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MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING NEWS
WEEKLY
THE
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 12, NO. 13.
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FIRST IN
NEWS AND
ADVERTISING
Aberdten and Southern
, North Carolina, February 26, 1932.
THEN SEER TAXES,
SAYS MAXWELL
Candidate for Governor Sees
Hope for Future Only With
Real Readjustments
KIWANIS CLUB SPEAKER
State Commander of Revenue Allen
J. Maxwell, candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for governor of
North Carolina, sees the end of de
pression and hope for the future, but
only when real readjustments in the
cost of operating county, state and
nation have taken place.
“It is and will continue to be im
possible to set up tax laws to yield
from taxpayers a sum necessary to
meet the total inflated basis of gov
ernmental costs set up by State and
Nation,” he told members of the Ki-
wanis Club of Aberdeen at their week
ly meeting in the Community Church
at Pinehurst on Wednesday. “We
must eliminate all luxuries in public
service. Then and then only should
we begin the hunt for additional
taxes.”
Commissioner Maxwell was paid a
high tribute as the “watchdog of the
State treasury” by Assemblyman U.
L Spence, who introduced him to the
Kiw'anians. In reply Mr. Maxwell
said that the State was deeply indebt
ed to Moore county for sending Mr.
Spence to the legislature, where he
had handled the most difficult job |
of chairman of the finance commit-!
tee with rare distinction. Then after!
Real Old Time Colored Minstrels
to Benefit Aberdeen Unemployed
.loe Lash ley To Put On Potpouri
of Melody and Comedy at
Dixie Theiitre
Post’s Namesake
At the Dixie Theatre in Aberdeen
Tiext Thursday evening at 8 o’clock
tho famous Joe Lashley aggregation
will give a hot potpouri in which var
ious artists will take active part. Ne
gro spirituals by genuine negroes who
know how to sing, the celebrated
Washboard orchestra, the I.ashley
string band, double and single quar
tets, a minstrel feature with jokes so
fresh and startling they will curl
your hair, and all the necessary fill
ing that Joe Lashley uses in making;
up his progranjs.
Gloma Charles, H. W. Doub and.
Talbot Johnson are the sponsors of
this feast joy, the purpose being to se
cure funds for the unemployment sit
uation that is confronting Aberdeen. ‘
An admission fee of 25 cents mini
mum will be charged, but anybody
who has more money will be given
an opportunity to sweeten the collec
tion for a good purpose.
If anybody in this section does not
know Joe Lashley and the company of
artists he gathers when he puts on
ii thing of this kinil it is time to get
acquainted with him, for he knows his „ '
lines and all thaf goes with them. He BARBECUE THURSDA\ EVE
THE LATE JOSEI>H G. HENSON
PARENTS OF WAR
HERO TO BS HOSTS
TO LEGIONNAIRES
Members of Joseph G. Henson
Post, Carthase, To Visit Home
of Post’s Namesake
G.C. SEYMOUR NOT
TO STAND AGAIN
FOR COMMISSIONER
of the Sandhill Terri4.' North Carolina
—.>
FIVE CENTS
Sandhills Section Must Find New
Representative for County
Governing lioard
SOME POLITICAL GOSSIP
will be reenforced by a selected num- i
ber of specialists from Hamlet and
some other places who will present
Being entertained by the parents
of the comrade in whose memory their
featm-e’s that w"iirpolish off'ihe" whole f
affair.
The motive fo rthe show is primar
ily to afford funds for the unem-
T-ijj- i-i i. 1 L 1 ployment movement, but the manage-
quoting Eddie Cantor, who, when a.„.. , ^
J • J X L , I ment is-also undertaking to provide a
Inend told him times weren t as bad! ^ n ■ . ,
, ,, , . ., . I program that will give everybody a
as folks thought, said: Well, if thiSj . ^ • , ,
, ,, , • ^ 1 run for the money that is paid, and
am t a depression, it 3 the smallest 1 , , . .
. , , , ■ „ the funds go to improve the village
boom were had in years, Mr. Max-1 « 1 lu j-
, . . , , . , . , , 01 Aberdeen there is a further stimu-
well pitched into his subject of gov- 1 . . ■ xt. 1. .
^ ^ I lus to get 111 the show and see the
emmental finance.
A Lesson from England '
England, he said, had cleaned house! « ,
when it found its leaders recommend-1 Xcacners Xo Stick
ed a budget which would have meant;
a huge deficit in governmental oper-1
to which members of the Joseph G
Henson Post No. 12 of'the American
Legion are looking forward with
tagerness, for Mr. and Mrs. John
Henson have invited the legiannaires
to hold the March meeting at their
home twelve miles northwest of Car
thage.
Every ex-service man in the county
i'^ invited to attend this meeting,
which will be held at G:30 o’clock on
Thursday evening, March 3, and those
who are not familiar with that part
of the county are directed by an of-
Hion H. Hutler
Political gossip begins to float
about now, and as the subject is of
more than ordinary importance The
Pilot has been listening t.o some of
the talk. Mr. Seymour says he is
under no circumstances considering
another term in the office of county
commissioner. His business ajfaii's
require his time to such an extent
that he can'not take up the county
business for another two years. Pub
lic sentiment seems much in favor
of him if he will run again, but he
says not, and says it with emphasis
which he means to be convincing.
Mr. Matheson, while not hunting
for employment, says if he is regard
ed by the people as a desirable man
he will make the race, but that he
lias no notion ,of forcing himself to
the front. He has been regarded as
a man of more than ordinary value in
the office, the conservatism attributed
to him being looked on as a safety-
vrlve in c,ounty matters. Some folks ■
have i^'onounced Matheson as too ;
conservative at times, but if he is a i
candidate again it is a good guess ■
that his conservative and watchful |
policy will count as a strong asset in
the campaign. j
Mr. Seym,our, under the new law j
that gives five commissioners, ap- j
pointed among the five different sec
tions of the county, tvMll leave a va-1
cancy to be filled by Sandhills and j
Mineral Springs townships. Folks in-1
terested in the county government j
have suggested tw,o or three names as '
Cabinet Officer Here
.^TY TO CALL
ON BONDING CO.
FOR TAX MONEY
McLean’s Checks Not Preferred,
State Banking Department
TelLs Commissioners
$23,132 IN BANK OF VASS
OGDEN MILLS
The newly appointed Secretary of
the Treasury, confirmed by the
United States Senate last week to
succeed .Andrew Mellon, new Am
bassador to Great Britain, has been
a guest in Pinehurst during the
past week. With him were Mrs.
Mills and Mr. and Mrs. Philip Stev
enson of Long Island.
MARCH 29 AND 30
SET FOR ANNUAL
New Ckisses To Feature 15th
Annual Exhibition at
Pinehurst
OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED
Plans fior the l.'ith annual Pinehurst
Horse Show were announced this
week by the show secretary, Charles
„ , , W. Picquet. Tlie show will be under
successors, among the others trank
„„,i u Di.,„ management of the Pinehurst
Jockey Club as usual, and the dates
Shamburger and Henry Blue, both
of Aberdeen. Neither of these men i, , ^ r ir> 1 1 i
Through Long has been seen by The Pilot to know!
ation. Here our leaders bring in a
budget calling for a two and one-half
billion dollar deficit, and it barely
staggers us. He talked about the sales
tax as a means of dditionl taxtion,
Show Fine Spirit in Agreeing To
Full School Year if Pay
is Curtailed
for nine miles out of Carthage, turn
to the left, and continue until the
savory smell of pigs and mutton siz
zling over the coals tells them that
there is nothing better farther on, for
The response from teachers in long a real barbecue feast is to be a high
stating he considered this ill advised! term schools lOf the county seems to light of the evening’s program. The
as a State tax, though possibly a sat- indicate that school terms will not be entertainment committee is composed
isfactory tax if imposed by the nation, j cut short in any of the districts of the of Legionnaires H. Lee Thomas, W.
because Uncle Sam can equalize it j county, said County Superintendent W. Dalrymple and L. Tillman.
wtih the tariff which states cannot do.
“The hopes for the future are abun
dant,” he said. “For encouragement
W'e need but to look back over the
H. Lee Thomas in speaking of the ac- Mr. and Mrs. John Henson had
tion of the teachers following the re- three sons to see service over seas in
cfcipt of letters sent out last week in the World War, W^alter, John and Jos-
regard to a possible delay in the | eph G. Joseph G. Henson served in
road we have traveled. We have just | payment of salaries for the extended C ompany F, 356th Infantry, 77th Di-
been celebrating the birthday of | term. Those from whom replies have vision, the famous “Lost Division.”
George Washington. WTiat a pitifully I been received to date have unanimous- He was fatally wounded on the morn-
weak nation of 13 states we were back! ly agreed to teach the extended term ing of November 11, 1918 in the Ar-
there. We have traveled far, and with , and wait for pay until such time as gonne, and passed away on November
Please turn to Page 4
J. T). Arey To Develope
New Sugg Farm Land
Purchases 12 Acres With Front
age on Route 50.—To Build
a Home
Demand for payment of the $23,-
132.7.') of county tax nvoney tied up
in the Bank of Vass which failed last
September will be made upon the
Maryland Casualty Company, which
bonded J. D. McLean, former tax col
lector, by the Board of Commission-
I crs when it meets in its next regu
lar sessi/jn on the first Monday in
, March, according to Wilbur H. Cur
rie, chairman of the board. This ac
tion follows the receipt by the chair
man of a letter from the State Bank
ing Department stating that the two
checks held by Mr. McLean have been
set up as common claims.
These checks, a cashier’s check for
j .$10,032.78 and a certified check for
I $13,109.97, were among those turned
I in to the county by Mr. McLean when
! he made his settlement in January.
I The board did not accept these
I checks, whereupon Mr. McLean filed
them with the State Banking Depart-
, ment with the expectation of their
i being preferred claims. The commis-
I sioners notified the bonding oom-
pany of the situation the county was
in, but did not make formal demand
for payment, thinking that it would
be the wiser plan to wait until the
I fi'T.t of March to see what the decis-
j ion of the Banking Department would
j be.
I County Financps O. K.
I In recent editions of State pa-
; pers, Moore county was written up
along with a number of other coun
ties as being in arrears with payment
of funds to the State ,of North Car
olina. In speaking of this, Chairman
i Wilbur H. Currie of the county hoard
! .says that the $410 listed against
. Moore county does not represent a
rcunty debt, but a special school dis
trict debt which is charged against
the county by the State. However,
this has since been settled.
The county affairs are in good
shape, with the county indebtedness
nesday Mar.h 29th and 30th. En
tries close with Mr. Picquet on March
14th.
Officials of the show have been ,as
follows; Executive Committee, N. S.
Hurd, chairman; Col. G. P. Hawes,
Nelson C. Hyde, Richard S. Tufts and u ,.educed "all” the' time.'An"‘of
Charles W. Picquet. The Committee L,,„
on Entries includes Mr. Picquet, A.!
Alexander, A. R. Balsam, James'
Boyd, J. D. Callery, C .T. Crocker,
J. D. Arev, of the Southern Pines: Augustine Healy, Mrs.
' W. D. Hyatt. Nelson Hyde, W. T.
Laing, J. B. Lloyd, Verner Z. Heed,
proper economical readjustments will
continue farther.’'
J. C. Pittman of Sanford, lieuten
ant governor of this Kiwanis division,
was also a guest at the meeting W'ed-
nesday and made a few remarks. Af
ter the meeting of the club he presid
ed over a meeting of officers and di-1 all teachers and to meet other obliga-
rectors of the local club to discuss Ki- ‘ tions for the entire extended term, ac-
wanis advancement. He also announc-'i cording to Mr. Thomas,
ed a divisional meeting of all clubs There will be • approximately 250
in his district at the Y. M. C, A. in I more children attending long term
taxes are collected. They have shown 13 without having regained conscious-
a fine spirit, he said. ness. His body was brought back to
However, tax collections in a num- the States in the early part of 1920
ber of the special taxing districts have and buried at the Mt. Carmel ceme-
come in so rapidly during the past tery, near the Henson home.
week that these districts already have
to their credit sufficient funds to pay LELAND McKEITHEN O N
DAVIDSON HONOR ROLL
Fayetteville next Friday at 6:30
o’clock. A delegation from the Aber
deen club will attend.
Over 600 Attend Annual
Highland Pines Ball
Masquerade At Inn One of Most
Successful and Enjoyable
In History
One of the most colorful affairs
of the season was the annual Wash-
inglion's Birthday masquerade ball
held at the Highland Pines Inn Sat
urday. Many guests from the Sand
hills villages intermingled with the
winter residents and visitors and a
crowd estimated at six hundred made
the 20th anniversary of this event
outstanding.
Prizes were offered for the most
original man, the most original girl
and the prettiest girl. The judges
for the occasion were Hon. C. Her
bert Moore, Spo’ ane, Washington; I.
Clement Collier, Garden City, N. Yy,
Miss L. D. Smyth, attorney, Union
City, N. J.; and Mrs. Geraldine Dru-
(Please turn to I^sc* 4)'
schools in Moore county this year than
ever before. This is made possible by
a ruling flf the Equilization Board
ill which districts that r’irticipate in
the tax reducton fund will not be
allowed to stop children coming from
Aberdeen is i-epresented on the
honor roll ai Davidson College, an
nounced this week by the register. To
attain the honor roll requires a gen-
ctal minimum average of 95 per cent,
and 37 students “made the grade.” Ice
land McKeithen of Aberdeen, now a
junior at Davidson, is among the
group, the oAly one from this section.
He is a son of E. T. McKeithen,, fi-
non local taxing territory at the end nancial rhanager of thc Moore County
of the six months term. ^ Hospital.
Leap Year Minstrels at Southern Pines To
Feature Beauty Chorus Ziegfeld Would Envy
The curtain will ring up on the Old
Plantation cast of the Leap Year
Minstrels Friday night, March 4th at
the Southern Pines,Country Club and
reveal a beauty chorus that Mr. Zieg
feld should see, as well as singing and
dancing, end men and picaninnies gar
lore.
Uncle Joe, Sambo, Rastus and
Lightning have gone, into seclusion
for the time being and your reporter
is unable to find out what they are
going to do or say, but rumor has it
that they will have some gossip and
wit ready for the big night that will
brings down the house.
Songs merry and harmonious are
the order of the evening. Banjoes,
guitars, tambourines and piano will
blend in the rendition of old harmon-
eis that the .whole world loves, togeth
er with the newest from Broadway.
So it looks as if it might be worth
while to reserve Friday night, March
4th for the minstrel show. Tickets
will be on sale at Broad Street Phar
macy Monday, February 29th, so bet
ter make your reservations there. Also
tickets may be obtained from any of
the ladies of the Civic Club, for whose
benefit the performance is being giv
en. Mrs. W. C. Mqdgett heads the
committee on ticket sales and reser'
vations may be made with her for
good seats.
Wai-J'houses, has bought from tho
Sugg farm on the highway just out of
Southern Pines a tract ,of 12 acres
which gives promise of a future addi
tion to the village that will be of
value. The land fronts 417 feet on
Route 50 and extends back along the
road toward the Watson lake 1,115
feet.
It is Mr. Arey’s intention as
soon as his plans can be worked out
to build a house on the front part of
the lot, for which purpose he has set
1'. S. Randolph, W. V. Slocock, L. M.
Tate, Mrs. Richard Tufts, M. H. Tur
ner and Burrell G. White. The .officers
of the Pinehurst Jockey Club are Leo
nard Tufts, president; Nelson C.
Hyde vice president; Charles Pic-
qv.et, secretary, and the following
stewards; Mr. Tufts, N. S. Hurd,
Vei-ner Z. Reed, Col. Hawes and P. S.
Randolph.
The following hrve been invited to
the short term loans have been paid
oxcept one, and this will be paid in
March, Mr. Currie states. The board
is grateful for the liyal support which
the citizens of the county are giving
ii' these times when money is Scarce
and it is especially anxious for a
continuation of this loyalty in the
form of prompt payment of taxes
in order that the long term schools
of the county may continue to oper
ate and in order that funds may be
provided for meeting bonds and inter
est. The county has never yet default
ed on any bonds or interest and the
commissioners are anxious to keep
up this record.
Destroys Fouts House
aside about five acres. Back of that ■ Baltazzi. New York, I ^ , Mnrnincr
along the Watson road he will cut “"<1 hunters; Frank N. 1 r-^arlj Moming tSlaZe
out three pieces some 200 feet in
front and running back about 200 feet,
making approximately acre-lots. At
the end of his tract a r.oad goes back
from the W'atson road, and on the
r.orth side of the tract bought. Mr.
Arey and Mr. Sugr will cut a 50 foot
road between their holdings. On this
r.oad another three tracts of an acre
Miller, Overhills, polo ponies; Dr. G.
B. Giltner, Estill Springs, Tenn., |
trotters and pacers; General McClos-1 Families Have Narrow Escape
key, Fori Eragg, military classes, i as Residence Near Aberdeen
Augustine Healy, Southern Pines, is
ring master and Col. Hawes ring sup
ervisor.
■Many CIas.ses Carded
The premium list calls for six
each will be staked out, making six j classes for trotters and pacers, 17
pieces of' an acre each, which will be
offered to a good type of buyers; un
der certain restrictions that will en
sure a good type of homes on land of
ample room for such homes. It is not
the intention to rush this acreage to
sale, as Mr. Arey’s idea wa&. t,o se
cure for himself a site on which he
can make for himi,eif such a place as
he desires, with a house costing prob
ably $10,000, and to have ground
enough in his immediate vicinity that
he can cut to advantage to interest
others who will care for sufficient
space to put other houses that will
be attractive to him as neighbors. He
figured that conditions have been
reached that suggest this as a good
time to buy, as he interprets the
future to mean that when the depres
sion clears up, as it seems now about
to do, land along Route 50 out of
Southern Pines will be worth some
money and in demand for' a site for
homes convenient to the village and
of good t^pe.
saddle horse classes, two saddle pony
classes, 13 classes for hunters, five for
jumpers, a class for best girl rider,
another for best boy rider and one
for best pair of riders, boy and girl
under Ifi years of age. There are
nine polo pony classes, four military
classes, and five classes fior armj
Iiolo ponies, open only to property of
U. S. forces and officers of the rej^-
ular army.
Trophies and ribbons will be given
in practically all classes, the excep
tions being a few trotter and pacer
classes where money prizes have been
offered.
A feature of this year’s show will
bti Class 35, which calls for the show
ing of hunters over an outside course
instead of in the ring. There will be
seven jumps ov«*r a distance of ap
proximately 1,000 feet to give the
judges an opportunity to see hunters
work as they' are called upon to do
w'hen actually hunting, rather than
just their show ring performance.
Lake Burns
Fire of undetermined origin com-
pletely destroyed the old Fouts place
in Aberdeen, the fire being discovered
at 4 o’clock Wednesday moming by a
passer-by who quickly gave the alarm.
The fire had gained such headway,
however, by the time the fire com
pany was able to respond that the
large two storied house, oontaining
ten rooms, was quickly burned to ths
ground.
The house was owned by J. Vance
Ro .0 of Aberdeen, but was occupied
by two families at the time of the
fire. These barely escaped with their
lives, and were unable to save much
of their clothing or household ef^o-^ts.
The place was partially covered by
insurance.
The house, overlooking the Aber
deen lake, was built by S. E. Fouts
lof Washington, D. C., about 21 years
ago, and at that time was considered
one of the show places of this com
munity.
The Southern Pines Chamber' of
Commerce is planning a series of
dances to start Friday night, March
11.