1 / MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS WEEKLY rgiTTT7 1. in jC/ A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 12, NO. 11. CARTHAOE SPAIHC3 UAKEVIEW mahlev ASHUEV PILOT FIRST IN NEWS AM) ADVERTISING % of the Sandhill Terric North Carolina 'fn. Aberdeen and Southern I’in es. North Carolina, February 12, 1932. VX FIVE CENTS FARM CROP VALUE IN STATE CUT IN HALF IN 10 YEARS Kiwanis Club Launches Move for Community Gardens to Aid Needy Charles Sheffield, Assistant Agricultural Extension Direc tor, Talks to KiwanLans CITES PAYROLL SHRINKAGE Four and one-half billion dollars Jess wajfes arc being paid throughout the country today than in 11)29. If North Carolina is off in proportion to the rest of the country, its annual payroll in industry is off $100,000,- COO. These were some of the interesting figures given the Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen at its weekly meeting in the Aberdeen Community House on Weii- r.esday when Charles Sheffield, As sistant Agricultural Extension Direc- • tor flf N. C. State College talked to the members on the relationship of the farmer to business. lie showed how the farmer was suffering along with the rest, stating that the total value of farm crops and live stock has shrunk from 19 billion dollars in 1919 to seven billion in 1929 in the country, and from 511 million to some thing like 250 million in North Car olina. Prices received for agricul tural products have declined steadily, but the c.ost of making the crops is higher. However, he said, despite the fact that each major depression has been greater than the previous one in history, we have always come out of them on top and he believed when we have succeeded in balancing prices anew we may expect good times again. •Agriculture, like everything else, de pends largely upon the recovery of the three major businesses, automo bile, steel and iron, and building. “The farmer wants more than any thing else to see the man on the street put back to work,” he said. ‘‘When he is, the farmer will recov er his market along with every other lir.e of business.” Mr. Sheffield is a native of Shef field township, this county, though he left here in his early youth. He was formerly county agent .of Davidson county. Lambeth Seeks Aid To Finance Cotton Surplus Congressional Committee Ap peals To Dawes’ Reconstruc tion Corporation Representative Walter Lambeth of the Congressional district along with Representatives Kerr of the 2nd dis trict and Bulwinkle of the 9th district composing a committee of the North Carolina delegation in Congress, headed by Senator Bailey ,of North Carolina and Senator Smith of South Carolina, called upon General Dawes and Eugene Meyer, President and Chairman of the Board of the Recon struction F'inance Corporation, lOn Thursday of la.^t week about a plan, hitherto discussed with the President, to hold off the market 5,000,000 bales of cotton in addition to the 7,000,000 bales that have been placed in st>:ir- ago with the aid of the Farm Board and the banks of the Southern states. This visit was made in the hope that the Reconstruction Finance Corpora tion would be able to arrange the necessai’y financing to carry over the surplus of 12,000,000 bales, from one to three years, provided the growers would agree to curtail production dur ing the year 1932. General Dawes and Chairman Mey er assured the committee that the Re construction f’inance Corporation would give every assistance oonsistent with the provisions of the law creat ing the Reconstruction Finance Cor poration and that definite plans would be worked out with the com mittee just as soon as the organiza tion of the new corporation has been completed and the rules and regula tions worked out. Representative Lambeth stated that he was pleased with the cooperative spirit manifested by these high offi cials of the new $2,000,000,000 corpor ation and that he was sure that Gen eral Dawes and Mr. Meyer would pur sue a liberal and sympathetic policy in order to extend the maximum aid to relieve the distressful condition of the cotton growers of the South. Will Raise Funds for Projects Through Entertainment Stag ed by Local Societies The Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen vot ed Wednesday to sponsor a movement for community gardens in the Sand hills, whereby the man who hasn’t enough land on which to grow food lor his table may be given the oppor tunity to sow and reap and help him self to “live at home.” 'I'o launvh this movement, it was decided to stage a benefit entertain ment later in the season, probably with performances at Southern Pines and at Pinehurst, the proceeds to be UM‘d to ac()uire garden plots and set in motion the community planting. vanDus organizations will be invited to put on one number on the pro gram, and the audiences will be ask ed to vote on the best numlier for a prize to be awarded the oi'ganization ••taging it. The following committee was nam ed to have charge of staging the 2n- tei-tainment: Charles W. Piccjuet, thaiiman; .J. Talbot Johnson, P. Frank Buchan, Richard Tufts and Ar thur Newcomb. The new Kiwanis members, Frank McCleur and Jack Taylor, both of | Aberdeen were welcomed to the club ' at Wednesday’s meeting. Much amusement was created at the meeting when each member was called upon to give the first name of the member on his right, and name his occupation. Ralph Chandler scored a hit when ho called out, “Leo O’Cal- Icghan, robber.” Nine Fatalities That Was Moore County’s Record from Automobile Ac cidents During 19.*n Moore county had nine fatali ties from automobile accidents during the yeai‘ 1931, records in the office of Directior L. S. Harris, of the Motor Vehicle Bureau, show. During the year automo biles wore responsible for 7(52 ICaths in the slate, 1') less than in 19.‘30, but 5,07") persons were in jured, establishing a new high rec ord. Guilford led with -II deaths, Mecklenburg and Wake tieing for -eeond place with US each. Durham had 31, F.orsyth 20 and Wayne 22, the I’ecords show. CCUNTV HAS PAID $13,283 OF STATE AD VALOREM I.RVY C. of C. President Estimated Balance Due I'nder l.)-Cent Propertv Tax is $27,197 ON $27,187,127 VALI E U. s. ANNOUNCES TERMS OF LOANS FOR FARM CROPS Dr. R. P. Gibson Dies of Heart Attack I’rominent Resident of Pinebluff and Former Pastor at Croton Falls, N. Y. Pa.sses Suddenly Early Friday morning, Dr. R. P. Gibson of Pinebluff and Croton Falls, N. Y., died at his winter home in Pinebluff. He had been in his usual health and had gone to the postoffice Thursday night after the mail and apparently felt as well as usual. He was taken with a heart attack about two o'clock from which he apparent ly recovered but a recurrence of the attack at four o’clock proved fatal. Robert Proudfit Gibson was 87 years old. He was born in Erin, N. Y., in 184-1, his parents leaving there when he was a baby. His father was the Rev. John Dunlap Gibson. Dr. Gibsion was a graduate of Yale, class of 18(!G, and of Princeton Theologi- Seminary, class of 1809. He was or dained to the ministry of the Pres byterian Church at Greenville, Tenn., where he had gone for his health. He served as pastor of the Presby terian church at Croton Falls, N. Y., for 31 years, retiring irom the active ministry a few years ago on account of his advanced age, and since that time has spent much of his time here. His first wife was .Agnes C. Dale; his second was Katherine C. Wiestling ot Middletown, Pa., and his third, who survives him, Gussie Abrams. Besides his wife he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. J. P. Locke of White Plains, N. Y., and Mrs. T. E. Fugate of Scarsdale, N. Y., five grandchildren and two greatgrand children, one of whom is “Skippy, ’ the son of Percy Crosby, and the o- riginal of the cartoon character by that name. The funeral services were con ducted in the Pinebluff Methodist Church Sunday afternoon at three o’ clock, and were in charge of Dr. C. L. Jackson, who was assisted by the Rev. E. L. Barber, pastor of Bethesda Presbyterian Church, and the Rev. C. R. Newell, pastoa* of Pinebluff M. E. church. Mrs. Ctibson left for the north on Sunday night with the body and in terment was made in the family cemetery at Croton Falls, N. Y. PARENT-TEACHERS MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON The Aberdeen-Pinebluff Parent Teachers ^Association will hold its regular meeting next Wednesday af ternoon, February 17th, at the Gram mar School in Aberdeen at 3:00 o’clock. A full attendance of all mem bers is requested. No Loans in Excess of $400. nor Over Dollar an Acre P’or Seed INTEREST RATE 4 1-2 P. C. The government has just announced terms under which it will make loans tf farmers for crop production from the funds appropriated by Congress for farm aid, under the Reconstruc tion Act. No loans will be made in excess of 1-100 mr in excess of $1 per acre for seed. Loans for feed for work stock will not exceed $15 per acre per animal required to cultivate the acreage cropped by the borrower. Loans for fuel and oil for tractors will not ex ceed §2 per acre. Loans will not be made to appli cants who did not farm in 1931 nor' in exces of acreage planted in the ] spring of 1931 and will not be made tor the purchase or repair of machin ery or purchase or feeding of live- .■•tock other than work stock used in production. Applications shall bo made on printed forms furnished by the gov- ei'nment to be distributed in each county through the same committees handling drouth loans last year and under practically the same conditions. These blanks have not yet been print- e(i but will be forwarded in the next few days. Promissory notes at 5 1-2 per cent will be securec] by mortgages on the growing crop and when the loan is to tenants must be accompan ied by waiver from the landlord. Congressman W'alter Lambeth of this district will be glad to forward blanks or give further information to anyone interested. Moore (ounty had paid into the State Treasury $13,283.50 of the es timated ?10,781, coming from this ci.unty from the 15-cent levy on the $11)11 valuation, based on an assess ed valuation for the county of .'?271,- 187,127, up to last .Satui'day, State Treasurer John Stednian said. L'p to Saturday $1,975,880.00 of the e.'-tiiiuited $1,-101,091 to come from tlie 100 counties to supplement the State school fund had lieen leceived, Tit'i'surer Stedman said, leading him to believe that half the fund will be received within the next few days. Collections are believed to be slow in t*"',' counties, but many of them hav« irillected more than half of the 1931 taxes, ('ounties are required under the law to forward to the State Treas- I’ry the amount of the 15 cent levy collected twice a month, the 1st and | 15th. ■Avery county, with an assessed' valuation of slightly more than $5,-: ■>00,000, is the only one of the 100 ‘ counties that has made no return on i the 15-cent ad valorem tax, while i numbers of others had sent in only i niall parts of the taxes believed to | hfve been collected, Treasurer St.’d-I man said. j P^very effort is being made to get j the counties to forward the collec-1 tions promptly s,o the State can meet j it.s six months school term costs, | largely in teachers’ salaries, Mr. | .Stedman said. I ,/R. HERR HEADS SOUTHERN PINES Chamber Directors Elect Offi cers for 19.32 at .Meetinj; of New Roard DR. (JEORGE G. IIERR HARRY G. WARING VICTIM OF HEART ATTACK MONDAY Prominent Resident of Pinehurst One of Pioneers of Peach Industry CA.ME HERE 17 YEARS AGO Negroes To Sing- Songs of the South Sunday Old Melodies !tnd Spirituals Will Entertain Public at S. P. Country Club Boy of Five Divides Allowance With Poor (Jeor^e Howard, .Ir., Sends A Check To Unemploy ment Relief George Howard, Jr., though only live, believes in the old slogan, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” George gets an allowance from his parents, but of late he’s been hearing about hard times and unemployed, and so he sat down the other day and wrote a letter to Frank Buchan, chairman of the Unemployment Re lief Committee in Southern Pines en closing a check from his savings. That check is going to keep a family fed for sor.ie time. Others who forwarded checks this week to help keep the unemployment projects, including the splendid work at Mount Hope Cemetery, going in clude Miss Pierson, Mrs. Wenger and E. W. Reineke. Additional money will be raised on Sunday when the color ed folks sing their spirituals and southern melodies at the Southern Pines Country Club. Shields Cameron is planning an en tertainment to help pay off the mort gage on the Southern Pines Civic Club building. On Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock c group of twenty or more colored .‘iingers will entei'ain an audience at the Southern Pines (’ountry Club with negro melodies and spiritual songs of the old school of music. This en tertainment has grown out of the songfulness of the hands employed in Frank Buchan’s class of unemployed in the neighborhood of Southern Pines. The singers at their work day after day have been interesting spec tators who have stopped to listen to the natural melodies and harmonies of the colored men, and with much pleasure. For some time Frank has contemplated getting together a lot of these singtrs, but a certain shy ness has held them hack. However, a considerable group has finally con- sente