MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING NEWS
WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 12, NO. 2fi.
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FIRST IN
NEWS AND
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory
Aberdeen and Southern Pines, North Carolina, Friday, IMay 27, 1932.
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BANK OF BISCOE
HELD UP. ROBBED
BY FOUR YEGGS
Dewberry Crop Here of 200 Cars
Looked for by H. P. McPherson
Cameron To Market Fruit
Throujfh Auction Sales anil
Commission Houses
Pair Arrested in Few Hours and
$1,500 of $6,000 Stolen
Is Recovered
OTHERS CAITGHT TUESDAY
Four unmasked white men held up
the cashier and assistant cashier of
the Rank of Biscoe early last Friday
afternoon and escaped with approxi
mately $0,000. j
Within a few hours afterward Perrj' :
Foster and E. V. Nelson, Asheboro |
youths, were caught in Rowan county
near the Stanly county line and taken |
to the jail at Troy. They confessed |
their part in the robbery. Fifteen hun- j
dred dollars of the loot was found on |
their persons. The other bandits, Bill-
tbing of Troy and Glenn Lowdermilk, |
were caught Tuesday in the outskirts j
of Asheville in a new car, which offi
cers reported was purchased with ^
part of the bank loot. They had |600
in $1 bills, $85 in gold and a gun. '
They made no statement.
The quartet drove up to the bank
and while Foster and Lowdermilk
waited outside in a car with the motor
running. King and Nelson walked into
the institution and King covered the
two workers and a custohier with a
pistol as Nelson ran to the vault, scoop
ed up the money and fled to the car.
King following.
Edgar Maness, cashier, was on duty
with his sister. Miss Annie Maness, as
sistant cashier, when the men enter
ed. The bandits forced the customer
against the wall. The robbery took
less than five minutes.
The bandits fled in their automobile
to Rowan county and immediately af
terwards the cashier, police authorities
and citizen" took up the chase.
Split-l’p Interrupted
Running their automobile into a
side road off the highway, according j
to the story told by Nelson and Fos
ter, the four got out and started to
divide the money. When they were
thus engaged, they heard the sound of
an automobile coming up the side road.
Nelson and B’oster grabbed that part of
their share of the loot that had been
counted and ran v.ito the woods. As
they did King and Lowdermilk scoop
ed up the remainder of the money and
■went back to the car, getting in and
driving away.
Nelson and Foster wandered to
ward Stanly county until they came to
a house. While they were at the house,
Maness, the bank cashier, and a group
of Biscoe citizens stopped by the
house. They noticed that both youths
had what appeared to be pistols and
that one had a big wad in his pocket,
ed the boys. The latter said they w'ere
They became suspicious and question
headed toward Albemarle and asked
if the men would give them a lift. The
men readily agreed to this and after
they had driven a short distance their
suspicions increased. They stopped the
car and searched the youths, finding
the money and securing a confession.
Maness also identified Nelson.
Nelson told authorities that the
quartet planned the robbery the night
before and that they intended to drive
toward Asheville and go over the Blue-
Ridge mountains with the loot.
Many Win Ribbons in
Flower Show Here
150 Attend Event at Community
House Sponsored by Home
and Garden Club
The Flower Show given at the Com
munity House last Tuesday afternoon
under the auspices of the Home and
Garden Club was unanimously voted to
be the outstanding social event of the
spring season in Aberdeen. It was es
timated that from 125 to 150 people
attended, many of whom were out of
town visitors, and there were 91 en
tries. Blue and red ribbons were
awarded and the highest number of
blue ribbons went to Mrs. H. W. Doub,
the second highest to Mrs. C. B. Thom
as. The highest number of red rib
bons were awarded to Mrs. J. B. Dea
ton—^the second highest ending in a
tie between Mrs. J. B. Fagan, Mrs.
Ella J. Heckart, Mrs. Stewart Weav
er and Miss Mary E. Page, Miss Page
drawing the lucky number.
The first blue ribbon prize awarded
Please turn to page 5)
"The dewberry crop this year is a
good one,” said H. P. McPherson of
Cameron. “In our section, including the
area around Cameron and Vass, 1 ex
pect we will harvest probably 200 cars,
and with a fair shipment from Ham
let, Raeford and other sections down
that way and maybe 25 or more cars
from Savannah and South Carolina it
is possible HOG cars may go to mar
ket during the harvest. Rail shipments
will account for about three-fourths
of the crop ,\vith trucks taking the bal
ance going cast, but not many berries
go by trucks to the western country.
As strawberries have been selling well
this season we anticipate the same in
fluences will make the dewberry find a
satisfactory markt. There is not much
change ir the acreage in our section.
Some growers have dropped out, but
about as many new ones have come
in. This spring the growth has been
better than ordinary, and the fruit is
develoi)ing in a manner that looks
good. Nearly everybody has some ber
ries. We expect to begin shipping along
in the early days of June.”
More or less rivalry exists between
Cameron and Vass, and this summer it
has reached the point where the two
towns are making some decided efforts
to advance the attractions of the mar
kets. With a new’ marketing house at
Vass, Cameron has also built a similar ]
establishment, and Cameron also ex
pect? to hold auction sale, but with the
contact also with commission houses
for those who prefer to consign their
berries. Mr. McPherson says he does
not intend to put himself in the po
sition of having but the one string to
his bow, and that if the auction plan
is not satisfactory he wants to have j
the other way out. Others are looking'
for desired results through the auction |
sales, and the experiment will be tried
out from both viewpoints this spring.
An agreeable concession to the
growers this year will be a reduction
in railroad rates, amounting to nearly
a third to the eastern markets. To
western points no change is made.
Less Tobacco
Some tobacco will be made in the
Cameron section, but the plants are
not plentiful, and the crop will be
probably 30 per cent below that of last
year. Last year cotton was badly cut
in acreage and that cut will not be in
creased this year, although the short
tobacco crop may lead to more cotton
than would otherwise be planted. More
wheat seems to be coming on this year,
and all grain looks good. Oats harvest
has commenced.
Over at the farm of County Com
missioner Frank Cameron an innova
tion is seen in a herd of milk goats.
The purpose of putting goats on the
farm was to clean up weeds and brush,
but Mr. Cameron secured some Tog-
genburg stock and developed a flock of
milking goats, and he finds a curious
demand for them from the doctors
who recommend goat’s milk for inva
lids, especially those suffering from
pellagra. He rents the goats out to
the sick folks, and when *^hey are no
longer needed they are brought back
home. The milk is richer in some of
the elements needed to recover health.
Mr. Cameron says he will not plant
so much tobacco this year, nor so much
cotton, as he has cotton in his ware
house that has been there through a
period of years. But he argues that it
is safe to plant some cotton, for the
meal makes a good cattle feed and a
good fertilizer, and that some day it
will bring some kind of a price and it
does not eat anything while it stays in
his own warehouse. His grain and
stock farming: tends to take care of
itself, for if there is not much sale for
grain his stock will eat it without ask
ing about the price, and the farm
hands will eat the stock if necessary.
Mr. Cameron says he does not know
of any distress in his neighborhood, as
the folks are raising their living and
pick up a little money here and there
to pay taxes, and he gueses tht y will
pull through. Mr. McPherson and the
Rev. M. 'D. McNeill discussed the same
subject at Cameron and concluded
about the same, that folks are raising
their living and the money that comes
from peaches, dewberries and various
other things, wll keep the wolf from
breaking the door down.
The political situation around the
dewberry belt is not very exciting.
Good Neighbor
Citizen Comes to Aid of Pilot
When Linotype .Machine
does Itlooev
good
Theie’s nothing like
neighbor.
The Pilot’s linotype machine, af
ter turning out three newspapers,
finally went kaflunk this week and
wouldn’t cast an eni. We appealed
to Hiram Westbrook, genial editor
of The Sandhill Citizen. Hiram
graciously gave of the use of u
machine, and hero we are.
Thanks, say we.
NO DECISION ON
SCHOOL HEAD AT,
SOUTHERN PINES
Five Seek to Oppose
I*etition Circulated in Hehalf of
Superintendent Allen Not Yet
Presented to Hoard
SALARY CUTS PROIUBLE
JENKS PURCHASE
WEYMOUTH SITE
FOR WINTER HOME
Ao;juire Two Acres on Highland
Road Adjoininu' Kraffert and
Henne Property
TO BUILD THIS SUMMER
A home site on Weymouth Heights,
Southei’n Pines was purchased this
week by Mr. and Mrs. George J. Jenks
of Pinehurst and Harbor Beach, Mich
igan, and in all jjrobability hammers
will be heard pounding in the neighbor
hood this summer. It is understood
that Mr. and Mrs. Jenks plan to start
work on a winter residence on the
property this spring.
The lot, comprising two acres, is lo
cated on Highland Road and adjoins
the Henne and Kraffert property oppo
site the homes of E. C. Stevens nnd
Mrs. Clara Pushee. Mr. and Mrs.
Jenks and their family have been win
ter residents of the Sandhills for some
time, stopping in Pinehurst. Weymouth
Heights appealed to them on an in
spection trip through the section re
cently, and the sale resulted. E. C.
Stevns and Arthur Newcomb were the
brokers in the transaction.
The property acquired has been o%vn-
ed for several years by George W.
Robertson of Danville, Virginia who, it
is understood, purchased for invest
ment. It is one of the most attractiv’e
sites for a home remaining along
Highland Road, is on high ground,
overlooking wooded lands both front
and back, and is within a stone’s throw
of the Highland Pines Inn. A. B. Yeo
mans, local architect, is understood to
be preparihg some sketchs for a
house befitting the location, and when
the new owners have decided upon the
type of residence they desire plans will
be drawn and conti’acts let for early
construction.
Circulation of the petition seeking
the re-naming of William T. Allen
as superintendent of schools in South
ern Pines upon the expiration of his
present term next week continued in
the village during the jnist week.
The petition had not as yet been
presented to the Board of Education
at the time The Pilot went to press.
It is believed that definite action re
garding next year’s head for the
schools will be made known by the
board, which comprises Mrs. James
Boyd and Ralph Chandler, Dr. G. G.
Herr, A. S. Ruggles and Frank Ma
ples, early next week.
It is understood that some cuts
will be made in teachers’ salaries in
tlie Southern Pines schools next term.
At present the higher rated teachers
receive from the State $105.00 per
month, which is supplemented by
$61.00 from the local school district,
giving them a total of $106.66 a
month for the constitutional six
months term. As the Southern Pines
schools run nine months, the teachers
are paid the full $166.00 by Ihe school
district, without any State aid for
the additional three months. It is be-
liev«d that this latter amount will be
I'onMc’erably slice-', next term, whicj.. j
Will ')■' reflected 'n a reduction in j
taxes for the school district. The pres-j
ent pay of the superintendent is S3,-1
500 a year, of the assistant principal ■
$2,000 a year. These items are also un- j
derstood to be in line for the pruning
knife.
Extra curriculum activities, such as
athletics, music and d^'amatics, are
also to be introduced in the Southem
Pines schools next term, activities
which are a part of schol life in most
institutions throughout the state and
country but which have been neglect
ed locally.
CANDIDnTESBUSY
AS PRIMARY DAY,
JUNE 4TH, NEARS
Spence P'ails to File For Return
to Raleijfh and Five Bat
tle for Nomination
FOUR OUT FOR SHERIFF
GEORGE IJ. CASE
With the primary only eight days
off, candidates for places on the Dem
ocratic ticket in State and county are
coming down the home stretch at a
fast clip. Politics has been practically
the sole subject of conversation on
street corners of Sandhills villages this
past week, and if any citizen doesn’t
know whb is running for this office
or that it is because he hasn’t stopped
to listen as he passed the corner.
The big event of the week was to
have been the appearance of Allen J.
Maxwell, gubernatorial candidate, at
Carthage on Tuesday, but those who
gathered there to hear the revenue
commissioner met with disappoint
ment. Mr. Maxwell was confined to his
bed in Raleigh with a hard cold. R. L.
McMillan, commander of the Raleigh
post of the American Legion, spoke in
his stead, recounting Maxwell’s serv
ice to his State, his knowledge of af
fairs of State government and his fit
ness for the office of governor. Mr. Mc-
^ Millan termed him “the ideal candi
date” for the office. Mr. McLean was
I introduced to the large crowd by U.
L. Spence.
; Another highlight of the week here
j was the appearance in Carthage Mon-
I day of “Bob” Reynolds, candidate for
-wTw-ir* w United States Senate on the Dem-
TAXFS I III I FrTFn ticket. The Asheville lawyer
* 1 LiLf ^ dropped in at the courthouse, shook
I hands all around and was accorded a
Republican Candidate for Member
of Assembly from Moore Coi who
awaits outcome of five-cornerec Jem-
ocratic primary fight to determine his
opponent. Mr. Case is a member of the|
Board of Commissioners of Southern '
Pines, and was nominated at the re- ■
cent Republican convention at Ca -
thage. j
AUDIT0R:S REPORT
SHOWS $208,000
Little More Than $100,000 Yet i warm reception.
Many in the Field
Meanwhile the candidate for places
on the county ticket have been cavort
ing hither and yon, with the fight for
Mr. Spence’s seat in the General As-
I sembly probably the hottest battle be-
I cause of the fact that there are five
the Vou7ty7unds,'and'wnbu7'£‘cu^^^^ the field. The date for
rie, of the Board of Commissioners ‘
answered that this information can
To Be Gathered in by County
On April 30* j
I
EXPENDITURES REVEALED:
A few weeks ago Rassie Wicker
asked about information conceriiing
Announce Examination
for Postmaster Here
U. S. Civil Service Calls for Com
petitive Test for Southern
Pines Vacancv
The U. S. Civil Service Commission,
at the request of the Postmaster Gen
eral, announces a competitive exami
nation for postmaster of Southern
Pines. The examination will be held
under the President’s order of May
10, 1921, and not under civil act and
rules. Competitors will not be requir
ed to report for examination at any
place, but will be rated upon their
education and training, business ex
perience and fitness.
Those seeking the position are to
apply at the postoffice or to the
U. S. Civil Commission, Washington,
for application Form 2241, and Form
2213 containing definite information
in regard to the examination. The
notice of the examination from the
government reads:
“All persons are warned against
offering, promising, pay, soliciting, or
receiving any money or other valua
ble thing as a political contribution or
otherwise for use of influence, sup
port, or promise of support in obtain
ing appointment. Any such act is a
violation of law, and offenders will
be prosecuted.”
George Eastman of Boston has ar
rived for a month’s stay in Pine
hurst.
Urges More Interest
in Affairs of State
Richard Tufts Urges Study of
Problems of Government on
Part of Citizens
be had any day from the county aud
itor’s office in the tax collection de
partment. So The Pilot dropped into
the office Saturday and asked Miss
Jenkins, auditor, for the figures. She
promptly handed out a few slips, for
i she has this information on the led-
i gers just as a bank keeps its daily
! balances and here is the result:
no word from Mr. Spence, so that he
I dropped from the race by default,
j leaving the following to fight it out
I for his job at Raleigh: A. B. Cameron,
Carthage; T. D. McLean, Aberdeen;
I M. C. McDonald, West End; W. R.
j Clegg, Carthage and N. L. Gibbon,
I Lakeview. It seems to be anybody’s
I race, with a second primary most like-
I ly. McDonald, McLean and Cameron
“Senators and Congressmen at Wash
ington are more inclined to listen to
the sentiment ‘back home’ and less to
the urgings and protestations of lob
byists these days than they were when
times were better,” Richard Tufts told
Kiwanis Club members at their meet
ing in the Aberdeen Community House
Wednesday,” and it behooves all of us
to let them know our feelings on im
portant measures.”
Mr. Tufts urged the Kiwanians and
their guests to interest themselves
more and more in government, decried
the laxity of the average citizen along
this line. “Express your opinions on
forms of taxatiq^i and other pressing
matters,” he counseled. That is the
only way your representatives at
Washington are going to know what
you want them to do, the only way
they can estimate the sentiment with
regard to prospective legislation. He
told of the present distribution of the
nation’s finances, one-quarter for debt
obligations, one-quarter for agriculture
and farm relief, one-quarter for vet
erans and the fourth-quarter for the
army, navy, administration, etc.
“In considering economy in govern
ment, we must decide how far we want
to go, how much we want to curtail.
We cannot cut down taxes without cut
ting down expenses. W^e must decide
what are the essentials, the necessi
ties, before yelling too loud for tax
relief.” In short, Mr. Tufts wants the
citizen to study, know what he is talk
ing about, and then do something
about it.
Dr'. E. M. Medlin led a questionnaire
on Kiwanis education at the meeting
Wednesday and found most of the
members well versed in the history and
aims of their club.
STORES TO CLOSE
(Continued on Page 4)
Three New Teachers
Named for Aberdeen
1 believe they lead the field, and each
Total taxes levied $326,535.35 j is known to have widespread support
Reliefs 2,755.75 ; though none likely to show a majority
Discounts 797.63; in the June 4th primary.
Collected to .\pri! 30 208,325.92 Friends have been rallying to the
Leaving to be collectted yet..$114,656.05
Of this total Tax Collector Huntley
has made almost another month’s col
lection, which will show in the bal
ance sheet taken off at the end of
May 31.
From the $208,325.92 sums have
been accounted for by the following
appropriation for county uses for the
current year, a total of $41,575.79:
County Commissioners $ 922.83
Listing and assessing prop- | R- C. Zimmerman, newly elected
erty 5,702.18! superintendent of Aberdeen schools.
Collection of taxes 2,867.00 I yesterday announced some of the mem-
Sheriff 4 797.451 faculty for n«xt fall, the
Elections _ _ 3.00 including a number of re-elections
County ZZSZ.. 2.07L48 ' three new names. Mr. Zimmerman
Court House and grounds .... 1,734.23 i stated that the list may be incomplete,
n.,.. 1. cro ill . fv.rther appointments of teachers here
Superintendent Zimmerman An
nounces Election of Faculty
for Next Term
Aberdeen stores and’postoffice will
close on Wednesday afternoons at 1:00
o’clock during the summer months, be
ginning the first week in June.
Register of Deeds 878.61
County Coroner 144.30
Fire Warden 493.86
County Jail 426.49
Agricultural Agent 1,210.00
Mothers’ aid 623.00
Superior Court 2,596.89
Clerk of Superior Court 416.92
Recorder’s Court 4,854.44
Juvenile Court 150.00
County Attorney 150.00
Auditing 450.00
Capturing stills 830.00
Vital statistics 480.58
Juror expenses 3,082.45
Interest 526.67
Home demonstration 750.00
Insane 220.90
Insurance - 192.48
In addition other amounts have been
paid as follows:
Road bonds v.nd interest
paid $26,317.04
Health Fund 3,308.29
Poor Fund 9,232.03
Local Tax Districts school
costs, debt and interest .. 43^140.05
These totals show the directions in
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ppointments
to depend upon the funds made avail
able by the State for the purpose.
State budget figures are not yet avail
able.
The returning teachers, all of whom
have accepted positions for the fall
term, are:
High School—Miss Nancy Bedding-
field. Science; Miss Cliffie Williams,
Mathematics and French.
Elementary School—Miss Flora Gil
bert, first grade; Miss Ruth Wooten,
second grade, Miss Nina Hunter, spec
ial; Miss Mary McKeithen, fourth
grade and Mrs. G. A. Charles, fifth
grade.
The three new teachers elected are
Miss Margaret Gibson of Laurel Hill,
to teach first and second grades at
Pinobluff; Miss Elvie Yelverton, of
Black Creek, to teach the third grade
at Aberdeen elementary school, and
Miss Kathleen Venters, of Jackson
ville, N. C., to teach the sixth grade.
Mr. Zimmerman has moved his fam
ily to Aberdeen, says he likes it here,
more every day, and is gradually ac
quainting himself with the school sit
uation and problems.