Moore county’s
LEADING NEWS
WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 12, NO. 8.
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Page Three
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FIRST IN 1
NEWS AND
ADVERTISING
Aberdeen and Southern
of the Sandhill Territory m ^
iMnes, North Carolina, January 22, 1932.
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rth Carolina
FIVE CENTS
BOYD SPEAKER AT
ANNUAL BANQUET
Chamber of Commerce To En
tertain at Southland Hotel
Next Thursday Night
MANY STUNTS ARRANGED
James Boyd will be the principal
speaker at the annual banquet of the
Southern Pines Chamber of Com
merce to be held at the Southland Ho
tel next Thursday evening, January
28th. Mr. Boyd will select his own
topic, and those acquainted with the
author know that it will be pertinent
and well worth hearine.
The date of the banquet, which is
always a feature event of the winter
in Southern Pines, was changed yes-
trday from Friday night, the 29th
to the night before owing to the play
to be given on Friday night at the
Church of Wide Fellowship.
Dr. George G. Herr is chairman of
the committee on arrangements for
the banquet and has been busy for
some time with his program. He and
his committee have a number of
amusing stunts up their sleevee.
Another prominent Sandhillian will
be on the toast list along with Mr.
Boyd. President S. B. Richardson of
the Chamber of Commerce w'ill pre
side, and Lovejoy’s orchestra will
furnish the music gratuitously. An
nual reports will be read, but, ac
cording to the chairman, “will
C. of C. Speaker
SAMUEL G. ALLEN
LEASES LAND HERE
FOR BIRD RAISING
R.Gordon Matheson New President iHUNllfe^ i BONDED
Noted Dog Fancier Acquires 6,-
500 Acres in Little River
Section Below Vass
JAMES BOYD
BONDED DEBT OF
COUNTY $733,500
ON JANUARY 1ST.
Total Reduced by $35,500 Dur
ing Last Nine Months of
Fast Year
INDEBTEDNESS OF TOWNS
While the 100 counties and about
be I 430 municipalities of Niorth Ca’.olina
brief.” The nominating committee \ issued only $804,500 in bonds and
will report its selection of directors
fori 932,
The dinner is scheduled for 7:30,
and will be informal. The tickets will
be one dollar each, and the public is
invited, whether members of the
Chamber of Commeibe or not.
Tufts Asks Support
For Ten Year Plan
Tells Kiwanis Club of Aims of
Organization in State
Rehabilitati«>i
notes, creating new debts, and paid
off a total of .$7,010,240 in bonded
indebtedness during the last nine
months of 1931, as shown recently by
Charles M. Johnson, director of Lo
cal Government, the giowmmcnial
umts of the state, outside the Statt?
itself, still have a bonded indebted
ness of approximately $300,000,000.
Combined with the State debi of
nearly $182,000,000, this total is
iibout $542,000,000 for the State and
its local government units, or an
average of about $174 per person, (Or
more than an average $700 for the
head of the average family of more
TO PUT OUT BROOD STOCK
Richard Tufts told members of the i than four persons in the state.
Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen some flf
the plans projected for the program
of rehabilitation and recovery of
North Carolina under the Ten Year
Plan when the club met in the Church
of Wide Fellowship Wednesday noon.
Mr. Tufts had just come from a meet
ing of subcommittees under Project
A of the association, held Tuesday and
Wednesday in Pinehurst, and was en
thusiastic over the proposals submit
ted at that gathering.
Stating that the Ten Year Plan
Moore county, Mr. Johnson’s rec
ords show, had a total bonded indebt-
fccness on Januai-y 1, 1932, of $733,-
500. During the last nine months of
1931, this county paid on its bonded
indebtedness a total of $35,500,, thus
reducing its outstnding bonds by that
amount. During that period no new
bonds were issjued, although s«m«
outstanding bonds and notes may have
been refunded, which adds n,o debt.
Aberdeen had a bonded indebtednss
January 1, 1932, of $86,500 and had
was still more of an idea than an ac- , paid off and retired outstanding bonds
tuality, Mr. Tufts stressed the need I during the last nine months of 1931
of some such body to lead in the very i amounting to $6,500. No new bonds
necessary rehabilitation of the state
over the next few years, the need of
keeping the state moving forward
that its young men may not be tempt
ed to desert the ship and seek careers
elsewhere, the need of acquainting
the people of the state with its re
sources and advantages, of interest
ing those of other states in North
Canolina. He told something of the
plans fur organization, the probable
employment of a director to serve on
li full time paid basis under the exe
cutive committee; of the plans for j
classifying memberships w’ith varying
dues.
He spoke of highway beautification
plans, the development of wild life
resources, the need for forest fire
prevention on a much greater scale
than ait present, stating tihat the
State spends today but one-thirty-
third on forest protection of what it
spends protecting crops, schools, etc.,
despite the fact that our forests are
possibly more valuable than anything
we have. He spoke of the plans for
n land, park and forestry policy, and
reported at isome length on publicity
plans and the idea to start a maga
zine to “sell” the state to its citizens.
Mr. Tufts is chairman of the sub
committee on tourist maps and mag
azines, one of the committees which
met this week in Pinehurst.
“I know of nothing the Kiwanis
Club might do more constructive than
to lend its valuable aid to the de
velopment of this Ten-Year Plan,”
he said in conclusion, and the applause
indicated a general approval of the
club in what has come to be known
as the Tyre Taylor Plan.
wore issued by the municipality dur
ing that period, Mr. Johnson’s rec
ords show.
Carthage had a bonded indebted-
nesi^ on January 1 of $57,000, and
had paid off none of its bonds, as
rone fell due, since April 1, or had it |
sold any new bonds in that period. ■
Carthage has $1,558.27 in sinking Nomination
fund cash in banks, secured by $2,-
000 in bonds.
Southern Pines, on January 1, had
a bonded indebtedness of $.^80,000,
liy Hion H. Butler
Samuel G. Allen, of New York and
Pinehurst, whose kennels on the
Midland Road have become the heart
of the field trials in the Pinehurst
area, has leased in the Little River
i-'cction below Vass 0,500 acres of land
cn which he is preparing to establish
a bird protectorate that will have a
decisive influence on the future of this
community. For a number of years
Mr. Allen has devoted time and mon
ey and effort to the increase of the
quail population of the Sandhills,
most ni the time a fellow-worker with
l eonard Tufts, and the achievements
of these two men are the basis of
nearly everything that has been
done to give quail propagation the
impetus it has gained.
Mr. Allen has been operating over
a large territory in the Jackson
Springs counti-y. The addition of the
6,500 acres below Vass will give
another outlet to his ambitions, and
a decided uplift to the establishment
of Moore county on a broader and
more intelligent bird and game foot
ing. The land secured is leased from
ihe .owners. It embraces the coun
try on both sides of the Lobelia r.oad
from Vass down to about the mouth
of Crane’s Creek, and ont the Beav
er Creek way to include Frank Cam
eron’s farm as the northern extreme.
Probably more country will be added
as land is found that is desirable and
that the .owners tare to include in
the reservation. While some land is
not as desirable for quail rearing as
other, where a farm is taken the
whole acreage is included, even
tho igh it is not used, as Mr. Allen is
not inclined to j)ick little spots here
and there and make a pa|chwork
job.
No Promiscuous Shooting
This project is a strictly private
affair, and it will not be open to any
promiscuous shooting. In fact it is
hard to regard it as a shooting prop
osition at all, for Mr. Allen does lit
tle shooting, and does not encourage
his friends who visit him to kill many
birds. His pleasure comes from work
ing his dog.s, building up strong
bevies of quail all over his leasehold,
nid feeding and protecting his birds.
Th's is similar to the work at the
lield trials where the dogs point the
birds which are then flushed but al
lowed to fly away unharmed.
The method of operation on the
\‘ass reserve will be a distribution of
breeding stock to supplement that
of Presbyterian Junior College
Son of Rev. R. G. Matheson of
Jackson Springs To Sutieed
Late Rev. R. A. McLcod
R. Gordon Matheson, son of the
Rev. R. G. Matheson, Presbyterian
minister at Jackson Springs, was
elected acting president of the Pres
byterian Junior College at Maxton by
the board of trustees at their meeting
in Maxton Monday. He succeeds the
late president, R. A. McLeod, anoth
er Moore county resident before his
removal to Maxton.
The new president has been pro
fessor flf English and dean of Pres
byterian Junior College since its be
ginning three years ago, and his
work has been outstanding. He grad-
uatefl from Presbyterian College of
South Carolina in 1921, and has since
taken his M, A. degree from the Un
iversity of South Carolina.
He has also taken additional grad
uate work from Peabody College for
Teachers of Nashville, Ter.n. He
tauirht English for five years in Co
lumbia high school, Columbia, S. C.
While in South Carolina he was presi
dent of the state Christian Endeavor
L.nion for a period of two years. Be
fore comipg to Presbyterian Junior
College, he was assistant professor
oi English at V. P. I. He was born
in Scott county, Virginia,
Charles K. Hunter was elected as
sistant acting president. The latter
will act as contrrct and publicity
.nan, it was stated.
,To Honor .Mt, Mcl-eod
In addition to the election of Pres-
Seven More Days
Penalty Attaches if You Do
Not Pay Taxes Before
February 1st
Throughout the remainder ,of
this month taxes may be paid at
par, but February will 'bring with
it a penalty of one per cent. Quite
a number of taxpayers have been
paying up during the past few
(lays and taking advantage of the
saving, according to W, T, Hunt
ley, Moore county tax collector.
There are only seven nxore tax-
paying days in this month.
FOR $25,000 AS
TAX COLLECTOR
County Commissioners Accept
Security Pn>vided by New
ersey Indemnity Company
HOYLE CHAIRMAN
OF VICTORY FUND
COMMITTEE HERE
Carthage Man Named by Head
of State Committee of
Democrats
ALL READY FOR CAMPAIGN
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President Names Tyson
Postmaster at Vass
S, R, Hoyle of Carthage has been
ajipointed Moore county chairman of
'democratic V'ictory Fund committee
by C. L, Shuping of Greensboro,
.hairman»of the State committee.
In making his announcement, Mr.
ident McLertd’s successor, plans were Shuping pointed out that the enthu-
'■)!ade for a definite expansion of the biasm displayed by Democrats an-
ollege and substantial amounts were , proached in this cause throughout the
subscribed for this purpose by mem-1 state made it possible for North Car-
bers of the board of trustees pres- olina to perfect its organization in
i--nt. . uch a manner that the National Vic-
The Rev. W. M. B’airley, D. D., of tory Fund Campaign management
Raeford, a member of the board, was had decided to use the North Caro-
named chairman of a committee to lina set-up as a model to spur sim-
coniplete plans for the expansion pro- iiar aggressive r(tivities in other
gram. A committee was also named to I states,
draw up j-esolutions in honor of the i Mr. Shuping referred to his list .of
late president. Founder’s day, Febru- ne hundred county managers as
ary 21, was set aside as a day when ‘ re;>re?enting “every element within
the college will do special honor to the Democratic party in the state,”
its dead president, and adcied that this indicated “the
Assistant President Hunter is a na- unity existing within the party and
tive of .Marlboro oounty. South Caro- the determination of all to fight to-
lina. He is a nephew of former Gov- gether for a great Democratic Vic-
emor Richards of South Carolina, He tory in November,”
was educated at Davidson College and The North Carolina organization, it
the University of North Carolina, Mr. was lurther pointed out by Mr, Shu-
Hunter, w'ho has held the chair of ping, is now in a position to go ahead
history in the college here, was close- with the campaign. He stated that in
ly associated w’ith President McLeod addition to receiving the enthusias-
ir. the work of making contacts with tic acceptance of one hundred mem-
prospective students and his duties |bers of the General State committee,
as assistant president will continue
along that line. > Please turn to Page 4
Competitive Grabbing Threatens
Democracy, Says Richard Tufts
having paid $18,000 on this indebt
edness since April 1, No new bonds
have been issued since that date,
Southem Pines ha<« $3,119.93 in
sinking fund in cash in banks, secur
ed by $5,000 worth of bonds.
Sent To Senate
.Means F^nd of Long Service
of Mrs. Matthews
STATE LEADERS HERE TO
DISCUSS 10-YEAR PLAN
Tyre C. Taylor, executive secretary
to Goveriior Gardner, Col. J, W.
Harrelson, hoad of the State Depart
ment of Conservation and Develop
ment, E. B. Jeffress, chairman of the
State Highway Commission and oth
ers prominent in the organization of
the North Carolina Ten Year Plan
were in session at Pinehurst Tuesday
and Wednesday to discuss Project
A of the plan, that having to do
with the development of the resort
business. Interesting meetings were
held at the Holly Inn and among the
subjects taken up were Highway
Beautification, Wild Life Resources,
Preservation and Marking of Histor
ic Spots, Land, Parks and Forestry
Policy, Modern Tourist Interest and
Road Maps and Magazine.
The name of Claude Landon Tyson
of Vass was sent to the Senate by
President Hoover on Tuesday for
confirmation as postmaster at Vass.
The president’s nomination is prac
tically assured of confirmation, which
means the withdrawal in the near fu
ture of Miss Bertie L. Matthews as
postmistress there. Miss Mr}*>hews
has been postmistress since her ap
pointment by President
Wilson.
Landon Tyson, as he is familiarly
known in his community, is a son of
John Tyson.
The president sent 15 North Cai’-
olina postmastership nominations to
the Senate Tuesday, the only .others
in this section being John S. Down
ing to be postmaster at Fayetteville
and Asa C. Parsons for the position
at Star.
PICQUET IN WASHINGTON
Charles W’’. Picquet, manager of
the Carolina Theatres in Southern
Pines and Pinehurst, is in Washing
ton, attending a meeting ^f the Na
tional Association of Motion Picture
Theatre Owners of which he is vice-
president.
Groans Over Taxation .Must Con
tinue if Roar in Pursuit of
Privilege Does
Hy Richard S, Tufts
The article by Mr. Ralph Page now i
followed in your columns y the po- j
lite retort >of Mr. Dougall McDun-1
can, indicates that a wave of givin?
public expression to our thoughts has |
descended among us. Feeling that |
there are certain merits to a i)ublic |
discussion our present j)roblenis, |
I am hereby following suit. j
It is my contention that the peo-1
pie of this fair land have unwitting- i
ly dedicated themselves to competi
tive graft on a scale far more trem-
j endous than is generally recognized.
Woodrow ^ lyij, jiyjg
existence in that on the one hand we
groan under the burden of taxation
while on the other side we roar equal
ly loud in pursuit of privilege. There
is scarcely ever a gathering that does
i1t)t discuss one or the .other of these
twin subjects and yet few recognize
the link that makes of the pair a Sia
mese prodigy. New roads, new post-
offices, government loans, inland wa
ter ways, new school buildings, subsi
dies—the list is endless. At nearly
every meeting our county commis
sioners submit a request to the State
Highway Commission that they take
over more highways in the county;
Southern Pines and Pinehurst want
new post office buildings; we want a
Hab Sprig Cub?
It Certainly Looks Like it
With Tomatoes Ripening
and Violets Out
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Dan Harrington, porter at the Sea
board freight station in Southern
Pines, pulled from a tomato stalk i”.
front of the station office Saturday
to hand to The Pilot a ripe toniato
V. hich is .one of a numl>er that have
grown there and ripened this wintei.
Sweet Williams are blossoming at
\'alhalla, flowers in profusion on the
Pinehurst lawns, violets are every
where, Alex Field killed a big black-
snake last week, in the Abraham
garden roses have oiHened, p^'rfect
flow'ers, and so the story luns to
any length. Grass was neVer s.o
VOTE PAGP: DEPOSITORY
After refusal by a number of bond
ing companies to write further bonds
covering Moore county tax collectors,
a bond in the sum of $25,000 has been
piovided by W'. T. Huntley, the newly
i;ppointed collector, and was approved
and accepted by the Board of County
Commissioners at their meeting on
Monday. The minutes of Monday’s
meeting read:
“On motion of E. C. Matheson sec
onded by G. C. Seymour and unan
imously carried the bond of W. T.
Huntley, county tax collector, with
Public Indemnity Company of New-
aik, New Jersey, as surety in the
sum of $25,00(1 was received, accept
ed and approved and ordered, record
ed.”
Although Mr. Huntley had been giv
en the highest rating by the bonding
Jompanies with which, negotiations
had previously been under way, said
companies had expressed an unwill
ingness to write further bonds cov
ering the county’s tax collectors, s.o
for the first time it looked as if
the Board of Commissioners would
fail to procure a bond for its money
tratherer. These companies made it
clear that their acti.on was merely a
matter of policy and in no wise a re
flection on Mr. Huntley, neverthe-
le. s to a man of Mr. Huntley’s stand
ing who had never before been unable
to comply when his job called for the
filing of a bond, the state of affairs
was somewhat embarrassing.
Temporary Depository
On another motion unanimously
crrried it was ordered that Mr. Hunt
ley deposit the taxes collected for
193] in the Carthaie branch of the
I’age Trust Company, said sums so
oeposited to be transferred to the
Bank of Pinehurst, the county finan
cial agent, from time to time when
deposits have cleared, the order to
i;ecome effective upon the Page Trust
Company’s .setting aside rs security
for the county of Moore against Loss,
as provided by law, Liberty E'mds in
equal amount to funds so de:)osited
by such tax collector.
I*: is understood that the bank has
agreed to the terms. This will be a
gieat convenience to the tax collector,
estate of such taxpayers on the first
J. D. McLean having shown to the
(.ommissioners that certain taxpayers
having real estate had obtained tax
receipts for 1930 taxes i y means of
bad checks, it was ordered that Mr.
•McLean be instructed to sell the real
estate of such taxpayers on the first
.Monday in March, 1932 at 12 o’clock
noon r.t the court house door after
rdvertising such real estate as pro
vided by law for sale of real estate
I y sheriffs and tax collectors in cases
of taxpayers failing to pay tax lev
ied.
The insolvent list tendered by J.
D. McLean was accepted.
. W. H. Currie, chairman, and Com-
missLiners Seymour, Matheson and
Cameron were present at the meet
ing. G. C. Shaw was absent.
heor(;amzez girl scout
TROOI* IN SOUTHERN PINES
The Girl Scout Trop of Southern
Pines, which has been inactive for a
period of time, is to be reorganized
under the leadership of Miss Emilie
Richai'dson and supported by a local
cc^uncil of prominent citizens.
More than ten years ago the Girl
green at this season of the year iu j Scout Troop was established by Mrs,
this section, for one reason because j Howard Burns and Mrs, James Boyd,
more has been sowed this year than i Residents of the community may re-
fver, but also because of the mild
weather that has stimulated growth.
But 2.0 years ago the season was as
warm as now at this time in Janu-
aiy, a record of 79 on January 14,
and peaches in blossoms were re
ported. Early in February, 1894 the
hills were white with arbutus blos
soms and quail were seen within a
hundred feet of the Seaboard sta
tion at Southem Pines. A year or so
later two men from Pennsylvania got
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call some of the notable work accom
plished by the scouts in connection
with the Armenian Relief Fund and
county and community welfare.
All girls between the ages of ten
aiid fifteen years who have not pre
viously been Sciout members are urg
ed to come to the meeting at the
Civic Club'at four o’clock Wednesday
afternoon.
After the new troop has been thor
oughly organized, the oldjer ScdKrt
members that are interested will be
I sked to become active.
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