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MOORE COUNTY’S
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NEWS-WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 13, NO. 16.
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of the Sandhill Territory of ' "^'olina
Aberdeen and Scuthern Pines, North Carolina, Friday, March 17, 1933.
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CAMERON OFFERS
BILL LIMITING
COUNTY SALARIES
Fixes Compensation for JudRe
of Recorder’s Court, Solici
tor and Sheriff
LEEWAY FOR COMMISSION
A bill to fix the salaries of the
judge of the Moore county Recorder’s
Court, the solicitotr of said court and
the sheriff of the county and one
deputy, was introduced last week in
the General Assembly at Raleigh by
Representative A. B. Cameron of Car
thage. The measure provides for the
following:
For Recorder’s Court Judge—Not
less than .$1,000 nor more than $2,-
000.
For Solicitor—Not less than $800
nor more than $1,500.
For Sheriff—Not less than $2,500
nor more than $3,600, in addition to
all fees, costs and othea- allowances
fixed by statute.
The Board of County Commission
ers is empowered to establish the sal
aries in accordance with the above
limits, and in the case of the judge
of Recorder’s court, may, in the event
the court shall exercise civil jurisdic
tion, inarease the outside limit of $2,-
000.
The bill is entitled “An Act to
Amend fhapter 61, Public-Local Law
of 1929, relating to the salaries of of
ficers of Moore County,” and reads as
follows:
The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the board of county
commissioners of Moore County be
and they are hereby authorized and
empowered to fix the compensation of
the officers of said county in accoird-
ance with the schedule hereinafter
set out.
Sec. 2. That the judge of the re
corder’s court of Moore County shall
receive a salary of not less than one
thousand dollars nor more than two
thousand dollars per annum, payable
monthly: Provided, that if said re
corder’s court shall be given and shall
exercise civil jurisdiction, or shall be
changed to a county court with civil
jurisdiction, as prescribed by law, the
board of commissioners of said county,
in the discretion of said board, may
pay to said recorder or the judge of
said court a sum to be fixed by said
board in addition to the salary herein
named, payable monthly.
Sec. 3. That the solicitor or prose
cutor of the recorder’s court of Moore
county shall receive as compensation
for his services to be paid by the
County of Moore under existing law,
a salary of not less than eight hun
dred dollars nor more than fifteen
hundre<l dollars per annum, payable
monthly.
Sheriff’s Salary
Sec. 3. That the sheriff of Moore
County shall receive as compensation
for his services all fees, costs and
other allowances fixed by statute as
fees and allowance due to sheriffs for
their services, exclusive of commis
sions or other compensation in or
connected with the collection of taxes,
and in addition thereto he shall re
ceive a salary of not less than twenty-
four hundred dollars nor more than
thirty-six hxmdred dollars per annum,
payable monthly, l)y the said county
•of Moore under existing laws; and in
addition to the compensation herein
before named one deputy sheriff of
said county, to be appointed by said
sheriff, shall receive as compensation
for his services a salary of not less
than one thousand dollars nor more
than fifteen hundred dollars.
Sec. 4. That provisions of chapter
sixty-one of the Public-Local Laws of
one thousand nine hundred and twen
ty-nine inconsistent with the provis-
ios of this act and all other laws and
clauses of laws in conflict with the
provisions hereof are hereby repeal
ed.
Sec. 5. That tMs act shall be in full
force and effect from and after its
ratification and the salaiies herein
provided to be fixed by the board of
commisioners o^_Moore County shall
become effective i n the first day of
July, one thousand nine hundred and
thirty-three.
Give Your Less Fortunate Neighbor
a Lift, Counsels John R. Me Queen
Let Us Call on Wisdom and Prac
tice of Our Forefathers in
Our Common Fight
By John R. McQueen
There is one thing certain as death:
we must eat, which fact brings us
face to face with another fact that
we must have something to eat be
fore we tan eat.
This question has never confront
ed the people of this section as it
does now, and not only is it the con
cern of many who are almost every
day face to face with this problem
for the day, but it should be the con
cern of every thoughtful citizen.
Thanks to the fact that our section
has always been agricultural, we 'have ;
at hand several of the necessities for
solving this problem, land and knowl- j
edge of agriculture. Our people at this
time naturally fall into three classes:
first, the very large number who in |
spite of losses often amounting to.
practically everything they have are
still able to provide food and clothing ;
for themselves and families. Second, j
a much smaller number who because
of losses and want of employment
and through no fault of theirs, are |
absolutely unable to carry on and pro-1
vide the necessities of life for their |
families, notwithstanding the fact that |
they hav-e always done this in the j
past and really want to do so now. j
Third, a small shiftless and irrespon
sible class that we always have with
us and as In the past we will have to
see, as a matter of common human
ity, that they keep on living. This
seems to be the height of their am
bition, and when we have seen to this
we cannot help them further and leave
them out in this article.
History tells us that when this sec
tion was being settled and a new fam
ily arrived from the Old Country with
only a chest of clothing the neighbors
gathered around them, helped them
build a log cabin and clear a s?mall
amount of land and gave them a few
chickens and pigs and helped them in
securing a cow and horse. With this
they could make a small crop and get
a start. There was no money in the
transaction. Now, was it charity for
these first settlers who were strug
gling to found here the type of civili
zation that has meant so much to us
and needed more than anything else
help to bear the burden and in a com-
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Offers Remedy
JOHN R. McQUEEN
$27,539 SPENT,
2,604 AIDED BY
COUNTY RELIEF
Two Plays Tuesday by
Little Theatre Group
Sandhills Talent To Give “The
Bear” and “Man Who Mar
ried a Dumb Wife”
The Sandhills Little Theatre will
present its second production of the
season next Tuesday under the direc
tion of Walter Frankl of Cooperstow-n,
New York. The plays are “The Bear,”
by Anton Tchekoff, and “The Man
Who Married a Dumb Wife,” by Ana-
tole France. A description of these
plays was given in last week’s paper.
An important change has been made
in the date of the matinee. This per
formance has been moved back to
Tuesday, the same day as the even
ing performtince. The plays will be
given at 3:30 in the afternoon, and
again at 8:30 in the evening. The
place is the Southern Pines High
School Auditorium.
General admission and reserved
seat tickets may 1)6 obtained at the
following places: The Carolina Hotel
and Catherine Pierson’s at Pinehurst;
Broad Street Pharmacy and Cather
ine Pierson’s at Southern Pines. Pupils
of the school will also sell tickets,
chiefly for the matinee.
In addition to the cast as publish
ed last week, Emily Richardson and
Frank Wilder will take the parts of
a page and a blind man, respectively,
in “The Dumb Wifis.”
The technical staff is as follows:
Costumes, Catherine Pierson, Lydia
Levering and C. O. Thompson; Scen
ery, designed by Verne Swan and con
structed by John Reinecke and Char
les Nes; Properties, Mrs. Gilbert
Vale. Business and publicity mana
gers are Dick Wilson and Frederic
Cole.
Report Covering Period from Oc
tober to March 15th Reveals
Extent of Unemployment
MOST CASES IN’ ABERDEEN
A report showing a total of $27,-
539.04 expended out of $28,025.00 re
ceived, covering a period from Octo
ber 1st, 1932 to March 15th, 1933 was
made this week by the Moore County
Relief. The figures, as given The Pi
lot by William V. Carter, Jr., assist
ant director of relief for the county,
serving under Director H. Lee Thom
as, revealed that 1,050 white persons
and 1,554 colored were beneficiaries
of this money during that period.
Aberdeen, with the greatest numter
of relief cases, received the largest
amount of money, $3,594.51, with Car
thage second, Pinehurst third and
Southern Pines fourth. Of the total
paid out, a sum of $542.00 was given
the Moore County Hospital to help it
defray the expense of charity cases,
and $320.44 given Dr. J. Symington,
county health officer, for medicine and
travel expense incurred by him.
The report follows:
Statistics covering period from Oc
tober 1, 1932 to March 15, 1933—1.
Cases, (a) white, 1,050; (b) colored,
1,554; total—2,604.
2. Work Projects, 100.
3. Merchants benefitted, 136.
4. Men at work during month of
January, 1,886. Total work hours for
month of January, 102,260. (Exam
ple for one month.)
6. Expenditure of funds: (a)
Moore County Hospital, $542.00; (b)
Dr. Symington, (a) Medicine $214.9G
and (b) Travel, $105.48.
(c) Allotments to Committees:
(a) Aberdeen 308 $3,594.51
(b) Cameron 191 1,449.20
Cases
(c) Carthage 378 2,713.70
(d) Eagle Springs ....218 1,731.60
(e) Eureka .147 1,341.96
(f) Glendon 135 944.30
(g) Hemp 79 827.10
(h> High Falls 177 1,062.10
(i) Jackson Springs .. 69 835.04
(j) Needham’s Grove .. 10 287.00
(k) Niagara 74 895.50
(1) Pinebluff 78 1,047.38
(m) Pinehurst 181 2,689.67
(m) Southern Pines....129 2,559.30
(o) Spies 230 1,154.80
(p) Vass 115 1,312.70
(q) West End 74 73fG.20
Total Allotments $25,182.06
(d) Additional Direct Relief—
(Miss Ollie Seagrove, etc).,$330.49.
(e) Administration Costs, $1,-
164.05.
Credits: Total Allotments to Moore
county, $28,026.00.
Debits: Total Expenditures by
Moore County, $27,539.04.
Balance, $485.96.
THE WEATHER
Fair, colder on the coast Thursday,
Friday increasing cloudiness and
warmer, possibly showers in th«
west portion.
NEW COURSE FOR
HDNTERS FEATURE
OF HORSE SHOW
Good Entry List for Annual
Event at Pinehurst on
March 30-31
Taxpayers League Voices
Disapproval of Governor’s
Message to the Legislature
Opposed by League
HOSPITAL A BENEFICIARY;
Judging from the entries received
to date by Secretary Charles W. Pic-
quet, the 16th annual Pinehurst Horse
Show will suffer none in comparison
with its predecessors, despite the late
lamented bank holiday. In fact Char
lie says the horses don’t know any
thing about the holiday and are just
as well off as if there had been
none.
The finest hunters, jumpers, polo
ponies and saddle horses in thi.s part
of the country will be here the 30th
and 31st, and with 57 classes for all
manner of equine beast on the pro
gram the show bids fair to offer two
days of exceptional interest and en
tertainment to the lovers of the
horse. One of the features of this
year’s show will be a new outside
course for hunters, with several new
and tricky jumps, and with part of
the course running through the |
woods adjacent to the show ring. The |
purpose of this course is to show |
hunters under actual hunting condi
tions. 1
Acceptances have been received |
from those asked to judge the events
this year, Warner Baltazzi of New
York and Aiken, prominent judge who
has served here during the past two
years, and Mrs. Lucy Pomeroy Deans
of Buffalo and Camden,- well known
horsewoman and an accomplished
judge of hunters and jumpers. Wil-
li%m Baker of Providence, R. L, will
judge saddle classes, including five-
gaited hor.ses, and General McClos-
key of Fort Bragg will judge the mil
itary classes. Mr. Baltazzi will pass
upon the polo ponies and with Mrs.
Deans, the hunters and jumpei’s.
The lunch stand, always a social
feature of the Pinehurst show, w’ill
be in charge of Mrs. Richard David
son and opei'ated this year for the
benefit of the Moore County Hospital.
Lunch, tea, soft drinks, sandwiches,
etc. will be served during the two
days of the show.
Entries close next Wednesdsy,
March 22d, with Mr. Picquet. Boxes
at the show ring are available from
Mr. Picquet, and application for park
ing spaces beside the ring should also
be made to him. The classes will be
judged both morning and afternoon,
starting at 10 o’clock and 1:30 o’clock
respectively.
Asks Moore County Represen-
tative.s To Pijjht Proposed
Sales Tax
WANTS ECONOMY, NOT TAX
GOVERNOR J. C. B. EHRINGHAUS
BASEBALL TO GET
EARLY START FOR
SUMMER SEASON
Aberdeen. Cameron, Pinehurst,
S. Pines. Vass, W'est End and
Probably Carthage To Compete
LEAGUE ELECTS OFFICERS
FEELING OF OPTIMISM OVER
BANK SITUATION IN MOORE
Up to the time of going to press
none of the Moore county banks had
been granted permission to open by
the State Banking department, but
it is expected that some or all of them |
will be functioning within the next
day or two. Meanwhile business is go
ing on as usual through the use of
credit and checks, and with banking
institutions optming up daily through
out the country a general feeling of
optimism pervades the community.
Ball "ames played by the teams of
the Moore County League proved such
a popula? drawing caul during an
otherwise quiet summer last year ihat
an early start has been made for a
resumption of league activitie.-? dur
ing the coming season. The opening
move was made by the reorganization
of the Southern Pines club at a meet
ing held on Febouary 27th when Paul
T. Barnum was continued in his office
of manager, C. J. Simons elected
treasurer and B. C. Webster team
captain.
At the opening meeting of mem
bers of the County League in the of
fice of L. V. O’Callaghan on Thurs
day night, March 9th, eighteen rep
resentatives from Abetrdeen, Cameron,
Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Vass and
W'est End attended. The Thomastown
nine, one of the most popular teams
of last year, withdrew, having lost
three of their best players. Some of
their former players will combine
with West End. Carthage will prob
ably furnish a nine for the league
though at this writing nothing has
been officially settled there.
E. M. Simkins of Pinehurst was
elected president of the league, W. I).
Matthews of Vass and Southern
Pines, vice president and Charles W.
Picquet, secretary - treasurer and
chairman of the executive committee,
the committee to be named later.
President Simkins is to select a staff
of umpires to function during the
season, and other matters will be
taken up at a manager’s meeting to
SHOWING LOCAL ARTISTS’ WORK
AT SOUTHERN PINES TODAY
Sandhills artists and would-be ar
tists will exhibit their efforts at the
Civic Club in Southern Pines this af
ternoon, Friday, and evening for the
benefit of the Southern Pines Library.
Many entries have been received and
when all have had an opportunity to
view them Struthers Burt will auction
them off. Some fine things are among
the exhibits, and plenty of amusing
efforts. There will be an admission
fee of twenty-five cents.
The Rev. F. Craighill Brown, rector
of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church in
Southern Pines, was the speaker at
the weekly meeting of the Kiwanis
Club of Aberdeen held on Wednes
day in the Civic Club in Southern
Pines. Mr. Brown told the members
some interesting stories about China,
where he spent several years in
church work, and gave his views of
the present situation and trouble be
tween China and Japan.
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Fine Program For
Songfest on Sunday
Sandhills Musical Talent To Sing
for Benefit of Hospital
Fund
Frank Buchan announced this week
that Sunday’s Song -fest at the High
School Auditorium in Southern Pines
will present not some, but practically
all of the musical talent in the Saind-
hills and will be an event long to be
remembered locally. The affair is for
the benefit of the Kiwanis CIuTd’s
fund to maintain one or more beds in
the children’s ward of the Moore
County Hospital during the coming
year. There will be no admission
charged, but a collection taken.
Besides general singing led by
Charles W. Picquet, the program lists
solos, duets, quartets, short talks and
a little bit of everything. It is sche
duled to start at 3:30 o’clock and
everybody is invited.
Vehement disapproval of the mes
sage of Governor Ehringhaus to the
General Assembly early this week was
registered in a letter sent the Sena
tors and .Assemblyman from this dis
trict by the .Moore County Taxpayers
League on Tuesday. Feeling that
North Carolina’s governor is not fall
ing in line with President Roosevelt’s
policy in cutting expenses and reduc
ing taxes but instead is calling for
the piling on of more taxes in .s^pon-
.soring a .sales tax, the league, which
numbers more than 2,000 members,
urges Senators Henry L. Ingram and
Ryan McBryde and Represetnative
A. B. Cameron to fight and| vote
against the proposed sales tax.
The text of the letters, all identi
cal, sent Moore county’s representa
tives, was as follows:
Pinehurst, N. C., March 14, 1933.
I feel that I am warranted in
saying that the message of March
13th from Governor Ehringhaus
to the General Assembly is a
shocking disappointment to most
of the taxpayersnof Moore County.
On February 27th there was de
livered to you a petition signed
by 2807 taxpayers of Moore
County praying for a reduction of
taxes.
On March 2d about two thousand
representative citizens from all
over the State met^ Baleii^h in
support of a resolution that the
budget be balanced by a reduc
tion of expenses and not by the
imposition of new taxes. Many of
your constituents attended this
meeting.
In our national affairs the
f*residcn'.—deo'aring that the
prosent emergency is equivalent
in its seriousness to the invasion
of'our soil by an enemy army—
has demanded extraordinary pow
ers to enable him to reduce dras
tically the cost of government.
It can not, therefore, be any*
thing less than a shock to the
people of this county to leara
that our Governor—utterly disre-
gard;ng the proclamations of the
President of the United States
and the prayers of the people of
this State—demands that our leg^
islature imposed a trwmendoirt
new’ tax on the poverty stricken
farmers and on the paralyzed in'-
dustries of North Carolina.
In his message Governor Eh
ringhaus has begged the legis
lature not to crucify our gov
ernmental institutions.
In the name of the taxpayers of
Moore County I beg you to use
the powers of your office to pre
vent the crucifixion of the people
and the industries of this State.
Your constituents in Moore
County will be grateful if you will
advise them, through me, of your
proposed action.
Faithfully yours,
Jesse W. Page,
Chairman of the Executive
Committee.
Commenting on this letter, Mr. Ed
gar Ewing, manager of the Moore
County Taxpayers League, said:
•■‘Those taxpayers who feel that Mr.
Page has correctly expressed their at
titude on the proposed new taxes
would do well to write to their Sen
ators and Representatives and say so.
It is high time that the various cotmty
taxpayers leagues should get togeth
er to cooperate in the attainment of
their common purpose.”
SENATE PASSES ECONOMY '
BILL ASKED BY ROOSEVELT
The United States Senate on Wed
nesday passed the President’s Econo
my measure calling for sslashes in
governmental salaries and veterans’
payments. As told on Page 6 in this
issue, the Southern Pines Chamber of
Commerce wired Senators Bailey and
Reynolds on Monday to support the
President. They voted for the bill.