MOORE COUNTY’S
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NEWS-WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 13 NO. 44
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Aberdeen and Southern Pines, North ('arolina, Friday, September 29, 1933
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FIVE CENTS
SPRINKLER HEADS
TO SPRAY ENTIRE
NO. 2 GOLF COURSE
Pinehurst Country Club Provides
for Rye Grass to Supplement
Bermuda Fairways
MILES OF PIPE LAID
The Pinehurst Country Club has
just tompleted an improvement to its
No. 2 championsh’j) golf course which
will add further to the fame of that
course among leading golfers of the
country.
The course has been coni|)letely pip
ed for a special sprinkler system which
permits the watering of the fairways
over the entire 18-hole layout. Sprin
kler heads which throw a sizeable
spray over a radius of 75 feet have
already been delivered and have start
ed their work of keeping the grass in
A-1 condition. The underground pipes,
laid along the center of each fairway
from tee to green, have connections
for the sprinkler heads at regular in
tervals, intervals which permit the
overlapping of the spray so that there
is no chance of any spot on the open
course not receiving its share of irri
gation.
There is a double purpose in the in
stallation of this new system. Besides
providing watering facilities for the
course the project involves the plant
ing of the fairways with rye grass
seed to supplement the Bermuda grass
with a green cover during the winter.
Bermuda has proven its greatest val
ue as a cover grass and a turf foun
dation during its season, but the rye
grass will give color and life during
the months when Bermuda is more or
less dormant.
About two and one-half miles of
new six and eight inch mains and a
lot of small pipe is involved in the
job to put the water on the fairways
in sufficient quantity to feed the thirs
ty Italian rye. So far the No. 2 course
is the only one to be equipped with
the sprinkler system, but if the ex
pectations for it are fulfilled the three
other courses may be so equipped in
the future.
While plans are not worked out so
far into the future as to be definite
it may be possible that eventually a
dam will be built across Muster
Branch of Aberdeen Creek above the
crossing of the sand-clay road be
tween Southern Pines and Pinehurst,
and a pipe line system laid that will
reach the other courses. A dam not
far above the rt>ad crossing would
back water over a large acreage of
ground, and in addition to supplying
a vast amount of water it would be a
possible opportunity to improve the
territory adjacent in the vicinity and
change the face of that immediate
section.
Parents See Danger to Children on
Highway Through School Bus Law
Vass-Lakeview Pupils Must
Walk Alonff U. S. No. 1 De
spite Half Empty Busses
There is much dissatisfaction in the
Lakeview community over the State
School Commission’s ruling that n«
children living within two miles of
the school shall be allowed to ride
school buses, and a number of the
patrons are making an earnest effoi't
to see what can be done about the
matter. I
The principal of the Vass-Lakeview
school, the school board and the
county superintendent are in full
sympathy with this part of the dis
trict and feel that the Lakeview child
ren should be allowed to ride, but
until the State School Commission
sees tit to change the ruling, there is'
nothing that the local authorities can
do, lawfully, but enforce the order. |
County Superintendent H. Lee
Thomas wrote the commission several,
days ago asking that a repi’esentative
Under 10 Percent
Three Thousand Persons Re
ceived Aid in County Dur
ing August, Report Shows
Relief expenditures in Mooi’e
county during August, according to
Mrs. Thomas O’Berry, head of the
State relief, totalled ?3,007. Sev
en hundred families, or a total of
3,007 persons, received aid, which
is ;».!) percent of the county’s pop
ulation.
COUNTY BUDGETS
$16,882 FOR AID
OF INSTITUTIONS
MAY PLAN “OLD
SLAVE DAY” HERE
DURING WINTER
“You’re All Invited”
IVoposal M;ide to Invite Pre-
Emancipation Residents of
County io Gathering
FOR SUITABLE EXERCISES
Southern Pines has an asset i,hat
has a value in interesting its winter
visitors which it has never yet uti
lized nor appreciated, and that is
the quaint and unusual feature found
in its colored element. Several gene
rations of negroes have grown up in
this section, passing through the va-
ri(tus historical climaxes of early set
tlement, the Revolution, the develoj)-
nient of the timber and cotton and
turpentine eras, the Civil War, the
Klu Kki\ the emancipation, the re
construction, and then the modern
era in which the caddy is the out
standing feature. No other winter
Tax Rate of $2.60
Adopted by Board
ol Southern Pines
Slightly Under Last Year’s
$2.10 Through 20 Percent
i Reduction in Valuations
$38,000 FOR OPERATION
Civic Club To Open
Employment Office
Those Out of Jobs May Register
and Those Seeking Help
Apply There
be sent down to go over the situation County Home Gets $4,20U, Out-1 resort has a population that embraces
with leaders from Lakeview, but the side Poor $4,750, Hospital . the negro of so many geenrations of
reply that he i-eceived was to thej $2,.500 For Year | contact with the white folks, nor of
effect that this was not considered : —■—— 1 contact with the w’hite folks of both
worth while. | Budgets of the 100 counties in the | North and South.
A delegation plans to meet with state for relief, charity and poor for | The negro is a branch of the human
the County Board of Education on the year 1933-34 are being compiled [ race peculiar in his character and his
Friday, The Pilot was informed by ^ by the office of Mrs. Thomas O’Berry, 1 tlevelopment and habit, intensely in-
the county superintendent. Mr. State relief administrator, through a ’ teresting in his peculiarities, of many
Thomas says that while the board will questionnaire sent to county auditors I exceedingly amiable characteristics,
be glad for the delegation to meet to by Ronald Wilson, most of the reports : one of the most striking novelties of
discuss the matter, he feels that there having been received. ' ethnologj- as compared with his
is nothing it can do about it as it is The figures include the amounts | white companion. To the man from
entirely up to the State School Com-, budgeted to the county home for the North he is a perennial well-
mission. i maintenance, outside poor relief, | spring of astonishment and mystery.
Walk Along “Speedway” [mother’s aid, hospital care of charity; His persistent gcmd-nature, his re-
If any community in the state has patients, salaries and expenses of ^ gard for his white folks, his adapta-
just cause for gi-ievance, it is the welfare departments and emergency I bility, his loyalty where loyalty is
Lakeview community, and those fa-!i'elief, with the totals .of these essential, his apparent shiftleness at
railiar with the situation are hoping' amounts. They also show whether ^ times, his quick wit, his musical
that it will win out. The highway I the sums are derived from general j ability and many other traits make
connecting the v’illage and the school ‘ county funds or special levies, or i him one of the most valuable elements
is a national highway, Federal Route both. The assessed valuation of the | of life in the South. But he has never
1, over which a large portion of thej real property in the county is also
north-south tourist traffic is routed,
and which is a “.speedway” for high
powered cars. Much of the territory
is swampy, there being a river and
a branch along the route, and there is
no place for the children to walk ex
cept on the pavement or on the nar
row shoulders. If forced to leave the
highway, they would encounter an
given, usually estimated.
Moore county, the compilation
.shows, will spend a total of $16,882.00
for all such causes the coming year,
the main dividends being as follows:
been given the recognition he de
serves.
Depict Olden Times
It has been proposed to The Pilot
that a plan be laid before the people
of the Sandhills to have this fall or
winter, when the strangers are here
maintenance of county home, $4,
200.00; outside poor relief, $4,750.00; i r"
, ’ i irom the North, an old slavery day
mothers aid, $684.00; hospital care I r
. ’ , gathering at which as many as pos-
for charity patients, $2,500.00; sala-L,:Li„ /, „ .. , u
,. , the one-time slaves might be
embankment of several feet as the; nes and expenses of welfare depart-' the county,
roadbed has been built up along much ment, $1,248.00; emergency relief, «i>oroDriate exercise-?
of the way involved. Then, too, there $3,500.00. This total is derived, $13,-1 .Rowing something of the old life and
is a dangerous S curve between the 382.00 from the general county fund r^i^tions between master and slave,
points, and so frequent were wrecks
along this stretch that more than a
year ago a local woman’s organiza
tion placed the matter before the
and $3,500.00 from a special levy. f n , ■
/ the path the negro has followed in
The county s estimated real pro-iu; i i
^ nis rise from .slavery to freedom, and
pertv valuation is $20,000,000. ,„ ^ .u • • .. j j? i.
* ' v , , incidents and features that
■ ' go with this remarkable revolution of
State Highway Commission to see if,431 Enrollcd in ^he relation of the two races and the
something could be done about it,- »i«‘'ked transformation of the colored
with the result that guard railings | OOUthem riUeS fciChOOi f^om the barbarism of his crude
and additional signs were erected. , Falkner Reolaces Miss Africa to the marvelous status
It would be little short of criminal, ^,„pies t.Kiay. It is s^id that
to force little children to walk this, Start Soon i ® place for such an expo-
! A. H. (S.\NI)Y) GRAHAM
I Lieut. (Jovernor of North Carolina
I A. H. (Sandy) (Jraham, lieuten-
I ant governor of North Carolina,
I headed the State Fair booster dele
gation which arrived in Southern
] Pines shortly before noon on Wed-
^ nesday to invite one and all to this
I year’s exposition opening October
' 9th at Raleigh. Arriving in limou-
! sine, three busses and a special loud
^ .speaker car, the Raleighites in their
^ white hats i)roceded to mak^ merry
I with their State College band, their
! good fellowship and their distribution
of State Fair and other adverti.sing
paraphernalia.
Introduced by Dr. George G. Herr
president of the Chamber of Com
merce, Lieutenant Governor Graham
I spoke from the top of one of the
I busses, telling of the many attrac-
I tions of this year’s fair, “a gigantic
■show window of North Carolina p-o-
j ducts.” He not only urged all to at-
j tend, but the farmers, horticulturists
I and others to exhibit. He mentioned
the agricultural exhibits, the educa
tional features, the numerous enter
tainment features, among them the
nightly W'inter Garden Revue, the
horse races, the World of Mirth
shows, the horse races and the auto
mobile and motorcycle races on Sat
urday, the final day.
I An enthusiastic local crowd re-
I ceived the boosters, who circulated
j among them in front of the town hall,
I passed out copies of the State Fair
I Special News, “all about the big
i fair,” and gave away pencils, pads,
I mirrors and what-not. The band
I played and it was a gay gathering
• for the few minutes the party lasted.
The bot>sters made stops at Came-
j r(/n, Vass, Southern Pines, Aberdeen
I and Pineblutf in Moore county, her
alding the coming fair in each town.
HOLD ORGANIZ.VTION MEETING
FOR BOY SCOUT TROOl’
highway for the sake of saving a few
dollars, but in this case even that
would not be accomplished. Two buses
sition, for here are all the characters!
The Public Welfare Department of |
the Civic Club is launching its cam-;
paign for work this fall *^y opening!
an Employment Bureau during the
month of Octo’cer, where all those out|
of work may register for employment i
without paying any fees. The Civic [
Club will be open every morning of'
the week, except Saturday, from 10
a. m. until 12 noon beginning Monday,
October 2nd., Monday and Tuesday
morning will be reserved for the reg
istration of white people and Wednes
day, Thursday and Friday for col
ored people.
During the same hours and at the
place anyone desiring to employ help
of any kind, either men or women, is
requested to apply at the Employment
Bureau and every effort will be put
forth bj those in charge to select
from tho.se registered satisfactory
help.
Miss Birdelia Bair is in charge of
the bureau as office manager. Miss
Bair asssited by other ladies of the
community are kindly contributing
their services for this most worthy
cause.
The total enrollment for the South-1 enter into the scheme. Here are
♦u'^i^rn Pines school is steadily climbing. I people from the North who have
le required for transporting the,^^^ increa.se of nine is shown for the; ^een helping in the transition of
i.dren who live beyond Lakeview., bringing! community in all its developing
the total enrollment to 431, 313 in the 1 ^ere are the interested
Elementary school and 118 in High "'^o would appreciate the
school. This is also a considerable in- | f^®''®lty and the humanities of such a
crease over last year. spectacle.
One more change in the faculty has j Nothing has been offered as a
been made. Miss Sara Falkner of Probable piogram. or as an outline as
Golasboro replaced Miss H e I e n | the plan and scope of the project.
Dortch as sixth grade teacher and j That if done can be done through the
dramatic coach. Miss Dortch having tho.se who may be inter
accepted a position with the famous i csted. But it is argued that the idea
Jitney Players. Miss Falkner
One operates in the west side of the
village and out the airport road, the
other serves the seciion out the
Southern Pines road. Only thirty-
eight children are in this territorv
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ROWE INSTALLED AS
HEAD OF LEGION POST
J. Vance Rowe, mayor of Aberdeen,
was installed as commander of Sand-
A number of citizens and parents
met in the Boy Scout Hall, Southern
Pines Wednesday evening to consider
plans for the benefit of the Boy Scout
troop, and to organize a club troop.
Another meeting is called for Wed
nesday evening, October 11th for the
purpose of enrolling at least fifty
members as sponsors for the orga
nizations, and to raise $100 to carry
on the work during the winter. At
this coming meeting Scout Masters
and assistants will be appointed for
the Scouts and for the Cubs.
The Rev. A. J. Groves of Sanford
•will preach in the Vass Methodist
Church at 11 o’clock next Sunday
graduate of N. C. University and al-
hill Post No. 134 at the meeting of, so St. Mary’s and comes highly re-
the post held last Wednesday in the | commended both as a teacher and dra-
Boy Scout hall in Southern Pines, j matic coach.
Rowe succeeds L. L. Woolley. Shields i The school gratefully acknowledges
Cameron was installed as adjutant to I the gift of fifty beautiful reproduc-j country would turn this way to
succeed J. F. Sinclair. I tions of famous masterpieces, to be | pictures and the newspaper re-
The Rev. Frank Blue of Carthage | used in the study of art. These were i Pf'rts that would filter out.
! forms the basis of one of the most
striking meetings that could be con
ceived for the entertainment of white
and blacks alike, from all sections of
the country, and it could be laid on
such a broad foundation that the
L. W. BARLOW APPOINTKl)
TO FEDERAL EXAMINERSHIP
gave an interesting World War talk
illustrated by lantern slides. The lo
cal post is inaugurating a member
ship drive to run from now until the
inauguration of the new State com
mander, Tom Daniels, ou October
20th.
TO ATTEND U. S. NO. 1
MEETING IN ROCKINGHAM
Dr. L. B, McBrayer, Shields Came
ron and a representative from the
Southern Pines Board of Commission
ers will attend a meeting of the Exe-
donated by the Arrington Fund, es
tablished a few years ago in Raleigh.
Miss Emily Richardson and Miss
Jean Lane will be in charge of this
department of the school.
Teachers and pupils alike are now
getting into the routine of school
life. Soon the clubs, athletic and dra
matic teams, eic., will be organized
and an announcement of their plans
for the first half of the year may be
expected in the near future.
The Pilot passes the scheme along
to CJViamber of Commerce, town com
missioners, citizens, individuals, any-
bo<ly who is interested, and suggests
that it be discussed as it deserves.
CHARLOTTE CLARKE BRIDE
OF DR. GEORGE G. HERR
L. W. Barlow of Carthage has been
appointed one of the 30 examiners
to be employed by the federal govern
ment in North Carolina to work with
Commissioner of Banks Gurney P.
Hot>d in checking national banks pre
paratory to their becoming members
of the Deposit Guaranty Corporation.
Mr. Barlow has long been connected
with the Page Trust Company. L. B.
Tutwiler of Burlington, another for
mer Page official, was also named.
WAR DEPARTMENT TO SPEND
$2,267,350 AT FT. BRAGG
A tax rate of $2.60 for South
ern Pines wa.s adopted by the
Board of Commissioners at its
meeetlng Wednesday night.
The rate last year was $2.10
on the hundred dollar valuation
This year it is $2.60 on an $80
valuation, the assessed valua
tion of Southern Pines property
havinjr been reduced 20 percent.
For comparative purposes,
thei’efore, the new rate is $2.08
per hundred as against $2.10 a
year ago.
The new budget as passed after
consideration by the board shows
operating expenses of $38,000 as
against $41,764 last year. The total
expenses, which include bond inter
est and retirements as well as the
operating cost.s, are set at $65,951 as
against $65,1)72 last year.
During the past year $19,000 in
bonds were retired. This year this
item will again be $19,000, with
000 interest charges to be met.
The operating expenses are split
up as follows;
Admini.^tration Department, $3,-
943.
Fire Department, $7,371.
Police Department, $4,460.
Streets. Lights, Sewage, $14,594.
Miscellaneous, $8,374.
The budget provide.^ a special item
of $1,062 for parks and buildings and
one of $690 for Mount Hope Ceme
tery.
The 20 percent horizontal reduction
in real estate values lops some $628,-
000 off the town’s total valuation,
making the $2.60 rate necessary as
an offset. The actual saving to the
Southern Pines taxpayer is 20 cents
per $1,000 valuation.
School Tax Not Included
The tax for supplementing State
funds for the support of the school
district’s added month of school and
supplements necessary to continue
Southern Pines as a fully accredited
institution is not involved in the lo
cal tax, but will be taken care of in
the county tax bills. The rate will not
exceed 30 cents, the maximum voted
by the residents of the school dis
trict at the rrcf'nt special election. It
is not expected that the Schot>l Board
will find it necessary to call for the
full 30 cents.
The county tax rate, not inclusive
of the special school district tax, will
be 70 cents this year as against 71
cents last year. But this is consider
able more than a one cent saving,
due to the 20 percent cut in valua
tion of property throughout the coun
ty. The person who owned property
valued at $5,000 last year paid a
county tax of $35.50. On this same
property this year the tax will be
$28.00.
Assuming the School Bos(Td does
levy the full 30 cents for support of
the special charter district, the total
taxes to be paid per $1,000 valuation
by property owners of the school dis
trict whose property is within the
city limits of Southern PSnes will be
$28.80. Last year it was $33.60, a
saving of $4.80.
ALFRED MOORE CHAPTER
TO MEET TUES. IN CARTHAGE
The Yadkin Club tournament for
the week ending September 23rd,
cutive Committee of the U. S. High-) match play individual vs. par, ended
way No. 1 Association in Rocking
ham this Friday, afternoon to plan
the campaign for promoting travel
over this route this winter season.
with Purvis Ferree and Jack Taylor
of Aberdeen tied for st place, be
ing six down to par, and was won in
the play off by Ferree.
Announcement was made this week
by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Woodward
of the marriage of their daughter,
Charlotte Clarke, to Dr, George G.
Herr, president of the Southern Pines
Chamber of Commerce and chairman
of the Southern Pines School Board.
The ceremony took place in Madisoti,
New York on Thursday, September
21st, with the Rev. Dr. Abrams offi
ciating.
The War Department has approved
the program for the expenditure of
$2,267,350 for barracks, roads and
other improvements at Fort Bragg,
it was learned this week. Thus Fort
Bragg becomes one of the major posts
of the country. One hundred thousand
dollars will be put into the repairing
of present buildings, the balance goes
into nfcw construction and for the
improvement of the airport.
The Alfred Moore Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion will hold the first meeting of the
season at the home of Mrs Herbert
F. Seawell in Carthage, on Tuesday af-
j ternoon, October 3d at 2:30 o’clock.
1 All members and visiting daughters
are urged and invited to attend. Mrs.
j Seawell will preside.
This is the only social organization
. which brings together the woman-
j hood of the whole county; its object is
to preserve the history of the country,
. to keep alive the memory of those
; who helped to build and shape it
; and to educate the youth of today,
I If there ate any who would woe to
J join please notify Mrs. J. B. Swett,
chairman of the membership com-*
■mittce, or any member.