MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING NEWS
WEEKLY
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 12, NO. 44
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HKING York TOBACCO
TO THE ABERDEEN
MARKEIT
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Aherdten and Southern I'ines, North Carolina, Friday, Seplember 30, 1932.
REID PAGE LAND
ON MT. HELICON
SOLD TO REINER
Congressman Kiwanis Guest
Retired Army Officer Acquires,
170-Acre Traci, Mostly in
Apples and I’eaches I
PLAN TO BUILD NEXT YEAR
Capt. William Reiner, of Southt-rn I
Pines, formerly from West Point, N. j
Y., a retired army officer, in the i
last few (lays has closed a deal which |
gives him [lossession of the 170-acre!
tract of land on the top of Mt. Heli-j
con, better knovm as the Heid Page!
property. The tract includes a fine j
apple orchard with a considerable acre- ]
age of peaches, botli of which Capt.
Reiner says he hopes to maintain and
operate to such extent as will be prai-
tical. This ai>i)le oi-chard has been
one of the largest things of its kind
in this section, yielding an excellent
quality of fi'uit. '
Nothing will he done in the way of
building this year as the season is
too far advanced, but Captain Reiner
says he has plans in his head for
nf"ct year, embodying a ten-rooin
house, on a site not yet selected. In
a little talk with The Pilot on his
new possession Capt. Reiner ex))ress-
ed his intention of first of all mak-1
ing a rather complete personal sur-,
vey of tile laml and the neighborhood, |
as the entire summit of the ridge for'
foUi' or five miles is considered in his
figuring is one big unit that is all
related. Di-. Proctor owns a part of
the high land and ^'rancis Robinson
also adjoins for a considerable dis
tance, and the Captain thinks that
the plan for development up there
On the summit should keep in mind
the relative values of the whole sum
mit and slope rather than to be a
strictly individual proposition.
Historic Location
The property is on the hill above'
the Bethesda church east of .Abertieen,
southeast of the Proctor orchard,
and extending out toward the Daniel
McXeill farm on the head of Rock-,
fish creek. The altitude is probably
within a few feet of the highest point
in Moore or Hoke countie.s, and per
haps exc'tecled by nothing unless the
hilltop on Weymouth near the site
of the new Jenks house now starting
on Highland ro.ids near Connecticut
avenue. Helicon Mountain was the lo
cation under which the early Scotch
picked a idace on the east side for
their old Solenm Grove Academy and
their original church at the “Head
of Kockfish,” by which name old Be
thesda is still known by the older set
tlers. The early church was at the
foot of the hill not far from the
old W. .A. .Mci.'eill farm, on land now
owned by .James Boyd, and formerly
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Carolina To Open for
Season on November 10
$10,000 EACH IS
AWARD IN DEATH
OF TWO YOUTHS
% -■
FIVE CENTS
Invited To
Heavy .ludynients Granted At
kins and Badsett Heirs, in
Auto Accident Case
ROI5KRT K. HKVX(MJ)S
.1. WAI.TEH I.AMHETH
*
Lambeth Tells Club Members of
Problems Confrontinji' Their
Washington Representatives
In one of the most interesting talks
hi.ard by the Kiwanis ('lub of Absr-
cten this year, .1. Walter I.anibeth,
representative in Congi-ess of the Sev
enth Xor.h Carolina district told the
membeis of some of the problem.^ of
a national legislator in these upset
times. The Congressman was the
speaker at the regulai- weekly nu-et-
ing held Wednesdav noon at the Con-
NATIONAL OPERA
TO CENTER HERE
Sri»ERIOR COURT CASES
■ I'.'.dgment in the sum of
each was granted A. B. Atkins, admin-:
istrator, and U. (!. Badgett, a iminis-|
trator. in damage suits which they |
lirought against F. S. Littlefield andj
wii'e as a result ()f the deaths of their |
relatives, W. F. Atkins and I^. G.;
Badgett, which occurred several ’
1 '
I months ago when the motorcycle!
I which the young men were riding and
jthe automobile occupied by the aiiove-
I I’.an'.cd defeni'ants collided on High-
j way No. 1 : etween Climeron and
j .^anford. Xegligen.e on the part of
'the defendants was charged. The
j The rlaintiffs were asking damages
j in the sum of -S.lOjUOO each. Neither
I Littlefield, who has a position on an
! ocean linei-, nor his wile was in court.
I Agnue Boles, nine-year-old boy
! who stands charged with shooting to
death his little playmate, Fiimces
I Culler, was oi'.’ered i)lacei! in the cus-
tocly of the .luvenile Court and a
hearing is to be held before .John
Willcox, -Juvenile .Judge and Clerk of
the Superior Court, next week. The'
child was release.l from jail under!
bond on Mondav. | "as organized at
In a case entitled H. A. Lewis and ^ Tuesday night in the
(dhers against the Citizen Publishing Theatre, an.l plans launched ,
: tor a militant campaign from now un
til November 8th. The first move on
the program is touring Robert R. Rey.,
! nolds, Democratic candidate for the \
L'. S. Senate, to Southern Pines ^cr a'
11^/Aberdeen
on Opening Day
Saunders’ Warehouse Overflows
with Leaf as .Market Starts
1!).‘}2 Season
AVERA(;E CLOSE TO 12c
REYNOLDS ASKED
HERE TO ADDRESS
DEMOCRATIC CLUB
New Youhk' People's Or,uani/:i-
ti(m Elects Shields ('ameron
('hairnian
W1LL5S SMITH SPEAKS
Company and others, Hiram West
brook was appointed sole permanent
i-eceiver, it appearing that J. Vance
rtowe, one of the permanent receiver.s
appointed at the February term had
failed to qualifv and enter upon his ^^>" /mie next month, an,, a re-
dutics as such.' The time for filing;
'laims against the company was ex
tended to Nov'ember 1, l!*!i2.
has already gone forth to State head-
([uaiters in Raleigh. It i^ also hoped
to bring J. C. B. Ehringhaus, Demo-
Edotird Albion Launches ^love-- There was a motion confirming the ,
rr.?rf and Plans First I nit in I former judgment in the matter of the einatona cancicatc, eit^
j will of John .Allen McDonald. Mr.
I McDonald, at his death a year or
j two ago, left his property, which in-
I eluded some valuable land adjoining
Southern Pines
ANNOUNCED AT RALEKiH
t irst news of a nation-wide move-1 t,ht> Pinehurst property, to his friend
gregatioual Church in Southern Pines, meat toward the establishment of a | jesse McKen^.ie of Pinehurst who had
The difficulty a member of Con- National Opera in .\merica, with; eared for him fiuring his latter days,
gress has in ascertaining :he atti- heacan arters—at least inuring its for-! Relatives of the deceased sought to
tude of his constituents on pending niative j eriod—in Southern I’ines,; have the will set aside, but the case
legislation was stressed by Mr. Lam- came in a talk made'over the ladiojwas decided in favor of McKenzie,
beth. He must rely upon the newspap- from Station W. P. T. F. at Raleigh ; They appealed to the Supreme Court,
eis of his district and on coriespond- last Sunday evening by Mrs. Edouard but this court confirmed the judg- i ’j .u ■.
ence from “the folks ba.'k home.” .Mbion. The talk came as a foreword ( ment rendered in the Superior Court
duiing the campaign.
The new organization elected Shields '
('ameron chairman, Mrs. Janies S. i
Milliken vice chairman, John Ruggles'
secretary and Robert Montgomery, ]
treasurer. Willis Smith, speaker of
the State House of Representatives,
addressed ihe gathering Tuesday
night.
There will be a uieeting of the
vice chairmen of all county commit
tees in the state in Raieigh tonight.
of Moore county.
Other Decisions
Mrs. A. B. Little and husband, J. B.
Little, versus Dr. A. McN. Blair: Bv
consent of all parties it is adjudged
The press, thcugh as a rule accurate to the piogiam i roadcast by FJdouard
in its estimate of publi. opinion, in Albion, internationally known bari-
some cases is biased and reflecis only tone, who (iirected the original activi-
the views of a partisan editor, and is ties of the National Opera in Wash-
therefore not fool-proof; letters from ingtc.n and who is now carrying for-
the c^istrict are, more often than not, ward the expansion of that work in'that plaintiffs recover of defendant
the result of some camraign of prop- Southern Pines. {,$.■)() with interest from September 19,
aganda and appear iy the hundreds Mrs. .Albion, herself a native of I 1932.
from the militant side of some cjues- North Carolina, said: j Judge John M. Oglesby of Concord
tion, rarely from both si es. These do ]sri4 an Englishman—Sir Wal-1 presided over court last week, and
not properly reflect a public sentiment ter Kaleigh—.sent the first colony to! .Judge W. C. Harris of Raleigh is pre
in a community, but a stirred up sen- a new world. The city from which 11 siding over the .second week.
timent amonj the pros or the cons of speak tonight bears his name—a tes-j
some particular issue. timonial to the power of man to con-: HB WOMEN .VTTEND GROl'l*
hairman of Moore county, but be
cause of her inability to attend the
session Mrs. Milliken will represent
Moore count.v. In each county a wo-
ma.i is vice chairman of tl*‘ county
committee, so that one hundred wo
men will attend the Raleigh gather
ing. Mrs. O. Max Gardner, wife of the
governor, will preside, and among the |
speakers will be Mr. Ehringhaus, Mr.
' Reynolds and Senator Bailey.
MAGAZINE ARTICLE BY
BUTLER BOOSTS SANDHILLS
Annual Mid-South Open Tourna
ment at Pinehurst Scheduled
for November 15-1(5 |
That, the Congressman said, was ceive an idea, communicate it to kin-
one of the major problems of his po- ,ired soul.s, and bring into form his
sition, the attempting to repre.sent the revelation of Unseen Reality.
CONFERENCE OF PHESYTERY
The leading article in the current is-
The annual
As September wears away folKs be
gin to drift into the Sandhills. While
the unusual interest in the fall elec
tions this year will hold most of the
folks back until the early days of
November, already cottages are be
ing engaged for the winter and old
settlers are appearing on the streets.
The Carolina at Pinehurst has set
the opening date for November 10,
two days after the election, which is
as early as people can vobp’ and get
away from home. This permits the
golf tournaments to open on Novem
ber 15 with the Thirteenth Ahnual
Midsouth Open for two days, follow
ed November 21 to 24 with the Seven
teenth Annual Carolina tournament.
From then on events move forward
regularly throughout the winter.
Affairs at the rare track will start
November 24, with the other sports
of archery, trapshooting, the rifle
range, tennis, polo and the horse
show March 30 and the dog show
early in January. The schedules will
be announced from time to time.
In Southern Pines plans are ready
for the return of the winter residents.
While cottage rentals are apparently
priced lower than in the past, the in
quiries are evidence that the outlook
is right promising.
is practically impossible to ascertain ioned a great nation of F^nglish-] tery was held Tuesday, September 27,
the sentiment. He outlined other; speaking people in a new world—and 1 at the Manley Presbyterian Church,
“thorns in the side’’ of a Congress- because he dared even through death | with an attendance of 86 women, all
, sue of “The Carolinas,” a new maga-
group conference ot, . u . •.>* »
sentiment of a constituency when it “Because Sir Walter Raleigh vis-1 Group No. fi, of Fayetteville Presby-, 1u
' * Bion H. Butler on the subject, “The
Sandhills of North Carolina.” In his
usual clear style Mr. Butler told of
the strange phenomena of nature
which produced the sand belt of this
section, told something of the origin
of Pinehurst and Southern Pines, how
climate, fine water, accessibility to the
north had built up here one of the
most ideal recreation spots in Amer
ica; told of the numerous sports avail
able throughout the winter, of the
fine homes, the numerous golf courses
and the various and sundry attrac
tions.
The article was illustrated with fine
halftones showing a golf match at the
Southern Pines Country Club, p meet
of the Moore County Hounds, a view
Ai'.otliei’ tobacco season is here and
it started with a bang in Aberdeen.
The opening sale was in the Aberdeen
\\'arc‘house, operated this year by B.
B. Saunders, and so much tobacco ap-
[.eai ( (i on the flooi- before 10 o'clock
Tuesday, the-opening day, there was
n<j I'oom loft for aisles for the auc
tioneer and buyers. Saunders had
close to 7(),(iOO pounds of leaf in this
warehouse. The other house, operated
this .season by a newcon’.er, C. H.
hiU'tiwick of I.oi'is, South Carolina,
opened Tuesday afternoon. The price
aveinged bet'Aeen 11 and 12 cents in
the two wai'eluiusts.
(rowds attended the opening' and
tarly bids of the scores of buyers^
here from all the principal companies,
were watched with eager interest.
.''0nu‘ of the early lots auctioned
bi’ciught high prices, some running
over .3(1 cents, but there was much
lower grade leaf offered as the sale
progressed. Most of the growers, es-
l e.ially those who had good leaf here,
were much pleased with the leturns.
Some of those with poorei' stuff to
cffor said they were satisfied. There
was not a great deal of grumbling,
and an optimistic tone seemed to pre
vail. The sales were run off well,
with E. B. Maynard doing the auction
eering in both houses. There were
new faces among the buyers, a few
familiar ones.
On Other Markets
Prices ran about the same in other
markets of the Old Bright Belt. San
ford reported .?12.0fi a hundred av
erage for its opening, and sales of
!»4,000 pounds. Sales at Carthage were
reported light but with a good av
erage. Oxford reported §11.93 for its
openintr day average.
Wednesday the rain kept many far.
mers away, but Aberdeen sales totall-
efi around 2o,000 pounds at a little
undei .$12.00. Quality was fair. The
sale.? covered tobacco from Ellerba,
Cedar Creek, Fayetteville, Red
Springs, Vass, Cameron, Biscoe, Ether,
Candoi- and other [ oints.
B. B. Saundeis says the quality of
the leaf this year is as good or bet
ter than last, but the crop available
will not exceed 50 per cent of a year
ago. A look over the warehouse floors
indicates a better type than came in
last year at the opening. Although
the summer was not kindly toward the
tobacco farmer, some sections of the
Sandhills appear to have made a right
good amount of leaf of good quality.
Two sample shipments from the
Montrose neighboi'hood shijw what the
market did for the man who had the
good quality leaf. Lots offered by
Seaford & Love brought the following
prices: IT 1-2, 11. 20, 20, 25, 21 1-2
and 1" cents a pound. Lots offered by
Seaford & Hennigan brought 27, 20,
man’s life, and drew for his hearers | f,,,. bis idea, this city of Raleigh—
an inteiOL-ting picture of the job this nation and Canada, another great
which he has held for two years as p.nglish speaking nation to our north
their representative in Washington ■ —^ow flourish,
and for which he is a candidate this
fall to succeed himself. He was round
ly applauded and heartily thanked
for enlightening those present on this
important position in public life which
few understand.
CAKI) PARTY TO PROVIDE
FUNDS FOR HOT LUNCHES
A benefit card party will be giv-
: Cradle of New .Movement
“It seems more than mere co-in-
jcideiue that at Southern Pines, only
] one-hum red miles from the spot at
which the first band arrived from
P^ngland, has been selected as the
spot at which the first band arrived
from England, has been selected as
the spot for the cradle of this work.
“The spirit which moved the pio
neers to conquer the physical wilder-
en by the Aberdeen Parent-Teachers , continues to move for-
Association tonight, Friday, at 8:00
o’clock at the Community House, the
proceeds to be used for welfare work
in the Aberdeen schools. There will be
a charge of 50 cents per person, or
$2.00 a table, and reservations may
be made with Mrs. Talbot Johnson,
Mrs. Wimberly Bowman or Mrs.
Frank Shamburger. Hot lunches will
be continued in the schools this year
from the proceeds of this and similar
benefits to be given from time to
time, and the public is cordially in
vited to aid in this worthy endeavor.
ward today in the plane of culture—
of music.
“Ec;ouard .\lbion, who fifteen years
ago visioned a great national insti
tution of grand opera, now carries
forward this first venture, born in
Washington and sponsored, among
othei national notables, by General
John J. Pershing, who learned the
meaning of music to a war-tortured
world.
“The work in Southern Pines is to
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members of au.xiliaries in this dis
trict. This all-day meeting was both
enjoyable and instructive, and every
one in attend.ance felt her time there
well spent. On the program were Mrs.
.\lex Stewart, Mrs. Charles A. Law
rence, Mrs. M. C. McDonald, the Rev.
A. W. Dick of Fayetteville, Mrs. D.
H. Shaw, Mrs. Charles Ross, Mrs. A.
P. Thompson, Mrs. Carl S. Matthews,
Miss Margaret McQueen, Mrs. E. L.
Barber, Mrs. N. S. Atkins, Mrs. Evans
and others. .An offering for the Bar
ium Springs Orphanage was taken.
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FRAZIER AND NEWELL TO
SPEAK IN SOUTHERN PINES
C. T. WALDIE TELLS RALEIGH 1 , *1.-11
CLUB OF ORCHID CULTURE ^f the Pme Needles nn atop Knoll-
Conrad T. Waldie of the Carolina
Orchid Growers at Knollwood ad
dressed the Raleigh Garden Club Wed
nesday afternoon in "Orchid Culture
in the Home.” He had on display a j
lar,fe number of orchids of all va
rieties as well as in different stages
of growth. He also exhibited a min
iature greenhouse and demonstrated
the practicability of growing orchids
■in the home. Mr. Waldie’s talk was
greatly enjoyed by the club.
wood Heights, and the residence of
Mrs. J. H. Andrews on Weymouth
Heights.
; Clifford Frazier, Greensboro attor-
i ney and Republican candidate for
I Governor; Jake Newell, the G. 0. P.
nominee for U. S. Senator, and Mrs.
Herbert F. Seawell of Carthage are
slated for si>ceches in Southern Pines
during the fall campaign. No dates
havp as yet been announced. Paul
Waddell of Carthage is field manager
for Moore county and arranging for
talks in various parts of the county
befvire election.
VASS COTTON MILL
RUNNING FULL TIME
The Vass Cotton Mills are now run
ning full time day and night and quite
a bit of cotton is coming in to the
ginning plant. None of the ootton in
this section attained the usual growth
this year, but the local gin reports a
I good grade of lint.
ABERDEEN VS. ELISE IN
FIRST FOOTALL GAME
•\berdecn High School will play
its first football game of the season
this, Friday, afternoon with Elise
I .\caciemy at the new ball field in
I .A.berdeen. The game will start at 4
i o’clock, and admission will be 25
j cents to those who are not members
of the athletic association. Members
1 are admitt*;d without charge.