MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING NEWS
WEEKLY
THE
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 12, NO. 19.
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SOUTHBPH
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MatCHTS
PIMEBLUPP
PILOT
FIRST IN
NEWS AND
ADVERTISING
BOARD VOTES TO
BORROW $20,000 .
FOR FIVE MONTHS
County Commission Authorizes
Loans In Anticipation of
Taxes and for School
COURT FUNDS USED UP
At their meeting on Monday, the
county commissioners authorized the
borrowing of $3,000 tor 90 days for
securing State funds for the extended
tern* for rural schools, $5,500 for 120
days for the same purpose for the
special charter districts of Carthage,
Aberdeen and *Vass-Lakeview, and
$20,000 for 160 days in anticipation of
taxes.
The board als,o voted to request the
Moore County Bar to call off the sec
ond week of special term of May Su-
j.erior court scheduled to convene on
May 30, for the reason that the qourt
funds budgeted are not sufficient to
pay for said term.
Practically everything else was in
the nature of reduction in valuation
of real estate. Willie May Goins, col
ored, Carthage township, was granted
a reduction of $300 in valuation f.or
Aberdeen and Southern Pines, North Carolina, April 8,
\ Cf.
of their^ idhill Territory of North Carolina
FIVE CENTS
Former Sheriff or Bonding Company
Must Pay County $3,192, Says Jury
Tax Money Involved in Trial.
Willis Smith to Hear Aber
deen-Southern Pines Fight
In a case entitled State pf North
Carolina on the relation of the
County of Moore and the Board of
Cc mmissioners of the county of Moore
versus Robert Gilliam P'ry and Mary
land Casualty Company, two issues
were submitted to the jury. The first
was
“Is the defendant Robert Gilliam
F"ry indebted to the plaintiff and,or
the treasurer of Moore county for any
sum or sums of money by him col
lected for taxes or 5<)r failure to col
lect taxes, or for penalties and in
terest for such failures, iluring his
term of office as sheriff of Moore
county, as alleged in the complaint?
11 so, in what amount?”
Tile answer was “$3,192.G4.”
The second, “Is the defendant
Maryland Casualty Company indebt
ed to the plaintiff and or the treas
urer of Moore county as surety for
the defendent, Robert Gilliam Fry,
and as such liable, accountable and
obligated for the payment of such
sum by reason of the two bonds alleg
ed in the complaint and attached
the tax years of 1929 and 1930. Mrs
Emma Laubscher, McNeill township, j thereto as exhibits?” was answered
v/as relieved of $1,000 valuation list-1 “yes "
ed as value of a house which was
listed by error, there never having
been a house on said lot, and the tax
collected for 1931 on said valuatiion
of $1,000 is to be refunded to Mrs.
Laubscher.
It was ordered that the real es
tate of Mrs. Annie B. Thompson of
Aberdeen be relieved of $500 valua
tion on lot improperly listed and als,o
to correct the value of house lot" to
a valuation of $1,000, same to apply
to 1931 taxes.
A reduction in valuation ,of the
real estate of P’. M. Connell estate
was ordered as follows: land, $2,500;
buildings, $300, also, a reduction of
$50 on two tobacfo bams of F. M.
Connell.
The judgment in the ea^ was that
the payment ,of the said sum by Mr.
Fry shall operate as a full and com
plete discharge as to both defend- '
ants, also that the payment by the
Maryland Casualty Coinpany shall
01 erate as a full and complete re- j
lease of all claims.
Three of the Pinehurst Finance Cor-
p(<ration cases were tried and all were '
appealed to the Supreme court. The 1
Judge would i>ot try any more until i
after the ruling of the Supreme
court on some points of law involv
ed.
A voluntary non-suit was granted
the plaintiff, A. L. Luff, who had
been seeking for some time to recox-
i ei $120,000 alleged damages for al-
Bachelors Busy
Unmarried Kiwanians AsHign-
ed Task of Staging Club’s
Annual Ladies’ Night
The bachelor members .of the Ki-
wanis Club have been appointed
members of the committee to ar
range the club’s annual “Ladies’
Night” to be held the latter part
of this month, and the married
members are wondering what is
going to happen. When President
Hyde appointed the committee at
Wecinesday’s meeting Frank Buch
an arose and questioned the ap
pointments on the ground that
“they have no idea what it costs
to feed two.” A number of the
bachelors, seen recently pt local
restaurants accompanied by mem
bers of the fair sex, allowed they
knew very well what it cost.
Anyway, here are the unmarrieds
who are prepavitig" to entertain
the wives and sweethearts of the
Sandhills: James Tufts, the Rev.
J. Stimson, L. E. Pender, Henry
Blue, Frank McCluer, .lack Taylor,
Leon Seymour, Clement Munroe,
E. W. Reineke, Archie Robertson
and Hiram Westbrcv)k.
SPENCE WILL RUN
ON PAST RECORD
IF PARTY INSISTS
Representative Clarifies Position
in Statement Issued to
The Pilot
REVIEWS RALEIGH RECORD
times Position
UNION
SPENCE
GIRL THREATENED
AT POINT OF GUN
BY TWO BANDITS
Masked Men Demand Money
from Miss McNeill at Home
in Upper Moore
SUSPECTS UNDER ARREST
In a statement given to The Pilot
this week. Union L. Spence of Car-
tha"p, representative of this county
in the H,ouse of Representatives at
Raleigh during the last two sessions
of that body, states clearly his posi
tion with regard to again standint; for
the Democratic nomination for that
I office. In summary the statement re-
I veals that he will accede to the wish-
j es lof his friends and sup[)orters if
I they insist, though he has “no desire
to return as a member from the stand
point of ambition to occupy the of
fice.”
Mr. Spence was chairman of the
most important committee of the' r¥^l^T¥T
House, that on Finance, during the' IIijVIj'iUIj dIIjIj
Two bandits, their faces masked, on
Sunday afternoon held-up Miss Flos
sie McNeill at her home in upper
Mooi-e county, threatened her life and
the life of her 12-year-old deaf, dumb
and defjormed brother, and while one
lu-pt her covered with a pistol the
other searched the house for money.
He failed to find any. Two suspects
who fit the descriptions given by the
young woman were arrested Monday
in High Point and are being held in
Moore couftty jail.
Mr. and Mrs. .Jeff McNeill, parents
ni the girl, went off about noon to
visit some sick friends, leaving the
daughter, the invalid son and a smal
ler child at their home, which is an
isolated section of the county near
j where Moore, Randolph and Mont-
Attacks President and Republi- . ..omery counties join. Around one-
can Parly in Statement to thirty in the afterno,on two men with
The Pilot I lue handkerchiefs over their faces
|i'!’nie up on the rear side of the house
LAMBETH EXPLAINS!
HIS VOTE IN FAVOR!
Ir.st session of the Legislature, and
has been prominently mentioned a-
1 out the state as speaker of the next
House if returned to Raleigh.
The statement reads: j
So many petople have asked me |
to be a candidate in the Democratic' HAD TO BALANCE lU’DGET "’ho was dressed in brown
I'rimary for member of the House of
Representatives, that I feel it iny
du y to publicly express my attitude
on the subject.
No candidate for the General As
sembly this year should presume to
‘srlicit that office without taking the
j reonie int.o his fullest confidence
CLUB WOMEN VOTE
TO DECLARE WAR
ON THF nFPR ‘ the honor and the great
"i" IIIIjU'IjI I responsibility of representing the peo-
I ie of Mooie county in the House of
j Kepi’csentatives for the last two ses-
Decide Home Demonstration | sions; and while fully con.scious that
ailed the girl by her name, “Flossie,’
?nd demanded hrn ls up, threatening
to kill her and burn the house if she
(lid not tell where the money was.
They seemed determined to kill the
afflicted boy, but the girl begged them
to spare the helpless child. She told
them that she had no ni,oney and did
father’s was.
Work Greater Benefit in Crisis
Than Ever Before
MEET AT ROCKINGHAM
It was (Ordered that the valuation | leged slander ,of himself by Joseph
of J. A. Freeman’s 50 acres in Car- j Levey and wife and others,
thage township be fixed for taxation I The jury was discharged and a new
for years of 1928-31 at $G00 instead I trial ordered when the jury failed to
of values shown on tax list, and that 1 answer an issue as the Judge had told
tax bo computed and collected for said I them to in a case in which the Trop-
1 roperty for said years. ! ical .Paint and Oil Company, Inc. was
W. J. Stuart’s name was ordered ; suing George D. Carter for payment
removed fnom the outside poor list, for some roof paint which he claimed
as of January 1, 1932, he having left was not as guaranteed,
the county. Isaac Brewer, Sheffields i Aberdeen Claims I’roperty
township was relieved of $2.00 dog j A case arising from siome disput-
tax improperly listed. It was order-| eel territoi-y which is claimed by both
ed that McI. Kennedy be relieved of Southern Pines and Aberdeen was re-
.¥•1,000 solvent credits Improperly ^ ferred to Willis Smith of Raleigh,
listed, and that the $100 listed as j who is to hear the evidence, find the
liabilities, Bank of, Pinehurst, should facts and his conclusions of law there-
I't $1,000. ! on and report the same to the Court.
Mrs. Hettie B. Stutts, Bensalem ; The first hearing was ordered t^ be
township, was relieved of taxes on hi’ld at Aberdeen at the offices of
l.')0 acres valued at $l,4fi0, als^ of Johnson and Johnson cm the l.oth day
the legislation of these two sessions
may he subject to some just criti
cism, I hpve a lively satisfaction in
the accomplishments of the last ses
sion, in the main, and the part I was
given the opportunity to take in bring-
of the i about th?t legislation. In appoint-
inir me (hairman of the Finance Com
mittee of the House the Speaker put
In an interview The Pilot repre-
sen'ative in Washington this week,
Cofgressman Walter Lambeth of this
(■■istrict explained his vote in favor
of the Revenue bill. Mr. Lambeth
said:
“I voted for the Revenue Bill of
1932 because a vote against the bill ! not know where her
would have been a vote against bal- j whereupon one of the bandits cover-
rncing the Federal Budget. It is nec- j e(’ her with a pistol while the other
essary for the Govemment to put its I instigated a search. Finding none,
own house in order ^ as to restore | they fled through a field to a near
confidence throughout the country. | by woods, where their car was park-
.•Vccording even to the untra- conser- ' ed, and made a get away. It was later
vative estimate of the Secretary of I learned that the car had been parked
the Treasury, this will balance the ' i.i sight of the house since ten o’cl,ock.
Budget. ' the men evidently picking their
“1 was and still am .strenuously op- | chance after the parents left to carry
me at the head of the i.”,ost important ^ I^'^sed to the tariff features of the bill i cut their nefarious plans.
•Mid mo'it powerful c''mn’ittee of that including duties on oil and coal as I' Mr. and Mrs. McNeill did not return
The third annual meeting
Ninth District State Federation of
Heme Demonstration Clubs was held
in the court house in Rockingham on
Wednesday, of last week, with around j body. With the added duties of that ^ did not feel it proper tw write an in- till nightfall. They found thoir daught-
li)0 club women in attendance. The 1 "'^sisition I worked almost ^'icpas-j tariff bill as a part of the i er suffering from shock, but she was
ingly foi five mont s. i Revenue Bill. There are other objec-!i.Lle to give a clear description of the
I wo (ircat Bene its jtirnable features of the bill but on ; men’s clothing, one being dressed in
^ o legis atuu m a ',V*. j the whole it was the best bill which Irown, the other in black. Tracks
« in ni\7 nnminn nrpnmn isnPfl as I ♦
meeting was presided lOver by Mrs.
Nettie McLean of Lee county ir the
absence of the chairman, Mrs. I. J. |
.\JcNeill of Lee. The district cooiprises |
the counties of Moore, Lee, Cumber-1
Ir.nd and Richmond, all of which were i
well represented. ' j
Special speakers of the day were :
Mrs. D. A. .McCormick of Robeson '
has in niv opinion, accomplished as • i
much in the intorert of the people as' ‘‘•'"■"‘i hope to s>et m view of tne s ,o v\ed thrt one wore sharp pointed
did that body at its session of 1931, ^’■< litical situation in Washington and! lu es, the other blunt,
at one stroke in two measures. Ithe economic conditiors prevailing in News cf the crime was brought to
I'irst, it br.night down taxes in onej^j^^, country. ! Cailha.ie Monday morning, and Offi-
tumlle m Moore countv from ,one i f * „ < -r. x- i' i i n i-. u
dollar an.l five cents on the one hun- " manufacturers sales tax cers T. N. ^lack and J. B. Reynolds
(li-fd dollars valuation to seventy-'elminated after the hardest fight got busy on the case w ith speedy re-
ciounty, president of the State I* eder-j cents, makin" a saving to the j or the floor of the House in many suits,
ation, and Miss Isabel Bus! ee of Ral-j people of thirty-two cents on each !years, my major .objection to the Com-
figh, well known landscape architect, j cne hundred dollars valuat'pn. Look L^j^j^.^, gm overcome. I opposed
j at your tax receipts and see.
Mrs. ^I'^f'ormick brought greetings - con.ti-l'he manufacturers’ sales tax for four
from the State Federation and made ! | leasons:
a most inspiring address, stressing | placed upon the StaU* itself and the
the club inntto, '“Character, Culture, j counties relieved of that finan> id res-
$1,000 valuation on account of a house
having been torn down.
of April.
The disputed territory, which is
around Weymouth Heights and repre
sents a valuation of about $400,000,
\\as in the Aberdeen district until a
few years ago when Siouthern Pines
'extended its territory an dtook it in.
Old Edifice Netir Glendon Pulled It already had a bond issue as a part
Duke Foundation Aids
Cool Spring Church
Down to Make Way for
Modern Building
The Cool Springs Methodist Church
not far west of Glendon, in the up
per part of the county, is a pleasing
little story of community effort and
self-dependence. The old church, now
supplanted by a new one, goes ba^K
to the neighborhood of Civil War
days, foUowing a still less pretentious
place in which the modest congrega
tion gathered, and the folks have
stuck together through two »r three
generations to carry on.
Recently a lift by the Duke Foun
dation gave them encouragement to
build a new church. The lold one was
pulled down and the lumber carefully
savtd. Mill men in the neighborhood
added to the quantity, without send
ing a bill. The folks came to help with
the work of building, and now the
new edifice is almost completed, a
creditable, roomy, convenient nv>dem
church, and the whole cost of con
struction has come through with the
principal contributions being in kind,
and no money but that one Founda-
ti(Oii contribution. Cool Springs is in
a kindly neighborhood, folksy and
helpful, an example that could be
followed by other places with com
munity benefit and friendly contact
of the .-Xberdeen district, and the
Aberdeen district has been deprived
of its bond taxes in th»t territory
since the extension went into effect
ill 1926. As a result, Aberdeen has
been un«ble to meet its bond obliga
tions and is suing for bond taxes on
the property since it was taken over
Ly Southern Pines.
MK8. W. A. BLUE HEADS
COMMUNITY HOUSE ASS’N.
Courage and Citizenship.”
Miss Busbee’s subject was “Art in
the (iaiden,” and she discussed in an
interesting way the proper planting
and arrangement of the home gr,ounds
find the pleasure to be derived from
oi.t-door living rooms.
I onsibility except as the State may
re(iuire a conti ii ution frrnn the (.'oun-
ties for that jiurnose: and when such
contribution shrll be re(iuireci, any
ad valorem taxes levied for such pur
pose shall be levied at the same rate
throughout the state, thus nipking it
inipossitle in the future for the rich
counties like Forsythe and Mecklen-
The .Sales Tax
“L was unfair in principle, violat
ing the fundamental tenet of taxa-
ti( r—ability to pay.
“It was not necessary to balance
the Bui’get as claimed by its pro
ponents at the loutset. This contention
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Mrs. Kstelle T. Smith, district sup- • hurg to have much better scho.oIs j
ervisor, spoke briefly, among other at a fifteen cent levy than Moore -.r A T'
things urging the beautifying of the' county at a fifty-six cent levy. In j 1 0OITl3.nS, AUlllOr lO
highways with native shrubbery and bringing about this change in public j Rpfld for Ijihra.rV
J school sunnoi-t_ all school taxes fori iVCaU lUl
the tearing down of bill hoards.
school support, all school taxes for
. the six months term were limited to
The amount of work accomplished jgyy {,y counties of a fifteen j Last of Series of Headings To-
; day.—Katherine Burt, James
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(Please turn to page 8)
Boyd Delight Hearers
MISS ORCUTT KEEPS GOLF TITLE
At the recent annual meeting of
the Aberdeen Community House As
sociation, Mrs. W. A. Blue was made
president, with^ G. C. Seyniiour, vice-
president. The only other change from
the personnel of last year’s officers
is that Mrs. LeRoy Harrington was
made chirmain of the House Commit
tee and those who wish to use the
Community House will please see her
for reservations.
GEORGIA EACHES DAMAGED
Reports from Georgia are to the
effect that the peach crop in all that
section of the state north of Macon
has been totally destroyed, that the
total Georgia crop will be the small
est in years this season. Sandhills
trees on the other hand, are in fine
shape, and orchardiats optimistic.
Associated Press Photo
Maureen Orcutt, Englewood, N. J., retained her North-South golf
ehamplonehip at Pinehurst, N. C., tournament. She Is shown receiving
the cup from Richard S. Tufts. Mrs. O. 8. Hill, runner up, Is on the
right.
Last Friday Katharine Newlin Burt
gave a reading in the Civic Club at
Southern Pines for the benefit of
the Library Association. The reading
was prefaced by a trio of Haydn’s
compositions beautifully rendered by
the string quartette. To d'lli the dis
appointment of those who had h|Oped
to hear Mrs. Gilkyson read her own
l>oems, Struthers Burt read two de
lightful selections. Mrs. Burt was in
troduced by Walter Gilkyson.
James Boyd, author of “Drums,”
“Marching On,” and “Long Hunt,” de
lighted a large audience at the Civic
Club yesterday afternoon in a read
ing from one of his works.
April 15, at the same hour, Ed
vard Yeomans, author of “Shackled
Youth,” and a leader among the ad
vocates of progressive education, will
bring a new line of thought. This will
conclude the series of authors’ read
ings. If you have not attended it is
n(Ot too late to begin; if you have been
among those present you know what
you will miss if you do not continue.
Suspects .Vrrested
T)ie bardit car had been driven
through a muddy spot of road and
the tire tracks were clearly visible.
One showed a Firestone tread, the
other a smooth surfa^'t. Officers
learned that Lewis Hancock of High
J oint had been seen in the vicinity on
unday. Hancock formerly lived near
the McNeill home, and at one time
was a sweetheart of Miss Flossie Mc
Neill. He krew that .McNeill had a
considerable amount of money. It was
M^mored that he'had removed it from
ti bank. Working on these clues, the
officers went to High Point, where
they found Hancock dressed in a
blown suit, with a pistol fitting the
descrii>tion given by the girl hanging
on the head of his bed. It was found
that he had a DeSoto c,oupe with tires
fitting the description. He admitted
being in the county and told that
Bi’ck Seitz of High Point was with
him. Seitz was found wearing a
black suit and the shoes of the men
correspond in shape to the tracks seen
in the McNeill field. The officers had
them arrested by a High Point police
man and they are confident that they
have the wanted men.
Hancock is around twenty-nine
years of age and Seitz about twenty-
two. Both are married and are em
ployed in a mill in High Point.
—
TYSON, NEW POSTMASTER
TAKES CHARGE AT VASS
C. L. Tyson, nowly appointed post
master for Vass, officially took charge
of affairs last Friday, April 1. Mr.
Tjson, Republican, succeeds Mrs. Her-
tie L. Matthews, democrat, wly) has
held the office during the past twelve
years, giving most satisfactory ser
vice. It is understood that Mrs. Mat
thews will remain in the office to as
sist Mr. Tyson.