MOORE COUNTY’S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
THE
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 13, NO. 32.
THAOE
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PIMKBLUPF
PILOT
FIRST IN NEWS,
CIRCULATION &
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill T “dtory of North Carolina
Aberdeen and Southern Pines, North Carolina, Friday July 7,1933.
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SCHOOL SYSTEM IN
COUNTY REDUCED
TO S DISTRICTS
Consolidations Bring Figure
Down from 23, Southern
Pines Excepted
RECOVERY PLAN
MAY PUT 200 OUT
OF JOBS AT HEMP
FIVE CENTS
Hemp May Be Adversely Affected by the “New Deal
Order To Cut Schedule to 80
Hours a Week Means $2,500
Payroll Loss
MOOT QUESTIONS SETTLED RAYON INDUSTRY HARD HIT
Consolidations have reduced the] Unless exception is made in its case,
Moore county school system from 231 the Pinehurst Silk Mill at Hemp, lead-
districts formerly operated, outside {ing industrial plant of Moore county,
of Southern Pines, to eight districts, is going to be adversely affected by
As announced in The Pilot last week, the National Industrial Recovery Act,
the Southern Pines special charter dis- and a measure intended to put more
trict has been classified as a city ad- people to work will result locally in
ministrative unit to include the ter-! throwing some 200 out of employment
Relief Problem
Serious as U.S.
CurtaSs Funds
County Gets But $2,400 for July,
Asks Families “To Look Else
where for Sustenance”
Plant of the Pinehurst Silk Mills, Inc., at Hemp in Moore County.
WORK PROJECTS VITAL
ritory formerly certified as such.
The consolidations resulting in the
eight new school districts in the coun
ty are as follows:
1. Glendon, Putnam and Carthage.
2. High Falls, Dover, Mt. Zion,
Moody, Acorn Ridge, Cedar Hill,
and in cutting a weekly payroll of
over $7,000 down to around $5,000.
Throughout the depression, as told
in another column of this week’s Pilot,
the Pinehurst Silk Mill has kept its
looms spinning, has kept 600 residents
of Moore county steadily employed,
Pinehurst Silk Mills Have Kept 600
Steadily Employed Thru Depression
Nearly 300 Looms Turning Out
110,000 Yards of Dress Goods
Weekly in Moore County Town
Hemp, Needham’s Grove, Melton and i has kept thousands of dollars in circu-
Brown’s Chapel. lation.
By John A. Leland
You can pass through any num
ber of shabby, down-at-the-heel South
ern tovms today, and on the outskirts
of each you will find the cause of the
poverty that is written so plainly on
the faces and abodes of the people—
a textile mill. There it stands in fun
eral silence, surrounded by its row
3. Cameron. Three shifts have been employed,
4. Vass-Lakeview. each working 48 hours, or a total of
5. Eureka. 144 hours weekly. The “‘New Deal”
6. Pinehurst. calls for two shifts of 40 hours each,
7. Aberdeen. I a total of 80 hours a A^eek, a schedule
8. West Philadelphia, East Phila-i which in its application to the cotton j
delphia. Rock Hill, Eagle Springs, j textile trade is expected to put more' ® nan e wor mens
West End. I people to work. But it accomplishe^J the
These are white districts. Districts j opposite result in the rayon industry,
for the negro schools will be laid out; according to W. P. Saunders of the
in like manner, it is stated. I Hemp mill and other leaders in his
Of interest to special charter dis- j line of manufacture. The measure
tricts are the answers to certain ques-! threatens to put 2,000 out of work in
tions, such as continuance of boards | Burlington alone. An article in the
of trustees, unused and unspent bal-j Burlington, N. C., Daily Times-News
ances in such districts, uncollected tax; of last w’eek says:
levies, etc., made last week by At-1
tomey General D. 0. Brummitt to!
Superintendent of Schools A. T, Al-j
len, as follows:
Trustees Retained !
“1. In a special charter district,
whether it is or is not classified as
an administrative unit, the existing
board of trustees and their duly elect
ed successors will, under the proviso
at the end of the second paragraph
in section 4 of the (school) act, be re
tained as the governing body of such
district. The membership of such
board, as vacancies occur, will be chos
en in the manner as heretofore set
up under the particular special char
ter.
“Such a district, when not created
into a city administrative unit, be
comes a part of the county school sys
tem and the county administrative j
unit. Teachers in such a school are!
to be selected by the board of trus
tees, subject to approval of the county
superintendent of schools, and sub
ject to the making of the contracts
State Administrator?
(Please turn to Page 2)
Golf Tourney July 12th
for Hospital Benefit
Kiwanis Club to Stage Second
Handicap Event for Child’s
Bed Fund
An open golf tournament for the
benefit of the Moore County Hospital
•will be staged on the Southern Pines
Country Club course next Wednesday
afternoon by the Kiwanis Club of
Aberdeen. Anyone is free to enter
-who has one dollar, and the dollar
goes toward the support of a bed in
the children’s ward of the hospital,
each dollar meaning one day’s hospi*
talization for an underprivileged child.
There will be no green’s fees, the
Country Club generously waiving this
item.
'Kje tournament will be on a “Kick
er’s Handicap” basis, whatever that
means. Chairman Bob Shepard of the
committee in citarge says so and is
supposed to know what he is talking
about. He also says there will be
prizes, and that play will start, right
after the Kiwanis meeting to be held
in Southern Pines Wednesday noon
which means that play will begin
around 2 o’clock. There will be no
prize for the most strokes taken, so
Charlie Picquet is not entering.
Everyone is invited to participate.
The last tournament, held at the Pine
hurst Country Club, netted $30 for
the hospital bed fund. Fifty dollars
more is needed to complete the fund
of $365, support of a bed for a year,
and it is hoped that fifty players will
participate next Wednesday.
Defeats Own Purpose
Application of the new govern
ment control of industry, regulat
ing inachinc and employment
hours, will defeat its own lofty
purpose locally by throwing out
of employment in the Eiurlington
area approximately ”,000 indivi
duals, unless civic and community
interests are combined at once to
argue the point with Washington
officials.
Even then the course may not
be deviated to save these indus
trious and happy eniployees from
unejnployment and suffering, but
the latitude of the act, and it is
believed that analytical perception
of those who, finally, will direct
the course of events, are such as
to base a foundation of hope if
the matter is argued clearly.
In the scheme which has given
to the nation what is looked upon
as “a radically new deal,” the in
tent of President Roosevelt was
to put more people to w-ork. There
is nowhere involved in the princi
pal of the act the slightest indi
cation that it is desired to put
people out of work.
Many leaders believe that, in
cases such as exist here, officials
will be inclined to make excep
tions to the general rule, in order
to keep those at work in their
places. It will be a serious conse
quence here, if exception cannot
be had, when approximately one-
third of those engaged in the cot
ton textile, silk and rayon weav
ing industries, must be discharg
ed and their earning power stop
ped.
Time to Act
The Chamber of Commerce, oth
er civic bodies, all citizens inter
ested in protecting what the com
munity has, and it has nothing as
big in comparison as its industry,
should become active immediately
and should be heard by strong rep
resentation before those officials
in control of the act when public
hearing is given to the silk and
rayon group as has been done al
ready in the cotton field.
When 2,000 persons are thrown
out of work and their pay envel
ope left in the box, the effect is
widespread in the community. It
not only effects the individuals,
but the merchants, the doctors,
the dentists, and every phase of
economic and business activity.
Asks Public Support
The situ&tion is the same in Moore
county. The Hemp mill has by far the
largest manufacturing payroll in the
county. Upon the successful operation
houses.
And if you are from Moore county,
as you pass by and observe those
things you can say to yourself “Here,
but for the grace of God, lies Hemp.” |
For Hemp has a textile mill. There is |
no funeral in Hemp, however. That |
mill is a busy one, and the brightly!
painted houses around it are occupied I
by the families of men who are hap-f
pily working. The answer is to be!
found in that magic word, that infan- i
tile Giant among industries, Rayon! j
Hemp as a luwu bcaK lu me
time when an old plank road was
crossed by the Norfolk-Southern Rail
road. And a crossroads town it re
mained until a little over a decade
ago. When the Country Moore Mill,
Inc., was established there, for the
manufacture of cotton textiles. It w’as
a small mill having 96 looms and
working only 150 men, and its pros
perity was shortlived. The stock mar
ket crash and the paralysis of indus
try in general, and the cotton textile
industry in particular, caused the mill
to be put on the market for sale.
Rayon Saves the Day
It was bought on September 10th,
1930, by the present owners, and the
same was changed to the Pinehurst
Silk Mill, Inc.. The mill was made
suitable for the production of rayon
cloth, and with that change in its pro
duct it entered into an ero of pros-
periy that has lasted steadily through
HENRY R. CLARK,
PIONEER PEACH
Fishing Trip and Tennis Match
Precede Heart Attack
Which Proves Fatal
CAME HERE IN BOYHOOD
i A serious problem of relief con-
I fronts Moore county and its subdivis
ions.
Federal relief funds for July have
: been cut to a minimum. It will be im-
I possible for the Moore County Relief
I organization to carry the load on the
! funds now available.
! “We strongly urge all families now
I on z’elief to look elsewhere for suste-
I nance,” was the gist of a statement
I issued during the week by the county
i committee.
; Compared with April, the July al-
! location of federal funds is negligible.
I For the month of April Moore county
I received $7,000. in relief funds. For
j July the allocation is $2,400, a cut
of more than 66 per cent.
The answer is that the Reconsti’uc-
tion Finance Corporation is no lon-
FRANK PAGE
Funeral services for Henry R.
Clark, 71, pioneer peach grower of
North Carolina and for years one of
the outstanding men of the Candor
section was held Tuesday afternoon
at the home of a daughter, Mrs. T.
K. Sutton. Mr. Clark died suddenly
Monday night of a heart attack. He | engaged in the financing of relief,
.was buried in old Bethesda cemetery, j functions are left to this body
i Aberdeen, where a brief funeral serv- ^^voted to the rehabilitation of
lice was conducted. Rites were in The new National Industrial
i charge of the Rev. Mr. McDuffie of : provides for relief
Candor through projects recommended by
i Henry Rollin Clark was born Oc- ^^ate administrators and approved by
itober 23, 1861, in Nashua, N. H., the
son of Nelson Clark a native of Mas
sachusetts and Catherine Coe Clark,
native of Connecticut. His boyhood
Frank Page, vice president of the
Wachovia Bank & Trust Company andj^^^^ snent. in Av «
former head of the State Highway i young man he moved to North Car-
Johnson.
Must Find Projects
And it boils down to this: Commun
ities must find projects of commun
ity benefit which will provide a max-
Commission of North Cai’olina, is be-joHna, and upon coming to the Sand- employment and which can
ing prominently mentioned as State
Administrator under the National In
dustrial Recovery Act. The appointee
will have direct charge of the expen
diture of millions of federal funds in
the state under President Roosevelt’s
be started promptly. And the com
munities must share part of the fi
nancial burden, but under the easiest
of long term payments.
Southern Pines Chamber of Com-
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Southern Pines School
hill section he translated a dream into
the first commercial peach orchard
in the state. He was married in June. |
1888, to Miss Mary Isabel Page, who,
died in 1918.
Mr. Clark was the embodiment of directors, at a meetmg Monday,
recovery program. Mr. Page formerly j a rare dignity, and his action was *l‘scussed the situation. The problem
lived in Aberdeen, is a brother of the| (;)^at'acterized by an accurate jud>'’.. serious. There aie many fam-
late Walter Hines Page, ambassador | ^ent of men and affairs. He was a
to Great Britain during the World | pioneer in spirit as he was in fact, f«^eral funds received through State
War. and a sportsman who lived close to channels cannot longer be
the out of doors. The morning of the | What is the answer? Some
day he died, Mr. Clark spent fishing.' r>voject as the proposed munici-
The preceding day he played several auditorium which could be started
sets of tennis. He was active in mind at once and would provide work
for a large number in the section.
The Chamber has recommended the
project to the Board of City Commis-
GUARANTY BANK
NAME CHOSEN FOR
NEW INSTITUTION
Greensboro Will Be Headquart
ers and N. S. Calhoun is
Slated for Presidency
The Guaranty Bank will be the
name of the new institution formed
, from the Page Trust Company, the
District Election Au^« 9 j North CaroUna Bank & Trust Com
pany and the Independence Trust
Residents Must Register Anew
for Special Referendum on
9-Months Term
(Please turn to Pag* 3)
Residents of the Southern Pines
School District will vote on the
question of continuing their schools
on a nine months basis at a special
election to be held on August 9th.
A new registration book will be
opened at the office of the City Clerk
in Southern Pines tomorrow, Satur
day, and those residing within the
limits of the school district must reg
ister then or one of the three follow
ing Saturdays to become eligible to
vote. Those desiring to vote MUST
register for this special election, as
no previous registrations will be tak
en into consideration.
The Southern Pines School Dis
trict covers considerably more area
than Southern Pines proper. It runs
from, a point near “Charlie’s Place”
on the road to Aberdeen northwest
half way to Pinehurst, crosses the
Midland or double road near Col
Hawes’ residence, runs over to in
clude the village of Niagara, cross
ing the Seaboard tracks at Fleet sid
ing and extending to the Hoke county
line, following the line of the Fort
Bragg reservation and over the hill
side back of The Paddock down across
Company of Charlotte. The main office
will be at Greensboro.
These details were decided at the
organization meeting held, behind
closed doors, in Raleigh last Friday
when representatives of depositors and
stockholders of the three banks and
of the Reconstruction Finance Corpor
ation gathered. The following were
elected to the board of directors: N. S.
Calhoun of Greensboro, W. A. Wat
son of Charlotte, N. L. Foy of Wil
mington, J. P. Gibbons of Hamlet,
Kenneth C. Royall of Goldsboro and
Raleigh, and J. H. McEwen of Bur
lington. Others will be added later.
Page Trust depositors were repre
sented at the organization meeting
by G. C. Seymour of Aberdeen, Troy
Smith of Liberty, Alexander Webb of
Raleigh, and R. L. Lambeth of Thom-
asville. Ralph Page of Aberdeen and
J. C. Ligh of Hamlet represented the
stockholders.
and body, a man keenly alive to the
developments of the age, a philoso-|
pher whose balanced thinking was
seasoned with a never failing humor.
He lived quietly, simply, courageous-
•y-
He is survived by the following
children: Robert Page Clark, of Ham
let'; Everett and Paul Clark, of Can
dor; McDuffie Clark, of Nitro, W. Va.;
Mrs. T. K. Sutton of Candor; Miss
Jessie Page Clark, of New York City;
Misses Josephine and Isabel Clark of
Greensboro, Eleven grandchildren also
survive.
State School Board
Turns Down Aberdeen
Petition for Local Administrative
Unit Here Denied at Raleigh
Session
Aberdeen was denied its request for
the establishment here of a lutal
school administrative unit when a del
egation appeared before the State
School Commission in Raleigh on Wed
nesday. The local school board must
now proceed with plans for the oper
ation of the Aberdeen schools under
'he terms set up by the last General
Assembly, which means an eight
months term at considerably reduced
sioners. It is understood the City
would have to bond itself or give
notes for a part of the amount receiv
ed from the Government for the build
ing, and whether the Commissioners
will approve of this is a question.
Some maintain the City should not
become further obligated, despite the
easy terms arranged by the Govern
ment. Others hold that should each
community decide against obligating
itself for improvements, the purpose
of the National Recovery Act would
be defeated and Mr. Roosevelt’s pro
gram for recovery become inoperative.
The “New Deal” calls for cooperation
between communities, states and the
nation, and without cooperative ef
fort little can be done toward putting
people back to work, increasing earn
ing power and spending powe^", and ul
timate recovery.
Other local communities as well as
Southern Pines should be considering
projects to aid employment and set
the wheels of recovery in motion.
Hospital Cut Off
Another blow to local charitable in
stitutions came this week in the form
of a letter from the Governor’s Office
of Relief in Raleigh.
No more payments from Federal
Emergency Relief funds are to b«
th» week, .nd N S C.lhoun » esfblUhed local
inently mentioned for president. Hei
Elm
expense, a teaching principal and no,
superintendent. The schools operate Permitted to hospitals for relief cases,
under the county superintendent. The Moore County Hospital has been
To date only five school districts receiving some money from this source
was formerly president of the North
Carolina Bank & &Trust Company,
and for several years with the Wach
ovia Bank.
A move to serve an injunction to
halt organiza*'on of the new institu-
Southern Pines,
City.
Morven and
PEACHES MOVING
Peach shipments by rail and truck
Bethesda road and back to U. S. No.}*'®" launched last week at Char Sandhills orchards, with
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atonum. Those living within this area 1 ____ I seasons and good prospects lor satis-
are tntitled to vote if registered.
Please turn to page 5)
factory prices.
to aid in caring for charity patients.
“Support of institutions is a nor
mal responsibility of local communi-
tiea, which must be met by local
funds,” the letter states, quoting
Harry L. Hopkins, National Relief Di
rector.
PICQUETS MARRIED 25 YEARS
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Picquet of
Pinehurst will celebrate their silver
Wedding anniversary tomorrow, Sat
urday. They were married in 1908.