A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 13, NO 45 HAoe BAGLe SPAIN69 VA8S LAKEVIEW MANCBV JAOcted to open their brokerage office ii, the Village Court Building about Nov ember 1st. VERNER Z. REED PURCHASES NEWPORT SITE FOR RESIDENCE Mr. and Mrs. Verner Z. Reed, Jr., of Pinehurst who joined the summer colony at Newport, R, I., a few years ago and who the last two summers have occupied Sea Edge, the estate of Mr. and Mrs. J. Norman de R. Whitehouse on Price’s Neck, are to become permanent summer residents of Newport. Mr. and Mrs. Reed pur chased a tract of land at Cherry Neck on Ocean Drive and plan to crcct a summer home thereon in the near future. They have leased Sea Edge for next summer, however. Mr. and Mrs. Reed are spending this week at their Pinehurst home. ABERDEEN STORE BURGLAR DROWNED TRYING TO ESCAPE COUNTY TAX SALE POSTPONED UNTIL DECEMBER FOURTH Extra Month Given Delinquents Before Advertising Costs Added to Bills JAIL COSTS INCREASED The Moore County Commissioners, as they sat in regular session on Mon day of this week, ordered the tax col lector to sell on the first Monday in December, 1933 all real estate upon which the 1932 taxes have not been paid, after advertising said sale the four weeks in November immediately preceding the date of the sale. This gives delinquents another month in which to pay before having the cost of advertising added to the amount and doubtless many will take advantage of this saving when they market their cotton and tobacco. It was ordered that A. W. Lam bert, Jailer, be allowed fifty cents per day for each prisoner :u'y considerable leaf on the Hoors and b'V.rs representino: all tie in’.portpnt consumer comnnn- ies have aril ed to remain duri’^ig t^e buy ill'' The application of Southern Pines for a loan of $10,000 from the federal government for extension of its water system is in the hands of the State Advisory Board of the Emergency Administration of Public Works. Along with applications for 20 other prospects involving a total proposed expenditure in the state of $2,500,000 it is receiving the consideration of the board. Numerous other applica tions for the use of federal funds throughout North Carolina are ex pected. ' The board postponed its regular VV'^ednesday meeting on account of the death of Robert N. Page whose brother, Frank Page of Raleigh is chairman of the board. In speaking of the public works program in the state this week Dr. H. G. Baity, board engineer, said: “We feel greatly encouraged over the progress and prospects of the prog ram. State and local authorities of ficials are realizing more and more the advantage of obtaining these gov ernment loans now.” Ten of the 20 applications so far received have been passed on and forwarded to Washington. Among the 10 others not yet sent on because of the desire of the applicants to in crease the loan or on account of the neces.'sity for additioitul information is the Southern Pines project. Lambeth Sees Little Hope Regarding the possibility of a new postoflice building in Southern Pines The Pilot interviewed Congressman Walter Lambeth on Wednesday. Mr. Lambeth, who was here for the funeral of Robert N. Page, expressed the opinion that there is little possi bility of a federal building program this year. Several of the cabinet members, principally Secretary Ickes, are opposed to the expenditure of funds for such buildings in the belief that money is more sorely needed in other lines of the recovery program. The Congresi^man has spent much time in Washington this sumi^jer fighting for new federal build, nr;’ appropriations, but the powers that be appear set against them. The Rev. C. A. Lawrence of Vass will conduct a week’s ser??s of reviv al services in the Manly Presbj^terian Church beginning next Sunday, Octo ber 8. Services will be held each even ing at 7:30 o’clock, and the public is L'oruially invited to attenil. dren Inside Two-Mile Limit May Be Carried All dissatisfaction in regard to the iwo-mile school bus limit has been cleared up in the Lakeview commun ity by the new ruling set up by the State School Commission, ai|fd the county superintendent, in accodrance with instructions issued to him, has notified the Vass-Lakeviwe school principal that the children are now entitled to ride. While the new rul ing permits the transportation of chil dren within two miles where certain conditions exist, it specifically states that operating costs to the State shall not be increased by the addition of ousses or mileage. The new order is set forth as fol lows: “Therefore, Be it Resolved that the State Highway Commission h'ereby r.uthorizes County Boards of Educa tion to permit transportation for children residing within two miles of school under the following conditions: “1. That the truck is not loaded to capacity by those children who live more than two miles from school; provided that the County Board of Education in each county shall be charged with the duty of ascertain ing and (ieterniining when a truck is loaded to capacity. “2. That in perniitting transpor tation for children living within two miles of school preference shall be jtiven to those who are under ten years of age or declared physically unable to walk to school. That in permitting transporta tion for children living within two mik’S of school the operating costs to the State shall not be increased by the addition of busses or mileage.” All children in the Lakeview com munity can easily be accommodated by the two bus.ses that are required for transportation for children living within two miles of school the oper ating costs to the State shall not be increased by the addition of busses or mileage.” All children in the Lakeview com munity can easily be accommodated by the two busses thai are required for transporting iho?e beyond the two-mile limit without any addition al expense. The Rev. C. A. Lawrence will preach in the Vass Presbyterian church at 11 o’clock next Sunday morning and the communion sehvice will follow. Robert Newton Page, leading citi zen of Moore county beloved of one and all, a State and national figure through much of his busy, illustrious career, a man of ideas and ideals, passed away at his home in Aberdeen at 10:45 o’clock on Tuesday morning. The Sandhills has suffered the loss of one of its greatest assets, a man who helped make this section and who loved it. Mr. Page, “Mr. Bob” as he was familiary known by so many of his friends and neighbors, was a sick man for a longer period than many realized. His death came as a distinct shock. Though in his 74th year—he would have been 74 on the 26th of this month—he had never surrender ed the interest and activity in the many enterprises and pursuits to which his life was dedicated. Few ap preciated his waning strength in the enthusiam he felt and engendered to the last in the causes close to his heart. Death came peacefully to close an enviable life. To do justice to the story of the life and times of Robert N. Page would be to transcribe much of the history of the Sandhills. He was the second son in a family of five boys, two girls, the children of Allison Francis Page, pioneer in the lumber ing business of this section. They started a railroad, founded a bank, sold the land on which Pinehurst stands, played a leading part in the agricultural and civic growth of the en tire community. All five boys became prominent in some walk of life. The late Walter Hines Page, eldest broth er of Robert, became a leading pub lisher and later United States ambas sador to Great Britain where he served with distinction throughout the World W'ar. To Frank Page is credited the upbuilding of North Carolina’s great highway system. Henry A. Page has been prominent in counsels of state, serving for some time in the State Legislature. J. R. (Chris) Page has been a leading business man locally and has played an important part in the tobacco in dustry of North Carolina. Born at Cary in 1859 Robert Newton Page was born at Cary in 1859. His mother, Catherine Robateau, vi'as a daughter of those J'rench Huguenots who have added materially to the solid character of America. The Pages were of substan tial Virginia stock. In 1879 Robert Page came with the family to Aber deen to undertake the development of what came to be one of the large lumber industries of this state. Moore county was then a gigantic pine for- e'vc and the young man, after a school training at the Bingham institution at Mebane, was given a responsible task in building railroads into the forest, bringing out lumber and for warding it to market. Their road from Aberdeen to Asheboro and to Mt. Gilead became a substantial part of the Norfolk Southern when that road connected with the system at Star. In 1890 Mr. Page was elected mayor of Aberdeen, continuing in that office eight years. In 1888 he married Miss Flora Shaw of Manly and reared the fine family which sur vives him, Thaddeus S. Page, Richard E. Page, Robert N. Page and Mrs. Livingston L. Biddle, II. In 1901, having removed to Biscoe, he was elected to the State Legislature from Montgomery county, and in 1912 he went to Congress from this district, to stay until 1917 when he declined to be a candidate for another term. Although he represented the minority party in all but the li;tpr years in Washington his influence wab marked, and his policies we»>e i?nch as to give him a standing for courageous inte grity and intelligent loyalty to funda mental principles that gave him a rating that was enviable. He came home from Washington to mbark in business and waa a can didate for governor, without euccess. With the family he established the (Please turn to page 4)