MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING NEWS-
WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 12, NO. 45
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Aberdeen and Southern IMnes, North Carolina, Friday, October 7, 1932.
"^orth Carolina
FIVE CENTS
Women Organize to Study
, Government and Support
Deserving Representatives
Movement Launched in This
Congressional District May
Become Nation Wide
MRS. BIDDLE TELLS PLAN
Speaks Here Monday
Something? new in the way of or
ganizations has been started and an
enerpetic campaign is now about to
start.
The story is this. A group of wo
men from Aberdeen, Southern Pines,
Pinehurst and F'aule Springs got to
gether in the early part of the sum
mer and formed the first unit of a
society which they hope will even
tually spread to all [larts of the
United States. The avowed purpose
of The Sentinels, as they style them
selves, is to make the law makers of
the country honest and fearless. This
seems like a large contract but if
they can carry out their plan there
appears to be no reason why they
will not have an important effect in
curing what has always been the
greatest source of weakness in a rep
resentative form of government, such ^ ^
as ours. That source of weaknes, The ( anilidatp for I nil*‘d
Sentinels believe, is the ignorance and i>tates Senator Will Address
apathy of the voters. | IVIeotinjj at C arthaije
How and why they propose to go
about their reformation was explain
ed by Mrs. Livingston L. Biddle, II,
WORK STARTED ON
.4N0THER HOUSE
ON WEYMOUTH
Miss Blymyer to Erect Si2,000
Residence Beside New
.lenks Home
REINEKE HAS CONTRACT
Old Bethesda^3 Sons, Daughters
to Gather at Historic Spot Sunday
All Day Session Will Me Ad
dressed by Rev. Mr. Barber
and L. A. Bethune
.lAKE F. NEWEIJ-
of Pinehurst, who acted as secretary
at the first meeting.
“The general purport of the ideas
expressed at' its meeting were sub
stantially these,” said Mrs. Biddle.
“The orly i)eople who take any inter
est in legislation are the persons,
groups or classes who are trying to
get a special protection or subsidy
for themselves or who are trying to
further some noble cause. Proctec-
tions, subsidies and causes all cost
.lake F. Newell, Fiepuhlican candi
date for the U nited States Senate to
succceii Senator Cameron Morrison,
will address a mass meeting to be
held Monday next, October 10th at
2 o’clock in the court house at Car
thage. As this will be Mr. Newell’s
only speech in Moore county during
the campaign a large crowd is ex
pected to turn out for the meet
ing.
Clifford Frazier, Republican candi
date for governor, is expected to
make one talk in the county during
various sections.
money. The taxpayer eventually foots j t'ampaisn, but no date has as yet
the bill. And the bill has been'stead-I^^t for his appearance. Moore
ilv growing larger until today he i l^epublicans plan an aggressive cam-
finds that he is paying about four'now until election day,
time.s as mucli for whatever it is that '
government give.s him as he was pay-| county, is aiianging meetings in
ing twenty years ago. Taxpayers |
leagues seem to be entirely ineffec
tive in getting tax bills reduced. Lob
bies have the .start on the taxpayer
and are organized to j^et results. The
tax payers have not been. The situa- !
tion is not hopeless, however. If we \
can get ei.ough women to join us in !
our effort it is believed that we can i
successfully combat the influence of
all the five hundred or more paid lob- .Many Attractions Expected to
BIGGER, BETTER
COUNTY FAIR TO
OPEN TUESDAY
bies ’r. Washington and the number
less lobbies that are always at work
on our county, municipal and State
legislators.
The Congressman’s Problem
“To grasp the plan we will work on
it is first necessary to understand
and to agree with our idea of the
proper function of a Representative.
We belitive that a Congressman, for
County
The third annual Moore
F’air starts next Tuesday.
The population of Carthage will dou
ble, treble, and then some as the
crowds ti-ek in from all over the coun.
ty for this biggest event of the year.
A larger attendance than ever is ex
instance, should act according to the | pected for the 1932 fair, which, the
dictates of his ow'n well informed eon- head-knockers claim, is going to be
science for the good of the country | bigger and better than ever. Depres-
as a whole. We know, however, that | sion prices will be charged at the
since the beginning of our govern-j gate. The small sum of fifteen cents
meni Congressmen have found that | will admit a child, and twenty-five
such performance of duty is not well cents will buy an adult ti< ket. Season
Lure Thousands to Carthage
All Next Week
On Mondav Reinecke & Co., the
I
i Southern Pines building contractors,
; began the construction of a new house
j on Weymouth Heights for Miss M.
i E. Blymyer, of Mansfield, Ohio. The
building wMII he two stories, of brick,
I with a white paint or wash on the
jsuiface to give it color and tone, 50
; by 70 feet over all in outside dimen-
I sions, containing nine rooms and inin-
! oi- features like tei'races, garage,etc.
The type is English modified to suit
j the location, and to permit the ar-
I chitect to introduce some attractive
} embellishment.
j The new House will set on the big
I lot Miss Blymyer bought some time
I ago. She has been a winter visitor at
Southern Pinos tor a number of
! years, and is prompted to locate here
by the virtues of the climate and at-
I mosphere which she finds on the Wey-
I mouth ridge. The architect, George S.
1 Nevins, Jr., has paid especial atten-
. tion to special rooms with electrical
appliances, baths, and facilities for
' profiting by the climatic conditions.
In this respect the house will be more
than ordinarily modern. Landscape
planning will have an equally advanc
ed development, the character of the
ground giving plenty of opportun
ity in this direction. The new build
ing will set about a hundred feet from
the new Jenks house on which -C. L.
Austin started construction last week.
It fronts on the Highland road, top-
pin^f the ridge, looking out over the
James creek valley, and standing al
most on the site of the old Morgan-
ton road that until the last few
' years was one of the main highways
of Central North Carolina, reaching
I from the head of navigation at Fay-
! etteville to the mountains of the
Western part of the state.
It is the intention to have the build
ing ready for occupation about the
first of the year, as the owner is
anxious to gain possessir>n of it as
I soon as possible. The cost of the job
; is stated as around $12,000. The
I ground on which it is to be built em-
I braces about two acres on Highland
j road, running along the Pine Grove
road to the Andrews tract over the
brow of the ridge, opposite the Shroe-
ner log cabin and the Lachine house.
Sons and daughters of Old Bethes-
La will gather at the historic church
again this Sunday for “Home Coming
Day.” Always looked forward to as
one of the cherished events of the
year, close to a thousand persons are
expected to spend all or a part of
Sunday on the sacred grounds. They
will bring their baskets of good
things and enjoy a picnic lunth be
tween services inside the ancient edi
fice where they worshipped as child
ren, their fathers and mothers, grand
fathers and grandmothers before
them.
The Rev. Fh-nest L, Barber, pastor
of .A.l:enleen’s Bethesda Presbyterian
Chuich, will p!-each at the moining
service in the old church, the service
starting at 11:10 o’clock. In the af
ternoon L. A. Bethune of Clinton, a
son of Old Bethesda, will talk of the
old days of the church, a reminiscent
talk full of historical anecdotes re
vealing the splendid and impoilant
part this church has played in the
history of this section.
StOhd Sweeps
Thru County;
One Injured
.Johnson Family Has Narrow Es
cape as Wind lk*molishes
Their Home
PINEHURST STABLES FALL
THE KEY. E. L. BAHBEU
Eight hundi'ed j/ rsons attemied
OKi Bethesda's “Home Coming” last
year, and with good weather more are
expected on Sunday. The pastor and
corj;regation extends a cordial invita
tion to the public to join with them
in Sunday’s service.' and outing.
PRESBYTERY IS
ENTERTAINED BY
LOCAL CHURCHES
Dr. Albert Sidney .lohnson, Char
lotte and Dr. An^us .McQueen,
Dunn, Principal Speakers
MUSIC SOCIETY
STARTS CAREER
PMfty Students Enroll in Glee
Club; Choral Club for (irown-
I Ups Beinji Formed
DELEGATES ARE ELECTED MEMBERSHIPS INVITED
Leach Heirs Awarded
Judgment of $13,219
J. R. Pajje as Trustee Given Ver
dict in Land Deal.—Other
Court Cases
rewarded. They have found that the
surest path to reelcction lies in vot
ing for protection to special interests,
pension.® for numerous voters, crea-
tickets are going at one dollar.
The free’acts for this year’s fair,
it is thought, are going to be more
popular than any staged here in the
tion of jobs for patronage and the | past. Among .the free attractions will
hundred and one other things that all j be seen the great Nagle, of New York
of us must surely pay for but which Hippodrome fame, and his w’onder-
can by no stretch of imagination be working dogs. Nagle’s highly intelli-
thought to promote the general wel- j gent animals will perform on tight
fare of the country as a whole. Can : ropes and in a variety of trapeze
we blame our Representatives for do-1 acts. One show which will provide a
ing those things that lead to reelec-1 thrill for the fair visitors is to be
tion? To do so would be silly. We | staged when one of Nagle’s dogs
must put the blame wher* it really j makes a 30-foot dive from a platform
belongs—on ourselves. For we have j in the air and lands in his master’s
taken no interest in the laws that are
passed. We never know our Congress
man or Senator has voted on any
measure. If he does the best he knows
arms. The free acts will take plac'e
every afternoon and every night each
day of the fair. As heretofore, the
free acts will take place in front of
The following cases were disposed
of in Moore county Superior Court
' too late to be included in last week’s
report:
Pauline Currie Jackson versus W.
H. Jackson, Jr.: Defendant i.-s tfi pay
$10 per month for support of \V. H.
Jackson III until further order of the
court, also the attorney fee for plain
tiff’s counsel.
J. R. Page, trustee of heirs of
Ralph Leach and others versus B. P..
Saunders, J. F. Allred, Charles C.
Bennett, Sam T. Ewing and D. C.
Ewing: By consent, judgment was
rendered in favor of the plaintiff’s in
the sum of $13,219.32, this being a
part of the purchase pricr of a tract
of land.
J. H. Andrews versus Geo. W. Mc
Neill: judgment in favor of plain
tiff in the sum of $391.07.
how, do we realize it and appreciate the grandstand.
it? On the contrary we leave him to A new feature in the way of free
be the easy prey to the pressure and | entertairfment is to be provided this
threats of those 'vho seek some spec- year in the form of daylight fireworks,
ial advantage. He is at all times the ! This type of fireworks is something
victim of pressure politics. | new to this section, and is expected
“We believe, however, that this con-1 to prove interesting to everyone. This
dition can be corrected. Let us stop I display will be a part of the daily
damning Congresi and do something j program of amusement for visitors
cons'ructive. If a substantial number j to thu fair.
of citizens in each constituency will ^ Another unique idea has been evolv-
take an interest in the important, ed for patrons thi.s year. With Ken-
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TO NO.MINATE TWO FOR
ABERDEEN SCHOOL BOARD
A mass meeting of citizens of the
Aberdeen school district will be held
in the High School Auditorium Mon
day night, October 10th, at 8 o’clock
to nouiinate two candidates for the
School Board to succeed Will A. Blue
and John Fiddner, whose terms are
expiring. The candidates nominated
will be voted on in the general elec
tion next month. All are urged to
attend.
Two i)owerful sermons on “Evange
lism” by I)i'. Albert Sidney Johnson,
minister of the First Presbyterian
Church of Charlotte, and a comprehen
sive address on the history of “Old
Union by one of her sons. Dr. Angus
R. McQueen, were high lights of the
j 239th stated session of Fayetteville
I Presbytery which convened in Vass
j Presbyterian Church on Tuesday
j morning for a two-day session. Vass,
iLakeview, Cypress and Union, the four
churches which comprise the group
I served by the Rev. Charles Lew-
I rence, joined together in entertaining
j the Presbytery.
I The opening worship was held at
110 o’clock Tuesday morning, followed
I by a business session. The Rev. Frank
M. Bain of Fayetteville route was
I elected moderator and presided over
I the business sessions. The Rev. J. C. B.
j McLauchlin of Laurel Hill was chosen
las temporary clerk. Reports of various
. kinds were made during the morning
: hour, includmg those of the execu
tive committees of Presbytery’s Home
missions. Stewardship and Religious
Educiition. The committee on Steward
ship asked for $60,000 for benevo
lent causes for the year 1933-34 and
this was accepted by Presbytery, the
amount to be apportioned to the var
ious churches.
Dr. E. L. Siiei', wno had served the
Maxton church fcr many years, ten
dered his resignation to take effect on
next December 1 and this was accept
ed by Presbytery. Dr. Silet's physi
cal condition is the cause of this ac
tion.
At the I’equest of the retiring mod
erator, the Rev. G. F. Kirkpatrick
brought the sermon of the morning, a
stirring message that was most time
ly-
Reports of Assembly’s work and
SjTiod's work were heard at [he af
ternoon session and Dr. E. E. Gilles
pie of Orange Presbytery, executive
secretary of Synod’s work, made an
address on home mission work. At 3
o’clock the Rev. H. W. Koelling of
Fayetteville delivered the Presbyter-
ial sermon, which was followed by a
communion service and a memorial
to the late Rev. R. W. Culbertson,
who after many years of service in
Mecklenburg Presbytery passed away
recently at the home of his daughter
near Union.
Dr. Johnson was heard at the even
ing hour by a large number of visitors
'n addition to the members of Pres
bytery, and his message greatly im
pressed the large gathering.
Wednesday’s sessions were held in
I The recently organized Southern
Pines Music Society began to func-1
tion this week with an appeal for ^
memberships. In a statement to the ^
press the aims and plans of tshe so
ciety are set forth.
“You do not have to be a piccolo
player or a “mezzo” to enjoy music,”
the statement reads. “We do not
guarantee to have you whistling ,
grand opera in ten easy lessons”—in ;
fact, that is not the purpose of the j
society. Your support will be appre
ciated. whether you are interested in ;
music either professionally or from ^
the sidelines. Dr. Prizer, the treasur
er, uiges you to enroll under one of
the following types of membership:
-Associate, $1.00; sustaining, $5.00;
patron. $2.5.00; “angel,” $100.00 or
more. .At present we have about 150
members.
“On April 25, 1932 a meeting was
called by Struthers Burt to introduce
to the people of Southern Pines La
mar Stringfield of the North Carolina
■ Symphony Society. After Mr. Burt
and Mr. Stringfielu had explained the '
aims and purposes of the Symphony !
’ Society, it was decided that a local
; organization, to be known as the
Southern Pines Music Society, would i
be formed to work and cooperate with i
the State society. .At a later meeting, |
the following officers were elected: I
A. B Yeomans, president; Mrs, James i
Boyd, 1st. vice-president; Mrs Eugene j
Bariteau, 2nd vice-president; Miss |
Catherine Pierson, secretary and Dr.;
E. L. Prizer, treasurer. |
“The member.', of the executive com-1
mittees aivi the organizaaons they.
represent are as follows: Dr. G. C-. \
Herr, School Board; Rev. Craighill
Brown, churches; Frank Buchar., I
Chamber of Commerce; Miss Anna;
Jenks, Civic Club; Mrs. Milli.entl
Hayes, teachers; Dr. E. M. Poate, M. j
G. Nichols, Walter Gilkyson, Mrs. Wm. i
Allen, Tom Ktlley, Miss Margaret I
Bishop and Edgar T. Chapman, gen- I
eral. I
“In addition to the above wlio are j
automatically directors, the following |
people were elected to serve on the '
Board' Struthers Burt, Charles Pier,
S. B. Richardson, David Packard, Dr.
I. B. McBrayer, Mrs. R. A. Kennedy,
Mrs. Lucy Cameron, Mrs. Edgar
Chai*nan, Mrs. Grady Burney, Mrs.
Edwin McKeithen, Mrs. J. W. Achorn,
Mrs. Charles Picquet and Lliss Mary
Yeomans.
“The standing committees are as
listed below:
Church Music—Mr. Brown, chair-
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•Moore county did not escape the
windstorm which swept up with fur
ious velocity from South Carolina
Wednesday night after leaving two
dead and heavy property damage in
its wake. Here it tore thi’ough build-
ing.s as if they were paper, ripped
roofs off barns, uprooted large trees,
ruined tobacco and other crops and
seriously injured one man.
Carl Kiser, w?Ki operates a gasoline
filling station in the Clay Road sec
tion, near \'ass, was struck by a fall
ing timber when the roof over his fill
ing station crashed. His foot was
badly mashed and he was rushed to
the Moore County Hospital. There it
was found neces.sary to amputate the
t'off part of the foot. In the same vi
cinity, near Thagards Lake, many
sizeable trees were blown over, small
er ones uprooted. Some buildings were
damaged.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam .lohnson and their
five children had the narrowest es
cape from death or serious injury.
The Johnsons reside, or did reside, in
a small house on the Roseland Road
about four miles out of Aberdeen.
They were all in the house around 7
o’clock Wednesday night when the
storm struck section. Suddenly
they felt their dwelling shake. A
crash followed, the roof over their
head disappeared, walls about them
tumbled in, the chimney crashed atout
them, boards flew into the air and
they stood totally unsheltered in their
little home, the rain pouring on them
in torrents. Only one child, Austin,
the oldest, aged 11, was hurt, and he
not seriously. A brick struck him on
top of the head, inflicting a scalp
wound.
Scene of Devastation
Ml', and Mrs. Johnson took their
little family, ranging in ages from
Elizabeth, the baby, aged one, to .Aus
tin ever to the nearby home of D. M.
Cook where they fouijd shelter for the
night. Thursday morning they re
turned to inspect the scene of their
narrow escape. Clothes were every
where, preserved fruit released from
broken jars, flowed about the floor,
the sewing machino was brokerf,
bricks from the chimney were scat
tered about, broken china was strewn
about, and for a quarter of a mile
into the distance they could see the
scattered remains of their possessions,
carried away by the force of the wind.
The Rev. W. C. Ball and the Rev.
E. I,. Barber were early on the scene
offering aid, and Mr. Ball notified
S. B. Richardson, Red Cross relief of
ficer hei-e. Mr. Richardson called on
the family at the Cook home and set
the machinery in motion to provide
a temporary home for the family, who
are without means. Mr. Johnson for
merly worked at Pinehurst but ex
cept for cotton picking has been out
of employment of late. The family has
resided at Roseland for abc'Ut four
months. The children are Austin, 11;
Martin, 9; Katie, 7, Tom, 4 and Eliz
abeth, the baby.
Damage at Pinehurst
Pinehurst did not escape the storm.
The large stables, formerly occupied
by William Ziegler, later by Verner
Z., Reed, and sometimes used as an
exhibition hall at the race track was
caught by the winds and the eastern
half of the structure blown down. This
was the largest and finest stable at
the lace track enclosure, close by the
horse show ring. Smaller farm build
ings in the Pinehurst and Roseland
.-tctions were demolished; the old
schoolhouse at Roseland, used of late
only as a mission in which Mr. Ball
conducts .services once a month, was
picked up, moved bodily off its foun-
c'ation and set down four or five fcot
away. Trees all about it were blown
over. Many trees and shrubs on the
property of Nat E. Hurd east of Pine
hurst were uprooted or sriapped off,
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