'i MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS-WEEKLY nrtxTj JL A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 13, NO. 16. ^ ^Vcarthaoe '/ EACue SPRINGS LAKEVIEW E.HO MANLSY JACKSOtl SPRINGS 90UTMBPKI PItiCS ASHucy ME.ICHTS PINEBLUFP PILOT FIRST IN NEWS, CIRCULATION & ADVERTISING Ar of the Sandhill Territory of ' "^'olina Aberdeen and Scuthern Pines, North Carolina, Friday, March 17, 1933. -S. VE CENTS 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 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. (Please turn to page 8) 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.