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MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING NEWS
WEEKLY
THE
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 12, NO. 32.
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LAKEVIEW
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FIRST LV NEWS,
CIRCl LATION &
AI)\ ERTISLNG
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Aberdeen and Southern Pin s. North Carolina. Friday Jul.v S, 1932.
DR.A.R.McQUEEN
PASTOR OF DUNN
CHURCH 25 YEARS
Union Service Held Sunday To
Celebrate Quarter Century
of Pastorate
LOVING CUP PRESENTED
The Democratic Ticket
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FIVE CENTS
TO BEGIN WORK ON Taxpa^ League in
$25,000 HOME ON County '’'^ kely Result
WEYMOUTH HGTS.| of Bensalem Movement
A union service was held Sunday
night in Dunn to pay tribute to Dr.
Angus R. McQueen, former Mooie
county resident, whose twenty fifth an
niversary as pastor in the Dunn Pres
byterian Church has just been reach
ed.
Paul C. Southard, pastor of the
Christian Church, spoke on “Dr. Mc
Queen’s Relationship as Leader of
the Pastors of Dunn.” James Snipes,
student at Duke University, spoke of
“Dr. McQueen’s Contribution to the
Youth of the Community.” Judge J.
C. Clifford spoke of “Dr. McQueen’s
Contribution to the Civic Life of the |
Town.” E. Norfleet Gardner, pastor | ^
of, the Baptist church, spoke of The Southern Pines Defeats Aberdeen
Relationship of Pastor to t ongrega ; ^ ^ 4^ »
tion.” Special numbers were render- |J| f3|g Gdinie Ol COUntV Ijed^Ue
ed by a special choir. | ^
Dr. C. B. Culbreth, pastor of the! i . ■ rr> t c
Methodist church, presided and at I '
the close of the service presented Dr.
FRANKLIN 1). ROOSEVELT
Nominated for l*resident
JOHN N. GARNER
for Vice-l'resident
McQueen with a beautiful silver lov
ing cup bearing the words:
“Angus R. McQueen, D. D., Twenty
fifth Anniversary, Pastor Dunn Pres
byterian Church, 1907-1932, In grate
ful acknowledgement of his life. Giv
en by Sister Churches of Dunn.
Dr. McQueen Responds
Dr. McQueen in modest fashion re-
Heap After Aberdeen Bows
To Her Old Rival
V'ass-Lakeview
Aberdeen ..
The exciting Wednesday game be- Pinehurst
tween tKo traditional rivals, Aberdeen ' Southern Pines
STANDING OF CLUBS
ern Pines, featured a busy week in
the Moore County Baseball League,
and one of the largest crowds of the
season witnessed the defeat of the
, . , f second place Aberdeenians to the tune
s^ponded to the encomiums of praise ... .. ,,
^ , • X- I. j ^ of 6 to 3. An Aberdeen victory would
and appreciation heaped upon
him
■with the statement that though what
had been said by the speakers on the
occasion was greatly exagerated
through the love they bore for him
»nd he for them, he had become con
vinced that if one-half of what had
Leen said was true then his life in
Dunn had not been lived in vain. He
said of two things he had never doubt
ed: the first being the fact that he
have placed her in a tie with Vass-
Lak*view for first place in the league
standing, but it waj; not Aberdeen’s
day.
Southern Pines played her best
Thomas^jown
West End ....
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BASEBALL SCHED' LE
Sat., July 9, Aberdeen at Pinehurst;
Carthage at Vass; West End at Cam.
eron.
Mott., July 11, Vass at ('arthage.
Wed., July 13, V'ass at Southern
Pines; West End at Aberdeen; Pine-
game of the season, fielding almost hurst at Thomastown.
faultlessly for the first time this year
Aberdeen, on the other hand, piled up Carthage.
nine errors, three of them credited to ^ Friday, July l.oth Carthage
Third Baseman Buck Tarlton and two Thomastown; Cameron at Vass.
rad'bIen“calird‘7o7reach'and’the;t° Baseman Kenneth Keith.' Sat., July 16-Southern Pines
second the firm conviction that God’s ^’^s coupled with Aberdeen er-; pinehurst; Cameron at West End.
promises as laid down in Holy Writ jthree Southern Pines runs,
vould come true. He said that the oc-
Thursday, July 14—Pinehurst ;at
at
at
casion which brought all the Chris
tians of the community in his church
together to commemorate his twenty-
five years of service to Dunn made
bim very happy and grateful.
Dr. McQueen has long been promi
nent in the councils of the Presby
terian church in the state since begin
iiing his pastorate here twenty-five
years ago. In 1926 he was made mod-
ciator of the Synod of North Caro
lina on the fiftieth anniversary fol
lowing his father’s elevation to the
same post; and two years later the
honorary degree of D. D. was con
ferred on him by Davidson College,
bis Alma Mater.
For a number of years he has been
William F. King Dies
in Southern Pines
Former Head of Family Laundry
Had Resided Here for Over
12 Years
across the plate in the first inning,
and Coach Paul Barnum’s men were |
never headed after that. Aberdeen:
scored twice in the third on hits by j
Keith and Folley, and scored once in |
the fifth on hits by Ferree and Fol- j
ley, but otherwise Pitcher Bowers had j
the visitors at his mei'cy. |
Little Tommy Miller and First j ,
Baseman Montesanti shone in the 1 *
field for the winners, while Catcher ' ‘-^tithern Pines for over twelve years,
Fisher starred at the bat. Bradford j died in his home on Bennett street
McLean, first ba«eman, played the ■ early Saturday morning, July 2nd, his
best ail-round game for Abe’-'iocr. Uitath resulting from a complication of
The teams batted in the followin I ailments suffered for some time,
order: j Mr. King was born in Canada Feb-
-\berdeen—Ferree, ss, Folley, If; i ruary 28th, 1858, and came here from
McLean, lb; Bill Maurer, cf and c; | Massachusetts with his daughter,
Plans for Jenks Residence Call
For One of Finest Residences i
In Southern Pines
START ABOI T AUGI ST 1ST
A. B. Yeomans nas Lomplcted plans
foi- one of the finest homes on Wey
mouth Heights which will be started
about the fitst of August for George
J. .lenks, on the east side of High
land I'oad, opposite the junction of
Old Field road, and adjoining the
Kiaffert home to the north. The tiact
is of over 200 feet fiontage vith a
depth of more than 400 feet, and
one of the most magnificent locations
on Weymouth, looking out over the
intire James Creek valley, and from
the edge of the bluff that breaks
down over the ridge at the east side of
the i)roperty.
The house will represent a cost of
about $25,000, which is bigger now
than .?2.},000 was a few years ago,
and indicates that the structure will
bt one of the fine homes on Wey
mouth ridge. Five master’s bed rooms
and three maid’s rooms give an idea
of the character of the projected
building, with the other features. It
will be built after Mr. Yeoman’s
characteristic designs, planned to har
monize with the location and with the
rest of the Weymouth architecture
and landscape creation. The contour
of the land gives ample freedom for
the best kind of work that Mr. Yeo
mans can bring to the development,
and the landscape detail will be in
cluded in his general plan for the
entire project.
The drawings are now in the hands
of Mr, Jenks for final approval. On
their return to the architect for any
revision that may be suggested it
i.' expected that arrangements will be
made for the immediate beginning of
construction.
Luther A. Fink Dies,
Veteran of Two Wars
Plan Further Study
IVIa.ss IMeetinjj at Carthage
To Continue Inveslij^ation
into Countv Affairs
James Tufts Named Head of
Tentative Organization to En
roll Townships
EDUCATIONAL IN PURPOSE
There appeal's to be every probabil-
I ity that a County Taxpayers’ League
{j ion II, liuller [ fi'oni ilie organization in
Without any question the Bensalem ^ Bensalem township of taxpayers there
tax movement has started something | who, in the interest of possible econ-
and the indications are that good | ^ weeks ago to
will come of it. Friday of last' ^ thorough study of the county
week a meeting called for the court I county income and
house in Carthage brought out
group ot people from various sec
tions of the county, which, while it
might have been larger could not very
well have been more positive about its
aims. At first it appeared to be with
out any distinctive or responsible
head, but as James Tufts was there
as one of a committee from the Ki-
v.anis club to present the report made
last week to Kiwanis it was suggest
ed that he be made chairman of the
county outgo.
■A.t a mass meeting in Carthage last
week, reported in another column,
James Tufts of Pinehurst was made
permanent chairman of a tentative
organization to set in motion the
wheels necessarj to organize in each
township of the county. Mr. Tufts
told The Pilot this week that he was
at work on the proposition. It is pro
proposed to have taxpayers gather in
meetings to be held in each of the
meeting, which was quickly done. Mr. I effect some sort of organiza-
Tufts briefly explained his relation to; study tax problems as they af-
the meeting, and called on Herbert; their particular town and the
Vail to read the report from the ^ whole, and elect delegates
wanians, and by the time that was i “ county meeting. Mr. Tufts is
done the fire was lighted in a mild ; interesting leaders in each
way.
Mr. Tufts invited discussion, which
was slow in coming, but when ne
pleasantly called on some one to an-
f.wer some questions regarding some
of the oour.t;v expenses he brought
JTr. Hoyle, the county attorney to the
floor, and then Mr. Matheson, of
of the towns to start the ball rolling.
To .Meet July 23d
July 23d has been set as a tenta
tive date for the general county meet
ing, when the delegates from the var
ious townships, elected by their town
organizations, gather to go over the
whole pioblem of county finance. This
the commissioners’ office, and things may of necessity be postponed; it
began to move. Bensalem township 1 found to be an impossibility
appeared to be regarded as the chief' towns to have their pre-
actor in the meeting, and when Jesse ! meetings and elect their del-
Page arrived and tossed a handful of i talk things over before
that time. But in any event, action is
in the making, and there is every rea
son to believe that a count,v-wide Tax
payers’ League, or whatever it may be
pine straw on the fire it blazed up
with interest.
To Study F'urther
The first striking subject taken up
Martin, p; K. Keith, 2 b; Leach, rf;
member of the Board of Trustees of 3b; G. Keith, c and cf; Bob
Davidson College and a member of | •
Flora Me- Southern Pines—Bowers, p; vann,
I 3b; Webster, If; Fisher, c, C. Mon-
the Board of Trustees
Donald College.
Dr. McQueen has held only one pul
pit, Dunn and a small group of mis
sion points continguous to Dunn be
ing the first and only work he has
had.
Dr. McQueen’s old home was in the
Union Church section between Vass
rnd Carthage. He is a brother of John
R. McQueen of Lakeview.
TENANT FARMER SUICIDE
tesanti, lb; Miller, cf; Harris, 2b;
Thurman, ss; T. Montesanti, rf.
Games on the Fourth
.Aberdeen won two games on the
Fourth, defeating Carthage at .Aber
deen in the morning 4 to 3 in an ex
citing and well played game, and win-
Mrs. Clinton Royer, now Mrs. William
Thayer, becoming president of the
Family Laundry upon its organization
in 1920, and filling that office until
the sale of the business. He married
Miss Adelaide Allen, long a resident
of Southern Pines, on November 1st,
1921. Surviving, besides his widow,
are the children of his first marriage,
Mrs. Thayer, and two sons.
Funeral services were hetd in the
Baptist Church at 10:30 o’clock Mon-
Prominent Resident of Carthage
Section of County Passes in
Sanford Hospital
Luther A. Fink, prominent resident
of the county and a veteran of both |
the Spanish and the World wars, died j
in a Sanford hospital Tuesday morn-1
ing following a hemorrhage of the |
stomach. He was about 52 years of
age.
Mr. Fink lived on the Sanford road
about seven milr-ii from Carthage.
Long interested in the cultivation of
bees, he some time ago organized the
Moore Count.v Bee Association. He
developed a good business in hone.v
in this part of the state at one time.
He has also been a prolific writer of
' newspaper correspondence on var-
1 ious subjects, being a man of consid-
I erable education and pronounced
I views, though an independent in poli-
i tics.
Surviving are his widow and sev
eral brothers and sisters. Funeral ser
vices were conducted Wednesday at
the White Hill Presbyterian Church,
with interment at the cemetery there.
ning at Carthage in the afternoon 8 | day morning, the Rev. J. Fred Stim-
to 2. Yow' pitched the morning game | son officiating. Interment in Mt.
for Aberdeen, with Rose in the box I Hope Cemetery followed,
for Carthage. In the afternoon, Don j
AT HOME NEAR CARTHAGE air tight ball
for Aberdeen, with Myrick on the
Ernest Jordon, tenant farmer who I Carthage.
Southern Pines won and lost on
lived in New Salem township, near
Carthage, committed suici'!? by shoot
ing himself with a shotgun last Sun
day. Jealousy is said to have prompt
ed the act. He leaves a wife and four
children, the oldest seven and the
youngest two months. He was for
merly employed by M. C. McDonald
at West End.
BOARD DECIDES AGAINST
NEW WELFARE OFFICER
Despite considerable sentiment in its
favor, the Board of County Commis
sioners has decided against the en
gaging of a full time welfare officer
at this time. The work will continue
to be handled by the County Superin
tendent of Schools, H. Lee Thomas,
and Miss Olive Seagrove, the county
nurse.
the Fourth, Thomastown taking the
morning game 9 to 5 and losing the
afternoon battle 12 to 5. Smith did
the iron man stunt for Southern
Pines, pitching both games, in neith
er of which did he allow a base on
balls. Ragged infield work cost South
ern Pines the morning game. A large
crowd witnessed the afternoon en
counter.
The league-leading Vass-Lakeview
team won a double header on the
Fourth from West End. C. Wilson,
pitcher of the Twin-City outfit was
the star of both games. In the morn
ing game West End drew first blood
in the 4th. Wiles singled, second and
scored on Cheek's two-bagger. In the
6th D. Wilson for Vass hit for two
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EHRINGHAUS AND REYNOLDS
SELECTED BY DEMOCRATS
Robert R. Reynolds of Asheville
carried Moore county over Senator
Cameron Morrison for the long term
U. S. Senatorship Democratic nomi
nation by 1,972 to 787. .
J. C. B. Ehringhaus, successful
Democratic gubernatorial nominee,
ran behind Lieut. Governor Fountain
in the county by 510 votes, to the
f urprise of many inasmuch as Ehring
haus carried the county in the first
j.rimary.
J. C. B. Ehringhaus of Elizabeth
City was nominated for Governor of
North Carolina by the Democratic
party in last Saturday’s primary by
upwards of 10,000 majority.
Robert R. Reynolds of Asheville
was nominated by the Democrats for
United States Senator by more than
100,000 majority over^ Senator Cam
eron Morrison.
Lee County Murderer
Is Reported Captured
Negro Caught at Lumberton Be
lieved To Be Slayer of Two
in Cumnock Store
A negro believed to be Harvey W'al-
lace, sought in Moore, Lee and adja
cent counties for the slaying of N. H.
Ferry, Cumnock storekeeper, and
Thomas Beal, on June 18, was ar
rested in Lumberton after a two-day |
search by Robeson officers begun
when they were informed he was hid
ing in the Panters Ford section.
When arrested the negro had a
large automatic pistol similar to one
said to have been used in the slay
ing.
Beal was slain when he entered
Perry’s store while the latter was be
ing held up by W^allace, Charlie
Myers and Elvin Morgan, negroes.
Trying to escape. Perry was w’ounded
and died two days later.
Myers was captured soon after the
shooting.
was the projwsition of the Bensa-1 " result. -
lem organization asking the county! . County Commissioners look
commissioners to abolish offices and fa'or upon the scheme, it is said,
cut salaries as was printed in The i ^ ^ favor upon rec-
Pilot last week. Much discussion fol-|^'*^*'® running the county govern-
lowed, and some votes on the separ-1 constructive and
ate items were decisive in the call' government at low cost,
on the commissioners to take prompt favor upon rec-
action. But after th>? study had pro- ‘'’"^'-'’J'^ations for abolishment of this
gressed to nearly the bottom of the ^^d that office unless prelimi-
list so many of the audience kept in- re'eals that it is to the
nuiring for facts regarding all the '"terest of the county and its
subjects that Herbert Vail offered a ,drastic steps,
resolution that the matter be carried That all factions making a study
over for thirty days for an opportun-county s income and outgo and
ity to make further investigations into \arious offices and duties thei'eof
county matters, and the measure was working for the same end was re
adopted. Meanwhile ideas were cry- | Carthage mass meeting
stallizing, and among the others was \ Friday. The whole proposition is
one to organize every township in the primarily of education looking
county, and from that to have dele-‘^ood government at a price
pates from each township organiza- "means of property owners
tion meet at county sessions to shape' support. Much good has already
up some logical plans for action, and ‘^‘^nie out of the Bensalem meetinp,
for permanent tax associations that
will ultimately include a State organ- i investigations, for citizens are
ization. j Taking an interest in their govern-
The Bensalem association will meet j not evinced in
again Saturday afternoon at Bensa-
lem church and there, as Mr. Page,! Suggests Salaried Man
chairman of that association said; | Frank Buchan, at a meeting of the
“We will carry the matter to Raleigh,” \ Kiwanis Club on Wednesday, put in a
for an invitation is extended to A. | word for the County Commissioners
B. Cameron, candidate for the next i who, he said, are called upon to run
legislature to be on hand and defi-1 a million dollar business at the small
nitely explain his attitude toward tax j salary of around JlOO a year apiece,
reduction, with the definite under- and are jumped all over much of the
standing that the members want to time for their service. Mr. Buchan
know whether he is the man they will I thought the time had come for a full
favor in the election. I time .salaried man, possibly the chair-
A Case of "Must” man of the commission, to handle the
More or less roaming around on job.
“Moore county has growTi too large
to expect busy men to devote their
time to its management for almost
nothing,” Mr. Buchan said.
This is another suggestion thrown
ir.to the hopper which may bi ing forth
some constructive effort to run the
county on a different basis, one of
the ideas which will come up for dis
cussion when the general county meet
ing is held.
Bensalem taxpayers and the Kiwan-
ians have started something. There is
no telling how big the snowball will
become before it stops rolling.
various subjects occupied the time. N.
L. Gibbon madt a hit with his state
ment that several drastic changes
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1,000 MORE BARRELS OF
FLOUR FOR DISTRIBUTION
S. B. Richardson of Southern Pines,
in charge of Red Cross emergency re
lief in the county, expects to receive
1,000 barrels of flour for county-wide
c'lstribution to the poor and needy
some time within the next two weeks.
More of the government’s stored
wheat was made available to the
American Red Cross for distribution*
throughout the country during the
past week and Moore county will be
allotted its share.
A. L. Fletcher of Raleigh was nom
inated for Commissioner of Labor in
the second Democratic primary Sat
urday, defeating Clarence E. Mitchell,
of Raleigh.