MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING NEWS
WEEKLY
THE
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 12, NO. 22.
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PINEBLUFP
PILOT
FIRST IN
NEWS AND
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Terni;V^ ' of North Carolina
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Aberdeen and Southern* Pines, North Carolina, April 29, 1932 FIVE CENTS
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ZIiMMERMAN TO
SUCCEED WRIGHT
A. B. Cameron Announces His PLAN TO DEVELOP
Platform for State Legislature' SOUTHERN PINES
~ MUSICAL TALENT
1\I Cr'llAAT ^ Exempt Homes from Tax-
Ill oLnUULo llEillL: ation and Make Intangibles
Carry Heavier Lo.id
Comes to Aberdeen from Rich-
lands with Splendid Record
For Efficiency
MR. WRIGHT RESIGNS
111 a statement issued to The Pilot
this week Ana:us B. Cameron, County
Supervisor of Taxation, has the fol
lowing to say in support of his can
didacy for the Lejfislature.
In asking the people of the county
to select me as their representative in
the next Legislature I recognize their
right to know something of the views
I hold concerning the problems that
confront us.
I may say in the outset that I do
not claim a monopoly of wisdom,
knowledge or power, but I do claim
to have a fairly accurate knowledge
A. H. Yeomans Launches Move
ment For V’ocal and Orches
tral Training
A. B. CAMERON
The resignation of N. E. Wright as
superintendent of schools in Aber
deen was accepted at a meeting of the
Aberdeen School Board on Monday,
and the election of R. C. Zimmerman
of Richlands as his successor follow
ed. A vote of thanks to Mr. Wright
for the work he has accomplished in
the Aberdeen schools during his three i of the people, their general condition,
years here was unanimously passed and their needs.
Ly the board. I am not unmindful of the difficul-
Mr. Zimmerman comes to Aberdeen ties that will confront our next Leg-
highly recommended. He has been j-^l^ture in finding a just solution of
, , XI. L 1 r>- ui j f the grave problems that must be
head of the school at Richlands for solved. I am well aware that it will
the past eight or nine years and the caU fgi- conservative and constructive
school has established a reputation as wisdom and courage,
b' iiig one of the most efficient in the I do not claim to have a cure-all
state. It has 8.'>0 pupils. ! the ills that be.set us, but I do
. Mr. Zimmerman is about 45 years j f help
, , those who need help most,
of age, married and has three daught-1 ,, , ,, , . • i • 1
.. . 1 It shall be mv purpose to maintain!
ers. He will be in Aberdeen next week I unbiased by prejudice ! „
to confer with members of the board (for or a;,'ain^t any class or groups of: Lnmarried 31emners I rove 1 hey
and plans to move his family here | aur peoi le. | Know How lo Entertain,
around June 1st. He has been engag-; Asa commonwealth we cannot pros-| Carthage Ladies Honored
ed on a yearly basis, and will make Per without both capital and labor.'
his home here.’throughout the year. one | SENATOR JOHNSON SPEAKS
> ■’ cannot greatly prosjwr unless there be,
a corresponding prosperity for the , , , „ ;
other. ! bachelors of the Knvanis Club, | the sponsoring of the proposition by
CLUB’S BACHELORS
HOSTS TO KIWANIS
ON LADIES’ NIGHT
Mr. W^right tame hero from the
western end of the state nearly three
years ago and has been a tireless
worker in the upbuilding of the grade
and high schools. He has made many
rtose friends in Aberdeen and his
leaving will bo a source of regret to
the community at large.
The Aberdeen School Board com- | a fair share of the taxes and should
prises \\'. A. Blue, Frank Shamburg- i be relieved, and intanijiblcs and other
TO ENGAGE INSTRl CTOR
A. B. Yeomans of Southern Pines
presented to the Chamber of Com
merce there Tuesday a proposition
for the development of the town and
the entertainment of its citizens and
visitors along musical lines, an out-
croi)ping of the proposal contained in
the Tyre Taylor Ten-Year Plan for
North Carolina.
Mr. Yeomans stated that a group
of musically interested people of the
community had made a tentative ar
rangement with Stanley Smith, head
of the music department of Lenoir-
Rhyne College, whereby Mr. Smith
would-come to Southern Pines and or
ganize and train the musical talent
there, both orchestral and vocal, for
concerts and entertainments. Mr. Yeo
mans felt that this would fill a much
needed vacancy in the activities of the
community, and urged the Chamber
of Commerce to help the interested
group in raising sufficient funds to
secure Mr. Smith’s services.
Struthers Burt, Frank Buchan and
S. B. Richardson spoke in favor of
Wed 40 Years
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse W. Pajie,
Sr., of Ea}>ie Springs Hon
ored on Anniversary
forms of value should be made to
bear their just part.
Each year we are paying into the
Federal Treasury a tremendous sum
in taxes on tobacco products. In the
last analysis this comes out of the
farmers who grow the tobacco. A
fair share of this should be returned
■ I to the state. I realize this is a Fed-
Commissioners Agree Funds oral, rather than a State function,
Were I'sed for Heautification something should be done about
In' Southern Pines |
! nu/Vement under way.
1 shall oppose the “Short Ballot”
er, H. A. Page, Jr., M. F. Butner, John
Fiddner and II. \V. Doub.
Town Cancels Debt of I
Chamber of Commerce
In a democracy the government de-i twelve strong, showed their married i the Chamber of C ommerce, while
rives, or should derive, its just powers ! brothers that they know how to en- I George C. Moore and M. G. Nichols
from the people. Therefore, the gov-1 tertain the ladies when on Tuesday! raised the que.stion of whether the
eminent should be kept close to the j ^jght they acted as hosts to the mem-1 chambt-r could afford to sponsor it
peop e. bers, their wives and sweethearts on | this year, inasmuch as it entailed a
erty^^'have beer\'ai"Ving''‘mtre *thTv annual ■ financial obligation w'hich they did
i .'^dieg Night, nel(i at the Pinehurst not think could be shouldpvpd at this
Country Club. They put on the show time. After consideration by the direc-
pretty much themselves, but were ,tors it was moved that the Chamber of
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse W. Page, of
P^agle Springs were honored on the
occasion of their -10th wedding an
niversary Wednesday evening by
the gathering of a large family
party at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse W. Page, Jr., in Pinebluff
to congratulate them. Their three
sons and daughSers-in-laws, Mr.
and .Mrs. Chan Page, Captain and
Mrs. Lewis A. Page and Mr. and
Mrs. Jesse, Jr., acted as hosts and
hostesses, and the members of the
family came from far and near.
Among those present were Mr. and
Mrs. Henry A. Page, Sr., Mrs. J. R.
I'age and Mrs. T. B. Wilder of
Aberdeen; Mrs. •■Adolphus Page,
Cheraw, S. C.; Jim Page, McBee,
S. C., Alex Page, Dave Page and
W'ilson Page, all of Hamlet; Mr.
and .Mrs. Lonnie Jones of Durham
and Mrs. Will Hicks of Biscoe.
Jes.se W. Page has long been one
of the leading citizens of this sec
tion, prominent in agriculture, in
peach growing and in the general
development of the Eagle Springs
section of Moore county, as w’ell as
1 leader in the Presbyterian church.
He is an elder of the Church of
Candor and was recently elected
lay commissioner to the (Jeneral
Assembly at Montreal.
WN CAMERON,
t^ARKS ANNOUNCE
FOR COUNTY BOARD
forced to call on a married man as i Commerce members endorse the prop-i Pmijs .and V'CKetables To Be
(’arried at Pre-War Levels,
Fiddner Announces
TO HALT TRUCK SALES
principal speaker of the evening, none! osition as individuals, but not assume
other than the recently resigned State responsibility for it in a financial way.'
Senator from this district, Murdoch, ^ meetinj to form an organization i
-M. Johnson, formerly of Aberdeen, to cooperate with the North Carolina '
now of Camden, S. C. ' Symphony Society w ill be held at
The Senator devoted the time al- the Southern Pines Country Club this
lotted him by counseling the bache-j afternoon, Friday, ai half past four, venetables from the Car
lors on the error of their ways in not La.11 are cordially invited to attenJ.
“hitching up,” and called upon the .
Former Would Succeed Seymour,
Latter G. C'. Shaw on
Commission
HARRINGTON OPPOSED
Outstanding events in the political
' I’ealm during the past week were the
; announcements of O. T. Parks of Hal-
lisin for county commissioner from
;the upper end of the county, and
. Gordon Cameron of Pinehurst for
; county commissioner from the district
I comprising Sandhills and Mineral
; Springs township. Mr. Parks would
' su|)plant G. C. Shaw on the board and
Mr. Cameron take the place of G. C.
I Seymour of Aberdeen.
Whether or not Mr. Parks’ an-
I nouncement means that Mr. Shaw has
decided to withdraw from the com-
missionership is not \nown. No an
nouncement of his candidacy has been
received by The Pilot, and as his
health has not been the best for
some time it may be that he does not
desire to enter the primary. Mi'. Shaw
has been one of the most efficient
members of the county board for
some time and his loss, should he
decide not to stand for election, wmII
be keenly felt at Carthage. Mr.
Parks, however, is highly recommend
ed by a wide circle of friends in the
upper end of the county for the place,
and with experience is likely to prove
a wotthy successor should he be nom
inated and elected. He is a merchant
and lumber man at Hallison.
Gordon Cameron is the sole candi
date to date from the Sandhills-Min-
eral Springs district. He was among
those named for the place in the in
formal poll conducted by The Pilot,
others being Frank Shamburger,
Henry Blue and J. R. Page of Aber
deen and R. A. Olmsted of Southern
Pines, who lives across the border in
• Sandhills township and would therefor
reduction of express rates on eligible. Mr. Cameron should make
an ideal representative of the dis-
EXPRESS RATES ON
CROPS LOWERED TO
MEET COMPETITION
ber of Commerce, showe.l the board 'rtn' Kiwanis Club gives a
how the spod had hci'Ti iiximI for the ‘ cup each year to the person who has
now tne stca had ocin usiu loi tnt. . p-o they mav be made to , ^ i • iu r
beautification of the main street and conform to existing conditions. done most dunng the^yeai foi t e
parkways, and expressed the opinion
Auto Jumps Bank
The Board of Town Coniniissionei's | or any measure that would take the Poetry to aid him in ‘jj»| Loggg Life 3S
of Southern Pines, in session Wednes-I >Toveinment from the people and place ing his points. Mui'doch was full of
day
the
the .
town for grass seed used in planting |tjon. in all branches of State, county j The Rev. J. I* red Stimson of South-
along the parkways last fall. Frank i and municipal government. To this;Pines scored a hit in his preacn-
Buchan, si)okesman for the Cham-^ I advocate abolishing all offices, tation of a trophy to the ladies of
olinas and Georgia which will bring trict, through his familiarity with the
them to pre-war levels were put siKi’ieultural, business and resort in-
' Southern Pines, in session Wednes- | government from the people and place mg his points. Murdoch was tull ol
IV night accepted the proposal of individuals, good stores befitting the occasion,
IP Chmihpi- nf Commerce to i-ancel commissions. one of the unmarrieds
le t nainbei ol lommtiti to laniei advocate the strictest economy, . „ »
le indebtedness of that body to the ^ consistent with efficient administra- ^ _
into effect on April 25, by the Rail-
Helen McDonald, 14, of Hope
■Mills, Suffers Broken Neck
on Carthajie-Pinehur. J Road
Pines, and has utilized a large pro
portion of its funds for the purpose.
During the past year, contributions
usually given to the Chamber in sup-
terests. He commands a wide acquain-
tance.
way Express Agency, J. Fiddner,
agent in this city announced yestei’- j,j ^^y district for the county
commissionerships, anil unless other
This reduction in rates is made to candidates file in the near future the
meet the growing competition of ped- next commission should be made up
dler trucks and as an offset to the as follows: Wilbur H. Currie of Car-
))revailing lov; prices of fresh fruits thagc, L. C. Matthews of Lagle
and vegetables throughout the con- Si>rings, Frank Cameron of Cameron,
suming territory. The new rates will T. Parks of Hallison and Gordon
I ake points in the following nameJ Cameron of Pinehurst.
Htaies: Alabama, Connecticut, Dela- The expected annountement of
ware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Nicholas L. Gibbon for Member of As-
Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, sembly came to light this week also.
New Jersey, New York, North Caro- Mr. Gibbons, i\ow on a world cruise,
lina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, joining the ranks of those who de-»
South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia sire to represent Moore county at the
and West Virginia. next session at Raleigh. This group
The growers in this section repre- now numbers T. D. McLean of Aber-
, ^ 1 1 i I • A, ■ to oynr(*S'4 comiiaiiv that deen .\L C. IVlcDonald of West End,
ation fashioned somewhat on the in- Garrison and Mr.s. Lee see a .steep embankment and m the:' ^ntcd to the ixpuss I ^ ^ .
Helen McDonald, the 1 l-year-old
daughter of P. H. McDonaUl, of Hope
Mills, was instantly killel last Sun
day night when the car in which she
I believe that our schools should bs community, but this year no award
that inasmuch as the whole town had administered w ith the utmost economy was made. The bachelors took it upon \vas riding ovei Lurned in Juniper
fVio fnivr, uaanmo tVio pv ^'on^istent with efficiency but they themselves to award one anyway, and on the highway between Pinehurst and
bentfitted the town assume the e.x- ^he children discovered that there were Carthage. She was pinned under the
pense. -constitute the State’s greatest asset - * i.- i i i u i
The Chamber of Commerce has oh-! an.l should not be handicapped in the no Carthage representatives among and her neck broken,
lip-ated itKolf for to rnro for P>'epa'’ation for life’s Work. The the unmarrieds in the clubs, they. Her father, with two daughters,
‘ . , ^schools should be adeiiuately support- deemed it fitting and proper to honor; and other members of his family^
niuc o e p an ing out em funds derived from sources ladies of Carthage. The trophy' were returning from a visit .vith rel-
other than ad \alorem on real P*°P‘ proved to be a , tin measuring cup.' atives. Coming into the highway from ■
, . . 'Mrs. U. L. Spence, Mrs. J. Svmington, a side road Mr. McDonald failed to
I wish to propose a system of tax- V. . , , .. u i 4. i •
fncV.ir>no,i cnmovvlvjt- nti the in E. H. GaiTison and Mrs. Lee see a .steep embankment and in the „ » n r' ^ 1 ai
...ion lasnioneci somewnat on me >n- , , , ■ j. owin.i- to thp dron in nrices of fruits A. B. Cameron of Carthage and Mr.
^ . . come tax plan which is perhaps the Thomas accepted it gracefully on be- darkness drove over the incline into;°"‘nt' to int ciop in piRts 01 uu «
port of its n anting and other civic , . ' . ir.- ! ' . .. . • ,. • and vi>L'-etahIes such reduct ons were Gibbon, all of whom have announced,
puii. 11.^ ijmmiiis, a a fairest tax we have. First, a reason- half of the capital ladies, to the re- the lake, the car turning over twice. ‘‘n« vt^eiaoits suc.n iiuutuons wtie r
flfrojects, have gone toward unem- exemption for every home owner,
ployment relief with the result that than a levy on a graduated rising
its treasury has suffered. The direc- scale on each succeeding correspond-
tors therefore felt that they were jus- i"*^ unit of value. , „ , ...
. 1 • A. i t I do not believe we shall he able to
sounding cheers of the gathering
Trio Sings
A sister of Hel m had her arm'
tified in asking the town to assume distressing
the bill for grass seed, something ■ depression until some measure of con-
around .$-100, inasmuch as the Commit-1 fidence is restored and idle and hid-
tee on 'Unemployment Relief was a den money is brought into circulation.
Chamber of Commerce project and in-: ^ Relieve that more adequate protec-
asmuch as the work of this committee
has undoubtedly saved the town con-
imperative. The^’ indicated that it and possibly the present incumbent, U.
brrken'buMhe oiher occuTanirofThe »’i^^ otherwise be compeUed to L. Spence of Carthage, who has not
par escaped with minor injuries. i abandon the marketing of their crops as yet announced. It looks like a
The funeral services were
, . car escaped with minor injuries. , ^ *1 • i
A trio, the Misses Richardson, 1 {unev^\ st-rvices were conducted express and to dispose of a large nierry war for the job.
Buchan and W'ade, accompanied at the' afternoon at Culdee Church of their production to highway James A. Davis of Carthage an-
piano by Miss Helen Thompson, all i Matheson of Jack- ^ truckmen at the truckmen’s own price nounced this week that he would be
of Southern Pines, sang a number of' . ■ • - . „ ^ r.
selections delightfully. Miss Wade
son Springs officiating.
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DR. BALDWIN IN OFtGAN
RECITAL ON MAY
i t'on for depositors would help to re
vive confidence and restore banks to
their former position of usefulness
siderable money. in the life of the community; there-
Mr Buchan cl.cd at the merting of | ItEClTAI. ON MAV STH.
Chamber directors on Tuesday that' depositors. This may be difficult-to
through the Chamber of Commerce j work out, no doubt it will, but I be-1 Dr. Minor C. Baldwin, who has de-
Comir.ittee on Unemployment a sum, lieve it can be done. _ ■ lighted many fine audiences in the
jr.ore than twice the amount of the i ^ believe that automobile li^'^nses section with his excellent
. J , . , , 1 , i u should be furnished at cost, and the , ,
indebtedness had been spent through furnish the revenue. i performances, will give a recital on
the UnemplojTiieent Committee in the j favor an act to check the insidious' the beautiful Ramage Memorial or-
carrying out of projects that were pri-1 and pernicious lobbying that has been gan in the Community Church at Pine-
marily projects which should bo paid j so common during recent sessions,
for out of tax money. He cited the ’. nominated and elected I prom-
, . J careful consir?ration of all legis-
■work at the cemetery and the road lotion upon "which I may be called
approaches thereto; the work at the j upon to vote, and active support of
airport, and the grading and comple- all measures which I believe are in the
tion of Pennsylvania avenue, through I interest of the masses of the people, ^lany requests. The program follows:
hui’st on Sunday evening. May 8th, at
eight o’clock.
. On the ijull program w'hich Dr.
Baldwin will play will be ‘^‘The Storm”
to be played in rp^ponse to a great
or to forward by truck to nearby or a candidate for Register of Deeds, in
distant markets at such rates as they opposition to the present incumbent,
NOTED HVRITONE TO SING jean secure from day to day from ^ ill J. Hanington. This entiy into
\T COUNTRY CLUB TONIGHT truck operators. itheMists makes it almost unaniinous,
" ‘ The express company’s service, Mr. | by which we mean that practically no
Edouard .Albion, noted baritone,! Fiddner stated, is preferred both by office in the county will be uncon-
who founded and is president of the; growers and dealers and commission , tested outside the commissioner«hips.
W'ashington National Opera, will ap-! houses at the principal markets as the A general upheaval in the court house
pear in a recital at Southern Pines j uncontrolled movement by highway ■ is possible on January 1st next,
Country Club this evening, Friday at | truck and the sale of a large part i should the Democratic voters decide
8:30 o’clock. Mr. Albion is spending a , of the crop to peddlers, it has been i in June against the present office-
portion of the spring at Southern ! found, tends to demoralize the mar- | holders.
Pines. He has been acclaimed by crit-1 kets, which must serve the greatest ' —
ics throughout the world for his ar-1 part of the consuming public,
tistry. At 24 he sang a transcontinen-1 The express company has for manj
SEEK STATE FUNDS FOR
EXTENDED TER.MS
to West Southern Pines as projects
•which have beeh paid for out of
funds collected by the Unemployment
Committee, that the collection of these
funds for the carrying on of this
improvement work by the unemploy
ed had cut down the membership con
tributions to the Chamber of Com
merce to an amount far exceeding
the $400.
and shall oppose with all my power
the granting of special favors to the
few at the expense of the many.
One Aberdeen citizen claims he
gathered enough hailstones after last
Sunday’s storm to freeze his ice cream
that night. The storm damaged a num
ber of orchards in the AsHley Heights
section, some between Candor and El-
lerbe.
“Poem Symphonique,” The Storm
in the Movements.
a. Shepherd’s Evening Song.
b. Night Fall.
c. The Tempest.
d. Hymn of Thanksgiving.
Invocation
tal tour as assisting artist to Mme.
Luisa Tettrazinni. From that first ma
jor engagement to the present time he
has met success and acclaim from dis
criminating audiences everywhere.
Among the patronesses for this con
cert are Mrs. Edgar Chapman, Mrs.
William C. Mudgett, Mrs. W'alter Hal-
liwell. Miss Adelaide Cook, Mrs. Lucy
Cameron, Mrs. Raymond Kennedy,
Miss Florence Campbell, Mrs. M. G.
years handled the less-than-carload
movement of fruits and vegetables
from this section and in an effort to
preserve this traffic and to aid in
rates from 25 per cent to 33 1-3 per
cent or to practically the pre-war
level.
This reduction is intended ar an
experiment to determine whether the
growers prefer to continue the long
established marketing by express or
whether the growing practice of sell-
1 Nichols, of Southern Pines, Mrs. Reid
The public is most cordially invit-1 Page of Aberdeen, Mrs. H. F. Seawell, i ing to highway truckmen and the
ed to the recital. An offering wiU'be Mrs. W. G. Brown and Mrs. E. C. j consequent demoralization of markets
received. i Penn of Carthage. and prices is to be continued.
The Board of County Commission
ers met on Monday and voted to make
application to the Local Government
Commission to authorize the borrow
ing of $1,700 for W'est End school
district, $800 for Eureka, and $-500
for Cameron to secure State funds for
the extended school term. The county
made an effort the first of April to
borrow' funds for this purpose in a
lump sum, but the Local Government
Commission would not approve the
application, requirinp tVat a separate
application be made for each district.