If
'JN
MOORE COUNTY'S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
THE
A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 13, NO. 40.
>»xarthaok 'f
BACL-e
SPRINGS
VASS
LAKEVieW
MANLKV
SOUTMBRN
JA<V<SOH
SPRItiOS
PIMES
ASHUSy
PINEBUlFr
PILOT
FIRST IN NEWS,
CIRCULATION &
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory c^^North Carolina
Aberdeen and Southern Pin es. North Carolina, Friday, Sep tember 1, 1933.
FIVE CENTS
SOUTHERN PINES
BANK PRESIDENT
DIES AT HOME
. Claimed by Death
Of
Herbert O. Riggan Succumbs to
Lengthy Illness at Age
of 55
LONG A RESIDENT HERE
Herbert 0. Riggan, president of
the Citizens’ Bank and Trust Com
pany of Southern Pines, died at his
home on Ashe street on Saturday
morning, August 26, after a lengthy
illness. Mr. Riggan was born at Wake
Ferest, N. C., June 11, 1878, son of
T. 0. Riggan and Sarah St. Sing. He
came to (Southern Pines about 32
years ago and entered the employ of
the Seaboard railroad, to go later to
the Bonlee and V'estern road for a
time and then to return to Southern
Pines to become cashier of the Cit
izen’s Bank with C. B. Grout presi
dent in 1909. With the later leor-
ganization of the bank in 1927 he was
made president, a position that he
held, and in which he was active, al
most to the day of his death.
In 1906 Mr. Riggan was married to
Miss Anna Junge, daughter of Mr.
m
H. O. RIGGAN
COUNTY SCHOOLS Everything Is Ret., /.or
SCHOOLS TO OPEN | SCHEDULED TO Second Annual Field Day
SEPTEMBER IITH.! OPEN SEPT. 7
Elementary Grades Will Start i Will Operate Eight Months’ |
on Monday and High School j Term Without Supplement '
on Tuesday i To State Funds
NINE MONTHS TERM
FACULTIES ANNOUNCED
RELIEF FROM LOW
PRICES DEMANDED
BY LOCAL FARMERS
The Southern Pines Public Schools
will open fur the scholastic year
1933-34 on Monday, September 11,
for the full nine months term. The
faculty for the coming term will be
as follows; High School, Frank W.
Webster, superintendent and mathe
matics; Benjamin F. Brown, Char-
I lotte, History and coach; Marvin
Hunter, Charlotte, Math and coach;
Miss Pauline Miller, Statesville, Eng
lish; Miss Adda Anderson, Greens
boro, French and Latin; Mrs. R. W.
Warner, Southern Pines, Commer
cial subjects.
Elementary School;
W. Brown, Southern
Everything is set for the opening |
of the county schools on September i
7. With the exception of the South-1
ern Pines school which has been set!
up as a separate administrative unit, j
all the schools in the county will op-1
erate directly under the county sup-1
erintendent. j
The schools this year will be oper- j
ateil for eight months and without;
any supplement to the state funds.
Word from Raleigh is to the effect |
that children who will not be six;
years of age on November 15 will not
j be ^ permitted to enter school this
Mrs. Ellen: neither will post graduate stu-
Pines 1st! dents be permitted to attend high
and Mrs. W. T. Junge, one of the: Moore County Grange Adopls
earliest of the settlers in the embry-|
otic village of Southern Pines. Two j
daughters, Catherine and Lenora,
survive, one a teacher in the South
ern Pines schools, the other at the
Moravian institution at Winston-Sa-
em. He leaves also his father and two
.sisters, Misses Sallie and Mattie Rig
gan. He was a member of the Bap
tist church of Southern Pines and of
the local Masonic lodge, of which he
was master in 1916, and past master
from 1918 to the time of his death.
Mr. Riggan occupied an unusual i-e-
lation to the business of the commun
ity as he was a banker of conservative
Resolutions Calling for
Federal Action
grade; Miss Emilie M. Wilson, South
ern Pines, 1st and 2nd grades; Miss
Charlotte W. Miles, Danville, V'^a., 2nd
grade; Miss Jean McI. Lane, San
ford, 3rd grade; Miss Virginia Lump
kin, Danville, Va., 3rd and 4th
grades; Miss I^enora 0. Riggan,
Southern Pines, 4th grade; Miss Ma
die L. Wade Morehead
TO MEET IN RALEIGH
school.
The faculties for the county
schools have been announced as fol
lows :
No Change in Policy
Citizens Bank Will Continue
to Operate Under Sound
Bunking Practice
At a call meeting of the direc
tors of the Citizens Bank and Trust
Company on Monday afternoon the
matter of a successor to Mr. Rig
gan was discussed briefly, with
the result that the question will
come up b-efore a future meeting of
the board, when all phases of the
situation will ^e considered.
Meanwhile the bank will be carried
on as it has been in the past un
der the direction of the executive
committee, consisting of D. G.
Stutz, Gtorge C. Abraham, M. G.
Nichols, and Frank Welch, Jr., and
with no changes in the force or
the sound policy of banking that
has been prevalent.
Game Between Southern Pines
Team and All-Stars Will Fea
ture Day’s Program
CONTRIBUTIONS ASKED
Aberdeen School District
High School Building—R. C. Zim
merman. Aberdeen, N. C., Principal
City, 5th i district and high school; L. W. Mid-
S. A. L.
HERE FOR ANNUAL
GOLF TOURNAMENT
grade; Miss Helen Dortch, Greens-, Elizabeth City, N. C., English i
boro, 6th grade; Miss Ann P. Hunt-'^*^** French; Nancy Beddingfield, Program Includes Competitions
.\t a meeting of Moore County
Grange No. 14, held last Thursday
the farmers of the county decided to
take definite action looking to the
betterment of prices for this year’s
tobacco ci'op. At this meeting I'eso-
iutions were adopted which will be
ington, 7th grade, and Miss Emily
Richardson.
The appropriat< enrollment for the
ensuing year Is as follows;
White school. Elementary, 390;
High School, 140; total 530; Colored
Ifcigh, N. C., Science and History;
Clitfie Williams, Norlina, N. C.,
Mathematics, History.
Elementary School Building—Va
nessa McLean, Aberdeen, N. C.,
Sixth and Seventh; EfTie Lynn Tay
lor, Louisburg, N. C., Sixth and
for Powell, Capps and
Country Club Cups
OVER 100 EXPECTED
school, Elementary, 535; High school, mvited guests ot tfte
103; total. 636; Total for both schools i ^ ... ' board Air Line Golf Association
carried to the meeting called for Ral- 103; total, 636; Total for both schools | Fifth; Mary McKeithen, Aber
eigh on September 6,
The resolutions follow:
“Whereas, the farmers of North
views, and as one man remarked of j Carolina and particularly of Moore]
his policies he was a safe banker for I County, have suffered from unfair and j West Southern Pines will
the bank and also for the customer, j unnecessarily low prices for tobacco j October
On this account he was accepted as j for the past three years and are at
a high authority in banking practices j this time on the verge of another .veai
and his bank was a rock of strength Uf low prices, and
during the storm through, which the| “Whereas, the present crop of bright
country has been pa.>«sing. j cured tobacco is of ex-
In the passing of Herbert Orton j cc-ptionally fine quality and was pro-
RinKan, Southern Pines loses not | duced only after extreme sacrifices
only one of its foremost citizens, but made by the farmers, their wives and
a man whose mo(ii!.<t, unashuming | children, and
manner, and kindly thought made him j “Whereas, the United States Gov-
a friend to all. j ornment collects several million <lol-
Throng .Attends Funeral j lars tax each year on tobacco grown
The Rev. J. Fred Stimson officiat-'in this county, and
ed at the funeral services held in the| “Whereas, it is now the policy of,
the United States Governmert to in-iAitc, giade 3
deen, N. C., Fourth; Elvie Yelverton,
1168.
All children who are entering the |
school for the first time, must have
caid indicating a proper vaccina-
Some one hundred and fifty niem-
“ I bers and invited guests of the Sea-
are
expected to arrive in Southern Pines
during the next few days to parti
cipate in the 7th .-\nnual Tournament
over the links of the Country Club
Saturday, Sunday, and Labor Day.
Membership in the .Association is
made up of officers and employees
Text Book List ! Third ' ' Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Elementary school, 1st grade:Pri-l interested in the royal sport of golf,
mer. Playfellows; writing lessons,' Cameron School District t'fmpetition for the eight
book 1. Ind. and aiip’ied art.". book 1. High School J H Lowrv Mt numerous other
2nd grade: Book two, The Open i pr^ one of the greatest
Door; The McCall Speller, book 1: | high- school; Mrs. II. O. Averitt, i events of the early season
ten McFadyen, Cameron, N. C., Sec
ond; Margaret Gibson, Laurinburg,
N. C., First and Second; Irma Her
ring, Clinton, N. C., First; Nora
Blackmore, Warsaw, N. C., First to
Third.
Open Door Language, gi-ade 3; Writ
ing Lessons, book 2; Ind. and Applied ; B
2. ; L„„i.,,,urg, N. C..
3rd gra<le: Thiril Reader, The
Cameron, N. C., English, F'rench and
H. Tharrington,
Science, History
I anti bovs’ coach,
treasure Bex; Open Door Language,. Elementary School
grade 4; The Ned Day .Arithmetic.
.Mclver, Cameron,
Mrs.
N. C.,
M. D.
j third grade; The McCall Speller, book: Gilchrist, Cameron, N. C., ^ c
; 1; Writing Lessons, gra.le 3; Ind. and . Yelverton, Farm- prosi
Baptist Church at four o’clock Sun
day afternoon, a service attended by a
multitude of friends, and Masonic as
sociates. With Mrs. Ted Kennedy at
the organ, a quartet composed of S.
B. Richardson, Albert Adams, Shields
Cameron, and Robert Shepard sang
“The Old Rugged Cross” and “Abide
With Me.”
Following the church service an im
mense throng gathered at the grave
in Mt. Hope cemetery for the last
rites. The pall bearers were C. T.
Patch, Ralph Chandler, Frank Buchan,
I). G. Stutz, Frank Welch and Robert
Montgomery. The honorary pallbear-
er.5 were Dr. Alex McLeod, E. A.
Tracy, Dr. A. McNeil Blair, A. S.
Ruggles, Dr. William C. Mudgett, Dr.
J. S. Milliken, J. Hardy Tilghman,
Dr. G. G. Herr, George C. Abraham,
Dr. Ernest Poate, Judge Way, P. T.
Barnum, Dr. R. L Hart, Hiram
Thrower, Lawrence Grover, J. B.
Swett, C. L. Hayes, R. S. Marks and
C. B. Grout
THIEVES BREAK INTO
OFFICE OF C. G. FARRELL
Thieves broke into the office of
Farrell’s Ice and Coal plant in Aber
deen last Sunday night and carried
away two safes which they later
dumped by an old road near South
ern Pines. When officers found the
safes, the locks had been broken and
some twenty-six dollars stolen.
Entrance to the building was
gained by breaking a window pane
and raising the window.
L. A. Kelly, finger print expert, in
vestigated the case, but he was un
able to obtain any fingerprints. He is
of the opinion that the job was done
by experts.
On Tuesday night an attempt was
made to break into Pender’s store in
Aberdeen.
(Please turn to page 4) |
Tragic Accident Mars |
Junior League Game
4th grade: The Study Reader,
Fourth year book; Open Door Lan
guage, grade 5; The New Day
Arithmetic, grade 4; The McCall
Speller, book 1; Journeys in Distant
Laniis, Georgraphy; Boys and Girls
of \\'ake Up Town; Writing Lessons,
Ned Graham of West End Kill-|
ed bv Lightning While Pliiy- r - I^'«^tionary.
' ing Center Field j ^ grade; The Study Reader, fifth
(Please turn to page 8)
SOUTHERN PINES BALL
TEAM ON TRIP TO BEACH
A tragic accident marred the double- j
header baseball game between the 1
Southern Pines and West End Ameri-'
can Legion teams on Monday after-1
noon, when Ned Graham, 15 year old'
center fielder of the West End team, j
was "truck and instantly killed by a |
bolt of lightning.
I.,ed by the cook with mess gear,
baggage and tents in Jim Simons’
truck a calvacade of car.s with most
Southern Pines had won the first members of the Southern Pines
and the second contest was in team departed from town early
game,
the last inning when the accident oc
curred. What makes it doubly tragic
is that if the game had continued
even a minute longer the affair
probably would not have happened.
Tuesday morning bound for a three
days camping trip at *Kure Beach.
Under the leadership of Paul Bar-
num, Jim Simons, and Jack Johnson
the boys are planning a ball game at
Southern Pines was at bat, two were ^ Roseboro in the afternoon, and ar-
out, and the count was two strikes rival at the beach at night where fish
ing, bathing and ball games will be
in order. Other than the leaders the
roster included Fisher, Patter.-«on,
Harris, Vann, Solomon, Millar,
Weatherspoon, Webster, Tew, Mc
Call, Ketchum, McCormack, Wilson,
and Lawhon.
Late news from the coast rev’eal
that the boys won the Roeeboro game
and three balls on the batter. One
more pitch would probably have
ended the game.
Young Graham was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Graham of the
West End district. He was one of the
most popular boys i» that section -of
the county, and his death has come
as a great shock to everyone who ^
knew him. Funeral services were held 1 8 to 5,
on Tuesday at Jackson Springs.
Southern Pines won the first game
5 to 0 >vith Mills pitching, while the
score in the second game is disputed.
West End says 5-4 in favor of them
selves, while the locals claim a 5-5
tie. If West End is correct than the
game would probably have been over
on the next pitched ball. If not an
other inning at least would have had
to be played.
MRS. J. McN, JOHNSON ILL
Word was received at this office
just before going to press that Mrs.
J. McN. Johnson of Aberdeen has
suffered a stroke of paralysis, and is
in a serious condition, Mrs. Johnson
was taken suddenly ill Thursday night
about 9 o’clock and has not regained
consciousness.
in the Sandhills. Officers of the as
sociation are G. Z. Phillips, general
traffic managei' of the Seaboard,
president; J. C. Wioten, general sup
erintendent of transportation, first
Seventh; viee-])resident; C. Bell, superintend-
of dining car service, second vice-
sident; R. T. Etheridge, assistant
I general freight agent, secretary-
(Please turn to page 5) j treasurer.
• The program for the tournament
Presbyterian Young l opens with the qualifying round at
' 8 o’clock Saturday morning, Septem
ber 2nd. This is compulsory for the
^ ^ j . , Powell, Capps and Country Club
Cameron Presbyterian Church ^he first round of all flights
AVill Be Host to Rally of will start at l.;00 p. m., Sunday Sep-
Districts hl.\ and Se\en i tember 3, 8:00 a. m. second round of
. ^ , all flights. The first round of all
The fall rally iiieeting of the
Young People’s League for District
six and seven of Fayetteville Presby-
People Meet Tuesday i
tery will be held in the Cameron
Presbyterian Church, Cameron, N. C.
on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 5, 1933,
at 5 o’clock. District six is composed
of the following churches; Bethesda,
Pinehurst, Jackson Springs, West
End, CuUtee, Lakeview, Eagle
Springs, Manly, Eureka, and Vass.
Young people from each of the above
churches, as well as fi’om the church
es in district seven, are urged to at
tend this rally meeting and bring
picnic supper. After the social hour
and picnic supper, an interesting pro
gram consisting of songs, talks, etc.,
will be given. The business meeting
%vill be presided over by the P. Y. L
president, Alex Boles. An attendance
of 175 to 200 is expected.
The program follows:
PROGRAM
Afternoon Session
5:00, Welcoming guests to church,
Cameron Y. P. C.
5:15, Recreational period, Aber
deen Y. P. C.
6:00, Picnic .supper.
Evening Session
6:45, Conference by districts: Dis
trict No. 6 church auditorium; Dis
trict No. 7, Sunday school rooms.
7:15, Musical program, Vass Com
munity choir.
7:30, Opening session of rally:
1 consolation flij;hts will start at 2:00
I p. m., while the third round of the
I championship flights and the second
I round consolation flight starts at
13:36 p. m. Putting and driving con-
! tests are scheduled for Monday, Sep
tember 4, at 8:00 a. m. The final
(Please turn to page 8)
HONOR ROLL OF MEMBERS
OF THE N R A IN SO. PINES
(Please turn to page 5)
All roads will ead to the Southern
Pines Baseball Grounds for the big
Second Annual Field Day Sports
Program, Monday, September 4th.,
beginning at 1:00 p. m. and ending
when the winning score is brought in
by cither the Southern Pines Team or
the All Star Team of picked players
from the other five teams in the
League. And what a game that
should be!
-Arrangements are all completed
down to the last detail and nothing
but unfa%'orable weather will pi-event
the biggest assembly of Sandhillers
seen in many-a-day. All Team Mana
gers are cooperating whole heartedly
and almost any hour of the day, con
testants are training and practicing
for the various events. Autographed
baseballs, bats and other valuable
trophies from the Nationally known
Big League Stars, have arrived, any
one of which will prove to be the envy
of all who are not so fortunate as to
win one.
The Program
The following program has been
arranged by the Committee and wrill
be carried out in the order named:
Event 1, Fungoe Hitting; Event 2,
base running; Event 3, long distance
throwijig; Event 4, going to first base
on bunt; Event 4-A, thrte legged race
by members of the Junior League;
Event 5, team relay base running;
Event 5-A, sack race, by members of
the Junior League; Event 6, throw
ing by catcher from home plate to
second base; Event 6-A, potato race,
by member of the Junior League;
Event 7, infield throwing; Event 8,
baseball game between Southern
Pines, Moore County League Cham
pions, and the All Star Team.
Admission
The Moore County League has de
pended entirely on voluntary contri-
bi.I’Dns during this summer, and
although most of the teams are deep
in the “red” it has been decided to
continue that policy for the Annual
Field Day. with the exception that,
(Please turn to page 8)
Highway Group Has
Its Annual Meeting
Dr. L. B. ISIcBrayer, Vice- Presi
dent of Association,
Presides
Clark’s Garage, Colton’s Garage,
Page Motor Co., Thrower’s Pharmacy,
Coffee Shop and Bakery, Lorenson &
Co., W. H. McNeill, Baker’s Food
Store, W. H. Mumford, The Vermont
Market, C. T. Patch, Sandhills Book
Shop, J. N. Powell, Inc., Robert L.
Hart, The Family Laundry, Inc.,
Mack’s 5, 10 & 25 cent Store, South-
ern Pines Theatre Co., The Watch
Hill Company, Wm. C. Mudgett, Mrs.
Hayes Shop, Highland Hardware
House, D. Pender Grocery Co. No. 189
Masonic Temple Barber Shop, Elmer
E. DaTis, G. N, Richardson, L. B.
McBrayer, Dutch Lunch, Sandhill
Repair Shop, Motor Service Co.,
Eugene C. Stevens, Sinclair Refining
Co., I. F. Chandler, The Great A. & P.
Tea Co., Betty’s Beauty Shop, Jack’s
Grill, Welch's Gift Shop, Catherine
Pierson, A. L. Adams, New York
Style Shop, Southern Pines Ware
houses, Inc., Mrs. Green’s Grocery
Store.
Stressing highway beautification as
an important factor in attracting
tourist travel, U. S. No. 1 Highway
association met on Wednesday,
August 23 in Sanford in the fifth an
nual session. In the ab.sence of Theo
Barrow of High Point, president of
the association. Dr. L. B. McBrayer,
vice president, presided. The address
read by Dr. McBrayer and reports of
Shields Cameron, secretary, and field
representaive C. R. Lane, of Sanford,
revealed that the association had been
actii-e during the past year in placing
the highway’s attracti >ns and advan
tages before the traveling public.
Howard Burns discussed advertising
and publicity methods.
Others in the association spoke of
the history and development of V^h-
way one, and highway beautification
as a means of increasing tourist
travel. With the prospect of better
conditions which means more tourists,
the association will stress the advan
tages offered by highway one, as the
members feel that much can be done
to attract tourists to the route.
The election of officers resulted as
follows: President, John Chalk, of
Rockingham; vice president. Dr. B.
C. McLean, of Aiken, S. C.; secre-
tarj-, D. D. Shields Cameron, of
Southern Pines; treasurer, H. G.
Carrigan, of Camden, S. C.; state vice
president North Carolina, R. L.
Burns, Jr., of Sanford; South Caro
lina, R. A. Rouse, of Cheraw; Vir
ginia, C. A. Abbey, of Fredericks
burg; Georgia, M. H. H. Duval, of
Augusta: Florida, John A. Shares, of
Fort Pierce.
Among the directors chosen are H.
B. Branch and John E. Evans, of
Raleigh, and W. G. Pittman, of Rock
ingham.