MOORE COUNTY’S
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NEWS-WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 13, NO. 35.
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FIRST IN NEWS,
CIRCULATION &
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Aberdeen and Southern Pines, North Carolina, Friday July 28, 1933.
FIVE CENTS
SATURDAY FINAL
REGISTRATION DAY
FOR SCHOOL VOTE
Question of Retaining Nine
Month Term To Be Settled by
Referendum Aug. 9th
BOTH SIDES ACTIVE
Tomorrow, Saturday, is the final
(lay for registration for residents of
the Southern Pines School District
prior to the referendum on Wednes
day, August 9th, when the question
of continuing a nine month school
term for Southern Pines will be de
cided. Registration books, in charge
of former Sheriff D. A1 Blue, have
been open on each Saturday since July
8th, and Mr. Blue reports a heavy
listing. His headquarters are at the
Municipal Bu'lding, where those de
siring to vote 01) the 9th shouH enroll
their names tomoiiow. Only those
registered may vote.
The school question has been dom
inant throughout the community all
week, with each side endeavoring to
enlist support for either the nine
month term, which requires some sup
plement of local funds or the State
supported eight month term with its
curtailment of faculty, abandonment
of special courses and limited funds
for maintenance. Those in favor of
maintaining the present term argue
its importance in interesting north
erners in making their winter resi
dence here, in keeping those winter
residents who already have homes here
and children in school here; how much
it means to the merchants and profes
sional men of the community; how
the loss of the commercial course
would affect many students whose on
ly training for the future lies in this
course; how dangerous it would be to
engage school bus drivers at the low
rate of the State budget, and so forth
and so on. The arguments of the
eight month State-supported school
proponents are based on the saving in
volved if there is not local supplement
for the ninth month and for necessarj'
additional teachers and somewhat in
creased salaries to maintain the pres
ent high standard of the school.
Blue Clad Veterans of Other Years
Here to Fight War of Depression
World War Heroes With Croix
de Guerre Among 150 Encamp
ed at Jackson Springs
Money Still Needed
For Aberdeen Dam
Bathing Project May Have To
Be Abandoned if Funds Are
Not Raised Promptly
A number of additional subscrip
tions to the Aberdeen Lake Dam Fund
were received during the week by
Chairman G. A. Charles, but Mr.
Charles is fearful that work will have
to cease if more money is not raised
during the coming week. The fund is
still shojt about $250 of enough to
complete the project which means
clean, supervised bathing facilities for
young and old of the community. Resi
dents of all sections of the Sandhills
are urgently requested to “see it
through” and forward donations, large
or small, to Mr. Charles at Abei:^een
this week.
The Pilot published a partial list of
contributors to the fund last week.
Here are additional subscribers:
E. B. Maynard, Linwood Pleasants,
Francis Pleasants, Malcolm Pleasants,
Craig Maynard, Leon Seymour, Frank
Shamburger, Jack Taylor, H. L. Wiley,
A. L. Bumey, R. M. Caldwell, Arthuh
Siachos, .^ohn Marchos, Lee R. Page,
Fred Weaver, Jr., Jack Allred, Mr.
Williford (Penders), Mack 5 & 10
Cent Store, Dan Farrell, George Hunt,
J. A. Lawrence, G. C. Seymour, W. D.
Caviness, W. C. Fownes, Jr., J. R.
Page, Mrs. H. A. Page, Jr., Miss Alma
DuMeer, Dick Page, Jr., Mildred Page,
Hardin Gunter, Jr., Mary Spencer
Harrington, Rebecca Page, Betty Blue,
Lawrence Johnson, Gaynell Guinn,
Mrs. Freeman.
AUGUSTINE HEALY DIRECTOR
OF STATE REPEAL COUNCIL
Aujrustine Healy of Southern Pines
has be<;n named as a member of the
Board of Directors of the United Coun
cil for Repeal in North Carolina. This
is the organization which is conduct
ing the drive in the state to have the
18th amendment removed from the
jiatonal constitution. The board ap
pointed contains 127 prominent men
and women of the state. Mr. Healy
represents Moore county.
By John A. Leland
Company 2412, Civilian Conserv-a-
tion Corps, arrived in Jackson Springs
Wednesday morning. One hundred and
fifty blue clad figures alighted from
the train that had brought them from
Fort Bragg, and set about inspecting
the place that is to be their home for
at least the next ?ix months.
Being on hand for their arrival, and
knowing that this Company was to be
composed entirely of veterans, I ex
pected to fitness a scene reminiscent
of World W’ar days, when troop trains
full of noisy, rough-housing young
soldiers used to pass through town.
On their way to a lark, they thought
then.
But the War turned out to be not
as much of a lark as they expected,
and those who didn’t become disillus
ioned then have since become very
much so, in their efforts to find a
job in a country that is still suffering
from the effects of that War. And the
passage of 15 years doesn’t make one
any younger.
The transition was most apparent
and pitiful. No one would recognize in
this collection of serious, sober, mid
dle-aged men the romping youngsters
of a few yeai’s ago. They airived quiet
ly, left the train quietly, and walked
about or loafed quietly while their
gear was being unpacked.
“Where’s the boss?” I asked one
of them, who was leaning against a
tree smoking a pipe.
“Huh?”
“Can you direct me to the com
manding officer?” I asked enunciat
ing slowly and clearly.
“Huh?”
“WHERE IS THE MAJOR?” I
yelled, mad clear through at this dumb
yokel who couldn’t understand English
as it is rightly spoken. It was then
that I noticed the scar on his face.
“Oh, the Major. He’s over there
bossin’ the unloading.”
And I left to hunt t!.e Major. After
you’ve made a fool of yourself, you
can’t ask a man where he received his
wound, and if that is what has made
him deaf.
Major S. G. Biady, 17th, Field Ar
tillery, is in charge of the men. Un
der him they have been under inten
sive training at Fort Bragg for the
last month, to fit them for their ddties
in the field. And under him they will
spend the next six months in this
community, cutting fire break trails
and doing fire prevention work in gen
eral.
“Since the first of April” says Ma
jor Brady, “the Army has recruited,
assembled and reconditioned 300,000
men. Six thousand of these have been
sent out from Fort Bragg since the
latter part of April.
“These men here saw active serv
ice overseas in the 30th and 81st Di
visions, and most of them came from
Eastern North Carolina. Several of
them were decorated for bravery. Two
have the Croix de Guerre, two the Dis
tinguished Medal, and two the Purple
Heart.
“Several of them were officers.
One was a Captain one a First Lieu
tenant and one a Second Lieutenant.
The First Lieutenant is a graduate of
Boston Tech and a Civil Engineer,
“And two of them are Spanish-
American War Veterans, one 59 and
the other 60 years of age!
“The mess is good here, and the
general living conditions are good. The
men will live in tents, and we expect
soon to have a total of 190 men at
work. All we of the Army have to do
with them now, since their training is
over, is to feed them and give them
shelter, and to pay them their $30.00
a month. Their work in the woods will
be under the supervision of forestry
experts.
“They are a good bunch of men, and
I can safely say that they are all glad
to be here and working.”
So says Major Brady, and I believe
that he is right. That they aren’t the
irresponsible youths they once were
is but natural considering the exper
iences they’ve had here as well as
abroad. They are fighting the depres
sion now, as they on«e fought the
Germans, and I believe they like this
fight the better.
Jail Now O. K.
Painting Finished and County
Commissioners Look for Re
lease from Indictment
The Moore County Jail has been
painted and renovated in general
and the commissioners feel that
they have justified themselves so
far as this score is concerned. The
improvements and repairs will be
passed on by the grand jury at its
next coming together and this
body’s recent indictment of the
commissioners for previous failure
to act will undoubted be quashed.
The commissioners are planning
to follow up the jail work with re
pairs and painting at the county
home, after which the county prop
erty will be in ship-shape condi
tion.
SAYS PAGE TRUST
DEPOSITORS NUST
VOTE FOR NERGER
Judge Stack’s Ruling Delays
Plans for Organization of
New Guaranty Bank
BANK ATTORNEY APPEALS
TELEPHONE RATE
RELIEF IS GRANTED
SOUTHERN PINES
Company Alters Schedule to Per
mit Monthly Instead of Seas
onal Minimum
VICTORY FOR TOWN BOARD
The Board of Commissioners of
Southern Pines was informed this
week that its long fight for monthly
telephone service rates instead of sea
sonal rates had been won, that no lon
ger would winter residents, here for
short stays, have to pay for service
for the full season in order to have a
telephone.
Due to many complaints from tem
porary residents the board took the
matter up with the Central Carolina
Telephone Company about two years
ago, and has been pounding away on
the subject ever since. R. S. Durant,
general manager of the company, in
formed City Clerk Howard Burns on
Tuesday that his company had agreed
to the new schedule permitting one
month minimum charges, and that the
approval of the Corporation Commis
sion was assured. The new schedule
will in all probability go into effect
early this fall. It will mean a large
saving to winter residents who former
ly paid for service for several months
more than they used it.
Frank Page Named on
Public Works Board
The Page Trust Company will not
be permitted to take a part in the or
ganization of the Guaranty Bank
along with the North Carolina Bank
and Trust Company and the Inde
pendence Trust Company of Charlotte,
according to the order issued by Judge
A. M. Stack last Friday, until stock
holders, creditors and depositors of
the bank have been given an oppor
tunity to oppose the merger.
Albemarle depositors of the Page
Trust C mipany took exception to the
docision sincc they were seeking: a
pennanyni; order to prevent tin Page
Trust Company from participating in
formation of the new bank and have
appealed to the State Supreme Court.
Defendants in the action, represented
by K. C. Royall, have also appealed
to the supreme Court in an effort to
make possible immediate establish
ment of the Guaranty Bank.
Judge Stack dissolved the restrain
ing order as far as it applied to ra-
organization and reopening of the
Page Trust Company as proposed in
a notice filed in the office of the clerk
of Moore County Superior Court and
other counties, but he ruled that this
notice did not contain mention of the
proposed merger with other banks.
U. s. 1 Paving, Broad
St. Extension Urged
Delegations from Sandhills at
Highway Board Hearings on
Monday and Tuesday
41 P. C.
Number of Families
Federal Funds Greatly
duced Since March
Reduction of 41 per cent in the
number of families in North Car
olina aided by federal relief funds
is shown in June from the peak
load of aid reached in March, de
clining from 164,000 to 92,272, Ron
ald Wilson, acting director of re
lief, has reported. The decrease
from May was about 13 per cent,
or from 111,778 familes.
Three causes are assigned for
the decline: improved business con
ditions, a seasonal decline and sup
port given families by young men
employed in the civilian conserva
tion corps. Six counties, however,
have heavier relief loads than at
any time during the year, these be
ing Cherokee, Swain, Dare, Colum
bus, Franklin and Hertford. The
piedmont area is not represented in
this group.
Moore county had a total of
1,027 families receiving aid dur
ing the peak month of March, as
compared with 863 families in
June, the last month, Mr. Wilson’s
figures show.
Tax Rate of
V Cents Set
byCommission
Reduction of Three Cents, With
20 Percent Cut in Valuations,
Means Big Saving
BUDGET IS TENTATIVE
2d ANNUAL FIELD
DAY AT SOUTHERN
PINES SEPT. FOURTH
Ball Game Between League
Champions and All-Star Team
to Feature Program
MANY EVENTS CARDED
One of Three Appointed by
Roosevelt to Formulate Pro
gram for North Carolina
Frank Page of Raleigh, formerly of
Aberdeen, was one of the three named
by President Roosevelt this week to
formulate a public works program for
North Carolina. The other two named
were Dr. Herman G. Baity of Chapel
Hill and John Devane of Fayetteville.
The President appointed boards for
the 48 states, three members for each
state except Texas, four for Texas.
The boards are to formulate pro-
g rams calling for projects for employ-
ment-boosting federal expenditures
which can be started promptly.
LIFE SAVING EXHIBITION
AT V.'ATSON LAKE SUNDAY
There will be life saving exhibitions
and a big swimming party at Watson’s
Lake this Sunday afternoon, put on
by the Moore County Chapter of the
American Red Cross with A. L. Adams
of Southern Pines, chairman of the
Life Saving Committee, in charge.
The program will contain a demonstra
tion in artificial respiration, various
ways of saving persons from drown
ing, some fancy diving, swimming
strokes, etc., and the general public is
invited. Go to the Eastern Beach end
of the lake. Thoae desiring transpor
tation should apply to Mrs. E. L. Priz-
er, Mrs. James Milliken or A. L.
Adams.
VASS WINS GAME
Vass-Lakeview defeated Southern
Pinee 10-6 in a Moore County League
game played yesterday on the South
ern Pines diamond.
A number from the Sandhills were
among the U. S. Highway No. 1 dele
gation which presented a petition for
the paving of Route 1 all the way from
Aberdeen to Rockingham to the State
Highway board at its hearing on Mon
day of this week. Southern Pines was
represented by Dr. L. B. McBrayer
and Shields Cameron, the Kiwanis
Club by Gordon Cameron, Pinehurst
by Robert Denny and Raymond John
son, Aberdeen by Frank Shamburger
and G. C. Seymour. Rockingham,
Sanford were also represented.
It is fairly well assured that the
road will be paved from Aberdeen to
Drowning Creek, and it is hoped that
the highway board will see fit to con
tinue it to Rockingham, the road from
Drowning Creek to Rockingham being
much in need of repair.
Other sections of the county were
in Raleigh urging highway construc
tion, Judge Humber, Sheriff McDonald
and S. R. Hoyle asking the hard sur
facing of Route 70 from Carthage to
the intersection of Route 1 near Tram
way. Cameron and Vass had delega
tions present to argue for inclusion in
any proposed route from U. S. 1 to
Manchester. The route, if built, will
go through one town or the other and
there is a merry little war on between
the towns.
On Tuesday another Southern Pines
delegation went to Raleigh on the
Broad Street extension project, saw
Chairman Jeffress of the Highway
Commission and appeared before the
full board, Dr. G. G. Herr of the
Chamber of Commerce and E. C. Ste
vens presenting the plea for a con
nection with No. 1 highway at the
northern end of town to carry South
bound traffic through the business sec
tion over a railroad underpass. Town
Commissioner Frank W'elch and City
Clerk Howard Burns accompanied
Herr and Stevens. The delegation feels
optiiiiistic over the chances for inclu
sion of the work in the State prog^ram.
BIRTHDAY CLUB PRESENTS
$40 TO COUNTY HOSPITAL
The big Moore County Field Day,
celebrated last summer at Pinehurst,
will be held this year on the baseball
field at Southern Pines, it was an
nounced this week by the master of
ceremonies, Charles W. Picquet. The
date has been set for Monday, Septem
ber 6th, Labor Day, and the feature ^
event will be a baseball game between! yeais ago
The tentative tax rate as set by the
county commissioners at a special
meeting held on Friday is 68 cents,
which is three cents under last year’s
rate. This three-cent reduction alongr
with the twenty per cent horizontal
cut in valuation decided upon by the
Board a few weeks ago will result in
a considerable savii.g to the taxpay
ers.
“The commissioners looked with
right much disfavor at appropriating
anything that could be left off,” said
Chairman Wilbur Currie in duscuss-
ing the budget. “We are trying to op
erate the county as economically as
we can.”
The Board of Education had asked
for five home economics teachers and
three agriculture teachers for the
county. This would have made it nec
essary to raise the tax rate four
cents over the tentative 68-cent rate,
Mr. Currie said, and the commission
ers felt that this would not meet with
the approval of the majority of the
people. Likewise, the request of the
Board of Health for an appropriation
of $700 for a dental clinic was turned
down.
The Board felt that salaries of
county officers had been reduced pre
viously until they were in line with
the eeneral scale, with the exception
of the salaries of the Judge of the
Recorder’s Court and the County So
licitor, and Judge Humber and Solic
itor Boyette voluntarily took a reduc
tion of twenty percent of their salary
bringing the
the winning teanVof ’the Moore Count'y compensation to $1,600 per
onH a „:no ..f fhc. yea'' and the Solicitor’s
League and a nine made up of the
stars of the other five teams of the
league.
The admission prices for - the big
event have been established at 25
cents for adults and 15 cents for chil
dren, the proceeds to go toward cov
ering expenses of running the league
during the present season. Should
there be a balance after these expen
ses are met the league teams will di
vide it.
Here’s the program of events re
leased for the press this week by Mr.
Picquet:
Three events will be arranged for
the Junior League which will be; A.
Sack Race. B. Three-legged Race. C.
Potato Race.
General rules covering all events,
except the Junior League—No man
will be eligible to compete unless he
has taken some part in at least five
to $1,200.
The tentative budget provides the
following expenditures:
Schools—Current Expense, $5,750;
Debt Service, $10,450.
County—General and Court, $42,-
150; Poor, $7,634; Health, $7,055.
Funding Bonds, 51,013; Court House
Bonds, $14,019; Highway Bonds, $31,-
340, a total of $123,411.
The 68 cents as provided by the
tentative budget will be apportioned
as follows: County General, 15c;
County bonds, 2 l-2c; Court House
Bor'^'' 8 l-2c; Health, 5c; Poor, 5c;
Schools, 9c; Highway, 18c; Courts, 5c.
FIRE IN CLARK GARAGE,
NEW CHEVROLET BURNS
The third Friday morning fire in
Southern Pines broke out in Lloyd
Clark’s garage. New Hampshire ave
nue and Leak street, shortly before
seven o’clock today. The fire com
pany responded promptly but the
blaze having made great headway the
men were unable to save Mr. Clark’s
new Chevrolet, though confining the
flames to the garage and away from
adjoining structures.
NEXT WEEK TO SEE END
OF 19U PEACH SEASON
A check for $40 was turned over
to the Moore County Hospital this
week by the Southern Pines Branch
of the Moore County Hospital Birth
day Club, the first fruits of the
clubs’ activities. Members are enroll
ed on a pledge to send something for
the hospital on their birthdays, and to
date the donations have averaged well
over one dollar. There are close to 300
members to date.
Nearly 700 cars of peaches were
oshipped out of orth Carolina from
the 20th to the 27th, mostly from the
Sandhills section, making a total of
987 carload lots for the state up to
the 27th. The 1932 total was 1833
cars.
Demand has been good at Candor.
Elbertas have brought 90 cents
mostly, the best $1.00. The crop is
pretty well cleaned up and next week
will see the wind-up.
Prof. C. L. Newman, editor of The
Sandhill Citizen, and Robert T.
Woodruff, attorney, of Lakeview,
have been elected to membership in
the Kiwanis CJub of Aberdeen.
Ball Team Sponsors
Beauty Pageant Here
winner in Southern Pines To
Compete in State Contest for
World Series Trip
The second Beauty Pageant of the
season for Southern Pines will be held
on Monday evening, July 31, at 8:15
o’clock. This will take place in the
High School Auditorium.
The baseball team is sponsoring this
event and it is one of a series of pa
geants that takes in nearly every town
supporting a ball team in North Car
olina. Each team in the Moore County
League is sponsoring a contest.
The Southern Production Company
has organized this affair. Miss Elia;,-
abeth Kelly of Florence, S. C., is the
representative for this district and
will direct the pageant. The winner
from Southern Pines will compete
with the other winners in a State
contest to be held some time in Sep
tember and “Miss North Carolina,” to
gether with the team from the town
she represents, will receive a free trip
to the World Series in October.
Already about twenty business men
in town have agreed to enter a repre
sentative and it is hoped that by Sat
urday night nearly thirty girls will be
entered. Anyone wishing further in
formation on the subject please com
municate with Mr. C. J. Simons or
with Fanrett Harris.
A large percentage of the proceeds
will go to the local baseball team and •
they hope that there will be a large
audience on Monday night. Adtpission
prices are 25c for adults and* 19c for
children.