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MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS WEEKLY THE A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 12, NO. 40. CAKTHAOe LAKEV/ieW MANUKY JACK50H SPRinOS PlNEBLU^r PILOT ^'Aiv ! I FIRST L\ NEWS, CIRCl LATION & ADVERTISLNG* Af c c. of the Sandhill Territor > "th Carolina % % —. Aberdeen and Southern North Carolina, Friday, September 2, 1932. FIVE CENTS BOTH WAREHOUSES TO RUN DURING TOBACCO SEASON! Will It Come to This? B. B. Saunders and C. H. Ward- wick, Latter a New Comer, Sign Up for Aberdeen Mart BIG YEAR AOTICIPATED Witli tobacco prices advancing al- Hiost daily and with both Aberdeen warehouses leased for opevation by prominent warehousemen there is every indication of the launching of a prosperous season here when the auctioneers start their weird callings on September 27th. Prices advanced steadily this week on North Carolina markets already operating. At Chadbourn the official average on Monday was $17.62 a bun. dred; at Fairmont, $15.73. Good re ports are coming in of the condition of bright leaf in this section, and both farmers and warehousemen are en thusiastic over the prospect of a re turn to something like the good old days. Leases have been closed for the op eration of both large waresouses. B. B. Saunders, who for years oper ated the big brick warehouse near the Gulf Refining Company, signed up some time ago to operate the Aberdeen Warehouse, in the heart of town, this .season and is reported as being busy now interesting farmers in bringing their crops to him. “B. B.” has a wide following among leaf growers of this vicinity and his re turn to Aberdeen this year after a season in Fuquay Springs has been haled with delight by townsfolk, sell ers and buyers alike. The Saunders Warehouse was a beehive of activity in bygone seasons, and its reopening here means the coming and going of tons of tobacco. New Operator Coming The brick warehouse, formerly op erated by Saunders, has been leased for the season to C. H. Hardwick, of Loris, S. C., a new' comer to Aberdeen but a man ^vith a high reputation for fair dealing and knowledge of tobac co, and a man with a large following among growers. Mr. Hardwick has operated two large warehouses in Loris for the past ten years, and is highly spoken of 'by those acquainted with him there. The deal was closed this week and Mr. Hardwick will be in Aberdeen soon to arrange the de tails for the opening on the 27th. With prospects bright for a big year in tobacco it is understood that the townspeople of Aberdeen, espec ially the business interests, plan to put forth more than the usual effort to make the local market attractive to growers over a wide surrounding territory. The Chamber of Commerce is expected to meet in the near fu ture and make plans for boosting the local market in various ways. I youve oone \ FAR fW'^ CAMERON YOUTH TELLS COURT OF ASSAULT BY PALS Aberdeen Wins Final Game in Moore County League to Tie Vass for First Place Accused Pair Held Under S4,000 Bond Each After Judge Hears Remarkable Storv WAS SHOT AND DESERTED *—Fram tk* San Franeitco ChronicI*. .lesse I’age Says Job of Stopping Tax Grab Will Be Easy If Folks Just Make I'p Their Minds To Do It Jesse Page, chairman of the executive committee of nine of the Moore County Tax League, says the committee will get together this week to further discuss the tax situation in the county, and to arrange for ways and mean^ to carry on the work. One of the first things to be done is to provide a way for persons in sympathy with the work to join the association, which under the plan of operation involves the con tribution of twenty-five cents and an annual fee of another quarter. Mr. Page reports a decided interest in the proposition. “This thing of taking every thing a man has in taxes has ^one far enough,” he says, “and must be stopped. The way to stop it is for the people to make It understood that they have determined to stop it, and the job will not be as hard as it looks.” It is expected that organization and the creation of plans will have gone far enough shortly so 'l.at a general county meetinjf of members can be called before long, when some enthusiasm will 'be worked up. The Bensalem fire has been attracting attention over the state, with the I'esult that the state papers are giving consid erable space to its plans and its methods of approaching them. SEABOARD MEN HERE FOR ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT Prominent Railroad Officials To Corppete at S, P. Country Club Over Labor Day RECOKI) HEAT Tuesday and Wednesday of this week were the hottest days, offi cially, in this section since 1887, records at Raleigh reveal. The mer cury went over 103 in the shade. BIG THREE-DA YEVENT To Pave U. S. I. South Of Aberdeen in Spring Jeffress Says Start of Work Now Would Interrupt Tour ist Travel This Winter Surveyors are at work along U. S. Highway No. 1 south of Aberdeen, presumably preparing for the long sought paving of the stretch between nere and Rockingham, the only long piece of this famous highway between Maine and Florida not now' paved. A letter received by the Southern Pines Chamber of Commerce this week from E. B. Jeffress, chairman of the State Highway Commission, in reply to a petition for immediate sur facing of this stretch said that the matter was having the attention of the department, but that it was Mr. Jeffiess’ opinion that it would be better to start the work next spring rather than to interrupt tourist trav el over this road this winter, a point which the Chamber directors were in clined to agree. Mr. Jeffress was w’aited upon by a delegation from Aberdeen and Pine- bluff last week with a view to hav ing the route of U. S. No. 1 changed south of Aberdeen to go through Ad der village rather than veering west this side of Pinebluff as it does now. This change will be considered by the board. It is a debatable question whether the arrival of over one hundred mem bers of the Seaboard Golf Associa tion marks the end of the summer season, or the beginning of the fall and winter season for Southern Pines. There is no question, however, that their coming for their fifth annual tournament, to be played over the courte of the Southern Pines Coun try Club, Saturday, Sunday and La bor Day will be the greatest sport ing event of the summer in the Sand hills. All the officers and employees of the Seaboard Air Line Railway inter ested in the royal sport of the asso ciation rally in Southern Pines every season to do battle for the eight sil ver cups and numerous other prizes presented to the winning contestants. E. C. Bagwell, General Manager of the Seaboard, is president of the as sociation; G. C. Phillips, and C. E. Muller, vice-presidents, and R. T. Etheridge, secretary-treasurer. Among the prominent Seaboard officials ex pected to be present this year are C. R. Capps, C. \V. Parsons, E. W*. Smith, L. R. Pow'ell, G. R. Carlton, L. V, Burns, J. C. Wroton, C. H. Gaddis, J. W. Fawcett and J. R. Kirby. Last year A. D. Williamson won the Championship Cup, \V. H. King, III, the President’s Cup, Charles Greg ory the Capps Cup and J. R. Cooke the Southern Pines Country Club Cup. As usual the Parkview will be head quarters for the members and their friends, and they wnll be w’elcomed at the Country Club by Secretary Trav is and his aide, Alfred Grover with best wishes from all for their usual run of glorious Sandhill weather. Qualifying rounds will start over the number 1 course Saturday morn ing. The business meeting and award of prizes take place the afternoon of Labor Day. C. A. Chandler Dies at Home in Pinehurst Prominent Citizen of Pittsburgh and Sandhills Had Been III for Two Y’ears After a serious illness extending over a period of two years, Clarence A. Chandler, 49 years of age, died at his home in Pinehurst Tuesday morn ing. Mr. Chandler, prominent in bus iness circles in Pittsburgh, his home city, for many years, has been a res ident of Pinehurst for some seven or eight years, taking an active interest in sports, particularly trapshooting, golf and horse racing. He has spent most of his time in his attractive home in the heart of the village. Two years ago Mr. Chandler suf fered a heart attack on the golf course and has never recovered his health since then. His condition has been acute for the past several months, and death came on Tuesday. He came to Pinehurst from Atlanta, Georgia where he resided for several years after leaving Pittsburgh. In Pittsburgh his principal business was the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, of which he was an official. Mr. Chandler had made a host of friends in the Sandhills. He was a most genial companion, made friends easily and was admired by all. He was one of the leading shots at the traps of the Pinehurst Gun Club for years before his health became affected, and w’as a regular contestant in golf events at the country club where he was a member of the Tin Whistles. Beside his wife, he is survived by a son five years of age, and a grown son, born of his first wife. Simple funeral services were held at the home W'ednesday afternoon, an Episcopal clergyman of Fayetteville officiating. The body was sent to Pittsburgh for burial. Turner Cameron and Tom Doug las, named by Leonard Cameron as his assailants when he was cruelly j beaten and shot on July 1 in the I Beaver Creek section near Cameron, I were on Monday bound to Superior Court under bond of $4,000 each on a charge of assault with a deadly wea pon with intent to kill. In default of bond, they were placed in jail. Cam eron was also charged with carrying a concealed weapon and was given six months in jail on this charge. Both men had been at liberty under bond since a preliminary hearing. Both defendants pleaded not guilty to the assault with intent to kill charge. They were not placed on the stand. Cameron was represented by Attorney Russell Clegg and Doug las 'by Attorney Herbert F. Seawell, I The court room was crow'ded with I people who had been awaiting the I hearing of this case with interest. I Leonard Cameron was the first to go j on the «tand and he made a fine I witness, tellinf>- a story that had every I appearance of being straightforward. His evidence in substance with a few minor details omitted was as fol lows : Cameron’s Statement “I am 25 years of age. On July 4, 1932 I lived in the lower end of Moore county near N, B. Cameron’s place near the town of Cameron. I have known Turner Cameron all my life; he lives two miles from me. I have know'n Tom Douglas five years. ^ I saw both defendants on July 4. Tur- i ner Cameron came by my home about I 10 or 10:30 in his truck. He stopped I where I was and said he had furni ture at Cameron and w’anted me to I go with him to get it. I said I’d go. ' He said he had to go home and get |some plough lines to tie it on with and asked me to meet him at the mail box about 300 yards from home in 2.1 or 30 minutes. I met him at the ’ mail box. I got in the truck and sat I by him and we drove up the road to- I ward Beaver Creek. When we got near Beaver Creek he turned off on an old road to the right. He then drove on to where there was a ditch, stopped and put water in the car and asked me if I wanted a drink. I told him that I did not. He told me to wait there till he came back. He turned around with the truck and went back up the hill where we came from. I waited five minutes for him, I guess, and walked up the hill and met him, and Tom Douglas was with him, both of them on the truck seal. Turner asked why I did not wait where he left me. I told him I thought I would walk up the road. Both of them got out of the far and Turner had a jar with him, a quart jar about half full. They said it was whiskey. Turner asked me if I wanted a drink and I told him that I did not. They asked me the reason why I would MOORE COUNri LEAfil E n Final Standing Teams Won Lo.-it Pc. .Aberdeen 18 G .750 Vas.s-Lakeview ... 18 (5 .750 Cameron 12 lU .515 So. Pines 11 13 .458 vV'est End 10 13 .434 Caithage V 15 .375 Pinehurst 8 15 .343 Thomastown 7 15 .317 George Martin, in Old Time Form. Pitches Shut-Out Against Southern Pines ALL IN READINESS FOR BIG FIELD DAY PROGRAM MONDAY Picquet Announces Events for Labor Day Gathering at Race Track NORTH-SOl TH BALL GAIVIE 2,000 WITNESS CONTEST Gtoi'ge Martin reached in his clos et early Wednesday afternoon and pulled out a baseball uniform. He put it on, climbed in his car and drove out t3 .Aberdeen’s new baseball field George warmed up. He was going to pitch a game against Southern Pines, and victory meant a tie for first place in the Moore County Lea gue. Defeat meant that Vass-Lake- vie'.v had won the 1932 pennant. The first person to notice that George was “there’’ was his catcher, Leonard Russell. The ball came into the big glove as if shot out of a cannon. The next to obseiive w*as Tom \ ann, Southern Pines’ first bat ter. It had smoke on it, Tom said \anii, Montesanti and Webster went out one-two-three. Aberdeen rootei's went wild. George was at his best. I All roads will lead to the Pine- j hurst race track for the big Moore knew what had happened. County Baseball Field I3ay Sports events of this kind it is the duty I program next Monday, September 5th. village editor to get to the : Arrangements are all completed down *^<'ttcm of things. So we sent Murphy, I to the last detail and nothing but un- office boy, down to George’s ■ favorable weather will prevent the li^use to investigate. He looked in biggest assembly of Sandhillers seen clothes closet. There hung George’s i in many-a-year. Charlie Picquet will, ^^^2 baseball uniform. I be master of ceremonies.. The pro-; George had put on his 1921 uniform, gram will positively start promptly I course! That explained all. You ; at 1:00 p. m. and the gate will swing! Geoi'ge Martin back in open at 12:00 noon. All proceeds from 11^21. Burning ’em in. Foe to every op- the small 10 cent admission charge I POsing batsman. Striking ’em out will go to the Moore County Hospital. | with his change of pace. George in Speculation is rife throughout the|^'*^ 1-*21 clothes! What chance had confines of the Moore County Baseball i Southern Pines? League as to the selection of the play- j 2,000 at Game ers for the La'bor Day Game at the I Two thousand or more people from race track. | every corner of the county gathered Each team is entitled to sixteen ai'ound the Alwrdeen diamond foU players, four from each of the regu-! ednesday’s big game. It was the lar teams. The selection will not be climax of a thrilling baseball season The Sandhills witnessed the eclipse Wednesday through smoked glasses and kodak film. It was about 80 per cent total here. (Please turn to Page 8) Heart Attack Fatal To D. R. Morrison Superintendent of Streets in Southern Pines Dies While Reading Ne'^ spaper at Home announced until just before the game, but it might be interesting to our readers to make out their own selec tions before-hand for comparison with the final line-up. The North County team will be made up of players from Carthage, Vass-Lakeview, Thomas- town and Cameron, while the South Countv team will be selected from Aberdeen and Southern Pines were deserted. Everybody was at the ball park. And Aberdeen won, 6 to 0. Southern Pines couldn’t score a run against that 1921 uniform with its rejuvenat ed occupant. So the season ended with -Aberdeen and Vass-Lakeview tied for first place. They’ll play it off next Pinehurst, West End, Aberdeen and: w’eek. Southern Pines. Try picking these two teams. The Carolina Theatre, Southern Pines, is extending an invitation to the winning team on Labor Day to attend the performance on “Down To Earth,” with Will Rogers, on Thurs day, September 8th. This invitation in cludes the wife, sweetheart, sister or mother, but will not include both the wife anH sweetheart. Mrs. Montesanti tells us she will have everything in that refreshment stand at the field day from Coca Cola up to a full course dinner, so if you have to hurry from home, you can get all you want to eat there. The Big ProRram Following will be found a full list of the various events and the en tries that have been made in each: Event No. 1—Fungoe Hittj(ng— Fisher and P. E. Kennedy, Southern Pines; McPi'.erson and Smith, Cam eron; Bob Burns and Rose, Carthage; R. Utley and R. Grimm, Pinehurst; (Please turn to page 4) Daniel R. Morrison, superintend ent of streets for the town of South ern Pines, died in his home on the Bethesda Road Friday evening. Appar ently in his usual health as he re turned from work Mr. Morrison had finished supper and was reading a paper when he expired almost in stantly through heart failure. Born in Cumberland county May 23rd, 1887 Mr, Morrison was 4.5 years of age. He leaves his wife, Berta Morrison and five children, Irving, Curtis, Harold, Clyde and Robert, and three brothers, John, Charles and Angus. Funeral services attended by a great number of friends, were held in Bethesda, the Rev. J. Fred Stimson and the Rev. Murdoch McLeod officiating. Aberdeen Schools Open On Monday, Sept. 12th 1 ley stepped into me of Bowers’ out- We told you about Southern Pines going out one-two-three that first inning. Not so Aberdeen. Ferree, first up, singled. Folley got on when Fish er fumbled. W'ebster contributed an error to give Bill Maurer a lease life, and Montesanti added another er ror. A run scored. With the bases full it looked like a lot of runs at this stage, but on McLean’s infield tar, Southern Pines came to life, through the ball all around the dia mond and picked off enough men to retire the side. Aberdeen added another run in the second. Martin got on on an error by WVK was sacrificed to second by Huntley, went to third on a hit by Buck Tarlton and home on Ferree’s second single. Southern Pines threat ened in the third when Harris doubled and Vann was hit by pitcher. Both advanced a base on Montesanti’s out. Martin purposely passed W'ebster, filling the bases; then struck out Fisher. That 1921 uniform! Aberdeen scored again in the third. Russell singled but was out at sec ond on McLean’s infield tap. Martin was hit by the pitcher and Bill Hunt- High School Students to Regis ter Next Tuesday.—Coach Calls for Football Players L. W'. Midgett, athletic coach of Aberdeen schools, wishes to meet all boys interested in football at the High School building next Tuesday, Septem ber oth, at 4 o’clock. Superintendent of Schools R. C. Zimmerman will be in his office on Tuesday from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. to register high school students, and all students are requested to report on that cay to make their schedules for the coming year. Schools open here on Monday, September 12th, the opening exercises taking place in the high school at 8:45 a. m. and in the grammar school at 10:30 a. m. Visitors are invited. curves for a two-bagger ' sending George across the plate. The visitors' threat in the fourth was shortlived. Casa singled, was out at second on Bowers’ tap. Miller lined to Ferree who doubled Bowers off first. Succes sive singles by Ferree, Follej' and Maurer scored another run for Aber deen in the fourth. Southern Pines got Tom Vann as far as third in the firth, but quick work on the part of George Martin, McLean and Russell nailed him at the plate when he tried for home on Montesanti’s infield hit. Two More Runs The home team finished its scoring in the last of the fifth, sending in two runs. Martin flew out to Web ster. Huntley got his second double, followed by singles by Bobbitt and (Please turn to page 4)
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