MOORE COUNTY’S
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NEWS-WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
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FIRST IN NEWS,
CIRCULATION &
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Aberdeen and Southern Pines, North Carolina, Friday, May 19, 1933.
FIVE CENTS
NEW SET-UP FOR
BANK OPENING IS
FILED WITH HOOD
Commissioner Announces Ap
proval of Plan by Reoonstruc*
tion Finance Corporation
R. F. C. OFFERS $600,000
Deserted Village of Moore County, 11,800 CAR PEACH
Once Beehive of Now Prey J CRQp ESTIMATED
to Ravages of Wild Life of the Forest
End of Will See Relief
'■•:S >ty Practically
Plarkewood, Abandoned Over 40
Years Ago, Housed Factories,
Hotel and 50 Dwellings
A plan differing in important par
ticulars from that filed on April 27
for organization of a new bank from
the assets of the North Carolina Bank
and Trust Co., the Page Trust Co.,
and the Independence Trust Co., was
on Tuesday filed with Gurney P.
Hood, State Commissioner of Banks,
who announced that he will take no
action on the plan before today, Fri
day.
Under the prior plan depositors
were guaranteed immediate payment
of 20 per cent of their deposits.
The corresponding provision in the
new plan was described by Commis
sioner Hood as follows:
“The Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration has definitely agreed to
■waive its right to a distribution on
xhe debts now due it by the existing
banks, until the depositors have re
ceived a 20 per cent payment. While
the new plan does not unreservedly
guarantee an immediate payment in
this amount, the agreement practical
ly means that such payment will be
made in a reasonably short period and
definitely assures the depositors of
lai'ger initial cash distribution than
would be received in the event of a
statutory liquidation.”
The capital strucWe has also been
materially reduced. Tho last setup
called for $800,000 in common stock,
the same amount of preferred stock
to be subscribed by the R. F. C. and
S400,006‘1t> «»cpluE. r- total of $2,-
000,000. Under the new plan there
will be $600,000 of each jape of stock
and $300,#V,. urplus, a rotal of $1,-
500,000.
To Assess Stockholders
Still another important difference
is that stockholders in the bank will
be sujected, to immediate 100 per
cent assessments under the double
liability statute.
A bill to permit such assessments
without liquidation having failed of
passage in the General Assembly,
Commissioner Hood announced that
liquidating agents would be appoint
ed immediately upon approval of the
plan by him.
Commissioner Hood is now consid
ering the personnel of these liqui
dating agents, but had not determin
ed Whether or not they will be se
lected from officers of the old banks.
The liquidating agents will be re
moved after the assessments shall
have been made and a committee of
seven set up, depositors having four
representatives, stockholders two and
the R. F. C. one. This committee of
seven will function for each of the
banks as a unit, regardless of the
number of branches.
In a statement issued this week by
Commissioner Hood, he said:
‘The new plans as now presented
to the Commissioner of Banks have
been definitely approved by the Re
construction Finance Corporation, both
from a legal and a practical stand
point and the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation has definitely agreed to
subscribe to $600,000 preferred stock.
Incidentally, this is the first case in
•which the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation has agreed to subscribe
for preferred stock in a state bank in
North Carolina.”
By John A. Leland
A deserted village in Moore County!
Forsaken by man for over 40 years,
it is jlaimed today by the wild life
of the forest that it has become.
Birds cry out that any intrusion of
their domain is unwarranted. Snakes
greasily glide along where once were
streets teeming with activity. Trem
endous trees, grown where mah
would never have let them, and in
terlaced with an impenetrable
growth of vines and 'bushes, hide from
view the buildings that are still stand
ing. Roofs level with the ground, with
rust-eaten machinery lording it over
the rotting shingles, are all that is
left of those that have fallen. Thus
is the Pompeii of Moore county, bur
ied under a slow-motion avalanche of
natural growth and time’s decay. In
deed, so completely does the explor- j
erer become imbued with its atmos
phere of dank antiquity, he is inclin- j
ed to think of Pompeii as merely the I
Parkewood of Italy, |
Parkewood, North Carolina, eight
Cabinet Member Here
Fund in
FOR SANDHILLS Exhausted;
44,000 Spent
Fruit Appears To Be About a|
Week Early; Orchards Report
ed in Fine Condition
HON. HOMEU CUMMINGS
Attorney General of the United States
GROWERS AID JOBLESS
The signs are that this will be one
of the most satisfactory peach crops
ever made in the Sandhills. Estimates
are for probably 1,800 cars, may be
more, possibly less, but the guess is
in that neighborhood. The crop is
early, maybe a week or so sooner
than ordinarily. The fruit presents an'
excellent appearance so far, with a'
likelihood that it will be of better
size than the average and will devel
op open and sound. |
A little hail has been encountered i
I so far, but on the whole the growing
stuff is in fine fettle. Drope have been;
right free, and the orchard men are
picking them up and disposing of
them more vigorously than was ever
before known, thus reducing the dan-;
per of.a crop of worms from the fallen.
fruit. Examination of the drop.s shows |
less infestation this spring than is:
usual. Aggressive spraying is also the \
, » • I policy, which indicates a moi’e gilt-
^ , 1. Slipping quietly out of his office in I ^
S!!' S.T ^ road to |.Washington last week-enH after two government p'lders will hold the
more rigid inspection than
High Falls, was the home of the j of the busiest months of his illus-,
North Carolina Millstone Company, i trious career, Homer Cummings, At-
manufacturers of millstones famed far! torney General in the cabinet of
and wide for their peculiarly excel- ■ President Roosevelt, boarded a Sea-
I The signs are that the bulk of the
crop will be packed in baskets as it
lent grinding qualities. The thriving | board train for Pinehurst. With him ^ greater skill to pack well in
town possessed, besides the factory! were a few associates in the Dc-
buildings, a hotel, postoffice, larg- j partment of Justice.
To Build New Dam
Aberdeen Lake May Soon Be
Filled, Thanks to Generosity
of Several Citizens
est store in the county, telephone line
to Carthage and Cameron, and ap
proximately .50 dwelling houses.
In 1870, Ed and
Lots of sleep, a little golf, a daily; increased cost. Picking up the drops
telephone conference with headquart-j orchards has been affording !
ers, an occasional swim in ®*^son s; employment along with
George Taylor,! Lake that has been tne routine ^ work, and this is showing its ef- i
owners of the Westminster Boiler i since Mr. Cummings and his cohorts; ^ ^ hottpv <»mnlovmpnt mn-'
Manufacturing Company, of West- j arrived^ They are occupying Mag- j*aijions in the orchard section genar-!
ally. Things are picking up in all di- ^
rections where orchards are carrying
minster, Md., started the develop- nolia Cottage, opened up
ment of Parkewood. They had ex-1 comfort by Pinehurst, Inc.
perimented with the deposit of “Moore I While strolling about town
for their
the
FILLING STATIONS TO COMPETE
FOR $50 PRIZE FOR NEATNESS
Filling station and road camp pro
prietors within a radius of five miles
of Southern Pines are beginnng to
spruce up their places of business and
Koing to see that they are kept up
from now until April 1st next. A res
ident of Southern Pines has offered
worthwhile prizes for the best plant
ed, best kept up, neatest and most
sanitary stations, and the competition
is expected to be keen. The rules also
provide that the least number of un
necessary signs about the place will
count a lot in the judging. First prize
will be $50, second $25 and so on down.
A certificate of merit will also be
awarded by the Southern Pines Cham
ber of Commerce.
claimed that, with the use of this
stone, a bushel of corn would produce
bushel and a half of meal. And
I ALLOTMENTS BY TOWNS
, Figures given The Pilot this week
by William V. Carter, Jr., assistant
'director of relief for Moore county, re
veal that when June 1st rolls around
the ^uni ol $-J3,939.38 wili have been
; spent in the county since October 1st,
out of a total of $44,525.00 received
I ii’oni federal sources. These figures
include an estimated expenditure of
I §1,500 for the month of May, which,
if correct, will leave a balance of
I $585.0)2 in the fund on June 1st.
; The report is an interesting one. It
shows the number of cases on file,
' 3,7.37, of which 1,557 are white, 2,-
; 180 colored; it states the number of
work projects as 129, all assumedly
pi’ojects aj)proved by the County Re-
j lief officials. It reveals the following
, expenditures of funds other than di-
. rect allotments to the various town
ships and villages:
! To the Moore County Hospital for
i relief cases receiving hospital treat-
I ment at the rate of $1.00 per day,
; $651.00.
! To Dr Symington, county physician,
$441.39.
I To relief administered by Dr. Sym-
! ington, by Wie county nurse and by
the Director’s Office of Relief,
I ?770.17. Seed for relief gardens,
! $516.82.
For painting the courthouse at
1 Carthage, $550.00.
j Administration costs, such as sala-
lies, travel, stamps, stationery, tele-
; phone, telegraph, rent for type'WTiter,
! etc., $1,865.00.
Some Moore county bills got | xhe allotments to the various re-
H ... ~ through, others died, during the last liet* committees of the villages of the
or now. With a promising crop em- • ” u « *-v, ri i ^ tne Viudges oi me
county from October 1st last to June
1st are listed as follows:
1 day.
Representative A. B. Cameron
rushed in a last minute bill to allow
The prospects for swimming in
he Aberdeen Lake this summer arc
very promising. A good sand beach
is nearing completion, and the lake
will fill to swimming depth within
one week after the dam is built.
As for the dam, The Pilot under
stands that several prominent,
livic-minded citizens with the wel
fare of the community at heart
have as good as promised to furn
ish the wherewithal.
The Pilot also has it that posts
and wive for fencing in the child
ren’s beach, and a diving tower are
all that are needed to make the
place a veritable swimming Utopia.
Labor will be furnished by relief
funds, but the materials must be
contributed. Who will kindly step
forward ?
Cases on File Total 3,737, Work
Projects 129, Report of Di
rector Reveals
crates and is more expensive without
the attendant benefit that comes from
SOUTHERN PINES
SCHOOL BILL DIES
UNTIMELY DEATH
General Assembly Winds Up
Session Notable for Shifts in
Taxation
1932 TAX PENALTIES OFF
county blue grit” found there, and other afternoon Mr. Cummings was right fair from now General Assem-
found it to be a stone pecyuliarly fit-j accosted by seven-year old Eva Fitz-.^^^ji jg jQ^ded and for- before its adjournment on Mon-
ted for the grinding of corn. They, gerald, daughter of Mrs. Fay Fitzger-j
I peaches will be moved by truck.
“Are you the Attorney General ? As a rule the general condition of, ■ ^ i •
Eva asked. | the orchards is good. Old ones that' "f penaltie.s m
such must have been the case, for “Yes, little girl, I am,” said Cum-; neglected have been pulled county and got it passed in both
within the next ten years a plant es-j mings. | out, but those that have been caicd! before the final gavel,
timated to entail an outlay of close | “Gee, I’m the only kid in school; growing the benefits of' . ' other hand, his bill to per-
to a million dollars was installed i who’s ever seen an attorney general,” j their care, and observers |say ,the ‘^^e Southern Pines special carter
around the “blue grit” deposit, and ■ and she went away wreathed situation today looks better ^ ”
Local Relief
District
Aberdeen
Cameron .
Number
of Cases
. 419
210
mills and millstones were shipped to
all parts of the United States and to
South America.
Shipped from Cameron
The first operation was to get the
rough stone out of the quarry by
means of a derrick. It was then taken
into the long, central factory build
ing, where it was put through the
various cutting, smoothing and “fur
rowing” processes, and made into
the finished millstone. A portion of
these millstones were sold outright.
Others were sent through the other
factory buildings to have portable or
stationary mills built around them.
A large foundry was built to furnish
the iron parts used in the mills. And
completed stones and mills were cart
ed 20 miles to the railroad at Cam
eron.
A double-boiler steam plant furn
ished the power for the factories, and
a smaller steam plant ran the saw
mill that furnished the lumber for
building the town. As the trees were
felled the town grew. Factories, stores,
office buildings, dwellingrs were built.
And a special structure was erected
to house the telephone apparatus.
Not just anycme could us«» that
telephone. You 'wrote your message
out on a special blank furnished for
that purpose and handed it to the
telephone operator, who did your talk
ing for you. At the top of that blank
was printed the following: “All mes
sages sent at risk of sender. Com
pany will not be responsible for de
lays or errors in transmission from
any cause. For messages sent from of
fices in Cameron and Carthage within
city limits a charge of two cents will
be made for delivery. North Caroline
Millstone Co. Telephone Line. G. A.
Taylor, Treasurer,”
J. T. Seawell, 83 years of age, who
lives at Putnam, three milea from
Parkewood, was the assistant post
master of Parkewood. He says that
dissension between the Taylor 'broth-
smiles.
3 Vass Men Hurt in
Automobile Accident
D. A. Smith in Serious Condition
in Sanford Hospital, McGill
and Keith Bruised
than it.has been for years. The grow-'^“""^’ passed the House on its g.
' three readings on three successive 9.
did not reach the Senate in'
Carthage 431
Eagle Springs ....312
Eureka 196
Glendon 160
Hemp 114
High Falls 220
Jackson Springs.... 75
An automobile accident in which D
A. Smith was seriously injured, Dun^
can McGill less seriously hurt and . „
Leon Keith scratched and bruised oc
curred eighteen miles north of San
ford last Friday evening when the
driver of the Vass car, in an effort
to avoid a collison with a New York
car, swerved the machine from the
highway, causing it to overturn twice.
Smith is in the Lee County Hospital
suffering from concussion of the brain,
bruises and numerous cuts which re-
-quired many stitches. While his con- Miss Mollie McKeithen, prominent
dition is critical, he is thought to be. resident of Aberdeen during a large
doing as well as could be expected.
is ready to come off demand may be
in shape to take it at a profitable fig
ure. But one ^hing is sure the crop
will be made at a low cost this year,
and the quality so far indicates the
best stuff ever made for the money.
Orchard men are hopeful.
MISS MOLLIE McKEITHEN DIES
AT HER HOME IN ABERDEEN
McGGill’s injuries kept him in the hos
pital overnight, but he is now much
improved.
The three, in Smith’s Pontiac, had
been to Raleigh to have some re
pair work done on the motor of
Smith’s truck and were returning with
Allotments
$5,263.91
1,997.54
4,193.42
2,495.84
1,952.74
1,345.52
1,257.28
1,699.08
1,216.10
539.16
1,315.00
296.00
4,169.12
3,997.63
2,046.56
ing to operate nine months will be 17 Vass 158 1 797 34
required to vote on the question of ^ jg, '^^gst End 133 l[l43!96
taxing themselves for the additional! Tojaj Cases, 3,737; Total Allot-
moTitlia J Tn6nts $38 0S6 3d
The bill to prevent sale of beer,; CasU and'allotments’by''townBhips
etc., within one and one-half miles of ^ave been as follows:
the Quaker Children’s Home was pass- Township Popula. Cases Allot.
ed and ratified before adjournment, 2,493 312 $2,495.84
but similar bills making High Falls Carthage 3,985 431 4,193.42
ers have learned some things even!
curing the depression, and where the senate in' k)_ Needham’s Grove 34
means has been available for caring'^*'"® died an untimely death. This n. Niagara 84
for the orchards more aggressive at-!^'^^ probably rnean a special election^ 12. Pinebluff No. 1 and
tention and work is bringing results.]’^ Southern Pines. The State under|J3_ Pinebluff No. 2 .168
The one thing that is of most con- legislation takes over the entire ^ 14. Pinehurst 259
cern just now is the price. It is re-! ® uniform eight months ^ Southern Pines ....386
ported that some low contracts have' *erm, but school districts wish- jg. Spies •. 378
been proposed, but not many are
I known to have been closed, and the
and Pinebluff temperate despite fed-
Deep River
738 160
eral legalization of beer failed of pas- Greenwood 2,053 210
McNeills ^6,045
Mineral Spgs 4,060
breaking 1931 session. In volume and
part of her long lifetime, passed away variety of laws placed upon the stat-
at her home here at one o’clock yes
terday afternoon after an illness of
sereral weeks. She was 76 years of
age. She had been residing for some
time with her sister-in-law, Mrs. L. B.
McKeithen, in Cameron but returned
to her old home here about three
sage.
The Assembly adjourned at 5.29'
o’clock Monday afternoon after 132 j jjjttgrs 1 542
days, nine days short of the record sandhill 4 554
T , J Sheffield _.2,745
ute books, it broke all legislative rec
ords in North Carolina.
Sales Tax July 1st
The acts of the 1933 General As
sembly will affect directly every cit-
824
467
220
587
535
Total
1,345.52
1,997.54
9,062.71
6,529.27
1,699.08
6,920.01
3,843.00
Allot-
Total Cases, 3,737;
ments, $38,086.39
H. Lee Thomas of Carthage, county
superintendent of schools, is director
of Moore County Relief. Serving as
chairmen of the local committees are
the repaired motor in the back of (weeks ago.
the car. As they were meeting a
wagon, a north bound car bearing a
New York license dashed from be
hind the horse vehicle in an effort to
pass it. As there wa» not sufficient
room for the car to weave between the
wagon and the Vass car Keith, who
was at the wheel, left the road rath
er than risk a mix-up with the car
and wagon.. Before he could get the
car back on the pavement it began
turning over and in the somersault
ing the car was badly damaged and
the truck motor again broken. It is
Miss McKeithen was a sister of N.
A. McKeithen of Carthage and A. A.
McKeithen of Aberdeen, both of whom
survive. She leaves many other rel
atives and a large circle of friends
to mourn her going. Funeral serv
ices will be held this afternoon, Fri
day, at 3:30 o’clock at the Bethesda
Presbyterian ChurA, the Rev. E. L.
Barber officiating. Burial will follow
in Bethesda Cemetery,
izen of the State—particularly the the following;
general sales tax of 3 per cent which H. W. Dotfb, Aberdeen; J. M. Guth-
will become effective July 1. This de-, rie, Cameron; O. B. \Velch, Carthage;
parture in taxation stands to over
shadow all else done by the law-maL-
ers in their long stay here, eclipsing
even the realization of the eight-
months State school term.
Other revolutionary legislation al
ready has become effective. Beer be
J. W. Page, Eagle Springs; Mrs. W.
McC. Blue, Vass, Route 1; C. R. Scot-
ten, Glendon; J. C. Cummings, Hemp;
J. F. Davis, High Falls; R. G. Math-
ewson, Jackson Springs; W. D. Shan
non, Pinebluff No. 1; Mrs. Harold
Paget, Pinebluff No. 2; J. A. Mills,
came legal on May 1. Banks ar^ now, Pinehurst; Dr. E. L. Prizer, Southern
operating under radical statutes ■ Pines; W. B. Graham, Vass; D. A.
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MUSIC RECITAL POSTPONED
,Owing to the death of Miss Mollie
thought that some of Smith’s injur-' McKeithen yesterday the music recit-1 substituted for the five year statute
ies were caused by his coming in! al of pupils of Mrs. Dan I. McKeith- j that has been on the books for many
conUct with this motor. en, which was to have been held to-
The New Yorker, whose car was night, Friday, in the High School
unharmed, carried the injured men to | auditorium, has been postponed until
the hospiUl. Monday night next.
enacted under the stress of the gen-! Patterson, West End; Mrs. Jacques
eral bank holiday in early March. Di-! Busbee, Needham’s Grove; C. L. Dut-
vorces are bein(» filed under the two- ton, Niagara, and W. J. Baldwin,
year separation statute which was Spies.
W'ith the General Assembly ad-
I journed. Governor Ehringhaus plana
Important sequels to the session’s ^ a short vacation and possibly an oper-
I ation for gallstones, it is reported
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