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MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS WEEKLY ■T'TTTJ JL AUS A Paper. Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 12, NO. 42. CARTHAOE VASS ^LAKEVIEW MAHLBV JACKSOH SPRIN09 SOUTHERN PltiPS ASHkEV A&CROC.E11 He*GHTS PINCBUJFP ■-/ V.. . (Jf •<v FIRST IN NEWS, CIRCrLATION & ADVERTISING of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina Aberdeen and Southern North Carolina, Friday, September 1(5, 19.‘}2. FIVE CENTS NEW COMPANY TO MINE ANTHRACITE COAL IN COUNTY Revival Services in Aberdeen Asheville Interests Acquire Gardner Farm in Hofseshoe from Butler and Mclver SOUTH’S ONLY ANTHRACITE A charter granted by the State this week to the Southeastern Anthracite Company definitely establishes a new industry in Moore county, and one that is notable in its exclusiveness, for its business will be that of mining anthracite coal, the only coal of its kind i)rouuced anywhere south of Pennsylvania. Virginia mines a small amount of a type of anthracite, but not of the quality of that which the new company is producing in the up per end of Moore, fully the equf^l of the best of Pennsylvania anthracite, as many analyses show. The organization of the new Moore county concern includes R. P. Sim mons, Asheville, president; Hobard | DeBeck, Asheville, secretary, and 1>. i B. Long, Cincinnati, vice-president and j general manager. The offices will be : at Sanford until suitable buildings can be provided at the mines in the | near future. The location of the prop-1 ertv' is on the Gai’dner farm, between* Deep River and the Norfolk Southern I railroad, in the Horseshoe section of Moore county, about 13 miles north east of Carthage. Mr. Lolig is a min ing engineer of long experience in the coal fields of West Virginia, Ken tucky and Tennessee. He will be the resident manager and engineer. The property embracs 600 acres, well lo cated for railroad handling and for trucking, as it is close to the rail road and to the main highways. Freak of (Jeology The transaction was arranged by Howard N. Butler, who for years has been active in coal production in the Carolina coal field, starting with the Carolina mine when it began its first prospecting, and staying with it as Ion;? as it operated. He with .John M. Mclver, of Gulf, secured the prop erty in the undeveloped stage, formed the Anthracite Coal Company, and be gan a systematic exploration of what had been one of the mystery propo sitions of the coal field, for anthracite coal in North Carolina is a freak of geology. They drove a slope, and open ed some cross headings, showing a good quality of anthracite coal sev- -eral hundred feet into the workings. They attracted the attention of J. H. Bryson, the state geologist, who like other geologists interested in North Carolina, had been giving some thought to the peculiar deposit of an- thr.’cite coal here where it seemed to be wholly oi.t of its elerr.cn';, and Mr. MAXH.FOLLEY LOSES FOREARM IN PLANING MILL Prominent Citizen Suffers Pain ful Accident at Lumber Yard in Aberdeen THE REV. E. C. FEW THE REV. W. C. BAI.L Pastor of Edenton St. Methodist .Minister of Page Memorial Metho- Church in Raleiph. dist Church in Aberdeen. \ series of Revival Services will begin in the Page Memorial Metho- ddi.'-t Church in Aberdeen next Sun day evening, Se])tember 18th and will continue through Sunday evening, September 25th. The Rev. Walter C. Ball, minister of the local church, will be assisted by the Rev. E. C. P’ew, pastor of Eden ton Street Methodist Church of Ral- eigU. Mr. Few is a young minister of outstanding ability. Recently he was appointed to the Raleigh church, the lai’gest Methodist church in the North Carolina Conference. His preaching will be a delight to the people of this section of the state. Two services are to be held daily, an early service b(;ginning at 8:45 in the morning and lasting forty-five minutes. In the evening the sei'vices will begin at 7:15. The minister and congregation of the Aberdeen church extended a most cordial invitation to all the people of the community to attend these ser vices. SOUTHERN PINES STATE REFUSES BUDGET APPROVED REINSTATEMENT BY STATE BODY Tax Rate Cut Despite Decreased Valuations and Probable Les sened Receipts RATE 5 CENTS UNDER 1931 (Please tum to Page 8) A. & R. MOVES MORE COTTON IN WEEK THAN ALL LAST YEAR The Aberdeen & &Rockfish Railroad handled more cotton last week than during all last season, according to Will A. Blue, president of the road. More than 900 bales wore canied over its line during the week, he said, and some 500 bales have been handled so far this week. BECKWITH TO INSTALL IRRIGATION SYSTEM Rassie W'icker of Pinehurst is mak ing a survey of the propei'ty of E. E. Beckwith on Knollwood Heights pre paratory to the installation of an ir rigation s.ystem. Water pipes will be laid to irrigate the seven acres of the “Homewood” estate. POLITICAL NOTES Frank Buchan is endeavoring to bring Robert R. Reynolds of Ashe ville, Democratic candidate for the United States Senate, to the Sand hills for a speech during the cam paign. Congressman Walter Lambeth, rep resentative of this district at Wash ington and a candidate for re-election, will speak at the Kiwanis Club meet ing here on September 28th. Clifford Frazier, Greensboro attor ney and Republican candidate for governor, is expected to address a meeting in Carthage in the near fu ture. The tentative budget passed by the Mayor and Board of Commissioners of Southern Pines for the year begin ning July 1st, 1932 during their last meeting in July has been duly approv ed by the Local Government Commis sion at Raleigh. Curtailments in city expenses, despite a slightly lowered assessed valuation, lessened receipts, and a greater amount of interest chargeable, will lessen the tax rate, which is set at $2.10 instead of the $2.15 of the previous fiscal year. For 1931 the property valuation of Southern Pines was $3,130,000, pro ducing by tax $67,000. For 1932 the valuation is $3,102^000, expected to bring in, at the rate of $2.10, $65,000, In 1931, $20,000 worth of bonds were retired, and $30,000 paid in in terest. In 1932, $20,000 will also be retired, and interest charges of $34,- 000 settled, the total bonded indebted ness as of September 1st being $575,- 000.00. Saving of $11,000 Reductions and cuts by the boai-d have been made wherever possible, nearly $5,000 being <jut from the street, light and sewer costs. In all a prospective saving of $11,000 has been made over last year. Of this gain $8,000 will have to go to the bond and interest account, but if it had not been for this saving and trans fer to the bonds the tax I’ate would have been increased instead of low ered. Figures for the water department are not included in the foregoing; in round numbers the receipts for 1931 were $25,000, and chai'ged against that income was $17,500, ^for interest and retirement of bonds, $4,300 cost of electrical power, leaving, but $3,200 for operating expenses for the year. Confronted with a lowered valua tion, a lessened consumption of wa ter and increased interest charges the Mayor and Board of Commission ers appear to have done remarkably well in reducing the tax rate. THE TOBACCO MARKET Tobacco offerings on the New Bright Belt markets during the week have been light, with mostly inferior grades offered. Prices averages have ranged from $10.85 a hundred up to $15.02 on the various markets. OF TWO SCHOOLS CONDITION IS FAV()RA1{LE Board of Education Declines Pe tition from Glendon and Putnam Citizens COUNTY SHORT 5 TEACHERS The following letter received by County Superintenuent H. Lee Thomas ' is the latest development in the en- ; deavor of the Glendon and Putnam comn unities to regain their schools which were last spring consolidated with the Carthage school; j “The State Board of Equilization ' at its meeting last week gave consid- ' eration to the request of your Board j of Education for the allotment of ■ teachers to the Glendon and Putnam j schools, which for the purpose of al- I lotting teachers from State funds j were transferred to Carthage. I “I am instructed to give you the I information that this Board most re- I gretfully declines to change the al- I lotment of teachers as made to your j county in the original certification. ; The decision came after giving much consideration to a request as pre sented by your Board and also letters from many of the patrons of these districts.” The letter was signed by LeRoy Martin. When the State allotment of teach ers was made in June, two extra teachers were given the Carthage school and no allotments were made for the Glendon and Putnam schools, which the communities were so loath to give up. A delegation of patrons of these schools, headed by Supt. II. Lee Thom as, went tOw Raleigh to see if the State Boai'd would grant their request to leave the schools in these commun ities were so loath to give up. A delegation of patrons of these schools, headed by Supt. H. Lee Thom as, went to Raleigh to see if the State Board would grant their re- Max H. Folley, one of .Aberdeen’s leading citizens and head of the Fol ley Lumber Company, suffered the loss of his right forearm in a pain ful accident at his mill at 4 o’clock last Friday afternoon. Mr. Folley is at the Moore County Hospital where his condition is reported as satisfac tory and with recovery tio longer a matter of doubt. Mr. Folley, who is 60 years of age, reached with a stick undei' his i>lan- ing nuichine to clear out some rub bish which had accumulated there. As he did so his arm came into contact with the revolving i)laner which sev ered the bone just below the elhow His son Alwin was with him at the machine, and his older son, i\Iax, in the office. The boys rushed their father to the office of Dr. A. H. Mc Leod where Dr. McLeod rendered first aid. As soon as i\Ir. Folley had recov- eiad sufficiently from the first shock of the tragic accitlent, Drs. McLeod and Bowman operated on the lacer ated member, after which he was re moved to the Moore County Hospital at Pinehur.it. The accident cast a pall of gloom over Aberdeen which did not lift un til Mr. Folley’s many friends and ad mirers here were assured that the danger of more serious consequences was over. Much concern wtis felt that the shock and great loss of blood might prove too great a handicap for a man of his years to overcome, but he stood the strain w’ith unusual for- tituiie, never losing consciousness throughout the ordeal. Crowds gath ered about the office of Dr. McLeod after the accident and awaited word from within of the condition of the patient. Mr. Folley has been a lifelong resi dent of Aberdeen and one of the twon’s most popular citizens. He is affiliated with every movement for the betterment of Aberdeen, is pres ident of the Good Fellows Club, the leading men’s charitable organization, a director of the Chamber of Com merce, and the Aberdeen Building & Loan Association, prominent in the Presbyterian church, is a Shriner and a Mason, and the father of a fine family of boys and girls. Big Ball Game County Educators Accept Challenge of Kiwanis Club for Contest Children, if Teacher appears at school with a sore arm one of these (lays you’ll know the I'eason. He’s been practicing up for a ball game. ('ounty educators have accepted the challenge of the ^'i. ".i.is Club for a baseball game to be played some time in the near futuie. W. P. Morton, superintendent of Pine- hui’st Sfhools, and Bill Dunlop, cap tain of the Kiwanis team, are ar- langing the game. Supei’intendents and teachers in county schools will te eligible for the educators’ team, ard the Kiwanis team will be chos- ;n after a practice game to be !)lay- ed by two Kiwanis nines next Wednesday. 71-Cent Tax Rate Adopted by Co. Board Commission Takes Final Action on Hudjjet After Delay to Hear I’rotests RATE REDUCED TWO CENTS FEDERAL AID TO SUPPLEMENT BUT NOT SUBSTITUTE Outside Funds Available Only After County’s Relief Re- -sources Are Exhausted (Please tum to page 5) HAGOOD WINS TOURNEY OF SUMMER GOLF TOURNEY J. M. Hagood of Pinehurst won the Summer Golf Club’s tournament for the week ending September 10th, with 68 points for the par bogey with three-quarter handicap event. I. C. Sledge was second with 67 points. The club’s annual championship tournament will start on , September 25th over the No. 4 course, and all the members of this summer organ ization are expected to take part. SCHOOLS OPEN The Aberdeen public schools open ed on Monday, the Southern Pines grade school yesterday. The Southeni Pines High School opens for the reg istration of pupils tomorrow. CHARITIES TO COOPERATE ^loore county may share in the dis tribution of Federal funds for relief of destitution this winter in propor tion to the extent that through its own efforts, both private and gov ernmental, its citizens utilize their own I'esources to this end, according to Dr. Fred Morrison, State director of relief. Federal assistance in this under taking, declared Dr. Morrison, is not to be susbtituted for loc il relief ef forts. On the other liand. it is pro vided only to supplement the maxi mum that local communities do for their own people and will be available only when the Washington authori ties are convinced that local resources in each community are inadequate to meet the needs for relief. In order, therefore, for this county to participate in the fund which Gov ernor Gardner will seek from the Re construction Finance Corporation for all of North Carolina, it will be necessary for its relief agencies, pub lic and private, to make a thorough 1 survey of prospective needs of its des titute people and then to furnish evi dence that it is undertaking to meet conditions with its own resources as completely as possible. When this shall have been done in this county, when all local i'esources for relief have been depleted and the relief needs remain unprovided for, it Taxpayers’ League or no taxpay ers’ league; the County Board of Commissioners has adopted the bud get drafted some time ago which calls foi- a county tax rate of 71 cents on the $100 assessed valuation. This is the rate tentatively established before the fight for reduced taxes started. It is two cents uniler last year’s rate, 37 cents below the rate in effect in 1929. After drafting the preliminary bud get the board agreed to postpone fin al adoption to give the tax reduction crowd opportunity to show whei’e sav ings could be judiciously and economi- I'ally made. Numerous meetings have been held, many delegations ha%'e called upon the board members, many plans for savings have been advanc ed, but the adoption last week of the nc .7 budget would appear to indicate tiiat for this year at least no way to curtail county expenses beyond the two cent a hundred saving could be negotiat(*d. In the meanwhile efforts are being continued by the newly organized Taxpayers’ League to build up a countywide membership which will be come so formidable by next year as to make its den.ands on the county commission mo(re influential. Com mittees are at work in each township of the county enrolling mtmbei's, and with good results. One section is re ported to have enrolled one hundred per cent. The membership fee is only 25 cents, and as this money is co be used for further study of the cost of county government and the possi ble means of reducing expenditures which will mean a saving to each tax payer, the appeal to join does not fall upon many deaf ears. The Board of County Commission ers next year will be the same as this year, and though many feel that the present board has done a good job and the best possible under the I circumstances, the league hopes to have a program ready for the new board which will meet with more fav orable action. (Please turn to page 8) David Henry Dickie, 3d, Starts in Dairy Business at Age of Four Years Mrs. John Chilcott of Southern Pines Dies Succumbs to Illness at Summer Home in Brookville Pennsylvania Dr. J. W. Dickie Acquires Regis tered Guernsey Herd for Pine Crest Manor Two Thorobreds If there is anyone who takes more I pride in his daddy’s newly acquired j herd of registered Guernseys than David Henry Dickie, 3d, we do not | know who it is. The tmile on his face j is sufficient evidence of this. David, | aged four, has “Westmoreland Royal | Oak,” aged three months, at the other; end of the rope, and the sturdy calf is | one of the members of the new Pine j Ciest Manor herd. *] Dr. James W. Dickie has long taken { an interest in the dairy industry, and has had grade stock at his sanator-1 ium on the outskirts of Southern j Pines for years. This summer he paid j a visit to Thurman Chatham’s noted j Klondyke Farm at Elkin and became interested in the registered Guei-nsey stock which Mr. Chatham is breeding j there. Dr. Dickie decided to supplant ■ his grade stock at Pine Crest Man-1 or with registered Guernseys from the Klondyke Farm, and purchased a ; bull and three heifers of the best ^ blood of Mr. Chatham’s herd. One of the cows is of the well known Mountain Park herd, looked upon as the best Guernsey blood in the south. | Dn Dickie says this is just the start; of a fine herd of registered Guernseys, DAVID HENRY IMCKIF* .3rd at Pine Crest Manor. He has become deeply interested in blooded cattle and plans the development of a real dairy in connection with the sanatorium. And his first lieutenant in the en terprise is David HeTvry 3d. Mrs. John Chilcott for many years a resident of Southern Pines, died lasj Saturday at her summer home in Brookville, Pa., where the family had lived before coming south. She was about 75 years of age. She leaves one daughter, Mrs. John Armstrong. Mrs. Chilcott was Frances Matteson in her girlhood, marrying John Chil cott more than half a century ago. He was a young man from England who came to America and as a boy went into the mines of Pennsylvania. Fortune came his way and in the course of time he was advanced to be a foreman and then a superintendent, I then a field inanager, and finally he I came to be a mine owner and operatoi’. His success was steady, and he be came well to do. Scon after the war as years over took him he disposed of his interests and the pair came to Southern Pines. After a couple of years they built a home on Connecticut avenue,, which they occupied fi’’ a time, and sold it to H. S., Knotsle.-. Then they built again over on Vermoii. avenue where they lived until the death of Mr. Chil cott a year ago. Mrs. Chilcott had gone to her northern home in the spring with the intention of coming back this year, but she was overtaken with a serious illness which her age could not withstand. She was a wo man of pronounced character, a church worker, and steadfastly conti'ibuting yearly the Biblical tenth of her in come to charitable purposes. The Chil- cotts were highly esteemed in the Sandhills.
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