MOORE COUNTY’S
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NEWS-WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 13, NO. 41.
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FIRST IN NEWS,
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of the Sandhill Terri North Carolina
Aberdeen and Southern Pines, North Carolina, Friday, September 8, 1933.
FIVE CENTS
Death Claims Widow of J. NcN.
Johnson After a Short Illness
Funeral Services Were Conduct
ed at Old Bethesda Church
Tuesday Morning
Mrs. Annie Betsy Johnson, widow
of James McNeill Johnson, died on
Sunday afternoon at her home in
Aberdeen, from cerebral hemorrhatfe
with which she was attacked Thurs
day previously. Mrs. Johnson was one
of the older residents of Aberdeen,
where she had lived since her mar- j
riage, December 14, 1886, and with
her family enjoyed a wide acquain
tance throughout the neighboring
counties. She leaves a family of three
sons and two daughters. These are
Mrs. Mabel Bethurie and J. Talbot
Johnson of Aberdeen, Mrs. Frank
Mizelle, of Louisiana, Lieut. Felix
Leslie Johnson, of the United States
Navy, of Longbeach, Cal., and Jack
McN. Johnson, of Hollywor-d, Cal.
Mrs. Johnson was the- daughter of
Mark A. Cockman, of Chatham coun
ty, where she was born 65 years ago,
with a twin brother, who survives
her. The old home is one of the memo
ries of her children where they were
delighted to go with their mother to
the romantic land of the great open
fire-place, the high bed, the trundle
bed and the hospitable atmosphere
that they found at “grandfather’s”
house. Surviving her, besides her
children, are her brother James A.
Cockman, of Baltimore, Mr. and Mrs.
Alex Cockman and Henry Cockman,
of Pittsboro. These were at the
funeral, alorg with Rev. M. D. Mc
Neill, of Cameron, Mr. and Mrs. G.
M. Ward and son from Clarkton and
Murdoch Johnson, of Camden, S. C.
The funeral services were held at
Old Bethesda church, conducted by
the pastor, the Rev. E. L. Barber, as
sisted by the Rev. M. D. McNeill and
the Rev. Murdoch Mci..eod. A large
number of friends, and she had many,
attended, and the church was banked
with flowers from many sources.
The active ballbearers were G. A.
Charles, M. H. Folley, Cliff Johnson,
J. D. McLean, H. A. Page, Jr., and
Henry Blue. The honorary pall
bearers were G. C. Seymour, Dr. A.
H. McLeod, Dr. H. E. Bowman, H. A.
Page, Sr. T. D. McLean, J. H. Sut-
tenfield-and IL W. Doub.
A storm raged as the funeral ser
vices were in progress but as the
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Committee on Federal
Aid Projects Meets
Consider Ways anti Means of
Combatting Unemploymenl
Here This Winter
Meeting in the Southern Pines
school last Thursday afternoon at the
call of M. C. MacDonald, Chairman
of the Advisorj' Committee for Fed
eral aid projeqts in Moore County
•were the Mayors and Commissioners
of most of the towns in the county,
including J. E. Muse, of Carthage,
Levi Packard, of PineblufF, Henry
Borst, of Vass, J. Vance Rowe, of
Aberdeen, D. G. Stutz, of Southern
Pines, Gordon Cameron, representing
Pinehurst, and* representatives from
"West End, Jackson Springs and
Hemp.
Called for the purpose Oi. consider
ing ways and means of combating the
unemployment situation in the
county, a remarkably fine address
was made by Judge Humber, of Car
thage, and in the general discussion
of the subject it was found that Car
thage, West End, Aberdeen and
Southern Pines have projects under
consideration that fit with rulings
laid down for obtaining, federal aid.
A committee was named to meet
with James A. Davis, Federal Relief
Agent, and Wilbur H. Currie, Chair
man of the Board of County Commis
sioners, at Carthage on Tuesday
afternoon, September 5th.
At the meeting of tKls committee
with the county commissioners- in
Carthage the matter was gone into
more fully and a very full discussion
of the possibilities was had. The
most tangible result of the Carthage
meeting being the appointment of a
sub-committee to go into th« details
of the various propositions and to
facilitate action where possible this
sub-committee was authorized to act
for the whole committee in dealing
with the county commissioners.
Still Meddlin’
Aberdeen Dentist Continues
to Tinker with Old
Man Par
Playing the No. 1 course of the
Pinehurst Country club one day re
cently Dr. Medlin pulled another
of Old Man Par’s teeth, when af
ter five holes of less than average
golf, he made a hole in one on the
204-yard sixth hole. Playing in the
foursome wtih h'm were Wimberley
Bowman, .Jack Taylor and Sidney
Taylf r.
PLAN OPENING OF
MARKET HERE ON
SEPTEMBER 19TH
Both Warehouses to Operate Un
der Competent Manage
ment
FULL CORPS OF BUYERS
Plans for the opening of the Aber
deen tobacco market on the 19th are
going steadily forward in the expec
tation that the difficulties which have
caused the temporary closing of the
earlier optning markets will have
been adjusted by that time.
Both warehouses here will operate
this season under competent manage
ment. B. B. Saunders will be back at
his old stand in the big Brick Ware-
houiie whi6h bears his name while
Cozart & Roberts, two other experi
enced tobacco men, well-known local
ly, will operate the Aberdeen Ware-
hpuse.
All the larger companies and sever
al of the independent concerns ■will
have buyers on the market and it is
hoped that the exceptionally high
quality of leaf raised in this section
will be so evident at; to justify prices
above the average. In any event the
warehousemen promise to exert every
elTort to make tobacco bring its full
value.
Arrangements have beeen complet
ed with the Bank of Pinehurst to es
tablish an office here during the to
bacco season so that checks for to
bacco can be turned into cash readily.
Grass Planting Next
On Schedule Here
Winter’s Coat of Green for Park
ways and Yards Depends
on Early Action
The Chamb«r of Commerce Dirac-
tors at their Tuesday meeting discuss
ed price range of Italian Rye Grass
for the Fall planting with \V. H. Mc
Neill. He estimated somewhat high
er prices than last year but the Di
rectors made their plans to co-operate
with the Town Officials in seeing that
seed could be obtained by local resi
dents at wholesale pi’ices
The Parkway Beautification Com-
mitte was inolructed to folbw up the
matter and secure the best arrange
ment they could for getting grass seed
and fertilizer, so that every yard and
parkway might be covered with green
grass this season. The town’s stre’t
force in co-operation with the Sea
board’s road maintenance crew did a
splendid job ;n cleaning up Broad
Street and the Seaboard right of way
for the Seaboard Golf Tournament
and this good work should be contin
ued on every street and avenue in
town before this summer’s crop of
sand-spurs and weeds goes to seed.
The parkways should be spaded up
for the early planting to Italian Rye.
The Committee is to urge ail prop
erty owners to prepare the ground
for early seeding before the Fall dry
season comes on. No doubt arrar.ge-
ments will be made by the Committee
whereby absent property owners can
have their grounds and parkways
seeded at cost.
“Clean-up, paint up and plant grass”
is to be the most talked motto in
Southern Pines for the next two
months.
NR A ACTIVITIES
ON INCREASE IN
SANDHILLS AREA
Southern Pines Well Organized
and Completes Canvass
of Consumers
MANY MORE SIGN UP
Activities in connection with the
work of the various NRA committies
have been on the increase throughout
the Sandhills during the past two
weeks and there has been a heavy
sign-up in the three towns in this
immediate vicinity.
The Southern Pines NRA Code
Committee held its organization meet
ing last Thursday afternoon at the
Southern Pines School building and
Dr. G. G. Herr, chairman, outlined
in detail the work that the com
mittee will undertake within the next
few days in getting the consumers
lined up by agreements to trade, in
so far as possible, with those places
of business flying the Blue Eagle.
The consumer drive under the lead
ership of Mrs. Tracy and Mrs. Milli-
ken was carried through on Tuesday,
September 5, and a most whole
hearted response by the public was
manifested.
Plans are being made for a simi
lar drive in Aberdeen to be put on
in the next few days.
Southern Pines has the most com
plete organization of any of the three
towns. The organization here is head
ed by the mayor, D. G. Stutz and
Dr. G. G. Herr, Prcsideni ol the
Chamber of Commerce, with Mrs. E.
A. Tracy at the head of hte women’s
division. The Publicity division is
headed by Dr. Mudgett and the Edu
cational Bureau by the Rev. J. Fred
Stimson. }
The sign-up by business firms here i
has continued at a brisk rate through
out the week past and the following j
names have been added to those pub- j
lished last week:
Williams Service Station, Roth’s i
Barber Shop, Standard Oil of N. J.,'
V. P. Clark, Mgr., Standard Oil of:
N. J,, R. L. Lorenson, Mgr., C. L. |
Austin, building contractor. Southern i
Pines Warehouse, Inc., J. B. Cameron
Screen Co., C. J. Simons, Citizens
Bank and Trust Co., O’Callaghan’s
Plumbing & Heating Shop, Mrs.
Mary Green, McLeod’s Furniture Re
pair Shop, Ed’s Cafe, Cameron’s In
surance Agency.
The following Aberdeen fii’ms have
signed:
Aberdeen Hardware, Sanitary Cash
Market, F. E. Flinchum, V. F. Tarl-
ton, Standard Store, Inc., Melvin
Bros, Inc., Moore Hoke Realty Co.,
Progressive Store, Hugh T. Morgan,
F. D. Cliff, Matthews Market Bobby
Burns Service Station, Coca-Cola
Bottling Company, Wiley’s Lunch,
Mountain Ice Co., W. E. Freeman,
Max Filling Station, Charles and
Sloan, Chas. E. Bridges, Bryan Drug,
McCrummen’s, Standard Oil Co.,
Burney Hardware, Aberdeen Sand
MRS. R. CALDWELL
PASSES AWAY AT
COUNTY HOSPITAL
Funeral Will Be Held This Af
ternoon at 4 o’clock at
the Home
SICK ONLY A WEEK
Mrs. Ralph Marshall Caldwell of
Aberdeen died Thursday morning at
9 o’clock at the Moore County Hos
pital following an illness of only one
week.
Mrs. Caldwell visited in High Point
last Thursday and was taken sick
while there but did not think it se
rious. Feeling worse as she turned
toward home she stopped at the
Moore County Hospital and was
operated on for appendicitis last Fri
day morning. At first it was thought
that she would recover but the oper
ation had been too long delayed and
infection had already taken place.
Mrs. Caldwell -was a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. N. A. McKeithen of
Carthage and was born in what is
now the community house in Aber-
deeen. She was married to Ralph
Caldwell in 1909. The McKeithen
family is one of the oldest of the the
Sandhills settlers, going back to the
early days of the Clarks in the days
of Old Barbecue, and the McKay’s,
who were among the founders of
Longstreet church. They settled in
the Little River country, coming to
Aberdeen when lumber and turpen
tine began to make of the community
an active industrial field.
Mrs. Caldwell has taken part in so
cial and public atfairs since her girl
hood, enjoying a wide acquaintance
and the warm fellowship of the vil-
large and the country lound. She
leaves in her immediate family her
husbi^nd, Ralph M. Caldwell, and two
sons, Ralph Marshall, Jr., and Neill
McKeithen. She is also survived by
two brothers, Neill McKeithen of
Lumberton and Edwin T. of Aber
deen, and four sisters, Mrs. W^ R.
Clegg, Mrs. Dan Carter, Mrs. Fran
ces Nicoll and Miss Annie McKeith
en, all of Carthage, and her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. N. A. McKeithen. An
other sister, Mrs. Roy Hart, died two
years ago.
Funeral services will be conducted
from the home in Aberdeen this (Fri
day) afternoon at 4 o’clock, the Rev.
E. L. Barber officiating. Burial will
be in Old Bethesda cemetery.
FORMER SOITHERN PINES
RESIDENT DIES LN NORTH
Case of Eiriergency
Taxi Driver Jumped to Wrong
Conclusion and Mad
Race Followed
They tell another story ab:>ut a
Southern woman who went North.
Daughter w'as at a hospital. Baby
case. Mother at beauty works getting
hair curled when she was notified
that she could see the baby at a cer
tain hour, and it so happened the
hour was close at hand. She left the
chair with hair curled on one side
and called a cab and told the driver to
huny and drive her to the maternity
ward of the hospital. Driver noticed
her hair curled on one side and not
curled on the other, and he deter
mined to get the woman there on
time. Bicycle cop undertook to stop
reckless driving, but the cab driver
leaned over and said something and
the motor cop pulled ahead and open
ed the trafiSc lane so the cab man
could speed. Woman tried to say
something to cab driver to lessen the
terrific gait, but he was too busy try
ing to make the schedule and could
not understand, and thought she was
hurrying him along. Rolled her into
the emergency department, and they
hastened her up to the maternity
ward where she fainted.
Informant forgot to ask whether
she finally saw the baby or not.
FIELD DAY HERE
DRAWS CROWD OF
MORE THAN 1,000
Moore County League All-Stars
Defeats Champions in Loose-
Iv Played Game
CONTEST RESULTS
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Issues Regulations on
School Attendance
Rules Promulgated May Affect
Registration in Local
Schools
Monday, September 11, marks the
opening of the Southern Pines schools
starting with the elementary grades
on this day, and with the High School
on Tuesday. A communication from
Leroy Martin, Secretary of the State
School Commission, may affect some
prospective pupils. In effect it is that
“Children who will not become six
years of age, on or before November
15th of the scholastic year will not
be allowed to enter, and attend school
that year." “In no event will there
be allowed any teachers for pupils
who have graduated fro:r» standard
as being, in average daily attendance
high schools; they cannot be counted
for the purpose of alloting teachers, or
any allotment of state funds.” These
regulations mean that no child will
be allowed to enter the Southern
Pines schools who is not six years old
on or before November loth, and that
there will be no post-graduate stu
dent,<< in the High School for the com
ing year.
E. E. Partridge, a former resident of
Southern Pines, died this week at his
home at Rangely, Maine, at the age
of 86 years. Mr. Partridge was one
of the older settlers, coming first to
Pinehurst and then to Southern
Pines, where he for a time owned the
Heisnian house which later came into
the possession of Royal Scott. While
here his wife died and he married a
second time, the second wife be.nij
Mrs. S. Scriven. A few years ago
they left for the North permanently.
Mr. Partridge was fond of outdoor
sports and held the championship rec
ord as a revolver shot. He was also
skillful with a rifle. At one time in
Maine he was asked at an eleventh
hour to make a hand in an interna
tional rifle contest with the Canadian
team. The guns used were the old
Krag-Jorgs, with which he was not
familiar, but as the American team
was one man short, and he was the
only available substitute, he took an
old Krag out the morning before the
shoot, and practiced diligently until
time to appear on the field, and sur
prised everybody by being the high
gun in the encounter. He had many
friends here, for he was an affable
and intelligent man.
ENGINEER AT SANATOKIU.M
DIES FROM APPENDICITIS
Mark Rothgeb, engineer in charge
o f the Sanatorium power plant for
the past several years, died Sunday
morning at the Moore County Hospi
tal after about a week’s illness of
appendicitis and pneumonia. Mr.
Rothgeb was 29 years old.
He was operated on for appendi
citis about two weeks ago, but com
plications set in and he developed
pneumonia later in the week.
The second Annual Moore County
Field Day, held on Monday on the
Southern Pines grounds, attracted a
crowd of well over a thousand, and
p'roved itself to be one of the most
popular attractions in the Sandhills.
Under the capable direction of Mr.
Picquet, ably assisted by Messrs.
Walters, Denny, Dupont and Everest
the field events were run otT smoothly
and these proved to be very close af
fairs, but the main interest of the
crowd was on the ball game between
the Southern Pines champions and a
picked team composed of players from
other five clubs in the League and
known as the All-Stars.
Just before the game started
League President Matthews present
ed the Southern Pines club with the;
championship cup, and the Locals pro-,
ceeded to do the customary thing on
these occasions by losing the game
and playing pretty sloppy baseball in
the bargain. The score of the game
was 5 to 4 in favor of the All-Stars,,
but a majority of the runs for both
teams were unearned. '
Ketchum went the route for the
losers and permitted but six .hits
while his mates could make but the |
.^amo number off the deliveries of ‘
Bill Turnley, Cort Thomas and Hur- j
ley Cheek. Southern Pines committed I
four errors and their opponents mis-1
cued five times. i
Three runs in the first inning, twoi
unearned, gave the All-Stars a lead'
that they never relinquished. Ketch-1
um was just missing the corners of j
the plate in this frame and he passed
two men who later scored on an er
ror.
Tyson and Max r’olley of the All-
Stars led the batting with two hits
each. None of the Southern Pines
players could secure over one apiece.
COMMISSIONERS
SET 70 CENTS AS
COUNTY TAX RATE
Two Cents Above Tentative Rate
But Still Cent Below Last
Year’s Figure
RELIEF CALLS HEAVY
The board of commissioners of
Moore county, at the regular meeti-
ing held on Monday, adopted the bud
get for the year and fixed the tax
rate at 70 cents on the $100 valuation.
This rate is two cents above the ten
tative rate published a few weeks ago,
but is one cent lower than last year's
rate, and with the horizontal cut of
20 per cent in property valuation the
taxpayer will realize quite a saving:.
For instance, the person who owned
property valued at $5000 last year
paid $35.50 in taxes, whereas, on the
same property this year the valuation
will be $4000 and with the 70 cent
rate his taxes will be $28.00, or $7.50
less than last year’s.
After giving the matter careful
consideration, the commissioners
came to the conclusion that a 68-cent
rate ..\>uld not take care of the
county’s requirements, due to the
amount of relief it is imperative that
the outside poor be given and to the
expense of repairing the county home
and jail.
The report of Miss Flora McDon
ald, home demonstration agent, was
accepted and approved.
Worthy Brown was granted a per
mit to operate a billiard room in
Hemp.
It was ordered that Paul Thomas,
Greenwood tow'nship, be relieved of
poll tax on account of his being afflic
ted with infantile paralysis.
Mrs. Elsie Smith of Abei deen wa-s
allowed $5 for support of herself and
children; Mary Chisholm, colored, of
Bensalem township was allowed $4
per month for support; John Maples
was allowed $5 per month for support
of three children of Ralph Williams
who is serving time on the roads.
It was ordered that the bond of A.
R. Laubscher be accepted. Laubscher
was recently appointed constable for
McNeill township.
The board voted to procure eight
mattresses and ten pillows fo?- the
county home.
Good Weather for
S. A. L. Tourney
Plans Laid for Holding Eighth
Annual Meeting Here
Next Year
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SEEK MONEY FOR
ADVERTISING SIGNS
Dr. G. G. Herr representing the
Chamber of Commerce, and other
members of that body, with repre
sentative business men of Southern
Pines met with the Mayor and Com
missioners Wednesday evening advo
cating an appropriation of $1,500.00
to be used for the erection of suitably
designed advertising signs depicting
the advantages of Southern Pines as
a winter resort.
Dr. Herr, Frank Buchan, and Dr.
Daniels advocated the necessity and
advantages of such signs placed be-
tweem Southern Pines and New York.
The weather gods were courteous
to the visiting members of the Sea
board Air Line Golf .A.ssociation, dur
ing their three days stay in Southern
Pines, and with bright sunshine over
head, and a gentle breeeze sweeping
over the links of the Countrv’ Club
Saturday, Sunday and Labor Day the
contestants and their friends fully
enjoyed every^ minute of their stay,
though the storm warnings from
Florida summoned Mr. Parsons, and
many of the Southern division home
ward on Sunday night.
For this 7th Annual Tournament
beginning on Saturday, and finishing
on the afternoon of Labor Day with
the presentation of prizes, and elec
tion of officers for the Association,
eighty-one members, and thirty-nine
of their invited guests played through
the hotly contested rounds, with many
other members attending merely as
spectators. Nearly all of the princi
pal officers of the Seaboard Air Line,
were present, while the private cars
of C. R. Capps, Chief Traffic Offi.;fcr;
E. C. Bag\vell, General Manager, L.
R. Powell, Jr., Receiver, and T. W.
Parsons, General Manager, were side
tracked below the depot.
The Powell Cup won last year by
W'. D. Simpson, went to J. C. Bennett,
of Hamlet; the Capps Cup going la.st
year to W. H. Bunkley, went to
Sheriff J. S. Braswell, of Rockinjr-
ham; the Southern Pines Country
Club Cup won by, F. L. Cook, this
year went to W. E. Smith; while the
Bagwell Cup wns won by J. R.
Bradley, of Jacksonville, Fla., and
the S. A. L. Association Cup by W. D.
Simpson ,of Norfolk. Qualifying
medalists were J. L. Bennett of the
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