MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING NEWS
WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 12, NO. 10.
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Aberdeen and Southern Pines, North Carolina, February 5, 1932.
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
COUNTY OFFICERS
ASK REDUCTIONS
IN THEIR SALARIES
Solicitor Boyette and Sheriff Mc
Donald and Deputies Make i
Voluntary Requests |
Champions Meet at Pinehurst
MORE ROADS FOR STATE
The request of two of the county’s
leading officials for voluntary reduc
tions in their salaries featured the
regular monthly meeting of the Board
of Cflunty Commissioners at Carthage
Monday.'’These requests were made
by M. G. Boyette, prosecuting attor- j
ney for the Recorder’s Court, who
asked a ten per cent cut, and Charles
J. McDonald, sheriff, who asked a
five per cent cut for himself and his
deputies, L. A. Kelly and T. X.
Slack.
Boyette’s salary has been $125
j)er month, the sheriff’s $291.00;
Kelly’s $I2.j and Slack’s $100. The
hoard acted fav.orably upon the re
quests, adding a vote of thanks to the .
tenders. '
Considerable other business was
transacted by the board Monday,
roads, salaries, jury lists, coffins and
lands coming in for a share in a busy
day.
It was moved and carried that the
maximum license tax authorized by
Article II, Revenue Act 1931 as
Schedule “B” taxes to be levied by
cfiunties be levied for the year 1931
and the county tax collector be order
ed to proceed to collect said schedule
‘*B” taxes. This applies to hotels,
barber shops, filling stations, vending
machines, etc.
The following bids were received
for one dozen coffins for the county
home: $107.50 per dozen, submitted
by P. H. McDonald, Carthage; $9.10
each, submitted by J. \V. Gaines,
Glendon; $9.50 each, submitted by five
persons, M. C. McDonald, West End; gome time ago The Pilot told about
R. R. Riddle, High Falls; G. M. Up-1 the remarkable work that is under
church,, High Falls; W. B. Lambert, | way among the colored folks of
Carthage, and A. . Wicker, Carthage.' Southern Pines, where the colored
The ciontract was awarded to P. H. pastor of one of the church is in-
McDonald on his low bid of less than i ^ class in drawing and
nine dollars each. 1 painting, and producing himself a
It is interesting to notice a com-; succession of striking pictures that
parison of 1930 and 1932 prices. In have attracted attention in many sec-
FIVE CENTS
BUILDING & LOAN County Awaits
REPORTS REVEAL on Status of * Funds
FINE CONDITION as Preferred Deposits
ocision
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Sandhills Associations Reflect
Generally Healthy State of
These Orjjanizations
ELECT DIRECTORS FOR ’32
.According to reports of the building
i nd loan associations of the Sandhills,
these institutions appear to run along
iis well in bad weather as in good.
Fine showings were made by the
Aberdeen, Pinehurst and Southern
I ines assoc iations during the trou-
■ lou.^ times of 1931.
kepoits made at annual stockhold-
ci:.’ meeting during the past week
teemed with .optimism for the future
ot' these associations, as well as re-
A Questionnaire
H. F. Seawell, Jr., Wants To
Know the Facts About
.Moore ('ountv Finances
Will Demand ,S2.‘},132.75 from
Hondinu Company if Checks
•Are Not I’referential
DOES NOT EXI’ECT LOSS
Editor, The Pilot;
It is with a feeling of anxiety that
i'. good many peoidc read the recent
issues of the Moore county weekly
papers. It must be very embarrass
ing to our new tax collector, Mr.
Huntle.',', to read weekly accounts of
his virtues and goodness, and in the
same paragraph see that ir spite of
?!1 this our good commissioners have
i'diOIited the Amos ’n Andy system of
check and (iouide-check just to play
vealing a healthy condition at the
oi 1931. The .Vherdeen Build-, safe,
ing and Loan Association held its , Why is it necessary for so many
anni.ai meeting in the High School whitewashing articles to appear on
Auditorium at which time Secretary
Di’n 1, McKeithen submitted his re
port. The financial statement, which
appeared in last week’s issue ,of The
' I ilot, showed the organization in bet-
I ter position than a year ago, both
I as to ear.nings and cash position. Af-
the front pac:es of our weekly pa-
Deinand foi’ payment of the $23,-
132.7.') of county tax money tied up
in the failure of the Bank of Vass
will be made upon Maryland Casual
ly Company, which bonded J. D. Mc-
I.ean, former tax oollector, if and
when the State Banking Department
decidcs the certified and cashier’s
checks issue<l against these deposits
are not preferred claims against the
lank.
So said Wilbur J. Currie, chairman
of the County Board of Commission
ers in an interview with The Pilot
this week.
Mr. Currie stated that the bond
ing company has Ijeen officially noti-
„ o 'd' the situation the county found
pers? How bng will the people of . ,,
, ... Itself in lollowing the closing ot the
Moore county put up with this sort
.of “hu.'sh campaign”? Are not the
tax payers and humble citizens of
Moore entitled to know why all this?
Will the commissioners of Moore
fitrd I’resa I'hoto
Mis.s Helen Hick.s, national women’s golf champion well
known in the Sandhills, and Ru.'^sell Hooi>:eihyde, national archer
champion, now a resident of Southern Pines, on the archery range
at the Pinehur.st Country Club during Miss Hick’s recent visit
here.
Colored Students to Give Art
Exhibition in Southern Pines
ter a substantial increase in the re- lointy offer a complete .lUdit of all
.'('rve account, a higher earning rate . the County agencies? lias one ever
Public To View Work of Negro
•Minister-Artist and His Class
Next Weilne.sd.iy
1930 the bids ranged from $13.50 eacti
to .$20.00 each.
More Ruads for Stat^
The commissioners voted to recom
mend that the State Highway Com
mission take ovei and maintain the
following roads:
The road leading from Glendon to
Reeves Chajiel church via the rail
road crossing at Dr. Strees’t place.
The old State Highway leading
from Manley to Southern Pines on
the west side of the Seaboard Air
tions of the country. The clergyman
is William A. Cooper, a native of
Hillshoro, this state, educated in the
schools and colleges of the state and
elsewhere, an accredited lawyer as
well as a clergyman, and a tactful
leader amon^ his people.
-An exhibit by thj minister of his
work and that of his students at the
church in West Southern Pines in
the spring led to encouragement by
tho vvi'iite folks on the east side ot
the ',‘reek to prepare an exhibit in
Winter’s Gone
J. Augustus Groundhog. p]sq..
Failed To See His Shad
ow on Tuesday
.)'. Augustus Groundhog, tradi
tional weather prognosticator, fail
ed to see his shadow on Tuesday,
and if there is any truth in the old
belief about the little fellow and his
shadow, the end of the winter is
here before it has begun.
•Acc.ording to tradition, if the
groundhog see.s his shadow on Feb
ruary 2(1 he will immediately scoot
back in his hole ant. remain for
six weeks more of winter. On the
other hand, if it is cloudy, he will
remain out. It was cloudy.
lias been maintained, and the associa- been p.ullished? Did not our local
tion fior the fir.st time in several -beets extoll the virtues of our for-
years has no borrowed money. iner lollector? Did we not at that
During the past year the associa- time have an auditor to audit our
tion made loans to its members lu’ditor? Is that not check and tlou-
turounting t.o approximately .$29,- l.le-check? Did that auditor lay his
((JO.OO, while loans paid back to the figures before the commissiioners ?
a.^sociations amounted to .$ l l,000.00. It he did and they say it, why was i "‘'s accepted with exceptions;
It is worthy of note that monthly he County’s money kept in some ,
' ]iaym'“nts nn I:„ns haye been prompt- ether place than the depository? Un-. accepted, nor were several bad
;1\ paid during these trying times, only flcr these circumstances who is to'K'^’en Mr. McLean by property
j.,no 'oan beinn in arrears as much as I lame, auditor, tax collector or com-.payment for taxes. The
I ninety days.
Vass institution, but that the commis
sioners thought best to wait for a
ecision on the statu.s of the two
checks held by Mr. McLean t'efoie
nipking fiornial demand for payment
ly the Maryland Casualty.
Many Had Chtcks
These two checks, one a certified
check for .$13.10S<.!»7 and one a cash
ier’s check for .'i!10,032.78, were among
those turned in to the county by Mr.
Mcl.enn when he made his settlement
with the board last Mf'nth. This set-
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t legi iaruie made it possible to
! rc-acvertise land for which taxes were
I [.aid with brd checks, and the county
1 cc'inmissioners have instructed Mr.
Jfcl.ean to advertise the property in-
E. E. Brantley liies at
His Home in Aberdeen 'olved the first Monday in March.
____ The certified and cashier’s checks
Line Railway connecting same with ■ Southtrn Pines, and next Wednesday,
State Highway No. 701.
The highway from below the color
ed chui'ch at Eastwood to where it
February 10, an exhibit will be held
in the Curb Market Building on Broad
Ptieet at Pennsylvania avenue, former-
The secretary’s report brought out
the fact that over §300,000.00 has
been saved in monthly installments
l y members of the Aberdeen Building
& Loan association since it was or
ganized ten years ago this month,
bearing out the opinion that the One of Town’s Best Known Citi- covering §23,132.1 of the county tax
Building and Loan has been worth zens SucCUmbs in His ; money have been filed with the bank-
more than any other single factor in 73rd Year 1 department by Mr. McLean with
building up a sound citizenship in this ] exception ,of their being consider-
tommunitj'. Death came peacefully on Tuesday | r'’‘-*‘Orred ilaim.s and being paid.
President G. C. Seymour called at- morning to F]ugene Ei'win Brantley, j *' they are not so held, or the liquida-
tention to the opening of the twenty- alter two weeks of intense suffei’ing | Bank ot Vass fails to pio-
first series of installment stock this iioin an acute attack of diabetes, suf-;sufficient capital to cover the
month, aii'i pointed out the desira- tei at his home in Aberdeen. j checks, then the bonding conii'any will
bility ,of Building & Loan shares as a Brantley was in his 73rd year,' called upon to make restitution un
savings plan to fit any pocketbook, and was one of Aberdeen’s best |'I*-’'' tt'ims ot the bond given the
with an earrrir.g rate of ti 3-1, non- known citizens. He came to Aberdeen ^l^-'Loan.
taxable, and one of very few- types of I'vom Harnett county ab,out -10 years' “TI>e commissioners have been
investment worth 100 cents on the ago and had made a wide circle of | inteiest, as they
dollar toda>'. friends in this community to whom ^ county and ev'eryone in-
The following hoard of directors his death lame as a distinct shock. Ithis unfortunate tie-up of
were elected for the year 1932: G. i Funeral sei vices for Mr. Brantley lunds, Mr. Currie said. Legal
, C. Seymour, F. 1). Shamburger, M. H.' were conducted at Old Bethesda I .'^lOUiiht and followed.
Library in Aberdeen i Folley, H. .A. Gunter, F. .M. Medlin, Church on Wednesday afternoon at i “But under no con.“ideration (lo we
I T. D. McLean, Henry McC. Blue, John ' 2:30 o’clock, with interment in the |principal oi intei-
Denefit BridlJe Planned for Sat- ! Fiddne.* .1. Talbot .lohnson and D. 1.1 i'djoining cemetery by the side of
To Raise Funds For
he stated.
urday at Community House.
Ccfitrihutions Invited
ct.nnects with Highway No. 7.J at .lun- l^ the .Atkinson furniture store. In
iper Lake. I collection of pictures shown will Memorial Library in
The .old road leading from a point; >'o 2o or more by the pastor, M by was a gift to the town, and
on the highway leading from Putnam ! ^ ivian Steele, three by .lames All-
tr. Highway 1)07 just about Friend-U'>'ook, three by George .\llbrook and
ship Church, by Friendship Church i by Edna Bethea. Ihe latter four
and Haywood Caddell’s place, thence! i xhibiiors are school children. Vivian
by Moonshine and M. McL. Kelly’s i Steele, the daughter of George Steele
his wife, who preceded him about
has proven a distinct asset. Unfortu
nately, it is entirely dependent for
support upon donations, benefit func
tions, etc. Dui-ing times of stress
when fo many demand.s are made
place to Highway No. 74 near Car- a graduate of the colored high
McKeithen.
Pinehurst’s Fine Report 1- ago. The Rev. E. L. Barber, fl.iK T'o OhsPrve
After hearing a most favorable re- ^ of the Presbyterian church, |
port from its treasurer, radiating op
timism for 1932, the Pinehurst Build
ing and Loan Association at its an-
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thage.
It was ordered that IGaci'es,
■ hool. She is doing original portrait
“let I w ork from the models before her. The
icus needy cau.ses, the library suffers.
And yet it is a most essential insti-
Expense of Recorder’s
Court Worries County
No. 8,” John.son’s F?|rm, Sandhills Allbrook b..ys are the sons of Ralph, ^
township, be listed f.or the years 1929,
1930 and 1931 at a valuation $800
and same ordered sold for taxes for
the years 1929 and 1930 on the first
Monday in March, 1932 by J. D. Mc
Lean, tax collector.
It was ordered that 10 acres, “let
Leslie heirs be relieved of 2-10 acres
in McNeill township valued at $18,000
for years of 1929, and 1930 for tax
ation, and for 240 acres listed for $3,-
180 for 1931, being listed b^ error.
It w'as ordered that 304 1-2 acres
in McNeill township be listed in the
name of J. A. Leslie Estate at a val
uation of $3,648 for the years 1929,
1930 and 1931 and tax compiled there
on for sad years, said lands iwt be
ing listed for taxation for said years.
NEW KIWANIS MEMBERS
Fred W. McCleur, Jr., and Jack M.
Taylor, both of Aberdeen, were elect
ed to membership in the Kiwanis
Club at the meeting of the board of
directors held last Tuesday evening.
Allbrook. Edna Bethea is the daught
er of Benjamin Bethea, also a grad
uate of the high school, and at pres-
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I . N. C. GLEE CLUB AT
SOUTHFvKN PINES SUND.V^ , bridge and rook will be playc
I more idleness, the more time pe.ople
! have for reading and develojiing their
. minds,
I A benefit bridge party is to be
I given for the library’s benefit tomor-
j row, Saturday, afternoon, at the
i Aberdeen Cominunity House. Both
, start-
Commissioners To C(»nsider
Ways and Means of Cutting
Down <m Cases
conducted the services.
Mr. Brantley leaves surviving him
live children, three daughters, Mrs.
J. G. Campbell and Mrs. William Mat
thews of .Al erdeen, and Mrs. George
Moger of (Jloucester, \’a., and two
sons, Robert Brantley of Columbia,
S. C., nnd John Brantley of Lillinnton,
all ,'if whom were at his bedside at
the time of his passing.
Besides his children, he leaves one
sistci' Mrs. Sidney Moore oi I.illing-
ton an<l tiiree bioilicrs, S. D. Brant
ley of Lilliprton, J. D. Brantley of
Wilmington and J. P. Brantley of
Its 25th .Vnniversary
ing at 2 o’clock, and a charge of fifty . Board of County Commissioners has I
So many cases are being passed up
to the Recorder’s Court at Carthage Erwin.
from the mayors and justices of the ;
peace of the county that a hole is |.MISS HLAIR INJURED IN
being shot in the lounty budget, the 1 GE01{(iI.\ AL I() .ACCIDENT
Splendid Pro>^ram Arranijed
for February 12th and Pub
is Invited
The regular monthly meeting of
the Southern Pines Civic Club will
!e held in the club house on F’riday
afternoon, February 12th at 3:00
o'clock. M,rs. Melvin Saab.orn will
read a paper on "Patriotism in Art”
and the music committee will present
the following program: Miss Bishop
and Miss Jenks, violinist and cellist,
in four short trios with .Miss Yeo
mans at the piano, followed by t'wo
piano pupils of Mrs. Claude Hafei,
Misses Ruth Cameron and Ruth
Thompson, who wi’l play solos by
Next Sunday night at The Plat- cents for each player is to be made, discovered. The matter was discussed | The merry party of Southern Pines | Haydn and Beethoven, respectively.
I’orm Hour in The Church .of Wide, Those desiring to play and thereby ] at Monday’s board meeting and the j young, ladies leaving home last | As this meeting marks the 2.')th an-
Fellowship, Southern Pines the peo-] help the library are requested to tel-j sentiment seemed to prevail that many 1 Thursday for Ormond, Florida were | niversary of the Civic Club’s exis-
ple of the Sandhill will have the op-|tphone reservations at the tables to | of the.se cases could and .should be involved in an accident near Bruns-1 tence, the committee in charge is ar-
portunity to hear the Glee Club of, Mr.s. J. W. Bowman. .A prize is to be
the University of North Carolina in; given at each table, and refreshments
a full concert program. Prof Harold I will be served.
Dyer, head of the Dept, of Music Those who do not play bridge or
of the University is director of the ro,ok but who desire to aid the library
Glee Club and under his training the i fund at this time are urgently re
club has made several tours, both
north and south. The program will
contain both sacred and classical num-
Kers. The hour is 7:30. No one wilj be
admitted after the program begins,
but everybody is invited to come
promptly in order to receive seats.
The doors will open at 7 o’clock.
quested to send their fifty cents to
Mrs. Bowman.
disposed of at the oourt of original I wick, Ga., Friday, causing serious in-! ranging for a brief review of its his-
jurisdiction where witnesses and | juries to Miss Helen Blair. Miss | tory in the form of three minute
others are convenient, thereby elim
inating the costs attendant upon
carrying ‘he cases to Cartlage.
It was revealed that of $.^,000 car
ried in the budget for the Rec,order’s
Court, nearly $'1,000 of the amount
has been u.sed up already by the in-
Aberdeen is to enforce its ordinance i creasirg work brought before the
requiring resident owners of automo
biles to carry town license plates. Lo
cal police officers have them for sale
at a dollar each.
court. The subject is to come up again
and full inquiry made into the sit-
vation, the causes and possible rem
edy.
Blair’s parents. Dr. and Mrs. A. talks by members most familiar with
McNeil Blair, flagged the Orange
Blossom Special and rushed to
Brunswick Friday night, bringing
Miss Blair home as soon as she could
be moved.
The party, composed of the Misses
Blair, Katherine Wiley and Jessica
and Helen Thompson driving, swerved
out of their course to avoid a cow in
the road and the car overturned in the
ditch.
its past, and to this end all charter
members who may be in town, wheth
er or not they have retained their
membership, are urged to be present.
Refreshments will be served at the
close of the meeting and the usual
cordial invitation is issued to the
general public to attend.
The directors meeting will be held
on February 11th, at the residence of
A. B. Yeomans at 3:00 p. m.