MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 13, NO. 20.
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FIRST IN NEWS,
CIRCULATION &
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory oi. .orth Carolina
Abtrdesn and Southern Pin s. North Carolina, Friday, April 14, 1933.
FIVE CENTS
IVES CLOSE DEAL
FOR PURCHASE OF
REID PAGE FARM
Favorite in North-South Tennis
U. S- Consul General and Wife
Acquire 80-Acre Tract
Near Southern Pines
PLAN COUNTRY ESTATE
One of the larj'est real estate!
transactions of the season was closed i
this week when Mr. and Mvs. Ernest |
L. Ivjs purchased through Eugene C. j
Stevens of Southern Pines the Reid,
A. Page farm, located between South- i
ern Pines and Aberdeen near the Be-1
thesda Road. i
The farm adjoins the property of I
Francis Robinson, James Boyd and!
Captain William Reiner and comprises j
about 80 acres of high land, with a
farmhouse and several tobacco barns. ]
It is located on the high ridge east!
of Bethesda Road, with an expansive;
view in several directions. j
Mrs. Ives has been residing this!
winter in the residence of Mrs.:
Clara Pushee on Weymouth Heights, j
She spent some time here eight or ]
ten years ago and during this season i
bt'came so impressed with the South-1
ern Pines locality, its surroundings,
and developments, she decided to ac
quire some property here. The Reid
Page place, also known as the John
son place, appealed to her and she
closed the deal for the purchase of
the property early this week.
Mr. Ives is in the United States dip-;
lomatic service, having been attached:
to legations in Denmark and South;
Africa and to the embassy in Turkey.
He has recenty been assigned to the'
consulate generalship of Algeria, and
with Mrs. Ives will sail soon for that;
country.
The new purchasers plan to devel-|
op their property here along the lines
of a country estate some time in the
future when Mr. Ives returns to this i
country from his present post.
Captain Reiner of Southern Pines,
formerly of West Point, New York,
acquired possession of 170 acres of
the Reid Page tract in September, |
last year, and the entire ridge east
of Bethesca Road from .\berdeen to
Southern Pines is now in the hands of
owners who plan extensive develop
ments in good season.
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BATHING BEACH,
RECREATION PARK
ABERDEEN’S PLAN
Measure to Incorporate
Knollwood as Village
Introduced in Assembly
Good Fellows’ Club Supervising
Clean-Up and Improvements
Along Lake Shore
-MONEY WELL SPENT
CLIFFORD SlTTMf
Sutter, highest ranking player amonj! tho^■e compeiing in the annual
North & South Tennis Tournament on the courts of the Pinehurst Coun
try Club this week, is favored to win the event when the final round
of singles is played tomorrow, Saturday. Others .surviving the week’s
play at the time The Pilot went to press were Bryan Grant, who yester
day defeated F’lank Shields; J. Gill ert Hall, who put out Lester Stoefen,
and George M. Lott, who defeated Gregory Mangin in a thrilling 5-set
match. —Photo by Hemmer.
$59,724 LESS FOR SUPREME COURT
COUNTY’S SCHOOLS! GETS PORTRAIT
UNDER NEW LAW OF JUDGE AVERY
Hig Decrease Here Unless Coun
ties Are Permitted to Supple
ment State Funds
Colored Singing- Contest
Here on Monday Night
Good Fellows Club Arranges
Musical F'east To Aid
Relief Fund
The Charity Fund of the Good Fel- {
lows Club of Aberdeen will benefit
by the Colored Quartet Contest to be
staged at the Dixie Theatre in Aber
deen on Easter Monday night, April
17th, and members of the club, who
have been doing splendid relief work
in the neighborhood during the past
few years are promising the greatest
musical feast ever given in Aber
deen.
The program would appear to bear
out their statements that a treat is in
store for those attending. Here are
some of the features: The Winning
Four from the Sttiie Sanatorium; the
Taylor Brothers from Aberdeen; The
Sunset Four from Addor, the Shep
herd Boys from Southern Pines, the
Galilee Four from Pinehurst and the
Famous Four of the Morrison Train
ing School at Hoffman. Each of these
outfits will compete in the singing
contest, and while the judges are de-
ceding which is best the Raeford High
School Glee Club will offer a num
ber of songs and stunts. The admis
sion for all of this will only be 15
cents for the youngsters and a quart
er for the groups, so it looks like
a full house in the Dixie Theatre next
Monday night.
CAMPAIGN TO RAISE FUNDS
FOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
A campaign to raise funds for the
support of the Southern Pines Cham
ber of Commerce is under way. The
Chamber has a splendid record of civ
ic achievements during the past year
and is basing expectations of gener
ous contributions on its many worth
while accomplishments of this and
past years.
Moore county wMll be adversely af
fected by the adoption of the $16,000,-1
000 appropriation for an eight months
school term. Figures worked out by
Dr. A. T. Allen, State Superintend-,
ent of Public Instruction, reveal that
under the bill passed' by the General
Assembly, the county will receive next
year $150,525.73 from the State fund, i
$0,088.59 from county funds, a total
of $15G,G1-1.32 for schools as compar
ed with $21(5,338.27 this present year,
a decrease of $59,723.95, in addition
to the $3,329.80 spent on the ninth |
month this j’ear.
Public schools in about 65 of the
100 counties of the state will be bene-
fitted in varying degrees by adoption i
of the $16,000,000 for an eight months
school term, but many of the remain
ing 35 counties will be greatly injured.
unless thpy are permitted to provide
supplements to the State fund.<i, Dr.
Allen.
The $16,000,000 from the State,
would have $922,020.66, estimated,
ad^ded to it from the county funds de
rived from poll and dog taxes and
fines and forfeitures, making $16,-
922,020.66 available the next two,
yeai’s, in contrast to budgeted esti-1
mate of $23,392,487.51 for the eight
months of the present school year, a
drop of $6,470,774.77 in cost for the
eight months term. The $668,893.74
being spent this year for the ninth |
month, if that is eliminated, would
make the cut still more, $7,139,668.51,
for next year.
Big Counties Losers
W'hile standards and teaching would
be raised in more than 60 countie.*!,
they would be considerably lowered
in the remaining counties, which are
the larger and represent probably
two-thirds of the State’s population,
Dr. Allen points out. Naturally the
larger counties pay a larger percent
age of the State fund, while, unless
they are permitted to supplement,
their own schools would be greatly re
duced, without the privilege of spend
ing their own funds to try to hold
them up to or as near present stand
ards as possible, Dr. Allen said.
Not considering the $668,839.74
budgeted this year in 52 counties for
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Ambassador Daniels Makes
Presentation Speech With
Reply by Judge Stacy i
In an impressive exercise the |
North Carolina Supreme Court on i
Tuesday received a porti'ait of the \
late Associate Justice A. C. Avery, j
c:' Burke county, father of L. T.;
Avery of Aberdeen. |
Josephus Daniels, Ambassador to|
Mexico, made the presentation speech |
on behalf of members of the family |
who crowded the Supreme Court
chamber. Chief Justice W. P. Stacy
accepted the portrait on behalf of the
court.
Among members of the family here
for the presentation was Mrs. A. C.
Avery Sr., of Morganton, widow of
the late justice, who married him the
day before he assumed the post on the
Supreme Court bench in 1889.
Others here included: Mr. and Mrs.
L. T. Avery and children, of Aber
deen; Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Til-
lett, Sr., and Mr. and Mrs. Charles
W. Tillett, Jr., of Charlotte; Mr. and
Mrs. A. C. Aveiy, Jr., of Asheville;
Mr. and Mrs. Johnston Avery of
Washington; State Senator and Mrs.
Capus Waynick, of High Point; Mr.
and Mrs. Avery McBee of Washing
ton; Mr. and Mrs. Silas McBee, of
High Point; Mr. and Mrs. Isaac
Avery, of Morganton; Mrs. Brown
McKoy, of Charlotte; Mr. and Mrs.
Elliott White, of Graham; Mrs. Fred
Lacton, of Charlotte; Mr. and Mrs.
W. M. Avery and A. C. Avery, II., of
Greensboro; Mrs. Duncan Tillett and
daughter, W'ilma, and Mrs. Osborne
Bethea, of Cleveland, Ohio; Dr. and
Mrs. Fiank P. Graham, of Chapel
Hill, and Mr. and Mrs. Shipp Saun
ders of Chapel Hill.
In accepting the portrait for the
court, Chief Justice W. P. Stacy
said:
“The Supreme Court of North Car
olina was increased from three to
five members by the Constitutional
amendment of 1888, and Hon. James
E. Shepherd, from the eastern part
of the state, and the Hon. Alphonso
C. Avery, from the western section,
were the first to fill these new po
sitions. It is a matter of common
knowledge that two strong and virile
persoi. alities were thus added to the
court.
Under the direction of the Good i
Fellows Club of Aberdeen, of which '
II. W. Doub is president, the busi- j
ness of giving work to the unemploy- i
ed has resulted not only in helping;
the needy through the relief funds
raid' them for such work, but also
in leautifying and improving Aber
deen and environs to a remarkable
degree. i
As to some of the beautification, i
the ultimate benefits will not accrue,
for several years to come. About 25,- j
CwO pine trees were planted along the |
highways leading out of town. They |
were planted all the way to Bethes-j
da Church, half way to Southern 1
Pines, and half way to Pinebluff.
The grammar school grounds were
grr.ded, and approximately 6,000
yards of dirt removec, half of which
was clay and was used on the
streets. It is estimated that fou;- ur
five miles of streets were graded,
cla.\ed and drained. In both school
buildings the walls were cleaned with
wire brushes, then sized and painted.
Eiglily thou.sand' square feet, nearly
two acres of walls were painted. The
floors in both buildings were then
scraped and painted. The Teacherage
was painted, inside and out. The roof
of the negro school in Berkley was
painted. Ten men were worked three
weeks in cleaning anJ improving Be-
thesda Cemetery. The bKseball dia
mond was cleaned and olayeo.
Under the direction of the Aber
deen Home and Garden Club .shrub-1
bery was planted around The Teach-1
erage, and work was done on the'
shrubbery around the churches,
schools, and along the highways. I
Lake Improvements ]
•Mr. Doub has revealed extensive j
plans for converting the Abei’deen
pond', now an eye-sore, into a thing of 1
beauty. A modern, up-to-date bathing!
beach and a r ecreation pai'k are in-1
eluded in the program. While funds i
are not immediately available for r'e-}
building the dam which broke several'
months ago, work is rapidly going j
forward on the beach with between |
25 and 30 men employed each day. |
The beach is to be between two and |
three hundiecl* yards long, with a wir-i
ed-in area for childi-en in the center.
Mr. Doub is particularly pleased that
the beach is being built directly along
the flow of the pond’s current to the
dam, thus insuring against bathing
in stagnant water. Hog pens and cow
lots adjoining the pond near the beach
will be r’emoved in the interest of san
itation.
.'Adjoining the beach there will be
a two-acre park, with recreational fa
cilities. In furthei’ance of this pro
ject two negro houses will be remov
ed, and a new road will be built lead
ing from town to the park.
Mr. Doub states that while the
owners of the pond have reserved the
power and fishing rights, the bath
ing and recreation rights will be leas
ed to the Good Fellows Club, and the
entire property placed under town po
lice protection.
NATIONAL GRANGE LECTURER
AT CARTHAGE WEDNESDAY
Leaves 11 Children
Abraham Hewitt, Southern
Pines Farmer, Dies at Home
on Tilghman’s Hill
Abraham Hewitt, a resident of
Southern Pines for the past twen
ty-five yeai's, died in his home on
Tilghnian’s Hill early Sunday
morning. Funeral services were
held in the Baptist Church at three
o’clock Wednesday afternoon, the
Rev. J. Fred Stimson officiating
and interment in Mt. Hope ceme
tery following. Mr. Hewitt was
born in Green county. Pa., on May
6, 1862. He leaves a w’idow, Eliza
beth, four sons, Earl, John,
Charles, Robert and Thomas and
six daughters, Ollie, Elsie, Emma,
Loretta, Mrs. Lenoir Mulholland
and Mrs Mary Gajdof.
Mr. Hewitt, a farmer, purchased
the Scott Newton place, now Dr.
Dickie’s, following his arrival in
the Sandhills from Bellegreen, Pa.,
but of late years has farmed the
Tilghman property near Mt. Hope
cemetery.
Bill Sets Up Corporate Limits
of New Town, Names Mayor
and CommissionerH
FREEHOLDERS GIVEN VOTE
A. L BURNEY ASKS
WITHDRAWAL OF
NAME ON TICKET
Writes Mayor Blue He is Too
Busy To Serve as Commis
sioner if Elected
A. L. Burney, nominee for member
(•f the Board of Town Commissioners
of Aberdeen, has written the follow
ing letter to Mayor Henry McC. Blue
and the Board of Commissioners:
“At the Town Caucus a few days
ago my name was selected to be put
on the ticket for one of the new com
missioners. This was done against
my protest. I find that, with my other
duties, it would be impossible for me
to serve at this time however much
I would like to. I am asking that you
see that my name is left off the tick
et for the coming election.”
Seven men were nominated for the
Tovn Board, the others being H. W.
Doub, Frank D. Shamburger, Henry
Blue, J. D. McLean, J. Vance Rowe
and H. A. Gunter. Five will be chosen
at the polls on Tuesday, May 2d. The
caucus cand'dale for mayor is Henry
A. Page, Sr.
A. N. Roberts, Long
a Resident Here, Dies
Skilled Maker of Violins, Born
in England in 1866, Survived
Wife Two Months
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It has just been announced that J.
C. Farmer, lecturer of the National i
Grange, South Newbury, New Hamp
shire, is coming to this state for a
few meetings. Moore county is fortu
nate enough to be included on this
program and a meeting of all Grange
members and other interested people
is planned for next Wednesday, April
19th. This meeting will be held at 7
p. m. in the court room at Carthage.
All are invited to hear this addi-ess.
“The Grange has made rapid prog
ress in North Carolina and I am pure
that if you attend this meeting you
will hear a very interesting add’^ss,”
said E. H. Garrison, Jr., county agent,
yesterday,
Aberdeen defeated Southern Pines
in baseball yesterday, 12 to 7. Rus
sell for Aberdeen made five hits in
five times at bat.
Following within two months after'
the death of his wife, Eleanor Rob- j
erts, Allen N. Roberts passed away,
in his home at 39 North Ashe street,;
Souther-n Pines last Monda after-1
noon. Bom in Birmingham, England,;
April 9th, 1866, the son of Allen Rob- j
erts and Mary Newbold Roberts, the j
deceased married Eleanor Warne, of
Suffolk, England in 1896, and in 1901
moved from Boston to Southern Pines
where, as a skilled maker of violins j
he became nationally known. i
Funeral services were held in thei
Baptist Church at 3:30 o’clock Tues-j
day afternoon, the Rev. J. Fred Stim-|
son officiating. A quartet comprising!
J. B. Gifford, S. B. Richardson, Miss
Maide Wade and Mrs. R. T. Mills
sang “Abide With Me,” and Miss
Wade sang “Lead Kindly Light.” The
pallbearers were William Moore, H.
C. Cutter, A. S. Ruggles, Yates Poe,
R. W. Tale and James Swett, Inter
ment in Mt. Uope cemeter followed the
services.
Surviving their pc.’*«nts are three
daughters, Althea and Lillian Rob
erts of Southern Pines and Mrs. R.
D. Cates of Raleigh, with whom the
entire communitv deeply sympathize
in their great loss. Also surviving Mr.
Roberts is a sister, Mrs. Henry
Schultz of Randolph.
A bill to incorporate the property
between Southern Pines and Pine
hurst know n as Knollwood and Knoll
wood Heights, making "Knollwood
Village” one of the corporate towns
of Moore county, was introduced in
the House of Representatives at Ral
eigh on Monday by Representative A.
B. Cameron of Carthage. The meas
ure was immediately referred to the
Committee on Counties, Cities and
Towns, and is likely to reach the floor
of the House next week.
Besides defining the corporate lim
its of the proposed new villag e, the
bill names a temporary mayor and
board of commissioners, authorizes
the collection of taxes, the contract
ing for water and sewer services and
facilities and the establishment of
rates therefor. It provides for the
election of a mayor and commission
ers and ‘‘at such election all freehold
ers of said town of Knollwood Vil
lage shall be entitled to vote in said
election and all freeholders of said
town shall likewise be qualifiecl to
hold the offices of said town,” a
clause inserted in the proposed char
ter to give local franchise to the
large number of Knollwood property
owners who are not otherwise legal
residents of North Carolina.
Mr. Cameron’s bill reads, in full, as
follows:
The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact;
Section 1. That the territory in
Moore County her'einafter described
and the inhabitants thereof shall con
stitute a munii.ipal corporation arwl
they are hereby incorporated under
the nanre of “Knollwood Village” and
the said town under said name and
style shall be subject to all the pro
visions of the laws of the State of
Nortli Carolina applicable to towns
and cities, subject only to the pro
visions of this act.
Limits Defined
Sec. 2. The corpor-ate limits of
said town of Knollwood Village shall
be as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at the center of the
State Highway Bridge across Mc-
Deed’s Creek, on the location of the
olci Yadkin Road Crossing: the north
erly corner of the city limits of the
town of Southern Pines, N. C., rTin-
ning thence in.a southeasterly direc«
tion, approximately with the said
Yadkin Road, and with the city lim
its of Southern Pines, to a comer of
it near, or in the said Yadkin Road;
thence as the city limits aforesaid,
in a southerly direction to its corner
near the line of Clark’s Street of
Manly (extended); thence as the nor
thwesterly line of said Clark’s Street,
in a northeasterly direction, to a cor
ner of the property of Knollwood, In
corporated; thence as its line in a
northwesterly direction, approximate
ly 550 feet to its corner; thence as
another of its lines, in a northeasterly
direction, 600 feet; thence as anoth
er of its lines in a southeasterly direc
tion, 290 feet to its corner; thence
northeasterly, with it, 560 feet to its
corner; thence with it northwesterly,
85 feet to its corner; thence with it,
northeasterly, 400 feet; to tis corner;
thence with it, southeasterly, 150 feet
to its corner; thence northeasterly
with it, lot) feet to its comer; thence
southeasterly with it, 250 feet to its
corner; thence with it, in a northeas
terly direction, 200 feet to its corner;
thence with it, in a northwesterly di
rection 200 feet to its corner; thence
with it. in a northeasterly direction
100 feet to its comer; thence with it,
in a southeasterly direction, 200 feet
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REGISTRATION BOOKS OPEN
IN SOUTHERN PINES
Bruce Lewis of Southern Pines,
registrar for the coming municipal
election, has opened his registration
books and eligible voter's may enroll
at h:^ iB"’ «^^ice over the Highland
Hardware Store on Broad ■street. May
2d is Election Day.
NOEL LAING RIDE% THREE
WINNERS AT RICHMOND
I races at Richmond, Virginia, last
Saturday Noel Laing of Southern
Pines rode three winners, all horses
owned by Mrs. T. H. Somerville.