MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
THE
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 13, NO. 28.
SPAIN63
LAKEVICW
HAHLfiY
SPRIhOS
PILOT
FIRST IN NEWS,
CIRCULATION &
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Aberdeen and Southern Pines, Nortn Carolina, Friday June 9, 1933.
FIVE CENTS
4'
Grade Crossing Elimination
as Unemployment Project
Championed by Lambeth
Af' r>
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Graduating: Class of Southern Pines High
Congressman Sees Big- Oppor-|
tunity To Save.Lives Through
Use of Federal Aid Funds i
$9,805,300 FOR N. C.
In a statement given The Pilot
this week Representative Walter Lam
beth of this Congressional district de
clares for a program of ^rade cross
ing elimination in North Carolina
through the use of Federal Aid funds.
Mr. Lambeth saya:
With the Industrial Recovery Bill
nearing enactment in a form appar
ently very little subject to change
so far as the main features of the
program are concerned, I believe that
our people are ready and eager for
an early start along the lines of ad
vance proposed. Especially, perhaps,
Our Johnny
Johnny Allen,
former Aberdeen
Hotel clerk, now
star pitcher of the
New York Ameri
can League team,
let the hard hit
ting Philadelphia
p , Athletics down
with but one hit
in a game play
ed during the past
M J week, and struck
out the champion home run hitter
of the league, Jimmy Foxx, three
times in succession.
is this true of the public-works title.' VfJI TTll HU TAI)AY
I want t odiscuss briefly the opportun- -I v/U 1 H V/l 1 \JUr\ 1
MUST REBUILD A
BROKEN MORALE
briefly the opportun
ities presented in the way of highway
constinction, with particular refer
ence to the elimination of some of the
grade crossings now responsible for
many deaths and injuries every year.
Section 204-a of the bill as amend
ed in the House reads: “For the pur
pose of providing for the emergency
construction of public highways or
related projects, the President is au
thorized to make grants to the several
States in an aggregate amount of
$400,000,000. Sec. 204-b proceeds to
change the basis of apportionment
among the States from the one pre
viously existing, so that the $400,-
000,000 will be apportioned one-fourth
to area, one-fourth to mileage and
one-half to population, instead of
one-third each for population, area
and mileage. Thereby it is estimated
<unless this provision shall be chang
ed) that North Carolina will receive
$9,805,300, an increase of $180,000
over what otherwise would have been
her due.
The term “grant” is used in the
sen:e of a free gift. No grant need be
matcS'.ed to any extent whatever by
the State. Limitation to 30 per cent
of the cost of labor and materials,
affecting a wide variety of other pro
jects opened to States, counties, muni
cipalities, etc., and even private en
terprise, with provisions for supple
mentary loans do not concern us here.
I call attention to the further fact
Dr. Julian Miller Pleads With
Graduates to “Make Democracy
Safe for the W’orld”
16 AWAFJDED DIPLOMAS
Upon the shoulders of the young ,
people graduating from high schools j
and colleges today falls the task of
rebuilding the morale of America and
Americans, the discovering of a new
philosophy of life, because we of the i
present generation in control have
fallen down. Dr. Julian S. Miller, asso
ciate editor of The Charlotte Observ
er, told the Senior Class of Southern
Pines High School and those gathered
with them for their graduation exer
cises in the school auditorium on Wed
nesday night. Dr. Miller delivered one
of the finest addresses heard in this
section in a long time.
Apologizing for the chaos wrought
by his own generation, a period mark
ed by war and destruction of life and
property, by a general breaking down
of our economic, moral, religious and
education system, he expressed re
gret that “there is no one to tell you
what you should do.”
Constitutional government is being
thrown out the window. We are pass-
20 Pet. Cut in
Valuations in
County Realty
Commissioners Vote for Hori
zontal Reduction Rather
Than Revaluation
SET DAYS FOR HEARINGS
At the regular meeting of the Board
of County Commissioners held on
Monday, it was ordered that a hori-
I zontal cut of twenty per cent be made
in the valuation of all real estate itt
Moore county for taxation for the
year of 1933. Many of the counties in
the state are this year making a hor
izontal cut in the valuation on which
last year’s taxes were based, in or
der to give relief to taxpayers, rath
er than to entail the expense of a
revaluation. This twenty per cent cut,
i added to the relief effected by the
State’s providing for the eight months
schools, should make a considerable
reduction in county taxes this year.
In some cases, additions and im
provements have been made on real
estate since .April 1, 1932, snd in other
cases the opposite is true, buildings
have been removed or destroyed. To
adjust su.h property values, the Com
missioners will sit as a Beard of
Equalization and Review and hear
those who wish to have adjustments
made on the 19th, 20th and 21st of
June. On Monday 19th, citizens of
I Sandhill and Mineral Springs town-
' ships will be heard; on Tuesday 20th,
Reading from left to right, Top Row-^Rob ert Cameron, John Adams, Charles Beck; Middle those viaving property in McNeill,
Row—Eleanor Adams, J. D. Arey, Jr., Ruth Travis, Harold Tate, Mary Welch and Robert Dorn; i Carthage and Greenwood townships
Bottom Row—Margaret McCall, Hunt Fisher, Allan Thurman, Patricia Hyde and Carlisle Page, and on the following day, those having
property in Bensalem, Sheffield, Rit-
I ter and Deep River townships will
present their cases.
The Board voted to levy the niaxi-
; mum “Schedule B” taxes authorized
by the public laws of 1933 to be levied
ARF'RFIF'F'N TF AM
■rt.ULill'A/Lil.ii 1 HJaEaTI jjjx collector was ordered to
: proceed to collect said “Schedule B”
Russell Crashes into Pinehurst taxes.
Serious School Problem Confronts DIRTY BASEBALL
Authorities in Southern Pines TO WIN FOR
Reduced State Appropriations,
Unless Supplemented Locally,
Will Mean Meagre Facilities
Favor Bank Plan
Page Trust Depositors Here
Vote for Liquidation and
Reorganization
By Bernice Kenyon Gilkyson
The School Board of Southern Pines
is very anxious for every resident to Aberdeen depositors of the Page
understand the facts about the change, -frust Company at a meeting held in
in our school system. To most of us, the Community House last Friday
Player in Last Desperate Ef
fort to Save Game
WEBB IS KNOCKED OUT
It was ordered that the improve
ments at the jail and county home be
made at once.
What, More Beer I!
Applications for license to sell beer
jn this connection that the new road . , , , w
. ing through a political revolution, con-
appropriations are additional to the j »
... ... .1 verting cherished democracy into a
already existing ones, which, as enact-; , ^
«d by the last Congress, did
quire matching by the States
To Spend $400,000,000
For the total expenditure ot the j upon the shoulders of these young
^400,000,000,000 the Bureau of Pub-j persons to reshape democracy. Wood-
Jic Roads in the Department of Agri- row Wilson said something about
culture will have the primary respon-, making the world safe for democracy,
fibility as under the Federal High-' you have got to make democracy safe
•way Act of 1921. The Federal district | for the world. You must decide on our
engineer will be its representative, as j form of government, must build
before. But I shall presently quote a anew.”
provision for enlisting the services j Dr. Miller emphasized the import-
of the State Highway Departments ance of building a new morale. Our
or Commissions; and no doubt where, faith is shaken, he said, in all lines,
as in North Carolina, the organiza- j We have neglected the building of
tion is thoroughly competent, it will, manhood in our mad rush forward in
<be given wide scope. Especially will
Outplayed by Pinehurst in a Moore were approved, as follows:
the proposed change from a nine- night, voted unanimously in favor of County League game on the .Aberdeen Herbert Stutz, for the sale of beer
months school term, under part State the proposed plan for organizing a Wednesday afternoon, the Hemp; N. P. Ray for the sale of
^ to an new bank to take over the closed Page ^ ^ ^ j i beer in Southern Pines; Williasi L.
.Aberdeen team resorted to dirty base-
and part District support,
^ . eight-month school term entirely un- ,Xrust Company, the North Carolina resorxea lo si^onds, Aberdeen, for the sale of
. 'form of socialism. At present we are der State support, means only one|gank & Trust Company and the In- ninth inning beer on the premises of Mrs. Creel;
« y t e ast ongress, i no re j,j anything which will re-j thing: the children will go to school dependence Trust Company of Char- its effort to win with the itesult ! c. N. Boaz, for the sale of beer in
lieve the American people of their, for one month less than they have lotte. The vote was taken after the that one man was knocked out and or near Cameron,
staggering burden. But it will fall | been going for most of the past thirty i^rge number present !had listened the contest ended in what for a mo-; j. T. Spiegle was granted the right
years. This does not look serious, as ^ to the report of the committee which ment threatened to be a free-for-all to peddle lawful wares in Moore
one month of school more or less looked into the plan for liquidation fight. 1 county for a period of one year from
does not seem so very important. But and reorganization. Pinehurst led from the first inning, date free from tax on account of his
the facts are far different from whatj it is understood that most of the when it scored two runs off Pitcher being a disabled W'orld W'ar veter-
they appear to be on the surface. towns in which the Page Trust Com- Bobby Pleasants of Aberdeen by clean an
The following facts and figures ^ pany has branches have passed fav- hitting aided by those fielding. Three
have been compiled to show you how orably on the new bank, though Ral- more runs were added in the second.
it presumably function with regard
to feeder or secondary roads as pro
vided for in Sec. 204-2.
An important provision: Neither
under construction within municipali
ties nor upon payments per mile do
the limitations of the Federal High
way Act apply.
Regarding labor, it is provided that
TJO convict labor may be employed,
that “so far as practicable and feas
ible” no employe other than execu
tives, et al, shall work over thirty
hours a week, that preference in em
ployment shall be given specified |
classes beginning with ex-service ^
men and local residents, and that “just
and reasonable wages” shall be paid.
Getting down to the spwific provis
ions fo|r grade-(brossing elimination
and related matters, I quote from
Sec. 204-a-l: “For expenditure on the
Federal-aid highway system and ex
tensions thereof into and through
municipalities. The amount apportion
ed to any State under this paragraph
may be used to pay all or any part
of the cost of highway construction,
including the elimination of hazards
things really stand.
Up until the present time, the State
eigh depositors are objecting. After and Aberdeen picked up a couple of
^ a meeting this week a request was runs. There the score stood going into
has been presumed to support our | made of Commissioner of Banks Gur- the last of the ninth. Then, with one
schools for six months of each year. | ney P. Hood to extend for one week out, Bradford McLean got to first on
For this it has levied a 15c land tax.' the time limit for depositors to reg-' an error. Folley fouled out. Bill Maur-
In order to provide the additional | jgter objections to the plan, but Mr,
three months of schooling, and to Hood has expressed himself as op-
D. Mack Parson was appointed con
stable for McNeill township upon his
posting bond in the amount of $260,
the same to be in force and effect un
til December 1, 1934.
It was ordered that the M. M. Way
tract of land ot 84 acres known as
er made first on another error. Me-1 the M. C. Stutts land, Carthage town-
Lean getting to third from which he i ship, be listed for taxes for 1933 as
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Moore County to Get
$3,060 for June Relief
Receives First Installment this
Week. Improvement in Em
ployment in State Reported
Moore county receives this week
the first of four installments of $3,-
060.00 allotted to the county for June
relief, the Governor’s Office of Relief
sending the checks out to county
treasurers to be followed by the three
other installments as the month
passes.
North Carolina will have $651,300
available for June, about 13 per cent
less than was i-equested of the Re
construction Finance Corporation, and
about 20 per cent less than the
$866,000 received for May.
“Reports from all sections of the
State indicate a considerable improve
ment in employment,” the report
said. The lesser amount available is
expected to be sufficient to take care
of the more pressing needs, especial
ly in view of the general reports of
improvement in eniployment.
scored on a wild pitch.
Leonard Russell came to bat. Two
out, two runs needed to tie the score.
maintain all year two extra high-1 posed to ®ny extension. The time lim-
school teachers and one extra elemen-; it expires June 19th.
tary teat’ier (all three of which have Notice of assessments for 100 per-
been absolutely necessary to prevent | cent of their stock holdings have been j One man on base. It was a tense mo-
overcrowding in classrooms and to sent to all stockholders of the Page' ment for the large crowd of Aber-
keep the school work up to standard), Trust Company, and unless payment I deen rooters who had seen their team
the Southern Pines School District jg „,ade by June 22nd, judgments will' go six innings without a run and were
has levied an additional tax, 33c this be docketed. I having their first excitement in a
1 long time. Russell swung at a low
SOUTHERN PINES SEEKS R. F. C. ball, sent it high in the air along the
past year. Thus the citizens of the
Southern Pines School District have
been paying a total tax of 48c for
operation of their schools. Actually,
the money given us by the State has
by no means covered the cost of six
FUNDS FOR MUNICIPAL HALL
The directors of the Southern Pines
Chamber of Commerce, at a special
months schooling without the three meeting held yesterday, voted to send
extra teachers. It allows us only
about half the cost of fuel. It gives
us only $310. a year for janitor ser
vice in two large buildings. It gives
us not one cent for maintenance of
the school buildings, and not nearly
Dr. L. B. McBrayer to Washington
to look into the possibility of secur-
first base line. First Baseman Webb
I 74 acres as per a survey by the coun
ty surveyor. To correct a similar er
ror, the W. H. Branson tract, listei
previously as 100 acres, was ordered
listed as 80 acres, the correct acre
age, for 1933 taxes. L. E. Weather-
spoon was relieved of $500 valuaticii
on real estate on account of the de
struction by fire of a dwelling, the
same to apply to 1932 and 1983.
Money for support was allowed as
of Pinehurst was under it, ready for j follows: To Sam McNeill, McNeill
the catch which would end the game, township, for support of four orphan-
But before the ball hit his glove, | ed nieces making their home with
something hit him a hard enough blow him, $5 per month; to Mandy Wil-
to knock him out. Russell had crash
ed into him on his way to first, pur-
ing funds from the Reconstruction posely, to all appearances. Russell
Finance Corporation for the build- [ claimed he did not see him, a thin COMEDY TONIGHT TO BENEFIT
liams, Carthage
month.
township, $2 per
ing of a Municipal Hall in Southern excuse, for there is no reason for a
Pines. Frank Buchan was named to baserunner not seeing where he is
enough sanitary supplies to keep the'appear before the Board of Town Com-j going. Umpire Phillips of Southern
schools clean. The citizens of the {missioners to ask that_body to send Pines called Russell out for interfer-
Southern Pines School District have, a representative along with Dr. Me- i ing with the catch. The excited Aber-
been, by their local tax of 33c, trans-jBrayer. I deen rooters crowded on the field.
forming their schools from crowded, | Players gathered around Webb, lying
under-staffed, and out-of-date six- A huge still of 30 gallons capacity prostrate on the diamond. A few fists
month schools into warm, clean, was captured last week near Cam- [ started to fly but cooler heads prevail-
healthy, modern, well-run nine months eron by a federal officer and two ] ed. Aberdeen claimed Russell was not
deputy sheriffs. One negro was j
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FUND FOR ABERDEEN DAM
“The District School,” a play
sponsored by the Aberdeen Home and
Garden Chib, will be produced by lo
cal talent tonight, Friday, at 8:00
o'clock at the Dixie Theatre in Aber
deen Lake dam. The admission fee is
to be 15 and 25 cents. Leading citizens
of Aberdeen are to play the princi^
pal parts and a full house is eif-
pected.