MOORE COUNTY'S
LEADING
NEWSWEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 13, NO. 22.
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Aberdeen and Sculhefn Pines, North Carolina, Friday, April, 28, 1933.
of the Sandhill Territc^ > ^ North Carolina
“PLAY BALL” M ! D. P. “PAD” KELLY
1933 SEASON TO BE | OIES SUDDENLY AT
HEARD ON MONDAY! DAUGHTER’S HOME
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FIVE CENTS
Proposed New Theatre Building' for Southern Pines
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Trophies for Last Year’s Race Lifelong Resident of Moore
Will Be Presented at Game
in Southern Pines
County Laid To Rest at
Old Union
SCHEDULE ANNOUNXIED THRONG ATTEND FUNERAL
The opening game of the season “Pad” Kelly has gone to his re-
foi' the Moore County Baseball Lea- j ward. A lifelong resident of the coun-
jrue takes place at Southern Pines; ty and one of its best known citizens,
next Monday, May 1st, at 3:30 p, m. I he died suddenly at the home of the
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between Aberdeen and Vass-Lakeview^
at which time the trophies will be pre
sented to last season’s winners of
first and second place, Aberdeen and
Vass-Lakeview.
On account of the importance of
this occasion, no other game is sohe-
caughter in Winder, Georgia, last
F’riday night.
D. P. Kelly was born near Union
Church, between Vass and Carthage
77 years ago, and for the past 40
yearh had resided on his farm near
Thagards. He was widely known
Manager Picquet Announces
Plans for Business Block on
West Pennsylvania Ave.
duled for that day and it is expected throughout the county as one who had
that a record-breaking crowd from' always taken a keen interest in the
Moove county will be on hand. Des- j community, as a merchant in South-
pite an erroneous announcement, j ern Pines for several years, as a good
there will be no band but plenty of, (’hristian character and as a fine hus-
excitement just the same. band and father. On December 21st
At night the two teams will be the | last Mr. and Mrs. Kelly celebrated
guests of the Southern Pines Thea-' their golden wedding anniversary, the
tre, when Joe E. Brown will be seen completion of fifty years of happy
in the well known Ring Lardner' married life.
baseball story, “Elmer The Great.”; ^vas an elder of the .Manly
For the good of the game, readers Piesbyterian Church for many years,
are aske<i to study the follo'vving inles; jn )^jj. ^lore active days he conduct-
which have been adopted by the lea- ^ meat market in Southern Pines,
gue, as guides to spectators; ^vatched that town grow from
Rule No. 1. On all playing fields' to a city of some 4,000 souls,
definite lines, by rope or otherwise, j Funeral services w’ere held at Un-
must be marked along first and third j jo^ Pi'esbyterian Church on Sunday
base lines, beyond which spectators | afternoon, and not since the funeral
.<5hall not be allowed to trespass. If of hi.s father, some of those in at-
spectators do step beyond such lines, i tendance said, had so many people
and do not promptly move back whenifcoiu all parts of the county gather-
reciuested, the umpires shall immed-ie,i to pay iheir last respects to a de-
iately call time and the game shall ceased citizen. The Rev. C. A. Law-
not proceed until spectators have, rence of Vass, assisted by the Rev.
moved back in their proper rl-aces. (a. R. McQueen of Dunn and the Rev.
Rule No. 2. Games must start m. D. McNeill of Cameron, both life-
promptly at 3:30 p. m. Thirty minutes j ]ong. fi-iends of Mr. Kelly, officiated,
will be allowed each team, in fifteen He was laid to final rest in the old
minute periods, beginning at 2:30, for churchyard close by the scene of his
fielding and batting practice and if,'birth.
at the end of that period, both teams
are not ready for play, the umpire * rfcl/imTin
i 300 AT PICNIC OF
The schedule of games for the fore- j
part of the season is as follows:
Schedule Through -May |
Week, May 1st—Monday, May 1st, p’ine Address by the Rev. Marcus
Aberdeen and Vass-Lakeview (at
.Southern Pines); Tuesday, May 2nd,
Cameron at Vass; \Ve< nesday. May
3rd, Aberdeen at Southern Pines; i„ a manner reminiscent of the days
Thursday, May 4th, Pinehurst at members of the
Cameron; Thursday, May 4th, West; ^ Association gathered amid
End at Carthage; Saturday, May (5th,: c:„r..f.nn,Hncr “Rr.n.
Aberdeen at Cameron; Saturday, May
tith, Vass at West End; Saturday,
TOURIST SOCIETY
A. Bronson Features Gath
ering at Manly Spring
May 6th, Southern Pines at Pine
hurst.
Week, May 8th, Tuesday, May 9th,
Southjem Pines at Vass; Wednesday,
May 10th, Cameron at Southern
Pines; Wednesday, May 10th, Vass at
Aberdeen; Thursday, May 11th, Cam
eron at Carthage; Thursday, May
11th, Pinekurst at West End.
Saturday, May 13th, Southern Pines
at Cameron; Saturday, May 13th,
Vass at Pinehurst.
Week, May 15th. Tuesday, May
16th, Pinehurst, at Vass; Tuesday,
May 16th, Cameron at West End;
Wednesday, May 17th, Carthage at
Southern Pines; Wednesday, May
17th, West End at Aberdeen; Thurs
day, May 18th, Vass at Cameron;
Thursday, May 18th, Aberdeen at
Carthage; Friday, May 19th, West
End at Vass; Salturday, May 20th,
Pineihurst at Cameron.
Week, May 22nd. Tuesday, May
23rd, Carthage at Vass; Wednesday,
May 24th, Vass at Southern Pines;
the tall pines surrounding the “Boil
ing Spring,” more familiarly known
nowadays as Manly Springs, was the
assemblage of nearly three hundred
men, women and children Tuesday
noon to enjoy the picnic given by
the newly organized Southern Pines
Tourist Association and the Civic
Club at the old tme meeting place.
With a bright Carolina sunshine over
head, the gentle breeze sweeping
through the dark pines and gay dog
woods the day was perfect for the
festive gathering. Coffee and baked
beans with many other good things
on the menu satisfied all appetites
while the program under the direc
tion of the master of ceremonies, J.
B. Gifford, was as great an attrac
tion as the menu.
Among the features of this pro
gram was a fine address by the Rev.
Marcus A. Bronson of Maine, singing
by the entire assemblage and music
by the bam dance orchestra. Friends
and acquaintances among the tour
ists and town dweller’s swapped yarns
of the celebrities of the Old New Eng
land Association and former picnics
If present plans do not miscarry,
Southern Pines will soon have as
I fine a theatre as there is in the
state of North Carolina and the city
^ will aJd another block to its shopping
' center. Charles W. Picquet, manager
! of the Carolina Theatres in Southern
Pines and Pinehurst, is hard at work
i closing negotiations for his fine new
building on Pennsylvania avenue, op-
pc'S^ite the postoffice, and this week re-
I leased to The Pilot an architect’s
! sketch of the proposed structure.
! The building is to face on Penn
sylvania avenue with a fronta'^e of
approximately 130 feet and is to be
j of fireprfiof construction, containing
six shoppes r.nd a theatre.
I The shoppe.' \-ary in size from 738
square feet to 1,8.54 square feet of
floor space.
The front of shoppes, containing the
most modem display windows are ir
regular in plan, permitting parkways
for shrubbery, which gives color val
ue an! lends an added charm to the
exterior.
i The general design of building is
Colonial, the front being treated in
1 brick with pilasters, cornices and bal-
I ustrades in white. The roof Is of vari
colored plates thoroughly typical of
the general design. The theatre be
ing the pi'incipal objective has re
ceived the most careful study combin-
intr utility with the artistic.
Arcade To Theatre
The principal approach to theatre is
throujrh an arcade from Pennsylvania
avenue. At the termination of the ar
cade is a wall fountain executed in
Polychrome terra cotta with a reflect
ing pool arranged for plantings in
floor. From the arcade one enters the
grand foyer which is modern Renais
sance in design. The foyer contains
the entrances to the auditorium prop
er and stairway to the messanine
lounge, loges and balcony above. The
end of the foyer above the stairway is
decorated with a large mirrored win-
j dow, drapped in rich colored hang
ings blending, with the general scheme
of decoration. The ceiling is a seg
ment enriched with coffered panels.
Oases
County Board Issues First Li
censes For Sale of Beer in
Moore County
At a special meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners
held in Carthage on Monday, appli
cations for license to handle 3.2
beer in the county on and after
May 1 were considered, and the
Board approved tJie applications of
the following for license to be is
sued; The Atlantic and Pacific Tea
Company of Aberdeen, Southern
Pines, Pinehurst and Carthage; Dr.
J. L. Moorefield Cafe, Jackson
Springs; Farrell’s Cafe, Aberdeen;
C. F. Leavitt, Leavitt’s Lake; Ed’s
Cafe, Southern Pines; 0. W. Baker,
Carthage; K. T. Donahue, Manly;
Jack Mulcahy Cafe, Pinehurst;
Pinehurst Department Store, Pine
hurst, and Puritan Cafe, Carlha.>;e.
The license tax to be collected by
:he county commissioners is $2-')
per year.
CITIZENS HONOR
S. P. HIGH SCHOOL
ON MONDAY NIGHT
REED SELLS
dO-ACRE SITE TO
NEW YORK LAWYER
John M. Stratton of Greenwich,
Conn., Plans Colonial Home
on Outskirts of Pinehurst
REAL ESTATE ACTIVE
Chamber of Commerce to Pre
sent Trophy To Dramatic
and Musical Organizations
BOYS WIN AT DURl.AM
SEEK A FEDERAL
SAVING & LOAN
ASSOCIATION HERE
Petition Circulated in Sandhills
Would l*;ive Way for Refi
nancing Homes
CHARTER SOUCJHT LOCALLY
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TUESDAY ELECTION DAY IN
ABERDEEN, SOUTHERN I*INE:S
Wednesday, May 24th, Cameron at gatherings around the bubbling
Aberdeen; Thursday, May 25th, Cam
eron at Carthage; Thursday, May
25th, Pinehurst at West End; Satur
day, May 27th, Vass at Cameron;
Saturday, May 27th, West End at
Pinehurst.
Week, May 29th. Tuesday, May
30th, Southern Pines at Vass (Fore
noon); Aberdeen at Carthage; Cam
eron at Pinehurst; Pinehurst at
Southern Pines afternoon); Vass at
Carthage; West End at Cameron.
Wednesday, May 31st, Southern
Pines at Aberdeen.
spnng,
The program committee headed by
J. B. Gifford also included J. H.
Schwartz, W. N. Hutt and A. L.
Adams, while the General Committee
in charge was H. A. Lewis, H. A.
Jackman, H. J. Betterly, D. H. Tur
ner, Mrs. H. A. Lewis, Mrs. W. N.
Hutt and Mrs. E. C Loomis.
UNION SERVICE SUNDAY
Tuesday is Election Day in the
Sandhills. Aberdeen will elect a new
mayor to succeed Henry McC. Blue,
and there is little question but that
' the caucus nominee, Henry A. Page,
Sr., will be elected. Five members of
I the Board of Town Commissioners
will also be chosen.
In Southern Pines the caucus will
be held tomorrow, Friday night, and
the present mayor, D. G. Stutz, and
I four of the five commissioners are
' expected to be renominated. A fifth
candidate for the town commission
I will be nominated' to succeed E. C. Ste-
vens, who is not a candidate, o rum-
i ors of opposition to the present may-
' or and board members have been
heard, but there is considerable con
jecture as to who will be named as
Mr. Stevens’ successor.
i A petition is in circulation in the
Sandhills for the organization here
I of a F’ederal Sa\ings and Loan Asso-
cation in this community, and has a
j large numbei' of signers.
; The document is addressed “To the
I Home Owners’ Loan Coi'poration,
i Washington, D. C., and the Federal
I Home Loan Land Bank, Winston-
Salem, N. and I'eads as follows:
j “Whereas great numbers of our
j citizens I'esire relinancing of their
I homes in the Sandhills, including
j Aberdeen, Pinehurst and Southern
j Pines, and
“Whereas, ample facilities are not
available for such purposes in these
communities.
“We, the undersigned, hereby peti
tion your Honorable Boards to issue
a charter for a Federal Savings and
Loan Association to be organized in
this section and community.”
Sixty-one names of Aberdeen citi
zens appeared at the bottom of the
copy of the petition in the Bryan Drug
store, Aberdeen, ysterday. How many
have been affixed to similar copies in
Southern Pines and' Pinehurst The
Pilot does not know, but it is prob
able that a sizeable representation of
property owners in the community
will have signed up when the docu
ments are forwarded to Washington
and Winston-Salem.
The Boys' Glee Club of the South
ern Pines High School was the winner
of the competition among some dozen
j schools which met at Durham last
week, and as a result entered the
State conipctition at Greensboro Yes
terday. The young' men left at an
early hour yester lay morning and
were scheduled to sing (hiring the
I morning program.
I The Girls’ Glee Club took second
place in the Durham trials, giving the
Southern Pines school one first and
one second, a noteworthy perform
ance for the first year of organized
^ musi'^al work in the school and a high
tribute to Prof. Frederick Stanley
Smith.
The citizens of Southern Pines will
show their appreciation of the fine
work of both the mm
the dv.Tinatio club of the school on
Mon 'ay night ncx" when a trophy will
be t'.resente f to the school by the
Chanibei- of Commerce. Dr. George G.
Hen-, president of that body, will
make the rresentation, and the tro
phy, emblematic of victories and fine
perffii-maTu-e throughout the year,
will be accepted on behalf of the
school by .A.llan Thurman, president
of the student body.
A splendid program has been ar
ranged for the Moni’ay night recep
tion. The Dramatic Club will present
a one-act play, an.i both the boys’ and
girls’ glee clubs will sing. There will
also be short talks by prominent cit
izens. The gathering is called for 8
o’clock in the School auditorium, and
the public is cordially invited to at
tend. There is to be no charge what
ever.
There will be a union sei-vice at the
Page Memorial Church, Aberdeen,
Sunday evening at 8:00 o’clock. Mem-
Thursday, June 1st, Pinehurst atjbers of all Aberdeen churches are in-
Carthage; Saturday, June 3rd, Westjvited to attend. The Rev. E. L. Bar-
End at Cameron. ber will preach.
FISHING SEASON CLOSES
MONDAY UNTIL JUNE IITH
The fishing season closes on May
1st, next Monday, and will be closed
until June 11th. Alex Fields, game
warden, cautions all to “be sports
and obey the law.” Says Alex, “We
can’t have fish in our streams and
lakes unless we give them a chance
to spawn and rear their young.
Citizens of Moore county desiring
to fish in other counties must be pro
vided with a license for such counties,
Mr. Fields also said.
MISS MAUNEY PLEASES
IN HER DEBUT RECITAL
Miss Elizabeth Marshall Mauney,
pupil of Edouard .Albion, of Pinehurst,
noted baritone, gave her debut recital
in the Carolian Theatre at Pneburst
! last evening before a large and ap-
j preciative audience. The youthful ar-
I tist revealed not only a soprano voice
I of superb quality and tone, but the
I splendid training and guidance of
her instructors, he has a charming per
sonality, and excei-cional stage pres
ence for one unused to appearance be
fore an audience. Miss Edith Hall
of Fayetteville played Miss Mauney’s
accompaniments.
Character Needed to
Restore Prosperity
Dr. McDermott of Duke Facul
ty Makes Stirring Address to
Kiwanis Club
The reason why the country is
where it is today is because of char-
aiter-subtraction, according to Dr.
Malcolm McDermott of the Duke Uni
versity Law School faculty. Dr. Mc
Dermott was the speaker at the Ki-
wanis Club meeting held Wednesday
in the Community Church, Pinehurst.
Character, he said, was subtracted!
from banking, and got the country in
the financial doldrums. It was sub
tracted from government, from politics,
and the public lost respect for those
in power. It has been subti’acted even
from home life, as evidenced by the
high 1‘atio of divorces, the numerous
scandals in society.
Not until we put character back
in the front rank in all things will
we build on the firm foundation nec
essary to recovery in business and so
ciety. Back to good old American
honesty means back to prosperity, not
the pi'osperity of these days which
put us where we are today, but gen-
unine, real prosperity, the normal life.
One the road back we must do
three things: We must face the facts,
acknowledge our mistakes and our
losses, charge them off. Secondly, we
must smile and laugh in the face of
disaster, be confident. Thirdly, we
must keep plodding on.
Dr. McDermott was introduced by
Lloyd Clark, chairman of the club’s
Program Committee
John M. Stratton of Gi'eenwich,
Conn., a prominent New York attor
ney this week closed negotiations
through L. L. Biddle, II, Pinehurst
realtor, for the purchase of 30 acres
of land from Verner Z. Reed, Jr. The
property constitutes a portion of the
holdings acquired by Mr. Reed* on the
outskirts of Pinehurst during the past
few years, some of which acreage Mr.
Reed purchased with the idea of re
selling to just such neighbors as he
I has found in Mr. Stratton. The prop-
jcrty lies between the Reed and L. L.
i Biddle estates.
In addition to the 30 acres sold
outright, Mr. Reed has given Mr.
Stiaiton an option on 25 additional
acres adjoining the property,
i Mr. Stratton, who spent considera
ble time heie this winter looking over
' vai ious sites for a country home,
j plans to build a (’olonial house of
1-ayet ,i‘\ iile bri.k, ;i lyi-t v. ,.ich gives
the appearance of weatheied age, in
the veiy near future. There are a
number of ideal locations for the
homestead on the property, among
I them a high knoll overlooking a lake
site which it is the present plan to
utilize. He has had Reinecke &
Co)upany, builders, anJ Miss Cather
ine Pierson, decorator, look over the
property with him and plans will be
I Worked out along lines suggested by
them.
i IMr. Stratton, his wife and three
, flukirc^n were /<11 won ov.'t to this
section of thf> country as a winter res-
idence during their rccent visits here.
I Otber real estate sales have been
made in Pinehurst and the Sandhills
cui’irij; ihe past few weeks, some of
• which are not yet ready for announce-
mc'nt. Kial estate men report still
others ptndiu:!. One sale was made
iluring the past week in Southern
Pines, recounted elsewhere in this is-
.^ue. In spite of the heart-bowed-dowQ
sentiment whi,h seems to saturate a
lot of liiis wide world conditions in
'the Sandhills ilo not seem to be as
dolor^;us as they might. Thei'e have
been numerous ineiuiries for property,
‘ both in the villages and in the woods,
all winter. The optimistic note is
growing m re persistent, for folks
irom the North have been looking
over the land and getting an idea
ol what they can secure “when secur
ities bring a piice again that will
make it 'wise to see them invest
in a Sandhills home.”
.Securities vs. Land
' It is somewhat surpiising to gather
up the frazzled rumors that come from
reliable sources as to the number
I of substantial persons who are cast
ing an eye on land in some form in
the vicinity. The only hindrance to
; buying is the financial situation, and
: it is more of a comparative thing than
I a real obstruction. Men of means have
1 their means in securities and securi
ties are so low that it is not a
I tempting course to close out stocks
: ani bones now to make real estate
investments, for the prospective bi;y-
ers figure, and no doubt with good
j judgment, that one of the first things
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U. F. POTTS SELLS LOT
ON MORGANTON ROAD
Following other recent sales noted
in The Pilot R. F. Potts announces
the sale of one of his attractive lots
j on Morganton Road, Southern Pines,
I facing the Country Club, to Mr, and
j Mrs. Walter T. Ives of Quebec. The
j purchasers are delighted with the cli-
■ mate and surroundings of Southern
. Pines and will take an early opportun
ity to erect a winter home on their
] property.
SOUTHERN PINES HOTELS
CLOSING FOR THE SEASON
The Hollywood Hotel in Southern
Pines closed for the season yesterday.
The Southland and' the Highland Pines
, Inn will close this coming Monday.
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