MOORE COUNTY'S LEADING NEWSWEEKLY THF A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 13, NO. 22. ^ ^^arthaoe CACUE SPniNCS /ukKEwiew I W»ST E.HO ilACKSOH iPRIMOS aOMTHCpN PIM&9 PILOT FIRST IN NEWS, CIRCULATION & ADVERTISING yPINEBLUFP 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 o <2*. FIVE CENTS Proposed New Theatre Building' for Southern Pines <•4 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 m 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;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 (Please turn to Page 8) 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 j (Please turn to page 8) 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. ‘.’lav -a.