MOORE COUNTY’S
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Aberdeen and Southern Pines, North Carolina, Friday, May, 12, 1933
FIVE CENTS
MISS RICHARDSON
WINS IN LEGION
BEAUTY CONTEST
Daughter of Former Mayor of
Southern Pines Crowned “Miss
Sandhill” by Judges
MISS NAOMI MELVIN, 2D
Miss Dorothy Richardson of South
ern Pines became “Miss Sandhill” on
Wednesday night. The attractive
daughter of S. B. Richardson, former
mayor of Southern Pines, was ad
judged the winner of the American
Legion Beauty Pageant before a
crowd which overflowed the High
School Auditorium. Forty-five young
ladies of the Sandhills paraded in
evening gowns before the three out-
of-town judges, and the process of
elimination was the most difficult
task they were ever called upon to
perform, they stated.
The evening was a great success.
Not only was there the parade of
beauties from all the villages of the
Sandhills, but an entertaining pro
gram of music and dancing was put
on between the successive elimina
tions. Among the numbers presented
were Miss Maidie Lee Wade, soprano
soloist; Stuart Cameron, baritone; the
Misses Katherine Buchan and Alice
Abel in duets, and selections by the
Causey brothers. The Darktown Four,
Messrs. Buchan, Montgomery, Vann
and Woolley, assisted by the Legion
quartet, Messrs. Cameron, Duniop,
Shepherd and Adams, staged a min
iature show which scored a decided
hit. Miss Ruth Thompson won the
plaudits of the crowd with her tap
dancing. Mrs. Ruth Thompson presid
ed at the piano.
Miss Richardson is a graduate of
Southern Pines High School and is
at present serving as secretary in the
offices of Reinecke & Company, con
tractors. Second place in the contest
went to Miss Naomi Melvin, daught
er of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Melvin of
Aberdeen. The judging dwindled down
to four before the choice of Miss
Richardson was announced, the oth
ers, in addition to Miss Melvin, being
Miss Katie Lee Ward and Miss Lil
lian Johnson, both of Southern Pnes.
Miss Richardson was sponsored by
the Highland Hardware House, Miss
Melvin by the Coca Cola Bottling
Works of Aberdeen.
/joving Cup tQ Winner
A beautiful loving cup was present
ed to the winner by R. E. Denny in a
few well-chosen words. Miss Rich
ardson will represent Sandhill Post
of the American Legion at the State
Legion convention, Wrightsville Beach,
in August. The State winner to be
chosen during the 1933 National con
vention.
The entire affair was beautifully
staged and run off by Ted Pauley and
his assistants, profsssional produc
tion men.
The success of the affair was due
in great measure to the cooperation
of business firms who sponsored the
different coRtestunts and the attrac
tiveness of the group was enh^inced
'by gowns furnished by local shops.
After the pageant, a large part of
the audience repaired to Odd Fellows
Hall where a dance was held in hon
or of the successful contestant.
Among the entries in the Beauty
Pageant were the following:
Miss Katherine Melvin, Miss Sally
Matthews, Miss Ruth McNeill, Mrs.
Clarence Edson, Miss Pauline Poe,
Mrs. Ruth Warner, Miss Pat Lumpkin,
Miss Dorothy Richardson, Miss Alice
Weatherly, Miss Alice Abel, Miss
Anna Christian, Miss Katherine Wy
lie, Miss Lorena Montesanti, Miss Te
resa Montesanti, Miss Charlotte
Miles, Miss Jeanette Welch, Mrs.
Fred Blue, Miss Catherine Graham,
Miss Ruth Mclnnis, Miss Katie Lee
Bride of Sandhills Business Man
MRS. FRANCIS M. DWIGHT
Miss Jessie Mae Sugg of Eiierbe is
Bride of F. M. Dwight of Lakeview
Popular Member of Vass-Lake-
view School Faculty Weds
Prominent N’urservman
A wedding of interest to .a wide cir
cle of friends in both North and South
Carolina and especially in the Sand- j
hills was solemnized at high noon on.
Wednesday in the Ellerbe Presbyter- j
ion Church when Miss Jessie Mae,
Sugg of Ellerbe and Francis M. |
Dwight of Lakeview were united in j
marriage.
Intimate friends and members of |
the two families attended the cere- ^
^ jnony, which was beautiful in its dig- ^
nity and simplicity. The vows were ^
spoken before the bride’s pastor, the .
Rev. W. G. Thomas, and the ring I
ceremony was used.
The church was attractively decoi’- j
atcd for the occasion. Stately long |
leaf pines formed a lovely background
for tall baskets of laurel and Dor
othy Perkins roses, and candles on
tall white standards, ivy-twined, cast
a soft glow upon the scene.
The wedding music was furnished
by Mrs. Ralph Cox of Ellerbe, and
“Meditation” and “Melody of Love”
were among the numbers. Prior to the
ceremony. Miss Annie Dougherty of
Boone sang “The Sweetest Story
Ever Told.”
First to enter was Miss Anna Bell
Sugg, sister of the bride and her
only attendant. She was becomingly
attired in Ashes of Roses crepe and
wore a shoulder corsage of pink roses,
sweet peas and daisies.
To the strains of the Bridal Chorus
from Lohengrin) the bride entered
with her father and joined the bride
groom and his best man,
Golf All Summer
tn t-Vio Mn. 1 miirse
of the Southern Pines Country Club
open throughout the summer
months was reached at a meeting
of officials of the club held yester
day morning. This news will be
enthusiastically leceived by busi
ness men and I'esidents of the town
who appreciate the value of the
open golf course to the community
throughout the year.
'Special summer rates 'will be
made, and the greens fees for daily
play made most attractive, it was
said. The club is expected to be
used more this summer than us
ual, as many persons accustomed
to going away summers plans to
remain this year.
WOMEN SHOWING
GREATER INTEREST
IN GOVERNMENT
^ginning To Realize Their Part
in Investment in Future Says
Mrs. V. Z. Reed, Jr.
PRAISES CHIEF EXECUTIVE
SOUTHERN PINES
ASKS POWER TO
LEVY SCHOOL TAX
Cameron Introduces Bill To Sup
plement Funds, Fixing 30-
Cent Limit
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MOORE COUNTY BOARD OF
EDUCATION IS NAMED
The General Assembly on Tuesday
finally enacted the omnibus bill nam
ing boards of education for the coun
ties of the state. Those named to
serve for Moore county are as follows:
Dr. J. F, Davis, C. P. Jones, J. W.
Graham, J. E, Muse and F. W. Von-
Cannon.
A bill to permit the Southern Pines
I Special School District to supplement
I its school fund was introduced in the
I General Assembly at Raleigh last
' Saturday by Representative A. B.
' Cameron of this county. In the words
Minto ' of the bill, it provides:
Before her departure for Colorado
on Wednesday, Mrs. Verner Z. Reed,
Jr., of Pinehurst, said she proposed to
discuss with women in Denver the
advisability of forming a branch of
The Sentinels there. “I believe,” said
Mrs. Reed, “that the women of Amer
ica are becoming more and more keen
ly interested in affairs of government.
Our vote is still so new a thing that
until recently we were apt to con
sider politics as 'belon^ng almost
completely in the masculine realm, or
as a peculiar and uninteresting hob
by of the relatively few women w'ho
devoted time and attention to it. Now,
however, I feel that all thinking wo
men realize that they are living at a
time when history is in the making
and that it is not only our invest-1
ment in the future but our duty to,
our children to take an intelligent,
interest in what our legislators are
doing.
“Although it is not to be hoped that
everyone will agree on the best meth
ods to be pursued by the administra
tion—for that would be the millenium'
—yet I feel that we must all agree
that the present administration is do
ing all in its power to bring about
a speedy return to normal prosperity.
If there are some who feel that our,
Chief Executive is asking for more |
powers than Congress can riffhtfullv
uestow, they snouia realize that un-^
usual niiuations require unusual rem- ^
edies. There can be no comparison be
tween the earnest activity in Wash
ington today and the Congi’essional j
apathy and apparent inability to:
function that marked our former ad-^
ministration. It is so easy to criti-'
c'ze and destroy and so difficult to
construct any thing worth’,vhil“. thatj
I think we should applaud the cour-,
! age and effectiveness of our Pres-1
1 ident so far and give him oi'.r con-;
! fidence and support and a lair trial
! before making any criticism. 1
' “Senator Bailey was recently sub-,
jected to some criticism for voting
against certain administration meas-,
ures. His letter to his constituents ^
published in last Sunday’s newspap-,
ers was intensely interesting. Wheth-|
er or not one agrees with his views ,
Senator Bailey is to be congratulated i
in his courage and honesty in stat-j
ing them clearly for the people of j
North Carolina. It is to be hoped that |
the voters will have more of this kind
of contact with their representatives.
Indeed, it is to promote just this kind
of intimacy and understanding between
voters and lawmakers that The Sen
tinels was organized. It is to be hoped
that Congressman Lambeth will find
the time and the inclination similar
ly to favor his constituents.
Birds and ^eer
Pinebluff Apparently Does
Not Believe They Go
Well Together
DISASTROUS FIRE
SWEEPS BUSINESS
SECTION OF HEMP
Here’s hoping birds don’t like
beer.
A week ago Pinebluff citizens
voted to make their village safe
for the feathery ones. They estab
lished the town as a bird sanc
tuary.
Now, at their request. Represen
tative A. B. Cameron has intro
duced a bill in the Legislature for
bidding the sale of beer in the
village.
Moore county will be arid in
several spots if 'bills introduced by
Mr. Cameron during the past week
become law. One forbids the sale of
“wine, beer or other beverage au
thorized to be sold under the Rev
enue Control Act of 1932 within a
radius of one and one-half miles
of the Quaker Children’s Home.”
Another would make the village of
Hiph Falls dry in the same man
ner.
Postoffice, Laundry and Stores
Are Gutted by Early Morn
ing Blaze on Sunday
3 TOWN'S SEND APPARATUS
j The most di.sastrous fire to visit
I Moore county for some time destroyed
I five buildings in the heart of Hemp
: early Sunday morning and threaten
ed the entire business section of the
little village in the north end of the
! county. The loss has been estimated
! as close to .?50,000.
The business establishments burned
. out were the Hemp Laundry, Child’s
^ store, the Standard Mineral Com-
j pany’s warehouse, a billiard room and
a barber shop. The Hemp postoffice
i was also destroyed. The adjoining
; brick bank building, now used as a
I dry goods store, was saved.
! First news of the fire reached this
I .section shortly after 5 o’clock Sun-
jday morning when a telephone call for
j aid was received by the Southera
' Pines Fire Department. Chemical ap-
I paratus made a fast run to the scene,
! delayed only by a stop for gasoline in
j Carthage. Caiih-’ge and Asheboro
IN IRA ni IP P A r'P ' apparatu-, the Carthage de-
’ iJljrWIUCi \jL!< partment, first on the scene, doing
I splendid work in confining the blaze
Defeated bv Pinehurst. Vass and arrival of aid from the other
DROPS 3 GAMES
! towns. The firemen met a serious wai
ter situation by pumping from a
barrel placed beneath a railroad water
tank, the tank filling the barrel as
rapidly as the engine pumped it out.
It was a bad week for Southern! 'The only hydrants w'ere located near
Pines, not so good for Aberdeen, per- the Pinehurst
Cameron; Vass Shuts Out
Aberdeen to Tune of 5-0
PINEHURST WINS IN 9TH
County Baseball League.
Southern Pines has lost three games
since the last issue of The Pilot.
Aberdeen won one and lost one, but
started in the laundry.
The loss of the buildings, compris
ing nearly half of the 'business sec
tion of the village, is a severe loss
M 1 i V J r 1. i to Hemp, especially coni'.ng at a time
the one it lost was a bad one, for its . . , , ,
' when conditions preclude much possi-
great rival of the 1932 season, Vass-
y.akeview, scored a shut-out victory,
5 to 0. Pinehurst won its only game,
defeating Southern Pines 6 to 5 last
Saturday.
Dwight, of Eastover, S, C., at the al- " “That Southern Pines Special Char-
tar. She wore a gown of poudre blue | ter School District, in the County of
crepe trimmed with self color lace,' Moore, as heretofore and now exist-
and carried an arm bouquet of roses, | ing, shall hereafter be authorized and
sweet peas and daisies. ^ empowered, under existing law appli-
The ushers were Edwin Dougherty c^ble to said district, to levy and col-
of Boone, Harris McRae, Buick Wood-1 annually a school tax upon all
ley, Jimmie Cowan and Leo Bryant, j-ajja,bie property in said district to
all of Ellerbe. i supplement the funds received from
Follovring the ceremony the wed-; operation and main-
ding party and out-of-town friends tg^ance of said schools in said dis-
were guests at a delightful reception ^ ^ ^^t exceeding thirty cents
I on each one hundred dollars of taxa-
(Please turn to page 8) | property in said district.... and no
: law enacted by the General Assem-
ABERDEEIN, SOUTHERN PINES jbly now in session shall have the ef-
STORES CLOSE WEDNESDAYS | feet to repeal any existing law appli-
j cable to said school district, to the
Stores in Aberdeen and Southern j extent of the levy of taxes herein au-
Pines will be closed on Wednesday thorized, whether such law be gener-
afternoons starting next week. May al or special, unless by the specific
bility of rebuilding. There was some
insurance on some of the burned
structure, and it is hoped that ar
rangements may be made to replace
at least one of them. Unemployed will
That Southern Pines-Pinehurst work clearing the debris and
game played at Pinehurst was a hum- ,.emoving the eyesore of ruin in the
dinger. During the first four innnings , town.
Southern Pines found Herndon, Pine- ^ ^j;g t^e west side of
hurst pitcher, for enough hits to pile Southern Pines called out the de-
up a lead of five runs. And Pinehurst partment there later on Sunday morn-
couldn’t get a man across the plate. ^ ^he house of James Simons, near
Not until the last of the seventh. Then baseball field, was aflame when
trouble started. Two runs were scored ^j,e firemen arrived. It took 400 feet
off Tew, S. P. twirler, one of them j^^gg reach the building from the
a home run by Smith. Ketchum re- ng^rest hydrant on Leak street. One
placed Tew in the box in the last of | ^ Q^ni on the second floor and one
the eighth and retired the side after ^ j,|jg jj,g ^ouse were badly damag-
Pinehurst had worked the score up ■ g^j
to 5-4. Spivey broke up the game in
Seymour, Avery Attend
Depositors’ Meeting
Finid Plans for Reorgaiuzing
Page Trust Company Have
Not Reached Final Stage
17th, until September 20th, as is the
usual summer custom. Merchants of
both towns took action during the
week, and agreement was practically
unanimous among them to observe
the Wednesday half-4voliday during
the warm months.
terms of such act, the law applicable
to said school district conferring pow
er to levy and collect such taxes in
said school district is repealed and
abrogated by mention of said school
district by name in such repealing
clause.”
At a meeting of depositors of the
Page Trust Company’s Aberdeen
branch, held in the Community House
here last Friday evening, G. C. Sey
mour and L. T. Avery were named to
represent them at the meeting of de
positors of all branches, held Tues
day in Raleigh. Upon his return from
the Raleigh meeting Mr. Avery stated
that they had a conference with Gur
ney P. Hood, State Superintendent of
banks, and submitted to him a set of
questions which Mr. Hood took under
consideration. Mr. Avery also report
ed that discovery was made at the
Raleigh gathering that the bank re
organization had not reached a fin
al stage yet, that apparently definite
arrangements had not been made with
the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion. It is understood that Ralph W.
Page is in Washington this week
working on the reorganization plan
with Treasury Department and R. F.
C. officials.
Mr. and Mrs. Vittum
Weds 50 Years Ago
the ninth with a long double which
sent the winning Pinehurst run in.
At Vass on Tuesday Southern Pines
lost to the tune of 6 to 2. The game
was featured by poor base running Southern Pines Residents Cele-
on the part of the losers, timely hit-, brate Golden Wedding witk
ting by Vass. Batteries: For Vass, ^ Daughter in California
C. Wilson and D. Wilson; Southern
Pines, Ketchum and McMillan. | Mr. and Mrs. Albert Vittum of
Cameron won the Wednesday game Southern Pines and Beverly, Mass.,
at Southern Pines despite good work: observed their golden wedding anniver-
by the Southern Pines battery. Tew
and McCall. The battery for Cameron
was Loving and McFayden. Tew' was
given poor support in the field, and
Southern Pines wasn’t hitting the
ball. The game ended 6 to 1. A large
crowd was on hand.
Aberdeen Games
The league champions, Aberdeen,
sary on Sunday, April 30th at the
home of their daughter, Mrs. W. R.
Shock, in Glendale, California, where
they spent the winter. A special des
patch to The Pilot from Beverly says:
The wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Vit
tum (Nellie A. Besse), took place in
Peabody, Mass., where both were
born, on April 30, 1883 and in 1887
took Cameron into camp on the local j they moved to Beverly when Mr. Vit-
diamond last Saturday to the tune tum purchased the Beverly Times.
of 5 to 2. Cameron’s infielders couldn’t
hold on to the ball. Neither team was
doing much hitting, Cameron getting
but five safeties off Bill Huntley and
Aberdeen nicking Loving for the same
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Mr. Vittum, who was one the
best known editors in the state, learn
ed his trade as a printer in the offico
of the Peabody Press and later become
associated in the business. He made
the Times one of the best knowi
weeklies in Massachusetts and estab
lished the daily in 1893. It proved
ABERDEEN SEINIORS TO successful from the start and has
PRESENT COMEDY TONIGHT | always been a power for community
I advancementment. Mr. Vittum, a thor-
“And Home Came Ted,” a comedy ough newspaper man took a keen in-
in three acts, will be presented by the j terest in the affairs of the city, ad-
Senior Class of Aberdeen High School
at the school auditorium tonight, Fri
day, at 8 o’clock. Those taking part
are Jim Gailey, Madeline Folley,
Hazel Palmer, Allan Freeman, Kath
erine Johnson, Fred Weaver, Raymond
O’Cain, Hazel Adcox, Clifton Blue,
Mozelle Darnell and Henry Wilder.
vocated many of the projects whic
have helped to make the city one
the most progressive in the state-
Vittum sold the Evening Time^
Dec. 20, 1919 to Walter E. Hubba
of Brattleboro, Vt., and later publish
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