - ^ West End — *29 *29 Mr. and Mrs. Neal Parker of Palm Beach, Fla., visited their uncle, W. L. Parker, this week. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Phillips of Fair mont were week-end guests ^of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Forguson. Miss Mary Lucy Kelly, who is a student at East Carolina Teacher’s College, Greenville, is spending her vacation with Misses Essie and Alice Parker. Misses Essie and Alice Parker and Mrs. L. L. Wolley spent Saturday in Sanford. _ Leland Pierson is spending his va cation with his parents in Centerville, Ala. Miss Evelyn Rhodes delightfully en tertained a few of her friends at her home in Niagara last Thursday night. Music and dancing were enjoyed and delicious refreshments . were served. The list of guests included Mr. and Mrs. Bob Donahue, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Woolley, Misses Emma Wilson, Georgia Wilson, Cornel;a Phillips, : Alice Parker and Graydon Hunter, Dewey Bass, Crowson Cameron and Irman McDonald. Miss Cornelia Phillips gave her Sunday School class a picnic Thurs day afternoon. Circle Number One of the Manly Woman’s Auxiliary met last Wednes day night with Misses Essie and Alice Parker. The meeting was led by the chairman, Mrs. L. L. Wooley. L. L. Woolley is spending his fif teen-day vacation at home. Graydon Hunter is spending his va cation with his parents in Sanford. Miss Emma Wilson spent last week end in Raleigh. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Donahue enter tained at their home Friday night. Those present were Misses Georgia Wilson, Margaret Cameron, Cornelia Phillips, Alice Parker, Essie Parker, Evelyn Rhodes, Mrs. Dorothy Adams and Irman McDonald, Fred Cole, Crowson Cameron, Graydon Hunter, Dewey Bass; also Mr. and Mrs. Wal lace Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Wooley. Miss Sarah Keith Patterson return ed home Monday from Lake Wacca- maw where she had been spending a week attending a house party. Mrs. Paul Sessoms was carried to Pittmans Hospital at Fayetteville Sat urday for treatment. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ridgeway of Sumter, S. C., spent last week with their daughter, Mrs. C. D. Ellis. Fulton McMillan of Raeford spent Monday night with his grandmother, Mrs. John McMillan. # NEW GOODYEAR ALL-WE AT H E R MORE MILES MORE STYLE ^ MORE VALUE AT LOWEK CO SI C0MIW1 SiETHIfOllfAT . ilEVEN IMPROVCMminil Jackson Springs - 29 .19 Pinehurst — 29 .17 Hemp - - - - 29 .37 Carthage - — .29 .61 Aberdeen 29 .37 Vass - 29 .37 Southern Pines 29 .23 All other territory 29 .07 “The county highway system was first built on the township or district plan, each township voting its own bonds for road construction. These township road bonds were transferred to the county general road fund more than ten years ago. The new system of consolidated schools has been built up by districts in very much the same way as the county road system. Most Complete Goodyear Tires in the Saudhiils i Max Filling Station H. H. BREWER, Manager ABERDEEN, N.. C
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