MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING NEWS
WEEKLY
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 12, NO. 18.
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FIRST IN
NEWS AND
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Aberdeen and Southern Pin?s, North (Carolina, April 1, 1932.
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FIVE CENTS
DUKE FOUNDATION
ALLOTS $6,091 TO
COUNTY HOSPITAL
Total of $681,230 Distributed in
the Two Carolinas at
Trustees’ Meeting
MOURN DEATH OF COX
Eng-agement Is Announced
The Moore County Hospital was al
lotted $C),091 by trustees of the Duke
Endowment at their meeting held in
Charlotte on Tuesday of this week
•when $681,230.60 was distributed to
137 hospitals and orphanages in the
two Carioliiias. A total of $5,779,608
has been contributed to these two
classes of institutions since the en
dowment was founded in 1H24.
Allocation of §537,208 to 'J2 hospi
tals and $144,022.60 to orphan homes
and child-placiny agencies of the Car
olinas was made. Applications for as
sistance were considered from 141 in
stitutions.
The 92 hospitals reported 537,208
free days of care of patients in 1931,
■which was 54 per cent of the 999,19()
days of care of all patients treated.
The orphanages reported 1,959,360
days of care of orphans and half or
phans during the year, which was
88.6 per cent of the t,otal days of
care.
Tribute Paid Cox
The board authorized that a reso
lution of respect be prepared to be
sent to the family of J. Elwood Cox,
High Point banker and financier and
member «f the endowment board who
died early Tuesday morning. A tel
egram was also sent the family by
the trustees and a handsome floral
tribute was sent to High Point. Mem
bers of the board attended the funeral.
The death of Mr. Cox was the sec
ond to take a member from the board’s
ranks since it was created in 1924. The
other was James B. Duke, who found
ed the endowment which has given
many millions to Duke university and
other educational institutions in addi
tion to the nearly $6,000,000 that has
been given to hospitals and orphan
ages.
Under the rules of the foundation,
the board will elect a successor for
Mr. Cox. It is thought the new trus
tee will be chosen at the next meeting
of the board, which will probably be
on April 26.
Other institutions of this vicinity
were allotted sums as follows: Ham
let Hospital, $4,308; Highsmith Hos
pital, Fayetteville, $7,774; Lee County
Hospital, Sanford, $584, and Pittman
Hospital, Fayetteville, $1,462.
PLAN FIRE LANES
THRO’ SANDHILLS
TO PREVENT FIRES
Warden Alex Field.s Would Min
imize Danger of F'uture
Conflagrations
TO ASK AID OF PUBLIC
MISS LUCILE MUDGETT
Engagement of Lucille Mudgett
and Henry Dingley, Jr. Announced
Ever since the attempt began to
pi event ^<)rest fires in the Sandhills
the older settlers have argueii that
' the way to bring safety from fire
damage is to burn the grass at those
' times when it can be done with saf-
(ty and thus get rid of the inflam-
niable and dangenyos ma*<'rial. It
looks now as if the old ideas will pre-
vi»il, and that in the future grass will
ndl be allowed to accumulate.
Alex Fields, fire warden, who had
i’ strenu.ous siege during the week of
fire just psvssed through, says a
movement is working to lay out fire
lanes throughout the wire-grass re
gion of the county, cut the territory
into blocks that can be controlled,
and then at proper times burn put
limes of fire two or three hundred
I'cet wide, and have such control over
the whole region that another fire
like that recently evjierienced will be
impossible. W. A. Peterson, the dis
trict warden, is in accord with Mr.
Fields, and they expect to have a
1 Ian shortly that can be submitted to
, the pepple for an or^ianized effort
along this line.
j In a general way the country
wculd be studied as to where roads
can be used, with a sj:ace ,on the side
: considerable distance back from the
roai' on which fire could be put out
Civil WarVei^>^
G A. >IcRae, One of Coun^% xALEIGH, ADVICE
rew Survivors of ( onfed- ^
erate Army, Dies
One of the few surviving Con
federate veterans of the Civil War
in this county died last Thursday,
March 24th. He was G. A. McRae,
who passed away at the home of
his niece, Mrs. J. L. Knight, with
whom he had resided in the Gar
bage section for the past 15 years.
Mr. McRae was in his 90th year
and had been in declining health for
the past few years. Several ne
phews and nieces survive. Funeral
services were conducted at Euph-
ronia I’resbyterian Church, where
he was a faithful member for many
years.
McLEAN WOULD
RE^IOVE SCHOOL
TAXES ON LAND
Candidate for I “gislature Calls
for Revaluation of Property
and Salary Reductions
KEEP SPENCE AT
'lALEIGH, ADVIC
OF H. A. PAGE,SR.
“We Need, and the State Needs
the Uest .Mooie County Can
Send to Legislature”
A. P. CAMERON MAY RUN
Hy Hion H. Hutler
The political pot is warming under
the rays of the spring sun, and prom
ises action as the days gr,ow longer.
To insure against lack of interest in
the campaign as it progresses Henry
A, Page, Sr., tosses a little shot in
the furse by saying to The Pilot,
“You can say for me that Moore
county has one man who should be
selected f|Or the convng session of
the legislature, and you know as well
as I do who he is—U. L. Spence of
Carthage. He is a man of exper
ience gained at a time when legis
lative action was of a type to give
a man of intelligence some knowl
edge of legislative policies and of
state need and of c.ontact with men
who are handling state problems. He
is a man of sense and character, and
sr recognized all over the state as
well as in Moore county.
“This is no time,” continued Mr.
Pi'ge, “to play any bcal lavoiitism.
In a statement given The Pil/jt yes-'‘•* and the state needs, the best
ANNOUNCES PLATFORM
terday, T. D. McLean of Aberdeen,
candidate for the State Legislature,
declares fo rthe removal of all taxes
on land for support of the constitu
tional six months school term, calls
for a revaluation ,of real estate on the
brsis nf current values, and favors
Moore county can send to Raleigh,
and Spence is the only man half way
suited for the job. He is recognized
by the state as a man of breadth of
understanding; he is given a prestige
in the house by the other members
and carries weight in anything he
stands for there. He is one of the
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At one of the prettiest social func
tions held in the Sandhills in a long
time, a tea dance on Monday after
noon at the Mid-Pines Country Club
Dr. and Mrs. William Chase Mudgett
gressman from the State of M>'.lne,'
and author of the Dingley Tariff COUnty HoRrd
during the McKinley administration.'
He is a former student at Taft School
and graduated from Storm School,
the reduction of salaries of public of
at suitable time, and make a lane that'the removal of some of' “^^stamlinK men of the state, not
; them. Mr. McLean’s statement fol- given to politics to fog his
lows: j mind and hinder an honest and in-
“I hereby announce that I am a' course, and he nas brains
candidate for a place in the Lower *^*iough to see into the things that
, House of the next Genera! Assembly
Ol Elections Named 'of Xorth Carolina, subject to the ac-
tion of the Democratic Primary.
of Southern Pines announced the en- after which he became interested in
gagement of their daughter. Miss aviation and n,')w holds a pilot’s li-
Lucille Heizmann Mudgett, to IlerTy ccnse.
McKenney Dingley, Jr., son of Mrs. More than 150 were invited to the
Henry McKenney Dingley of Auburn, | crty at Mid-Pines, included being;
Me., and Pinehurst, and the late .Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Tompkins, New
Henry McKenney Dingley, pr.ominent York; Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Boyd;
textile manufacturer. .Mrs. John J. McCook, New York; Mr.
Miss -Mudgett is a graduate of Dana and Mrs. Jiimes Boyd; Mr. and Mrs.
confront the state and the counties in
this unusual period. In the critical
I year that is ahead of North Caro-
N.*J. ^luse :ind Shields (’ameron “A similar announcement W"as made legislature the
Named Democratic Member.", : for me several weeks ago by the far-j brains that we can dig up,
H. C. Wallace Republican mers and voters ^f Eureka School; Spence will there if we in-
I Community after I had consented to ' ^ serious period, and no
Moore county’s new board of elec-joli'er for the place. The people usual-1 afford to j)lay politics now,
tions, named last Srturday by the : ly desire to know of a legislative can-
State Board of Elections on recom-' didi'te something about how he stands
Rayiriond Johnson, Jr.>
Four Years Old, Dies
111 But Few Days with Whooping
Caugh When Complications
Caused Death
At an early hour on Sunday morn
ing Raymond Johnson, Jr., four-year-
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Johnson, passed away at the M,oore
County Hospital following a severe
case of whooping cough and compli
cations. His illness did not appear to
be serious until Firday night and his
almflst sudden death was a tragic
shock to the family and friends. A
child possessed of unusual beauty in
every sense of the word, he was held
dear in the hearts of all who knew
him.
Surviving are the stricken parents,
the gi’andparents, Mr. and>Mrs, W.
H. Coffey, and Mrs. Johnson, and one
little sister, Elsie Jean. Funeral ser
vices were held from the Community
Church ^n Monday morning, conduct
ed by the Rev. W. M. McLeod and
the Rev. J. Fred Slimson, with inter
ment in Mt. Hope Cemetery. The flor
al tributes were of unusual beauty
and expressed in an impressive man
ner the sorrow and sympathy of
friends. Four uncles of the little fel
low acted as pall bearers.
Many out-of-town relatives and
friends were here for the funeral.
APRIL MEETING OF D. A. R.
IN CARTHAGE ON TUESDAY
niendation of State Chairman O. M. jor. public iiuesti.ms effecting their
.Mull, of the Democrats, and State interests, therefore, 1 desire to say
Hall School and a f,ormer student of Struthers Burt; Mr. and Mrs. Aug- t'hairman Duncan ,of the Republicans.' that I favor the r.'moval from land all
Rrndolph-Macon College and theustine Healy; .Mr. and Mrs. Almet ^'»'‘hage, and D. taxes for the constitutional six months
Southern School of Creative- Arts. Jcnks, New York; Mr. and Mrs. W. *>• Shield Cameron, Sojpthern Pines, school teriti.
She made her debut in Raleigh last l.aing, .Middleburg, Va.; Miss Harriet I’tMnocrr.ts, and B. C. Wallace, Car- “I am firm in my conviction that
fall. Ogden, Bar Harbor, Me.; Mr. and Mrs. Republican. | real estate should be re-%-alued and
Mr. Dingley, a native of Maine, is
the grandson of the late Nelson Ding
ley, Jr., former govern,or and Cf>n-
M. G. Nichols, New Y,ork; Mr. and
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Local Horses Well in the Ribbons
in Annual Pinehurst Horse Show
The State beard, recently reappoint-| rtduced from its present high valua-
ed by Governor Gardner, includes ■ t !.<n which does not represent the true
Judge J. Ci'awford* Biijgs, Raleigh, value of land today. The maintenance
re-elected chairman; George McNeill, ol this high valuation is unjust and
Fayetteville, re-elected secretary, nnd unfair to the land owners of the
[John C. Syks, Monroe, Democrats, i county and state causing them to pay
and Fred H. Hamrick, Rutherford-1 more than their share of the taxes. 1
or local favori.ism or anything else
that stands in the way of securing
lor the legislature the one man who
outstanding in liTs qualifications.
1 have no inclination to favor Spence,
but I am anxious l«.' favor myself
and my county and state by getting
to Raleigh the best man we have for
the j.jb, and that is Spence.”
A. 15. Cameron in Race
.\nother probable contestant in the
race for the State Legislature is A. B.
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ton, and Adrian C. Mitchell, Winton
and Raleigh, Repul)licans. It. C, Max-
Despite the keenest outside compe-! Children’s classes were anvmg the well, Raleigh, ws's again elected sec-
tition in the history of the Pinehurst show features, the class for best Kiri retary.
Horse Show, local owners fared well , I'ider being one of the largest and The ballots for United States Sen-
iii the exhibition which was concluded i prettiest of the two day program, ator and State offices will be lombin-
late Wednesday afternoon in the pic- ,.Mi.ss Eleanore Tompkins of New York ed as an economy measure. The bal-
turesque sh,'>w ring of the Pinehurst; won this, and she and her'brother, B. lets for the DcMiocr^ts will be white
.lockey Club. Among the leading win- Tompkins, Jr., took the best pair and for the Republicans will be | tax hooks should be made to tell the
ners of blue and red ribbons and of riders class. Verner Z. Reed, 3d., link. The form of ballots was left to tiuth. This it appears was done by
favor I'educing salaries of most of
cur public .officials and the removal
of some of them, for I think that we
have too many public employees paid
from the hard earned money of the
people.
“During Governor Bickett’s ad
ministration he commanded that the
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Chairman Biggs and Attorney Gen-
eial Brummitt.
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The April meeting of the Daughters
of American Revolution will be held
in Carthage next Tuesday, April 5th
at the home of Mrs. Wilbur Currie,
at 2:30. All visiting Daughters are
cordially invited tfl attend.
Southern Pines Rider Wins In Camden Steeplechase
Katharine Newlin Burt
Today’s Library Reader
Poth Noted Authore'^s and Ber
nice Kenyon, Famed Poetess.
On the Program
championships were Corbett Alexan-
j der of I’inehurst, the Thorndale Sta-
I bles of Southern Pines and Millbrook,
N. Y., Burrell G. White of Knollwood,
-Miss Patricia Hyde of Southern Pines,
W. V. Slociock of Pinehurst, and Mrs.
T P. Grosvenor, Southern Pines.
The largest crowd in the 15 years
history of the show ’"ned the ring and j
filled the boxes and parking spaces 1
both Tuesday and Wednesday. Good j
weather aided in making the scene i
one of splendior. The United States
Army with a big entry gave it a niili- ;
tary air, and the Fort Bragg horses j
were well up among the big ribbon j
winners. A considerable sum was real- |
ized for the Moore County Hospital i
at the lunch and soft drinks booths, j
Little Jeff, owned by Mrs. Landon j
K. Thorne and Mrs. Lawrence B. 1
Smith of Millbrook, N. Y., was ad- j
judged the champion hunter; C. W. j
Middleton of Greenwich, Conn., took ■
the three-gaited saddle horse cham-1
pionship with High Society, R. H. |
Johnston of Charlotte the five-gait-
ed championship with Whitehall Chief.
W. H. Dickerson’s Truant was ad
judged champion trotter. Mr. Dicker- Noel Laing on Mrs. T. H. Somei-ville’s French horse, T reus, leading Peacock in the Springdale Steeplechase at
son is from Goshen, N. Y. Mr, Slo-! Camden, S. C., last Saturday. Laing won the event and aUo the Carolina Cup race in which he rode Mrs. Somer
cock's He Goes was given the polo | villa’s Troublemaker. Both horses wintered in Southern Pines where young Laing schooled them for the events,
pony championship. ; He is one ,of the whips of the .Moore County Hounds.
The Authors’ Readings, sponsored
by the Southern Pines Library Asso
ciation, continue to be very popular.
Last Friday afternoon Walter Gilky-
son, author of several books and short
stories, consented to take the hour in
place of his wife, Bernice Kenyon, who
was unable to read. He was introduc
ed by Struthers Burt in a manner
which won the interest of his aud
ience at the .start. Mr. Gilkyson gave
up the profession of law to become an
author and the short story he res d
was based upon a case with which he
was familiar. The atmosphere and
character porti'ayal, together with the
ustained interest, W|On appreciative
applause.
Today, Friday, April 1st, at 4:30
o’cliock, Katharine Newlin Burt, well
known author of “A Man’s Own Coun
try,” “The Branding Iron,” “Cock’s
F'eather” and many short stories and
serials will share her works with you.
During the same hour, Bernice Ken
yon has promised to read selections
fnom her poems. This cannot fail to
be a delightful hour to all who enjoy
reading.
On Thursday, April 7th, in the Civ
ic Club, at the same hour, James Boyd
author of “Drums,” “Marching On,”
and “Long Hunt” will read. His work
needs no recommendation, it has
spoken for itself to all readers. The
public is cordially invited, and the
admission is but fifty cents.