MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING NEWS
WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 12, NO. 48
LAKEV/iew
MANLKY
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PIMES
ASHUEY
PILOT
BRLNG YOI R TOBACCO
^ TO THE ABERDEEN
MARKET
of the Sandhill Territory Carolina
Aberdeen and Southern Pines, North Carolina, Friday, October 28, 1932.
Crowd Greets
Roosevelt In
Southern Pines
Democratic Presidential Candi
date Guest of Sandhills On
Way Thru State
MAKES BRIEF ADDRESS
FIVE CENTS
Presidential Candidate in Southern l^ines
This time it was the Governor of
North Carolina and the Governor of
New York.
Said the Governor of North Caro
lina: “I want to introduce to you the
^rreat liberal and national leader in
America, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the
next j)resident of the United States.”
Said the Governor of New York:
“It is fine to ?et back in North Car-
.olina with my old friend Gardner and
the rest of you. I have had a wonder
ful trip. The only thing: I lost in Geor
gia was my voice. I can assure you
that I am confident of the result on
November 8th.”
• After interjecting a story about ef
forts on the part of one town out west
to rout him out in the middle of the
night for a few' words to the populace,
how they had shouted under his train
window that] they would vote for
Hoover if he didn’t K^t up, but how
he was so sleepy he just turned over
in his berth “knowing they wouldn’t
vote for Hoover anyway,” the Govern
or wound up his remarks with:
“I hope to be back to see you all
soon.”
Crowds gathered early Tuesday
morning alon^; the Seaboard tracks in
Southe.-n Pines to extend a greeting
to ihe Democratic Presidential candi
date as his special train passed
through -f)!! its way from Charlotte to
Raleigh. Word had been received late
Monday afternoon that the train
would make a two-minute ston, and
the grapevine telegraph had spread
the news. The train not only stopped,
but the distinguished New Yorker
made a brief talk from the rear plat
form and made a distinct impression
upon the assembled multitude. Des
pite a strenuous trip to Atlanta and
tarly rism‘4s Tues<lay morning to the
tune of cannon crackers along the
route, Governor Roosevelt appeared in
the pink of condition,, his voice a bit
cracked from his strenuous campaign,
but still functioning. He talked into
the loud speaker so that all w’ere
able to hear the few weJl chosen words
he had time for while a guest“of the
Sandhills.
Introduced by Gardner
, Governor Gardner introduced him.
Robert R. Reynolds, Democratic can
didate for the United States Senate
from North Carolina, was the only
other notable on the rear platform.
Many North Carolina notables were
aboard the train but did not appear.
Among those in the forefront of the
reception committee on the station
platform at Southern Pines were Mrs.
James S. Milliken, Democratic County
Chairman M. G. Boyette, Mayor D.
G. Stutz of Southern Pines, Sheriff
Charles McDonald, P. Frank Buchan,
Dr. George G. Herr, president of the
Southern Pines Chamber of Com
merce, Shields Cameron, A Montes-
anti, W. D. Matthews and a number
of the candidates on the Democratic
county ticket.
Loud cheers went up as the special
train pulled in. First to catch the eyes
of the crowd was Governor Gardner
as he emerged from the rear car to
the platform. He was closely follow
ed by “Bob” Reynolds. Governor
Roosevelt appeared behind them and
his appearance was the signal for re-
Additional Highwu ^rom
Southern Pines to Aberdeen
is Proposed by State Body
A Mistaken Project
An Editorial
To Run Throuffh Country Club
and Cemnect \'.'ith “McNair
Road” to Laurinburg
From the time of it.s first is
sue The Pilot has vigorously
lined up for anything that prom
ised the welfare of the Sand
hills. But it could hardly stand
by without a protest against the
proposition to build a new Fed
eral highway between Southern
Pines and Aberdeen parallel to
the one existing. No doubt it will
como as a surprise that State
engineers have made a survey
from Southern Pines along the
east side of the Seaboard rail
way, down through the edge of
the Country Club, along No. 2
fairway its entire distance, past
Dr. Dickey’s Sanatorium, down
I through the colored settlement,
I along the railway crossing the
I creek at Aberdeen to pass up
Photo, by Hemmer, of Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, Democratic candidate the hill past the old John Blue
for President of the United States, Addressing Large Crowd Gathered to Greet Him as his Special ^ hoime to join the Laur|nl)urg
Train Stopped in Heart of Southern Pines Early Tuesday Morning. On Platform with the Candi- I'pad just beyond the N. A. Mc-
date May be Seen Governor (). Max Gardner of North Carolina and Robert R. Reynolds, Demo- Keithen home,
cratic Candidate for the United States Senate.
L\ COMPETITION WITH NO. 1
Road Favored by Dr. IVlcBrayer,
Former President of No. 1
Highway Association.—Abso
lutely l'nnecess;iry Expendi
ture of Public Funds,” Say
Others.
KELLY GETS MAN
AFTER FACING GUN
FOR TEN MINUTES
Deputy Sheriff’s Coolness Be
fore Wild Indian I’robably
Saved His Life
NEIGHBORHOOD IN TERROR
Famed viator Here
lialdeman, Who Accompanied
Ruth Elder on Trans-At
lantic Flight, Visits Yost
Goorge Haldeman, of Wheeling,
West Virginia, companion of Ruth
Elder on her famous -Atlantic
flight, dropped down from the
clouds Monday afternoon to see his
friend Major Yost at the Knoll-
wood Airport. He was accompan
ied by .lack Reinhardt. Leaving
\\ heeling shortly after noon the
flight carried them to Richmond,
thence over Raleigh to Southern
Pines where they spent the night
in The Belvedre. They planned to
leave the next morning but were
delayed by the fog and could not
resume' their flight to Florida un
til noon of Tuesday.
DEATH COMES TO
BROTHER DURING
SISTER’S FUNERAL
From the end of May Street
in Southern Pines, where the
proposed road joins U. S. High
way No. 1, the survey is hardly
200 feet from the Seaboard rail
road until it turns off near Ab
erdeen to go through the swamp
to the hill top near the Blue
home. No possible reason in the
I world suggests the need of such
T.U. Phillips. 66, Survives Miss “ existing ,-oad can
^ carry much more traffic and not
Mary Ann Phillips, 73,
But One Dav
G. 0. P. LOOKS FOR
BIG VOTE IN THIS
END OF COUNTY
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ROBERT N. PAGE TO ADDRESS
TAXPAYERS AT PINEBLUFF
Robert N. Page, former member of
Congress from this district, will ad
dress a mass meeting under the aus
pices of the Moore County Taxpay
ers’ League, to be held tonight, Fri
day, in Firemen’s Hall, Pinebluff, at
8 o’clock. The object of the meeting
i*! to get an expression of the desires
of the taxpayers of this section of the
county as to county and state expen
ditures and taxes. Everybody is in
vited.
Rare coolness and presence of hiind
in the face of danger accounts for the
fact that Lawrence Kelly is on duty
as deputy sheriff today instead of
being listed as one who was killed in
action. “That young fellow surely
used his head,” said Judge Humber
in commenting on the case and others
have spoken of the good judgment
used by this employee of the county
who during his nine years . . . nine
years of experience that stood him in
good stead in this crisis .... has
scored a number of marks for meritor
ious service. But to go on with the
story as told to The Pilot.
Last Sunday afternoon Officer
Kelly received a call to go out near
Union Church where a lot of shoot
ing was going on at the home of Car
rie Womble, a negress. W^hen the of
ficer arrived in the vicinity, he saw
an automobile parked on the road
with two or three negro men standing
aj’ound it, and another man was ap
proaching. Kelly asked what the trou
ble was and was told that the man there appears to be more than the
coming across the field had been interest this year in the Repub.
shooting at their house. , lican county ticket in this end of the
As the man approached within some county, and Republican leaders appear
eight steps of the officer, he stoop- confident of a big vote in McNeills,
ed over and the officer thought that Sandhills and Sheffields townships,
he was straightening the hem of his ^ “Tha situation looks better to me than
trousers or brushing something fromcounty,” Paul H.
them, bu. when he straightened up, he Waddill, Republican field man for
had a pistol in his hand pointing point ^^i^ore county said yesterday.
blank at the officer, n a-a ^ ' e ^ c * i
, , ,1 Candidates for State Senator, for
“What did you come down here! , . r, f r> i
- the Legislature, for Register of Deeds,
for?” the man, an Indian by the , „ ,, , t
, . for Surveyor and for one of the county
name of Charlie Love, demanded. . . , . ,
, .. , , commissionerships hail from Southern
I don t know: I haven t decided j ^
^ Pines, and the candidate for Coroner
yet, parried the officer.
The Indian proceeded to tell the
officer that he knew him; that he was
the one who went to Durham after
him seven years ago and that he had
I be crowded. The projected road
: would serve no community and
LIFELONG RESIDENTS HERE violently opposed by many of
the people along the route be
cause of the damage it would do.
The Country Club would suffer
By Mrs. S. R. Smith
As friends and relatives of Miss thousands of dollars by the haiTTl
Ann PViillinc 7.*^ x U _
Mary Ann Phillips, 73, were assem
bling at Old Union Church on last
Saturday morning to pay their last
tribute of respect to her who for
many years had lived among them, re
joicing with them in their joys, sor
rowing with and ministering to them
to the links, and the interruption
of the use of the golf grounds.
Dr. Dickey protests against the
proposition. The colored folks,
through whose village the road
would cut, are opposed. The
folks in Aberdeen object.
Preponderance of Candidates
from Lower Section Stimu
lates Interest in Campaign
in their aftlictons, the Death Angel, Many people in Southern Pines
came for the brother, Thomas B. Phil-^ ai<e in grave doubt of tiit; effect
lips, 6(5, who had been her constant i on the town’s prospects if the
companion for years. The question , Country Club should either meet
that had been discussed between them | yyJth interrUT)tion in its winter
often in recent times, that of what the schedules, or in the effort to re-
one left would do after the other had i fjf)ance a movement to rebuild,
passed on, was settled by an all wise, The Country Club is one of the
Power in a way that was most fitting ; '
although it was doubly hard on the
loved ones left behind.
Since the death of their parents a
number of years ago this brother and
sister had lived together, the two of
them, in their farm home between Un.
Due to the preponderance of candi- ion church and Carthage. He had tend-
dates from Southern Pines and vicin- e(j his farm and she had made a happy
home for them, thriftily tending to
things around the house and planting
and caring for the flowers which they
both loved. They had many interests
in common. Both were loyal members
of the Carthage Presbyterian Church,
interested in its program of work;
both had hearts that w'ent out in sym
pathy to any in their community who
were in trouble and it was their pleas
ure to give their time and means to
relieve suffering whenever a need
arose. How much they were loved in
return was shown by the eagerness of
all their neighbors to do something
for them during their declining days.
Four years ago Mr. Phillips suf
fered a slight stroke of paralysis and
been waiting to get even with him.
Kelly told the man that he had never
seen him before, but he was not con
vinced.
Faced Gun for 10 Minutes
For ten minutes the officer, with
the gun staring him in the face, talk
ed with the Indian, trying every way
to get him off guard for an instant
in order that he mif^t get his own
gun, but every movement he made was
watched and he was unable to divert
from Pinebluff. George W. Case, who
is running for the Legislature, has
been making a strenuous campaign in
all parts of the county. Mr. Case is
a member of the Board of Commis
sioners in Southern Pines and is re
garded by those who know him there
as a man of much ability. He has been
having splendid receptions in the
other tow'ns in which he has made an
ajipearance, and the party jleaders
look for him to spring a surprise on
November 8th.
Sam Richardson, for ypais mayor
of Southern Pines, is candidate for
the county commission, and his gen-
the man’s attention for a second. The popularity throughout the county
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Clyde Hoey To Wind
Up Campaign Nov. 5
Dynamic Democrat Will Speak
in Carthage Courthouse on
Saturday Before Election
since that time he had been able to
do very little work. Of late the sis
ter had been growing more and more
feeble. On Friday morning early she
passed away. On account of his phy
sical condition, the brother was urg
ed not to attempt to attend the fun
eral, but Saturday morning a second
stroke made this out of the question
and quietly he followed the sister
whose passing had brought such
poignant grief to him.
The Rev. W. S. Golden conducted
the last rites for Miss Phillips, as-
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Clyde Hoey, dynamic Democratic
leader, will wind up the political cam
paign in Moore county for his party
in an address in the courthouse at
Carthage at 2:30 o’clock on the after
noon of Saturday, November 5th, it
was announced this week.
Don Phillips, solicitor for this di.s-
trict, 1). Carl Fry, Tiemocratic can
didate for coroner, Charles J. McDon
ald, sheriff, M. C. Boyette, Democrat
ic county chairman, Judge G. H. Hum
ber and A. B. Cameron, candidate for
the General Assembly, gave the peo
ple of Aberdeen an opportunity to
look them over at a meeting held
Tuesday night in the High School aud
itorium. Solicitor Phillips made the
principal talk, discussing State is
sues and calling for a big vote for
county, state and national tickets 'on
November 8th.
W'ord has been received here of the
death of Mrs. Alton McLean’s fath
er, J. C. Sparks of Columbia, S. C.,
which occurred earlv Wednesday
morning at his home. Mr. Sparks was
52 years old. Mrs. McLean has been
with her family for the past ten days.
Funeral services were held in Colum-
|bia yesterday afternoon.
With county, state and nation in a
financial state almost unprecedented
in history, with the leading minds of
the country devoted to ways and
means of curbing unnecessary gov
ernmental expenses that taxes may be
reduced, the North Carolina State
Highway Commission is considering
the construction of a new' highway
from Southern Pines to Aberdeen.
The proposed route is being survey
ed. It parallels the present route, U.
S. Highway No. 1, practically within
a stone’s throw thereof. It leaves U.
S. No. 1 near its junction with Mor-
ganton Road, follows the Seaboard
right of way through the No. 1 golf
course of the Southern Pines Country
Club, passed through the property
of Pine Crest Manor, crosses the
farm of the Rev. .1. Fred Stimson and
the old Neil Blue farm near Bethesda
Cemetery, j)asses the residenc of May
or Henry Blue of Aberdeen and joins
the “McNair Highway” from Aberdeen
to Laurinburg.
Aid To Laurinburg '
' W'hat the purpose of the proposed
road is is not known here unless it fs
the desire to divert traffic from U.
S. No. 1 and send it south through
Laurinbui'g. T!ie need of the new’
highway from Aberdeen to Laurin
burg has yet to be discovered. Traf
fic over this road is practically nil. It
was built about two years ago at the
instigation of Highway Commissioner
James McNair, who resides in Laur
inburg. The probable expectation was
that considerable traffic south would
be diverted from U. S. No. 1 at Aber
deen via Laurinburg, but this has not
seemed to work out. It is now appar
ently Mr. McNair’s idea that by carry-
I ing the road on to Southern Pines for
a more direct connection with U. S.
No. 1 the hoped for traffic through
his home city may materialize.
Southern Pines and Aberdeen,
through their various orga.iization*,
have been supporting the U. S. High
way No. 1 Association for several
years, the Town of Southern Pines,
the Chamber of Commerce and nu
merous citizens contributing substan
tial financial aid in the association’s
effort to see that this highway at
tracts its share of the southern tour
ist traffic during the winter season.
The greatest stimulus given the sup
port of the No. 1 association came un
der the administration of Dr. L. B.
McBrayer as president of the Cham
ber of Commerce. Dr. McBrayer but
recently retired as head of the U. S.
Highway No. 1 Association.
McBrayer Favors It.
It was therefore with considerable
surprise that at a meeting of the di
rectors of the Southern Pines Cham
ber of Commerce held Monday noon
at Jack’s Grill Dr. McBrayer an
nounced the proposed new road and
was enthusiastic in his support of it.
He stated that the money was avail-
abl from the Federal treasury, that
there was this opportuity of securing
a slice of it for Moore county, that
if we didn’t seize the opportunity the
money would be spent somewhere
else, that he believed two roads to Ab
erdeen would be better than one, but
that whether the road was needed or
not it was a good way to provide
work for unemployed this winter.
Considerable argument developed but
no action in the matter was taken by
the Chamber.
Blow to Country Club.
The proposed route would be a blow
to the Southern Pines Country Club,
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